Architectural & ornament drawings-Collections, exhibitions, studiesThere are 38 items
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Catalogue de livres rares et précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. Hippolyte Destailleur, Architecte du Gouvernement (catalogue of a portion of the library of Hippolyte Destailleur, sold in Hôtel Drouot, Paris, by commissaire-priseur Maurice Delestre, 13-25 April 1891) § Catalogue de livres et estampes relatifs aux Beaux-arts (Architecture, Peinture, Gravure, Ornementation, etc.) provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. Hippolyte Destailleur, Architecte du Gouvernement (catalogue of a portion of the library of Hippolyte Destailleur, sold in Hôtel Drouot, Paris, by commissaire-priseur Maurice Delestre, 20-31 May 1895) § Catalogue de dessins et tableaux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. Hippolyte Destailleur, Architecte du Gouvernement. Dessins d'architecture et de décoration. Vues de Paris et des environs. Dessins de différents genres (catalogue for an auction conducted by Maurice Delestre and Librairie Damascène Morgand, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19-23 May 1896)
Paris, Librairie Damascène Morgand, 1891-1896Three volumes (29 cm), I (13-25 April 1891): (4) xv (1), 448 pp. 2004 lots. II (20-31 May 1895): xxviii, 420 pp., [1] plate (portrait), text illustrations. 1753 lots. II (19-23 May 1896): viii, 150 pp., illustrations. Includes a Supplément (one leaf, describing lot 805 bis). Two volumes uniformly bound in contemporary red cloth, black skiver lettering-pieces; one volume bound in contemporary half-morocco (original wrappers retained in each volume). - Three (of eight?) auction sale catalogues dispersing the “second” library assembled by the architect Hippolyte-Alexandre-Gabriel-Walter Destailleur (1822-1893); his first library had been sold in 1879, becoming the foundation for the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin (Cédric Destailleur, “Hippolyte Destailleur: architecte-collectionneur” in L’artiste collectionneur de dessin: De Giorgio Vasari à aujourd’hui, edited by Catherine Monbeig-Goguel, Paris 2006, pp.147-162). Offered here are the catalogues of Destailleur’s most valuable books (sold 13-25 April 1891, realising 467,327 Fr.), his collection of ornament books and prints (sold 20-31 May 1895, realising 333,270 Fr.), and some of his drawings (sold 19-23 May 1896, realising 267,266 Fr.). Blogie II, 199 (April 1891); Blogie II, 217 (May 1895). ¶ Bindings fatigued. Two entries clipped from one leaf (1891 sale, pp.141-142), neatly replaced with typescript facsimiles. -
The architect’s drawings and other documentation for projects planned or built in Dresden, 1913-1935, preserved in his own portfolio
Dresden, 1913-1935The personal archive of the German architect Ludwig Wirth, documenting with original drawings and photographs seventeen of his design projects, including ephemeral exhibition installations and architecture, industrial buildings, high-rise office and apartment buildings, low-cost urban row housing and suburban villas. -
Mostra di disegni d’arte decorativa, Firenze, 1951 (issued in conjunction with an exhibition; Cataloghi, 1)
Florence, Del Turco Editore, 1951(24 × 17 cm), 30 (2) pp., [16] p. of plates. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - 106 entries (of which 30 illustrated). First edition. ¶ From the library of Joseph Clemens, Prinz von Bayern (1902-1990), sold by Schneider-Henn, Kunstbücher und Dokumentation aus der Bibliothek Joseph Clemens Prinz von Bayern, Munich, 11-12 May 1992, lot 729. Very good copy. -
Disegni dì Ferdinando Fuga e di altri architetti del Settecento (catalogue for an exhibition organised by the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Farnesina alla Lungara, Rome; XLII Esposizione)
Rome, Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, 1955(20.5 cm), xiii, 113 pp., [16] leaves of plates. 108 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue for an exhibition centred on a group of 86 architectural drawings by Fuga for projects in Rome, from 1722 until 1751. Drawings by Fuga of ephemeral constructions (macchine for fireworks and catafalques) are included. Also shown were drawings by lesser contemporaries: Luigi Vanvitelli, Giovanni Antinori, Giacinto Ballerini, Filippo Cesari, and G.A. Bianchi; nearly half the exhibited works are reproduced. “The catalogue provides the material for a complete reassessment of the achievement of Fuga, whose anti-baroque, proto-neo-classic style emerges as having its source in his birthplace Florence rather than Rome, the city of his adoption… [It] will be of permanent value to anyone interested in Roman architecture of the first half of the eighteenth century, a subject which has at present received very little attention” (from a notice by F.J.B. Watson, in The Burlington Magazine, volume 98, August 1956, pp.287-288). ¶ From the library of Joseph Clemens, Prinz von Bayern (1902-1990), sold by Schneider-Henn, Kunstbücher und Dokumentation aus der Bibliothek Joseph Clemens Prinz von Bayern, Munich, 11-12 May 1992, lot 894. Clean tear in lower wrapper (2 cm). -
Extravagant drawings of the eighteenth century from the collection of the Cooper Union Museum
New York, Lambert-Spector Inc. / Clarke & Way Inc., 1962(28 cm), 107 (1) pp. 79 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - 79 drawings by mainly French and Italian artists, the majority preparatory drawings for objects d’art, such as wall and ceiling decorations, furniture, and clocks. ¶ Small losses to dust jacket; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. -
