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JEFF KOONS
(KOONS, JEFF). Caldwell, John, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni & Brian Wallis. Foreword by John R. Lane. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Gilt Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 132pp, 81 color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Catherine Mills. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated catalogue for the 1992 Jeff Koons exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - the budding superstar's second major American Museum retrospective. In addition to essays by John Caldwell, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni and Brian Wallis, each of the sixty-seven sculptural and photographically based pieces shown (including the erotically charged "Made in Heaven" series with then paramour Cicciolina) is illustrated here. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition in gilt stamped white leather in a like dust jacket. 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. 0-918471-27-3 Inventory Number: 027528
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GUS VAN SANT: 108 PORTRAITS - DELUXE SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION
(VAN SANT, GUS). Van Sant, Gus. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1992. First Edition #30/100 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (124pp), 108 b&w gravure illustrations. Designed by Jack Woody. This is the beautifully designed and printed book of portraits taken in Portland, New York, and Los Angeles between 1988 and 1992 by the renowned American film director Gus Van Sant. It features unadorned, stark black and white images of friends and associates the likes of Robert Altman, Traci Lords, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Annie Leibovitz, Dennis Hopper, Ken Kesey, Keanu Reeves, Flea, Kevin and Matt Dillon, Allen Ginsberg, River Phoenix, Heather Graham, Anthony Kiedis, Kelly Lynch, David Bowie, Udo Kier, Francis Ford, Roman and Sofia Coppola, Tod Haynes, John Waters, Patti D'Arbanville, Peter Boyle, Steve Buscemi, Faye Dunaway, and eighty-one others - including a self-portrait. A most handsome example of the deluxe slipcased first edition limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (30/100) in white ink on the rear colophon BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Gus Van Sant 1993" in silver marker on the first preliminary, 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. 0-944092-23-3 Inventory Number: 027526
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© MURAKAMI
(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Murakami, Takashi, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, Paul Schimmel & Mika Yoshitake. Los Angeles & New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 328pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Victoria Lam with Lauren Harden / Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the massive, beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles organized traveling retrospective of works by Takashi Murakami. Featuring insightful essays by curator Paul Schimmel, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, and Mika Yoshitake as well as hundreds of plates, it is the most comprehensive document to date on the hyper-popular Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist. A brand new, most handsome example. 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. 0-8478-3003-9 Inventory Number: 027525
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ROBERT GOBER: SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS 1979-2007
(GOBER, ROBERT). Sussman, Elisabeth. Theodora Vischer, Editor. Basel, SWITZERLAND & Gottingen, GERMANY: Schaulager Basel & Steidl, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 520pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Claas Moller at Steidl Design. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2007 Schaulager Basel exhibition, this massive hardbound catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of sculptural objects and installations created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1979 and 2007. A brand new, most handsome example. 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. 3-86521-473-8 Inventory Number: 027524
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LORNA SIMPSON: III - 1994 PETER NORTON FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROJECT ARTIST'S MULTIPLE
(SIMPSON, LORNA). Simpson, Lorna & Thelma Golden. Santa Monica, CA: The Peter Norton Family, 1994. First Edition. Tall Narrow 4to. Three Sculptural Elements. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Three wishbone sculptural elements (bronze, ceramic and rubber) displayed within a die-cut, lithographed felt compartment housed in a sliding wooden box. Issued as the 1994 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, this limited edition multiple entitled "III" by noted African-American artist Lorna Simpson "continues the evolution of her art. It centers on a wishbone, a key of her artistic imagery, and draws on the metaphorical meanings of the project's materials. "III" is Lorna Simpson's meditation on wishing". A handsome example of this elegant artist's multiple issued hors commerce and never commercially available for sale showing a few typical small nicks and scratches to the wooden box with the Norton Family Christmas card bearing Thelma Golden's descriptive text on the verso laid in, 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: 027522
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THE SCULPTURE OF BARBARA HEPWORTH 1960-1969 - DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINT
(HEPWORTH, BARBARA). Bowness, Alan & Barbara Hepworth. New York & London: Praeger Publishers & Lund Humphries Publishers, Ltd., 1971. First Edition #52/150 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the second and final catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth's sculptural works produced during the pioneering British artist's Lifetime. Compiled and edited by Alan Bowness, it features a transcribed interview between Bowness and Hepworth along with a complete illustrated inventory of two hundred and twenty-six pieces executed between 1960 and 1970. A bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe slipcased edition limited to one hundred and fifty NUMBERED copies containing the beautiful 11 ½ x 9 ½" color screenprint "Winter Solstice" SIGNED AND NUMBERED Barbara Hepworth 52/150" in pencil on the lower right margin housed in the publisher's slightly bumped printed slipcase. 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. LC 79-150457 Inventory Number: 027521
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ED TEMPLETON: TEENAGE KISSERS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A SIGNED POSTER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed, Aaron Rose & Arty Nelson. New York: Seems, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 80pp + one 22 ½ x 22 ½" poster printed black and white on newsprint recto only, neatly folded in sixteenths as issued, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Teenage Kissers should be viewed as a historical volume. As we look at these photographs of young people exchanging awkward kisses we are reminded again of that wonderful uncomfortability that comes with the discovery of young sexuality. Not only do we all remember the feeling of that first clumsy teenage kiss, as mature viewers we can now look at the photos from afar and understand exactly where it's all going. Like its predecessor "Teenage Smokers", this is a perfect documentation of this feeling. The photographs are, in many ways, beyond innocence. They brim with humanity in its most raw form and remind us that although some of us have now grown up, we're still never so far from that first kiss. The basics of our sexual lives are reflected back to us in these images and no matter how many times we see it, it cannot be denied that there's a little "Teenage Kisser" in every one of us". A brand new, pristine example of the quickly sold out 2011 sequel to Ed's acclaimed "Teenage Smokers" limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" on the title page with the publisher's SIGNED poster of Ed's image of Deanna Templeton laid in still in the publisher's plastic pouch. 0-9825936-7-8 Inventory Number: 027518
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CATHERINE OPIE
(OPIE, CATHERINE). Opie, Catherine, Colette Dartnall & Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Foreword by Richard Koshalek. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1997. First Edition. Oblong Narrow 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (56pp), 43 duotone illustrations. Designed by Lorraine Wild. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with the 1997 exhibition "Catherine Opie" held at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in honor of her selection as the first recipient of the MoCA / Citibank Emerging Artist Award. It contains the Los Angeles based photographer's mid-nineties sepia-toned panoramic images of the city's freeway system as well as a transcribed interview between Catherine Opie and Colette Darnell. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-914357-53-0 Inventory Number: 027513
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EDGAR ARCENEAUX: 107TH STREET WATTS
(ARCENEAUX, EDGAR). Arceneaux, Edgar. Franklin Sirmans, Editor. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Revolver Archiv fur Aktuelle Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. np + np (18 + 20pp), 1 b&w illustration. Text in English. "In his conceptual photography project "107th Street Watts", Edgar Arceneaux follows a desire to produce a number of strong visual counter-arcs to a relentlessly mediated social space, as well as a desire to ignite a critique of the narrow histories of Los Angeles' provocative past. Expanding the traditional subjects of Southern California artistic practice, the artist photographed an area of the world known through a singular event in its history: the Watts Riots of 1965. Performing the type of clinical overlay of the street in the manner of Ed Ruscha and his well-known 1966 mapping of the Sunset Strip, "107th Street Watts" formally mimics Ruscha's piece by shooting every building on 107th Street (the location of the historic Watts Towers) in a photomontage across one accordion-folded sheet, allowing for it to be opened and pulled completely out for an undisturbed viewing from end to end". Housed in the publisher's glossy white unprinted slipcase, there is a second, companion volume containing essays by Malik Charles Gaines, Lynell George and Vincent Johnson. A bright, most handsome example (featured on pages 74-75 of Jeffrey Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner's "Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha") in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. 3-934823-82-3 Inventory Number: 027507
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THREE MODERN MASTERS: BILLY AL BENGSTON / EDWARD RUSCHA / FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (BENGSTON, BILLY AL). Lindsley, Carol. San Francisco: Reese Palley Gallery, 1969. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. np (6pp), 7 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Designed by Edward Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. One of the very earliest publications for both of these seminal Los Angeles artists, "Three Modern Masters" is a slender six-page catalogue documents a 1969 exhibition of nineteen works each by Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha held at San Francisco's Reese Palley Gallery. The gallery was located at the site originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 for the V.C. Morris Gift Shop, and the cover photograph by Ruscha's good friend Patrick Blackwell shows the two artists contemplating the brass plaque crediting Wright with the design of The Guggenheim Museum. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of minor spotting to the covers and foredge. 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: 027505
