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(WRIGHT, LLOYD). Gebhard, David & Harriette Von Breton. Santa Barbara, CA: Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. Very Good -.. 102pp, 98 b&w illustrations. Designed by David Gebhard. With a bibliography and selected list of buildings and projects. Issued in conjunction with a 1971 David Gebhard and Harriette Von Breton curated exhibition at the Art Galleries of the University of California, Santa Barbara, this elegant publication features reproductions of pioneering Los Angeles modernist architect Lloyd Wright's plans and drawings, vintage photographs, and a listing of completed works. A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon first edition - not to be confused with 1998 reprint. LC 73-634352 Inventory Number: 016827

(FAHLSTROM, OYVIND). Hulten, Pontus, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Ilmar Laaban, Billy Kluver & Ragnar Von Holten. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 110pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the extensive catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1980 Oyvind Fahlstrom retrospective held at Stockholm's Moderna Museet that subsequently traveled to Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou. Copiously illustrated, it is also filled with numerous texts written by the influential Swedish Pop practitioner who died in 1976 at the age of forty-eight. A most presentable example of the French language edition of this uncommon document showing some light wear and rubbing to the wrappers as well as a diagonal soft crease at the upper foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. 2-85850-040-1 Inventory Number: 016826

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien & Stuart Morgan. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 126pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kim Spurlock. With an exhibition checklist, biography, and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 1996 New York gallery show entitled "No Sense of Absolute Corruption". In addition to the eleven works exhibited, it contains reproductions of numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, dot, butterfly and spin paintings, plus a lengthy interview with the artist. A brand new, pristine example. 1-880154-08-0 Inventory Number: 016749

(DWECK, MICHAEL). Dweck, Michael & Christopher Sweet. NP (New York): Ditch Plains Press, 2008. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (160pp), 65 tritone and 36 color illustrations. Designed by Jeremy Miller. "Mermaids" is Michael Dweck's knockout, lavishly produced follow-up to "the End": in which "drawing inspiration from his teenage years spent by the beach on Long Island, Michael Dweck set out to photographically capture the vanishing surf culture of Montauk, a sleepy fishing village that in the 1970s became a heaven for East Coast surfers". For his second book, the photographer "explores the theme of the female nude submerged in water, and celebrates the modern mermaid, as represented by beautiful young women who appear very much at home in the water". A brand new, pristine example of this stunning tome from the edition of one hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Michael Dweck housed in a debossed black linen solander box containing the SIGNED AND NUMBERED 8 x 10" chromogenic color print "Mermaid 37, Miami 2007". 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. 0-9818465-0-5 Inventory Number: 016736

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Orozco, Gabriel & Ann Temkin. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 184pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Luc Derycke. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Philadelphia Museum of Art survey, this substantive catalogue focuses on the photographically based work of noted contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A most handsome copy. 0-87633-128-2 Inventory Number: 016732

(YAMAMOTO, MASAO). Yamamoto, Masao. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 12 tritone and color illustrations. Masao Yamamoto's "The Path of Green Leaves" is the sixteenth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 2 ¾ x 1 ½" sepia-toned silver gelatin print of a sapling planted along the path to the Green Leaves Day Nursery - where the photographer walked his son to school for daily for nearly five years - tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon, lovely item. 1-59005-048-7 Inventory Number: 016701

(HEINECKEN, ROBERT). Heinecken, Robert. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. np (12pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Robert Heinecken's "StudiesNinteenSeventy" is the fourteenth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 5 1/8 x 4" black and white photographic print of a photogram collaged from multiple exposures of men's magazine nudes tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example (cited on page 80 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter" and page 152 of "From Fair to Fine 3") of this uncommon, lovely item. 1-590050-31-2 Inventory Number: 016700

(JAMES, DON). James, Don. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2004. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Five boxes with pastedowns each housing 4 individual b&w prints hinged on archival mat board. Designed by Tom Adler. Published as a labor of love by noted graphic designer Tom Adler, this is a complete set of the five beautifully produced portfolios of pioneering waterman and photographer Don James' nostalgic views of the apparent paradise that was Southern California surf culture in the thirties. It reproduces a series of shots of Bluff Cove surf riders taken by James over the summer of 1937 from a Brownie camera set up in the sand to the rather narrow focal point of the breaking waves. Limited to five hundred copies only, each of the five deluxe editions contains four different 6.8 x 4.6" archival prints reproduced from the original negatives found in Don James' studio shortly after his death in 1996. The images are printed as continuous tone, with soy-based UV inks on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper. Each print is mounted on an acid-free four-ply board with a numbered certificate of authenticity, and enclosed in a glassine sleeve. A brand new, pristine set 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 and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 016698

