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Barr, Alfred H., Jr.. MATISSE: His Art and His Public.. New York (The Museum of Modern Art), 1951.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 591pp. Prof. illus. (22 color). 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Matisse, Henri and Alfred H Barr. Matisse: His Art and His Public. The Museum of Modern Art,, 1951.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover missing dustjacket, 592 pages, good condition; split to front inner hinge but cover still attached; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Barr, Alfred H., Jr.. Matisse: His Art & His Public. Museum of Modern Art. NY. 1951, 1951.
Price: US$34.50 + shipping
Description: 591pp. small 4to Profusely illustrated in black & white + 8 full-page color plates. Black boards awith reddish cloth back 1st Edition. Light cover soil: VG+/Fair dj with large missing pieces
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.57 + shipping
Description: Künstler: Matisse, Henri . Verleger: Museum Of Modern Art, New York . Datum: 1951. 592 Seiten mit zahlr., teils ganzs. Schwarzweissabb. Englisch . 4to. (Quartformat). Ohalbleineneinbd. mit Praegung des Monogramms von Matisse. Ecken leicht bestossen, sowie unteres Kapital, insgesamt (altersbedingt) gebraeunt, ansonsten ein gutes exemplar.
Seller: Stefan Schuelke Fine Books, Köln, NRW, Germany
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, 592 pages, good to very good condition: dj has some loss at top of spine and top edge of rear cover; dj also crumpled at bottom of spine; dj is protected by plastic wrap which has been taped to front and rear inner boards; 1st blank page has a large abrasion from removed sticker; probably this was an ex-library copy; no internal marks. The dustjacket, designed by Matisse, is still very presentable. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$564.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Important source on Matisse, in publishers cloth, with the original printed dust-jacket with paper cut-out design by MATISSE, 592pp, numerous illustrations throughout.See: "Matisse L'Art du Livre" no 108; "Matisse Paper Cut-Outs" no 122; Duthuit no 30, p 246. Freitag no 6201
Seller: 20th Century Art Archives, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Barr, Alfred H. Jr.. Matisse:His Art And His Public. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1951.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A classic in art history, written by the great director of MoMA; this is a limited edition of 495 numbered copies, this being No.343, signed by Mr. Barr and containing an original lithograph by Henri Matisse with tissue guard laid-in; this copy is Fine in a Near Fine DJ with a 3/4" scuff on outer cardboard slipcase, with two, DJ closed tears and a tiny, bottom chip and a bottom, 3/4" missing piece; also laid in is a color invitation to the 1978 a treasure of a book, this being one of the finest copies offered on the internet.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.