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(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Glenn, Constance & Jane K. Bledsoe. Long Beach, CA: The Art Museum and Galleries, Cal State University, 1980. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 71pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Lilli Cristin. This is the catalogue for the 1980 touring Frederick Sommer retrospective - circulated in conjunction with the renowned photographer's seventy-fifth birthday. It exquisitely reproduces thirty-one of the seventy five works exhibited as well as a portion of the text of the artist's 1972 poem-cum-treatise "The Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics". A bright, most handsome example showing virtually none of the typically seen rubbing and handling to its silver covers additionally SIGNED by Frederick Sommer in black ink on the title page at the time of publication. Inventory Number: 019501

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). M(iller)-K(eller), A(ndrea). Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (4pp), 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender four page exhibition brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Matrix exhibition of Willem De Kooning's sculpture at the University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 019491

(APPEL, KEVIN). Ostrander, Tobias & Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Mexico City: Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. "Description Sin Lugar" is the handsome catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2004 exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Kevin Appel's modernist architecturally-inflected work at Mexico City's Fundacion Olga y Rufino Tamayo. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies.additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Kevin Appel. 968-5979-02-2 Inventory Number: 019463

(APPEL, KEVIN). Tumlir, Jan & Paul Schimmel. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 40pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Michael Worthington. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the sleek catalogue issued for a 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition held in conjunction with Kevin Appel's having received the Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artist Award - documenting the Los Angeles-based artists first Museum exhibition. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Kevin Appel in black marker on the title page. 0-914357-72-7 Inventory Number: 019462

(DURANT, SAM). Ketchum-Heap of Birds, Shanna. Foreword by Jeffrey Keuogh. Boston: Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 76pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. This is the detailed catalogue issued in conjunction with the historically-themed 2007 exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sam Durant held at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art entitled "Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres, and Monuments". A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Sam Durant" in black ink on the title page. 0-9771419-3-4 Inventory Number: 019461

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition "Recent Paintings", this beautifully designed catalogue spared no expense in regards to its lavish production values. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 019435

(NEWSOM, DAVID). Newsom, David. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 40pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, David Newsom's "Skip" is a moving and highly personal view of the landscape his older brother Lloyd (Skip) Curtis Newsom, Jr. inhabits. The images in this book, tender as they are austere, not only bear witness to the photographer's appreciation for the natural beauty of a particular corner in South-Eastern Idaho, but also represent his sincere attempt to see that place as his beloved brother does. An attempt to learn, as Skip has, to understand and embrace this harsh new landscape as home. Dying weeds going into autumn, menacing skies, mountains so distant as to appear unreachable, isolated view of phone pole, road sign, new coat, old blue truck, and the snowy path to their sister's yellow house... These images remind us, as Ralph Waldo Emerson did, that "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-1-5 Inventory Number: 019425

(MADALENA, BATISTE). Katten, Judith & Anthony Slide. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 64pp, 24 color and 16 b&w illustrations + color covers. This is the lovely, oversized monograph on the extraordinary hand painted Silent era movie posters of artist Batiste Madalena. Working for the Rochester-based George Eastman Theatre in the mid-twenties, Madalena was give free reign to create these captivating images promoting the Hollywood fare of the day to fill the popular cinema's huge display windows. A handsome example showing a bit of overall wear and handling. 0-8109-2311-4 Inventory Number: 019372

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 138pp, 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: From The Neutral: Session of March 11, 1978 - Roland Barthes, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Roland Barthes's Novel Antoine Compagnon, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Notes (on the Index Card) - Denis Hollier, On Duchamp - Michel Leiris, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Leiris / Nerval: A Few File Cards - Richard Sieburth, "These are not exercises in style": Le Chant du Styrène - Edward Dimendberg, Material Remains: Night and Fog - Emma Wilson, and Artists as Filmmakers in Los Angeles - David E. James. A handsome example showing a slight dent to the crown of the spine. 0-262-75262-X Inventory Number: 019363

