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　　Frank W. Benson:

　　American Impressionist, by Faith Andrews Bedford.

　　Hardcover.

　　ISBN

　　95.

　　Hardcover.

　　New York, Rizzoli, 2002.

　　240 pp., 180 illustrations, 100 in color. Folio, cloth. The first full-scale monograph on this pioneering American impressionist, best known for his outdoor, sunlit portraits, society paintings, and sporting subjects. Numerous previously unpublished paintings, etchings, and drawings are included, as well as notebooks, logs, and correspondence.

　　$105

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　　Robert Else Retrospective 1990, by David Bischoff.

　　Publisher: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 1990

　　A catalog of Sacramento artist Robert Else's work. Color and black & white plates.

　　Near fine condition.

　　$85

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　　Lillie May Nicholson 1:

　　An Artist Rediscovered, by Walter A. Nelson-Rees.

　　ISBN 05

　　Signed by the author.

　　Oakland, CA: WIM, 1981. 85 pages, 4to. Out of Print. Includes a complete catalog of Lillie May Nicholson's known works. Foreword by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. Includes introduction, acknowledgments, chronology. Profusely illustrated with mostly color and some b&w prints. Shelfwear to DJ with minor soiling, some spine fade,

　　Tightly bound with clean and crisp pages.

　　$45

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　　A Century of California Painting 1, by Dr. Joseph A. Baird and Paul Mills.

　　Los Angeles Crocker-Citizens National Bank 1970 an exhibition sponsored by Crocker-Citizens National Bank in commemoration of its one-hundredth anniversary. 24p., 8.5x11inches, b&w reproductions and several color plates, very good catalogue of a touring exhibit in original stapled pictorial wraps.

　　$35

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　　Northern California Art Exhibition Catalogues (1):

　　A Descriptive Checklist & Index, by Ellen Halteman Schwartz.

　　Softcover

　　Publisher: Laurence McGilvery, La Jolla CA, 1990

　　124 pages, plus an index of sponsors, another of printers, and 15 photographic portraits of artists. In addition to the list of catalogues, there is an index of artists and of owners. In short, everything you wanted to know about the art scene during the period but didn't know who to ask. Fine in stiff wraps as issued.

　　$28

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　　Bountiful Harvest:

　　19th Century California Still Life Painting, by Janice T. Driesbach.

　　Softcover

　　Publisher: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1991

　　Extensive essays written by Janice Driesbach. Almost 100 notes to the essay, followed by an extensive bibliography. A wonderful catalogue with crisp, bright illustrations. Wraps. 88 pp. 35 bw, 28 color plates.

　　Water damage to the bottom right corner.

　　$22

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　　The Woman Artist in the American West 1, by Phil Kovinick.

　　Softcover

　　Publisher: Fullerton, CA: Muckenthaler Cultural Center, [1976], 1976

　　First Edition. 59 pp.; 4to; illus. wrappers; reproductions in color and b&w throughout. Exhibition catalog featuring a brief biographical sketch and reproduction for 55 artists including Mary Achey, Muriel Wolle, Georgia O'Keeffe, Malvina Hoffman, Kathryn Leighton, etc.

　　Front cover is scratched and scuffed.

　　$15

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