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JODY ZELLEN: BLUR
(ZELLEN, JODY). Zellen, Jody. Santa Monica, CA: Self-Published, 1997. First Edition 1/500. 16mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jody Zellen. Published in conjunction with the 1997 exhibition "Blur" at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, this is the second of Santa Monica-based artist/graphic designer Jody Zellen's self-produced small format artist's books. Uniformly scaled to 4 ½ x 4 ½", these beautiful little editions combine photographic reproduction, text, and a grid format to achieve a sublime narrative. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 023103
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RON JUDE: ALPINE STAR - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(JUDE, RON). Jude, Ron. Rochester, NY: A-Jump Books, 2006. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (96pp), 49 black & white illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The source of the photographs in "Alpine Star" is the weekly newspaper from Ron Jude's hometown of McCall in Central Idaho. The poetic element of these images - that unnamed, abstract subtext found in every photograph - is inflated here through the process of subtle manipulation and nuanced sequencing. While offering a world of loss and isolation, the pictures also suggest the cross-pollination of personal history and collective memory". A bright, most handsome example from the unnumbered first edition of five hundred copies of the photographer's first book additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Ron Jude 2007" in black ink on the rear colophon. 0-9777655-0-4 Inventory Number: 023101
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ARI MARCOPOULOS: UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY (FRANK NATIELLO COVER) - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Nieves & Someday Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/200 Artist Proofs. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (160pp), 78 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "This is Ari Marcopoulos' ironically titled, compelling mix of new and old images - a collection of his works like you have never experienced before. The book is published by Nieves for the exhibition "Under Penalty of Perjury" at Someday Gallery in Melbourne, where Ari’s works are shown for the first time as large scale black and white photocopied prints on paper. Ari’s long-standing collaboration with Nieves and his choice of using xeroxed reproductions for the exhibition have made it a natural step to produce this new book together. It comes with two different covers and is published in an edition of two hundred copies". A most handsome example of what is arguably the most sought after of Mr. Marcopoulos' many fine books from the one hundred unnumbered copies with the image of skateboarder Frank Natiello on the front cover additionally BOLDLY SIGNED TWICE by the photographer in black ink across the title page. Inventory Number: 023068
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ARI MARCOPOULOS: WHAT'S HAPPENING?
(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white views of the natural world between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in a numbered (76/150) edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Inventory Number: 023066
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JEREMY BLAKE: THE FOURTY MILLION DOLLAR BEATNIK - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(BLAKE, JEREMY). Blake, Jeremy, Tim Griffin & Dike Blair. Los Angeles: Works on Paper, Inc., 2001. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Patricia Moritz. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the engaging catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 2001 Works on Paper, Inc. exhibition of drawings from Jeremy Blake's "The Fourty (sic) Million Dollar Beatnik" project. It takes the form of a miniature (6 ¾ x 5 ½") screenplay - down to the green card covers with brass brad binding - reproducing the artist's whimsical texts and images that are reminiscent of a high school journal along with brief essays by Tim Griffin and Dike Blair. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only three copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to five hundred unnumbered copies SIGNED "Jeremy Blake / Cell 1-310-980-****" in blue ink on the title page showing some very light wear and soiling to the covers. The artist died with only three monographic titles having been published on his work, and this is the first and only copy we have seen bearing his signature. Inventory Number: 023062
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PEDRO MEYER: LOS COHETES DURARON TODO EL DIA
(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A bright. most handsome example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from Pedro Meyer. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 023060
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TODD HIDO: CRACKED TREES (ONE PICTURE BOOK NO. 59) - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH TIPPED IN AND AN ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE
(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 5 color illustrations. Todd Hido's "Crooked Cracked Trees" is the fifty-ninth installment of Nazraeli Press' estimable "One Picture Book" series. Limited to five hundred copies, it contains "four reproductions of watercolor paintings by the students of Mrs. Flores' 08-09 monolingual First Grade class at Lyon Magnet Elementary School, Waukegan, Illinois" along with a 3 ¾ x 4 ¾" color type C photographic print of an actual cracked tree SIGNED AND NUMBERED (18/500) by Todd Hido in ink on the verso tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Todd Hido" in black ink on the title page. 1-59005-292-1 Inventory Number: 023059
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WILLIAM WEGMAN
(WEGMAN, WILLIAM). Livingston, Jane. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (26pp), 23 b&w illustrations. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with William Wegman's 1973 one-person exhibition of photographs, drawings and video works held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Lytton Contemporary Galleries curated by Helene Winer. It is the second monographic publication on the artist. An internally bright and clean example of this uncommon item showing some light overall wear, rubbing and soiling to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 023049