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SOFIA COPPOLA'S "THE VIRGIN SUICIDES" THEATRICAL RELEASE POSTER - SIGNED BY THE FILMMAKER
(COPPOLA, SOFIA). Coppola, Sofia. Los Angeles: Paramount Classics, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Theatrical Film Release Poster. Near Fine.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed color offset recto only. This is the small format theatrical release poster produced by Paramount Classics for Sofia Coppola's 1999 directorial debut, "The Virgin Suicides". Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, it starred Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, James Woods, Scott Glenn, Michael Paré and Danny DeVito. A handsome example of this uncommon, vintage poster - not a reproduction - showing some minor handling and surface indentations that can be viewed in raking light that has been additionally SIGNED "Sofia" in gold ink on the front. Inventory Number: 027500
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KEN MARCUS: CALIFORNIA CLUB
(MARCUS, KEN). Marcus, Ken. Tokyo, JAPAN: Wanimagazine Co., Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. "California Club" is the first feature length book to feature noted Playboy and Penthouse Magazine photographer Ken Marcus' explicit bondage images. Shot in 1995 in sunny Southern California, Marcus employed both the Japanese Kinbaku master Nagaike Takeshi and his American counterpart Ernest Greene (credited here as "Ira") to tie, gag, and suspend a bevy of erotic models and adult film actresses. Featuring hundreds of yards of multi-colored rope, corsets, lots of latex, and leather collars, belts and restraints aplenty, the very early in their careers Chasey Lain, Jenna Jameson, and Dita Von Teese appear in more than a dozen images each as part of this "East Meets West" fusion. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only edition of this exceedingly uncommon (unsurprisingly only a single copy in a Tokyo library is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) item published only in Japan. 4-89829-240-2 Inventory Number: 027496
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ANDY WARHOL: POSTER FOR A 1967 FILM SCREENING AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy. Tucson, AZ: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 14 x 10 ¼" paper sheet printed black and white offset, recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is the poster published in conjunction with a November 5th, 1967 Andy Warhol lecture and film screening at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Warhol was in Arizona as part of a college lecture tour two months prior to shooting what turned out to be his final independent film "Lonesome Cowboys" - which featured Factory Superstars Joe Dallesandro, Viva, Eric Emerson, Taylor Mead, Louis Waldon, and Tom Hompertz, To defray costs of the trip, the always-thrifty artist scheduled a paid college Film Department appearance at nearby Arizona State University. When a similar booking did not materialize at The University of Arizona, Warhol was contacted by Tucson's Cinema I Film Society at the JCC, and an event was hastily set up. To publicize the appearance, two different posters using Warhol's portrait were quickly pasted up, printed, and posted by the Film Society members around town. A most handsome example of this near-unique item - the larger of the two - acquired directly from a Society member additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" in red ink at the event across the face of the poster showing just a bit of light wear and age-toning to the white of the sheet. 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: 027495
$3,500.00 InquireFiled Under: Artist Monographs, Cinema, Ephemera and Announcements, PMVABF, Pop Art, Posters, Signed Books, Andy Warhol, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art -
VERVE REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE VOL.X, NOS. 37 ET 38: DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE / DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE BY MARC CHAGALL
(CHAGALL, MARC) (VERVE). Chagall, Marc & Gaston Bachelard. E. Teriade, Editor. Paris & New York: Editions De La Revue Verve & Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1960. First American Edition. Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fair/No Jacket. np, 96 monochrome gravure illustrations. Cover by Marc Chagall with twenty-four color lithographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Text in English. This combined thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth number of Teriade's legendary artistic review "Verve" is a monograph devoted solely to the work of Marc Chagall. Realized in 1960 under the direction of Teriade with the master printers Draeger and Mourlot Freres, "Drawings for the Bible" features ninety-six black and white heliogravure reproductions and twenty-four color lithographs of Chagall's old Testament imagery. A presentable example only of this spectacularly lovely and fragile item lacking its dust jacket showing cracking, abrading and some paper loss along the length of the spine as well as rubbing to the edges and tips of the boards. The first and last dozen-or-so leaves show some rippling and dampstaining due to contact with moisture, as does a portion of the foredge of the textblock. Otherwise, the interior is tight and sound, with no damage or cockling to the still bright lithographs. 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. Inventory Number: 027492
