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(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Taylor Phil & Mark Rawlinson. Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton Brouws & Hermann Zschiegner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2013. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 298pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner. With artists' biographies and an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 2013 circulating Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this thoughtful survey of Edward Ruscha's artist's books and the cottage industry of homages that these have inspired since the 1962 appearance of "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" contains nearly one hundred comprehensive illustrated entries with full publication details for each. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable first printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-262-01877-2 Inventory Number: 024246

(JOHANSON, CHRIS). Johanson, Chris. Bruxelles, BELGIUM & Paris: Baronian-Francey & Daviet-Thery, 2004. First Edition 1/1200. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. "Chris Johanson takes over where Raymond Pettibon leaves off. Less angry and witty than his predecessor, Johanson scribbles colorful, dead-on portraits of street culture and the yuppies, hippies, hipsters, losers, and drunkards who inhabit it". Published in Europe, this is a slender little artist's book of drawings by noted "Beautiful Loser" and Deitch Projects stalwart Chris Johanson. A brand new, pristine example of the first and only printing of this uncommon charming item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 024238

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). McClure, Michael. Introduction by Dieter Koepplin. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 122pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Jose Conde. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1991 Francesco Clemente exhibition entitled "Testa Coda" held at Gagosian Gallery New York. It features an essay as well as an interview with the artist by notable West Coast literary figure Michael McClure. An otherwise most handsome example showing some barely noticeable rippling to a portion of the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8478-1469-6 Inventory Number: 024236

(WILKE, HANNAH). Wilke, Hannah & Joanna Frueh. Thomas H. Kochheiser, Editor. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1989 Hannah Wilke retrospective exhibition held at the University of Missouri at St. Louis' Gallery 210, this comprehensive hardbound catalogue was the first major publication on the pioneering late feminist artist. It combines copious photographic documentation with an essay by Joanna Frueh and a selection of previously unpublished writings by the artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8262-0703-0 Inventory Number: 024231

(HERNANDEZ, ANTHONY). Hernandez, Anthony, Jane Livingston & Roy Slade. Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1976. First Edition 1/3000. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (22pp), 15 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, biography and exhibition history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender catalogue issued in conjunction with Anthony Hernandez' participation as part of the 1976 Bicentennial project "The Nation's Capital in Photographs". Eight eminent American photographers (Lewis Baltz, Joe Cameron, Robert Cumming, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, John Gossage, Jan Groover, and Hernandez) were commissioned by The Corcoran Gallery of Art to "spend extended periods in Washington D.C. during 1975-76 to photograph the city, its environs and people, as each was guided by his own vision". The resulting exhibitions ultimately produced eight individual catalogues sampling each artist's photographs. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item additionally SIGNED "Anthony Hernandez" in black ink on the title page. LC 76-19243 Inventory Number: 024228

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1983. First Edition 1/5000. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in monochrome and duotone gravure. Designed by John Eric Cheim. This is the exquisite first collection in book form of the photographs of the redoubtable Bruce Weber. Unabashedly celebrating youth and athleticism, it is divided into the chapters "Brothers", "Matt Dillon", "Notebook", "Lifeguards", "Clammers", "Hall of Fame", "Jeff (Aquilon)", and "On Leave in Waikiki". A handsome example of the 1983 first Twelvetrees Press edition of this influential book additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... Bruce Weber" in black ink on the title page showing some very light spotting to the edges of the textblock. Inventory Number: 024219

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. With brief texts by Lewis Mumford, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka & Jean Baudrillard. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Facsimile Dust Jacket. np (80pp), 62 b&w gravure illustrations. "Invisible City" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely first book published in luscious gravure by Jack Woody's Twelvetrees Press. It is a compendium of urban images of indistinct people and places caught in a moment - often fraught with an air of danger or eroticism - seemingly in the dead of night. A most handsome example of 1988 first edition (cited on page 166 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III) limited to two thousand unnumbered copies LACKING the publisher's dust jacket but with a facsimile jacket supplied. It has been priced accordingly. 0-942642-35-X Inventory Number: 024206