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ANDRE KERTESZ: THE MANCHESTER COLLECTION - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford & Charles Harbutt. Manchester, ENGLAND: Andre Kertesz and The Manchester Collection, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 188pp, 297 duotone illustrations. With a biography. This is an extremely well-illustrated catalogue in the form of a festschrift published in honor of Andre Kertesz' 90th birthday that documents the collection of his own photographic prints donated to the United Kingdom's National Museum of Photography in Bradford. In addition to reproducing nearly three hundred images, it includes textual contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford, and Charles Harbutt. A most handsome example of the paperbound edition first additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "A Kertesz" in black ink on the title page in the photographer's inimitable shaky script. It has additionally been signed in black ink on the same page by contributor Mark Haworth-Booth. Inventory Number: 023046
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BANKSY: MYTHS AND LEGENDS - A COLLECTION OF THE UNBELIEVABLE AND INCREDIBLE BY MARC LEVERTON
(BANKSY). Leverton, Marc. London: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2011. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Nick Law. "No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. In his home town of Bristol, almost everyone seems to have a Banksy story. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Compiled between 2009 and 2011, some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, while others are more questionable and can best be described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. You be the judge". A brand new, pristine example of the 2011 first edition of this well-illustrated, charming little gem. 1-908211-01-6 Inventory Number: 023043
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MICHAEL GOLDBERG: THE RED PAINTINGS, 1962-1963
(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Kertess, Klaus. New York: Knoedler & Company, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 24pp, 3 color and 3 b&w illustrations. With a collections listing. Published in conjunction with a posthumous 2010 New York gallery exhibition, this is a nicely appointed catalogue limited to one thousand copies that documents the works in red executed between 1962 and 1963 by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. A most handsome copy. 0-9820749-8-0 Inventory Number: 023030
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JULIAN OPIE: PORTRAITS
(OPIE, JULIAN). Kurjakovic, Daniel. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Codax Publisher & Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and German. Designed by wbg, ag. "Composed of his characteristically simplified lines and shapes, Julian Opie's portraits are rendered through computer technology. Beginning with a photograph scanned into a computer, the artist uses software to edit the images and hone in on their graphic essentials. The fascinating results become icons that serve to identify the individuals with the least information possible. Whereas most of Opie's portraits feature unknowns, some commissioned works feature public figures like Blur, Kate Moss or Michael Schumacher. By identifying them in the titles only by their first names and occupations, Opie zaps these celebrities of their fame and mythic status, simplifying them down to the familiar, human shape of their faces. A most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-7757-1301-8 Inventory Number: 023022
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DEATHCAMP - SIGNED BY R.J. SHAUGHNESSY
(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy LLC, 2007. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 152pp, 100 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Todd Tourso. Limited to three hundred copies only, "Deathcamp" is R.J. Shaughnessy's must-have first book - a gritty, engaging essay capturing the transgressive youthful comings and goings in the Atwater house the photographer lived in from late 2002 through early 2006. If you are an Ed Templeton or Ryan McGinley fan, this self-published gem is right up your alley! A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the title page. 0-9792748-1-8 Inventory Number: 023021
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ALFRED J. JENSEN: DECEMBER 11, 1903 - APRIL 4 1981 - A MEMORIAL
(JENSEN, ALFRED). Luce III, Henry, and John Wesley Cook. Regina Bogat, Editor. Los Angeles: Regina Bogat, 1981. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued.. 32pp, 7 color and 3 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gregory Zarcoff. With a biography and exhibition history. Privately printed and limited to one thousand hors commerce copies, this is the keepsake volume issued to document the 1981 memorial services for the great idiosyncratic, pattern-obsessed New York artist Alfred Jensen. A handsome example of this uncommon item whose matte pale blue covers show some typical light soiling, fading, and a few small indentations. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022966
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MICHAEL KENNA: A TWENTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(KENNA, MICHAEL). Kenna, Michael, Peter C. Bunnell & Ruth Bernhard.. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First American Edition. Small Square Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (172pp), 130 duotone illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography, and collections listing. Still a defining reference to the work of celebrated British photographer Michael Kenna, this beautifully redesigned and reprinted monograph features images from his "The Rouge", "Desert de Retz", and "Elkhorn Slough" series along with twenty years of moody European landscapes. A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 first printing of the first American edition BOLDLY SIGNED by Michael Kenna in black ink across the title page. 1-59005-019-3 Inventory Number: 022949
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ALEC BYRNE: ROCK & ROLL TIME CAPSULE - SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION
(BYRNE, ALEC). Evans, Drew. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. As New.. np (54pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" is the catalogue published in conjunction with a one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It presents amazing vintage shots of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, Chuck Berry, and Roy Orbison - most being seen in print for the very first time! A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer, as issued.