(OWENS, LAURA). Lawson, Thomas & Paul Schimmel. Foreword By Jeremy Strick. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with Laura Owens' having received the Katherine S. Marmor Award for documentation of emerging artists' first MOCA exhibition. A most handsome example. 0-914357-83-2 Inventory Number: 016679

Hershenson, Bruce. Los Angeles: Christie's, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (168pp), 174 color illustrations. This is the catalogue for two December 15th, 1995 sales of film posters organized by noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson held at Christie's in Los Angeles. It features two complete auctions in one volume. First there are one hundred and seventy-four full-color Rock 'n' Roll movie posters ranging from Bill Haley in 1956's "Rock Around the Clock" to Nirvana in 1992's "The Year Punk Broke". Then there are an additional two hundred and seventy-six full-color classic film posters including an ultra-rare "Flying Down to Rio" one-sheet that sold for a staggering $81,700.00. A most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. Inventory Number: 016627

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (80pp), 380 color illustrations. This is the fourth installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From 1913's "Ben Hur" through the Roger Corman's "Death Race 2000", it reproduces three hundred and eighty sports-themed posters and lobby cards. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. 1-887893-15-6 Inventory Number: 016625

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 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, most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 016624

(XXe SIECLE). Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri, Managing Editor. Paris: XXe Siecle (Vingtieme Siecle), 1957. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover design after Wassily Kandinsky. This eighth installment of San Lazzaro's deluxe, semi-annual art periodical features two original color pochoirs by Jean Dubuffet, and one each by Jean Arp and Jean Miro; who also has contributed an original color lithograph (entry number forty in Patrick Cramer's "Joan Miro: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné). The contents include contributions on or by Maria Luz, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Lebel, Jean Arp, Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cassou, Wassily Kandinsky, Pierre Volboudt, Paul Klee, Will Grohmann, Joan Miro, Pierre Gueguen, Jean Dubuffet, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Gilioli, Jacques Dopagne, Jean Fautrier, Andre Verdet, Giuseppe Marchiori, Alain Boaquet, Cesar, Pietro Consagra, Umbro Apollonio, Signori, Robert Muller, Georg Schmidt, Futurism, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Manessier, Franco Gentelini, Alberto Burri, Atlan, Zoran Music, Jackson Pollock, and more. A bright, most handsome example. 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: 016583

(XXe SIECLE). Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri, Managing Editor. Paris: XXe Siecle (Vingtieme Siecle), 1952. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Very Good.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover design after Guillaume Apollinaire. This third installment of San Lazzaro's deluxe, semi-annual art periodical features original lithographs by Jean Miro, Alexander Calder, Henri Michaux, and Alberto Giacometti. The contents include contributions on or by Herbert Read, Guillaume Apollinaire, Futurism, Gino Severini, Poetry and Text in Art, Jean Arp, Jean Cassou, Jean Miro, Alexander Calder, Pierre Courthion, Henri Michaux, Michel Tapie, Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Salvador Dali, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Eluard, Milena Milani, Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Motherwell, American Abstract Art, Michel Seuphor, Antonio Corpora, Gustave Singier, Julio Gonzalez, Amodeo Modigliani, Henri Laurens, Frank Lloyd Wright, Igor Stravinsky, Vittorio De Sica, and more. A handsome example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. 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: 016582

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Orozco, Gabriel, James Lingwood, Jean Fisher, Mark Hayworth-Booth & Guy Brett. London: Artangel, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 106pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with a 1996 London exhibition, the year's Artangel book commission is a well-illustrated monograph in English on the renowned contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A most handsome copy. 1-902201-02-7 Inventory Number: 016574

