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555: Revisiting The Fashion Archive of Francisco Costa
Located in New York, NY
This item will be available to ship October 31, 2023
An evocative photographic homage shot by renowned image-makers that celebrates the iconic archival fashion designs of Francisco Costa...
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Charleston, Then and Now by W. Chris Phelps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Charleston, Then and Now by W. Chris Phelps. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2005. 144 pages.
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paris 1919 - 1929 Art and Culture, French Book by Vincent Bouvet, 2009
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris 1919 - 1929 Art, Vie et Culture (art, life, and culture), French book by Vincent Bouvet et Gérad Durozoi, 2009.
Paris was an international melting pot of arts and letters during the inter-war period.
Between the parade of the Allies in 1919 and the one of the Germans in 1940 on the same Champs-Elysées, Paris experienced a fruitful cultural and intellectual period for 20 years, open to the avant-garde and faithful to the best of tradition. In the period between the two World Wars, France maintained its status as a significant economic, military, and colonial power. The fame of French culture is centralized in Paris, from which ideas and fashions radiate. Artists and creators come from all continents to the City of Light to draw their inspiration and gain recognition in the eyes of the world.
During the "Roaring Twenties" that followed the euphoria of victory, Paris shone with a thousand lights. The "Lost Generation," the one of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, is the most significant foreign colonies that animate the nights of Paris who discovers jazz. But the bohemian lifestyle of Montparnasse attracts painters and sculptors from the four corners of the globe, such as Chagall, Giacometti, Miro, and Calder, to the studios, cafés, and bars, such as La Coupole. A chameleon genius, Picasso simultaneously experimented with all the paths, including those of nascent surrealism. Matisse, Léger open academies. The School of Paris brought together painters as varied as Soutine, Derain, Van Dongen, and Foujita. Abstract art set...
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French Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Chaumet from 1804 to the present Timeless Tiaras, Diana Scarisbrick 2002
Located in London, GB
Published by Assouline 2002 written by Diana SacirsbrickA sumptuous selection of jewelry made to adorn the head - tiaras, aigrettes and bandeaux. Emblems of success and happiness, tiaras are some of the most beautifully crafted jewelry pieces of the past two centuries. The House of Chaumet has continuously excelled in this art, from the papal tiara offered by Napoleon to Pius VII, to the hundreds of hair adornments created over the last decades, always reflecting the period's most formidable fashions and decorative arts. An exquisite selection from unknown Chaumet archives representing the most aesthetic portraits of head jewelry...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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1930s Architecture in Paris, French Book by Jean-Marc Labordiere, 2009
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
L'Architecture des Années 30 a Paris (1930s Architecture in Paris), French book by Jean-Marc Larbodiere.
The International Style comes from the Modern Movement (Bauhaus in Germany, Le Corbusier, and the Esprit Nouveau in France), an extension of Art Nouveau. This book invites the Parisian walker and tourists to recognize the buildings built in Paris by the greatest architects of the 1930s.
After the excitement of the Roaring Twenties, France faced a major economic crisis and political and social uncertainty. Cultural life sees the emergence of mass culture. In architecture, modernism is spreading in society. In 1926, Le Corbusier set...
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French Art Deco 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Shamshiri: Interiors
Located in New York, NY
Shamshiri: Interiors
Author Pamela Shamshiri and Ramin Shamshiri and Mayer Rus
Studio Shamshiri’s richly layered, narrative-driven interiors are a tour de force of contemporary design, balancing a deep respect for the past with a profound appreciation for the rhythms and rituals of modern life. Under the direction of Pamela Shamshiri, the firm has garnered a loyal following among design-savvy celebrities, creative entrepreneurs, and aficionados of high design across the globe. This book, the firm’s first monograph, offers a master class in design that nourishes the soul as well as the eye.