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CY TWOMBLY AND JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER
(TWOMBLY, CY) (BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Pellizzi, Francisco. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 20 color illustrations. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2004 gallery exhibition of drawings and paintings by Cy Twombly and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Each of the twenty works shown - five by Twombly, fifteen by Basquiat - is illustrated. A brand new most handsome example. 1-880086-14-X Inventory Number: 027490
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TWO CENTURIES OF BLACK AMERICAN ART
Driskell, David C.. Los Angeles & New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Random House, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 222pp, profusely illustrated in b&w with a full-color cover illustration. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with an important 1966 traveling California Museum exhibition curated by Howard University's pioneering African-American art historian, artist, and educator James A. Porter enttitled "The Negro in American Art". The show featurrd work by such noted artists as Edward Bannister, Romare Bearden, Edward Bereal, Aaron Douglas, David Driskell, Robert Duncanson, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam Jr., Marvin Harden, Richard Hunt, Sargent Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Horace Pippin, Noah Purifoy, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Robert Thompson, Ruth Waddy, Charles White, and many others. A handsome example of this significant document showing some light overall wear and soiling. Inventory Number: 027488
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DAMIEN HIRST: ANNOUNCEMENT FOR "A THOUSAND YEARS & TRIPTYCHS"
(HIRST, DAMIEN). Gagosian Gallery. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Cardstock. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 10 x 24" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 3 duotone illustrations. This is the handsome announcement published in lieu of a catalogue for Damien Hirst's 2006 London gallery show entitled "A Thousand Years & Triptychs". "A Thousand Years, one of Hirst's most provocative and engaging works, contains an actual life cycle. Maggots hatch inside a white minimal box, turn into flies, then feed on a bloody, severed cow's head on the floor of a claustrophobic glass vitrine. Above, hatched flies buzz around in the closed space. Many meet a violent end in an insect-o-cutor; others survive to continue the cycle". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027486
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PLEASURES AND TERROR OF DOMESTIC COMFORT
Galassi, Peter. New York: The Museum of Modern Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Survey. Fine.. 128pp, 95 color and 58 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Hentges. With an exhibition checklist. "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort" presents a varied and challenging cross-section of contemporary work, all of it devoted to life at home. The current state of the American Dream of domestic happiness is examined in this major photography exhibition, and while it makes no attempt at sociological objectivity, the many voices it assembles have much to say about life in the eighties." The participants in Peter Galassi's landmark 1991 The Museum of Modern Art survey consisted of Robert Adams, Nicolas Africano, Joan Albert, Tom Bamberger, Tina Barney, Mary Berridge, Geoffrey Biddle, Judith Black, Ken Botto, Andrew Brilliant, Ellen Brooks, Peter Brown, Jo Ann Callis, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Albert Chong, Maude Schuyler Clay, Eileen Cowin, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Doug DuBois, William Eggleston, Larry Fink, Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, David Goldes, Nan Goldin, Jill Graham, Susan Kandel, Mary Kocol, Pok Chi Lau, Frank Majore, Sally Mann, Abelardo Morell, Marilyn Nance, Nic Nicosia, Nicholas Nixon, Lorie Novak, Kathy O'Connor, John Pinderhughes, Melissa Ann Pinney, David Prifti, Marvin Rhodes, Thomas Roma, Sheron Rupp, Gabrielle Russomagno, Adrienne Salinger, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Laurie Simmons, Sage Sohier, Joni Sternbach, Joel Sternfeld, Jock Sturge, Larry Sultan, Anne Turyn, JoAnn Verburg, Wolf Von dem Bussche, Jo Ann Walters, Carrie Mae Weems, Henry Wessel, Jr., and Neil Winokur. A brand new, most handsome example of the first MoMA printing - issued only in a paper binding - that features Philip-Lorca diCorcia's riveting image of child actor Bryan Madorsky staring warily at a platter of faux long pig on the set of the movie "Parents." 0-87070-192-4 Inventory Number: 027483
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RAYMOND PETTIBON: A 2001 SANTA MONICA MUSEUM OF ART ANNOUNCEMENT FOR "THE WORKS OF RAYMOND PETTIBON AS READ BY:"
(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2001. First Printing. 8vo. Offset Printed Sheet. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 8 ¾ X 5 ½" cardstock sheet offset-printed recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is an announcement utilizing a unique artwork drawn by Raymond Pettibon for a June 26th, 2001 event with the artist at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Presented in conjunction with their exhibition "Raymond Pettibon: The Book Show," special guests Iris Berry, S.A. Griffin, Jason Rhoades, Barry Sloane, Frances Stark, Mayo Thompson, Benjamin Weissman, and others read to the Museum audience from Pettibon's scripts. The cover image reproduced here was created especially for this flyer. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027480
