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(JUDD, DONALD). Koepplin, Dieter. Basel, SWITZERLAND, Halifax, CANADA & New York: Kunstmuseum Basel, Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1976. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the copiously illustrated catalogue documenting a 1976 Kunsthalle Basel exhibition of two hundred and fifty-two working drawings for sculptural projects executed between 1956 and 1976 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. A most presentable example of the uncommon paperbound first edition of this vital document showing some slight curling to the front of the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with some mild wear, soiling, and age-toning to its white covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-919616-12-7 Inventory Number: 026010

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS. 1969 (1975).: Haags Gemeentemuseum & Daled. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1975 Daled second printing of this early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026004

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS: Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1969. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1969 first printing of this uncommon early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026003

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally most handsome example showing some mild wear along with typical sunning to the extremities of the covers bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026001

(SNOW, MICHAEL). Snow, Michael. Halifax, CANADA & New York: The Portrait Review, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Cover to Cover" is Michael Snow's now-legendary 1975 artist book co-published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and New York University Press that documents a short trip by the pioneering Canadian filmmaker/photographer/musician in a continuous sequence of images that unfolds from right-side up to upside down, and from cover - to cover... A most presentable example of the exceedingly uncommon 1975 first hardrbound edition (cited on page 156 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") showing some light overall lwear and a bit of mild foxing to its pictorial covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8147-7770-8 Inventory Number: 025985

(MAJERUS, MICHEL). Majerus, Michel. NP: Self-Published, 1993. First Edition Hors Serie. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. np (76pp), 75 b&w illustrations - thirty-two of which have been additionally uniquely hand colored. Designed by Michel Majerus. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Supermalbuch" is late Belgian artist Michel Majerus' self-published 1993 decidedly not-for-children coloring book. It reproduces seventy-five crudely drawn depictions of genitalia, masturbation, underage sex, bestiality, and other scatological delights. Produced in a signed and numbered edition of fifty printed paperbound books, it is unclear how many of these were ever actually distributed, and the Estate of Michel Majerus has classified "Supermalbuch" as a unique artwork rather than simply a publication by the artist. A bright, most handsome hors serie example of this exceedingly uncommon item - not a single copy is cited in OCLC WorldCat - that is neither signed nor numbered acquired directly from the library of a noted art dealer that has additionally had thirty-two of the illustrations embellished - perhaps by Majerus' own hand? Inventory Number: 025980

(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Byars, James Lee, James Butler, Harald Szeeman, Dr. Reiner Speck & Morgan Thomas. Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), 1980. First Edition 1/500. Large Square 4to. Unprinted Wrappers. Artist's Book with Multiple. Fine.. np, 17 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This truly unusual James Lee Byars item was produced in an edition of five hundred copies in 1980 by the Los Angeles non-profit Arts organization Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. The publication's primary funding came from an NEA grant that was written in such a way that prevented the actual sale of the book itself! This untitled publication is referred to as "The White Book", and was conceived with the artist's collaboration as an expanded version of the 1978 Kunsthalle Bern exhibition catalogue that was a full documentation of Byars' public performance pieces from 1963 through 1975. Laid in to the book is the unique multiple artwork "The Exhibition of Perfect", which disperses in a rather surprising way when the book is opened. Approximately three hundred of these were sent hors commerce to Museums, Art Libraries, Non-Profit Arts organizations and friends and supporters of FAR. It was never made commercially available - one had to receive this as a gift at the time of publication. The remaining copies languished with the publisher, never having been assembled with the artwork or distributed, and have ultimately disappeared. A bright white, near pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon - only nine copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and desirable James Lee Byars gem. Inventory Number: 025973

Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. NP (Newark, NJ). ND (circa early 1930s).: Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to + Elephant Folio. Die-Cut Printed Sheets. Electronics Advertisements. Very Good -./No Jackets - As Issued.. One 27 x 20" + four 13 ½ x 10" die-cut cardboard sheets screenprinted color offset recto only, mounted on stiff cardboard backing. This is a striking group of five vintage advertising standups produced for the pioneering late twenties, early thirties New Jersey-based electronics manufacturer Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation by Ivel Displays, Inc. of New York City as a retailer sales tool to promote their line of "Blue A-C Long Life Tubes". Vividly colored with science fiction-inspired illustrations, these claim ""Quick 7 Second Action", "More Volume", "Hum-Less Clearer Reception", "Immune to Current Changes", and more. There are four smaller placards accompanied by a larger piece depicting the rocket ship-like five pin blue tube along with the Arcturus logo. A bright, mostly well-preserved set of these vibrant, exceedingly uncommon advertisements showing some light staining, wear, scuffing, and chipping to the faces of the signage with varying degrees of foxing and dampstaining to the versos still housed in the manufacturer's perishing original cardboard shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size, weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025972