(TUNBJORK, LARS). Tunbjork, Lars & Goran Odbratt. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Linen Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (106pp), 49 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Greger Ulf Nilson. With a bibliography and exhibition history. "After his earlier series on leisure time and the world of office labor, Lars Tunbjork returned to his childhood neighborhood to photograph his mother's house. The experience intrigued him, and he continued shooting in similar areas around Sweden. Saturated with other people's personal memories, his photographs convey the peculiar atmosphere of silence familiar in middle-class housing districts". Featuring elegantly detached images of Swedish housing projects, yards and interiors devoid of their occupants, this lovely hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Goteborg's Hasselblad Center is a worthy successor to the photographer's celebrated "Landet Utom Sig / A Country Beside Itself". A most handsome copy. 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. 3-88243-868-1 Inventory Number: 016560

(BIALOBRZESKI, PETER). Bialobrzeski, Peter, Florian Hanig & Christoph Ribbat. Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Designed by Jung und Pfeffer. This is the lovely hardbound book published in conjunction with German photographer Peter Bialobrzeski's 2004 exhibition of luminous images of the architectural details of Asian megalopolises Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Singapore, Shenzhen, and Kuala Lumpur held at Bremen's Museum der Arbeit. Contrasting decaying blocks of flats with under-construction skyscrapers, "Neon Tigers" bears more than a passing resemblance to the urban dystopia of "Blade Runner" - especially in its sodium light drenched night skylines. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 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. 3-7757-1394-8 Inventory Number: 016516

(DAVIES, PETER). Gayford, Martin. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2001. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 16pp, 10 color illustrations. Designed by North. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the innovatively designed slender hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with British painter (and Charles Saatchi favorite) Peter Davies' 2001 Gagosian Gallery exhibition of fifteen large-format works. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. 1-880154-54-4 Inventory Number: 016513

(RYMAN, ROBERT). Ryman, Robert and Peter Blum. New York: Peter Blum Edition, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with a 2004 New York Gallery exhibition, this elegant hardbound Robert Ryman catalogue illustrates several works on paper executed over an eight year span by this pioneer of Minimalism. A pristine copy. 0-935875-22-0 Inventory Number: 016490

(THRESHOLDS). Kroiz, Lauren, Patrick Haughey & Talia Dorsey, Editors. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department & MIT Press, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Fine.. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. The twenty-seventh issue of this thematic, semi-annual theoretical journal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department is entitled "Exploration", and includes contributions by Lauren Kroiz, Helene Lipstadt, Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, Bradley McGilvary Pitts, Peter Galison and Jennifer Ferng, Thomas Beischer and Marion Lee, Jedediah Smith Ela, Raoul Bunschoten, Brigitte Desrochers, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Prodromos Nikiforidis, Bernard Cuomo, Paraskevi Tarani, Martin Hogue, Lisa Hsieh, B. Alex Miller, and Neyran Turan. A most handsome example of this unavailable issue. ISSN 1091-711X Inventory Number: 016451

(THRESHOLDS). Guaraldo, Anthony L., Matthew J. Simitis & Katherine Wheeler Borum, Editors. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department & MIT Press, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Near Fine.. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. The twenty-first issue of this thematic, semi-annual theoretical journal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department is entitled "Readings", and includes contributions by Katherine Wheeler Borum, Elizabeth Grossman, Garyfallia Katsavounidou, Martin Hogue, Stephanie Hammer, Helene Lipstadt, Hanna Hamplova, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Vittorio Gregotti, Douglas Cooper, Mark Jarzombek, Kim Dovey, Alex Haw, Omar Khan, Alfred B. Hwangbo, Zissis Kotionis, David Sledge, and John Fernandez. A handsome example. ISSN 1091-711X Inventory Number: 016450

(THRESHOLDS). O'Brien, James P., Garyfallia Katsavounidou & Jennifer Mack, Editors. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department & MIT Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Near Fine.. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. The nineteenth issue of this thematic, semi-annual theoretical journal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department is entitled "The Invisible", and includes contributions by Stanford Anderson, Francesca Rogier, Alex Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre, Mary Otis Stevens, Alfredo Jaar, Zissis Kotionis, Diane Ghirardo, Mark Jarzombek, Garry Stevens, Edith Ackermann & Krsysztof Wodiczko, Garryfallia Katsavounidou, Kristin Little, Jill Magid, Steven Landau, Greg Russell, Pia Lindman, and Kevin Fellingham. A most handsome example. ISSN 1091-711X Inventory Number: 016448

