Robert Bechtle Retrospective (10 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed!! Tips of corners show light wear, some faint rubbing. otherwise clean and bright with a solid binding. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket has some curl and a small tear to the bottom of the front cover; protected in a Mylar cover. Light edge wear to orange cloth covers. Pages crisp and clean. #O.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 208 pages, very good condition, except light rubbing and edgewear to dj with small stains to dj spine; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

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Softcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. A great association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Chuck [Close] & Leslie, Bob B." Chuck Close is the celebrated contemporary painter, one of the most famous of our times, known for his large-scale photorealist and pixilated portraits (his most expensive painting sold for $4.3 million at auction in 2005). Among numerous accolades, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Art by Bill Clinton. Robert Bechtle is another accomplished, well-known photorealist, known for his paintings of Californian suburbia and cars, as well as portraits like Chuck Close. This book, produced on the occasion of his major retrospective at SF MOMA, is the definitive look at his career, tracing his work from the 1960s. With essays by Janet Bishop, Michael Auping, Jonathan Weinberg, and Charles Ray. At rear is a chronology his life as well as his exhibition history. A very good quarto in wrappers with very minor bumping to the wraps' corners and a couple bumps to the rear edge of the spine near its top, also light sunning to spine. A fantastic association between contemporary photorealists and portraitists. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Booklet to accompany a retrospective exhibition (in Sacramento and San Diego, California, U.S.A.) of the works (62 in total) of the paintings of Robert Bechtle, associated with a photorealist style, even if in his own words: ('I would not admit to the label of "realist."). The main feature of this publication is the artwork. The cited authors provide the briefest of commentaries on aspects of the paintings. Card covers (white and shiny): a little scuffing at the edges; with some pale markings/spotting in places. On the back cover, these markings tend to be of a blue hue. (image). Front cover features an understated and elegantly embossed signature of the artist (just visible on main image). Internally, the pages are mildly tanned throughout - although the prints remain largely unaffected by this phenomenon. Unpaginated. 8vo. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request an additional payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Abe2205.…

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (2005). 4to. 1st edition. Slightest toning to edges of leaves and textblock. Bumping and minor wear to forecorners and spine ends of gently rubbed cloth covered boards. Light bumping and creasing to forecorners and spine ends of rubbed dust jacket with thin, approx. 4in. long, faint scratch to front panel starting at center of top edge. Approx. 2in. long closed slice to center of d.j. rear panel is barely noticeable. VG/VG.…