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable tenth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. 3-907509-60-9 Inventory Number: 019357

(TROCKEL, ROSEMARIE). Diacono, Mario, Wilfried Dickhoff, Silja Fleissner, Kay Heymer, Holger Liebs & Gerhard Theewen. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Buckram in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies, this is a nicely appointed monograph on noted contemporary German artist Rosemarie Trockel's work in various media using her "herde" or hotplate/electric stove-top (they look like dominoes to us...) motif. A brand new, pristine example numbered and SIGNED "Rosemarie Trockel" in black ink on the colophon at rear, as issued, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-932189-00-0 Inventory Number: 019261

(FRANCIS, SAM). Selz, Peter, Susan Einstein & Jan Butterfield. New York. 1975 (1982).: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). Large Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 296pp, 82 color and 135 b&w illustrations. With a biography and bibliography. This is the revised edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the late American abstract artist Sam Francis. A brand new, pristine example of the preferred 1982 version that includes a well illustrated thirty-two page supplemental essay on his graphic work not found in the first issue additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Connie, love + kisses, Sam" to his close friend and author of the catalogue raisonné of his graphic work Connie Lembark in black ink on the half title page. 0-8109-0928-6 Inventory Number: 019222

(ABELES, KIM). Abeles, Kim & Karen Moss. Los Angeles & Santa Monica, CA: Fellows of Contemporary Art & Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1993. First Edition Thus. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 90pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Spanish. Designed by Susan Silton. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1993 traveling Museum retrospective, this nicely designed, informative catalogue is the most comprehensive reference to date on noted Los Angeles contemporary artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the uncommon softbound Spanish language edition issued for a Mexican venue showing a bit of sunning along the spine. iIt has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019179

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 2002. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2002 hardbound first edition in dust jacket limited to five hundred clothbound copies only still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-889195-49-9 Inventory Number: 019145

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/200. Oblong Folio. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 29 duotone illustrations. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "These Photographs Will Heal Your Soul" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's exquisite third self-published book of photographs. Shot in sumptuous black and white, it surveys flurries of snowflakes against the inky night sky. A brand new, pristine example of this elegant volume limited to two hundred copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the rear colophon still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-9792748-2-6 Inventory Number: 019106

(BLUHM, NORMAN). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +.. np (20pp), 12 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twenty page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 exhibition of paintings on canvas executed during the seventies by noted American Abstract Expressionist painter Norman Bluhm. A most presentable copy of this ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing some creasing along the length of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019097

(AMER, GHADA). Buszek, Maria Elena & Christophe Kihm. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New.. 69pp, 38 color illustrations. Designed by Giampietro + Smith. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2006 Gagosian New York exhibition of twenty-two recent paintings on canvas and eight works on paper by Egyptian-born, New York-based artist Ghada Amer. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-25-1 Inventory Number: 019050

(THRESHOLDS). O'Brien, James P., Constance C. Lai & Greg Russell, Editors. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department & MIT Press, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Near Fine.. 70pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. The sixteenth issue of this thematic, semi-annual theoretical journal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department is entitled "Speed Impact Change", and includes the contributions: Introduction - William J. Mitchell; Ghost Wards: The Flight of Capital from History - Mitchell Schwarzer; The Urban Exploratory Circus: Infrastructure for corporeality, connectedness and virtuosity - Rob Clocker; Computers in Architecture: Tools to Think With in the Process of Design - Megan Yakeley; Ground Zero; Conception and Production of the Architectural Artifact - Derek Fisher; Contingency and Flexibility in the Pontiac Building - Aron Vinegar; A Systems Approach to Conceptual Design: A Very Tall Building in Hong Kong - Wolfgang Ungerer; Transient Architecture: On the Making of the Live Room - Mark Bain; Perdix RCA Center: Competition for Nagoya Design Fair in Japan - Sung-Ho Kim; Reproduction in the Age of the Mechanical Work of Art - Kevin Fellingham; Architecture, History and the Embodiment of Speed - Lawrence Shapiro; Afterword (with a homage to Leo Marx) - Greg Russell. A handsome example of this unavailable issue. ISSN 1091-711X Inventory Number: 019021

