florence monnier (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Hardcover. No dust jacket, as issued. Spanish and English text. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 351 p., ill., 26 cm. Joan Miro (1893-1983) was a Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. He worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Softcover. Condición: Good. Oblong quarto measuring 10.5" x 7.5". Black cloth over stiff paper boards. Contains 374 sepa-toned or black and white silver gelatin photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 7" with captions. Album is good only with loose pages and edgewear with very good or better photographs. An extensive collection of family photographs beginning in the 1890s and going through to the 1950s. The album follows the Monnier family originally from Rochester, Michigan but they relocated to the Fenton, Michigan in the 1890s. One of the youngest siblings, Florence, seems to be the compiler. She was born at the beginning of the album and as an adult appears to have lovingly collected her family's photography together for a decades long timeline. Of note, over one hundred images are circular prints and early Kodaks from the late 1800s. Throughout the album the family is pictured farming, hunting, and working on carpentry. Leisure time is seen as well with images of the family fishing, swimming and traveling including a trip to Palm Beach. Numerous images show them posed with their car, one of which shows it with a canoe strapped to the top. The family appears to have kept busy and each member had a variety of hobbies including one who was an amateur scientist with photos of a lab featured throughout. A photo data 1914 features a Monnier brother in a baseball uniform. By World War I, Florence's brother Alva was serving with the Navy, he's pictured here posing in uniform. Florence ends the album with her married family in the 1950s. The final pages feature group photos of the family from a reunion. An extensive collection of family photographs following a Michigan family over multiple decades with wonderful early photograph.