Hardcover. Large Square Quarto. Color boards with the title in black down a multi-colored spine. Clear acetate jacket with text on flaps. Pages: (5), 6-448. Profusely illustrated with color images. "Helen Frankenthaler, an early pioneer of the stained-canvas method, has produced a body of paintings, sculpture and prints whose impact on contemporary art has been significant. This study of the artist's career offers an analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art." Contents are as follows: Mother Goose melody -- Painted on 21st Street -- Mountains and sea -- Towards a new climate -- The human edge -- Nature abhors a vacuum -- Ideas. VG. Acetate jacket has some scuffing. Front end paper 4 inch by 4 inch piece of first free paper cut out, probably to remove inscription.
Published by ABRAMS February 1997, 1997
ISBN 10: 0810909162 ISBN 13: 9780810909168
Language: English
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Helen Frankenthaler is one of the most significant and influential artists of the past 45 years. An early pioneer of the stained-canvas method and one of the foremost lyrical colorists of our time, she has produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound. This landmark study offers an in-depth analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art. In addition to paintings, Frankenthaler's studies on paper, prints, book covers, ceramic and metal sculpture, tapestries, set designs, and mural works are also featured. John Elderfield's text is enhanced by quotations from Frankenthaler and from other contemporary artists and critics who shed new light on her enormous achievement, resulting in the definitive work on the artist. Used copy with light wear. Light wear to cover edges.
Elderfield, John. FRANKENTHALER. 448 pp., with 429 plates, 262 in color. Folio, cloth. New York, Abrams, 1989. This landmark study offers an in-depth analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art. In addition to paintings, Frankenthaler's studies on paper, prints, book covers, ceramic and metal sculpture, tapestries, set designs, and mural works are also featured. John Elderfield's text is enhanced by quotations from Frankenthaler and from other contemporary artists and critics who shed new light on her enormous achievement, resulting in the definitive work on the artist.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pictorial hardcover. First Edition. Massive Folio. In fine overall condition. Full color quality reproduction throughout. ; 12 X 2 X 13.5 inches; 448 pages.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine printed mylar dust wrapper with virtually no wear. Completely clean, no foxing or marks. Illustrated with 429 plates, including 262 in color. Chronology. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 13" high X 12" wide, 448 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Condition: Used - Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Large 4to with transparent acetate jacket. 448 numbered pp. Some light scuffing to acetate. Bottom corners of boards lightly bumped. Crown and fore-edges of text block beginning to yellow, but text and plates are pristine. A very nice copy. Very Good.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, 1989. Hardcover in pictorial boards (lacking the clear mylar dust jacket). First Edition, First Printing. 13 1/4" x 12" Weighs: 9.9 lbs. 448 pages, featuring 429 illustrations, 262 in color offering a chronologically arranged account of the artist's career from the early 1950s through the late 1980s. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy showing hints of rubbing to cover edges and corners; in a Fine clear acetate dust jacket with signs of light rubbing from shelf wear and a small crease at lower right front corner (noticable when looked at in raking light). Nice Copy.
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0810909162 ISBN 13: 9780810909168
Language: English
Hardcover. Color illus. cloth boards w/ black printing. 448 pp.; 429 plates and figures, 262 color plates and 167 bw plates. no plastic jacket. Weights 11lbs. A beautiful and enormous tome that showcases the work of abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), from the early 1950s through the late 1980s. Supplies examples of her paintings, prints, ceramics, tapestries, book covers, set designs, sculpture, and murals. Includes an artist chronology and exhibition listing."Helen Frankenthaler, an early pioneer of the stained-canvas method, has produced a body of paintings, sculpture and prints whose impact on contemporary art has been significant. This study of the artist's career offers an analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art. " --Blackwell. VG (wear to boards. corners rubbed. spine spongy; textblock slightly rattled, though pgs & binding fully intact. pgs 383 to closing have light ripple; no dampstaining apparent. hinges strong).
Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0810909162 ISBN 13: 9780810909168
Language: English
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated boards with an acetate dust jacket. In very tidy condition inside and out. Previous owner name inside and some minor soiling to the page edges. This is a large heavy book so postage will be more than abe quoted postage. Helen Frankenthaler is one of the most significant and influential artists of the past 45 years. An early pioneer of the stained-canvas method and one of the foremost lyrical colorists of our time, she has produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound. This landmark study offers an in-depth analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art. In addition to paintings, Frankenthaler's studies on paper, prints, book covers, ceramic and metal sculpture, tapestries, set designs, and mural works are also featured. John Elderfield's text is enhanced by quotations from Frankenthaler and from other contemporary artists and critics who shed new light on her enormous achievement, resulting in the definitive work on the artist.
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Add to basket4°. 448 S. Mit zahlr. tls. farb. Abb. Farb. illustr. Original-Pappband mit Transparentschutzhülle. Transparentschutzhülle etwas berieben, sonst von guter Erhaltung. Gewicht (Gramm): 4350.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No additional printings indicated. Minimal wear. Dust jacket is taped to the boards. Due to the weight of this book, it is not available for international shipping. Inside the U.S. - Standard shipping only. A13.
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