Schiff friedrich (17 Ergebnisse)
eigenhändig von beiden signierte und datierte Autogrammkarte.
GULDA, Friedrich (Pianist, Komponist) + SCHIFF, Heinrich (Cellist)
Verlag: München, 12.11.1984., 1984
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In den Warenkorb8 x 12,5 cm Karteikarte. Friedrich Gulda (* 16. Mai 1930 in Wien; 27. Jänner 2000 in Weißenbach am Attersee) war ein österreichischer Pianist und Komponist. Heinrich Schiff (* 18. November 1951 in Gmunden; 23. Dezember 2016 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Cellist und Dirigent. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.
CÉZANNE Vollendet Unvollendet Kunstforum Wien 20. Januar bis 25. April 2000 und im Kunsthaus Zürich, 5. Mai bis 30. Juli 2000 / CÉZANNE Completed Unfinished Kunstforum Wien January 20 to April 25, 2000 and in the Kunsthaus Zurich, May 5 to July 30, 2000
Cézanne, Paul - Teja Bach, Friedrich - Baumann, Felix - Benesch, Evelyn - Boehm, Gottfried - Feilchenfeldt, Christina & Walter - Maloon, Terence - Schiff, Richard - Schwarz, Birgit
Verlag: Wien: Kunstforum, 2000, 2000
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 408pp - Color & B/w reproductions. Exhibition Catalog: Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radicall…y different world of art in the 20th century. First edition, text in German. Original boards. the last 12 pages had water marks, otherwise in good condition.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
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In den WarenkorbOhne Ort (Shanghai), Hwa Kuo Printing Co., 1945 (13,5x19 cm), Quer-8°, illustrierter Titelblatt, 43 S., mit Zeichnungen und Abbildungen, illustrierter Original-Broschureinband mit Kordelheftung (etwas gebräunt) (ISCH) *Friedrich Schiff (* 6. November 1908 in Wien - 23. März 1968 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Maler und Zeichne…r. Er war bekannt für seine bunten Karikaturen des täglichen Lebens in Shanghai in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren.
Verlag: München (Herkulessaal), 12.7.1988., 1988
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In den Warenkorb18 x 24 cm. Zeitungsausschnitt. Friedrich Gulda (* 16. Mai 1930 in Wien; 27. Jänner 2000 in Weißenbach am Attersee) war ein österreichischer Pianist und Komponist. Heinrich Schiff (* 18. November 1951 in Gmunden; 23. Dezember 2016 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Cellist und Dirigent. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.
Weitere BilderVerlag: The Hague, Netherlands: H.D. Leopolds, 1937
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Large octavo, pp 56. Illustrated photograph book with sketches by Frederic Schiff. Bilingual Dutch and English text by Ellen Thorbecke. Card covers illustrated by Schiff. Issued by the Java-China-Japan Line, with a map of their routes on the inside front cover. An attra…ctive look at China and another successful collaboration among Schiff and Thorbecke. Very Good condition, fine, clean and unmarked internally, some red marks to the covers.
Weitere BilderVerlag: The Hague, Netherlands: H.D. Leopolds, 1937
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Large octavo, pp 56. Illustrated photograph book with sketches by Frederic Schiff. Bilingual Dutch and English text by Ellen Thorbecke. Card covers illustrated by Schiff. Issued by the Java-China-Japan Line, with a map of their routes on the inside front cover. An attra…ctive look at China and another successful collaboration among Schiff and Thorbecke. Previous owner's name to first page. There is some blue ink staining on the rear cover. Overall in Very Good condition. Friedrich Schiff (illustrator).
Weitere BilderKUNST DER ZEIT. Zeitschrift der Künstler-Selbsthilfe. Ausgabe B. Komplett mit 1. Jahrgang, Heft 1 vom Oktober 1929 bis Heft 12, September 1930). In einem Buch. Mehr nicht erschienen!
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Verlag: Berlin Künstler-Selbsthilfe, J.J. Ottens Verlag gedruckt bei Julius Sittenfeld 1929 und 1930., 1930
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In den WarenkorbHARDCOVER. 22,3 : 15,2 cm. Reich an schwarz-weiß Abbildungen. Brauner Halbleinenband mit den eingebundenen farbigen Original-Umschlägen. 288 (+2) Seiten. Vorsätze etwas gelbfleckig. Bis auf die fast durchgehende Stauchspur an oberer Ecke gut erhaltenes, vollständiges Exemplar dieses seltenen Werkes. Mit einem Register "Kunst der… Zeit". Dietzel-Hügel 1697. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Sommerzeit daheim oder auf Reisen: bei uns finden Sie sicher ein passendes Buch zur Begleitung. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! FL0102.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1940
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Small quarto, pp 81. Illustrated paper covered hard boards. Book about Shanghai, mainly targeted at tourists and visitors, with text and photographs by Ellen Thorbecke and embellished with drawings by Friedrich Schiff. The book is in Very Good condition, bookplate to fro…nt pastedown, some rubbing to spine extremities, boards a little bowed, clean and unmarked internally, binding solid. Overall solid copy of an increasingly difficult book to find.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1934
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Folio, 27cm x 38cm, 87 pages. Beige cloth covered boards decorated with a pasted down photograph of a Pekinese Temple Lion, a red cloth vertical banner with the book title in black and a small cartoon in red by Frederich Schiff. This was Ellen Thorbecke's first book on C…hina and was published using her maiden name (Ellen Catleen). Full page colour map of the city, and with Thorbecke's gravure printed photographs throughout and further embellished with Friedrich Schiff's drawings. No dust jacket. In Near Fine condition, clean and unmarked and with the binding remaining tight. An attractive copy of this charming 1930's book about Peking.
Weitere BilderVerlag: No publisher noted, 1930
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, no publisher or date noted, but from the 1930's. Cartoon style book in concertina binding with green silk brocade covered boards in a bamboo design; 19cm x 26.5cm. 22 panels, comprising title page, second page blank plus 20 pages of hand coloured cartoons. Verso of all b…oards blank. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) was an Austrian Jewish cartoonist and long-time resident of Shanghai where he was a keen observer of the people and life of the city in the war-torn late 1930 s. Printed in an unspecified limited edition, this book numbered I201. Hand coloured and signed by the artist to the titlepage. In Very Good condition, page edges gently tanned, silk covers faded to edges.
Sprache: Deutsch
Verlag: Shanghai, Yellow Hall,, 1939
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In den Warenkorb4°, Leinen. "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed. Each book is hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is book number 19.". Illustrated by 21 hand colored pages. Limited signed edition. Red silk bamboo brocade, accordian fold. 4to (27x19.5cm). pp. [21] colored paste-on cartoons to concertina bou…nd boards. Very good copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 5550.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Self-published (at the Yellow Hall), China [Shanghai], 1939
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. JAZZ, VICE, and VANISHED SHANGHAI A vibrant and satirical visual record of pre-WWII Shanghai nightlife and social friction, hand-colored and signed by the Austrian caricaturist Friedrich Schiff. This accordion-style sketchbook captures the…collision of East and West in the final years of the International Settlement, documenting the interactions of sailors, 'taxi-dancers', and local residents with a 'no-holds-barred' wit. Schiff's work serves as a primary visual ethnography of a vanished colonial world, produced in the city's legendary 'Yellow Hall' just before the Japanese occupation reshaped the region forever. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: 21 plates of caricatural illustrations, each individually hand-colored by the artist. Includes the iconic 'Paramount' dance hall and Filipino jazz band scenes. +++ Binding: Original decorated silk-brocade covers featuring a stamped bamboo motif. Bound as a 'leporello' (fan-folded) allowing for a continuous panoramic display. +++ Content: Satirical sketches of Shanghai's 'joints', nightclubs, and street life, capturing the 'Barflies' and 'sing-song girls' of the 1930s. +++ Imprint: Shanghai; Friedrich Schiff. 1939. Numbered 570 in an unspecified limited edition. +++ Specs: Quarto; 10.5 x 7.5 inches. 21 leaves. +++ Design: Features Schiff's unique signature 'sketch-hand' style, noted for its economy of line and expressive cross-cultural observation. +++ Scholarship: Documents the 'International' caste system and the seedier cross-cultural undercurrents of pre-war China. +++ Signed by the author/artist on the title page as issued. CONDITION -- Very Good+. +++ The Book: The internal leaves are tight and square with light, even age-toning. There is minor offset from the hand-colored drawings onto the facing pages, which is common and expected for this format. +++ The Silk: The original silk-brocade covers are handsome and well-preserved, showing only minor handling wear and light rubbing at the extremities. A remarkably crisp example of a fragile, overseas production. Historical Significance: Friedrich Schiff was the preeminent cartoonist of Interwar Shanghai, spending 18 years documenting the city's poignant and often ridiculous cultural collisions. Maskee-a Pidgin-English term meaning 'never mind' or 'it doesn't matter'-perfectly encapsulates the reckless hedonism of a city living on borrowed time. Schiff's 'sketch-hand' captured everyone from 'sing-song' girls to colonial police with a wit that continues to influence modern Asian graphic artists. This volume is a primary visual source for the Art Deco period in the East, predating the abrupt end of Old Shanghai brought on by the Japanese occupation and later Revolution. SUBJECTS: Shanghai, China, Caricatures and Cartoons, Social Conditions, 1930s Nightlife, Jazz Age, International Settlement, Signed Limited Edition, Art Deco, Leporello, Asian History. Signed.
Weitere BilderVerlag: [Likely Shanghai: c.1930s], 1930
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In den WarenkorbSigned limited edition, number A430 of an unknown edition signed by the cartoonist on the title page. Schiff's pen skewers the modern decadence of Shanghai's concessions and the cast of expatriates and "modern girls" who frequent them. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) fled Nazi persecution in his native Austria and settled in Shangh…ai in the 1930s. "He started his career by providing illustrations to Kelly and Walsh, the largest English-language book publishers in China at the time. He then provided cartoons for the Tientsin Times, but it was in hedonistic Shanghai that he found his oeuvre and started to satirise the foreign community. [Schiff captured] a new Shanghai of modernist architecture, avant-garde styles, high fashion and jazz" (French, p. 162). Paul French, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao, 2009; Arthur Hacker, China Illustrated: Western Views of the Middle Kingdom, 2012. Quarto, concertina-style. Original blue brocade covers, 20 hand-coloured sheets with captions and cartoons. Covers and contents bright: a fine copy.
Weitere BilderVerlag: [Likely Shanghai: c.1930s], 1930
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In den WarenkorbSigned limited edition, number 217 of an unknown edition signed by the cartoonist on the title page. Schiff's pen skewers the modern decadence of Shanghai's concessions and the cast of expatriates and "modern girls" who frequent them. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) fled Nazi persecution in his native Austria and settled in Shangha…i in the 1930s. "He started his career by providing illustrations to Kelly and Walsh, the largest English-language book publishers in China at the time. He then provided cartoons for the Tientsin Times, but it was in hedonistic Shanghai that he found his oeuvre and started to satirise the foreign community. [Schiff captured] a new Shanghai of modernist architecture, avant-garde styles, high fashion and jazz" (French, p. 162). Paul French, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao, 2009; Arthur Hacker, China Illustrated: Western Views of the Middle Kingdom, 2012. Quarto, concertina-style. Original brownish orange brocade covers, 20 hand-coloured sheets with captions and cartoons. Covers lightly worn and bowed, panels foxed at margin, bump to top edge, illustrations almost entirely unaffected: a very good copy.
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In den WarenkorbFirst and only edition. Numerous photographic illustrations and sketches (partly in colour). Folio. Original cloth, a very good copy. 87pp. Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, A rare Kelly & Walsh imprint and one of the most evocatively illustrated books of the period. The work follows Mr. Pim and Mr. Wu on their perambulations through Pek…ing and it's surroundings. The mixture of excellent photography with sketches by the caricaturist Schiff makes for a thoroughly enjoyable item. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) was born in Austria and came to China at the age of twenty-two. Here he worked as charicaturist for several newspapers, designed postcards, illustrated books, and even painted murals in public buildings and clubs in Shanghai. The Historical Museum in Vienna devoted a small exhibition to Schiff in March 2002. Catleen was Ellen Thorbecke's (1902-1973) maiden name. She married the Dutch ambassador to China Willem Thorbecke in the early 30s.
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In den WarenkorbS.n.e., sans lieu, sans date [circa 1940]. 27 x 19,5 cm, une page de titre, 20 pages et une page de collophon, leporello, les dessins sont colorés à la main par l'artiste et contrecollés sur carton fort. Reliure de soie bleue. Reliure légèrement usée et salie sinon bon exemplaire. Édition à tirage limité non précisé, ici le numé…ro 101, et signé par l'artiste sur la page de titre. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) était un caricaturiste juif autrichien qui a longtemps résidé à Shanghai, où il était un observateur attentif des habitants et de la vie de la ville à la fin des années 1930, déchirés par la guerre. Peu de détails sont connus de la vie de Friedrich Schiff, l'un des grands dessinateurs de Shanghai entre les guerres mondiales. Il est né en 1908 en Autriche et s'est exilé à Shanghai en 1929. Il est retourné en Autriche en 1947 et y est mort en 1968. En 1929, Schiff arrive à Shanghai pour échapper à la persécution nazie. Au cours de son séjour de 18 ans dans la ville il a énormément dessiné. Une rétrospective de ses uvres a été publiée en Autriche en 1985 sous le nom de China gemalt - Chinesische zeitgeschichte dans Bildern Friedrich Schiff. Pour plus de détails, voir Kaminski, Gerd, Der Blick durch die Drachenhaut: Friedrich Schiff: Maler dreier Kontinente, Wien, Eigenverlag, 2001. Livres.
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In den Warenkorb[Shanghai 1938?, Schiff]. Red silk accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, 19.5 x 27 cm., mild stain on the first two pages and at the center on all other pages. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR *** *** *** . . A GREAT CARAIATURE OF SHANGHAI LIEF IN THE LATE 1930'S . . . DEPICTING IN…TERACTIONS BETWEEN . . . FOREIGNERS, CHINESE DANCE HALL GIRLS & PROSTITUTES . . *** WHO WAS THE ARTIST & AUTHOR FRIEDRICH H. SCHIFF [1908-1968]: Schiff was an Austrian-Jewish artist. He was a keen observer of the Chinese spirit, showing the more fascinating visual insights to Shanghai life., living there 1930-1947. . Schiff arrived from Austria in Shanghai in 1930 when he was 22 years old, and lived there until 1947. His charming cartoons captured the foreign community's interest and many were also published in local newspapers and journals such as the China Journal & the North China Daily News. . He also illustrated several books on China, a suite of Shanghai postcards, and was attributed to decorating the walls of the Cercle Sportif Français and other clubs. . After receiving an invitation to visit Shanghai from a cousin Schiff lived there for 17 years, becoming known as one of the city's great cartoonists between the two world wars. . Schiff's importance lies, first of all in the fact he depicted indelible characters that manifest what it meant to dwell in Shanghai, then an international City. . "He manipulates his works as a form of attack. Socially marginalized groups, such as prostitutes, 'taxi-girls' and beggars, are all subjects of his scrutiny." . *** Gerd Kaminski, author of a chronicle and geographical study of the artist, described the opus of Schiff as extensive, ascertaining that cartooning was the genre that prodded him into telling stories from the point of view of a spectator on the street. See below. . * "Schiff's opus goes beyond cartoons and illustrations for newspapers. Artistically, he was equally excellent in landscape and portrait oil paintings, gouache and watercolor works," Kaminski said. . * "Schiff, from the very beginning of his residency in China, had already developed sharp eyes -not only in face-reading Chinese physiognomy, but also the social realities in which Chinese and foreigners were being subjected to." . *** THE SETTING: The setting is the "Roaring 1930's Shanghai" scene. Sketches depict the Free-Wheeling, "Anything Goes" wild attitudes of "why not" war torn Shanghai. . * THE SKETCHES: TWENTY-ONE HAND-COLORED DRAWINGS: . The first page shows a beautiful, slinky Chinese girl in Cheongsam: "Miss Shanghai: "Me no worry-me no care ! Me go marry millionaire ! If he die me no cry ! Me go marry other guy !!" . Followed by 19 other full-page hand-colored drawings. Some with and with out captions, the meanings obvious ! . These fascinating color-drawings shows how Occidentals inter-relate with the Chinese & western [mostly Russian] girls, Shanghai Party time English style, "Having a Ripping Time," American sailors caress and dance with their willowy Chinese girls wearing sexy Cheongsam split up to their hips. . Also stunningly beautiful, blond & blue-eyed Russian prostitutes with their Chinese sisters competing for the Yankee dollar. "Taxi-girls, "sing-song girls," bar girls, lonely and hungry house wives. . *** THE MEANING OF "MASKEE:" The tile "MASKEE" is a very old China coast Pidgin English corruption of the Portuguese word meaning "Never Mind." This and other Pidgin English was commonly used by both Chinese and foreigners along the treaty port cities on China's east coast since the 1820's. . *** THE HAND-COLORED ART WORK: Schiff drew the illustrations, then had the book printed in black-outline, after which he hand-colored each page and signed the title page, adding a hand-written number on the last page. . *** BINDING: The work was bound in various colors of silk [red, maroon, green, blue], with brocade designs, such as bamboo, or the dragon. There may have been othe.
