Yarde Richard (21 results)

Condition: Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). 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.

Condition: Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). 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.

Condition: Very Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: Very Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 11.1 X 9.1 X 0.4 inches; 40 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Yarde, Richard (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Yarde, Richard (illustrator). New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 10.75x8.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Offprint or program(?) Octavo. [8]pp. Stapled illustrated self-wrappers. Light toning at edges of the wrappers, very good or better. Consists entirely of illustrations of Yarde's paintings and a brief biographical statement. African-American artist Richard Yarde (1939-2011) was born in Boston, earned an MFA at Boston University, where he later taught, and he eventually became professor of art at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). He is considered one of the most accomplished American watercolorists of his generation. His work is found in numerous public collections, including MoMA, Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), etc.

2 vol.: vol. 1: [8] pp. (exhibition catalogue) ; vol. 2: [4] pp.(exhibition checklist); 2 vol.: vol. 1: 23 x 17.7 cm. (exhibition catalogue) ; vol. 2: 21 x 20.3 cm. (exhibition checklist); staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held July 20 - August 31, 1969. Presented by The Afro-American Organization. Introductions by Elma Lewis, Dana Chandler, Jr., and William C. Seitz. Artists include Calvin Burnett, Dana C. Chandler Jr., Babaluaiye S. Délé (Stanley Pinckney), Henry de Leon, Jerry Pinkney, Gary Rickson, Leo Robinson, Al Smith, Richard Stroud, Lovett Thompson, John Wilson, and Richard Yardev. Includes biographies of the artists. Also includes a loose staple bound exhibition checklist. Good. Withdrawn library copy with library stamping on title page and a 7.6 x 2.3 cm. handwritten title sticker on recto. Rubbing of cover edges and bumping of bottom right corner. Includes loose exhibition checklist. Contents clean and unmarked.

First and sole edition, limited to 400 copies, of this beautifully produced tribute to the famed Harlem ballroom, reproducing Yarde's vibrant original watercolours, drawing on many of the renowned photographic images of dancers - largely the work of Life photographers Gjon Mili and Cornell Capa - at what was known to the cognoscenti as "The Track". Richard Yarde (1939-2011) studied art at Boston University and later taught there and at a number of institutions before becoming professor of art at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "Yarde dedicated much of his earlier work to the personalities and themes of the African American experience. An individual who truly understands colour, he is able to make it speak almost musically, in tones that vibrate. He is indeed a master of watercolour painting" (Samella Lewis, African American Art and Artists, 2003, p. 295). As Yarde stated in a 1997 interview with Smith College "jazz is an important source of energy and inspiration when I paint. I see the visual structure of my paintings as being very musical. The grid is like the backbeat, it keeps time in the work. The images that break through the grid are similar to improvisation" (cited in his Boston Globe obituary, 17 January 2012, retrieved 26.02.19). Globe art critic Christine Temin described his work in glowing terms, "his handling is virtuosic, his colours dazzling". In 1982 Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Massachusetts, mounted the travelling exhibition "Savoy: An Installation by Richard Yarde", which was shown at San Diego, Baltimore and The Studio Museum, Harlem. Opened in 1926, the Savoy Ballroom billed itself as the "World's Finest Ballroom" - and with considerable justification, it was "a building, a geographic place, a ballroom, and the 'soul' of a neighborhood" (Barbara Engelbrecht, "Swinging at the Savoy" in Dance Research Journal Vol. 15 No. 2, Popular Dance in Black America, Spring 1983). Engelbrecht goes on to comment that the integrated Savoy "was one of the more important ballrooms where black musicians and dancers converged and defined a period: music and dance at the Savoy drew attention to the fact that the tradition of black musical and dance forms were interrelated, and together were responsible for the swing phenomenon. For young black dancers who went to the Savoy night after night, and more particularly those dancers who became the 'elite' and were therefore able to dance in the Cats' Corner, dancing at the Savoy became a way of life". In 1982 Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Massachusetts, mounted the travelling exhibition "Savoy: An Installation by Richard Yarde", which was shown at San Diego, Baltimore and The Studio Museum, Harlem. The present example is not numbered and the edition may never have been published as the printer, Hampshire Typothetae, ceased operation in 1986 (see Five College Archives & Manuscript collection online, retrieved 13.03.19); in addition, it is clear from the presence of silk retaining bands inside the lid of the solander box that an original watercolour was intended to accompany the entire edition. However, Yarde's well-recorded health problems, which resulted in a kidney transplant in the late 1990s, would have precluded him from completing the daunting task of producing 400 watercolours. No appearances cited on book auction records and institutionally we can trace examples at just two North American libraries, Smith College and University of Rhode Island. Folio. Original dark grey cloth solander box, black morocco spine bearing brilliant red and black gilt label, gilt lettered "Savoy" on lid, both letterpress and plates loose and each housed in a black paper chemise with debossed lettering on covers, the production crafted at the Hampshire Typothetae, designed by Barry Moser, and bound at Sam Ellenport's Harcourt Bindery in Boston. Complete suite of 28 colour prints each signed in pencil by Yarde; title page printed in red and black, side-notes and titling in red. Slight dent to spine of box just above label otherwise an excellent copy.

Moser, Barry. First edition, signed; limited to 400 copies. Designed by Barry Moser. Unsewn folio sheets printed in red and black type,illustrated with 14 color plates, each signed in pencil; with an extra suite of 14 signed color plates; [viii], 104 pp. Portfolio (40 by 31 cm). African-American artist Richard Yarde (19392011) is considered one of the most accomplished American watercolorists of his generation. His work is found in numerous public collections, including MoMA, Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), among others. When discussing his watercolor studies of musicians and dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, Yarde stated: "The Savoy became a source of creativity, joy, and strength to me, which I want to share and honor." Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, in 1982, presented a travelling exhibition "Savoy: An Installation by Richard Yarde," which was also shown in San Diego, Baltimore, and The Studio Museum, Harlem. In publisher's quarter-leather clamshell box, with attractive Art Deco design on spine, slight fading and rubbing on spine, else fine Designed by Barry Moser. Unsewn folio sheets printed in red and black type,illustrated with 14 color plates, each signed in pencil; with an extra suite of 14 signed color plates; [viii], 104 pp. Portfolio (40 by 31 cm) First edition, signed; limited to 400 copies.