(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Kalina, Richard, J. Brooks Joyner & Phil Schrager. Introduction by Klaus Kertess. Omaha, NB: Joslyn Art Museum, 2003. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 56pp, 17 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. Limited to one thousand copies, this is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2003 Joslyn Art Museum exhibition of fourteen works on canvas executed between 1956 and 2002 by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. A pristine copy. 0-936364--31-9 Inventory Number: 019013

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Banham, Reyner & Peter Wollen. Robert Dean & Erin Wright, Editors. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian Gallery & Steidl Verlag, 2005. First Edition 1/3500. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 528pp, 304 color and 14 b&w illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced second volume (of a projected seven) on the works on canvas by noted Los Angeles via Oklahoma icon Edward Ruscha. Impeccably designed with a beautiful full page color reproduction for each painting, this is one of the most beautiful catalogues raisonné yet published for a major artist! A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's silver embossed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 3-86521-138-0 Inventory Number: 019002

(SMITH, JACK). Jordan, Mary, Director. New York: Arthouse Films, 2007. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. NTSC DVD in Plastic Case. Documentary Film. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 95 minutes + extras, in color. "Perhaps America's most important artist from the last fifty years, Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer, and the 'William Blake of film'. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks left no generation untouched since, and became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Matthew Barney. In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith's friends and enemies such as George Kuchar, Ken Jacobs, Tony Conrad, Sylvere Lotringer, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Ronald Tavel, John Waters, John Zorn, Agosto Machado, Andrew Sarris, Ari Roussimoff, Billy Name, Ela Troyano, Gary Indiana, George Kuchar, Helen Gee, Henry Hills, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Ivan Galietti, Jerry Tartaglia, John Matturri, John Vaccaro, Lawrence Rinder, Mary Woronov, Mike Kelley, Nayland Blake, Nick Zedd, Richard Foreman, Robert Heide, Robert Wilson, Taylor Mead, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Uzi Parnes, and William Niederkorn intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics, and institutional-art "gatekeepers". Jordan also delves into Smith's tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol - who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's "Superstars" concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics. From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America's most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism, and meaning in contemporary art. Since his 1989 death, Smith's work has been rarely publicly displayed. Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York's ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground". A brand new, pristine unplayed example of this DVD in letterbox format still in the manufacturer's shrinkwrapped plastic case. Inventory Number: 018984

(WEGMAN, WILLIAM). Wegman, William. New York: Picture Ray Video, 1984. First Edition. 8vo. VHS Cassette in Printed Box. Artist's Video. As New/No Jacket. This is a 1994 commercially released VHS videotape compilation of fifteen early, short humorous conceptual videos by William Wegman featuring his longtime canine collaborator and muse, Weimaraner Man Ray. The works included are "Milk/Floor", "Stomach Song", "Randy's Sick", Pocketbook Man", "Talking Fish", "Out and In", Rage and Depression", "Massage Chair", "Crooked Finger/Crooked Stick", "Deodorant", "Growl", "Spelling Lesson", "Drinking Milk", "Dog Duet", "Starter", "Bad Movies", "House for Sale", "Horseshoes", and the Wegman's 1986 35mm short film for SNL, "Dog Baseball", starring Fay Ray. A brand new, pristine unplayed example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. Inventory Number: 018965

Cole, Herbert M.. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good -.. 29pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1983 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, this is noted art historian and curator Herbert M. Cole's study of matched pairs of male and female sculptural figures in the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. A presentable example only showing a discoloring dampstain (but with no sticking or tearing of the pages) running through the covers and textblock from the heel of the spine along the lower edge. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018963

(SCHARF, KENNY). Scharf, Kenny, Dennis Hopper, Barry Blinderman, Dan Cameron & Ann Magnuson. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Kenny Scharf retrospective held at Mexico's Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey. If features reproductions of each of the thirty-six paintings exhibited as well as essays by Barry Blinderman and Dan Cameron, and a transcribed conversation between Scharf and Dennis Hopper. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 968-6623-36-1 Inventory Number: 018961

