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Sculpture

Sculpting is an ancient art form practiced by many societies, and there are some truly amazing rare and antique sculpture books available in the Biblio Rare Book Room. If you are interested in sculpture or are preparing to take a sculpture class, you should definitely look through the rare and antique books about sculpture that are featured below in the Biblio Rare Book Room.

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Constructivism:  Origins and Evolution
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Constructivism: Origins and Evolution

by Rickey, George

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Schenectady, New York
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New York: George Braziller, 1967. First Edition. hardcover. Good./Good.. 305 p. including an Index. Illustrated. With Errata slip. Signed/Inscribed on the front-free endpaper by the author "To Elizabeth Rickey from her brother -- George." Cloth book has a bump on the spine, and some sunning at some of the edges. Dust jacket has numerous small edge tears and chipping at the bottom of the spine, and on the bottom edge of the rear panel.
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George Rickey

George Rickey

by Rosenthal, Nan

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First printing
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Hardcover
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Schenectady, New York
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Large, square, cloth hardcover book. 220 pages. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photography. Several larger fold-out photographs. Tipped-in plate. Also includes a Biographical outline; a chronologies of Major Sculpture Commissions, One-Man Exhibitions and Major Catalogs, and Selected Group Exhibitions and Catalogs; Works In Pulic Collections;Selected Bibliography; Films and Taped Interviews; and an Index. This copy inscribed/signed by George Rickey to his sister Emily.
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Museums of the World (36 volumes - complete)
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Museums of the World (36 volumes - complete)

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Used - Good
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Hardcover
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Kodansha, Tokyo , 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text with table of contents, list of plates and captions of each plate also in english.; Hardcover (white vellum with gilt lettering on spine covered by the dust jacket. In slipcase); 36.3 x 26.3 cm, 2.100 Kg, 184 pages, with colour and black and white plates (each volume); Used books with signs of wear, namely on the slipcases. Some of the dust jacket spines are: slightly faded, chipped, show wrinkles and tears. The interior is in good condition. Each of the slip cases has a sticker with the volume number in the spine, which helps to identify the volume number when the books are in a shelf, as the volume number appears in the front cover.; This 1965-1971 edition set consists of 36 volumes showing illustrations of the main works of art, such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, etc. from the following museums: Volume 1: Musée du Louvre (I of II); Volume 2: Musée du Louvre (II of II); Volume 3: British Museum (I of II); Volume 4:… Read More
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Alexandre Archipenko son oeuvre
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Alexandre Archipenko son oeuvre: 66 reproductions avec un portrait de l'artiste

by Alexandre Archipenko

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Text in French (intro) by Prof: Hans Hildebrandt. Portrait of the artist, coloured frontis and 65 plates. Overall size c.12.1/4 x 9.1/4 inches c.31 x 23.5 cm. Boards slightly soiled but very good, contents very good throughout.
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Le Temple D'Angkor Vat (Memoires Archeologiques / Publies Par L'Ecole Francaise D'Ex)
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Le Temple D'Angkor Vat (Memoires Archeologiques / Publies Par L'Ecole Francaise D'Ex)

by Louis Finot

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As New
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Reprint of French ed.
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Hardcover
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Woodstock, New York
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Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1995. 3 Vols. Beautifully published reprint edition limited to 999 copies. Originally published: Paris : Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1929-1932. Folio. in slipcase. French text. prof. illus. vol. 1. L'architecture du monument / introduction de Louis Finot; vol. 2: La sculpture ornementale du temple / introduction de Victor Goloubew; vol. 3: La galerie des bas-reliefs / introduction de G. Coedès. Notes. cloth, d.j. lightly rubbed, slipcase, otherwise As New. Rare.This set is heavy and requires additional freight charge as well as insurance.
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Menashe Kadishman,  Israel, Venice Biennale
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Menashe Kadishman, Israel, Venice Biennale

by Barzel, Amnon

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Used - Very Good
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Paperback
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Selkirk, New York
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Israel: Ministry of Education and Culture. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. Signed black marker portrait of photographer Arnold Newman by his friend, artist Menashe Kadishman, on title page. Curated and with an essay by Amnon Barzel. Bibliography, artist bio. Photo-illustrated softcover. Many photos of Kadishman setting up his Biennale installation of painted sheep and other sculptures. Text in English and Italian. Penciled owner notes that this book was from library of Arnold Newman on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [46] pages .
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César (César Baldaccini)
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César (César Baldaccini)

by Pierre Restany

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Used - NF
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First
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Hardcover
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Germantown, New York
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Hardcover 4to oblong in a slipcase box. Includes a drawing signed and dated by César's thumb laid in (please see photos). Richly illustrated in color and B&W photos. 391 pp. In near fine condition. In French.César (born Cesare Baldaccini 1921 – 1998), was a noted French sculptor, who was at the forefront of the New Realism movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects.
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Art In Progress: Barbara Hepworth Signed & Dated by the Sculptress
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Art In Progress: Barbara Hepworth Signed & Dated by the Sculptress

by Michael SHEPHERD / Barbara HEPWORTH interest

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Used - Very Good-
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1st Edition
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Paperback
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
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48pp, with photographic illustrations. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Near Very Good cndition with minor marks to covers. Handsigned in blue to the title page "Barbara Hepworth St Ives 31/10/64". No other inscriptions.
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Costantino Nivola in Springs
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Costantino Nivola in Springs

by Martegani, Micaela

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Used - Near Fine
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1st
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Paperback
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Granville, New York
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Southampton, NY: The Parrish Art Museum, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Published Southampton, NY: The Parrish Art Museum, 2003. Folio wrappers with French flaps., 9 3/4" x 12", 112pp., illustrated with b/w and color plates. Text in English and Italian. Clipping "Remembering Nivola's Garden" from The Easthampton Star, September, 2003 taped loosely under front flap, and "Masculine Figure" in a new exhibit, August, 2003 taped loosely under rear flap. Postcard for Alastair Gordon lecture on Nivola's garden laid in. Previous owner name stamp on half title. Near fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.
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Bernini; Genius of the Baroque

Bernini; Genius of the Baroque

by Avery, Charles (Photography by David Finn.)

