Pier Gallery (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. tight clean catalog. 64 pages, Light soiling to cover. Artists include: robert adams, kenneth armitage, julius bissier, terry frost, naum gabo, barbara hepworth, roger hilton, patrick heron, peter lanyon, margaret mellis, ben nicholson, eduardo paolozzi, serge polikaoff, william scott, keith vaughan, alfred wallis, john wells.…

48, (8)pp. 21 plates. 4to. Wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. National Gallery Washington. New York: Newsweek, Inc. in association with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (CEAM-Milan), 1968. Quarto. 224 pp. Profusely illustrated with 113 full-color plates and numerous monochrome images. Printed and bound in Italy. This volume forms part of the celebrated Great Museums of the World series, presenting the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through a curated, chronological survey from Cimabue to Picasso. Texts by Giampaolo Gandolfo, Gian Lorenzo Mellini, Raffaele Monti, Anna Pallucchini, Licia Ragghianti Collobi, and Pier Carlo Santini, with an introduction by John Walker, then Director of the National Gallery of Art. The book is lavishly produced, with high-quality color reproduction executed by European presses and thoughtful design by Fiorenzo Giorgi. Essays situate the Gallery's holdings within broader art-historical movements, while detailed captions and layouts guide the reader through painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architectural context. Particularly notable are the extended discussions of Renaissance portraiture, French classicism and Rococo, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century modernism, supported by floor plans and installation views. The introduction is printed on textured stock, distinguishing it materially and visually from the main text block. Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is clean and tight, with sharp corners, firm spine, and no writing or markings; pages fresh and bright. Introduction printed on textured stock, as issued. Dust jacket shows only the slightest edge wear and gentle surface rubbing; no chips or tears. An exceptionally well-preserved example of this title. Edition/Printing: First edition, first printing, with no subsequent printings noted; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-20027. ISBN not issued for this volume. Original cloth binding with gilt spine and cover lettering; original pictorial dust jacket present. …

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

Condition: Good. 4to. 8 pp. Near Fine. Single sheet with 4-folds. Color and B&W plates. Scarce.

Condition: Good. 5.75 x 8 inches. Very Good+. Single sheet, printed both sides. Extremely Scarce.