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1997. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. 64pp, 37 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Published in 1997 by the Leo Castelli Gallery in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their working relationship with Ed Ruscha, this charming little catalogue cum artist's book reproduces each of the seventeen "Cityscape" paintings and twenty exhibited books emblazoned with either paint or bleach by the artist to reveal the letter "O". A handsome example showing some uneven sunning to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018956

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. With brief texts By Zane Grey, S.E. Hinton, Robert Frost & Muhammad Ali.. New York: Little Bear Press & Robert Miller Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Printed Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Sam Shahid. "Shufly" is the exquisite hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Bruce Weber exhibition of the same name held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. Beautifully designed and printed, it is infused with an air of innocence and nostalgia. A brand new, pristine example of the grey cloth variant binding still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9705745-0-9 Inventory Number: 018928

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2003. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 7 color illustrations. Martin Parr's "7 Communist Still Lifes" is the seventeenth title in Nazraeli Press' series of "One Picture Books". Limited to five hundred copies only, each example of this edition is signed and numbered, containing an original 2 7/8 x 4 ½" color print (whose image is the interior of a closet in Druskininkai, Lithuania) tipped in at the rear of the book. For his first book in the series, the redoubtable Martin Parr has captured mundane color examples of just what the title promises. 1-59005-051-7 Inventory Number: 018903

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard, Hal Foster & David Sylvester. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Steidl, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 240pp, 271 duotone illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles survey exhibition of steel sculptures executed by Richard Serra between 1983 and 1998. It includes copious photographic documentation along with a catalogue raisonné of the primarily monumental-scale works from this period, an essay by Hal Foster, and a transcribed interview between David Sylvester and the artist. A most handsome example of this important document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE PRESENTATION "For ..., Richard" in pencil across the entire half title page to a Gagosian Gallery associate. 3-88243-623-9 Inventory Number: 018868

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore & Alleged Press, 2008. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Ed Templeton. A pioneer and legend of the skateboarding world, Mr. Templeton is not only the force behind Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, but a world renowned photographer and artist with gallery and museum shows the world over. Nearly a decade in the making, "Deformer" (titled after Mike Mills' 2000 documentary short film of the same name featuring Ed and his wife Deanna) is a harrowing and exhilarating autobiographical piece de resistance that combines the artist's photographs, drawings, paintings, and texts in all manner of permutations thereof. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to two hundred copies with an original SIGNED AND DATED color photograph by Ed Templeton laid in housed in the publisher's printed chipboard slipcase, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 88-6208-060-3 Inventory Number: 018867

(KOSUTH, JOSEPH). Kosuth, Joseph. Preface by The American Foundation for AIDS Research. Berlin, GERMANY & New York: Berlin Press & The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR), 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. Designed by Joseph Kosuth. With a biography and chronology. Designed by the artist, this is the elegant hardbound catalogue documenting noted Conceptualist Joseph Kosuth's 2000 installation for The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) entitled "Guests and Foreigners: Corporal Histories". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 3-9804910-6-4 Inventory Number: 018849

(GOBER, ROBERT). Gober, Robert, Ulrich Loock, Karel Schampers & Trevor Fairbrother. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Bern, SWITZERLAND: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen & Kunsthalle Bern, 1990. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by 8vo. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 touring European Museum retrospective, this informative catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of ninety-one sculptural objects created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1980 and 1990, as well as copious photographic documentation of installation works. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-6918-054-5 Inventory Number: 018848

(FULFORD, JASON). Fulford, Jason & Adam Gilders. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2006. First Edition 1/6 Deluxe. 4to. Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Following his two awesome J&L books "Crushed" and "Sunbird", Jason Fulford has arranged his third collection of photographs published by The Ice Plant into eight distinct chapters. Together they can be read as a game, a series of essays, an abstract visual narrative, or all of the above. The work in "Raising Frogs for $ $ $" was selected from his personal archive, and was taken in various countries between 1997 and 2005. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition limited to six copies only produced exclusively for sale at "Art LA 2007" SIGNED "Jason Fulford" in red ink on the title page accompanied by the SIGNED AND DATED 10 x 8" color print "Seoul 2003", which is also reproduced in the book. 0-9776481-1-7 Inventory Number: 018846

(OLIVEIRA, NATHAN). Garver, Thomas H. & George W. Neubert. Foreword By Henry T. Hopkins. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history, bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1984 San Francisco Museum retrospective of works by the noted Bay Area figurative artist Nathan Oliveira. A handsome example showing some mild overall wear, slight sunning along the spine, and a diagonal soft crease to the upper foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0-918471-00-1 Inventory Number: 018710

(PARK, DAVID). Mills, Paul & Herschel B. Chipp. New York: Maxwell Galleries Ltd., 1970. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Embossed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 28pp, 12 b&w and 6 color illustrations. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue issued in conjunction with a posthumous 1964 Maxwell Galleries Ltd. retrospective exhibition of seventy-three paintings and works on paper by the renowned Bay Area figurative artist David Park. A handsome example with the deluxe goldenrod-colored heavy embossed wrappers showing just a bit of light wear and creasing along the spine along with a brief ink presentation from San Francisco scholar and Museum director F.M. Hinkhouse. Inventory Number: 018698

(PARK, DAVID). Baker, Howard, Carl Belz, Richard Diebenkorn, Henry Geldzahler, David Park & Phyllis Tuchman. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (38pp), 11 color illustrations + cover. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries exhibition of fifty-one works by the renowned late Bay Area figurative artist David Park. A most handsome example. 1-58821-057-X Inventory Number: 018695

(PARK, DAVID). Mills, Paul & Herschel B. Chipp. Berkeley, CA: Committee for Arts and Lectures, University of California, Berkeley, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 15 b&w and 5 color illustrations. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1964 retrospective exhibition of thirty-eight works painted by the renowned late Bay Area figurative artist David Park while he was a member of the U.C. Berkeley faculty. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 018694

(RAUCH, NEO). Kunde, Harald. Foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schroder. Ostfildern, GERMANY & Vienna, AUSTRIA: Hatje Cantz Verlag & Albertina, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), 15 color and 1 b&w illustration. Text in German and English. With a chronology. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with noted Leipzig-based artist Neo Rauch's 2004 exhibition of recent large scale works on paper held at Vienna's Albertina. A most handsome copy. 3-7757-1501-0 Inventory Number: 018693

(RAY, CHARLES). Ray, Charles. New York. ND (2009).: Matthew Marks Gallery. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (40pp), 22 color illustrations. Designed by Silvia Gaspardo Moro. "Log" presents Charles Ray's life-size sculpture of a fallen log he discovered by the side of the highway in California. After visiting it many times, the artist decided to move the log in pieces to his studio, where he made molds and produced a fiberglass replica of it. Eventually, he sent the fiberglass replica to Japan where a master woodworker and his apprentices carved the final wooden sculpture out of Japanese cypress". A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant hardbound document additionally SIGNED "Charles Ray" in black ink. 1-880146-54-1 Inventory Number: 018690

(WITKIN, JOEL-PETER). Janis, Eugenia Parry. Paris: Centre National De La Photographie (Photo Poche Collection), 1991. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np, 63 duotone illustrations. Text in French. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This forty-ninth installment of the venerable Photo Poche series of photography monographs is a concise survey of the boundary pushing work of Joel-Peter Witkin. A most handsome example of the 1991 first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Robert, Joel" in black ink on the title page to the noted late photography curator and historian Robert Sobieszek from whom we acquired this directly. 2-86754-071-2 Inventory Number: 018676

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville; her first one-person U.S. show. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, and an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A handsome example of the 1999 Gagosian first softbound edition showing a tiny dent at the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018632