Verna Curtis Posever (55 results)

Condition: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Priceless Children: American Photographs 1890-1925 / Child Labor and the Pictorialist Ideal ISBN 0-295-98192-X with text by Nancy Doll, George Dimock, Tom Beck, Verna Posever Curtis and Patricia J. Fanning. Includes photographs by Lewis Hind, F. Holland Day, Gertrude Dasebier, Clarence H. White, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Edward Weston. 64 pages, paper with stiff cover. Black and white reproductions. 12" x 9 ". VERY Good condition.…

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New in shrinkwrap. Celery green cloth, pictorial DJ. 200 pp. 218 bw plates. An exhibition held in Paris a century ago demonstrated the key role American women photographers played in the international pictorialist movement. The accomplishment of these professional and amateur photographers clearly demonstrated a mastery of the medium and made a strong impression on those in attendance. Ambassadors of Progress explores this largely unknown event. Each of the 29 artists, including such well-known figures as Gertrude Kaesebier, Amelia van Buren and Zaida Ben-Yusuf, is represented in a selection of approximately 70 breathtaking color plates drawn from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of American History. The photographs include landscapes, portraiture, genre scenes, and still-lifes, all of which are evocatively composed and delicately toned using a variety of photographic techniques. Published to accompany the exhibition held in France: Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, September 13 to November 30, 2001; two additional venues.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover, 32 pgs. Includes essay, sepia plates. Light wear to spine edge, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" ta.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First Printing. 200pp. Quarto (9.56 x 0.94 x 12.31 inches). Paper over boards, blind stamped spine and front boards, French flap dust jacket. Book is a stated first editon with a number line beginning with 1. Book is unmarked, unclipped, tight, and bright. Benn's color photographs show the real Florida (even Mar-a-Lago before Trump). Gift quality. From the jacket flap: "Benn, born and reared in Miami, reveals in his first-person commentary the circumstances surrounding the development of his career and an insider's look at working for National Geographic Magazine during a period of that publication's internal management conflict. A Peculiar Paradise offers an entertaining and subjective volume that reflects Benn's affection for his hometown and celebrates the economic and social re-invention of Florida that eliminated most of what was familiar from his boyhood. …

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: as new. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. Hbk 4to 250pp profusely illustra unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked in sleeve-protected dj as new.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 199 pp., 380 illustrations 50 in color. Edited by Bronwyn A.E. Griffith. Preface by Elizabeth Glassman, Interim Director for the Musée d'Art Américain Giverney and Jeremy Adamson, Chief of Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny September 13-November 30, 2001, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago IL January 26-April 14, 2002, and the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH January 11-March 9, 2003. Includes appendix, select bibliography, and index. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. …

hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 144 pages, 4to. No DJ. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, small white dot on front cover and rear cover. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Would be fine, except there was a receipt with a staple left inside the front cover which has left two tiny indentations in the first few pages. Does not affect any of the photos.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. In original shrinkwrap.

First Edition. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran April 2 through May 31, 1981. Single sheet folded twice to create 6 pages. Essay by Verna Posever Curtis. Includes 4 black and white illustrations, checklist and suggested bibliography. A very near fine copy. Uncommon ephemera.

Softcover, 88 pages; very good condition; light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 408 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition that ran October 7, 2017 through January 7, 2018 at the Princeton University Art Museum and then went to three other locations for additional dates. A monograph tht looks at the photographic works of pictorialist photographer Clarence H. White. Includes text contributions by Anne McCauley, Peter C. Bunnell, Verna Posever Curtis, Perrin M. Lathrop, Adrienne Lundgren, Barbara L. Michaels, Ying Sze Pek, and Caitlin Ryan. Includes over 300 illustrations. A fine and tight copy in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing to the front flap. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 87 pages. Essays by Stanley Mallach and Verna Posever Curtis. Includes over 70 black and white images. A clean and tight very near fine copy in wrappers.

Softcover. White wraps with color illustration and black lettering; 33 pp. with 21 bw illustrations. With essays about the Ritz Collection and German Expressionism; includes a checklist of the exhibition's 37 pieces by artists such as Beckmann, Kandinsky, Kollwitz, Macke, Nolde, and several others; with artists' biographies. Very good, clean and tight with minor rubbing to covers. …

Softcover. Condition: VG (Usual library markings). Grey illus. stapled wraps; 48 pp.; 28 bw plates, 4 bw figures. From the exhibition held September 30, 1983 - January 1, 1984; 50 works listed, mostly European; Includes pieces by Max Beckmann, Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Leger, and others.

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. 24 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. There is some light tanning along the spine edge of the front and rear covers, with very light shelfwear to the edges. Else, the binding is tight, the interior clean and free of markings. Staple-bound with stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition held from March 26-June 14, 1981. Illustrated in black and white, with a complete exhibition checklist. Book.…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Tradepaper. 140 pp. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name which opened September 19, 1986 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions of vintage artwork. Book is sound and clean with a closed tear at the head of the spine/front cover extending 3â downward and reinforced with tape on the back. Extras! The following are laid in: A full section of the Los Angeles Times with a review of the exhibition, the promotional mailer, a letter to Tony Brand from Verna Curtis on Milwaukee Art Museum stationery regarding his assistance with the exhibition including the recitation of a Lorca poem in Spanish at the opening, a copy of a letter to Mr. Thomas Boyden â" Director of Development for Denver Art Museum, and a letter from Tony Brand to Dr. Selma Holo, co-author, University of Southern California regarding the and a pending grant.…

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 144 pages, in English; as new condition, clean and crisp: no internal marks. Inset image on front cover is a black woman, not the white man with flower. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good is not clipped. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Grn cover with embossed lettering; DJ; No marks or writing, clean tight binding;; Author's signature on title page; focus on 1981 in South Florida; ; 200 pages; Signed by One Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Virtually mint, without dust jacket, as issued.The rise of the photo album, from the turn of last century to the present day, showcasing some of the most important examples, as collected by the Library of Congress, including albums by Walker Evans, Danny Lyon, Holland Day, Jim Goldberg, Dorothea Lange, Duane Michals, Leni Riefenstahl and W. Eugene Smith.…