U.S. War Advertising Council. NP: NP (U.S. War Advertising Council), 1942. Edition Not Stated. 16mo. Printed Paper. Propaganda Leaflet. Near Fine.. One 3 ¼ x 5 ¾" sheet printed color offset recto and verso, one color illustration. Featuring a distinctly unflattering caricature of Der Fuhrer, this is a graphically striking two-sided leaflet issued by the United States Government in 1942 to help insure an allied victory in World War II by promoting the sale at retail stores of U.S. War Stamps and Bonds. The text on the verso reads: "Hitler says: "Democracy is Dead". Democracy is dead Hitler,,, dead-set on burying you deep under your own debris. Right now the vultures are flying over Berchtesgaden waiting for you to come home to roost. Our dimes and dollars will hasten the day we stow Hitler away. Let's buy bonds - to buy bombs to bury Hitler. Don't take a powder... help buy some". The verso states "The immediate, "all out" public purchase of U.S. WAR STAMPS and BONDS will help bring VICTORY in the shortest possible time! Let's ALL do MORE than our share in JULY! WAR STAMPS and BONDS are now easily available in most RETAIL STORES. Victory - 1942!". A bright, well-preserved example of this uncommon bit of wartime propaganda showing just the slightest bit of age-toning along the bottom edge. Inventory Number: 025970

(CARNWATH, SQUEAK). Tsujimoto, Karen & John Yau. Oakland & San Francisco, CA: Oakland Museum of California & Pomegranate Books, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 160pp, profusely Illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology, bibliography, exhibition history, and exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2009 Oakland Museum of California retropsective exhibition of eighty-one paintings executed by the popular Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath between 1979 and 2008. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of the uncommon hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-7649-4888-1 Inventory Number: 025964

(WENDT, WILLIAM). Anderson, Antony, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook & Arthur Millier. Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 94pp, 71 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the noted California Plein Air painter William Wendt was issued by the renowned Stendahl Art Gallery at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in 1926. It includes texts by Antony Anderson, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook and Los Angeles Times art critic Arthur Millier along with seventy-one reproductions of his work with commentary. A bright, handsome example of the 1926 first edition of this uncommon item lacking its dust jacket additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Cecil. / William Wendt." in ink beneath the artist's frontispiece portrait showing some light wear and soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers and endpapers, and some typical mild age-toning to the extremities of the the pages that reproduce the artworks. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025948

(WACHTEL, ELMER). Anderson, Antony. Los Angeles: Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press, 1930. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 52pp, 33 sepia-toned illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the well-known Southern California Plein Air painter Elmer Wachtel was issued shortly after his death in 1929. It includes thirty-three reproductions of his work with commentary along with a frontispiece portrait of the artist by his widow Marion Kavanagh Wachtel. A handsome example of the 1930 Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press first edition this uncommon item that is still the major reference on the artist lacking its dust jacket showing some light soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers, and some typical age-toning to the frontispiece's tissue overlay additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Ione Harkness - / from / Marion Kavanagh Wachtel." in brown ink on the blank page facing her portrait of Wachtel. Inventory Number: 025947

(ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN). Art Center School Staff. Los Angeles: The Art Center School, 1941. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Spiral-Bound Illustrated Wraps. Educational Course Catalogue. Near Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by students of The Art Center School with Harvey Thompson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceedingly stylishly designed catalogue of the 1941 academic offerings for Los Angeles' Art Center School. Founded in 1930, the renowned institution was one of Southern California's first comprehensive Art colleges. It relocated in 1976 to Pasadena, and became known as Art Center College of Design. Specializing in trade-oriented educational programs for students seeking careers in painting and illustration, advertising and graphic design, architecture, photography, motion picture craft, and industrial and automotive design, their faculty has always featured a stellar collection of professionals in these fields. Included here are Ansel Adams, Edward A, Adams, Fred R. Archer, Earl Baird, Lionel Banks, Edward Biberman, Clarence Bull, Will Connell, Thomas S. Curtis, Fred Dapprich, J.R. Davidson, James Doolittle, Paul Dorsey, Clarence K. Eaton, Elizabeth Franklin, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Frank Hewlett, Franklin B. Judson, Edward B. Kaminsky, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Charles Kerlee, Donald Biddle Keyes, Albert King, Nina Novinska, Charles Potts, R.M. Schindler, A.B. Shore, Chalmers C. Smith, Kem Weber, and many others. Designed by students and faculty in a modernist style reminiscent of the work of Lester Beall and Alvin Lustig, its eye-catching layout features numerous striking photomontages combining photography, illustration, and typography. An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon design object NUMBERED 598 (of an unstated edition) bearing the school's printed designation "This Book Presented to" followed by "Grace Mallon" in blue ink, as issued. Grace Elizabeth Mallon was an Art Center School student who went on to a career as a fine artist in the mold of her mentor, Millard Sheets, as well as working for Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Fairbanks Films, Churchill-Wexler Films, and Hanna-Barbera Studios. She participated in San Francisco's 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and is included in Milton Edan Hughes' comprehensive reference work "Artists in California 1786-1940." Inventory Number: 025945