PLEASE NOTE: These signed catalogues will be available at Arcana on Saturday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
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ROBERT ADAMS: NO SMALL JOURNEYS: ACROSS SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOTS, DOWN CITY STREETS
(ADAMS, ROBERT). Adams, Robert. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. (np) 116pp, 52 duotone illustrations. Designed by Catherine Mills. Produced in conjunction with a 2003 New York gallery exhibition, this is a somber volume that reproduces fifty-two photographs taken by Robert Adams between 1974 and 1984 of everyday folks traversing parking lots and city streets in the metropolitan Denver area. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880146-42-8 Inventory Number: 022913
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THE WORKS OF NOBUYOSHI ARAKI: 5 - CHRYSALIS
(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Seiko Tanabe & Akihito Yasumi. Tokyo. 1996 (2001).: Heibonsha Co.. Later Printing. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 190pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Japanese. Designed by Seiichi Suzuki Design Office. This fifth volume (of twenty) of "The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki" is subtitled "Chrysalis", and focuses on the iconic Japanese photographer's provocative portraits of pre-pubescent Japanese models in varying poses, and states of dress. A brand new, most handsome example of a 2001 later printing of this uncommon item (entry number 167 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 4-582-66405-9 Inventory Number: 022899
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TODD HIDO: CRACKED TREES (ONE PICTURE BOOK NO. 59) - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH TIPPED IN
(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 5 color illustrations. Todd Hido's "Crooked Cracked Trees" is the fifty-ninth installment of Nazraeli Press' estimable "One Picture Book" series. Limited to five hundred copies, it contains "four reproductions of watercolor paintings by the students of Mrs. Flores' 08-09 monolingual First Grade class at Lyon Magnet Elementary School, Waukegan, Illinois" along with a 3 ¾ x 4 ¾" color type C photographic print of an actual cracked tree SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Todd Hido in ink on the verso tipped in. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item. 1-59005-292-1 Inventory Number: 022877
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN AT CALARTS: DRAWINGS AND COLLAGES FROM THE ARTIST'S COLLECTION
(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Kaprow, Allan. Valencia, CA: The California Institute of the Arts, 1977. First Edition 1/5000. Tall 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Louis Danziger. This is a nicely designed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Roy Lichtenstein exhibition held at The California Institute of the Arts. It contains copious reproductions of paintings and preparatory works on paper along with photographs of the noted Pop artist at work and play in his Southampton studio. A handsome example showing some wear minor wear and surface abrasions at the heel of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. LC 77-308 Inventory Number: 022865
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN AT CALARTS: DRAWINGS AND COLLAGES FROM THE ARTIST'S COLLECTION
(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Kaprow, Allan. Valencia, CA: The California Institute of the Arts, 1977. First Edition 1/5000. Tall 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Louis Danziger. This is a nicely designed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Roy Lichtenstein exhibition held at The California Institute of the Arts. It contains copious reproductions of paintings and preparatory works on paper along with photographs of the noted Pop artist at work and play in his Southampton studio. A most handsome example showing just a bit of light wear along the spine. LC 77-308 Inventory Number: 022864
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ALL-AMERICAN VOLUME THIRTEEN: BORN READY - A JOURNAL BY BRUCE WEBER
(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush, Nathaniel Kilcer, Matthew Richards & Skylar Pittman, Editors. Kempen, GERMANY & New York: teNeues Publishing Group, 2013. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Art Director - Nathaniel Kilcer. "The latest volume in Bruce Weber's ongoing literary and art journal series celebrates individuals whose risk-taking and personal vision set them apart from the crowd. There's a common enthusiasm running through this volume, a sense that this cast of characters - be they subjects of the book or contributors to it - was born ready to stand up, face the odds, and declare themselves unabashedly to the world. The book opens with a poem about Basketball by Sherman Alexie. A new commission by Sean Thomas finds him back in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, documenting the teen rites of passage that pile up at the end of high school: senior prom, first romances, lazy summer jobs. Then Bruce Weber's first story in the book is a profile of Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries - the pioneering Los Angeles-based gang intervention and rehabilitation program. From there All-American travels to Harlem with Lisa Eisner, whose commissioned story about Amateur Night at the Apollo becomes a love poem to the vibrant neighborhood. Weber's second contribution is a profile of the charming and eccentric Mickey Wolfson, whose extraordinary collection of furniture, paintings, books, prints, and