‎ASSAYAS (Michka).‎
‎Exhibition.‎

‎Damien Hirst: exhibition, Tate Modern London, 4 April - 9 September 2012‎

‎London Tate Publishing & Enterprises 2012 ‎

‎2012 reprint with amendments. Superbly illustrated Hirst tribute, in hardback under original translucent dust jacket. Published to accompany his first survey exhibition in the UK. Covering 25 years - from enfant terrible, to internationally respected artist. Many colourful examples of Damien's work - several fold-out pages. In very good condition. 228 pages + credits / index. 280 x 240 mm (11 x 9œ inches).‎

‎Nakahama Manjiro's Hyosen kiryaku. A companion book to the exhibition 'Drifting: Nakahama Manjiro's Tale of Discovery'.‎

‎Philadelphia Rosenbach Museum & Library 1999 ‎

‎First edition. Black soft back with blue dust jacket. Front cover overlaid with an illustration. The exhibition at the Rosenbach featured a copy of Manjiro's own lavishly illustrated manuscript account of his adventures, and this companion book includes full-page colour reproductions the manuscript. In very good / fine condition. 116 pages. 260 x 185 mm (10Œ x 7Œ inches). In 1843 (at just 16 years old) Nakahama Manjiro became the first Japanese person to live in the United States. Two years earlier, at the tender age of 14, he had been rescued after a shipwreck by the crew of the 'John Howland', an American whale ship from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Having mastered English, sailing the world on whaling ships for several years, and trying his hand at gold mining, Manjiro later risked his life to go back to Japan in an attempt to make his homeland more "hospitable." After much suspicion, and many interrogations, he was later to become a shogun's samurai, a teacher of English and American culture, and his translation of Nathaniel Bowditch's 'The New American Practical Navigator' constituted the introduction of modern scientific navigation methods to Japan. His life story is certainly a fascinating one, and number of Manjiro's students would go on to play seminal roles in the Meiji-era modernisation of Japan. This information has been extrapolated from an article written by Junji Kitadai.‎

‎A private collection of photographs recording the Royal visits to the ideal home exhibition at Olympia in 1954 ‎

‎London N/A 1954 ‎

‎Beautifully bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The attendees captured here include H.R.H. Princess Margaret, The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke and Duchess of Kent. Landscape album 246 by 307mm (9Ÿ by 12 inches). 4 blank leaves, 2 titles (printed in red and black). 28 black and white silver gelatin prints (193x245 mm) mounted on 14 leaves. A further 4 leaves of blanks to the rear. Full morocco binding titled in gold on the first cover in a double frame of gilt fillets, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt fillets on the cuts, interior border highlighted with gilt fillets, binding signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. A little bumping to the corners. Slight handling to the binding only. An inscription has been scratched away on a front end paper. Still a lovely copy. The first 14 photos document the visit of Princess Margaret who was then 24 years old, the next 6 photos concern the Princess and the Duke of Gloucester, the last 8 photos the Duchess of Kent (Princess Marina) and her eldest son (Now Prince Edward, Duke of Kent). Single album, or produced in a very few copies. Although this is a private collection, the indications are that it was produced by press photographers from the Daily Mail. To the title page, the address is Northcliffe House, London. EC4 - which was the headquarters of the Daily Mail at the time. A couple of the photographs can be identified as being used in the press at the time. Also identified in the pictures are Philip Rosenthal, of Rosenthal Porzellan, Germany. Lord Rothermere, Mr Stokes (The organiser of the exhibition). .‎

‎Affiche originale "Art Exhibition GILBERT & GEORGE" Monaco, 14 Juin - 02 Novembre 2014.‎

‎Nouveau Musée National De Monaco Monaco 2014 Affiche originale en couleurs ( 80 X 60 cm ) de "Art Exhibition GILBERT & GEORGE" qui s'est tenue Villa Paloma à Monaco du 14 Juin au 02 Novembre 2014. Affiche en très bel état enrichie d'une dédicace autographe signée au feutre noir de GILBERT & GEORGE: "With love from GILBERT and GEORGE".‎

‎Photography album containing 99 original photographs of the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition.‎

‎"6. Gent, 1913, oblong in-4°, 24 x 31 cm, 99 original photographs mounted recto and verso on 24 stiff boards, photo size varies but mainly around 80 x 110 mm , album bound in half cloth. The photographs depict the outside of the exhibition buildings ( 45 pictures) , the reconstruction of an african (senegalese) village ( 6 pictures) ; ''Veille Flandre'' (30 pictures), two snapshots of the royal visit at the exhibition ; 7 views of the city and of the surrounding countryside and 4 pictures of the interior of a flower exhibition ( presentation of the Dutch flower growers of Aalsmeer). The photographs, allthough not made by a professional photographer are technically well made and give a good idea of the exhibition. The Senegalese Village pictures show the still very colonial and patronising view of the Europeans on African society. It only very recently ( in 2013) led to a ''pre - political correctness'' controversy whereby the mayor of Ghent offered apologies for the racist misdemeanour of the former exhibition organisers. ( Bear in mind that surrealism partly originated in Belgium ).The ''Veille Flandre '' part of the exhibition was a recurring theme at belgian world exhibitions. It evokes the [mythical] flamboyant and exuberant flemish life style of mediaeval times. Its architecture rather resembles the actual centre of Bruges."‎