LORSER FEITELSON and The Invention of Hard Edge Painting 1945-1965.
West Hollywood, CA: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2003. Paperback. Quarto. 100pp. Exhibition catalogue. Profusely illustrated in color.Includes chronology and exhibition checklist.
California Art
MISCHA ASKENAZY 1884/88-1961: Paintings.
Los Angeles: DeVille Galleries, 1990. Softcover. Quarto. 45pp. Exhibition catalogue, nicely illustrated in color.
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. Small tear to top edge of dust jacket.
HENRIETTA SHORE: A Retrospective Exhibition: 1900-1963.
The Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art: 1986. Softcover. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. 72pp. Illustrated in color and b&w. Light general wear.
ANDERS ALDRIN: Watercolors and Pastels of Early Los Angeles (1924-1942) plus ANDERS ALDRIN: Additional Oils and Pastels of Early Los Angeles (1924-1942). Two volumes.
Santa Barbara, CA: Sullivan Goss Ltd., 2005. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Two Volumes: 24pp.; 16pp. Entirely made-up of full page color plates of Aldrin's paintings. Important documentation of this Los Angeles' artist's work. Black cloth with paste-on cover illustration. Issued without dust jacket.
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.....
SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW, The Art of Alfred R. Mitchell, 1888-1972.
San Diego, CA: San Diego Historical Society, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 83pp. Illustrated in b&w and in color. Substantial text. Green cloth Stamped in gold. Bound-up version of original softcover book with covers bound-in.
REGIONALISM: THE CALIFORNIA VIEW. Watercolors 1929-1945.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 88pp. profusely illustrated in color and b&w. 47 artists represented, each with a short bio and illustrations. Original softcover edition nicely bound in grey cloth with title stamped in gilt.
DUNCAN GLEASON: Artist, Athlete and Author.
Los Angeles. Historical Society of Southern California, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 149pp. Incl. index. Illustrated with some color plates and b&w plates and from old photographs.
A LOAN EXHIBITION OF ETCHINGS OF THE FAR WEST BY EDWARD BOREIN. (Pamphlet). From the Private Collection of Francis E. Bliss of Montecito. May7th to May 19th, inclusive.
Santa Barbara: Art League of Santa Barbara, n.d. (Circa 1920. Softcover. Octavo. 8 x 5.4" Pamphlet. 32pp. 117 etchings listed and described. Some illustrations, text and illustrations printed in brown. Introduction by Bliss. Heavy mottled brown paper cover has very light wear and a few spots on rear. Some wear.....
THE POTTER'S ART IN CALIFORNIA, 1885 to 1855.
Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 87pp. Incl. exhibition list. Nicely illustrated in color. Original softcover edition has been bound in brown leather-like cloth stamped in gold. Gallery sticker on last blank.
OUT OF THE SHADOW, ELSIE PALMER PAYNE, An American Artist Rediscovered.
Minneapolis, Mn: Payne Studios, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 33pp. Brown cloth, stamped in gold. Illustrated, mostly in color. Bound-up copy of original softcover with original wrappers bound-in.
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.
BELLE BARANCEANU, A RETROSPECTIVE.
San Diego: Mandeville Gallery/ University of California, San Diego. 1985. Hardcover. Quarto. 64pp. 11 color and many b&w plates. Plain blue cloth stamped in gold. Exhibition catalogue bound-up with original wrappers included. Light rubbing on spine edge.
CHARLES REIFFEL: An American Post-Impressionist.
San Diego, CA: The San Diego Museum of Art, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 190pp. Incl. chronology and exhibition history. 91 color plates and numerous text illustrations. "His work was often dismissed by collectors as 'too modern' in comparison with the more restrained production of the local plain air school..."
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.
COMPOSITION OF OUTDOOR PAINTING.
Oxford/ Distributed by Elsie Palmer Payne, 1957. Third printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 140pp. Many b&w instructional drawings throughout the text. Early edition of Payne's classic work providing instruction in the techniques of outdoor painting. Very light spotting to fore-edge. Bright pictorial dust jacket has edge wear and tear on front.
LASTING IMPRESSIONS: Colin Campbell Cooper.
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 2010. First edition. Softcover. Sm. sq. quarto. 65pp. Nicely illustrated and informative text with numerous full page color plates of paintings in this 2010 exhibition.
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.....
THE LIFE AND ART OF PAUL De LONGPRE’.
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. 156 color illustrations and 57 b&w illustrations. Introduction by Jean Stern.
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.
L.P. LATIMER: California Watercolor Painter.
San Francisco: The North Point Gallery, 2005. Hardcover. Exhibition Catalogue. Tall quarto. 46pp. Incl. notes and index. Illustrated with color plates. Includes chronology. Gilt stamped green cloth. In dust jacket that rubbing to edges and corners.
WILLIAM KEITH: The Saint Mary's College Collection.
Hearst Art Gallery, 1988. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. Second printing with supplement added. 115pp.; plus 25pp. Supplement. Catalogue section describes and illustrates, in b&w 135 paintings, remainder of the book has both color and b&w illustrations. Scholarly essay describes the range and significance of Keith's work. Light fading to edges of.....
THE LEGACY OF PERCY GRAY.
Carmel, CA: The Carmel Art Association, 1999. First edition. Softcover. Sq. quarto. 184pp. incl. chronology, exhibition history, notes and index. Illustrated with color plates and text illustrations. Light scuffing to glossy cover, rear corner bumped effecting some pages at rear.