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MARK STEINMETZ: FIFTEEN MILES TO K-VILLE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. London, UK: Stanley / Barker, 2016. First Edition 1/750. Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 100pp, 26 duotone illustrations. "Mark Steinmetz' "15 Miles to K-Ville" is a poetic journey around the outskirts of K-Ville: a fictional town somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Athens, Georgia, where graves dot the terrain and a sense of forbidding hangs heavy in the air. This collection of darkly humorous and melancholy portraits and landscapes date from the early 1990s when the American photographer was moving between these two cities. "I love the South for its warmth and chaos. The vegetation down here grows rampant; the light is softened by humid air. The people are for the most part friendly and they are comfortable in their bodies. They tend to be more open to being photographed by a stranger. The unexpected happens here a lot." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2016 first edition limited to seven hundred and fifty copies additionally SIGNED "Mark Steinmetz" on the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9955555-0-8 Inventory Number: 027479
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UTA BARTH: WHITE BLIND (BRIGHT RED)
(BARTH, UTA). Tumlir, Jan & Uta Barth. Santa Fe, NM: SITE Santa Fe, 2004. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Meryl Pollen. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the elegant catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with the 2004 three-part exhibition by photographer Uta Barth at SITE Santa Fe. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9700774-7-5 Inventory Number: 027477
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THE ROLLING STONES: COLLECTORS EDITION LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES SIGNED BY MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, CHARLIE WATTS AND RONNIE WOOD
(ROLLING STONES, THE). Golden, Ruell, David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak & Luc Sante. Foreword by President Bill Clinton. Köln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2019. First Edition #451/1600. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Music Monograph. As New/As New. 518pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a Rolling Stones timeline, discography, and photographers' biographies. "The kind of fame and success The Rolling Stones have achieved in their fifty-years-and-counting career is without parallel. With their bluesy rock 'n' roll and mesmerizing off and onstage presence, the Stones redefined the music of the 1960s and 1970s, and paved the way for rock as we know it today. They also set the standard for how a rock band should look and behave. Produced in close collaboration with the band, this book charts the Stones' remarkable history and outrageously cool lifestyle in over five hundred pages of incredible images and illustrations - many previously unseen, by the likes of David Bailey, Peter Beard, Cecil Beaton, Bob Bonis, Anton Corbijn, Annie Leibovitz, Gered Mankowitz, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, Bent Rej, and Ethan Russell that have been gathered from archives all over the world. Unprecedented access to the Rolling Stones' own archives in New York and London adds an equally extraordinary, more private side to their story. This massive (20 x 20 x 6") undertaking featuring new essays from award-winning writers David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak, and Luc Sante along with a foreword written by President Bill Clinton is Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie's official photographic record." A brand new, pristine example of the Collector's Edition NUMBERED (451/1600) and SIGNED by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood unopened in the publisher's printed shipping 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. 3-8365-4721-X Inventory Number: 027474
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THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: A 1976 CONCERT POSTER FOR THEIR FIRST LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCES - AT DAVID HAMMONS' STUDIO
(ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO, THE). Art Ensemble of Chicago, The. Los Angeles: Rhino Records & The Century City Educational Arts Project, 1976. First Edition. Small Folio. Printed Sheet. Concert Poster. Fine.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed offset, recto only. This is the striking poster for a series of June 1976 Art Ensemble of Chicago performances presented in Los Angeles by the Rhino Records store and The Century City Educational Arts Project. The concerts marked the first time the AACM stalwarts had brought their Great Black Music to the city, playing two completely different sets each of four evenings at the former ballroom that served as David Hammons' studio. A most handsome, guaranteed vintage example of the larger format version of this uncommon ephemeral item (featuring lettering by noted percussionist Alex Cline) of which only one hundred were printed. We know this because I personally produced these concerts and the posters! Inventory Number: 027468
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THE POCKET PICASSO (LE PICASSO DE POCHE) - ONE OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COPIES