(DOW, JIM).. NP: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Postcard. Fine.. One 6 x 4 ¼" glossy cardstock postcard printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. To mark the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States of America, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. commissioned twenty-four photographers to record more than one thousand County Court houses across the country using both color and black and white film. The project, directed by Phyllis Lambert and edited by Richard Pare, created the then-most comprehensive survey of an American building type. The Seagram County Court House Archives collection of photographic negatives and master prints was ultimately presented as a gift, with its copyright ownership, to the Library of Congress. In 1978 Horizon published the lovely Richard Pare-edited book of images from this undertaking entitled "Court House: A Photographic Document". This color postcard featuring Jim Dow's color image "Harlan County Court House, Harlan, Kentucky, c1918-21" was issued in conjunction with that release. A brand new, pristine unmailed example of this uncommon ephemeral item perfect for the Jim Dow completeist. Inventory Number: 024179

(WINNINGHAM, GEOFF).. NP: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Postcard. Fine.. One 4 ¼ x 6" glossy cardstock postcard printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. To mark the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States of America, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. commissioned twenty-four photographers to record more than one thousand County Court houses across the country using both color and black and white film. The project, directed by Phyllis Lambert and edited by Richard Pare, created the then-most comprehensive survey of an American building type. The Seagram County Court House Archives collection of photographic negatives and master prints was ultimately presented as a gift, with its copyright ownership, to the Library of Congress. In 1978 Horizon published the lovely Richard Pare-edited book of images from this undertaking entitled "Court House: A Photographic Document". This color postcard featuring Geoff Winningham's color image "Hopkins County Court House, Sulfur Springs, Texas, c1856-58" was issued in conjunction with that release. A brand new, pristine unmailed example of this uncommon ephemeral item perfect for the Geoff Winningham completeist. Inventory Number: 024178

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. As New.. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, pristine paperbound example. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 024172

(KOLBOWSKI, SYLVIA) (RAAD, WALID). Kolbowski, Sylvia & Walid Raad. New York: A.R.T. Press, 2006. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, 9 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Published as part of A.R.T. Press' "Between Artists" series, "inadvertently situated during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006, this epistolary dialogue between Sylvia Kolbowski and Walid Raad traces one artist's evacuation from Lebanon, and one artist's experience of the war through texts and images". A bright, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition of this now elusive little gem. 0-923183-40-X Inventory Number: 024169

(GOODE, JOE). Goode, Joe. Jerry Sohn, Editor. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1993. First Edition 1/25. 4to. Handmade Wrappers in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (20pp), 8 monochrome etchings. Designed by Joe Goode. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Nature's Revenge" is the beautiful 1993 Joe Goode limited edition book from The Lapis Press consisting of eight gorgeous monochrome Chine-colle´ etchings of abstracted tornados executed by master printer Jacob Samuel on Hiromi paper at Sam Francis' Litho Shop. The title page and colophon were typeset and printed by hand letterpress by Les Ferriss, and the wrappers are bound and sewn in the Japanese style using unprinted handmade Hiromi paper and housed in a like paper-over-boards slipcase by Klaus-Ullrich S. Rotzscher. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to twenty-five copies NUMBERED (22/25) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Joe Goode" in pencil. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024163

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Elephant Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), 1 letterpress colophon + title page, 8 color etchings. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling" is the oversized, extraordinarily luxe artist's book published in 1988 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press containing eight original etchings by Edward Ruscha. Each "silhouette" image was pulled by master printer Jacob Samuel at The Litho Shop on a 20 x 16" sheet of Rives BFK paper. The title and colophon pages are printed by hand-letterpress, and along with the etchings, four blank preliminaries, and endpapers have been hand-bound by Klaus Ullrich S. Rotzscher in an exquisite debossed, full dark green smooth calfskin. The book is housed in a stylish matching calf and linen slipcase. An internally most handsome example of the first and only printing (print entries 149-156 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon volume - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - BOLDLY NUMBERED (35/35) AND SIGNED "Ed Ruscha 1988" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some very mild wear to the front and rear boards along with some rubbing and slight discoloration to the leather spine. The slipcase bears some rubbing and abrading to the leather trim at the heel and crown of the opening along with some minor wear to the linen along the seam of the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. This is accompanied by a pristine example of the hors commerce 20 x 16" Lapis Press promotional broadside cum print for the book featuring a colored etching by Ruscha of the letter "B" (entry M-59 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") that was issued in an edition of forty numbered but unsigned copies. Inventory Number: 024157

