Smith Joel Simic Charles (18 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Yale University Press 2007. Pages clean, crisp, unmarked. Cover has light wear. Shipped promptly with Tracking. Asst47.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. 290 pages.

Hardcover. Blue cloth boards, color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 287 pp. 175 color and 135 BW illustrations. Best known for his barbed art for the New Yorker, Saul Steinberg did much more. This work looks at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to twentieth-century art, which was that of a modern-day illuminator. It raises questions about the historiography of modernism and the status of 'the middlebrow avant-garde' in an age of museum-bound art. -WorldCat Published on the occasion of an exhibition, organized by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and held the Morgan Library, N.Y., Dec. 1, 2006-Feb. 28, 2007 and other locations. VG/VG (light shelf-wear boards. rubbing to corners. bump & crease to lower corner. pg edges-toned. dustjacket lower corner creased; back cover scuffed).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 287 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Blind. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 288 pages. Saul Steinberg (1914-99) described himself as a "writer who draws," thus inspiring curator Smith to characterize Steinberg's brilliantly satiric drawings as "illuminations," thus linking his work to illuminated manuscripts and, given Steinberg's love of literature, to a particular favorite, Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations. Smith also explores Steinberg's mission to illuminate the overlooked and the absurd. In the biographical sections of his beautifully crafted critique, Smith affectingly recounts Steinberg's life as a Jew in anti-Semitic Romania and an architecture student in Fascist Milan whose distinctive cartoons served as his ticket out of Nazi Europe and onto the pages of the New Yorker. Both Smith and renowned poet Charles Simic associate Steinberg's fascination with documents with his harrowing refugee experiences, while Simic, a fellow immigrant from the Balkans and a friend of Steinberg's, offers striking insights into the artist's comic sensibility. Both commentators reflect on the great change in Steinberg's work after 1960, as his images turned hallucinatory and nightmarish, his protest against tyranny more intense. As instantly recognizable as Steinberg's kinetic, punning, and slyly skewering art is, there hasn't been a comprehensive Steinberg book in years, making this outstanding volume invaluable in its reclamation of Steinberg's agile, philosophic, and category-defying art. Record # 362459.

Hardcover. Condition: fine/near fine. First edition. Quarto. 12 1/4" x 10 1/4". 287pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. SAul Steeinberg is known for his art for The New Yorker.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. 1st paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean and tightly bound with fine, unmarked contents and plates. Small sticker residue on rear panel and very light shelf wear, otherwise near fine. A nice copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket issued. 1st Edition. Like new.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Saul Steinberg: Illuminations," at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, & organized at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. 287pp. w/175 color & 135 b&w illustrations. Introduction by Charles Simic. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread/gently perUsed, in FINE condition w/slight age-toning to upper pages edge. "Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art, which was that of a modern-day illuminator, putting word and image in play to create art that spoke to the eyes, and minds, of readers. [] An introduction by poet Charles Simic tracks the origins of Steinberg's darkly comic sensibility in the 'Balkan bazaar' of the artist's native Romania. Joel Smith shows how architectural training and an early rise to fame as a cartoonist in Fascist-era Milan honed Steinberg's gift for subtle graphic invention, and explores why one of the most visible, prolific, potent, and cosmopolitan careers in postwar American art has so thoroughly evaded serious study. Tracing the evolving motives that underlie Steinberg's multi-layered activity, this handsome volume also raises fundamental questions about the historiography of modernism and the vexed status of 'the middlebrow avant-garde' in an age of museum-bound art. [] Previously unseen sketches, documents, and printed matter from the artist's papers illustrate the essay, career chronology, and entries for 120 objects featured in this important book." [jacket copy] "Saul Steinberg (1914-99) described himself as a 'writer who draws,' thus inspiring curator Smith to characterize Steinberg's brilliantly satiric drawings as 'illuminations,' thus linking his work to illuminated manuscripts and, given Steinberg's love of literature, to a particular favorite, Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations. Smith also explores Steinberg's mission to illuminate the overlooked and the absurd. In the biographical sections of his beautifully crafted critique, Smith affectingly recounts Steinberg's life as a Jew in anti-Semitic Romania and an architecture student in Fascist Milan whose distinctive cartoons served as his ticket out of Nazi Europe and onto the pages of the New Yorker. Both Smith and renowned poet Charles Simic associate Steinberg's fascination with documents with his harrowing refugee experiences, while Simic, a fellow immigrant from the Balkans and a friend of Steinberg's, offers striking insights into the artist's comic sensibility. Both commentators reflect on the great change in Steinberg's work after 1960, as his images turned hallucinatory and nightmarish, his protest against tyranny more intense. As instantly recognizable as Steinberg's kinetic, punning, and slyly skewering art is, there hasn't been a comprehensive Steinberg book in years, making this outstanding volume invaluable in its reclamation of Steinberg's agile, philosophic, and category-defying art."--Donna Seaman, Booklist. Near-pristine & quite hefty coffeetable hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & mostly tight binding, slightly sprung boards, covered in a bright-as-new jacket. Quite presentable & will likely require additional postage/insurance to get to you safely; please inquire with your specific interest & destination. FYI: see also my listing RUB2483 for the Bound Galley of Deirdre Bair's biography SAUL STEINBERG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing in jacket. Little bump to top of front panel. We send all our books securely packed & boxed, so it should not pick up any further wear on its way to you.

Hardcover-Großformat. Condition: Gut. 288 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. Originalschutzumschlag vorhanden.In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200.

Hardcover. Condition: New. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 267 pages. 12.00x10.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. 288 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 32 cm sehr guter Zustand, wirkt ungelesen, Schutzumschlag am unteren Kapital leicht knickspurig Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2111.

Leinen Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 288 Seiten, Mit original Schutzumschlag. Zust.: Sehr gutes Exemplar. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2110.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 288 Seiten, 310 Abb. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag - Das Buch bietet erstmals die Gelegenheit, das Werk eines der sonderbarsten Genies des 20. Jahrhunderts in seiner ganzen Breite kennen zu lernen. Zahlreiche Zeichnungen, Collagen, Gemälde, Assemblagen, Masken aus Papiertüten, Urlaubskarten oder Fotografien unter ihnen viele bisher unveröffentlichte Arbeiten , eine Chronologie seiner 60-jährigen Karriere sowie eine umfassende Bibliografie machen den Band zu einer echten Fundgrube für Steinberg-Fans und alle Kunst- und Karikaturinteressierten.