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(STAR WARS). Prowse, Dan & Anthony Daniels. Universal City, CA. ND (Circa 1979).: Lucasfilm. Editions Not Stated. Oblong 8vo. Printed Cardstock. Fine.. Two 4 x 8" glossy cardstock sheets printed offset recto only, 4 b&w illustrations. These are two late seventies photographically-illustrated Star Wars souvenir cards produced by Lucasfilm for actors Dan Prowse and Anthony David for promotional use while making personal appearances as Darth Vader and C-3PO. A brand new, most handsome pair additionally INSCRIBED respectively "To Robin / Dave Prowse / IS / DARTH VADER" and "To Robin / WITH THANKS / C-3PO / Anthony Daniels" in black ink in 1979 for a company archivist at Lucasfilm's  Universal City "Egg Factory" offices from whom we acquired these directly. Inventory Number: 026922

(TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR). Neruda, Pablo, Alberto Beltran & Mariana Yampolsky. Mexico City: Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP), 1949. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Printed Broadside. Livre D'Artiste. Very Good.. One 13 x 9" tissue sheet printed recto only, 2 black & white illustrations in woodcut. Text in Spanish. "Oratorio menor en la muerte de Silvestre Revueltas" is a 1949 broadside produced by the legendary Mexican Graphic Arts workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) featuring an homage to the influential late Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor Revueltas by poet Pablo Neruda. Printed on a delicate pale goldenrod tissue paper, it is illustrated with one original woodblock print each by TGP-affiliated artists Mariana Yampolsky and Alberto Beltran. A bright, well-preserved example of this exceedingly uncommon - only three copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - ephemeral publication (entry 284 in Helga Prignitz' "El Taller de Gráfica Popular en México 1937-1977") that has been folded in quarters and subsequently flattened showing some mild creasing and a couple of tiny nicks along the extremities. Inventory Number: 026921

(OLSON, CHARLES). Olson, Charles. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Jonathan Williams, 1956. First Edition 1/350. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Poetry Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good.. 54pp, no illustrations. Designed by Jonathan Williams. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by Jonathan Williams in 1956 in Stuttgart as Jargon 9, this is the second and final installment of the first full publication of noted American literary figure Charles Olson's "Maximus Poems". Poems 1-10 were published in a similarly formatted volume by Williams in 1953; with both printed by hand letterpress in black ink with red headings by Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei. An internally most handsome example of the second volume only whose jacket shows some minor wear, a few nicks, and a short closed tear to the extremities along with a clean partial separation along the rear foredge panel where it wraps around the stiff cardboard wrapper. While not indicated in any way, this was acquired directly from the library of Charles Olson's Black Mountain colleague and longtime close friend, artist and educator Emerson Woelffer. Inventory Number: 026915

(ALBERS, JOSEF). Albers, Josef & George Heard Hamilton. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1956. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Debossed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, 53 b&w illustrations + 2 color screenprint illustrations. Designed by Norman Ives. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1956 Josef Albers retrospective exhibition of fifty-nine artworks and objects executed between 1921 and 1956 held at the legendary abstract artist, Bauhaus design teacher, and Yale University Art department chair's own Yale University Art Gallery. It features a text by George Heard Hamilton as well as brief excerpts of the writings by the artist, and includes two tipped-in, vibrantly colored, unsigned individual "Homage to the Square" screenprints. A handsome example of htis uncommon item showing showing some mild soiling and wear to its embossed matte white covers. Inventory Number: 026913

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. New York. ND: Fotofolio. Edition Not Stated. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Fine.. One 6 x ¼" postcard printed offset recto and verso, one color illustration. This is a Fotofolio postcard that reproduces Art Spiegelman's colorful illustration for the front cover of the February 13th, 1993 cover of "The New Yorker" entitled "Valentine's Day". On the reverse side, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist of "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" has created an ORIGINAL DRAWING in black ink of the iconic Maus side-by-side with Peanuts' Charlie Brown BEARING THE PRESENTATION "Dear Jean Lewis / THANX!" inside two word balloons and additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "art spiegelman" below. We acquired this directly from the late Ms. Lewis - a nationally syndicated American newspaper columnist in the seventies and eighties - prior to her passing. She was a good friend of cartoonist Charles "Sparky" Schulz, which is the reason why Spiegelman drew this whimsical image (we believe) sometime in the mid to late nineties. Inventory Number: 026908