(ROBERT, HUBERT). Carlson, Victor. Preface by J. Carter Brown. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of the drawings and watercolors of the noted Eighteenth Century French artist Hubert Robert held at Washington's National Gallery of Art. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing light age-toning, soiling and insect damage to its covers along with some mild abrading along the spine. It has been priced accordingly. LC 78-22022 Inventory Number: 025935

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. A most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Better a world / with women / and without / men / Helmut" in blue ink across the title page showing discreet ownership stamps in ink on the front pastedown and half title page along with a bit of wear and some tiny closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. 0-937950-06-8 Inventory Number: 025926

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. Basel & Bern, SWITZERLAND. ND (circa 1976).: Kunsthalle Basel & Verlag Kornfeld und Cie.. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. np (96pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German with English captions. Co-published by the Kunsthalle Basel and Verlag Kornfeld und Cie, this substantial document is a full catalogue raisonné of Sol LeWitt's screenprints, lithographs, etchings, and artist books executed between 1970 and 1975. It includes entries for ninety-seven works that are all illustrated throughout. An otherwise bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a diagonal closed tear to one of the rear pages. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025919

(GOLDSTEIN, JACK). Lebredt, Gordon. Foreword by Fiona McLeod. Edinburgh, SCOTLAND: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, 16 color illustrations. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 survey exhibition of sixteen large format paintings from the eighties by Jack Goldstein held at Edinburgh's Fruitmarket Gallery. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light wear to the covers and a slight diagonal dent through the head of the spine. 0-947912-21-5 Inventory Number: 025917

Develing, E. & Shirley Blum. Riverside, CA: Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, 1970. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 20pp, 4 b&w illustrations. With bibliographies. This is the minimally-appointed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside exhibition of sculptural works by American Minimal pioneers Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Robert Morris. A glossy, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing some very light handling and ink transfer from rubbing to its grey covers. Inventory Number: 025915

(TUTTLE, RICHARD). Tuttle, Richard. Firenze, ITALY: Victoria Miro Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), no illustrations. Text in English. "Eight Words from a Reading at Brooklyn College" is the elegant little Richard Tuttle artist book published in conjunction with a 1990 Italian gallery exhibition. Letterpress-printed in silver gilt with offset decorative borders on the front cover, its title is a literal description of the contents. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item (entry number thirty-three in Robert M. Murdock's "Richard Tuttle: Books & Prints") showing some trivial age-toning to its newsprint covers and pages. Inventory Number: 025914

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Geneve, SWITZERLAND: Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Exhibition Poster. Very Good.. One 13 3/4 x 8" sheet of adhesive-backed paper printed recto only. Text in English and French. This is the sticker-poster for Lawrence Weiner's 1980 Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve exhibition entitled "The Response of an Object to / Contact Sufficient to Lead to / a Change in Inherent Quality / (vis Inertiae)". A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item (cited on pages 94-95 in Benjamin H.D. Buchloh's "Posters: November 1965 - April 1986: Lawrence Weiner") that constituted a component of the gallery exhibition with the backing still affixed showing a neat horizontal crease across the perforation at the lower third. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025911

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Basel, SWITZERLAND & New York: Rolf Preisig & Moved Pictures (Lawrence Weiner), 1978. First Edition 1/780. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good.. np (42pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and German. Photographs by Beate Nilsen. Dedicated to Simon Rodia - the creator and artisan of Los Angeles' amazing Watts Towers - "Regarding Inscriptions..." is a 1978 photographically illustrated artist's book by the esteemed conceptual practitioner Lawrence Weiner. A presentable example only of this uncommon item (entry number twenty-two of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to seven hundred and eighty unnumbered copies showing a pronounced dent through the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with two water spots to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025906

