Ben shahn text (8 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for the December 22, 1961 to January 22, 1962 exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Text in Dutch. Light rubbing to the wrappers, else Near Fine in saddle-stapled illustrated card wrappers.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (Ben Shahn, Sacco, Vanzetti) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. 4to. [62 pp]. Soft, glossy yellow and color illustrated wraps. Good with shaken binding, marginal soiling along wraps and sunning along spine. Black and white plates, including frontis. Includes additional introductory text by Frank Getlein. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition "Ben Shahn" at Kennedy Galleries in New York City from October 12 througth November 2, 1968. First edition. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, 142 pp, reproductions in colour and black and white of works by Ben Shahn, white decorated boards slightly marked, dust wrapper has a repaired tear to the front cover and some light wear to the edges but is now protected and perfectly presentable.…

Zustand: Good. 4to. Hardcover with dust jacket in slip case. This is a two-volume set of the life and work of Ben Shahn. [Volume One] : Paintings (144pp.). [Volume Two] : Graphic Art (142pp.). Volumes together include 125 B&W and color plates. Volumes are encased in slip case with illustrative plates on both sides. Very Good, very minor markings, creasing, and sunning on cover. Inserts: [Volume One]: Book review request from George Braziller, Inc. (New York). [Volume Two]: New York Times death announcement of Ben Shahn (Sunday, March 16, 1969); glossy B&W prints including three works from Ben Shahn and plates of Sumerian libration vessels photocopied from an unknown source.Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924 -2017), The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone.She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema." Among her publications are "The Mystery of B. Traven" and "Eye on the World," a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Cover by Riko Debenjak. Text by Zroan Krzisnik, director of the Modern Art Gallery, Ljubljana. Quarto. xxi, 144, [7 biographies and contents] pp. Heavily illustrated with vivid reproductions. Topedge lightly foxed, very light wear, near fine in glazed pictorial boards. Artist Ben Shahn's copy with his bold owner stamp on the front fly, as well as an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. A nice association.…

First Edition. Oblong octavo (15cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, very mild toning to wrapper edges, clean internally; Very Good or better. Powerful collaborative work between former New Orleans newspaperman Alfred Maund and artist Ben Shahn. The volume presents twelve cases ranging over two decades, dealing with the question of segregation in hospitals and the difficult, often tragic, situations which arise when hospitals do not accept all sick people, choosing to put limitations on their service based on race. Wrappers and each account accompanied by illustrations by Shahn. Shortly after publication, the volume landed on the desk of Eleanor Roosevelt, becoming the subject of one of her "My Day" columns (October 17, 1952).…

First Edition. Sole printing. Oblong octavo; stapled wrappers, [20]pp; illus. Fine in the original pictorial wrappers. Prescott (Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn) attributes the text to CBS executive Robert Strunsky. Advertisers' prospectus, celebrating CBS's highly-rated radio documentary program "Mind in the Shadow," which exposed the inadequacy of mental health care in America. The prospectus is clearly geared towards upper-end corporate clients; sophisticated in both design and tone, it highlights CBS's commitment to serious journalism, assuring advertisers "a vast and growing public for their messages." The brochure is illustrated throughout with simple, semi-abstract line drawings by the modernist painter Ben Shahn, who at this time was at the height of his fame and reputation. It is a great example of Shahn's mid-century commercial work and one of his most uncommon illustrated books, OCLC noting fewer than a dozen holdings in American institutions. PRESCOTT p.115 (note).…