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but exceptionally luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce showing a slight dent through the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 024092

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenburg, Claes & Coosje Van Bruggen. Essays by Susan P. Casteras, Vincent Scully, Gerhard Storck, Richard Cork & Donald Judd. New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Large 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 584pp, 420 color and 94 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue raisonné through 1993 of the large scale and public works executed by Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg with his wife and collaborator Coosje Van Bruggen. A brand new, most handsome example (entry number two hundred and fifty-three in Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") from the deluxe edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (200/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED by both Oldenburg and Van Bruggen in pencil on the rear colophon containing the 11 ¼ x 8 ¼" color lithograph entitled "Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Dress Collar and Tie, with Stud" (a preliminary study for their monumental project to be installed in front of Frank O. Gehry's Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2005) SIGNED AND DATED "C.O. '94", AND NUMBERED (200/250) in pencil on the recto laid in a paper portfolio, in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1885254040 Inventory Number: 024089

(MULLER, KARIN APOLLONIA). Muller, Karin Apollonia & Rodney Sappington. Santa Monica, CA. 2008.: Arcana Editions. First Edition Thus 1/20 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 44 color illustrations. Text in English. Equal measures contemplative and bleak, "Angels in Fall" is Karin Apollonia Muller's compelling study of the urban and man-made landscape of Los Angeles. Shot in a muted palette with nary a blue sky or sunshine in sight, the German-born photographer's adopted city seems permanently cloaked in grey and solitude. Originally published by Kruse Verlag in 2001, this gem (cited on page 284 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") has been re-released in 2008 by the photographer and Arcana Editions in two versions limited to twenty copies and five artist's proofs each housed in a grey linen clamshell box accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 10 ½ x 12" color photograph of one of two images from "Angels in Fall" in its own grey linen chemise. A brand new, pristine example from the edition of twenty copies containing the original SIGNED AND NUMBERED (07/20) photograph "Civitas (1997)". PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-934923-09-7 Inventory Number: 024088

(DEMAND, THOMAS). Demand, Thomas, Ralph Rugoff & Julia Franck. Eckhard Schneider, Editor. Munchen & Bregenz, GERMANY: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag & Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2004. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Oblong Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and German. Designed by Markus Weisbeck, Surface. "In his photographs of reconstructed rooms and places Thomas Demand explores a notion of reality that guides our perception of a media and technology-dominated world. For this purpose he produces life-size reconstructions then are perfectly lit and photographed with a large-size camera. What, at first sight, seems to be a hyperrealistic reproduction of reality proves, at a closer look, to be a model". This is a lovely catalogue that combines Demand's images interspersed with texts about, the artist was published in conjunction with a major 2004 exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. A brand new, most handsome example of the Schirmer/Mosel Verlag "Collectors Edition" limited to one hundred copies issued in a pale grey linen slipcase accompanied by an identical chemise containing the archivally mounted and matted 12 x 14" digital color pigment print "Detail XII, 2005" - a tabletop still life tableaux - on handmade paper BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Thomas Demand on the verso, as issued. 3-829601-71-9 Inventory Number: 024086

