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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. 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. 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. 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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HELMUT NEWTON: WORLD WITHOUT MEN - DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 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. An internally most handsome example of the unnumbered deluxe edition in silver gilt-debossed cloth issued without dust jacket BOLDLY SIGNED "Helmut Newton" in violet ink on the rear colophon, as issued, bearing a minor indentation across the spine along with a thin liquid stain along a small portion of the top edge of the front cover. Its matching slipcase shows some light soiling and discoloration along the extremities. 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. 0-937950-13-0 Inventory Number: 022568
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JOSH PETHERICK: LISPERING
(PETHERICK, JOSH). Petherick, Josh. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2005. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in color and monochrome. This is the slender fourteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with Melbourne-based illustrator Josh Petherick's exhibition entitled "In Celebration of Just Getting By" held at colette in Paris, May 30th to July 2nd, 2005. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-905714-02-7 Inventory Number: 022565
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ARI MARCOPOULOS: WHAT'S HAPPENING? - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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 "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white photographs of the natural world taken 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 an edition of one hundred and fifty NUMBERED (77/150) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 022556
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JILL GREENBERG: END TIMES
(GREENBERG, JILL). Greenberg, Jill. NP (Los Angeles). ND (2006).: Paul Kopeikin Gallery. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Gilt-Debossed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (60pp), 28 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "End Times" is Los Angeles-based photographer Jill Greenberg's charming, terrifying compendium of highly stylized, flash-saturated color portraits of young children caught in a moment of tearful sobbing. The tiny sitters were given a lollipop in the studio which was then taken away - resulting in these hysterically theatrical images. A pristine unnumbered example of the exceedingly uncommon 2006 first edition limited to one thousand copies. Inventory Number: 022547
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JILL GREENBERG: END TIMES
(GREENBERG, JILL). Greenberg, Jill. NP (Los Angeles). ND (2006).: Paul Kopeikin Gallery. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Gilt-Debossed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (60pp), 28 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "End Times" is Los Angeles-based photographer Jill Greenberg's charming, terrifying compendium of highly stylized, flash-saturated color portraits of young children caught in a moment of tearful sobbing. The tiny sitters were given a lollipop in the studio which was then taken away - resulting in these hysterically theatrical images. A pristine numbered example (677/1000) of the exceedingly uncommon 2006 first edition limited to one thousand copies. Inventory Number: 022546
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EDVARD MUNCH AS I KNEW HIM
(MUNCH, EDVARD). Gloersen, Inger Alver. Reginald Spink, Translator. Hellerup, DENMARK: Edition Blondal, 1994. First English Language Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Biography. Near Fine./Fine.. 160pp, 15 b&w illustrations. Text in English. "Edward Munch as I Knew Him" is the first English language edition of Inger Alver Gløersen's memoir of her relationship with the noted Norwegian Expressionist pioneer. Originally published in 1956 as "Den Munch den Møtte", it recounts in exacting detail the author's many conversations with her family friend Munch over a span of several years. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 87-88978-64-8 Inventory Number: 022545
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AKIRA MATSUMOTO: 1960-1990 - LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED SILKSCREEN PRINT
(MATSUMOTO, AKIRA). Matsumoto, Akira, Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma & Makoto Nakamura. Tokyo: Gyarari Natsuhiko, 1991. First Edition #281/600 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 312pp, 358 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully printed 1991 monograph on the noted Japanese Pop-turned-Abstract artist Akira Matsumoto. It contains essays by Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma, and Makoto Nakamura along with a catalogue raisonné of works executed between 1960 and 1990. A most handsome example of the uncommon deluxe edition limited to six hundred copies NUMBERED (281/600) and additionally SIGNED in Japanese by the artist in black ink on the title page housed in the publisher's gilt-debossed slipcase with the ORIGINAL COLOR SILKSCREEN PRINT "Arrangement (Inversion S 15)" SIGNED AND NUMBERED (281/600) in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022524