(PICASSO, PABLO). Picasso, Pablo & "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. Antibes, FRANCE: Privately Published by Marcel Duhamel, 1964. First English Language Edition 1/375. 16mo. Decorative Cloth + Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. np (116pp) + one continuous leporello sheet, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in English. "The Pocket Picasso" is lovely undertaking that reproduces a small "pre-war, sixty-five centime" notebook illustrated by Pablo Picasso in 1957 and subsequently gifted to his Antibes neighbor, "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. In 1964, Duhamel privately self-published this facsimile in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty total copies - including one hundred deluxe examples accompanied by an original etching. The 5 ¼ x 4 1/8" sketchbook in decorative cloth contains over one hundred playful, calligraphic renderings from the hand of the master in grey gouache. It is accompanied by a leporello booklet - half issued with English text, half with French - with Duhamel's jaunty assessments of the imagery and reminiscences of his friendship with the artist along with the publication details. The two are presented in a heavy paper envelope reproducing in facsimile Picasso's colorful holographic 1957 gift presentation to Duhamel. A bright, exceptionally well-preserved example of the exceedingly uncommon - only six copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - English language version of the standard edition of this tiny gem (entry number one hundred and twenty-nine in Sebastian Goeppert, Herma Goeppert-Frank and Patrick Cramer's "Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") limited to three hundred and seventy-five NUMBERED copies showing a crack and separation along the seam of one of the sides of the publisher's wildly fragile - but completely intact - screenprinted clear plastic box. Inventory Number: 027465
$750.00 InquireFiled Under: Artist Monographs, Artists' Books, Limited Editions, Pablo Picasso, PMVABF, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art -
LEIGH BOWERY LOOKS - SIGNED BY FERGUS GREER
(GREER, FERGUS) (BOWERY, LEIGH). Greer, Fergus. Foreword By Mariuccia Casadio. London: Violette Editions Limited, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Peter B. Willberg and Zoe Symonds. This is a comprehensive collection of images by noted photographer Fergus Greer from his seven shoots between 1988 and 1994 with late, great Performance Artist/Fashion Icon/Muse/Club Kid Extraordinaire Leigh Bowery. Of course, visionary, outlandish, and fetishized outfits and personae are the order of the day here. A pristine copy of the 2002 first hardbound edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Fergus Greer" in black marker on the half title page. 1-900828-19-7 Inventory Number: 027464
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MELVIN SOKOLSKY: PARIS 1963 / PARIS 1965 - SIGNED LIMITED "SIGNATURE" EDITION IN A LUCITE SLIPCASE
(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin & Raphaelle Stopin. Afterword by Ali McGraw. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2011. First Edition 1/800. 4to. Cloth in Plexiglas Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80 + 80pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Melvin Sokolsky. This beautiful volume is the definitive collection of all seventy-four printed images from of Melvin Sokolsky's wildly innovative "Bubble" and "Fly" series shot in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" in the sixties. It includes for the first time more than a dozen previously unreleased and alternate visions of his iconic series, behind the scenes documentary photos, outtakes, and an intimate insight into the legendary fashion photographer's process and inspiration. Limited to eight hundred copies only featuring a unique back-to-back "zig-zag" binding, the "Signature Edition" is housed in an etched grey Lucite slipcase designed by Sokolsky himself. A brand new, pristine example from the 2011 first edition limited to eight hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED (519/800) by the late, great photographer in pencil on the front colophon in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-7-5 Inventory Number: 027462
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WRAPAROUND MAGAZINE VOL. 1 NO. 2: RAW YOUTH - WITH FEATURE ARTICLES ON ED TEMPLETON AND TERRY RICHARDSON
(RICHARDSON, TERRY) (TEMPLETON, ED) (WRAPAROUND MAGAZINE). Gachot, Paul, Editor. Los Angeles: Advertising Photographers of America, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Terry Richardson. This second installment of the stylish, sadly defunct photography magazine "Wraparound" was devoted to the theme "Raw Youth". It features a ten page interview/layout with provocateur Terry Richardson, and a nine page spread on photographer/artist/skateboard god Ed Templeton that was art directed by Ed himself. The rest of the issue contains contributions by Ben Watts, Neil Abramson, Hans Neleman, Lauren Greenfield, Stefan Gerard and Elena Hale, Paul Gachot, and others. A most handsome example of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce to ASMP members only and had no newsstand distribution. Inventory Number: 027460
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LEROY NEIMAN & ANDY WARHOL: 1981 POSTER FOR AN EXHIBITION OF SPORTS PAINTINGS - BOLDLY SIGNED BY ANDY WARHOL
(WARHOL, ANDY) (NEIMAN, LEROY). Warhol, Andy & Leroy Neiman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981. First Dutch Language Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 35 x 21 ¼" heavy paper sheet printed color offset, recto only, 1 color illustration. This is the striking poster published in conjunction with the highly publicized 1981 "LeRoy Neiman / Andy Warhol" exhibition held at the long-defunct Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. A different poster was produced for each of the two artists with Warhol's featuring a colorful image of renowned jockey Willie Shoemaker. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1981 first - and only - edition of this exceedingly uncommon item acquired directly from LAICA additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" in black marker along the bottom margin. Inventory Number: 027454
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/ KARA WALKER /
