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Honey, W. B. [illustrations, T A Stephenson, Thomas Martyn, Pablo Picasso, Giovanni Bellini, Eric Ravilious, Hans Bellmer, Franz Anton Bustelli, Henry Moore, Eric Maclagan, Arnold Machin, Bernard Leach, Viktor Lindstrand, Tom Hill, Keith Murray, R A Malby, Mori Ippo, Baron de Meyer]. Many Occasions : Essays towards the Appreciation of Several Arts [Many Occasions -- Beauty in art and nature -- Poetry : The sacred fire: an essay on the nature and phases of English poetry -- The arts in the modern world -- The artist and his subjects -- The artist and his materials -- The artist and society -- The artist as visionary -- Visual arts -- Art and science -- The painter's purpose and the public taste -- Sculpture and modelling -- A porcelain group -- Tradition and change in t he art of the potter -- The art of the glass-maker: a survey -- The Theatre -- A Note on Nijinsky and the paradox of acting and dancing -- The Garden -- End of the year]. New York : Book Collectors Society, n.d. [c.1949], 1949.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 157 pp. ; Limited edition ; "Of this edition 250 copies have been prepared for members of the Book Collectors Society and numbered from 1 to 250, of which this is number 15" ; "published by arrangement with Faber and Faber, Limited. Printed in Great Britain" ; " [a collection of].articles and broadcast talks, written at various times during the past ten years." ; Contents: Introduction : Many Occasions -- Beauty in art and nature -- Poetry : The sacred fire: an essay on the nature and phases of English poetry -- The arts in the modern world -- The artist and his subjects -- The artist and his materials -- The artist and society -- The artist as visionary -- Visual arts -- Art and science -- The painter's purpose and the public taste -- Sculpture and modelling -- A porcelain group -- Tradition and change in t he art of the potter -- The art of the glass-maker: a survey -- The Theatre -- A Note on Nijinsky and the paradox of acting and dancing -- The Garden -- End of the year. ; full leather binding with bands and gold lettering and designs ; marbled endpapers ; top edge gilt ; silk ribbon ; FINE

Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.

Picasso, Pablo and Daniel Henry Kahnweiler, Photographs by Brassai. Les Sculptures de Picasso. Les Editions du Chene and SEDEC, 1949.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover without dustjacket as issued in boards illustrated with photo of Picasso’s hand; with plastic overwrap; unpaginated, 216 b/w illustrations; in French; very good condition, except cover has light rubbing to title letters at top edge; some edgewear to boards with small bumps to upper right corner tips; 1/2-inch crease to upper right corner of most pages; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Zervos, Christian - Picasso, Pablo. Dessins de Pablo Picasso 1892-1948. Paris: Éditions "Cahiers D'Art", 1949, 1949.

Price: US$199.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Gr.4° - 153pp - 199 B/w reproductions. Dessins de Picasso 1892-1948. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. First edition, text in French. Original pictorial binding. In very good condition

Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland

. Modern konst. [=Ryggtitel till samlingsband omfattande 10 utställningskataloger.]. [ENGLISH: - - - Sammelband of 10 exhibition catalogues. The following catalogues are included: - - - Pablo Picasso. Etsningar och litografier 1904-1947. November-december 1947. Blanch's konstgalleri, katalog 3 ([ii] + 46 pp., illustr.) - - - Joan Miró. Målningar. Keramik. Litografier. 9 april-3 maj 1949. Galerie Blanche, katalog 16 ([20] pp., illustr.) - - - Richard Mortensen. Tegning. Robert Jakobssen. Skulptur. 25. Oktober-5. November [1946]. "Tokanten" (20 pp., illustr.) - - - Otto G. Carlsund. Skisser och studier till muralmålningar 27 sept-16 okt 1947. Katalog med kort introduktion i Art Concret. Konstnärshuset (12 pp., inscribed by Carlsund "till vännen Hans med tack för gammalt sympatiskt medarbetarskap Stockholm den 26.9.47 tillgivn, 1949.