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VISIONAIRE NO. 13: SEVEN DEADLY SINS (WINTER 1994-95)
(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 7 booklets housed in a die cut, gilt-debossed printed cardstock slipcase, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred numbered copies, this is the thirteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elegantly designed issue on the theme of the "Seven Deadly Sins" are Inez Van Lamsweerde, Veronica Webb, Isaac Mizrahi, Jean Paul Goude (Envy), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Frank DeCaro, Ruben Toledo, Roxanne Lowit (Gluttony), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Barbara Kruger (Greed), Mary Ellen Mark (Lust), Mario Testino (Pride), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Francois Berthoud (Sloth), and James Nachtwey, Mario Sorrenti (Wrath). A pristine individually numbered example (34/1500) of this uncommon issue. 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. Inventory Number: 022515
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SUEHIRO MARUO: MARUOGRAPH - II
(MARUO, SUEHIRO). Maruo, Suehiro, Suehiro Tanemura, Hiroshi Aramata & Masatoshi Nagase. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, 86 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Milky Asobe and Hiromi Abe (Atelier Peyotl). This is the second of Treville's beautifully designed and printed hardbound anthologies of drawings by noted Manga illustrator Suehiro Maruo. A frequent contributor to the legendary underground magazine "Garo", Maruo's work is filled with images of violence, eroticism, and anguish in the style of Muzan-e. A most handsome example of the 1996 first printing. 4-8457-1090-0 Inventory Number: 022512
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LEON LEVINSTEIN
(LEVINSTEIN, LEON). Gee, Helen. New York: Photofind Gallery, Inc., 1990. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 16pp, 19 duotone illustrations + covers. Published in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition at Howard Greenberg's Photofind Gallery, this slender yet elegant sixteen page catalogue is the first significant publication on Leon Levinstein - the then-unsung member of "The New York School of Photography". It reproduces twenty of Levinstein's stark images of the Big Apple's streets and denizens of the fifties and sixties along with an essay by Limelight gallerist and colleague Helen Gee. A most handsome copy of this exceedingly uncommon document with the gallery's pricelist and opening announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 022511
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THROUGH PREHENSILE EYES: SEEING THE ART OF ROBT. WILLIAMS - DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION
(WILLIAMS, ROBT.). Williams, Robert. Introduction by Meg Linton. San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2005. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jill Von Hartmann. "Through Prehensile Eyes" is a collection of Robert Williams' fifty-eight then-recent paintings first exhibited at New York's Tony Shafrazi Gallery and subsequently shown in May 2005 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Los Angeles' Otis College of Art. The images range from the artist's familiar lowbrow and biker culture, stretching deep into a faux science of quantum mechanics leaving the viewer in a world of scientific mindplay. Robert Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and was one of the original Zap Comix artists. He transcended the constraints of both, mastering oils and forging a career as the preeminent artist among a generation of imagist painters. After singlehandedly becoming the model of Lowbrow Art, Williams has now penetrated the inner sanctum of the fine arts movement. A brand new, pristine example of the 2005 first deluxe numbered hardbound edition of four hundred copies with the publisher's numbered bookplate featuring a caricature of the artist SIGNED by Robert Williams in black ink affixed to the front inside cover still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 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. 0-86719-637-8 Inventory Number: 022508
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THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTOR: THE NEWSLETTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART AND INVESTMENT: VOLUME I, NO. 1 (OCTOBER 15, 1980) - VOLUME V, NO. 9 (SEPTEMBER 15, 1984) - A NEAR COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST FORTY-FIVE ISSUES
(PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTOR, THE). Persky, Robert S., Editor. New York. 1980-1984.: The Photograph Collector's Newsletter Ltd.. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Newsletter. Near Fine or Better.. Each 8-16pp, no illustrations. "The Photograph Collector: The Newsletter of Photography as Art and Investment" is the slender yet highly important monthly compendium of news of photographic gallery sales and exhibitions, Museum acquisitions, auctions, edition and portfolio releases, and book reviews first published in 1980 that continues to this day. This run is comprised of forty-five of the first forty-six issues (it is lacking only Volume II, No. 2 - October 15, 1980), and is a deeply insightful reference to the evolution of the modern photographic marketplace at the beginning of the eighties. A most handsome, well preserved set whose individual numbers have been hole-punched and stored in a vintage National black vinyl three-ring binder that contains an additional twenty ephemeral items and enclosures from the publisher (including "The State of New York Multiples Disclosure Law" pamphlet and several "Marketreach©" listings of photographs for sale) laid into its front pocket. ISSN 0271-0838 Inventory Number: 022502