(WALKER, KARA). Walker, Kara, Stephan Berg, Silke Boerma, Eungie Joo & Robert Hobbs. Hannover, GERMANY: Kunstverein Hannover, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Embossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 197pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. This is the elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2002 German museum exhibition "For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind An Exhibition of Artifacts, Remnants, and Effluvia EXCAVATED from the Black Heart of a Negress" by noted African-American artist Kara Walker. Beautifully designed and printed, it has very much of the feel of an artist designed book. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-922675-84-0 Inventory Number: 027453
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HANNAH WILKE - SIGNED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST
(WILKE, HANNAH). Wilke, Hannah & Joanna Frueh. Thomas H. Kochheiser, Editor. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1989 Hannah Wilke retrospective exhibition held at the University of Missouri at St. Louis' Gallery 210, this comprehensive hardbound catalogue was the first major publication on the pioneering late feminist artist. It combines copious photographic documentation with an essay by Joanna Frueh and a selection of previously unpublished writings by the artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Hannah Wilke 1989 00" in the year of publication in black ink to the right of her posterior on the frontispiece portrait photograph 0-8262-0703-0 Inventory Number: 027450
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WOLFGANG TILLMANS: SOLDIERS - THE NINETIES
(TILLMANS, WOLFGANG). Tillmans, Wolfgang. Köln, GERMANY: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Wolfgang Tillmans. "Soldiers - The Nineties" is Wolfgang Tillmans' striking 1999 artist's book that juxtaposes the renowned German photographer's furtive pictures of young men in military uniform with historical and contemporary newspaper, magazine, and video images and text of same. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1999 first edition in its vibrant yellow dust jacket. 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. 3-88375-377-7 Inventory Number: 027448
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MARK RYDEN: BLOOD - MINIATURE PAINTINGS OF SORROW & FEAR
(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/20000. 24mo. Embossed Leatherette Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is the miniature catalogue that documents Mark Ryden's 2003 New York gallery show "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear". Tiny like the work exhibited, the jewel-like book measures a mere 2 ½ x 3 ½ ", and features a distressed leather-like embossed soft cover and Smyth-sewn binding. Inside are color reproductions throughout detailing paintings and drawings that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art. It features blood, blood, more blood, and some meat. A brand new, pristine individually numbered example of the 2003 first Porterhouse Fine Art Editions printing of this tiny gem still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 1-931955-02-6 Inventory Number: 027447
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JB BLUNK
(BLUNK, J.B.). Blunk, J.B., Lucy R. Lippard, Louise Allison Cort, Fariba Bogzaran, Mariah Nielson, Rita Lawrence, Alyssa Ballard & Rick Yoshimoto. Mariah Nielson & Abake, Editors. Inverness, CA: Blunk Books, 2020. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Boards. Decorative Arts Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 228pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Born in 1926 in Kansas, James Blain Blunk was a Northern California-based sculptor who worked primarily with wood and clay. Following a period of apprenticeship in Japan, Blunk settled near the Marin County town of Inverness, California, where he built his own studio, and developed a lifelong friendship with the painter Gordon Onslow Ford. This is the first publication to explore the entire oeuvre of JB Blunk, with previously unseen examples of his work in stone, clay, painting and jewelry. The design beautifully combines archival images of Blunk's work in situ and at his home and his studio, with color plates of newly photographed pieces. In an essay, Lucy R. Lippard discusses Blunk's reverence for ancient art and places, while Smithsonian Curator of Ceramics Louise Allison Cort details Blunk's formative years in Japan. Glenn Adamson, Senior Scholar at the Yale Center for British Art, contributes an essay that explores the essence of Blunk himself along with his artwork." A brand new, most handsome example of the quickly unavailable 2020 first edition of this vital document still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-907908-55-2 Inventory Number: 027439
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PARKETT NO. 37: CHARLES RAY, FRANZ WEST - COLLABORATIONS + EDITIONS: PIPILOTTI RIST - INSERT - FROM CHARLES RAY'S SIGNED, LIMITED ARTIST EDITION WITH NINE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
(RAY, CHARLES) (PARKETT). Ray, Charles. Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1993. First Edition #IX/XXIII Deluxe. Small 4to. Wrappers + Color Photographs. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 200pp + nine 4 x 6" color C prints, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. This thirty-seventh issue of the late, great influential Swiss visual arts quarterly "Parkett" focuses on the work of Charles Ray, Franz West, and Pipilotti Rist. This example from the "Artist Edition" series features Charles Ray's limited edition contribution "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" consisting of nine informal snapshots of nineties fashion icon Tatjana Patitz taken by Ray at her Pacific Palisades home. A brand new, most handsome example of the magazine still in the publisher's shrinkwrap accompanied by the publisher's printed envelope SIGNED "Charles Ray" AND NUMBERED (IX) in black ink containing nine 4 x 6" color C prints of supermodel Patitz each stamped "CHARLES RAY, 1993 / EDITION FOR PARKETT NO. 37" in black ink on the verso, 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. 3-907509-87-0 Inventory Number: 027437
