ANTONIO JACOBSEN: MARINE ART, SAIL To STEAM/PAINTINGS SHIPS/RARE 1972 SIGNED
Item History & Price
FROM SEAL TO STEAM: THE STORY OF ANTONIO JACOBSEN, MARINE ARTIST, ILLUSTRATED IN FULL COLOR WITH 24 ANTONIO JACOBSEN PAINTINGS FROM THE W.W. SULLIVAN MARINE COLLECTION. AN ARTIST'S CHRONICLE OF THE SHIPS THAT SAILED THE SEAS FROM 1870 TO 1920. BY ANITA JACOBSEN. Staten Island: Manor Publishing Company, 1972. Scarce. First Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by the author. Very Scarce.
A rare Signed Limited Edition book with lovely color paintings of historic ships. This book is #426 of 1...000 copies, and it is signed by the author.
Published 47 years ago, this book is now long out-of-print and hard-to-find.
From the Dust Jacket: "From Sail to Steam, is not primarily a biography of Antonio Jacobsen. It is an attempt to give a brief outline of his life and career and an exposition of his developing work. The book illustrates in full color the entire collection of 24 Antonio Jacobsen marine paintings assembled by W.W. Sullivan, covering the entire span of the artist's work from 1873 to 1920. There are examples of sailing ships, transition steam-and-sail vessels and steamships. Included is a check list of Antonio Jacobsen paintings in private and public collections. Anita Jacobsen has been active in the field of fine arts and antiques for almost four decades and has been writing about them since 1942. Her interest in Antonio Jacobsen began many years ago when she met two of his children: his daughter, Helen and a son, Alphonse. The author visited with Mr. Jacobsen many times in his home before his death in 1962 and is indebted to him for the biographical material about his father in this work."
According to Wikipedia: "Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where he attended the Royal Academy of Design before heading across the Atlantic Ocean.[1] He arrived in the United States in August 1873.[2] He settled in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), across the Hudson River from Manhattan and New York Harbor, its port filled with ships from America and around the world.[3] Jacobsen got his start painting pictures of ships on safes, and as his reputation grew, he was asked to do portraits of ships by their owners, captains and crew members, with many of his works sold for five dollars.Jacobsen painted more than 6, 000 portraits of sail and steam vessels, making him "the most prolific of marine artists".[4] Many of his commissions came from sea captains, and Jacobsen was chosen both for the accuracy of his work and his low fee..."-------------------------------
Oblong octavo - sized hardcover book in dust jacket; 58 pages of text with many paintings. Very Good+ condition: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; author's signature inside cover, no ownership markings. Original hardcover binding, with almost no wear. Tearing to dust jacket on front crease, and small tear to back edges. A solid and attractive copy of this book. 426th copy of only 1000 printed books. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $4 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $28; Canadian airmail postage $20.
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A rare Signed Limited Edition book with lovely color paintings of historic ships. This book is #426 of 1...000 copies, and it is signed by the author.
Published 47 years ago, this book is now long out-of-print and hard-to-find.
From the Dust Jacket: "From Sail to Steam, is not primarily a biography of Antonio Jacobsen. It is an attempt to give a brief outline of his life and career and an exposition of his developing work. The book illustrates in full color the entire collection of 24 Antonio Jacobsen marine paintings assembled by W.W. Sullivan, covering the entire span of the artist's work from 1873 to 1920. There are examples of sailing ships, transition steam-and-sail vessels and steamships. Included is a check list of Antonio Jacobsen paintings in private and public collections. Anita Jacobsen has been active in the field of fine arts and antiques for almost four decades and has been writing about them since 1942. Her interest in Antonio Jacobsen began many years ago when she met two of his children: his daughter, Helen and a son, Alphonse. The author visited with Mr. Jacobsen many times in his home before his death in 1962 and is indebted to him for the biographical material about his father in this work."
According to Wikipedia: "Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where he attended the Royal Academy of Design before heading across the Atlantic Ocean.[1] He arrived in the United States in August 1873.[2] He settled in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), across the Hudson River from Manhattan and New York Harbor, its port filled with ships from America and around the world.[3] Jacobsen got his start painting pictures of ships on safes, and as his reputation grew, he was asked to do portraits of ships by their owners, captains and crew members, with many of his works sold for five dollars.Jacobsen painted more than 6, 000 portraits of sail and steam vessels, making him "the most prolific of marine artists".[4] Many of his commissions came from sea captains, and Jacobsen was chosen both for the accuracy of his work and his low fee..."-------------------------------
Oblong octavo - sized hardcover book in dust jacket; 58 pages of text with many paintings. Very Good+ condition: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; author's signature inside cover, no ownership markings. Original hardcover binding, with almost no wear. Tearing to dust jacket on front crease, and small tear to back edges. A solid and attractive copy of this book. 426th copy of only 1000 printed books. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $4 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $28; Canadian airmail postage $20.
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