(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Introduction by Yayako Uchida. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2000. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Tall 4to. Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 32 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 2000 by the estimable Nazraeli Press, "Hunter Green" is the beautifully designed and printed second sampling in book form of Terri Weifenbach's lush, often hazy examinations of mysterious backyard flora. A brand new, most handsome example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies featuring an original 5 ¼ x 3 ½" color photograph mounted on the front cover. 3-923922-88-4 Inventory Number: 016438

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1973, Bill Owens' "Suburbia" is an amazing dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies that has become recognized as one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A handsome example of the uncommon first Straight Arrow paperback printing (cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose textured black wrappers show some minor wear along with some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. 0-87932-042-7 Inventory Number: 016437

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Introduction by Dennis Hopper. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 110pp, 83 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the true first printing of Viggo Mortensen's first book. It is the catalogue that accompanied the artist's first one-man exhibition of writings, paintings, collages and photographs at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. Included with this publication is an Audio CD with music and spoken-word poetry. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1998 first edition showing a short soft crease at the hinge of the rear cover. 1-889195-32-4 Inventory Number: 016421

(PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Ruf, Beatrix, Frank A. Meyer & Richard Phillips. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Ringier AG Corporate Communications, 2007. First Edition. Small 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. xx + 40pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English. Published as Swiss media conglomerate Ringier's 2006 annual report, this beautiful hardbound tome is an artist's book designed by Richard Phillips after a 1930s German monograph on the Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. It features reproductions of eleven works on paper by the artist executed during 2006 (including a delightful appropriated drawing of Tom Cruise!) along with a discussion of the project with noted curator Beatrix Ruf. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce and never made commercially available for sale. Inventory Number: 016351

Reed, Jr., Orrel P. & Robert Gore Rifkind. Foreword by Gerald Nordland. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 380pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Jack Carter. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the copiously illustrated, scholarly catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of four hundred and eighteen German and Austrian Expressionist, Dada, Bauhaus, and related European modernist prints, drawings, illustrated books, posters and periodicals drawn from the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection. Now part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's holdings, the collection is reputedly the most comprehensive archive of Expressionist graphics outside of Germany. Artists whose work is featured include Josef Albers, Cuno Amiet, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Ernst Barlach, Willi Baumeister, Herbert Bayer, Max Beckmann, Albert Bloch, Max Buchartz, Heinrich Campendonk, Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Conrad Felixmuller, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Erich Heckel, Karl Jakob Hirsch, Ferdinand Hodler, Karl Hofer, Johannes Itten, Willi Jaeckel, Alexej Von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Kaethe Kollwitz, Alfred Kubin, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Max Liebermann, August Macke, Franz Marc, Frans Masereel, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Ludwig Meidner, Wilhelm Morgner, Otto Mueller, Edvard Munch, Gabriele Munter, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Hans Purrmann, Christian Rohlfs, Egon Schiele, Oskar Schlemmer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Richard Seewald, Arthur Segal, Max Slevogt, Georg Tappert, Emil-Rudolph Weiss, and many, many more. A handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound first edition (issued without dust jacket) whose gilt is bright and fresh showing a tiny bump to the tips of the rear board at the upper foredge corner (not affecting the textblock) as well as some light overall wear. 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. 0-915346-27-3 Inventory Number: 016201

(UKLANSKI, PIOTR). Brown, Gavin, Jacek Petruczenko & STAH Z WARTY (Stanislaw) Szukalski. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by An Art Service. This is the charming hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the first Gagosian Gallery solo exhibition by Polish-born, New York-based artist Piotr Uklanski. "Bialo-Czerwona" (white-red), referring to Poland's bi-colored flag, is a nationalist slogan as familiar to Poles as "Red, White, and Blue" is to Americans. Uklanski's title unites diverse works that engage typical imagery of his native Poland and play on the red/white palette. Although it is, on one level, authentically Polish, in its use of populist decorative traditions and political symbols alluding to the country's not-so-distant Communist past the exhibition is also a highly stylized performance of identity". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-72-3 Inventory Number: 016196

(PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Steinke, Darcey. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 62pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. Published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition, this elegant hardbound catalogue featuring a textual contribution by Darcey Steinke reproduces nine recent Richard Phillips paintings along with their preparatory studies and original printed source materials. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-48-0 Inventory Number: 016191

