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
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.
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.....
EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE AND HIS WORK
Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4'' x 6 1/4''. 68pp. with 51 black and white illustrations. Limited Edition, # 443. Articles by Antony Anderson and Fred S. Hogue. Photography by George E. Hurrell and Claude S. Turner. Spine of original green cloth is worn. Inner.....
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.
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.
SOCIETY OF SIX
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. First edition thus. Paperback. 12'' x 9 1/2''. 224pp. with index. 12'' x 9 1/2''. 224pp. with index. Nicely illustrated, mostly in color. Six plein-air painters from Oakland, California: Selden Gile, August Gay, Louis Siegriest, Maurice Logan, Bernard von Eichman & William Clapp. Their.....
SOCIETY OF SIX
San Francisco: Bedford Arts Publishers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 12'' x 9 1/2''. 224pp. with index. Nicely illustrated, mostly in color. Six plein-air painters from Oakland, California: Selden Gile, August Gay, Louis Siegriest, Maurice Logan, Bernard von Eichman & William Clapp. Their association lasted for almost 15 years. This is.....
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.
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.
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.
PLANT PORTRAITS: The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien
Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum/ San Diego Natural History Museum, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 212pp.; 325 color illustrations and 10 b&w illustrations. " Valentien accepted a commision from San Diego philanthropist, Ellen Browning Scripps to paint a series of California wildflowers...(it) soon became his life's passion...diligently painting every specimen.....
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.
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. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 184pp. incl. chronology, exhibition history, notes and index. Illustrated with color plates and text illustrations. Mild crease to dust jacket.
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.....