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1955, South America, Art, The Museum of Modern Art, 32 figures, good + stapled paperback.
Published by Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Arno Press, [New York], 1969
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Reprint. Reprint ed. 204 p. illus. 27 cm. Includes Illustrations. Based on an exhibition which was sponsored by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the United States Department of the Interior. Bibliography: p. 195-203. Book Condition: Near fine/Very good. Inside pages clean. Tight binding. Sharp corners. Slightly chipped dj.
Published by New York: 1955., 1955
Seller: Akshara Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
32 pp, illus in b/w and color. Soft cover -- VG.
Published by Museum of Modern Art 1954, 1954
Seller: Joel Rudikoff Art Books, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Very good in dj.
Published by New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art., 1968
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 4to. [36 pp. + 11 pp.]. Soft, stapled brown wraps with white and red lettering and French folds and separate soft, stapled cream pages laid in loose in French folds. Very good. Black and white plates, including frontis. Includes texts by Nelson A. Rockefeller, Monroe Wheeler, Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Abe Fortas, Henry Allen Moe, Richard Lippold, William S. Lieberman, Robert Goldwater and Bates Lowry. Catalogue and program produced on occassion of service held in honor of Rene d'Harnoncourt, MOMA director on October 8, 1968. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.
Published by New York, NY: International Council of the Museum of Modern Art., 1962
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 18mo. Oblong. [32 pp]. Soft, stapled blue wraps with black lettering. Very good with marginal sunning along stapled spine. Black and white plates. Works by Louise Nevelson, Loren MacIver, Jan Muller and Dimitri Hadzi. Includes additional texts by Rene d'Harnoncourt, William C. Steiz, James Thrall Soby, Meyer Schapiro and Peter Selz. Catalogue4 created for exhibition at the American Pavilion at the 31st Venice Biennale in 1962. Limited edition: 1 of 10000 copies. In English and in Italiano. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.
Published by New York, NY: International Council of the Museum of Modern Art., 1962
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 18mo. Oblong. [32 pp]. Soft, stapled blue wraps with black lettering. Very good with marginal creasing. Black and white plates. Works by Louise Nevelson, Loren MacIver, Jan Muller and Dimitri Hadzi. Includes additional texts by Rene d'Harnoncourt, William C. Steiz, James Thrall Soby, Meyer Schapiro and Peter Selz. Catalogue created for exhibition at the American Pavilion at the 31st Venice Biennale in 1962. Limited edition: 1 of 10000 copies. In English and in Italiano. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.
Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968
Seller: Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Good. René d'Harnoncourt (illustrator). This is a very rare book. Once listed, it will be the Only signed copy for sale on the Internet. The inscription is on the first front end paper. It reads:' For Kendall Lutkins with many, many thanks, René d'Harnoncourt.' Mr. d'Harnoncourt advised the former U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in the development of his extensive art collection. Kendall Lutkins was responsible for the decorative arts portion of Rockefeller's collection, including the Chinese pottery and porcelain. A Kathleen Haven is credited with the design of this book. It was compiled by the staff of the Museum of Modern Art. It consists of doodles and drawings by the artist that were made during staff meetings. This book was published in 1968, the year of René d'Harnoncourt's death at the hands of a drunk driver. The book is free of text. It has 28 pages and 33 illustrations. 'D'Harnoncourt was appointed to the Museum of Modern Art in 1944. He proved to be an expert exhibit installer and notable collector. In 1949 he was appointed Director of the Museum, a position he would hold until 1967. He was responsible for a series of significant exhibitions over the course of his tenure as Director, including Lipchitz (1954), Rodin (1963), and Picasso (1967). You can see the covers of this book in the photos provided. There are a few stains on the front cover and a few on the rear cover. The binding of the book is stapled and solid. The pages are nicely tight throughout. There is some yellow foxing off the bottom edge of the signed front end paper. Four early pages have one small yellowish spot off their bottom edge. Two pages at the middle of the book have some light recessed spotting. Two near the end of the book have another of these yellow spots of foxing. And the rear end paper has the same light recessed yellowish spotting. There was a bump/dent at the top corner of the front and rear cover and that created a small crease on both sides of the juncture between the facing pages. There are no markings in the book. There are no attachments of any kind. And with the exception of Mr. d'Harnoncourt's signed inscription, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. Inscribed by Author(s).