Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition
[Sheeler, Charles] Rourke, Constance
From Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 17 April 1997
From Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 17 April 1997
About this Item
4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (small). A great association copy, linking three prominent 20th-century American artists. NICE PROVENANCE: a) from the library and with the dated signature (April 7, 1944) of Clinton Adams (1918 - 2002), American artist, painter, lithographer and and art historian, co-author of 'The Tamarind Book of Lithography', and author of 'American Lithographers'; b) From the library and with the signatures (on top and foredge) of Jan Stussy (1922-1990), noted artist and Academy Award-winning filmmaker. 'Stussy, a West Coast artist with works in many museums and private collections. was a former chairman of the art department at UCLA and the first artist to be appointed as a senior professor by the university. Although he was primarily known as a prolific painter, with some 5,000 works to his credit, Mr. Stussy frequently worked in other artistic arenas. ''Gravity Is My Enemy,'' a film he produced and directed, won an Academy Award in 1977 as best documentary' (New York Times). Original red cloth (slight sunning and fading to spine and spine edge of upper cover; slight rubbing to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges); slight internal browning to endpapers and edges). 203 pages. Includes reproductions of 4 of Sheeler's photographic studies; plus index. Freitag #8951. 48 b/w Illustrations; b/w title Vignette. Seller Inventory # 0480331
Bibliographic Details
Title: Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American ...
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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