John Guare Chuck Close (30 results)

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Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very clean hardcover with jacket no marks.clean text. solid binding. very light cover wear. ISBN matches listing Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated. Clean and unmarked.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 125 pages, chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Includes text by noted playwright John Guare. *** "In December 1988, at a high point of his career, a collapsed spinal artery left the painter Chuck Close paralyzed from the shoulders down. He was famous by then for his monumental portraits that deconstructed the conventional notions of identity and personality. Now Close was forced to confront his own identity: could a paralyzed man make monumental art? Three years later, a show of new Close paintings appeared; to the astonishment of the art world, they were as large and powerful as ever. Not only had he found a way to paint his physically demanding portraits again; they had also been transformed. A more impressionistic and dynamic vision now throbbed from his canvases with new emotional intensity. In this book, Close has collaborated with his friend, playwright John Guare, to produce a narrative account that tells the story of what Close calls "the event": the day of the trauma itself, the months of slowly recovering the minimal movement that allows him to still paint, and the transformation of his art as a result. The book also brings together all of his new paintings from the last seven years, including images of Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Fischl, April Gornik, and other major contemporary artists. Taking the reader even further into his vision, Close brings Guare behind the canvas and into the Polaroid studio to photograph him as a potential subject for a new portrait. With a unique combination of documentary photographs and commentary, Close shows how he conceives and begins the process of making a portrait, and how the subject plays a role in shaping the final image." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition, includes the dust jacket.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 128 pages, very good condition; light rubbing to dj; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features text by Tony Award winning playwright John Guare. Includes 100 color and black and white illustrations of works by Close done after he was partially paralysed. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A terrific book designed by Chip Kidd.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bright and clean insides, printed on thick matte paper. With original photograph facing Close artwork. Gift inscription to endpage. Jacket has wrinkle at lower front and fading along upper edge, and light soil. Oversize.

Hardcover. Condition: New in shrinkwrap. Gray cloth boards, white DJ with B&W illustrations, mylar protective cover. 115 pp. 100 illustrations. "A collaboration between Close and his friend, the playwright John Guare, this book, tells the remarkable story of Close's life since 1988, describing his recovery [from paralysis], the gradual regaining of the minimal movement that still allows him to paint, and the transformation of his art as a result. All the paintings from the last seven years are illustrated, including portraits of Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Fischl, April Gornik and other contemporary artists." - book jacket.

Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, white DJ with B&W illustrations, mylar protective cover. 115 pp. 100 illustrations. "A collaboration between Close and his friend, the playwright John Guare, this book, tells the remarkable story of Close's life since 1988, describing his recovery [from paralysis], the gradual regaining of the minimal movement that still allows him to paint, and the transformation of his art as a result. All the paintings from the last seven years are illustrated, including portraits of Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Fischl, April Gornik and other contemporary artists." - book jacket. VG-/VG, ex-private art library book, with minimal markings: spine label on mylar cover, bookplate, stamp and cataloguing info inside front cover, pages clean, jacket well-kept by mylar cover.

Hardcover: 11.38 x 9.38 x .75 in., Front and back cover: covered in mylar, in very good condition; Pages: in very good condition; Overall: excellent condition.

Condition: Fine in a Very Good+ jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition of this wonderful production with text by the award-winning playwright and beautifully detailed full-color reproduction of the artist's later work. The first monograph to focus on Close's post-paralysis portraits. Unpaginated. Out of print. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Very good plus in a very good DJ. Jacket has light edgewear, rubbing, bit of sunning, and a few stray marks. Unclipped. Book is bright, sharp, clean throughout with just touches of shelfwear at extremities.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Chuck Close (illustrator). Many illustrations in color and in black & white. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Thames and Hudson, (1995). A near fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper.

Water-marking to Dust Jacket and Front Cover, otherwise the book is in good condition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Chuck Close (illustrator). Many illustrations in color and in black & white. Slim 4to, cloth, d.w. (yellowed) New York: Thames and Hudson, (1995). Near fine -- one small dent on top edge of front board -- in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Chuck Close (illustrator). Many illustrations in color and in black & white. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w.New York: Thames and Hudson, (1995). A fine copy. Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1995. 29 x 23,5 cm. Hardcover with dustjacket. With illustrations in color and b/w. NEAR FINE COPY [Art / international artist [Buitenlandse Kunstenaars] ].

Guare, John. CHUCK CLOSE: Life and Work 1988 - 1995. 128 pp. with 100 illustrations, 50 in color. Large 4to, cloth. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1995. A survey of the portraits Close has created over the past seven years, including images of Roy Lichtenstein, Eric Fischl, April Gornik, and other major contemporary artists. This volume, with text by a friend of the artist (and an award-winning playwright), includes an essay, an interview, photographs and commentary by the artist which document his unique process of creating a portrait.

11.25 x 9.25 inches. Cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by the artist on front free endpaper. First Edition. "In December 1988, at a high point of his career, a collapsed spinal artery left the painter Chuck Close paralyzed from the shoulders down. He was famous by then for his monumental portraits that deconstructed the conventional notions of identity and personality. Now Close was forced to confront his own identity: could a paralyzed man make monumental art? Three years later, a show of new Close paintings appeared; to the astonishment of the art world, they were as large and powerful as ever. Not only had he found a way to paint his physically demanding portraits again; they had also been transformed. A more impressionistic and dynamic vision now throbbed from his canvases with new emotional intensity.". Some light toning to sheets and jacket, leaned, moderate shelfwear, a few pale stains on jacket.

29*24 cm. OPappband, OSchu. Auflage: 01. 115 Seiten Umschlag leicht lichtrandig, leicht fleckig und leicht berieben, sonst gut. G02-4 ISBN 0500092532 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Text by John Guare. Square quarto. Illustrated. Fine in very slighty soiled near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by playwright John Guare and signed by his wife Adele Chatfield-Taylor to director and writer Garson Kanin and his wife the Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "Dearest Garson and Marian with love from us shining bright through all of '96. John Guare & Adele C-T." The book bears a second inscription from Guare to Seldes daughter: "and now 8 years later, the book comes to its p[roper owners. Dearest Katherine & Clay with love, John Guare." We handled another copy of this book inscribed by Guare to Kanin and Seldes and presumably he had intended to inscribed this copy to Seldes daughter.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Text by John Guare. Square quarto. Illustrated. Fine in very slighty soiled else fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by playwright John Guare and signed by his wife Adele Chatfield-Taylor to director and writer Garson Kanin and his wife the Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "Dear Garson & Marian: Merry Merry / Happy Happy. Know how much we love you both. John Guare & Adele. December 1995 (with a small drawing of a star).