Shape Content, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition date same on title. NOT an ex library book. 131 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" chips, 1" tear. Price is not clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Printing. Light corner wear and soiling to the wraps, previous owner's name on the first and last pages. A9.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Shahn Line Drawings (34) (illustrator). First Edition Thus. VERY GOOD CONDITION PAPERBACK, clean, solid, bright.color red & blue art frontis. bit toning to edges of otherwise white paper cover. ; Red titles with black tiger cover art, all on white aper covers.; 152pg pages; . . .Questing Mind, Humaine Spirit. based on a series of Norton Lectures at Harvard l957-l958 by Ben Shahn. art, philosophy and history. "Most forceful stattemnt on art by an artist of out time".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has underlining. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dj has repaired closed tears in loose clear plastic protective werapper.Colour frontispiece with many line drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 131 pp.+ Color Illus Plt at Frontis, Red-Brn Hardback, spine sunned else VG, no DJ, 1st ed.

Softcover. First Edition. 12mo., 151 pp. Illustrated with 34 drawings by the author. Eleanor Hazard [illustrator]. First Vintage edition, based on a series of lectures delivered by Ben Shahn. Considered a classic in the field of art, philosophy and history. Illustrations by the author. Near Fine in illustrated wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 131pp. Pages tanned, else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has a half inch wide and deep chip to the top of the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Presumed first edition/first printing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [8], 131, [1] pages. Color frontis (Allegory). Illustrations. This work is made up of the author's Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. Minor page soiling noted. From Wikipedia: "Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Shahn mixed different genres of art. Shahn used both expressive and precise visual languages, which he coalesced through the consistency of his authoritative line. His background in lithography contributed to his detail-oriented look, Shahn is also noted for his use of unique symbolism. While Shahn's "love for exactitude" is apparent in his graphics, so too is his creativity. Evocative juxtapositions characterize his aesthetic. He intentionally paired contrasting scales, colors, and images together to create tension. His art is striking but also introspective. He often captured figures engrossed in their own worlds. Although he used many mediums, his pieces are consistently thoughtful and playful." "Mr. Shahn sets forth his views on both the practice and the purposes of art with a clarity, cogency, and incisiveness that any professional writer might envy, and he manages to interweave with this a good deal of interesting material about his own development as an artist, as well as a running summary of his opinions on contemporary painting in general? The book is highly controversial?also highly stimulating."-The New Yorker"The book is the clearest, most forceful statement on art by an artist of our time that I have read."-Frank Getletin, The New Republic"A remarkably interesting book, which puts the reader in rewarding contact with a questing mind and a humane spirit."-The Atlantic"To find a lucid painter speaking lucidly of art is a thrilling discovery? [He traces] the formation of painting from idea to completion, both generally and specifically with a clarity of thought and a precise use of language which should be a very archetypal model for all critics and painters alike."-Virginia Quarterly Review"In this brilliant book, which brings the many talents of Ben Shahn?into one crisp, clear, unified, astounding career, the primary focus is the exploration and explanation of the relationship between Shahn's paintings and photographs? The first half of the book consists of four exquisitely written essays by Kao, Katzman, and Webster, beautifully illustrated with superb reproductions of Shahn's photographs and related materials, including detailed notes. The second half is an exhibition catalog with a wealth of quality reproductions of his paintings and photographs."-J. Natal, Choice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Color frontis. A clean solid copy in very good condition; the jacket has some rubbing and a bit of edgewear, but looks nice in it's clear, protective wrapper.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Jacket rubbed and heavily worn with notable chipping and tearing along edges. Cloth covers clean, clean and crisp throughout inside.