(WEINER, LAWRENCE) (MERTZ, ALBERT). Weiner, Lawrence & Albert Mertz. Aalborg, DENMARK: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, 1983. First Edition 1/2150. Folio. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Good.. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Danish. Designed by Lawrence Weiner and Albert Mertz. This is the slender, oversized twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1983 two person exhibition at Aalborg's Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum featuring Lawrence Weiner and Danish colleague Albert Mertz. It contains original texts by both artists as well as reproductions of diagrammatic + text based works and film stills. An internally most presentable example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty of the exhibition catalogues in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") showing creasing, rubbing, and handling marks to the wrappers along with a closed surface slice and a small foredge nick to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025904

Cohen, Arthur A. & Luce Marinetti. New York: Ex Libris & Prakapas Gallery, 1985. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np (20pp), 16 b&w illustrations. Designed by Tamar Cohen. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender publication was the catalogue for a 1985 exhibition held concurrently at Ex Libris and Prakapas Gallery of Italian Futurist works on paper by Fidele Azari, Emilio Buccafusca, Mario Carli, Francesco Cangiullo, Pasqualino Cangiullo, Luciano De Nardis, Ugo Giannattasio, F.T. Marinetti, Angelo Rognoni, and Lucio Vernna (Landsmann). A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing some light soiling and handling creases to its rear cover. Inventory Number: 025896

Cohen, Arthur A.. New York: Ex Libris, 1982. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Fine.. np (30pp), 62 b&w illustrations. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender hord serie catalogue was devoted entirely to The Bauhaus and its impact - featuring one hundred and ninety fully described original photographs, weavings and textiles, drawings, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera related to the likes of Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Walter Dexel, T. Lux Feininger, Walter Gropius, Joannes Itten, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Xanti Schawinsky, Oskar Schlemmer, Joost Schmidt, Thonet, Jan Tschichold, "Umbo" (Otto Umbehrer), Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five odd years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example this uncommon reference. Inventory Number: 025895

Cohen, Arthur A.. New York: Ex Libris, 1981. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine.. np (18pp), 17 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender eighteen page hors sequence catalogue describes sixty-one books, catalogues and printed works of the Russian Avant-Garde by the likes of Natan Altman, Yurii Annenkov, David Burliuk, Natalia Goncharova, Iliazd, Velimir Khlebnikov, Mikhail Larionov, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Alexandr Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Tatlin, and many others. And while at the time of its 1981 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome example of this uncommon reference. Inventory Number: 025894

Cohen, Arthur A.. New York. ND (circa 1988).: Ex Libris. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number eighteen features fifty-two fully described and illustrated exceptional works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans (Jean) Arp, Broom, Francesco Cangiullo, Fortunato Depero, Andre Derain, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Die Flaeche, Fluxus, Natalia Goncharova, Wassily Kandinsky, Valentina Kulagina, Fernand Leger, El Lissitzky and Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevich, Henri Matisse, Bruno Munari, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Kurt Schwitters, Surrealism, Ladislav Sutnar, Yves Tanguy, Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni), Tolschin, H. Th. Wijdeveld, Tristan Tzara, Frank Lloyd Wright, Piet Zwart, and more. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty years later they are finally downright bargains! A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon reference with the original price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025893

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York: Ex Libris, 1983. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine./Fine.. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tamar Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen. With a bibliography. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number ten was devoted entirely to Dada material - featuring three hundred and thirty-six fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its 1983 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in a like dust jacket. Inventory Number: 025890

(THIEBAUD, WAYNE). Stone Gallery Staff, Alan. New York: Allan Stone Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 18pp, 11 b&w and 10 color illustrations + color covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of twenty-three then-recent works by Wayne Thiebaud held at his longtime East Coast gallery. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and handling to the covers. Inventory Number: 025889

(TAPIES, ANTONI). Butor, Michel, Jean-Marie Baron & Antoni Tapies. Saint-Paul De Vence, FRANCE: Fondation Maeght, 1976. First Edition. Square 8vo. Lithographic Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in and b&w. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist. This is a beautiful catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1976 Fondation Maeght retrospective of work by Antoni Tapies. It contains two gatefold color lithographs - one incorporating the initials A and T as the cover, and a gatefold spread bound into the book - executed by the renowned Catalan abstract artist especially for this publication; A handsome example of this lovely book. 2-85587-023-2 Inventory Number: 025888