Price: US$230.95 + shipping

Description: Svart klotband från Bonniers bokbinderi, genomgående med lätta bruksspår, enstaka noteringar och obetydliga veck m.m., Carlsundkatalogens främre omslag med lodrätt veck. Proveniens: museimannen och konsthistorikern Hans Eklund (1921-2018). Två av katalogerna (Carlsund, Gimond) med dedikation, se ovan. Tillsammans med det 4-sidiga "från början icke avsedda kollektivtacket i tryckt form" (4 sid.) till vännerna, som Carlsund skrev på "Sabbatsbergs sjukhus, vårdagjämningen 1948" och lät trycka kort före sin bortgång. Följande kataloger ingår: - - - Pablo Picasso. Etsningar och litografier 1904-1947. November-december 1947. Blanch's konstgalleri, katalog 3 ([ii] + 46 sid., illustr.) - - - Joan Miró. Målningar. Keramik. Litografier. 9 april-3 maj 1949. Galerie Blanche, katalog 16 ([20] sid., illustr.) - - - Richard Mortensen. Tegning. Robert Jakobssen. Skulptur. 25. Oktober-5. November [1946]. "Tokanten" (20 sid., illustr.) - - - Otto G. Carlsund. Skisser och studier till muralmålningar 27 sept-16 okt 1947. Katalog med kort introduktion i Art Concret. Konstnärshuset (12 sid., dedikation "till vännen Hans med tack för gammalt sympatiskt medarbetarskap Stockholm den 26.9.47 tillgivne Otto G. Carlsund") - - - Marcel Gimond (Sculptures de 1940 à 1946). Exposition [.] 25 mai-25 juin 1946. Galerie "Beaux-Arts", Paris (16 sid., illustr., dedikation "a Monsieur Hans Eklund en souvenir de sa visite le 4/2/47 MG") - - - Fernand Leger. Retrospektiv utställning 21 maj-30 juni 1948. Föreningen Fransk konst och Svensk-Franska konstgalleriet, katalog 221 (14 sid.) - - - Paul Klee. Utställning mars 1949. Svensk-Franska konstgalleriet, katalog 227 (8 sid.) - - - André Breton: Préliminaires sur Matta. René Drouin 1947 (24 sid. + 2 planscher + 2 monterade bilder varav en i färg, dock ingen originallitografi monterad i mittvecket) - - - GAN. Gösta Adrian-Nilsson. Galerie S:t Lucas 1946 (8 sid., främre omslaget med monterat porträtt) - - - René-Jean: Jacques Villon. Collection "Initier", Éditions Braun & Cie, 1945 (24 sid., illustr.)

Seller: Hatt Rare Books ILAB & CINOA, Hägersten, Sweden

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973); Kahnweiler, Daniel Henry (1884-1979); Brassai. The sculptures of Picasso. London : Rodney Phillips & Co., 1949.

Price: US$316.79 + shipping

Description: Near fine copy in the original cloth over colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [15] pages, 142 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [12]). Translation from the French of: Les sculptures de Picasso. Subjects: Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Sculpture; Picasso, Pablo Ruiz; Twentieth century; Sculpture; Spain; Spanish twentieth century sculpture; Brassai; Photography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

KAHNWEILER, Daniel Henry. Photographs by Brassai; Pablo PICASSO.. THE SCULPTURES OF PICASSO.. Rodney Phillips, London., 1949.

Price: US$325.04 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Stamped "Review Copy" on the title page. 216 plates, black and white. Black illustrated boards. A bump has put a closed tear in the foot of spine causing a partial detachment of the bottom 2"; otherwise only minor marks; Very good indeed. Acquired from Maude Lloyd, an admired leading dancer with Ballet Rambert in the 1930s. With her husband, Nigel Gosling a renowned art critic, she later wrote, influential dance books and reviews under the joint pseudonym, 'Alexander Bland'. When Rudolph Nureyev defected in 1961, Margot Fonteyn asked them to befriend him which they gladly did offering him freedom of their house. Gosling edited his autobiography. Nureyev wrote an admiring memoir of him in Observer of the Dance anthologising Goslings reviews, "He and Maude were like my family."

Seller: Dennys, Sanders & Greene, Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Daniel Henry Kahnweiler - Brassaï - Pablo Picasso. Les Sculptures de Picasso. Éditions du Chêne, 1949.

Price: US$333.46 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1949, Paris, Les Editions du Chêne. In-4, reliure cartonnée illustrée de l'éditeur, dos toilé imprimé. Edition originale dont il n'est pas annoncé de grands papiers. Photographies de Brassaï reproduites en héliogravure (en noir). Envoi d'Hubert Damisch à Claude Viseux. Tache sur page de garde. Intérieur agréable voire frais. Très bel exemplaire faisant se superposer deux oeuvres de deux artistes amis.

Seller: Librairie du Levant, Bayonne, France

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973); Kahnweiler, Daniel Henry (1884-1979); Brassai. The sculptures of Picasso. London : Rodney Phillips & Co., 1949.

Price: US$352.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine copy in the original cloth over colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [15] pages, 142 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [12]). Translation from the French of: Les sculptures de Picasso. Subjects: Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Sculpture; Picasso, Pablo Ruiz; Twentieth century; Sculpture; Spain; Spanish twentieth century sculpture; Brassai; Photography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.