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ASYLUM: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAG ALVENG - AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY
(ALVENG, DAG). Alveng, Dag & Susan Kismaric. Oslo, NORWAY: Koks Forlag & Preus Fotomuseum, 1986. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Boards in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Good. np (60pp), 26 duotone illustrations. Designed by Per Maning. Text in English and Norwegian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Asylum" is noted Oslo-based photographer Dag Alveng's haunting look at a Norwegian Mental Institution as evidenced by its interiors and objects - devoid of its residents. It features beautifully reproduced black and white plates whose halftone negatives were prepared by the esteemed Richard Benson. An internally bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1986 first edition (cited on page 298 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to four hundred unnumbered copies bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Holly / Love, Dag" in ink on the title page whose notoriously fragile printed vellum dust jacket shows chips, closed tears, and paper loss to the front panel, and has adhered in spots to the glue-impregnated covers along the front and rear panels, as is typical. The inscription is to the much-loved late New York collector-turned-gallerist Holly Solomon, who gave the photographer his second US exhibition in 1993, and from whose library we acquired this significant tome directly. 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. Inventory Number: 022501
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ASYLUM: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAG ALVENG
(ALVENG, DAG). Alveng, Dag & Susan Kismaric. Oslo, NORWAY: Koks Forlag & Preus Fotomuseum, 1986. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Boards in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (60pp), 26 duotone illustrations. Designed by Per Maning. Text in English and Norwegian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Asylum" is noted Oslo-based photographer Dag Alveng's haunting look at a Norwegian Mental Institution as evidenced by its interiors and objects - devoid of its residents. It features beautifully reproduced black and white plates whose halftone negatives were prepared by the esteemed Richard Benson. An internally bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1986 first edition (cited on page 298 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to four hundred unnumbered copies whose notoriously fragile printed vellum dust jacket shows a few slight chips, ripples and closed tears, and has adhered in spots to the glue-impregnated covers along the spine and rear panel, as is typical. The striking front cover image of an empty seating arrangement in the forest is unimpaired. 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. Inventory Number: 022500
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DANNY LYON: KNAVE OF HEARTS - LIMITED SIGNED BOXED EDITION WITH A SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH
(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine unopened example (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") of the uncommon 1999 extra-deluxe Twin Palms first edition of fifty copies numbered 1 through 50 (10/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon accompanied by a 12 x 10" matted black and white photograph of a montage of images from "Conversations with the Dead" SIGNED "Danny Lyon" in pencil along with his "Bleak Beauty" stamp in red ink on the verso housed in the publisher's debossed cloth clamshell box, as issued. Deluxe copies numbered 51-200 are signed and slipcased. 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. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 022496
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ANDY WARHOL: DRAWINGS 1950S - 1980S
(WARHOL, ANDY). Fremont, Vincent, Peter Brant, Eric C. Shiner & Jane Holzer. New York & Los Angeles: L&M Arts, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (8pp), 16 color illustrations + color covers. With a partial exhibition checklist. This is the elegantly designed brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with L&M Arts' exhibition of over one hundred Andy Warhol works on paper executed between 1950 and 1986 at Art Basel Miami 2011. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 022494
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DIETER ROTH: GESAMMELTE WERKE BAND 36 - 96 PICCADILLIES (POSTKARTEN VON WERKEN 1968--77 / POSTCARDS OF WORKS 1968-77) - DELUXE LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL "SPEEDY DRAWING"
(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. Small 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A most handsome example of this uncommon item from the deluxe slipcased edition limited to two hundred unnumbered copies (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") each with AN ORIGINAL "SPEEDY DRAWING" entitled "Selfportrait as Piccadilly-Eros" SIGNED AND DATED "D R 1978" in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022481
