Christinas World Paintings Prestudies by Wyeth Andrew Betsy James (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Tattered. WYETH, Andrew (illustrator). 1st. (USA) 1st printing with full number line. No markings, a faint bean-size spot to the top edge of pages, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped Tattered dust jacket with chips and edge tears, large triangular piece missing at the upper left corner of the front panel; DJ is now protected in mylar sleeve. Cloth, 282pp, 105 studies, 128 colour reproductions of paintings, 28 B&W photos of Christina Olson and her brother.Christina's World is surely the most famous painting produced in the 20th century by an American artist. The image is at once both hyper real and enigmatic, emotionally charged yet detached. This is "life transmuted into art" as Wyeth creates with his paintings the world of Christina Olson on the Maine coast. An extraordinary book. A heavy book. (6.5 JM HOQ 102/0 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

[978-0395322215] 1982, 1st edition. (Oblong 4to) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 281pp. Internally as new. Jacket has .5 CM tear at the top of the front cover at spine, which has led to minor edgewear. Beautiful copy.

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Fine in yellow-orange buckram covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with blind embossing on the front board and brown end sheets. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 by 13 inches with no faults. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Andrew Wyeth and Betsy James Wyeth on the fly title page. 281 pages including an index of paintings, pre-studies and photographs. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color prints. A stunning beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This copy is still within its original shipping box.

Harcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Andrew Wyeth (illustrator). First Edition. 281pp. Blind embossed mustard boards. Signed by Betsy Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth in black ink on the half-title page. 105 pre-studies, 128 four-color illustrations and 28 photographs. Lightness along the extremities of the endpapers, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket (Christina Olson in the field looking toward the house) has light wear to extremties. in mylar sleeve. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when he saw her crawling across a field while he was watching from a window in the house. Size: 13 1/4" 10 1/4" Oblong. Signed by Artist and Author. Book.

gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. 281 Seiten 2700 gr. innen sehr guter Zustand, Schutzumschlag leicht lädiert, Namenseintrag auf der ersten Seite.