decorative objects became the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami, Florida. A portfolio of paintings by the Palm Beach society fixture Ralph Wolfe Cowan presents everyone from Doris Duke to Johnny Mathis to Princess Grace in the most ethereal and unexpected light. All-American then traces one woman's personal struggle for justice through exclusive images from the personal archive of Edith Windsor, whose Supreme Court case resulted in the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) earlier this year. This story also features portraits by Bruce Weber and photographs by Poppy De Villeneuve. All-American Volume Thirteen closes with an in-depth look at the world of professional motocross racing. Bruce Weber traveled this summer to Southwick, Massachusetts together with photographers John Scott and Michael John Murphy to capture stars like Ryan Dungey and James Stewart racing against a host of up-and-comers". As with all of the "All-American"s, the quality of the design, paper and printing is impeccable. Not unlike the previous books, there will be only one printing of this title. A brand new, pristine example in slipcase in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 3-8327-9735-1 Inventory Number: 022862
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OCTOBER 14: ART/ THEORY/ CRITICISM/ POLITICS - FALL 1980
(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Douglas Crimp & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA & New York: MIT Press for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 120pp, 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 issue include: An Introduction to the Notebook of Maya Deren, 1947 - Catrina Neiman; An Exchange of Letters - Maya Deren and Gregory Bateson; From the Notebook of 1947 - Maya Deren; On Reading Deren's Notebook - Annette Michelson; Letters from Mexico - Sergei Eisenstein; Bayreuth: The Centennial Ring - Annette Michelson; Chereau's Treachery - Jean-Jacques Nattiez; A Conversation - Pierre Boulez and Michel Fano. A bright, most handsome example showing some light sunning to the red ink along the spine. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 022859
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RICHARD SERRA: OUT-OF ROUND
(SERRA, RICHARD). Foster, Hal. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. np (16pp), 12 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the compact catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Richard Serra exhibition "Out-of-Round" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. Devoid of any text, it features small color reproductions of each of the twelve paintstick on paper works shown across a leporello (accordion-fold panels). A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some slight rubbing to its black jacket along the spine. Inventory Number: 022845
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LEE FRIEDLANDER: THE AMERICAN MONUMENT - BOXED SPECIAL EDITION WITH A SIGNED SILVER GELATIN PRINT
(FRIEDLANDER, LEE). Friedlander, Lee & Leslie George Katz. With a brief text by Walt Whitman. New York: Eakins Press Foundation, 1976. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Oblong Folio. Cloth with Leather Spine. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (78pp), 213 b&w gravure illustrations. "The American Monument" is Lee Friedlander's groundbreaking portfolio of striking images of statues and memorials taken across the United States during the early seventies. Uniquely bound in baby blue cloth-over-boards with sumptuous printing by The Meriden Gravure Company from half-tone negatives made by Richard Benson, it certainly ranks among the great American photography books of the Twentieth Century. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon "Special Edition" of this impressive tome (cited on pages 310-311 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 28 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", page 35 of "From Fair to Fine", and pages 236-237 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to one hundred and fifty copies bound in red cloth with a gilt-embossed leather spine NUMBERED (60/150) in ink on the rear colophon accompanied by an 11 x 14" silver gelatin print of an image that is not reproduced in the book NUMBERED (60/150) AND SIGNED "Lee Friedlander" in ink on the recto that has been laid into in an archival display mat affixed to the inside of the rear board, as issued. These are housed in the publisher's vintage unprinted blue cardboard presentation box. A Fine condition example of Lee Friedlander's "Fourteen American Monuments" catalogue published by the Eakins Press Foundation has been additionally laid in. 0-87130-045-1 Inventory Number: 022825
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INDEPENDENT PROJECTS VOLUME ONE + VOLUME TWO: SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM THE MUSICAL CAREER OF BRUCE LICHER 1979-1985 (ON TWO 10" RECORDS...) - SIGNED, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIGNED LETTER FROM BRUCE LICHER
