Muchnic Suzanne (75 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "I'm grateful for this. Muchnic draws a sharp picture of Simon's astute collecting and his contrarian career. The setting is fascinating too--Los Angeles since the 1950s, making itself into a cultural capital."--John Walsh, Director, J. Paul Getty Museum Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. xv, 313 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket with a small corner crease/back flap. Another copy available. *** "In 1931, at age 24, Norton Simon invested $7,000 in a bankrupt juice bottling plant. This investment grew into Hunt Foods, which soon ruled California's canned tomatoes empire. With a rare ability to transform laggard companies into highly profitable enterprises, Simon went on to amass a huge fortune. Then, in his late forties, he turned to art collecting and built one of the greatest private collections since World War II. Suzanne Muchnic has written an intimate and very readable biography of Norton Simon and at the same time provides a thoughtful overview of Los Angeles culture in the postwar years. The tycoon-turned-art-collector was accused of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing, but he pursued art with passion. A shrewd negotiator, obsessed by power, Simon astonished the art world with acquisitions ranging from Old Masters to Impressionists to rare Indian and Asian artworks. Searching for an appropriate home for his 12,000-strong collection, Simon courted (and disappointed) numerous California museums before eventually taking over the floundering Pasadena Art Museum, now the Norton Simon Museum. Simon's influence extended beyond the business and art world: as a University of California regent he challenged funding cutbacks, sympathized with student activists, and opposed the firing of Angela Davis. His personal life was equally tumultuous and included a difficult divorce, his 31-year-old son's suicide, a whirlwind courtship and marriage to actress Jennifer Jones, and a run for the U.S. Senate. Simon died in 1993, and during his last ten years Suzanne Muchnic was the only person to whom he granted an interview. Odd Man In reveals a man very much of his time--brilliant, anxious, powerful, and caught up in the rapid change and cultural ambiguity of Southern California in the second half of the century. / Suzanne Muchnic is a writer for the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles correspondent for Artnews." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. dust jacket protected by mylar, first edition by number code.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed. SIGNED by author. Some age/reading wear. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Dust jacket has light wear aroun.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA, September 24 to December 24, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corners bumped. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xv, 313 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, Suzanne Muchnic, with a personalized inscription. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "In 1931, at age 24, Norton Simon invested $7,000 in a bankrupt juice bottling plant. This investment grew into Hunt Foods, which soon ruled California's canned tomatoes empire. With a rare ability to transform laggard companies into highly profitable enterprises, Simon went on to amass a huge fortune. Then, in his late forties, he turned to art collecting and built one of the greatest private collections since World War II. Suzanne Muchnic has written an intimate and very readable biography of Norton Simon and at the same time provides a thoughtful overview of Los Angeles culture in the postwar years. The tycoon-turned-art-collector was accused of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing, but he pursued art with passion. A shrewd negotiator, obsessed by power, Simon astonished the art world with acquisitions ranging from Old Masters to Impressionists to rare Indian and Asian artworks. Searching for an appropriate home for his 12,000-strong collection, Simon courted (and disappointed) numerous California museums before eventually taking over the floundering Pasadena Art Museum, now the Norton Simon Museum. Simon's influence extended beyond the business and art world: as a University of California regent he challenged funding cutbacks, sympathized with student activists, and opposed the firing of Angela Davis. His personal life was equally tumultuous and included a difficult divorce, his 31-year-old son's suicide, a whirlwind courtship and marriage to actress Jennifer Jones, and a run for the U.S. Senate. Simon died in 1993, and during his last ten years Suzanne Muchnic was the only person to whom he granted an interview. Odd Man In reveals a man very much of his time--brilliant, anxious, powerful, and caught up in the rapid change and cultural ambiguity of Southern California in the second half of the century. / Suzanne Muchnic is a writer for the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles correspondent for Artnews." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; signed by Suzanne Muchnic on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st soft cover edition. Palm Springs, CA: Desert Museum, 1982. 1st edition (exhibition catalog), NF/. Paperback has light edge wear. Foreword by Katherine Blake Hough. 27 illustrations, most in color. Includes catalog of exhibition (with details of each painting), chronology of Nordin's life and work. Nice copy, 48 pp.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Numerous full page plates in color and black and white. Essay by Suzanne Muchnic. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Los Angeles Municipal art Gallery, March 6 - April 1, 1984, and at San Francisco Art Institute, October 31 - December 12, 1984. ; Tight, clean and crisp. Two minor nicks to spine, otherwise a gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; 4to; 79 pages.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 144 pages, very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 87 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, Calif., in 2002. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy, front endpapers lightly soiled. Fine DJ. *** In honor of Aldo Cassanova, Emeritus Professor of Art, Scripps College. Size: 4to. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 4to. 144 pp. Near Fine. Slightest bump to lower corner.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition, light shelfwear. Dust jacket in near fine condition with faint rubbing. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory.

Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In 1931, at age 24, Norton Simon invested $7,000 in a bankrupt juice bottling plant. This investment grew into Hunt Foods, which soon ruled California's canned tomatoes empire. With a rare ability to transform laggard companies into highly profitable enterprises, Simon went on to amass a huge fortune. Then, in his late forties, he turned to art collecting and built one of the greatest private collections since World War II. Suzanne Muchnic has written an intimate and very readable biography of Norton Simon and at the same time provides a thoughtful overview of Los Angeles culture in the postwar years. Signed by Author.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 36 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 10 through August 25, 1986. Introduction by Julie Courtney. Essay by Suzanne Muchnic. Interview of Lere by Elaine A King. Includes 7 black and white illustrations and a laid in checklist. A near fine copy in stapled die-cut wrappers.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 21 through November 14, 1982 in Palm Springs and then traveled for additional dates. Foreword by Katherine Plake Hough. Essay by Suzanne Muchnic. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers.