schmeckebier peter (3 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1939 Univ. of Minnesota Press; pages are clean, unmarked, and tightly bound; foxing on outer edges; inked name and address and small price sticker on front flyleaf; dust jacket is in quite bad shape and in 2 pieces; cover has bumped corners, some damp staining, and small tear at upper spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 179 pages illustrations 26 cm ; LCCN: 50-9725 ; LC: NB1250; Dewey: 736.4 ; OCLC: 227669 ; beige and brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use sculpture ; "n simple every-day language and with lavish use of photographs, a noted sculptor takes you, step-by-step, through the process of wood sculpture and explains how to appreciate and use this kind of art in your own home. The how-to-do-it section contains information on the tools needed, the various woods and their qualities, and finishes. Photographs showing examples of the author's work and that of other contemporary sculptors illustrate his points clearly. The beginner will find this book opens the way to a rewarding hobby; the serious artist will be challenged by Mr. Rood's forceful ideas on art." ; contains numerous illustrations of beautifully photographed artwork of William Zorach, Maria Nunez del Prado, Aaron Goodelman, C Ludwig Brumme, Warren Wheelock, Ernst Barlach, Jose De Creeft, Chaim Gross, Peter John Lupori, Milton Hebald, Ossip Zadkine, Ann Wolfe, Dorothea Greenbaum, Gwen Lux, Evelyn Raymond and Alonzo Hauser ; copy of award-winning Santa Clara, New Mexico sculptor and painter, Joe Rodriguez Valles (1922-1982) ; foxing to endpapers ; else VG. Book.

Zustand: Fine. First edition, signed, limited. Portfolio, 13 x 19 inches, 14 lithograph prints laid in. Portfolio cover printed with title on front panel recto, limitation on verso; Introduction on recto of rear panel, list of contents on verso. M. Peter Piening (1908-1977) was a German-born Danish commercial artist and graphic designer educated at the Bauhaus and University of Berlin. After two years in Paris working for "Vogue," he emigrated to the United States in 1934 to work for Conde-Nast's New York office. In the late 30s he was art director for "Life" magazine and in the 40s was art director of "Fortune" magazine. He designed many memorable covers for "Fortune." This portfolio presents ". . . a series of 14 lithographs representing the various academic divisions in the 1965 annual report of research at Syracuse University. 1965 was Piening's seventh year as Professor in the School of Art in Syracuse University. He was also director of the Syracuse University Design Center. Signed and numbered on verso of front cover; each print also signed and numbered by the artist. #7 of 75 copies.