Studio Shamshiri’s signature sensibility blends California bohemian, East Coast glamour, and classic European panache to create extraordinary spaces alive with color, texture, and unapologetic beauty. From restrained modern interiors to sumptuous fantasies, each project in this lavishly illustrated volume represents a unique, self-contained world of imagination and inspiration. The through lines that bind the studio’s wide-ranging projects are a meticulous attention to detail, a palpable sense of joy and comfort, and an emotional connection to the idea of home.
The broad spectrum of houses—historic properties, midcentury masterpieces by the likes of Rudolf Schindler...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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KIMONO Vanishing Tradition - Japanese Textiles of the 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Published by Schiffer Books 1st edition, 2001. Hardback English text.
This lushly illustrated book is an authoritative tome written by the founders of Arise Inc. - the world’s large...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Softbound Program "The Auction at Graceland" Elvis Presley 2018
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice softbound program from "The Auction at Graceland" of icon Elvis Presley's personal effects, circa 2018. The program is in good vintage condition with ...
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American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Art of the Emirates II
Located in London, GB
1st edition published by ADMAF - Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation. Hardcover with a beautiful crimson red slipcase. With English and Arabic text woven throughout.
This comprehensive tome offers a reflection, through an artistic prism, charting the past, present, and future of UAE’s path. Also charting the gushing creative ingenuity that’s been unleashed in the past five decades.
This new volume is the updated version of Art of the Emirates. Featuring various galleries, institutions, educators, contemporary artists, and art market connoisseurs, it unravels the Middle Eastern art world in front of our eyes. The new volume, with in-depth interviews, roundtable discussions and insightful essays, gives a tantalizing flavour of the UAE art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Vintage Fashion: Collecting and Wearing Designer Classics - Emma Baxter Wright
Located in London, GB
Published by Carlton Books Limited, 1st edition, London, 2006.
During the course of the 20th century, fashion has been lifted from the status of what we just wear to being an art form. The vintage...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Van Cleef & Arpels: Timeless Beauty Hardcover Book 2012
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Van Cleef & Arpels: Timeless Beauty Hardcover – July 31, 2012."Celebrating the 106-year-old jewelry house's glittering history." –Kristin Buettner, Harper's Bazaar.Since opening its ...
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French Empire Revival 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
A Tower in Tuscany Or a Home for My Writers and Other Animals
Located in New York, NY
Edited by Beatrice Monti della Corte and Michael Cunningham, Photographs by François Halard
A glimpse inside a magical Tuscan villa--rustic yet urbane...
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North American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
"Common Nonsense" First Edition Book Signed by Legendary Commentator Andy Rooney
Located in San Diego, CA
"Common Nonsense" first edition book signed by legendary "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney at Warwick's Books in La Jolla, CA in January, 2003. The book is in very good condition and includes the dust jacket. #3273
Andrew Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS...
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American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Day Auction Catalogue, London, 2007
Located in View Park, CA
Sotheby’s «Contemporary Art, Day Auction» catalogue, London, Monday 15 October 2007. Featuring work by Matthew Barney, Basquiat, Elizabeth Peyton, Jason Martin, Yue Minjun, Marlene D...
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British 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Snowdon: A Life in View Hardcover Illustrated by Antony Armstrong Jones 2014
By Lord Snowdon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Snowdon: A Life in View Hardcover – Illustrated, September-23-2014. by Antony Armstrong Jones (Author), Frances Von Hofmannsthal (Editor), Patrick Kinmonth (Introduction), Graydon Ca...
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British Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Verner Panton Book Complete Works
By Vitra, Verner Panton
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Impressive book with regard to the life and works /designs of Verner Panton.
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German Mid-Century Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Alfred Stieglitz - The Key Set Volume I & II
Located in London, GB
Alfred Stieglitz, The Key, Set Volume I & II
Published by National Gallery of Art/Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002
Few individuals have exerted as profound an influence on 20th-cent...