(BARTH, UTA). Smith, Elizabeth A.T.. Los Angeles. 1995 (2002).: Museum of Contemporary Art & St. Ann's Press. First Thus 1/45 Deluxe. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 25 color illustrations. Designed by Paul McMenamin. Originally published in conjunction with her 1995 solo exhibition at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, Uta Barth's first publication gorgeously illustrates the artist's then-current body of work. Its hazy color photographs of indistinct residential settings and domestic details are mysteriously evocative and suggestive of great meaning. In 2002, the extraordinary St. Ann's Press produced in collaboration with the artist this new edition of her unavailable catalogue featuring a different cover photograph, and color images for the text illustrations previously reproduced in black and white. Limited to forty-five copies only, this example is from the ultra-deluxe hardbound, slipcased edition NUMBERED (9/45), SIGNED, AND DATED by Uta Barth in black ink on the title page, as issued, that includes a SIGNED AND DATED 9 ¼ x 8 ½" color print entitled "Ground (02.1)" mounted on one inch deep plywood backing. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's original plastic wrapping. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9713681-0-4 Inventory Number: 024084

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Julia Peyton-Jones. London: Timothy Taylor Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (40pp), 9 color and 6 b&w illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. Published in conjunction with a 2003 London gallery exhibition, this elegantly designed hardbound catalogue presents a recent body of work by acclaimed photographer Mario Testino that surveys the grandiose pomp and circumstance of the rituals that define the Catholic Church and Catholicism. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9542892-3-4 Inventory Number: 024081

(TAYLOR, AL). Kertess, Klaus. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 30 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. This is the austere catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2002 exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Al Taylor held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. A most handsome example. 1-880154-69-2 Inventory Number: 024080

(SANDER, AUGUST). Naef, Weston. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "August Sander: Faces of the German People"; a 1991 exhibition of vintage prints by August Sander drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024072

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Editor. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1998. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Circular Pictorial Box. Fashion Quarterly. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp of individual circular photographic reproductions laid into a 13" cylindrical printed cardboard case, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the twenty-sixth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, To help get you in the mood for the "Fantasy" theme, this issue of "Visionaire" includes a special custom-made Hermes masque for just this very purpose. Its contributors include Mario Testino, Stephen Klein, Tyen, Nick Knight, Terry Richardson, Carter Smith, David Byrne, Todd Haynes, Tony Oursler, Laurie Simmons, Jack Pierson, Gregory Crewdson, Andres Serrano, Christian Lacroix, Isaac Mizrahi, Manolo Blahnik, David LaChapelle, Mariko Mori, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeff Wall, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Viktor & Rolf, Jeremy Scott, Tim Burton, Marcus Piggott, Mert Alas, Isabella Blow, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, and more. A brand new, pristine unnumbered hors commerce example marked "Display" still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-888645-04-0 Inventory Number: 024059

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Liam Gillick & Christophe Cherix. Chatou, FRANCE & Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Centre National de L'Estampe et De L'Art Imprime Maison Levanneur & JRP Editions, 2000. First Edition 1/800. Oblong 8vo. Spiral Bound Printed Wrappers. Artist's Books. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Original design and photography by Gary Krueger. Text in English and French. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2000 French Museum exhibition, this lovely little volume limited to eight hundred copies reprints in facsimile wry Los Angeles based Conceptualist Allen Ruppersberg's artist's books "23 Pieces", "24 Pieces", and "25 Pieces" along with two new essays on this body of work by Liam Gillick and Christophe Cherix. The first two titles were originally self-published by Ruppersberg's Sunday Quality in 1969 and 1970, while "25 Pieces" - though conceived in 1970 - is issued here for the first time from the artist's surviving vintage maquette. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 2-940271-04-6 Inventory Number: 024053

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. NP (New York). ND 1979.: Self-Published. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", Larry Clark's groundbreaking first book was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, "Tulsa" forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. A most handsome example of the first printing of Larry Clark's own 1979 self-published hardbound reprint of the original 1971 Lustrum press paperbound edition (the original is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose dust jacket shows a tiny nick along the bottom edge of the front cover. Inventory Number: 024039

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Constance W. Glenn. New York: Icon Editions - Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1979. First Edition, Second Printing. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. VG -.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1979 Long Beach Museum exhibition that was the first large-scale survey of Pop Art master Jim Dine's figurative pastels. A most presentable example of the second printing of the first edition showing just a bit of foxing to the front and rear endpapers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-06-430102-8 Inventory Number: 024005