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. With a Brief Text by Aurelie Voltz, and an Interview by Jerome Sans. Rome, ITALY: Drago Arts & Communications, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". A hefty artist's book cum exhibition catalogue from the man that brought us "Teenage Smokers", this was published in conjunction with the retrospective "Ed Templeton - The Essential Disturbance" at Paris' Palais de Tokyo. "The Age of Neglect" is a colorful, tour-de-force examination of skateboard culture, wayward youth, and teenage sexuality. With echoes of Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, this is one of the coolest, grittiest photo-essays we've seen in recent years. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2002 first Drago printing additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" WITH A PROFILE DRAWING in black ink on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 88-88493-02-6 Inventory Number: 026905

(ALBERS, JOSEF). Albers, Josef. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1964. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good.. np (10pp), 4 color screenprint illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegantly minimal publication that accompanied legendary abstract artist, Bauhaus design teacher, and Yale University Art department chair Josef Albers' 1964 exhibition of forty "Homage to the Square" paintings held at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery. It reproduces a brief text by the artist as well as four exhibited works in the form of vibrantly colored, unsigned individual screenprints. An internally bright, handsome example with crisp plates - one of which has an unobtrusive tiny pinhole through the far edge of the right hand margin not affecting the image in any way - showing showing some moderate wear, rubbing, age-toning, and soiling to its matte white covers along with a split along the base of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026888

(WEINER, LAWRENCE) (GILLICK, LIAM). Weiner, Lawrence & Liam Gillick. New York: A.R.T. Press, 2006. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 48pp, no illustrations. Published as part of A.R.T. Press' "Between Artists" series, "in this highly informative and thought provoking conversation Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner address some of the most contested topics in contemporary critical debate: the role of art in the community, art institutions and artists' egos, class antagonism as a visual style, audience participation and responsibilities, collaboration, documentary practices, and art education". A most handsome example of the 2006 first edition of this now-elusive little gem. 0-923183-38-8 Inventory Number: 026884

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI) (BEASTIE BOYS). Marcopoulos, Ari & Carlo McCormick. Prologue by Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse Books, 2001. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Spanning the years 1991-96, Ari Marcopoulos’s intimate photographs capture the ongoing relevance and increasing musicianship of the Beastie Boys. What one thinks of their meld of Hip Hop, funk, rock, and rap becomes irrelevant, as the selections are so resonant and captivating that one cannot help but feel the pulse of Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA’s creativity." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2001 first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" and "Carlo McCormick" in black marker across the title page. 1-57687-108-8 Inventory Number: 026873

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Koln, GERMANY: Galerie Jablonka, 1995. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 15 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Text in English and German. With a protective clear acetate dustwapper. This is the jaunty catalogue published in conjunction with the noted late Los Angeles-based artist Mike Kelley's 1995 exhibition of thirteen paintings on shaped wood held at his longtime German representative, Galerie Jablonka. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to its covers with a TLS from Jochen Link on gallery stationery dated September 21, 1995 detailing the exhibition's remaining available works and pricing to a well-known art dealer additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 026867

(BUTTURINI, GIAN). Butturini, Gian, Martin Parr, Luciano Mondini & Allen Ginsberg. Martin Parr, Editor. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2017. First Edition Thus. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. This is the recently published, revised edition of Italian photographer Gian Butturini's prescient "London" book. Originally published in 1969, it is a gritty, high-contrast black and white look at the city's streets and residents as the Swingin' Sixties drew to a close. A brand new, most handsome example of the now uncommon 2017 first - and only - Damiani printing (whose first edition is cited on pages 154-155 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") overseen by Martin Parr that was withdrawn from distribution following a somewhat ginned-up controversy regarding the sequencing of the book's images, with all of the publisher's remaining copies subsequently destroyed. 88-6208-558-3 Inventory Number: 026857