(BROWN, GLENN). Morton, Tom. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin & Holzwarth Publications, 2006. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 14 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy". This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 Galerie Max Hetzler exhibition of six art-history inflected paintings by Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with an accompanying full page color detail; as well as two installation photographs. A pristine copy of this already unavailable and uncommon item. 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. 3-935567-35-9 Inventory Number: 016183

(SERRA, RICHARD) (BOCHNER, MEL). Halbreich, Kathy. Cambridge, MA: Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 52pp, 36 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint exhibition of works by Mel Bochner and Richard Serra. A most presentable example showing some overall light wear as well as some mild soiling and browning to the white covers. Inventory Number: 016180

Donnan, Christopher B.. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin America Center Publications / University of California, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good -. 146pp, 128 b&w and 16 color illustrations. With a bibliography. Published by the UCLA Latin America Center in 1976, this is the second monograph devoted to Moche material culture written by the preeminent American researcher on the subject, Christopher Donnan. A handsome example bearing a bold ink ownership inscription of the noted late Los Angeles artist and collector Emerson Woelffer in his hand on the first preliminary whose dust jacket shows a short closed tear with some attendant creasing on the front near the crown of the spine. 0-87903-033-X Inventory Number: 016169

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Shani, Annushka. London: White Cube, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Beard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2003 London gallery show of twenty-eight new works entitled "Romance in the Age of Uncertainty". While these numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, and butterfly paintings bear a resemblance to the artist's earlier works, these creations each have titles based on Biblical themes. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirkily designed book that incorporates quite a number of blank pages. 0-9542363-7-8 Inventory Number: 016145

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel, Frederic Paul & Nelson Knight. Bignan, FRANCE: Domaine De Kerguehennec, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 color and 36 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely new hardbound catalogue that documents the 2007 Domaine De Kerguehennec retrospective of renowned Conceptual artist Mel Bochner. It contains primarily newly photographed images of the works installed during the exhibition as well as earlier documentary photographs, essays by Frederic Paul and Nelson Knight, and a lengthy transcribed interview between Paul and Mel Bochner. A brand new, pristine example. 2-906574-15-5 Inventory Number: 016143

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 9 ¼ x 16" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 1990 show of collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 016124

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Felix, Zdenek, Veit Loers & Rudolf Schmitz. Hamburg & Koln, GERMANY: Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Oktagon Verlag, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Foil-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 80pp, 32 color and 4 b&w illustrations. Text in German and English. Designed by Panhans/Zander. With a biography and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Deichtorhallen Hamburg exhibition of Martin Kippenberger's riotous Kafka-inspired installation of furniture entitled "The Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89611-074-8 Inventory Number: 016086

(RIOS, SUSAN). Rugoff, Ralph. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With over one hundred lavish color and duotone plates, an early critical essay by Ralph Rugoff, and a catalogue raisonné of her serigraphs, this is still the major monograph on the populist painter / printmaker Susan Rios. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Susan Rios" in black marker on the front pastedown. 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. 0-88363-587-9 Inventory Number: 016074

(TOM OF FINLAND). Laaksonen, Touko aka Tom of Finland. Los Angeles: Tom of Finland, 1989. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Wall Calendar. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Self-published by the late, great Tom of Finland, this is a wall calendar for 1990 that features fourteen erotic male illustrations to keep you cozy throughout the year. A most handsome example of this surprisingly uncommon item perfect for the Tom of Finland completeist suitable for use again in 2018. 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: 016028

(FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig & Keiji Okuhira. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (56pp), 25 duotone plates. Text in English and Japanese. Limited to one thousand copies, this beautifully printed, self-published catalogue presents the late Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee's second installment of moody images of an unpopulated, dystopian homeland first seen in his "Photographs of America". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-964-0494-1-4 Inventory Number: 016013

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Woelffer, Emerson, Anne Ayres & Roy Dowell. Los Angeles: Otis School of Art and Design Galley, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 64pp, 20 color illustrations. Designed by Daniel Stearns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery retrospective of sixty-two works on paper by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer, this elegant catalogue combines reproductions of the artist's work along with essays by curators Anne Ayres and Roy Dowell, and an interview with Woelffer. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 016009