(STELLA, FRANK). Axsom, Richard H., Phylis Floyd & Matthew Rohn. Foreword by Evan M. Maurer. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated (in Association with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI), 1983. First Edition. Square 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1983 traveling Museum retrospective of Frank Stella's graphic work organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The largest exhibition of the prolific artist's work to date, over two hundred prints are illustrated and annotated in this comprehensive study which remains the current catalogue raisonné of Stella's graphics. A handsome example of the 1983 first paperbound edition showing a minor brown dampstain along the top foredge of the inside rear cover and endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. 0-933920-41-5 Inventory Number: 025887

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 20 b&w illustrations + covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1969 exhibition of seventy-five recent drawings and watercolors by Saul Steinberg held at the artist's longtime New York gallery, Sidney Janis. A most handsome example showing the slightest bit of rubbing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 025885

(CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN). Rose, Barbara & M(ichael). S(onnabend).. Paris. ND (1964).: Ileana Sonnabend. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender, elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1964 presentation of sculptural work by John Chamberlain held at Ileana Sonnabend's Parisian gallery. It was the noted late artist's first international one-person exhibition, and this is his first monographic publication. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some mild age-toning, and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025869

(ALTOON, JOHN). Hopps, Walter & Elke M. Solomon. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), 19 b&w and 2 color illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1971 Walter Hopps-curated Whitney Museum of American Art retrospective of fifty drawings and lithographs by the quirky Los Angeles-based, Ferus Gallery-affiliated artist John Altoon. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item with an additions and errata slip laid in. LC 71-181853 Inventory Number: 025865

(SERRA, RICHARD). Reid, James. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1996. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by James Cross. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of fourteen monochrome etchings by Richard Serra produced between 1993 and 1996. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025863

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Rauschenberg, Robert. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Fine.. np (12pp), 2 tipped color and 6 b&w illustrations + covers. Designed by John Coy. Cover Montage by Robert Rauschenberg. This is one of Los Angeles based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of Robert Rauschenberg's 1973 dyed, handmade paper multiples known as "Pages" and "Fuses". A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item.. Inventory Number: 025860

(ALBERS, JOSEF). Nordland, Gerald & Kenneth E. Tyler. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1971. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Near Fine.. np (18pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by John Coy. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of renowned Bauhaus instructor Josef Albers' 1971 series of ten original graphic works: "White Embossings on Gray". A handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list and order form laid in showing a bit of sunning along the spine. Inventory Number: 025853

(ROSENQUIST, JAMES). Pierre, Jose, Edward F. Fry & Edouard Jaguer. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (12pp), 6 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with James Rosenquist's first international exhibition held in 1964 at Ileana Sonnabend in Paris. A handsome example of this uncommon early item - the Pop Art master's first monographic publication - with the gallery's exhibition checklist additionally laid in showing some mild wear, age-toning, and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025852

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Jouffroy, Alain, Lawrence Alloway, Michel Ragon, Francoise Choay, Gillo Dorfles, John Cage & Robert Rauschenberg. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1963. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (32pp), 11 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with two sequential 1963 exhibitions of twenty-six works total executed by Robert Rauschenberg between 1953 and 1963 held at his longtime Parisian gallery Ileana Sonnabend. A most handsome example of this uncommon early item with the gallery's exhibition checklist additionally laid in showing just a bit of typical age-toning and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025851

(WEBER, KEM). Gebhard, David & Harriette Von Breton. Santa Barbara, CA. 1969 (1976).: The Art Galleries of the University of California, Santa Barbara.. Second Edition 1/750. Square 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Design Monograph. Near Fine.. 108pp, 113 illustrations in b&w. Designed by David Gebhard. With a biography and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with the first major retrospective of the work of the noted Southern California-based architect and industrial designer Kem Weber. Perhaps best known for his contributions to West Coast Art Deco, Weber designed sets for Paramount Studios, several lines of furniture - including his renowned "Airline" chair of 1935, many department stores, and Burbank's Walt Disney Studios in 1941. A bright, most handsome example of the second printing of this uncommon document limited to seven hundred and fifty unnumbered copies showing some light wear and rubbing to its foil wrappers. LC 74-623366 Inventory Number: 025842

(EVANS, WALKER) (FRANK, ROBERT). Papageorge, Tod. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981. First Edition. Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. 62pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with Tod Papageorge's 1981 Yale University exhibition documenting the relationship between the imagery of Walker Evans' "American Photographs" of 1938 and Robert Frank's 1959 "The Americans". A most handsome example of this uncommon item with a newspaper clipping of the April 5th 1981 "New York Times" review of the exhibition along with the Daniel Wolf Gallery price list for a contemporary show of vintage prints by Evans and Frank that were also being exhibited at Yale laid in. 0-89467-015-8 Inventory Number: 025841