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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company [0-8212-2465-4] 1997, 1st north American Edition. (4to) 287pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 80 color and 142 duotone illustrations, notes, bibliography. Photography by David Finn. (Art, Baroque, Renaissance, Sculptors, Sculpture).
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Lay This Laurel:  An Album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial on Boston Common  Honoring Black and...
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Lay This Laurel: An Album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial on Boston Common Honoring Black and White Men Together Who Served the Union Cause with Robert Gould Shaw and Died with Him July 18, 1863

by Kirstein, Lincoln; Benson, Richard

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Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York
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NY: Eakins Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed.. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Essay by Lincoln Kirstein, black and white photographs by Richard Benson. Poems by James Madison Bell, Frances E. W. Harper, James M. Whitfield, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whiman, and Charles Ives. Quotes by Frederick Douglass, Henry Ward Beecher, Black cloth binding. Unpaginated. Selected reading. Photoessay on the statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens memorializing the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first black volunteer Civil War regiment, formed in February 1863 and which lost half its soldiers during an attack on Fort Wagner, outside Charleston, South Carolina on July 18, 1863. List of soldiers killed, who died in captivity, and went missing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Collection des desseins des figures colossales & des groupes qui ont été faits de neige dans...
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Collection des desseins des figures colossales & des groupes qui ont été faits de neige dans plusieurs rues, & dans plusieurs cours de maisons de la ville d’Anvers, le mois de janvier 1772, par différens artistes & éleves de l’Academie Royale de dessein établie en la meme ville. ....: Ice Sculptures

by Robiano, (Jean-Joseph) comte de

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First and only edition
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24 etched plates by Antoine Cardon after various artists, (16) pp. text within typographical borders. Cont. brocade wrappers, lightly rubbed, spine-ends bumped. First and only edition. A remarkable work which describes and illustrates 24 ice sculptures which had been erected in the streets and squares of Antwerp in January 1772. The text gives full details of the sculptures, the location, dimensions, subject and the name of the sculptor. The plates are all printed on thick paper and the subjects are mostly drawn from classical mythology. The artists are all members of the Antwerp academy, and the work is dedicated to Charles Alexandre, Duc de Lorraine de Bar, who was also patron of the academy. An uncut copy.
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Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam

Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam: With fifty-seven plates and twelve figures in the text

by A. B. Griswold

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Second Printing
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Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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Ascona, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1959. Second Printing. VG in G DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks. Binding shows all four corners bumped, all edges rubbed, and damage to lower spine. Unclipped DJ is intact but heavily challenged with heavy tearing, creasing, chipping, and rubbing. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The salon of 1898
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The salon of 1898

by PROUST, Antonin

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Used - Near Fine
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First
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Hardcover
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COLUMBIA, Missouri
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1898 HUGE FOLIO 1ed Famous French ART Salon Steel Engravings Painting Beaux-Arts
At the end of the 19th-century, the Goupil company published one of the most remarkable collections of art known simply as 'The Salon'. Beginning in 1889, this recurring work features the artwork of notable sculptors and painters including artists from the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
This 1898 English edition was collected by Antonin Proust and translated into English by Henry Bacon. The one hundred steel engravings throughout this book are highly desirable and are often extracted to be displayed by themselves; however, this work is fully intact, not lacking any plate. (See photos for a full list of included artists.)

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PROUST, Antonin
The salon of 1898
Paris: Goupil & Cie; New York: Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant, 1898. 1st edition

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Cuba monumental,estatuaria y epigrafica,comprende la historia veridica y completa por orden...
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Cuba monumental,estatuaria y epigrafica,comprende la historia veridica y completa por orden cronologico de los monumentos,esculturas y lapidas que existieron y existen en todo el territorio nacional dividida en las epocas precolombina,colonial,interventoras y republicanas primera edicion habana cuba 1916: Prologo del sr rafael montoro

by Eugenio sanchez de fuentes y pelaez

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Historia de los monumentos,esculturas y lapidas que existieron en cuba y que existen,desde el siglo XVI hasta principios del XX.primera edicion,encuadernacion en media piel,670 pgs,ilustradas,libro de gran tamano y peso,muy valioso por los datos y la cronologia historica que aporta.para la historia de las artes,y la sociedad cubana.libro escrito por.eugenio sanchez de fuentes.e impreso en la habana,1916 encuadernacion en media piel,libro en buen estado,[solo la primera pagina esta manchada].por lo demas en buen estado.su autor.Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes (La Habana, 3 de abril de 1874-7 de septiembre de 1944) fue un compositor y escritor cubano. Fue autor de varios libros sobre la historia de la música folclórica cubana.​TumbaSu composición más conocida es la habanera Tú, escrita cuando Sánchez tenía dieciséis años. Posteriormente, escribió la música de la ópera Yumurí y del ballet Dioné, el oratorio Navidad y la cantata Anacaona. Era hijo del escritor español Eugenio Sánchez de… Read More
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