Armand Hammer Preface (13 results)

hardcover. Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Slight edge wear. Name inside.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Very minor wear on edges and corners. Clean pages with no markings. Ships same day in most cases!The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters.

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). unpaginated. color illustrations (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,Fast Shipping With Online Tracking, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, All orders handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails. Our customer service is friendly, we answer emails fast, accept returns and work hard to deliver 100% Customer Satisfaction. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Pictorial boards, 127 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. *** This exhibition was an historical milestone in Cold War diplomacy, representing a thaw in relations between the US and USSR. Organized with the joint cooperation of the Reagan and Gorbachev governments, this was another instance in which American museums allowed artworks to become pawns in superpower politics. Oil baron Armand Hammer acted as middleman. Size: 4to.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Used copy with light weawr.

First 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. 290 pp, 189 illustrations (32 in color), bibliography. Although Hammer's appreciation of Daumier (with whom he identified, we are told, because of the artist's deep compassion for the human condition) was apparently genuine, his acquisition of the collection (or at least the bulk of it which came from George Longstreet) was done in a typically underhanded manner. As a trustee of the L.A. County Museum of Art, he convinced the board to let him buy the collection, consisting of more than 6,000 prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture, from Longstreet for a quarter of a million, with the (verbal) assurance that he would subsequently donate it to the museum. (Longstreet had offered to sell it directly to the museum for that amount.) Assuming that the offer of donation was not an outright lie (a dangerous assumption, considering its source), it was clearly intended as a tax dodge. But Hammer soon decided decided to keep the works in his own foundation, most assuredly reaping the same tax benefits. Very good, lacking insert (2nd ed.).…

Condition: Very Good. Sold by Kisharon Langdon, the UK charity offering support and opportunities for people with autism and disability.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Très bon. Nos envois se font avec suivi, pour tout problème n'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour trouver une solution.

1 vol in-4 - broché - Ed. Catalogue d'exposition ( Musée du Louvre / Cabinet des Dessins - Musée Jacquemart-André ) - sans pagination - 1977 - Illustrations en noir & blanc et en couleurs en et hors texte ( 102 ?uvres reproduites ) Bon état malgré une couverture présentant des traces d'usure.