(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce. Foreword by Kurt Braun. Afterword by Gary Todd. Los Angeles: Independent Project Records, 1989. First Edition 1/300. Square 4to. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Vinyl LPs + Loose Contents. As New/As New. np (42pp) + two 10" vinyl LPs with loose printed matter housed in a hand letterpress printed chipboard jacket. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher. This is the lavishly designed and printed compilation of the earliest recordings by noted Los Angeles-based musician, graphic designer and printer Bruce Licher issued in conjunction the 1989 Independent Project Press exhibition entitled "Bruce Licher: The Ten Year Retrospective" held at the Hallway Gallery. It contains two 10" vinyl discs featuring Licher's solo endeavors along with works by Neef, Them Rhythm Ants, Tunneltones, 1/2 "Bridge", Africa Corps, Savage Republic, "Bridge", and Final Republic, along with a detailed booklet of notes, a portfolio of ten 8 ½ x 10" reproductions of performance flyers from 1980-1982, and a glassine envelope filled with reprints of selected letterpress items, as issued. A brand new, pristine unplayed numbered example (048/300) from an edition of three hundred copies of Independent Project Records release IP 024/025 in its elegant hand letterpress printed package SIGNED "Bruce Licher" in black ink on the front cover still in its original plastic sleeve. Laid into the package is an additional SIGNED hand written one page letter in red ink from Bruce Licher bearing an IPR stamp effusively thanking two record industry colleagues for their support of the project. Inventory Number: 022817
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RICKY SWALLOW: BRONZES - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(SWALLOW, RICKY). Holte, Michael Ned. London & Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Stuart Shave / Modern Art & Darren Knight Gallery, 2013. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by A Practice for Everyday Life. "Ricky Swallow is known for intricately and attentively crafted sculptural works, often combining contemporary imagery with art historical references, and the traditional notion of nature morte. His current bronze works extend this practice while reflecting the more recent influences of twentieth century design, studio ceramics and the inventiveness of folk art. This lovely new hardbound co-edition from Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney surveys the artist's ongoing body of bronze sculpture made since 2010, and features an essay by Michael Ned Holte along with photographs by Fredrik Nilsen. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by both Ricky Swallow and author Michael Ned Holte. 0-9567988-1-0 Inventory Number: 022762
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EAST 100TH STREET: BRUCE DAVIDSON - DELUXE LIMITED SIGNED, SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
(DAVIDSON, BRUCE). Davidson, Bruce. Foreword by Mildred Feliciano. West Hollywood, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2003. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (165pp), 140 tritone illustrations. Designed by Paul McMenamin at SPINE. "What you call a ghetto, I call my home. This was said to me when I first came to Harlem, and during the two years that I photographed the people of East 100th Street, it stayed with me". Bruce Davidson's first book, "East 100th Street" is one of the classic volumes of Post-War American photography. After more than twenty years of unavailability, it has been lavishly republished by the redoubtable St. Ann's Press, with thirty-five new images, all beautifully reproduced. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe 2003 St. Ann's Press edition (whose 1970 Harvard University Press first hardbound printing is cited on page 18 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 260-261 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 26 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 196-197 of "The Book of 101 Books", pages 46-49 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné", and pages 142-147 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (86/100) AND SIGNED "Bruce Davidson" in black ink on the half title page with an original 10 x 8" gelatin silver print of the image of two children peering out a fire escape window that is reproduced in the book SIGNED by Bruce Davidson in pencil on the verso laid into a portfolio and housed in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. 0-9713681-4-7 Inventory Number: 022755
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Photo-Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Deviant Sexual Behavior Volume 3: Femoralism To Lingerie Fetishism
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR VOLUME 3: FEMORALISM TO LINGERIE FETISHISM
Bland, Jr., C.W., Tyson Wellman Reilly & Michelle Aaronson, Editors. San Diego, CA: Socio Library, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Erotic Periodical. Fine.. 62pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in the wake of Masters and Johnson's landmark studies "Human Sexual Response" and "Human Sexual Inadequacy", the Socio Library's six volume "Photo-Illustrated Encyclopedia of Deviant Sexual Behavior" is notable for its hard core pornographic approach to scholarship. This third installment contains explicitly illustrated contributions on the subjects of Femoralism, Fetishism, Flagellation, Frictation, Frottage, Gerontophilia, Graophilia, Group Sexuality, Hermaphroditism, Homosexuality, Hyperaesthesia, Incest, Indecent Exposure, Inunctionism, Lesbianism, and Lingerie Fetishism. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a tiny vintage "Pacific News" distribution sticker on the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 022713
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JOHN GOSSAGE: THERE AND GONE / ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS - THE NEAR-UNIQUE DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED BOXED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