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition with the "Craig Kelly, Fernie BC, 1999 " image cover variant. 90-8690-005-4 Inventory Number: 026846

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI) (HAAKONSEN, TERJE). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. This is the catalogue of Ari Marcopoulos' photographs of the innovative Norwegian professional snowboarder Terje Haakonsen - better know as "The Cat" - published in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition entitled "In The Alps" held at the Kunsthaus Zurch. A brand new, most handsome example of the first - and only - edition supported by Burton Snowboards additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in ink across the title page. 3-905714-15-9 Inventory Number: 026845

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. NP (Seattle, WA). ND (2017).: Adidas. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Aight'" is Ari Marcopoulos' zine devoted to New York urban skateboarding produced in collaboration with legendary sportswear brand Adidas. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink vertically across the front cover. Inventory Number: 026842

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #466/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / 2007" in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026841

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #099/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (099/500) copies. Inventory Number: 026840

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2004. First Edition #57/100. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (26pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "One A Day" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender 2004 survey of black and white photographs that includes portraits of the likes of The Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis, and others. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred NUMBERED (57/100) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / ARI 2004" in the year of publication in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026839

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Perks and Mini, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Australian Cultural purveyors Perks and Mini's 2004 title "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' back-to-back and upside-down dual tribute to the recently deceased snowboarder Craig Kelley and skate legend Justin Pierce. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition issued as Perks and Mini PB009 additionally SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in pencil along the bottom edge of the Craig Kelley cover. Inventory Number: 026838

(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026837

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Geneve, SWITZERLAND: Adelina Von Furstenburg, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve & Ecart Publications, 1977. First Edition 1/750. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (48pp), 1 b&w illustration. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Coming and Going" is a 1977 Lawrence Weiner artist book published in Geneva by Ecart Publications and the Centre D'Art Contemporain, Geneve. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to seven hundred and fifty unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026833

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. London: Jack Wendler, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np, (100pp), no illustrations. Published by pioneering Conceptual Art dealer Jack Wendler, "And/Or: Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. An internally most handsome example of the first edition of this uncommon item (entry number nine of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") showing some rubbing and creasing to the wrappers along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026830

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Kassel, GERMANY: docuenta GMBH, 1972. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (84pp), no illustrations. Text in English and German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with Lawrence Weiner's participation as part of 1972's conceptually-infused fifth installment of Documenta that featured Harald Szeeman as its artistic director, "A Primer / Eine Elementarbuch" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. A handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number eight of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies showing a tiny crimp to the front cover at the upper foredge corner. Inventory Number: 026829

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Paris, FRANCE: Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (88pp), no illustrations. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by the legendary Parisian gallerist and collector Yvon Lambert, the rigorous "10 Works" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. A handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number four of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing traces of a few water droplets along the spine. Inventory Number: 026826

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Germano Celant & Pierluigi Pero, Editors. Torino, ITALY: Sperone Editore, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Boards in Printed Dust Jacket. Artist's Book. Very Good./Near Fine.. np (110pp), no illustrations. Text in English and Italian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1970 by the renowned Italian gallerist Gianenzo Sperone, "Tracce / Traces" is Lawrence Weiner's second publication in which the artist's textual works are printed back-to-back and upside down in both English and Italian. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (entry number two of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light dampstaining along the spine and bottom of the boards and dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026825

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Gagosian Gallery. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Seven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven elaborate announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Takashi Murakami held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, London, Rome, and Hong Kong between 2007 and 2014. The group consists of "Tranquility of the Heart Torment of the Flesh - Open Wide the Eye of the Heart, and Nothing Is Invisible ('07)", "Takashi Murakami (London '09)", "Takashi Murakami (New York '09)", "Takashi Murakami (London '11)", "Takashi Murakami (Rome '11)", "Flowers & Skulls ('12)", and "In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow ('14)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026805

