Lowry Glenn Introduction (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 280 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Produced by the Department of Publications, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "This volume looks at MoMA's world-famous collection of international contemporary art and features the curators' selections of 250 of the most significant works that they have collected over the past 25 years. It includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, film, and media." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.…

Second edition. 8vo. 380 pp. Photographic illustrations in color and black-and-white. Softcover binding, pictorial covers; like new ondition. (124174).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. 304pp, fully illustrated in-text. Black cloth-covered boards; silver titles on spine; light grey endpapers. 4to. Rubbed spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Exhibition Publication. Minimal wear to cloth. A couple of tiny marks to rear. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 109pp Size: 195mm x 240mm. Marina Abramovic (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; Folio 32 cm ; ISBN 9780295966762, 9780295966779, 0295966769, 0295966777 ; OCLC 17918049 ; LCCN 88014550 LC ND2955 .A78 1988a Dewey 745.670917671 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; "This sumptuous volume, based on an exhibit at the Smithsonian's new Sackler Gallery, perceptively describes the Islamic art holdings of the late Parisian jeweler and pioneering collector of Asian art, Henri Vever. The legendary collection of Persian and Arabic miniatures was thought lost during the Nazi occupation of France. A series of serendipitous events, dramatically told here, led to its recent discovery in New York and its subsequent acquisition by the Smithsonian. The 77 paintings, all of which were originally illustrations for Islamic manuscripts, are reproduced in brilliant color. Despite their great devotion to Asian art, Vever and his fellow collectors, illiterate in Persian and Arabic, were unable to appreciate the cultural context from which this art emerged. The authors (Lowry is a curator at the Sackler Gallery and Nemazee is a curatorial assistant) have restored the texts to their illustrations, thus returning these small masterpieces to the context from which they were torn. For both the connoisseur and the newcomer, poems, stories and scriptural references will further enhance the enjoyment of the splendid book." ; Contents: A Remembrance / Francois Mautin -- Henri Vever, Art Nouveau, and Islamic Art -- Persian and Indian Painting -- Color Plates -- Chronology -- Appendix 1. Document of Sale by Galerie Georges Petit of Vever's European Collection, 1897 -- Appendix 2. Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17 ; nick to top back corner, else VG. Book. …