(GOSSAGE, JOHN). Gossage, John & Thomas Weski. Berlin: Nazraeli Press, 1997. First Deluxe Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 160pp + 16pp, 124 duotone illustrations. Text in English and German. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1997 John Gossage exhibition entitled "There and Gone" that travelled from Hannover's Sprengel Museum to Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College. It features reproductions of each of the photographs shown, and includes a sixteen page insert containing a transcribed interview between Gossage and curator Thomas Weski. According to Chris Pichler, Nazraeli Press planned to produce a deluxe boxed edition of one hundred and forty-four copies with an ISBN separate from the trade edition - each retailing for nine hundred and fifty dollars and containing a single unique photograph from the one hundred and forty-four images in the book. Ten clamshell boxes were fabricated in Japan, and John Gossage agreed to produce and supply the prints as orders were received. Unfortunately, the first two copies ordered were returned to Nazraeli by the purchasers who objected to Mr. Gossage's insistence on splashing a few drops of coffee on the mat of each of the original prints as an artistic gesture, and the entire project was then scrapped. Only between three and five vintage completed copies of this near-unique edition exist. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon unnumbered deluxe edition BOLDLY SIGNED by John Gossage in black ink on the first preliminary housed in the publisher's debossed and silkscreened black clamshell box, as issued. Laid in is a 4 x 2 ¾" black and white silver gelatin print of a woman's silhouette at the water's edge (reproduced on page 39 of the book) mounted on a 10 x 8" sheet of board SIGNED "John Gossage 1996 / p 39" in pencil on the verso, as issued. It shows the small coffee splash to the board on the recto, which was the intent of the photographer. 3-923922-50-7 Inventory Number: 022704
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JOHN GOSSAGE: L A M F (LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER - THREE DAYS IN BERLIN) - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION WITH TWENTY-SEVEN ORIGINAL SILVER GELATIN PRINTS
(GOSSAGE, JOHN). Gossage, John. NP: Self-Published, 1987. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Cloth in Newsprint Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (56pp), 27 b&w illustrations. Text in English. John Gossage's self-published "L A M F" contains twenty-seven noir-ish details of some seedier neighborhoods of Berlin and its environs photographed over three days in 1987. These views are presented as individual silver gelatin prints mounted on pages of heavy archival stock, with no two books exactly alike. Each dust jacket is a unique remnant from a German newspaper (this is from "Der Tages Spiegel") stamped L A M F in red ink and enclosed in an acetate dustwrapper. The half title page is hand lettered by the photographer on a scrap of paper tipped to the first preliminary, and there is a unique, sealed hand-written letter from Gossage posted from Berlin to himself in Washington, DC affixed to the third preliminary. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition (cited on page 148 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (56/100) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "John Gossage" in blue ink, as issued. Inventory Number: 022703
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LADENHUTER (AUS D. JAHREN 1965-1983)
(ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter.. Berlin: Verlag Agnes & Reiner Pretzell & Galerie Reinhard Onnasch, 1983. First Edition 1/3500. Square 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 28pp, printed in two-color offset. Text in German. This is a quirky exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1983 exhibition of Dieter Roth's works from the holdings of noted German gallerist and collector Reinhard Onnasch. Annotated - and subsequently revised here - in the artist's own hand, it contains Roth's commentary on the pieces shown. A most handsome example of this uncommon item stapled at the top left corner, as issued. Inventory Number: 022699
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HANNELORE BARON: COLLAGES & BOX CONSTRUCTIONS
(BARON, HANNELORE). Frank, Peter. Los Angeles & New York: Manny Silverman Gallery & Barbara Mathes Gallery, 1995. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 19 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by For Design. With a biography and chronology. This is the stylish catalogue issued in conjunction with a traveling 1995 New York and Los Angeles gallery show illustrating in color each of the nineteen Hannelore Baron boxes and collages exhibited. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 022675
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SCOTT GRIEGER: IMPERSONATIONS
(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1970. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Artist's Book. Very Good +.. Fifteen individual 7 ½ x 10 ¼" plates printed offset recto only, 15 b&w illustrations. Self-published in 1970, "Impersonations" is Los Angeles-based artist Scott Grieger's wildly hilarious, photographically illustrated artist's book of send-ups of iconic works by many of the then-prevailing luminaries of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art. Using the photographic studio and some darkroom magic, the hirsute Grieger clad in jeans, desert boots, and a white t-shirt substitutes himself for artworks ranging from a Barnett Newman "zip" to one of Robert Irwin's illuminated disc paintings. The fifteen artists receiving these wry homages are Ronald Bladen, Tony DeLap, Robert Grosvenor, Irwin, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, George