‘Friedman Collection Artists of Chicago’ Essay by Dr. William Gerdts 1st Edition

Jonas Lie (1880-1940), by William H. and Carol Lowrey Gerdts. Spanierman gallery, 2005. First Edition hardcover. 120 page exhibition catalog, in color with some fold-out examples of ...

Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection by Edward Lennox-Boyd. Christies books, 1998 1st Edition thus hardcover with dust jacket. A unique collection of 18th ce...

The United Artists Story, by Ronald Bergan. Crown Publishers, New York, 1986. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. This book tells the fascinating story of "the ...

Blaske Collection American Historical flasks by Norman C. Heckler. Robert W. Skinner, Inc, Bolton, Massachusetts, 1983. The former Blaske Collection i...

The history of Postmodern Architecture by Heinrich Klotz. Cambridge MA; The MIT Press, 1988. This first standard work on the past 25 years in postmodern architecture documents the ri...

Gardens of Georgia by William R. Mitchell, special limited 1st Ed. Published by Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Photography By Richard Moore. Writer William Mitchell and photographer Richard Moore have portrayed the wonders of gardens historic and comtemporary, public and private, and urban and rural from each of the three regions of Georgia: North Georgia...

Impressionist New York by William H. Gerdts. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published by Artabras in 1994. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 224 pages.

First edition, published by Arena Editions, Santa Fe, 2000. This photographic art book features William Claxton's unique photographs that capture the young, controversial American...

First edition, published by Contrasto, Rome, 2005. Text in English and Italian. This English and Italian language photobook from William Klein sees him revisit the Rome that he im...

American Impressionism Hardcover Book by William H. Gerdts. American Impressionism Book by William H. Gerdts Hardcover Book. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 paintings by 125 different artists, this volume contains documentary photographs of the artists and quotations from their private letters and journals complementing the text. Good copy bound in cloth with an equally fine dust wrapper. 336 pages; Beginning with a brief prelude discussing the roots of Impressionism in America and its relationship to French Impressionism, Gerdts recounts the early adventures of American artists in Claude Monet's village of Giverny, evaluates Impressionism's progress from an avant-garde aesthetic to its triumph during the 1813 Chicago World Fair and its replacement by the radical styles of Cubism and Futurism. Also studies how Impressionism flourished across the United States and includes an exhaustive bibliography. Among the masters reproduced are Childe Hassam, John Twachtman...

First Edition, published by Korinsha Press, Japan, 1998. Text in Japanese and with some English headings. A brilliant Japanese photobook of stills, designs and behind the scenes images from William Klein's classic anti-imperialist superhero satire, 'Mister Freedom...

First Italian Edition, published by Contrasto, Rome, 2002. Text in Italian. This Italian edition of William Klein's dynamic and influential portrait of the city of Paris is a stun...