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Art deco 1910-1939
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Stock label: oranges with ribbon and art deco text plates
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Image of oranges on branch with leaves; ribbon and art deco text plates.
ephJLC_CIT_000963
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Decorative frames and borders : 396 copyright-free designs for artists and craftsmen
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Largest, most varied collection from first-rate sources includes all styles: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, chinoiserie, etc. Simple, ornate, picture-frame, typographical, round, square, eccentric motifs perfect for posters, announcements, cards, ads, packaging, menus, etc. 396 illustrations.
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Art Nouveau
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"Late in the 19th century artists and designers were searching for an alternative to the ponderous Victorian style which then predominated. William Morris with his Arts and Crafts Movement was the first to strike out on his own, and he was followed by three mildly dissimilar men who were to have a strong influence on the whole of European art: the Scottish architect-designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the English artist Aubrey Beardsley, and the eccentric Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi. The new style was based on graceful plant-forms, and the distinctive sinuous shapes appeared everywhere, from the entrances of the Paris Metro to the strangely elegant glass and furniture. The delicacy of the lines gives a feminine air to most Art Nouveau design, a feeling echoed by such artists as Mucha, Maillol and Klimt, who often portrayed women. The essence of the style is shown in the superb illustrations while Renató Barilli's text tells the absorbing story of the most distinctive and the most cosmopolitan of movements in modern art"--Front flap of original dust jacket.
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Fine press printing publications, woodcuts, and ephemera
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Contents include: Three posters from "Gustav Stickley: An American Craftsman" The Oakland Museum – Sept. 7 – Oct. 25, 1971. Three folio broadsides and one poster announcing "The Art Commission and the Public Library Commission of San Francisco Present a Celebration of the Work of Lawton Kennedy". Two broadsides and three smaller posters – calligraphic poem probably in Berger's hand – in Old English. Entitled "A Trewe Indyctment" . Signed "… inscribed by his scrivener St. de Bergere, Xmas 1373". Probably a parody poem by Berger. Poster "From the realms of glory…" depicting portraits of the Clever family Four posters for program "Craftsman of Music" at The Oakland Museum, October 15, 1971. Poster for Thomas Matthew Rooke exhibition , Martyn Gregory Gallery – June 17-28, 1975. Two posters for exhibition "Napoleon: An English Caricature" at the Huntington Gallery – September 1974 – January 1975. Two posters for Hector Guimard exhibition at the Luxembourg Gallery, April - May 1971. Poster "Pierres de Reve" exhibition - Exhibition was held at Arts D'Asie Gallery, Paris from April to May, 1972. Two poster size calendar pages from "Great Days for Design" series – Borden Chemical company. Poster for Edward Burne-Jones exhibition at the Piccadilly Gallery, June 8-25, 1971. Four posters – Art Nouveau exhibition at UC Santa Cruz Poster size membership certificate for Sacramento Society of California Pioneers (space for name is blank). Three photocopies of cartoons - unidentified – probably American Church in Rome. 2 posters with Berger's photograph – "Wanted Dead or Alive". Poster for Rene Schickele exhibition held at Hotel de Ville, Mutzig from 6/7 - 6/22/75. Poster for "Victorian Church Art" exhibition held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London from 11/17/71 to 1/30/72. 14 poster sized photocopies of sketches of the Louvre and various cartoons for stained glass designs for St. Paul's American Church – Rome. Five copies of calligraphic poem in Old English – signed "Scripsit: St. de Bergere" (possibly another parody poem by Berger?) Poster depicting two Mucha paintings.
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The life of Christ as represented in art / by Frederic W. Farrar
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This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.
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The Children's book of art / by Agnes Ethel conway ; with sixteen full-page illustrations in colour
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This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.
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