Park Marlene and Markowitz Gerald E (8 results)

Hardcover. Gray/tan paper covered board with black lettering on spine, green illustrated dustjacket with white and black lettering, 247 pp. profusely illustrated with bw illustrations & 8 color illustrations. "An interdisciplinary study of these ideological, practical, and aesthetic problems of government patronage. It finds in them someo f the tensions that shape American culture, such as the conflicting values of fine art and democracy, or of regionalism and nationalism. It also analyzes the thematic content of the art by the ideals represented and by reigional characteristics; it describes the artists' struggles with administrators, local citizens, and the physical constraints of the post office wall; and finally, it considers the art itself as art. . This is, to date, the broadest, most detailed, and best illustrated study of American post office art." (dj). VG- (Few marks from previous gallery owner; few tiny tears and slight edgewear on dj; interior very nice.).…

Softcover, 390 pages, very good condition, except some light scratches and rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Press release laid in. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Softcover. Gray-tan wraps with illustration on front cover and blue lettering, 172 pp. over 350 bw illustrations. Catalogue lists 147 works in the traveling exhibit and another 200 or so other objects (mostly murals) by artists of the period. Excellent reference on the art projects of this era. Extensive notes, and brief bibliography. Despite a large press run, difficult to find. Essays written by Marlene Park and Gerald E. Markowitz. Catalogue for an exhibition held Oswego, NY at S.U.N.Y., Tyler Art Gallery, Jan. 25 to Feb. 13, 1977, and seven other locations. Good (minor marks on wraps, all else good). …

First Edition. Large hardcover in jacket, very good with light wear. Illustrated., a few in color, most black and white.

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good Under Protective Cov. Book is in very fine shape, straight andsquare with no apparent wear. There are a couple dots of foxing on foredge. Interior pages unmarked, illustrated with black and white photographs. Previous price penciled on rear endpaper. DJ (now under protective covering) has some wear at the head of the spine with some mild soiling on the bottom center rear wrap. Corner tips slightly worn. Some small creases on top edge of rear inner flap. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small stains on beige cloth cover. Crease on front endpaper. 8 5/8"w x 10 1/4"h. 248 pages. "The subject of this book is one of the New Deal art programs, the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, later the Section of Fine Arts, which between 1934 and 1943 commissioned murals and sculpture for federal buildings and for eleven hundred post offices throughout the country." Keywords: New Deal, Public art, Post Office, American History, 1930's, Regionalism, Realist Art, Murals, Sculptures 2.…

Card covers. (xiv),172 Pp.Colour and b&w illustrations Art exhibition catalogue. Light fading to spine and wear to back cover.

hardcover. Condition: fine. near fine. First Edition. 162 black & white illustrations. Small 4to, grey cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, (1984). First Edition. Near Fine.