Macagy Jermayne (9 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Softcover. Blue wraps. [38] pp. 32 bw plates. Includes the one-page essay "The Fantastic Landscape" by Etienne Souriau, the two-page essay "Love of Unnatural Nature-Naturally" by Jermayne MacAgy, and the chronological exhibition catalogue of 86 works (European and American). Published to accompany the exhibition held in Houston, TX: University of St. Thomas, Mar. 20 to Apr. 30, 1964. VG, some soiling and exlib writing on cover.…

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Slim volume, unpaginated (26 pages) with 30 black and white illustrations. Paperback. Texts in English. Mild shelfwear to the edges and associated faint rubbing to the covers. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the University of St. Thomas, Houston TX 20 March-30 April 1964, which was the last overseen by the influential and visionary curator Jermayne MacAgy, who died in February, just before its opening. Book. …

Staple-bound Wrappers. Condition: Good. Slim volume, unpaginated (22 pages). Paperback. Texts in English. Light wear to the edges, with a lightly bent corner in the upper right with faint soiling from handling. There are some notations in red on the interior. 17 black and white illustrations. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, in the Fall of 1959. Book.…

Stiff Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Slim volume, unpaginated (30 pages) black and white illustrations throughout. Paperback. Texts in English. Mild tanning to the spine and rear cover with some very light soiling from gentle handling. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas April 23-May 31, 1959. Book.…

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Very slim volume (14 pages) with 13 black and white illustrations. Paperback. Text in English. Mild shelfwear to the edges and associated faint rubbing to the covers. Introduction by Jermayne MacAgy. Staple-bound with stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition at the University of St. Thomas, Fine Arts Department, Houston, Texas March 1961. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Wraps, 19 pages. Fair/good condition overall with typical signs of wear, ex-library, several library stamps. Significant show of contemporary American art with decent participation by California artists.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stiff wraps, illustrated, 47 pages. Good/very good condition overall with light wear, previous owner's name (SF artist Clyde Seavey) inside front cover. Significant show of contemporary American art, heavy on California artists.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Original 1958 paperback devoted to the work and words of the San Francisco modernist sculptor Adaline Kent (1900-1957). Book is is very good condition. Slight soiling to dust jacket, one small chip, and a crease to the back corner. Until the publication of a recent volume devoted to her life and work, it was difficult to find out much about her. Kent's unique abstract style, rooted in surrealism and inspired by nature, had links to her fellow Bay Area modernists: Isamu Noguchi, Mark Rothko, Clifford Still, and Ruth Asawa. This book, published by George Wittenborn in 1958 in conjunction with her husband and daughter, includes a brief biography. Available via reprints but exceedingly scarce in the original. Small 4to. 87 pp.…