Frantisek Kupka Quatre Histoires de Blanc et Noir

A portfolio of 12 offset-printed heart designs by noted German graphic designer Pierre Mendell (1929-2008) assembled from his work at Mendell & Oberer -...

Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...

Aquatint and drypoint etching by Pablo Picasso titled “Dans l’Atelier III,” executed in 1965. Number 34 from an edition of 50. Signed l/r Picasso, numbered lower left. In a custom gi...

Panels for the Walls of Heaven, a square octavo volume of poems, abstract illustrations (based on paintings by the author) and outre typography, by experimental poet and artist Kenneth Patchen, published by Bern Porter...

First edition of the second volume (of three) of the renowned graphic design publication Die Quelle (the Source), deemed, along with the journal Die Flache, as among the finest examples of Secession-style graphic design. Published by M. Gerlach & Co of Vienna and Leipzig; not dated but circa 1902-1905. Buchschmuck und Flachenmuster translates to Book Decoration and Surface Design. It presents the work of Max Benirschke (1880-1961), an Austrian architect, illustrator, and designer who studied at the Kunstgewerbescule in Vienna under Josef Hoffmann and was subsequently hired by Peter Behrens in 1903 to teach at his newly founded School of Applied Arts in Dusseldorf. In 1900, Benirschke was enlisted by the famed Viennese publisher Martin Gerlach to produce a folio for Die Quelle; the result shows Benirschke “at the height of his Jugenstil period with a series of curvilinear plant motifs and patterns.” According to Austrian gallerist Michael Steinbach, the present volume is “one of the most important design portfolios...

Screenprint on linen with biomorphic animal motifs by Chicago-based painter, weaver, and fabric designer Angelo Testa. Literally the first student to graduate from Moholy-Nagy’s New ...

An early 19th century map of ancient Syria and Egypt entitled "Carte de la Syrie et de l'Egypte anciennes/dressée par M. Lapie, Colonel d'Etat Major, et...

“Les Misères Et Les Malheurs De La Guerre” (“The misfortunes of war”) more commonly called “the great miseries of war” (“The great miseries of war”) is a major work by the 17th centu...

Antique print titled 'La Turbie, Route de la Corniche et Monaco'. View of the commune of La Turbie, France. This print originates from 'Nice Et Savoie, Sites Pittoreques, Monuments, ...

Pablo Picasso et Dora Maar. Une Histoire - Des Oeuvres. Photographies de 1906 à 1946 - Vente Paris Maison de la Chimie - Paris 28 et 29 Octobre 1998. Published by Maison de la Chimie. First edition Softcover with die-cut blue cover. 93pp. Illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French and English. Important and hard to find catalog and historical document...

'Histoire de Marie' book by George Brassaï, 1949. Published by Les Editions du Point du Jour (France). First edition. 2500 numbered copies on vellum Alfa paper. No. 926. In go...

Paul Poiret's career began in the Belle Epoque, when fashion was defined by imprisoning corsets, restrictive tailoring, and ethereal colors. Opening his own fashion house in 1904, he...