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 2001-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Eleven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of nine stylish announcement cards plus two posters produced for exhibitions of the work of Lichtenstein held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, London, and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2016. The group consists of "Brushstroke ('01)", "Early Black And White Paintings ('01)", "Perfect / Imperfect ('02)", "Sculpture ('02)", "Sculpture ('05)", "Lichtenstein Girls ('08)", "Still Lifes ('10)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style (Hong Kong '11)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style - small folded poster, as issued (New York '12)", "Expresionism - small folded poster, as issued ('13)", and "Greene Street Mural ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026804

(PICASSO, PABLO). Gagosian Gallery. London, New York, Athens & Geneva. 2006-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eight stylish announcement cards and two posters produced for one-man exhibitions of the work of Pablo Picasso held at Gagosian Galleries in London, New York, Athens, and Geneva between 2006 and 2016. The group consists of "La Minotauromachie: All VIII States ('06)", "Mosqueteros - folded poster, as issued ('09)", "Experiments in Linogravure ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - folded poster, as issued ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - announcement and Gagosian private dinner invitation ('10)", "Important Paintings And Sculpture ('10)", "L'Amour Fou: Picasso And Marie-Therese ('11)", "Picasso And Francoise Gilot:Paris - Vallauris, 1943-1953 ('12)", "Picasso & The Camera ('15)", and "Villers | Picasso ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026803

(KOONS, JEFF). Gagosian Gallery. Beverly Hills, New York & Hong Kong. 2001-2015.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of ten stylish announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Jeff Koons held at Gagosian Galleries in Beverly Hills, New York and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2014. The group consists of "New Paintings ('01)", "Cracked Egg (Blue) ('06)", "Hulk Elvis ('07)", "Popeye ('07)", "New Paintings ('09)", "New Paintings And Sculpture: Save The Date ('13)", "New Paintings And Sculpture ('13)", "Gazing Ball Paintings ('15)", "Split Rocker ('15)", and "Hulk Elvis ('16)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026802

(WARHOL, ANDY). Gagosian Gallery. New York & London. 1986-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Seventeen sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of sixteen stylish announcement cards plus one poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Andy Warhol held at Gagosian Galleries in New York and London between 1986 and 2016. The group consists of "Oxidation Paintings: 1978 ('86)", "Shadow Paintings ('89)", "Rorschach Paintings ('96)", "$ ('97)", "Diamond Dust Shoes ('99)", "Diamond Dust Shadow Paintings ('00)", "Pop Art: The John And Kimiko Powers Collection ('01)", "B&W Paintings: Ads And Illustrations (London '02)", "B&W Paintings: Ads And Illustrations (New York '02)", "Piss & Sex Paintings And Drawings ('02)", "Jeff Koons / Andy Warhol: Flowers ('02)", "Early Hand-Painted Works ('05)", "Cast A Cold Eye: The Late Work ('06)", "Andy Warhol: From The Sonnabend Collection - large poster folded in mailing envelope, as issued ('09)", "Warhol: Liz ('11)", "Warhol: Bardot ('11)", and "Warhol / Avedon ('16)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026801

(SERRA, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 1991-2017.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Twenty sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eighteen stylish announcement cards, a brochure, and a poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Richard Serra held variously at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, Rome, London, Paris, and Geneva between 1991 and 2017. The group consists of "New Sculpture and Drawings ('91 - Serra's first Gagosian show)", "Intersections II ('93)", "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres brochure ('01)", "Rolled And Forged ('06)", "Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra ('07)", "Five Drawings ('08)", "Sculpture / Drawing ('08)", "Solids ('08)", "Blind Spot 2002-3 / Open Ended 2007-8 poster - folded as issued ('09)", "Greenpoint Rounds ('10)", "Drawings ('11)", "Richard Serra ('11)", "Drawings ('12)", "Double Rifts ('13)", "New Sculpture ('14)", "Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross / Drawing ('14)", "Ramble Drawings ('15)", "Ramble Drawings ('16)", "NJ-1 / Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through ('16)", and "NJ-2 / Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Rotate ('17)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026799