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Eccher, Danilo, Francesco Pellizzi & Francesco Clemente. Bologna & Torino, ITALY: Galleria D'Arte Moderna Di Bologna & Umberto Allemandi & C., 1999. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 180pp, profusely 153 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Text in Italian and English. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1999 Galleria D'Arte Moderna Di Bologna exhibition of one hundred and fifty-three drawings, watercolors, and pastels executed by Francesco Clemente between 1980 and 1998. In addition to lovely color reproductions of each of the works on paper, it features a lengthy transcribed interview with the artist by Francesco Pellizzi, and curator Danilo Eccher. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Thank You! / Francesco Clemente / Bologna 29 Maggio 1999" on the day of the Museum opening in pencil across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 88-422-0917-1 Inventory Number: 024002

(HUGHES, RICHARD). Hughes, Richard. London: Momart, 2008. First Edition. 12mo. Cast Plastic Sculpture. Artist's Multiple. As New. One 5 x 2 x 1 ½" plastic sculpture.Momart is a London-based company specializing in the storage, transportation, and installation of works of art. Each year they commission a British artist to produce a multiple that is distributed hors commerce by the firm as a holiday gift. "Richard Hughes makes intricate illusions that trick the viewer while, at the same time, laying their artifice bare. His sculptures and installations resemble the aftermaths of good times gone sour. Bags of jettisoned old clothes, rising damp, burnt-out hedges and surreptitious bottles of urine-dog-end residues which hint at elaborate histories. Culturally specific, his works tap into shared memories and the bittersweet feelings reserved for things past their best while revealing themselves to be shams". Issued in 2008, Richard Hughes' sculpture "Joyful Sorrow" takes the form of a partially deflated white balloon with a snowman-style face painted on, featuring a carrot for a nose. A pristine example of this uncommon, unnumbered artist's multiple SIGNED AND DATED "R. Hughes, MOMART 2008" on the rear of the piece in the mold in the publisher's zip-lock plastic bag along with Momart's accompanying two-page printed documentation, as issued. Inventory Number: 023999

(FORG, GUNTHER) (FAMA & FORTUNE BULLETIN). Forg, Gunther & Oswald Weiner. Wien, AUSTRIA: Verlag Pakesch & Schlebrugge, 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Fine.. np (32pp), 14 color illustrations + monochrome cover. Text in German. This second issue of Viennese gallerist Peter Pakesch's "Fama & Fortune Bulletin" features a transcribed interview between artist Gunther Forg and Oswald Wiener along with reproductions of each of the fourteen ink on paper works that comprised his 1990 exhibition at the gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 023993

(STEINBERG, SAUL) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Steinberg, Saul. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1966. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp), 12 b&w and 7 color illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition checklist. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Saul Steinberg's 1966 exhibition of sixty-seven drawings and collages. An internally bright, most handsome example of the deluxe slipcased edition printed on Velin de Lana with deckled edges limited to one hundred and fifty numbered copies (62/150) BOLDLY SIGNED "Steinberg" in pencil on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's grey paper-over-boards chemise and slipcase with printed pastedown. The magazine and chemise are in most handsome condition while the slipcase shows a bit of light soiling and age-toning along with a tiny nick to the top edge. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023986

(PERNA, LUCIANO). Perna, Luciano. Los Angeles: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993. First Edition. 24mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color. Each year the Peter Norton family commissions an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. The 1993 installment for the Norton Family Christmas project was a tiny (2 5/8 x 2") survey cum artist's book featuring the whimsical work of Los Angeles-based artist Luciano Perna. A most handsome example of this uncommon little tome that was issued hors commerce and never made commercially for sale. Inventory Number: 023980

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Osamu Wataya, Toshio Shiratani & Takayuki Ishii. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 1999. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published as the tenth installment of Nobuhiko Kitamura's "Hysteric" monographs, this massive, beautifully printed Nobuyoshi Araki book surveys in black and white the architecture, facades, and modes of transportation of a densely populated urban Japanese neighborhood. A bright white, most handsome example (entry number 255 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023971