Handbook to the Department of Prints and Drawings and Paintings
London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964(24.5 cm), viii, 116 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Useful discussions of the Museum’s collections of architectural drawings (by John Physick), engraved ornament (by Peter Ward-Jackson), cuttings from illuminated manuscripts (by C.M. Kauffmann), etc. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy. -
Architectural and ornament drawings of the 16th to the early 19th centuries in the collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1965(28 cm), [42] pp., [32] leaves of illustrations. Publisher’s brown cloth binding. - Catalogue of 107 drawings of ornament collected by the University of Michigan Museum over the previous six years (about half were bought in the Edmond Fatio sale, conducted by Rauch in Geneva, 3-4 June 1959). “The cataloguing is as intelligent as the collecting has been. Dr Wunder brings to it the results of his experience gathered while curating the superb ornament drawings of Cooper Union, and his accurate knowledge of the ornament collection in the Metropolitan Museum. On this basis he gives exact and verifiable reasons for each attribution and statement” (from a review by A. Hyatt Mayor, in Master Drawings, volume 3, 1965, pp.282-283). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Fantastic & ornamental drawings : a selection of drawings from the Kaufman Collection (catalogue of an exhibition held at the College of Art and Design, Portsmouth, [1969]; also shown elsewhere)
London, St. George’s Gallery, 1969(30 cm), [42] pp., [36] leaves of plates. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Catalogue of an exhibition of 108 drawings of all periods and countries from the collection of Sullivan Kaufman (1908-1998). The drawings are organised in these categories: Arabesques and grotesques; Ceiling and wall treatments; The theatre; Festivals and public occasions; Sculptural monuments and ornaments; Metalwork and applied arts; Capricci. Cf. Walter Vitzthum, in The Burlington Magazine, volume 112 (January 1970), pp.61, 63. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Die Französischen Zeichnungen der Kunstbibliothek Berlin
Berlin, Bruno Hessling Verlag, 1970(30 cm), 476 pp., 1045 black & white text illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - Catalogue of the architectural and decorative drawings in Berlin, based in large part on a collection purchased from the French architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Alexandre Destailleur (1822-1893) in 1879. ¶ From the library of Joseph Clemens, Prinz von Bayern (1902-1990), sold by Schneider-Henn, Kunstbücher und Dokumentation aus der Bibliothek Joseph Clemens Prinz von Bayern, Munich, 11-12 May 1992, lot 471. Fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. -
A Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture, and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections
Upper Saddle River, NJ, Gregg Press, 1971(35 cm), xv (1), 355 (1) pp., including 263 plates. Publisher’s cloth binding. - A survey of the holdings of more than forty collections, beginning with a drawing by James Adam for a “British Order” with a lion and unicorn capital (Avery Architectural Library, Columbia University). “Among the most appealing things shown in the illustrations are Thomas Sandby’s proposals for rockwork at Virginia Water [Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco], but his striking Chambers-like architectural drawings [Vassar College, Poughkeepsie] are almost as fine” (from a review by Andor Gomme, in The Times Literary Supplement, 24 December 1971, p.1598). Introduction by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. First edition. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
An American museum of decorative art and design : Designs from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection, New York : an exhibition mounted by the Arts Council of Great Britain at the Victoria and Albert Museum, June-August 1973
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973(30 cm), (6), vi, 118 pp., illustrations (frontispiece in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Studies by French, Italian, and English artists for important decorative projects, designs for wallpaper, and fragments of hand-printed wallpaper. Foreword by John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994); introduction by Lisa Taylor; introduction to the drawings by Elaine Evans Dee. ¶ Very good copy. -
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580 : the portico and the farmyard (catalogue of an exhibition organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza, held at the Hayward Gallery, London, October 1975; continued elsewhere)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975(20 × 21 cm), 283 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The exhibition aimed to set Palladio in the context of life in the Veneto in the sixteenth century, and featured wooden models of Palladian works, drawings, paintings, books, furniture, and everyday objects. There are valuable sections on subjects such as money in Venice, about which little has been written. “A work of fundamental and lasting importance” (from a review by Deborah Howard, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume 39, 1980, p.240). ¶ Occasional pencil annotation; wrappers rubbed, minor defects -
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580 : the portico and the farmyard (catalogue of an exhibition organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza, held at the Hayward Gallery, London, October 1975; continued elsewhere)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975(20 × 21 cm), 283 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The exhibition aimed to set Palladio in the context of life in the Veneto in the sixteenth century, and featured wooden models of Palladian works, drawings, paintings, books, furniture, and everyday objects. There are valuable sections on subjects such as money in Venice, about which little has been written. “A work of fundamental and lasting importance” (from a review by Deborah Howard, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume 39, 1980, p.240). ¶ Insignificant shelf wear; otherwise as new. -
Italienische Zeichnungen der Kunstbibliothek Berlin : Architektur und Dekoration 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert
Berlin, Staatliche Museen / Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 1975(31 × 22 cm), 234 (6) pp., 256 p. of plates (1171 illustrations). Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - “A catalogue of exemplary scholarship… A major contribution to the field of Italian and specifically Roman Baroque architecture” (from a review by Hellmut Hager, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume 40, 1981, pp.69-70). ¶ Dust jacket rubbed; overall a very fine, unmarked copy. -
Architectural and ornament drawings: Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena family, & other Italian draughtsmen
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975(28 cm), 56 pp., [88] p. of black & white plates. 84 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The drawings exhibited (all from collections in the MMA) include designs for stage sets, furniture, silver, architecture, and other forms of applied art. “This meticulously prepared catalogue is a worthy record of an excellent show. It will maintain its value for a long time as the major source of information about the Italian 18th-century drawings in the collection of the Print Department of the Metropolitan Museum” (from a review by Hellmut Hager, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume 36, 1977, pp.211-212). ¶ Very good copy. -
Dessins anciens d’architecture et de décoration. Donation Gustave Hentsch, ancienne collection Edmond Fatio (catalogue of an exhibition, held at the Cabinet des dessins, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, 15 February-15 September 1979)
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, 1979(17 × 24 cm), 63 (1) pp., 71 black & white illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A group of architectural drawings from the collection formed by the architect Edmond Fatio (1871-1959). The introduction provides biographical information about the collector and donor. ¶ From the library of Joseph Clemens, Prinz von Bayern (1902-1990), sold by Schneider-Henn, Kunstbücher und Dokumentation aus der Bibliothek Joseph Clemens Prinz von Bayern, Munich, 11-12 May 1992, lot 729. Excellent copy. -
Architettura, scenografia, pittura di paesaggio (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museo Civico, Bologna, 8 September-25 November 1979; X Biennale d'arte antica: L'Arte del Settecento in Emilia e in Romagna)
Bologna, Edizioni Alfa, 1980(21 cm), xviii, 632 (2) pp., including 362 illustrations. 447 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Volume 2 of a five-volume catalogue documenting concurrent exhibitions organised for the 10th Biennale d’Arte antica. The principal subject of the present volume is the work of the Bolognese quadraturisti, in particular members of the Bibiena family, with entries by Anna Maria Matteucci and Deanna Lenzi. The entries for “Le feste, gli apparati d’occasione” (nos. 317-370) are by Anna Ottani Cavina. ¶ Good copy. -
Ornament and architecture : Renaissance drawings, prints and books (catalogue of an exhibition held at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI, 8 March-6 April 1980; Exhibitions of the Department of Art, Brown University, 13)
Providence, Brown University, 1980(26 cm), 175 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue of 120 single prints, books and drawings, documenting the diffusion of architectural ornament across 16th century Europe. ¶ Short tear in upper wrapper, rubbed. Occasional pencil annotation. -
The drawings of Andrea Palladio (catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; also shown elsewhere)
Washington, DC, International Exhibitions Foundation, 1981(28 cm), viii, 224 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A comprehensive exhibition of Palladio’s drawings, utilising the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects (more than 90 sheets), and almost every other collection containing drawings by Palladio. Full catalogue entries accompanied by reproductions of each work, as well as comparative illustrations. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Pattern and design : designs for the decorative arts 1480-1980 : with an index to designers’ drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 23 March-3 July 1983)
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1983(24 cm), xi (1), 196 pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition highlighting the role of pattern books, single prints, and drawings in the creation and transmission across centuries of ornamental designs. Full catalogue entries with commentaries and illustrations of all exhibited works. Contains an extremely useful “Index to Designer’s Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum”, arranged alphabetically by name, and by date (pp.145-196). ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good copy.
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