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A two-volume set in an illustrated slipcase entitled "Letters of the Great Artists". It was published in 1963. The books are subtitled "From Ghiberti to Gainsborough" and "From Blake to Pollock". The book is shown standing up with their red spines showing. The illustrated board showing in the photo shows a Manet painting of an artist writing at a table. A bookshelf appears behind him. A book from 1962 entitled "American Negro Art", compiled by Cedric Dover. The cover shows a sculpted black portrait head of a man looking straight on. This is against a background which is half white and half red. Titles are in black on the white half, and white against the red half. A book entitled "Fashion Designers at the Opera" by Helena Matheopoulos, published by Thames & Hudson. On a white background the title is in ornate gold lettering to the left, with the author's name below it in red. To the right is a fashion illustration of an impossibly tall woman in a reddish-orange costume. She wears red and black tight leggings peeking out from a long diaphanous red gown, and stiletto-type heels. She stands in semi-profile with one hand on her hip. She wears very long earrings. A hardcover book entitled "Andrew Wyeth: Helga on Paper. It's the record of an exhibition at Adelson Galleries in New York. The cover shows a watercolor by the artist of an outdoor scene. Andrew Wyeth's muse "Helga" is standing in a field with her head turned away from us, looking toward some trees. Her blond hair is braided and she's wearing a long green coat.
August 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM