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Three Letters to Thomas Dewing, 1902-1910

Three Letters to Thomas Dewing, 1902-1910 by [Art] MacMonnies, Frederick

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Seller: Auger Down Books
Title
Three Letters to Thomas Dewing, 1902-1910
Author
[Art] MacMonnies, Frederick
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Description
V.p., 1910. Ink on paper, each sheet approx. 9 x 7 in., 1-4 sheets each, variously paginated, one with orig. envelope. Celebrated American Beaux-Arts sculptor Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937) studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and many of his best commissions emerged from his relationships with Saint-Gaudens and the architect Stanford White. He lived primarily in France but traveled frequently to New York and was part of a circle of artists that formed around White at Edwin Booth’s Players Club in Gramercy Park and the Saint-Gaudens summer colony in New Hampshire. Artist Thomas Dewing was another Saint-Gaudens student and MacMonnies’ close friend. Two of the three letters discuss an important commission for the Players Club: a memorial sculpture for famed actor Edwin Booth. The memorial became a flash point for changing American tastes and a harbinger of MacMonnies’ declining fortunes. His original proposal was an elaborate and symbolic design at odds with the new fashion for modern and simplified ornament espoused by artists like Dewing. In a lengthy letter here MacMonnies provides a passionate defense for Beaux-Art symbolism in favor of the modernizing taste of many of his colleagues. In an earlier letter from January 1910, MacMonnies attests the commission has left him “nervous” and in “a collapsed state” but grateful for Dewing’s “uplifting letter.” Then, in May of the same year, MacMonnies provides his lengthy appeal to Dewing to be allowed to continue the commission and asks for help convincing the committee. "Simplicity, when it calls attention to itself, can be as offensive as any other form of pretension... Besides all this, the Theatre and Actors deal in rich costumes, fabulous scenery, richness and riot of color and form... What might naturally appear overloaded or overenriched or complicated in a preliminary sketch in sculpture, may in the finished production appear clear and simple... In making the model for the final work, I should naturally aim by every science of the art I may have acquired, to make the monument imposing, simple and impressive without losing the richness which should go with the subject.” Though MacMonnies closes his letter, “I am desperately sickened at the thought of having it fall into the list of things not done,” he eventually quit the project and artist Edmond Quinn’s simplified Booth monument was chosen (including the actor’s representation as Hamlet on a “Morris chair” lamented by MacMonnies in his letter). A well preserved collection in excellent condition.
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Burlington Fine Arts Club. The Ventian School. Pictures By Titian and His Contemporaries.

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Title
Burlington Fine Arts Club. The Ventian School. Pictures By Titian and His Contemporaries.
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. London: Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1915. Lg. 4to, gilt cloth, t.e.g.. 72pp. text, frontispiece + 47 separate plates, uncut. Exhibition represented 19 painters of the Venetian School, including Palma Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Sebastiano del Piombo, etc. Cloth somewhat soiled, some foxing; otherwise a very good, sound copy..
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QUEENS OF SONG by Clayton, E.C.

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Title
QUEENS OF SONG
Author
Clayton, E.C.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York, 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Amer. ed. Front hinge weak. Original decorataive binding. This edition had only one volume.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (Publisher's Promotional Poster)

RUMPELSTILTSKIN (Publisher's Promotional Poster) by Zelinsky, Paul O., Retold and Illustrated By

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Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Title
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (Publisher's Promotional Poster)
Author
Zelinsky, Paul O., Retold and Illustrated By
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1986. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 24 "H X 17 1/2" W. SCARCE promotional poster printed in limited numbers for distribution at the ABA trade shoe in 1986. Near Fine, creases top corner. 24 "H X 17 1/2" W. A Caldecott Honor book, the illustration in the poster different than the cover illustration for the book. Well suited for framing, and will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube.
The Great Salt Lake Derbyshow Dope Sheet Dance Competition

The Great Salt Lake Derbyshow Dope Sheet Dance Competition

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The Great Salt Lake Derbyshow Dope Sheet Dance Competition
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Some paper loss upper right corner
Description
Salt Lake City, Utah: KDYL Radio, 1935. Some paper loss upper right corner. A single-fold mimeograph announcement and program with some hand coloring. The Derby Show lasts over several days, it tests the endurance these dancers have to see how long they can manage to keep moving. The sheet provides updated information about the marathon dance competition, including the date and the number of competitors still on the floor. There is a list with the names of the people that are still qualified broken up by sponsor. There is also basic, overall information, like the price of tickets, 15-25 cents, the location, McCullough's Arena, and the Derby Show rules that the dancers must follow. Also in mainly red pencil are various marks made, mostly on the list of names, some have "x" next to them, while others have been crossed out. Measures 8 1/2" x 6 1/2
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Feodorovsky Gosudarev Sobor: Russkyi Ugolok Tsarskogo Sela

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Feodorovsky Gosudarev Sobor: Russkyi Ugolok Tsarskogo Sela
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9785935220204
Condition
VG but for a pencil scratch on back cover
Description
Sankt-Peterburg: Izd...vo Zimina, 2002. Softcover. VG but for a pencil scratch on back cover. Color-illustrated wraps with maroon Cyrillic lettering; 28 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Text in Russian with two-page English summary at back. A book about the famous Feodorovsky Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo, outside St. Petersburg. Rather than photographs, the illustrations are lovely paintings of the cathedral and surrounding area.
[Cover title]: Souvenir of Malta. 32 Views. [Panorama / Souvenir Album]

[Cover title]: Souvenir of Malta. 32 Views. [Panorama / Souvenir Album] by MALTA

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Title
[Cover title]: Souvenir of Malta. 32 Views. [Panorama / Souvenir Album]
Author
MALTA
Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Malta (?): s.n., 1920. Softcover. Very good. Dates: 1920-1930. Original cloth portfolio (17 x 11 cm, folding out to ca. 350 cm), with 32 panels of which 5 are of a panoramic view of the harbor. Includes also a view of the H.M.S. Melbourne in the harbor. Faint early ownership stamp inside lower cover.
De Petroleum

De Petroleum by Witkamp, H.

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Title
De Petroleum
Author
Witkamp, H.
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1917. Paperback. Good. illustrations, 96p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Moderate cover soiling and wear. Dutch text. Onze Koloniale Mijnbouw, II. Witkamp is identfied as a mining engineer.

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