art christopher evans (3 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. VG. Moderate edgewear, light creasing to spine, slight stain to front cover, store-sticker to rear cover, otherwise an attractive copy, clean throughout. Cover art by Peter Gudynas.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 704 pp. : illustrated (some in color) ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 185471094X ; OCLC: 31801215 ; Dewey: 745.1 ; color pictorial boards, in similar dustjacket ; "The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques is a complete reference work, and one of the most comprehensive books for collectors ever published.Each section includes information on maintenance and repairs, fakes and forgeries, important collections, plus a glossary and bibliography.[I]ncludes 64 pages of colour illustrations, about 1,800 black a nd white photographs and some 200 line drawings."--jacket ; slight crease to dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 108 pp. ; illustrated ; 62 color plates ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0517590700 :; 9780517590706 LCCN: 92-40230 ; LC: ND237.R729; Dewey: 759.13 ; OCLC: 27068076 ; by Glenn Robert Smith with Robert Kenner ; preface by Barbara A. Hudson ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; introduction by Gerard C. Wertkin ; art study essay by Stacy Hollander and Lee Kogan of the Museum of American Folk Art. ; white boards with black lettering in color pictorial dustjacket ; dustjacket spine su nned ; ".[T]he fascinating and passionate story of this gifted self-taught African-American artist.lived in Norwich, Connecticut.owned a small house in an all-white neighborhood.and was found quite suspiciously dead on the road in front of h is house on January 16, 1959. Though many questions about Ruley were answered, just as many still remained.The book discusses Ruley's painting methods and his sources of inspiration. For example, he used common house paint as his medium and posterboard as his canvas, painting in a tiny room at the back of his house while he looked out on the animals in the woods.It is rare that a talent such as Ellis Ruley's remains a secret for so long.today his paintings are recognized as important w orks of outsider art by major collectors and museums across the country.all of his sixty-two known works [are] together for the first time."--dustjacket ; "The first published record of the work, life, and mysterious death of Ellis Ruley. Includes all of his 62 known works, plus an introduction by the director of the Museum of American Folk Art.Full color and black-and-white photographs." ; FINE/FINE. Book.