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© KEITH HARING 1985 (COLORING BOOK)
(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. NP (New York). ND (circa 1986).: NP. First Edition Thus. Large Square 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (20pp), 20 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Distributed in small quantities by Keith Haring's Pop Shop in the mid-eighties, this charming untitled artist's book is commonly referred to as the "Coloring Book". It reproduces twenty whimsical full page drawings in thick black line against white backgrounds meant to be filled in with crayons by artsier members of the younger East Village set. A bright white, most handsome never-colored-in example of this exceedingly uncommon item - NOT to be confused with the Haring's earlier coloring book included in his 1982 Tony Shafrazi catalogue, or the more widely distributed "Keith Haring's Fun Book!!" from 1985. Inventory Number: 022479
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ALLEN RUPPERSBERG: YOU AND ME OR THE ART OF GIVE AND TAKE (GUEST INFORMANT)
(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell & Frederic Paul. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. Santa Monica, CA & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Santa Monica Museum of Art & JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, AG, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Spiral Bound Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the cleverly designed, copiously illustrated, and highly thought-provoking artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art survey of work by Allen Ruppersberg entitled "You and Me or the Art of Give and Take". Featuring contributions by curator Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell, Frederic Paul, Elsa Longhauser, and the artist himself, it takes the form of a spiral bound 1956 Mark Hopkins Hotel "Guest Informant" guidebook to California that has been radically altered by Ruppersberg to document the exhibited works - both new and old. A brand new, pristine example of this quickly out print gem still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-03764-064-2 Inventory Number: 022473
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MARINO MARINI: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE GRAPHIC WORKS (ENGRAVINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS) 1919-1980
(MARINI, MARINO). Guastalla, Giorgio & Guido. Preface by Mario De Micheli. Introduction by Marina Marini. Rome, ITALY & Los Angeles, CA: Graphis Arte Editions & Leslie Sacks Editions, 1993. First English Language Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 278pp, profusely illustrated in duotone, b&w and color. Text in English. With a biography, collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of the renowned twentieth century Italian artist Marino Marini, Published in 1993, it contains fully illustrated and annotated entries for three hundred and eighty-four engravings, lithographs and graphic works for illustrated books executed between 1919 and 1980. An internally most handsome copy of the English language edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a single closed tear and crease at the bottom edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. 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. Inventory Number: 022461
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TERRI WEIFENBACH: ANOTHER SUMMER - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. NP (Tokyo): The Thunderstorm Press, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (88pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Green Dragon Office and Terri Weifenbach. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. In "Another Summer" Terri Weifenbach departs from matters of the garden and pollination to intimately document a family summer vacation on a lake. A pristine copy of this exceedingly uncommon sweet little volume limited to five hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED (254/500) in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-9841944-0-1 Inventory Number: 022447
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VISIONAIRE NO. 24: LIGHT (TOM FORD FOR GUCCI)
(VISIONAIRE) (FORD, TOM) (GUCCI). Ford, Tom, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/3300. Oblong 4to. Plexiglas Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. np (24 loose transparencies), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tom Ford. Limited to three thousand, three hundred copies, Visionaire No. 24: "Light" is one of the most highly prized issues of everyone's favorite deluxe fashion quarterly. For it "Visionaire teamed up with fashion luminary Tom Ford and Gucci on an issue devoted to the theme - Light. This was our most ambitious project to date in terms of content and production. There was a conscious effort on the parts of both Visionaire and Ford to steer clear of fashion and to focus on what we considered to be fine-art images. It introduced a new cast of contributors to the Visionaire fold: artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood, Andreas Gursky, and Christopher Bucklow; art director Peter Saville; animator Hayao Miyazaki; and architect Toyo Ito". The transparencies are housed in an elegant 5 ½ x 15 x 2 ½" sliding black Lucite case affixed with a silver plaque that contains a Lumigraphics light-emitting sheet operating on ten AAA batteries. A brand new, most handsome numbered example (1678/3300) in perfect working order with batteries included of this beautiful object with the transparencies unopened in the publisher's shrinkwrap housed in Visionaire's black, foam-lined packing carton, 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. Inventory Number: 022369