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American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Diamonds In the Heart of the Earth, in the Heart of Stars, at the Heart of Power
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Diamonds: In the Heart of the Earth, in the Heart of Stars, at the Heart of Power Hardcover Book.Mouawad first edition december 1, 2001 by Hubert Bari (Author), Violaine Sautter (Author).Patrick Absalon, Hubert Bari, Michele Bimbenet-Privat, Robyn Frechet, Emmanuel Fritsch, Michel Guiraud, Hugh Hill, Jean-Pierre Lorand...
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Art Deco 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Limited Edition book Shoes A-Z. FIT. With 3 Hallmarked Manolo Blahnik Art Prints
By TASCHEN, Manolo Blahnik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exclusive access to the shoe collection at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art obj...
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Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Foil
New Life for the Noble Tree: Masterworks by George Nakashima 'Sotheby's'
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of a sale held at Sotheby’s, New York, on December 15, 2006, showcasing the Arthur and Evelyn Krosnick collection of George Nakashima furniture and lighting, or actually the second collection, as the first—112 pieces-- was completely destroyed by fire in 1989. George Nakashima essentially stopped what he was doing and focused on rebuilding the collection replacing the lost items with what he deemed better examples, owing to his own technical and artistic maturation, though many were completed under the guidance of his daughter, Mira, after George passed away in 1990. Highlights include an important “Arlyn” table, lot 313, that fetched $822,000 (a record for the artist) on a pre-sale estimate of $300,000-$500,000; a superb “Minguren II” table that brought $180,000; a magnificent “Arlyn II” coffee table that sold for $204,000; and a set of eight Conoid chairs that sold for $96,000. The catalog of the Krosnick sale remains a touchstone for collectors interested in the work of George Nakashima. 103 pages with 85 lots, mostly with full color illustrations, printed wrappers. Price results...
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American American Craftsman 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Creative Interior Solutions
Located in New York, NY
Creative Interior Solutions
Author Vicente Wolf and Margaret Russell, Foreword by Marianne Williamson
Design luminary Vicente Wolf, master of a restrained, elegant, and global aesth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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New York Vertical, Photographs Book by Horst Hamann, 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
New York Vertical, English Book by Horst Hamann, 2000.
This book offers a new perspective on New York, the American metropolis. This award-winning pictorial tribute to the world's mo...
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American Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Henry Moore Textiles
Located in London, GB
Published 2009 Softcover.
This volume has been published to coincide with an exhibition of Moore’s textile works at the Henry Moore Foundation, its publication has provided the opp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Larry Johnson - Russell Ferguson
Located in London, GB
Published by DelMonico Books and Prestel Publishing, 1st edition, 2009. Hardback English text.
This beautiful catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Larry Johnson held by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Following in the tradition of conducting surveys of mid-career artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Japanese Cinema by Stuart Galbraith IV/Paul Duncan
Located in London, GB
An amazing book exploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Until recently, the Western world has viewed Japanese cinema through a very narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film had to content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spotty sampling of films by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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XXL Japanese Woodblock Prints Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woodblock Wonders
A visual history of 200 Japanese masterpieces
From Edouard Manet’s portrait of naturalist writer Émile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh’s meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, 19th-century pioneers of European modernism made no secret of their love of Japanese art. In all its sensuality, freedom, and effervescence, the woodblock print is single-handedly credited with the wave of japonaiserie that first enthralled France and, later, all of Europe—but often remains misunderstood as an “exotic” artifact that helped inspire Western creativity.
The fact is that the Japanese woodblock print...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition
Author Ralph Lauren, Foreword by Audrey Hepburn
The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren—the vision o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Upstate Living Spaces with Space to Live
Located in New York City, NY
This inspiring collection of unique, intimate, and authentic interiors will have city- and country-dwellers alike dreaming of carving out a personal haven far from the five boroughs....
