Painting and Sculpture, The San Francisco Art Association, 1952, VG Catalog w/DJ

The San Francisco Art Association et al. Painting and Sculpture (Berkeley, CA: The San Francisco Art Association, 1952).

English, a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket, HC, 4to or 8vo, 8 3/4" x 8 3/4," unpaginated, 24 pp. + 96 plates.

ISBN: N/A

Yellow paper-covered boards in a beige paper dust jacket. Black lettering on front panel and dust jacket spine. Covers have light rubbing, slight edge wear, and browned edges, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has light age toning throughout, browned edges and spine, a few tiny chips at edges and head and tail of spine, and a small closed tear measuring 1/4" at bottom edge of back panel, else clean and intact, not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages have light age toning, else pristine and intact. 96 black-and-white halftone plates included. Catalog of paintings and sculptures by 68 members of the San Francisco Art Association. Each plate is accompanied by a brief caption about the depicted artwork and artist. Also included are three essays, "California Artists of the San Francisco Art Association" by Erle Loran, "A Note on Climate and Culture" by Weldon Kees, and "Three Aspects of Contemporary Art" by Ernest Mundt. A full list of the artists represented in this book is in the front. Among the artists are Ella Alluisi, Ruth Armer, Victor Arnautoff, Elmer Bischoff, Edward Corbett, Claire Falkenstein, Mary Dumas, Hal Goldman, Jorge Goya, John Langley Howard, Sargent Johnseon, Adaline Kent, Erle Loran, Jose Moya del Pino, Ernest Mundt, Richard O'Hanlon, Otis Oldfield, Emmy Lou Packard, Zygmund Sazevich, Peter Shoemaker, Ralph Stackpole, Marian Simpson, Juliette Steele, Edgard Taylor, James Weeks, and Bob Winston.