[Rarebooks] fs: Rococo & Netsuke & Kunzite, oh my!!

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Kimball, Fiske. "THE CREATION OF THE ROCOCO"  Philadelphia Museum of Art:
1943. "Kimball focuses on visual analysis of form and ornament. After
carefully dating and documenting drawings, engravings, and interior
decoration, he concludes that the new development in design was wholly
French. Its early creators were Jean Berain and Pierre Lepautre, and
Juste-Aurele Messonier and Nicholas Pineau gave it a mature asymmetrical
character." (Ames & Ward). Although Kimball does relate the French Rococo
movement to German and English designs and designers, this work is focused
on the French practitioners of the style and their works. Hardcover.
9"x12", 242 pages plus 274 b/w illustrations; covers with light soil, a
little wear, but a nice copy. Inked note on the endpaper- "given to ENP by
Fiske Kimball". [04386] $275.00


Kinsey, Miriam. "CONTEMPORARY NETSUKE"  Rutland; Charles Tuttle: 1983. 2nd
ptg. A beautiful and informative study of the art of the modern Japanese
netsuke carver. Kinsey examines the work of modern carvers and the way
they pursue their craft, watches a netsuke being carved, and illustrates
108 modern netsuke in striking color photographs. She also provides brief
biographies and signatures marks of 108 carvers, and more detailed
biographies of 27 leading artists. Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 261 pages, 108
color and 50 b/w illustrations, plus 110 signatures; dj. A beautiful copy.
[05092] $200.00


Conklin, Lawrence H. "NOTES AND COMMENTARIES ON LETTERS TO GEORGE F. KUNZ.
Correspondence from various sources, including Clarence S. Bement, with
facsimiles"  New Canaan; Tiffany & Co.: 1987. For students of American
gemology the name George Frederick Kunz needs no introduction. For others,
suffice it to say he was probably the most important figure in American
gemology in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1977 Lawrence
Conklin purchased an archive of most of Kunz's correspondence -some 7,000
letters. This volume contains 43 examples, and provides some background on
Kunz's correspondents and his work with them. Originally published by
Conklin in 1986 in a very limited edition with an original letter. This
edition is easier to find, and much cheaper... Hardcover. 8.5"x11.5", 137
pages, color plate and many b/w illustrations; a near fine copy. [03720]
$125.00




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