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest-sized issue of Life magazine showing some light spotting on the inside front and rear covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 023965

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1981. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), 23 duotone illustrations + cover. Designed by Coy, Los Angeles. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of twelve lithographs and three paintstick on aluminum multiples by Richard Serra produced between 1980 and 1981. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list laid in. Inventory Number: 023963

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Onorato, Ronald J.. La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art survey of fifty-one works executed between 1968 and 1988 by the witty late Conceptual practitioner Douglas Huebler. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers. 0-934418-30-6 Inventory Number: 023956

(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery Staff. Santa Monica, CA & New York: Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, 1988. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), full edge gilt, 5 color illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition of five new sculptures: "The Figure Of Question Is In The Room", "The Door For Innocence", "This And This", "The Conscience", and "The Golden Book" by the late, idiosyncratic Conceptual practitioner James Lee Byars that traveled from the Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery in New York to Santa Monica's Hoffman Borman Gallery. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies (whose exquisite production values cost the galleries $80.00 per book) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-941863-04-2 Inventory Number: 023952

(BURRI, ALBERTO). Nordland, Gerald. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color + color cover. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 retrospective exhibition of works by the noted late post-war Italian innovator Alberto Burri held at the Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery at the University of California, Los Angeles. A bright, most handsome example. LC 77-620047 Inventory Number: 023951

Lifson, Ben. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 8 ¾ x 32 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is a brochure produced to accompany "...Images that yet / Fresh images beget... Photographing Art"; a 1987 exhibition of vintage prints of works of art by such photographers as Felix Teynard, Charles Negre, Charles Marville, Gustave Le Gray, Clarence Kennedy, Carlo Ponti, and Walker Evans, as drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 023947

(PIERRE ET GILLES). Pierre et Gilles. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1994. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 67 color illustrations. Text in English. From the iridescent silver covers to the glossy pink endpapers, this lushly produced little monograph on everyone's favorite Gallic collaborative photographic duo is as over the top as their campy, glamorous photographs. See Catherine Deneuve, Marc Almond, Thierry Mugler, Jeff Stryker, Julie Delpy, Rossi De Palma, Nina Hagen, and even Saints Pierre et Gilles themselves as idealized, ethereal creatures not quite of this world. A most handsome example of the 1994 first edition issued only in Japan showing a minute amount of surface scuffing to its shiny boards. 4-8457-0888-4 Inventory Number: 023945

(HERNANDEZ, ANTHONY). Hernandez, Anthony & Ralph Rugoff. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 2001. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 90pp, 35 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography, and collections listing. "Anthony Hernandez' "Pictures From Rome" (1998-99), made while he was a fellow at the American Academy, makes no reference to any iconic images of that historic city and its famous edifices. Instead, these elegantly disturbing color photographs examine what could be considered a series of unofficial urban monuments composed from the distressed architectural elements and detritus found inside abandoned buildings". Not unlike his recent work of abandoned homeless dwellings, these stark color images find great beauty in the solitude of urban decay. A brand new, pristine example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies (issued in numbered editions of twenty-five copies each of four different images) BOLDLY SIGNED "Anthony Hernandez" in black ink on the title page with the 9 ¾ x 9 ¾" SIGNED AND NUMBERED (1/25) color Iris Print "Along The River Tiber" laid in, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-889195-45-6 Inventory Number: 023943

(FRANK, ROBERT). Van Reis, Mikael. Foreword by Gunilla Knape. Goteborg, SWEDEN & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Hasselblad Center & Scalo, 1997. Second Edition (First Thus). 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a chronology. "Flamingo" is the handsome hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1996 exhibition by legendary photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank as recipient of Sweden's prestigious Hasselblad Award for photographic achievement. A brand new, pristine example of the 1997 Scalo printing. 3-931141-55-1 Inventory Number: 023942