[Rarebooks] fs: Antonio Jacobsen's Painted Ships on Painted Oceans, plus Checklist of his works

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9478 )  Sniffen, Harold S[cott]. ANTONIO JACOBSEN'S PAINTED SHIPS ON 
PAINTED OCEANS (SIGNED).
Newport News: Mariner's Museum, 1994. First printing, Full cloth, Oblong 
Quarto, xiv, 180 pages, Color and black & white illustrations. Fine in a 
Fine Dust Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      Biography of possibly the most prolific of maritime artists, followed 
by a lavishly illustrated catalogue of his works. Antonio Jacobsen, a native 
of Denmark who arrived in New York in 1873, may have painted over 6,000 ship 
portraits during his career. His work is widely collected and admired for 
its beauty and accuracy in detail. This copy SIGNED by Sniffen on title 
page. The book includes a bibliographical essay, indexes by ship and 
illustration, and a regular index. In addition, laid in are some promotional 
materials from the publisher and two 4" x 5" color transparencies of 
Jacobsen's painting of the schooner Kentucky in a envelope addressed to the 
owner of the painting.    $650.00
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(No. 9124 )  Sniffen, Harold S[cott]. ANTONIO JACOBSEN -- THE CHECKLIST: 
PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES BY ANTONIO N. G. JACOBSEN 1850-1921.
New York: Sanford & Patricia Smith Galleries, Ltd., (1984). First printing, 
Hardcover, Oblong folio, 350 pages, Black & White photographs. Very Good in 
a Very Good Dust Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      A complete list of the known works of prolific maritime 
artist-historian Antonio Jacobsen. The checklist includes over 4,000 
paintings and sketches, which depict some 2,600 of the steam and sailing 
vessels with which New York Harbor teemed between 1873 and 1919. Details 
about the ships and paintings are given for each entry. A letter from the 
Mariner's Museum to a lender of a Jacobsen painting is laid in, and 
accompanied by copies of several articles reviewing an exhibition of the 
museum's Jacobsen paintings. Bound in leather-textured paper over boards 
with spine and upper board stamped in gilt. Faint foxing to top and bottom 
edges of textblock. Jacket has a 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel 
near joint fold and a few tiny extremity rubs.    $75.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/9124.jpg

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