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RFK FUNERAL TRAIN - THE LIMITED FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY PAUL FUSCO
(FUSCO, PAUL). Fusco, Paul & Norman Mailer. London: Magnum Photos & Umbrage Editions, 1999. First Edition 1/350. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (138pp), 63 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's coffin was put on a train twenty cars long in New York and taken slowly to Washington, D.C. for burial in the Arlington Memorial Cemetery. Paul Fusco, then a staff photographer for Look, was on that train, and the pictures he took of people who lined the tracks along the way fill this moving book. These emotional photographs, many never-before-seen, remember the urgency and tragedy of Bobby Kennedy's assassination and the moving farewell from hundreds of thousands of people who stood patiently in the searing heat along roadsides down the east coast to watch his funeral train pass slowly by just as Abraham Lincoln's had one hundred and three years before". A bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1999 Magnum Photos true first edition (cited on pages 46-47 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and pages 118-119 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") of this supremely moving volume limited to three hundred and fifty copies in wrappers printed on a Xerox Docucolor 100 Digital Color Press (with one of nine different front covers) NUMBERED (067/350) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Paul Fusco" in silver marker on the title page. An announcement for the 2001 Leica Gallery New York exhibition of Kennedy images by Paul Fusco and Jacques Lowe has been laid in. 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. Inventory Number: 022366
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OCTOBER 73: ART/ THEORY/ CRITICISM/ POLITICS - SUMMER 1995
(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski & Mignon Nixon, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 137pp, 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; The City as Dreamworld and Catastrophe - Susan Buck-Morss; Recasting the Public Sphere - Peter Uwe Hohendahl; Not Reconciled - Judith Barry; The Haunted Museum: Institutional Critique and Publicity - Frazer Ward; The Will to Motorization: Cinema, Highways, and Modernity - Edward Dimendberg. A handsome copy showing just a bit of light handling and the remnants of its bar code sticker on the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0162-2879 Inventory Number: 022360
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EDWARD RUSCHA: POWDERS, PRESSURES AND OTHER DRAWINGS
(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hopper, Dennis & John Berggruen. San Francisco & Los Angeles, CA: John Berggruen Gallery & James Corcoran Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 12 color and 17 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2000 San Francisco gallery exhibition by Los Angeles' favorite transplanted Oklahoman, Ed Ruscha. Twenty-five of the exhibited works on paper executed between 1965 and 1981 are illustrated here, in addition to a transcribed conversation about the artist between John Berggruen and Dennis Hopper. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 022358
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DERRIERE LE MIROIR (DLM) NO. 14-15 + 29-30 + 57-58-59 + 87-88-89: MIRO - WITH THIRTY-FOUR COLOR LITHOGRAPHS
(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Jacques Dupin & Rene Char. Paris. 1948, 1950, 1953 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of four issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Joan Miro. Bound by Maeght in dark blue cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 14-15 (Novembre - Decembre 1948): "Joan Miro"; 29-30 (Mai - Juin 1950): "Miro"; 57-58-59 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1953): "Miro"; and 87-88-89 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1956): "Miro Artigas". An internally spectacularly bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total thirty-four original color lithographs. 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: 022340
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RICHARD TUTTLE
(TUTTLE, RICHARD). Tucker, Marcia & Hal Glicksman. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art & Otis Art Institute, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Joseph Bourke Del Valle. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. These is the informative catalogue documenting the substantial 1975 Richard Tuttle retrospective that traveled from the Whitney Museum of American Art to Los Angeles' Otis Art Institute. Published after the exhibition debuted in New York, it contains critical writings by curator Marcia Tucker on the Minimalist pioneer along with reproductions of the works exhibited, reviews of the Whitney installation, and more. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-87427-020-0 Inventory Number: 022322