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JOSH SMITH: CAVE DRAWINGS - A SELF-PUBLISHED ARTIST'S BOOK LIMITED TO TWENTY COPIES WITH UNIQUE HAND DRAWN COVERS
(SMITH, JOSH). Smith, Josh. NP (New York): Josh Smith, 2001. First Edition #16/20 Deluxe. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Stiff Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (circa 192pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is New York-based Josh Smith's witty 2001 self-published artist's book filled with an amalgam of nineteenth Century steel engravings, childlike portraits, and Smith's equally childlike signature, Each is presented as a full page black and white plate digitally printed on the rectos only. A brand new, most handsome example of this unique object limited to twenty copies only whose front and back covers are HAND ILLUSTRATED, SIGNED "Josh Smith", NUMBERED (16/20), AND DATED "2001" IN GRAPHITE. Inventory Number: 027436
$1,100.00 InquireFiled Under: Artist Monographs, Exhibition Catalogues, Signed Books, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art -
2FISH (A POETRY BOOK) - SIGNED BY JHENE AIKO EFURU CHILOMBO
(AIKO, JHENE). Chilombo, Jhené Aiko Efuru. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 2018. First Edition. Small 8vo. Printed Boards. Poetry Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo was born on March 16, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. Jhené began writing poetry at six years of age, at thirteen, she signed to a major record label and began her career as a recording artist. Today, she is a mother of one, a three-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, and a poet. "2Fish", her first published book, presents a collection of intimate poems (and a few short stories) written from adolescence to adulthood, in no particular order. It details Chilombo's thoughts in their most raw and honest form taken directly from a collection of notebooks she has kept since age twelve." A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon stated first printing of this intimate gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "J. Aiko" WITH A DRAWING OF A HEART AND A PEACE SIGN inside the "o" in her name in black marker on the front pastedown during a 2018 event held at our shop. 1-61243-763-X Inventory Number: 027434
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DRAWINGS BY ALLEN RUPPERSBERG + AND WRITINGS BY ALLEN RUPPERSBERG - BOTH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Leslie Jones & Bill Berkson. New York: Christine Burgin, 2014. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Illustrated Boards + Wrappers. Artist Monographs. As New/As New. 112 + 128pp, 53 color and 2 b&w illustrations + 68 color and 20 b&w illustrations. Both designed by Jason Burch. With an exhibition checklist. "Drawings by Allen Ruppersberg" (0-9778696-6-0) is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition of thirty-one works on paper executed between 1973 and 1991 by the noted Conceptual practitioner. Published by his longtime gallerist Christine Burgin, it forms a pair with "Writings by Allen Ruppersberg" (0-9778696-7-9) - a charming career survey of text-based artworks by the artist. A brand new, most handsome set of the two companion volumes additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Allen Ruppersberg" in black ink on the front free endpaper of each. Inventory Number: 027433
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THE EXHIBITION OF DEREK JARMAN: LUMINOUS DARKNESS
(JARMAN, DEREK). Jarman, Derek. Tokyo: Uplink Co., 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 51 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the exceedingly elegant, beautifully produced hardbound catalogue for a 1990 Japanese gallery exhibition of the esteemed late British director Derek Jarman's paintings and assemblages entitled "Luminous Darkness". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027431
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H.C. WESTERMANN: 1974 JAMES CORCORAN GALLERY EXHIBITION POSTER
(WESTERMANN, H.C.). Westermann, H.C.. Los Angeles: James Corcoran Gallery, 1974. First Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 10 ½ x 14" sheet printed color offset recto and verso machine-folded to make 5 ¼ x 7", 1 color illustration. This is the small but striking poster issued in conjunction with H.C. Westermann's March 1974 exhibition at James Corcoran Gallery - his first one-man Los Angeles gallery showing. It reproduces an artwork featuring a watercolor self-portrait with hand-lettering created by the idiosyncratic Chicago-based artist especially for this event. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing a few minor handling creases. Inventory Number: 027423
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TIM NOBLE AND SUE WEBSTER: THE JOY OF SEX
(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Mark Fletcher & Tina Kim. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: Kukje Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie and Stefania Bonelli. Text in English and Korean. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2005 Kukje Gallery exhibition "The Joy of Sex", bad boy and girl Noble and Webster have created an artists' book that drolly appropriates fellow Brit Dr. Alex Comfort's best-selling 1972 instruction manual of the same title by substituting their own images rendered in a similar mundane illustrative style as the graphically coupling couple. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. 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. 89-955477-4-X Inventory Number: 027422