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Ann Lowe: American Couturier
Located in New York, NY
The definitive illustrated volume on the work and life of Ann Lowe, a consummate couturier who designed lavish evening and bridal gowns for members of America...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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B. Barcelona Hardcover Book 2007 by Manuel Vazquez Montalban
Located in North Hollywood, CA
B. Barcelona Hardcover Book 2007 by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Pere Vivas, Francisco Ontanon.This hardcover book is in like new condition in slip case box. Barcelona in all its splend...
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Spanish Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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The Carhartt WIP Archives Published by Rizzoli
Located in London, GB
Back in the eighties, when the Western world was deluged by a wave of blue denim, Carhartt’s brown duck work coats entered the streets as an antidote. Detached from their original ra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Madame Carven - Grand Couturier
Located in London, GB
Published by Musée Galleria - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, 1st edition 2002 padded Hardcover with French text.
This special volume was published alongside the exhibition ...
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Barbara Kruger Monograph 1st edition 2010
Located in London, GB
Published by Rizzoli 1st Edition 2010 Hardcover. 307ppA seminal volume celebrating the career of influential American artist Barbara Kruger, made in collaboration with the artist. Bo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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The Industrial Heritage of The United States, French Book by Louis Bergeron 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Patrimoine Industriel des Etats-Unis (The Industrial Heritage of The United States), French book by Louis Bergeron and Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois, 2000.
Since the creation of ...
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French Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers: Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Published by Gagosian Gallery, New York 2008. First Edition.
4to. 1/2 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jackets - As Issued.
262pp,
This is the lavishly produced, com...
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WILD - Fashioned Untamed by Andrew Bolton
Located in London, GB
Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005. Crocodile-embossed hardback with a sturdy hard-plastic dust jacket.
Copiously illustrated with black-and-white and colou...
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Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at The Frick
Located in New York, NY
American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks’s portraits at different stages of the country’s history and places him in the pantheon of innovative twentieth-century artists.
Hendricks developed his signature style at a time of significant social and cultural change in the United States, especially with regard to Black artists, and amid a perceived bifurcation between abstraction and representation. He produced portraits from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Following a hiatus during which he made landscapes, basketball paintings, works on paper, and photographs, he resumed his portraiture practice from 2002 until his death in 2017. Hendricks’s portrait paintings, often derived from photographs of friends and family, hired models, or figures he encountered on the street, were inspired by the artist’s research, international travels, and visits to museums like The Frick Collection, where he studied centuries-old European paintings...
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Fontana Arte Book
By Franco Deboni
Located in New York, NY
Author Franco Deboni, foreword by Bernd Goeckler ?Allemandi & C. English edition, available exclusively through Bernd Goeckler antiques, starting March ...
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Italian 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Cartier Creative Writing Francois Chaille 1st English Edition 2000
Located in London, GB
Published by Flammarion 2000
From the creation of its first writing implements in 1868 to today's position as the world's second largest producer of fine writing instruments, Cartie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood
Located in New York, NY
The New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for repose, inspiration, and delight.
Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world by memorializing the dead even as it embraces the art, history, and natural beauty of New York. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an international reputation for its beauty, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation’s greatest tourist attraction. Crowds flocked here to enjoy family outings in the finest of first-generation American landscapes. Green-Wood’s popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City’s Central and Prospect parks. Green-Wood is 478 spectacular acres of hills, valleys, glacial ponds, and paths, throughout which exists one of the largest outdoor collections of nineteenth- and twentieth-century statuary and mausoleums. Four seasons of beauty offer a peaceful oasis to visitors, as well as its 570,000 permanent residents, including Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
At once a celebration and an invitation, the book ranges from a consideration of the natural landscape in which it is set to a close look at its architecture, statuary, symbols, typography, birds and fauna, trees, and typography.