Rickey, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Ernest Trova. The "Impersonations" photographs were subsequently shown in MoMA's landmark 1970 Conceptual Art exhibition "Information", the 1972 Whitney Annual, "Los Angeles '72" at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, and were the subject of a 2007 retrospective with catalogue at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. The work fits in nicely with parallel body-centric photographic excursions by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden and Vito Acconci - albeit with a more overt tongue in cheek approach. A bright, handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and underappreciated gem whose glossy white printed paper portfolio shows some typical creasing along the edges along with a slight stain at the upper right corner of the rear panel. Inventory Number: 022630
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PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS VOL. 29 (XXIX): SUPPLEMENT AUX ANNEES 1914-1919
(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 192pp, 465 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the twenty-ninth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper supplementally covering the Cubist years of 1914 through 1919. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1975 first printing whose protective glassine wrapper shows some mild age-toning along the spine. Inventory Number: 022620
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PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS VOL. 14 (XIV): OEUVRES DE 1944 A 1946
(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1963. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 174pp, 352 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the fourteenth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper covering the years 1944 through 1946. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1963 first printing showing some mild age-toning whose protective glassine wrapper has some tearing and paper loss at the spine ends. 2-85117-014-7 Inventory Number: 022614
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PAUL GRAHAM: PAINTINGS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
(GRAHAM, PAUL). Graham, Paul. London, Zurich, SWITZERLAND & New York: Anthony Reynolds Gallery, Galerie Bob van Orsouw & Lawrence Rubin - Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Board. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (40pp), 14 color illustration. Designed by Gerngross & Co. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, collections listing and bibliography. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2000 traveling gallery exhibition of color photographs of details of graffiti seemingly found on bathroom walls. It features beautiful varnished reproductions of each of the fourteen images shown along with the text of a 1943 letter from Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Adolph Gottlieb to the New York Times illuminating their philosophy of art. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "For ..., Paul Graham" in black ink on the title page. 0-9677573-3-9 Inventory Number: 022593
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THOMAS STRUTH: LANDSCHAFTEN (PHOTOGRAPHIEN 1991-1993)
(STRUTH, THOMAS). Struth, Thomas & Rupert Pfab. Dusseldorf & Berlin, GERMANY: Achenbach Kunsthandel & Galerie Max Hetzler, 1994. First Edition 1/900. Small 4to. Debossed Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 31 color illustrations. Text in German. Designed by Lambert & Ott. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1994, "Landschaften" features a text by Thomas Struth accompanied by reproductions of thirty-one color photographs of the Swiss countryside taken between 1991 and 1993 that were "originally part of a larger project that I carried out for the sick-rooms of the Hospital on the Lindberg in Winterthur (Switzerland)". An internally bright, most handsome example of an edition limited to nine hundred unnumbered copies showing some mild wear and scuffing to its brown cloth covers with the publisher's English language caption booklet laid in, as issued. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022583
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ARTURO HERRERA: SERIES
(HERRERA, ARTURO). Corbett, John, Arturo Herrera, Jens Asthoff & David Schutter. Chicago, London & New York: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, Thomas Dane Gallery & Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 2012. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Printed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 168pp, profusely illustrated. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2012 gallery exhibition of over one hundred recent works on paper by the noted Venezuelan born, Berlin-based artist Arturo Herrera - each of which is illustrated here. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-935567-58-8 Inventory Number: 022578
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RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER: IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
(ARTSCHWAGER, RICHARD). Oehlen, Albert & John Corbett. Chicago, IL: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2011. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 28pp, 16 color illustrations. Designed by Kathi Beste. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 2011 Richard Artschwager exhibition of recent oil pastel on paper drawings held at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects entitled "In The Driver's Seat". A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 022572