A PAINTER'S PARADISE
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 97pp. fully illustrated in color. Includes Exhibition checklist laid-in.
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CALIFORNIA DESIGN 1910
Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 1980. Hardcover. Quarto. 143pp. Illustrated from photographs by Morley Baer and from old photographs. Arts and Crafts in California including pottery, metalwork, architecture, painting, sculpture etc. Sections on Arthur and Lucia Mathews, Charles and Henry Greene, Irving Gill and others. This is the original.....
THE ART OF ALEXANDER DZIGURSKI
Kansas City, MO: McGrew Color Graphics, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 160pp. incl. index. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. This emigrant artist who traveled to California and is known for his seascapes. Dust jacket has light edge wear and some wrinkling.
SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2001. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. Limited to 450 copies. Beautifully printed on thick (watercolor) paper at The Yolla Bolly Press. Nicely illustrated in color & b&w. In slipcase. A lovely book.
THE PAYNES. EDGAR & ELSIE. American Artists.
Minneapolis. Payne Studios. 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 8 3/4''. 98pp. incl. index. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w.
FRANK COBURN (1862-1938). An Early Los Angeles Painter
San Diego, CA: Orr's Gallery, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 143pp. Nicely illustrated with full page color plates and color and b&w text illustrations. Coburn arrived in Los Angeles in 1908.
CHRISTIAN VON SCHNEIDAU (1893-1976)
Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Company, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 63 pp. Illustrated profusely with b&w and color plates. SIGNED by the author. Original softcover edition nicely bound in gilt stamped grey cloth. Gallery sticker on last blank.
IN PRAISE OF NATURE: The Landscapes of William Wendt
Long Beach, CA: University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, 1989. First edition. Oblong quarto. 64pp. 21 plates, 8 in full color. incl. chronology, conversations, exhibition list and bibliography. Original softcover edition bound in white leather-like cloth with gilt stamped titles. Gallery sticker on last page. Dark area on.....
RALPH HOLMES
Santa Barbara, CA: James M. Hansen, 1981. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Brief text plus 38 plates, mostly color. With “Painting List “ at rear describing 239 artworks and examples of Holme’s signature.
CALIFORNIA GRANDEUR AND GENRE. From the Collection of James L. Coran and Walter A. Nelson-Rees
Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. Incl. Artist's index. Nicely illustrated with single illustration on one page and artist bio on facing page. Contains well known artists, like Edgar Payne and Hanson Puthuff, and many other, lesser known, artists. Rear of dust jacket.....
MASTERS OF LIGHT: Plein-air Painting in California 1890-1930
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto. 200pp. 110 color illustrations. "Masters of Light features the work of 35 California-based artists who were strongly influenced by French Impressionism"
MATHEWS: Masterpieces of the California Decorative Style
Santa Barbara and Salt lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1980. Quarto.127pp. Incl. index. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w. White cloth stamped in brown. Spine of dust jacket is a bit sunned and has one edge-tear.
100 YEARS OF ART IN SAN DIEGO. Selections From The Collection of the San Diego HIs tori all Society.
San Diego: San Diego Historical Society, n.d. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 108pp. Incl. bibliography. Nicely illustrated, mostly b&w, but a few in color. Blue cloth stamped in gold. A Catalogue of the works of Artists Active in San Diego from the 1850’s to the 1950’s. Bound-up version of original softcover.....
MONTEREY: THE ARTIST'S VIEW. 1935-1945
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1982. Hardcover. Quarto. 40pp. Exhibition catalogue with b&w illustrations; biographies of featured artists. This is the original softcover edition with full color cover by Henrietta Shore, bound in brown leather-like cloth with gilt titles.
KEN POTTER
San Clemente, CA: CSP Publishing, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. Profusely illustrated in color. "...the life and art of Ken Potter, one of the premier California Style watercolor artists...The first half of the book is an illustrated biography which chronologically documents the progress of his art career. The last.....
ART AT THE JONATHAN CLUB
Los Angeles: Jonathan Art Foundation, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto.180pp. plus two folding plates. Featuring paintings by forty prominent California artists, each with a full page color plate illustration, descriptions of the paintings, and biographical information for each artist. Featured artists include Henry Chapman Ford, Hanson Puthuff, Maurice Braun, Franz.....
LONERS, MAVERICKS & DREAMERS
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Art Museum, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 125pp. Incl. notes. Illustrated, mostly color. Original softcover edition is bound in blue leather-like cloth, titles stamped in gilt.
THE PAINTINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ART CLUB
Los Angeles: The California Art Club, 2000. Hardcover. Quarto. 76pp. Incl list of donors. 41 paintings described and illustrated in color. Dark dust jacket has a light general scuff.
THE GOLDEN GATE COLLECTION: GEORGE DEMONT OTIS 1879-1962, American Impressionist.
San Francisco, CA: George Demont Otis Foundation, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Nicely illustrated in color and b&w. Bound-up version of original softcover book with covers bound-in. Mild bump to top of spine.
E. CHARLTON FORTUNE 1885-1969
Carmel, CA: The Carmel Art Association, 2001. First edition. Softcover. Sq. quarto. 127pp. Incl. chronology, exhibition history and notes. Nicely illustrated with color plates and text illustrations. Mild dulling (scuffing) to cover.
THE PAINTINGS OF FRED GRAYSON SAYRE (1879-1939)
Laguna Beach, CA: Redfern Gallery, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 76pp. Nicely illustrated with color plates. This copy SIGNED by Barbara Sayre Harmon, daughter of Sayre. Brown cloth stamped in gold.
THE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: George Demont Otis. 1879-1962. American Impressionist.
Sacramento, CA: California State Library /George Demont Otis Foundation. 1998. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 114pp.Profusely illustrated, mostly in color.
WINDOWS IN TIME: California Scene Paintings from the Hilbert Collection
Newport Beach, CA: California Scene Press, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 336pp. incl. index. 255 illustrations in color with artist's biographies and essays. Featured are many well known artists such as Mischa Askenazy, Emil Kosa, Millard Sheets, Paul Sample and many others, some not so familiar.
ALSON SKINNER CLARK, 1876- 1949
DeRu's Fine Arts, 1983. Hardcover. Quarto. 120pp. 32 color plates and over 70 black and white illustrations from photographs.
HANSON PUTHUFF. California Colors. 1875-1972
Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Museum of California Art, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 56pp. plus exhibition checklist and family photo album at rear. Illustrated in color.
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