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 2005-2015.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Thirteen sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven stylish announcement cards, five posters, and one brochure produced for one man exhibitions of the work of Richard Prince held variously at Gagosian Galleries in Beverly Hills, London, Rome, New York, and Hong Kong between 2005 and 2015. The group consists of "Check Paintings - large poster folded, as issued ('05)", "Untitled (Nurse) brochure ('08)", "Four Blue Cowboys ('08)", "Canal Zone (08)", "Tiffany Paintings - large poster folded, as issued ('10)", "de Kooning ('10)", "Richard Prince ('11)", "Four Saturdays - newsprint poster folded, as issued ('12)", "Cowboys ('13)", "Canal Zone ('14)", "It's A Free Concert - small Gagosian poster for the Kunsthaus Bregenz exhibition, folded, as issued ('14)", "Original - small poster, folded, as issued ('15)", and "New Portraits ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026798

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 26 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1969 Felix Landau Gallery exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and paper executed between 1963 and 1969 by the noted Las Angeles abstract master Sam Francis. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light soiling and patination to its matte white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026781

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Coplans, John. Akron, OH: Akron Art Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 21 b&w illustrations. This slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Joseph Cornell retrospective held at the Akron Art Institute is small and elegant, just like the artist's work. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026780

(RAINER, YVONNE). Rainer, Yvonne. Halifax, CANADA & New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Stamped Cloth. Dance Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket. 338pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, this is the first monograph on the pioneering contemporary New York dancer/choreographer Yvonne Rainer. It contains texts and notes on choreography (often reproduced in facsimile), and photographs documenting her performances between 1961 and 1973. An internally most handsome example of the uncommon 1974 first edition issued in lavender cloth lacking its dust jacket and showing some soiling and spotting along the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8147-7360-5 Inventory Number: 026775

(FORTI, SIMONE). Forti, Simone. Halifax, CANADA & New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Dance Monograph. Near Fine./Near Fine.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Published by the estimable Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1974, this is the first monograph on renowned contemporary New York dancer/choreographer Simone Forti. It contains texts (often reproduced in facsimile), sketches, and photographs documenting her performances between 1959 and 1974. A most handsome example in dust jacket showing just a bit of age-toning to the covers. 0-8147-2556-2 Inventory Number: 026774

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, David Joselit, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Adam Lehner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 170pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this special Benjamin H.D. Buchloh-edited thematic issue devoted to Andy Warhol include: Introduction - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Spacious - Douglas Crimp, Warhol's Subject? A Response to Douglas Crimp - Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Test Subjects - Hal Foster, "That Screen Magnetism": Warhol's Glamour - Brigitte Weingart, Like: Collecting and Collectivity - Jonathan Flatley, When Life Goes to Work: Andy Warhol - Isabelle Graw, 1962 - Branden W. Joseph, and Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter - Catherine Lord. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-262-75282-4 Inventory Number: 026769

(WARHOL, ANDY). Fremont, Vincent. Los Angeles: Honor Fraser, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (72pp), 30 color illustrations. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegantly designed catalogue produced in conjunction with a posthumous 2010 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of thirty variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" on canvas, board and paper produced between 1986 and 1987. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026767

(WARHOL, ANDY). Richardson, Brenda & Bob Colacello. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color (including several foldout plates). Designed by Kim Spurlock. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegantly designed catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1998 New York gallery exhibition of fifty-eight variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" produced during 1986. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-880154-26-9 Inventory Number: 026766

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Lloyd, Jill. London: Karsten Schubert Ltd., 1988. First Edition 1/1200. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 24pp, 8 color illustrations. Designed by Tamar Burchill. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1988 London gallery exhibition of eight recent dry-pigment on paper works by Ed Ruscha. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some minor wear and creasing to the rear cover along the spine. 1-870590-06-6 Inventory Number: 026756

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward & Howardena Pindell. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Stedelijk Museum, 1976. First Edition 1/1700. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (16pp), 12 b&w and 1 duotone illustration. Text in Dutch. Designed by Wim Crouwel and Wim Verboven. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue designed by Wim Crouwel and published in conjunction with a 1976 Stedelijk Museum exhibition of thirteen drawings, nine prints, and fourteen artist's books by Edward Ruscha. A handsome copy of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, seven hundred unnumbered copies showing just a bit of rubbing and mild creasing along the spine. Inventory Number: 026751