About The Author
Andrew Garn is a fine art and editorial photographer whose recent books for Rizzoli include New York Deco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Tony Duquette Goodman, Wendy and Hutton Wilkinson 1st Edition 2007
Located in London, GB
Published by Abrams 2007, hardback"American artist and design legend Tony Duquette (1914 1999) was known for his over-the-top style in interiors, jewelry, costumes, and set design. His clients included Elizabeth Arden, the Duchess of Windsor, and Herb Albert...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Surrounded by Art by Jean Demachy and Francois Baudot 1st English Ed. 2004
Located in London, GB
Published by Thames and Hudson 1st Ed. 2004 English textA book that offers a privileged glimpse into the homes of more than twenty passionate art collectors. From the Manhattan homes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Montecito Style: Paradise on California's Gold Coast
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
A privileged peek at the homes and gardens of the exclusive Southern California enclave, Montecito.
The seaside town of Montecito is often overshadowed by its neighbor Santa Barbara—which is generally how its residents like it. Though home and refuge to numerous celebrities, Montecito’s intentional cultivation of a low-key profile has allowed for a unique community to emerge, and with it, a multifaceted interior and garden design culture. Montecito Style: Paradise on California’s Gold Coast is the first book to present twenty houses and landscapes in an eclectic range of styles and rich architectural legacy that coalesce into a quintessential "California style."
The residences featured in this book reflect the diversity of design that has defined California living for more than a century: early standard-setters by George Washington Smith and an Andalusian-style abode by his protégé (and Santa Barbara’s first licensed female architect) Lutah Maria Riggs, Beaux-Arts mansions, converted carriage houses, nouveau palazzi, low-slung midcentury modern abodes, an iconic concrete-and-glass house from the 1970s, and even a studio apartment...
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Chinese 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Great House of New York 1880-1930 1st Edition 2005
Located in London, GB
GREAT HOUSES OF NEW YORK 1880-1930 presents the stories of 43 most elegant houses built in New York. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans and a decade of research Micha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Born to Party, Forced to Work, 21st Century Hospitality by Bronson van Wyck
Located in New York City, NY
The internationally acclaimed event producer shows his ideas and inspiration for ultimate and intimate celebrations
What defines a truly great party? Most of all: generosity of ...
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Chinese 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Christie’s Post-War and Contemp Art auction catalogue / coffee table book, 2008
Located in View Park, CA
Christie’s auction catalogue, Post-War and Contemporary Art, morning session. New York, wednesdy May 14 2008.
11.75” x 9” x 1”
Featuring work by Jean Dubuffet, Tom Wesselmann, Roy ...
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American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Tom Dixon: Minimum Design by Davide Fabio Colaci and Angela Rui (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Tunisian- born designer Tom Dixon's career took off in the 1980s when, as an ex- musician and a self-taught welder, he began working for Italian design giant Cappelini. His iconic 'S' chair design produced for Cappelini, and, later, his 'Jack light...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Our Way Home: Reimagining an American Farmhouse
Located in New York, NY
This title publishes September 5th, 2023 and will ship on or after for early orders.
Author Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill, with Laura Chávez Silverman, Foreword by Asad Syrkett, Photographs by Chris Motallini
The glorious Connecticut property of Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill (of the architecture and interior design firm Hendricks Churchill...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Dressing The Man: Mastering The Art of Permanent Fashion by Alan Flusser 2002
Located in London, GB
Published by Harper Collins 1st edition 2002
Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in order to dress well and look stylish Alan Flusser's name is synonym...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Miquel Barcelo: 'Conjeturas sobre Vasijas' - Special Large Edition Book
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dive into the captivating world of Miquel Barceló's ceramic art with this extraordinary special edition book titled 'Conjeturas sobre Vasijas.' Published in 2008, this book is a test...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Beginning Drawing Atelier
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
Written by well-known artist and best-selling art-instruction author with almost rock-star popularity in the contemporary world of representational art, beginning drawing atelier, with its unique workbook/sketchbook approach, and high-quality paper, offers a comprehensive and contemporary twist on traditional atelier art instruction practices.
Atelier education is centered on the belief that working in a studio, not sitting in the lecture hall, is the best place to learn about art. Every artist needs to learn basic drawing skills.
In this elegant and inspiring workbook, master contemporary artist and best selling author Juliette Aristides...
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Chinese 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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"Surf Culture" First Edition Book "Surf" Signed by Author John Severson
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice "Surf Culture" first edition of the book "Surf" signed by author, surf industry pioneer and "Surfer Magazine" founder John Severson at the California Surf Museum in Huntington Beach, CA, circa 2014. The book is in great condition with vibrant colors and measures 9.75"W x 12.5"H; it includes the original dust jacket and signed "Cowabunga John Severson" in black marker on the inside title page A "must have" for any surf memorabilia collector! #3177
The book "Surf" came out in 2014 and was characterized by the New York Times as follows:
"John Severson's Surf" is a book that presents the languid-meets-extreme-thrills lifestyle of surfing through paintings and vivid photography. Presented mainly through Mr. Severson's paintings and photography, the book serves a dual purpose as a celebration of a Zeilg-like life to envy and as an implicit slap across the cheek of those status-conscious, white-collar elements that are getting ever fresher in their advances upon the wave-riding lifestyle that he helped start back in the 1950's. (Jim Rutenberg The New York Times, Styles Section) #2492
About the artist:
John Severson, well known as the creator of the internationally acclaimed SURFER Magazine, grew up surfing off the beaches of Southern California. He began his career as a painter, selling his first works while finishing his Master’s Degree at Long Beach State College.
In the ’50s he became the first person to create a large body of art relating to the Hawaii-California surf culture. Since then he has provided a steady output of oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints.
In 1958, John used his art, photography, and surfing passion to create a popular surf movie series. His films included SURF SAFARI, SURF FEVER, BIG WEDNESDAY, and PACIFIC VIBRATIONS.
Severson's smash hits posters from the ’50s and ’60s, remain collector favorites.
As a surfer, Severson was known for riding big waves, and for his innovative performance style in big surf. In 1961, he won the Peru International Surfing Championships and was a finalist in the U.S. and Hawaiian Championships.
With the founding of SURFER, John’s art focused on the magazine and graphics. His painting “Surf Bebop” was selected as the outstanding cover painting of 1963 by Communication Arts. Surfer
During the ’60s, he authored two surf books...
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American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Superstudio, Life Without Objects
By Superstudio
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this scholarly study of the influential Florentine avant-garde architectural collective Superstudio, a driving force in the Radical architecture and design movement ...
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Italian Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Magnificent Desolation, Signed by Buzz Aldrin, First Limited Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Aldrin, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Reno: Jack Bacon & Company, 2009. First Edition. Numbered 490 o...
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North American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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"Bing Surfboards" Book by Paul Hoimes Signed by Bing Copeland - First Edition
Located in San Diego, CA
First edition "Bing Surfboards - Fifty Years of Craftsmanship & Innovation" book signed by Bing Copeland, circa 2008. The book, written by, Paul Holmes...
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American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits
Located in New York, NY
Written by Randal Ford, Foreword by W. Bruce Cameron
Whether a rescue or a show dog, a pedigree or a mutt, you can't help falling in love with Randal Ford's dog portraits, as each evokes the unparalleled bond we feel for our greatest companions.
Randal Ford now focuses his portraiture lens on the one species that has been by our side for millennia: our best friend. Good Dog...
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North American 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Taschens Alex Steinweiss From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
From the estate of Christian Audigier
21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015
He was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Chris...
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German Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Hidden-Unveiling Japanese Design, Nippon Design Center
By Nendo
Located in Tivoli, NY
Incredible catalog for a design show in Singapore in 2014 that was funded by JETRO and curated by nendo.
It adheres to an exhibition structure of three themes "Inside", "Before", an...
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Japanese Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
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