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(ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN). Art Center School Staff. Los Angeles: The Art Center School, 1941. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Spiral-Bound Illustrated Wraps. Educational Course Catalogue. Near Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by students of The Art Center School with Harvey Thompson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceedingly stylishly designed catalogue of the 1941 academic offerings for Los Angeles' Art Center School. Founded in 1930, the renowned institution was one of Southern California's first comprehensive Art colleges. It relocated in 1976 to Pasadena, and became known as Art Center College of Design. Specializing in trade-oriented educational programs for students seeking careers in painting and illustration, advertising and graphic design, architecture, photography, motion picture craft, and industrial and automotive design, their faculty has always featured a stellar collection of professionals in these fields. Included here are Ansel Adams, Edward A, Adams, Fred R. Archer, Earl Baird, Lionel Banks, Edward Biberman, Clarence Bull, Will Connell, Thomas S. Curtis, Fred Dapprich, J.R. Davidson, James Doolittle, Paul Dorsey, Clarence K. Eaton, Elizabeth Franklin, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Frank Hewlett, Franklin B. Judson, Edward B. Kaminsky, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Charles Kerlee, Donald Biddle Keyes, Albert King, Nina Novinska, Charles Potts, R.M. Schindler, A.B. Shore, Chalmers C. Smith, Kem Weber, and many others. Designed by students and faculty in a modernist style reminiscent of the work of Lester Beall and Alvin Lustig, its eye-catching layout features numerous striking photomontages combining photography, illustration, and typography. An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon design object NUMBERED 598 (of an unstated edition) bearing the school's printed designation "This Book Presented to" followed by "Grace Mallon" in blue ink, as issued. Grace Elizabeth Mallon was an Art Center School student who went on to a career as a fine artist in the mold of her mentor, Millard Sheets, as well as working for Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Fairbanks Films, Churchill-Wexler Films, and Hanna-Barbera Studios. She participated in San Francisco's 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and is included in Milton Edan Hughes' comprehensive reference work "Artists in California 1786-1940." Inventory Number: 025945

(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

(CHILDS RESTAURANT). Pruitt & Brown Architects. New York: Pruitt & Brown Architects, 1930. First Editions. Folio. Gilt-Stamped Buckram. Architecture Monographs. Near Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 36pp + 48pp + 72pp, each profusely illustrated with original 7 ¼ x 9 ½" photographs and contemporary publication clippings. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is a group of three unique, lavishly hand-assembled 14 x 12 ½" project documentation books produced in 1930 by Pruitt & Brown Architects to showcase their design work for recently opened showpieces for the Childs Restaurant chain. Founded in New York in the 1880s, Childs became one of the first national dining chains, with over one hundred venues at its height. The firm's ownership changed hands just as the US slipped into the Great Depression, and Childs optimistically opened a series of elegant Manhattan dining establishments each differentiated by a distinct architectural theme presented as if one were stepping onto a glamorous Hollywood back lot set. These hefty volumes have been produced in the manner of a scrapbook with original sepia-toned silver gelatin photographs by the Peyser & Patzig firm affixed to thick linen-hinged pages throughout liberally supplemented by menus, correspondence, and newspaper, magazine, and press coverage of the projects. The first is devoted to the Childs Restaurant at 425 Lexington Avenue which was a jaw-dropping showpiece of Art Deco elegance. The second covers Childs "Old England" at 9 East 40th Street, which presented a Robin Hood-like décor. The third - and most comprehensive of these books - details William Child's "Old Algiers" at 102nd Street and Broadway, which simulated an exotic night at the Kasbah. The three are bound in differing hues of buckram over boards with still-bright gilt-stamped titles on their front covers and spines. Each is internally in Fine condition, and bears a typed label on the inside front board noting that the volume was issued by the Pruitt & Brown Architects office at 342 Madison Avenue for use at the firm's Charlottesville, VA office. The exteriors show varying degrees of wear, rubbing, and some light discoloration, but are still sound and in no way detract from the remarkable contents. These are stunning, near-unique documents of another time, place, and dining experience that must be seen in hand to be fully appreciated. 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: 026957

(COOP HIMMELBLAU). Coop Himmelblau: Wolf D. Prix & Helmut Swiczinsky. Klagenfurt, GERMANY: Ritter Verlag, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Architecture Monograph. Fine/Fine. 113pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English, Italian and German. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Coop Himmelblau's "From Cloud to Cloud" installation at the Austrian Pavilion of the 1996 Venice Biennale. Beautifully designed and printed, it reproduces many of the innovative architectural collaborative's trademark "automatic drawings". A brand new, most handsome example. 3-85415-202-7 Inventory Number: 001110

(CORBUSIER, LE) (JEANNERET-GRIS, CHARLES EDOUARD). Le Corbusier. H. Allen Brooks, Editor. New York & Paris. 1982-1984: Garland Publishing in Collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier. First Editions 1/250. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Architecture Monograph. Near Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jackets - As Issued. circa 680pp each, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is a set of thirty-one of the thirty-two volumes comprising "The Le Corbusier Archive" - Garland Publishing's extraordinary one-time only collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris to produce a fully annotated compendium of the over thirty-two thousand drawings housed in the French archives of the legendary architect. Spread throughout the set are seventeen essays on Corbu by Reyner Banham, Tim Benton, Alan Colquhoun, Charles Correa, Norma Evenson, Kenneth Frampton, Michael Graves, Daniele Pauly, Vincent Scully, Peter Serenyi, Jerry Soltan, James Stirling, Manfredo Tafuri, Stanislas von Moos, Andre Wogenscky, and Iannis Xenakis. Each volume also contains photographs of the completed projects by Lucien Herve. Grouped project by project in chronological order, the thirty-one volumes present are: 1. Early Buildings and Projects, 1912-1923 -- 2. Cite´ Fruge`s and other Buildings and Projects, 1923-1927 -- 3. Palais de la Socie´te´ des Nations, Villa les Terrasses, and other Buildings and Projects -- 4. Centrosyus -- 5. Buildings and Projects, 1928-1929 -- 6. Arme´e du Salut; Cite´ de Refuge -- 7. Villa Savoye and other Buildings and Projects, 1929-1930 -- 8. Apartment de Beistegui, Cite´ Unive´rsitaire; Pavillon Suisse, Ville Radieuse, and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 9. Palais de Soviets and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 10. Urbanisme, Algiers and other Buildings and Projects, 1930-1933 -- 11. Immeuble, 24, rue Nungesser-et-Coli and other Buildings and Projects, 1933 -- 12. Buildings and Projects, 1933-1937 -- 13. Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux and other Buildings and Projects, 1936-1937 -- 14. Buildings and Projects, 1937-1942 -- 15. Modulor and other Buildings and Projects, 1944-1945 -- 16-17. Unite´ d’habitation, Marseille-Michelet, v. 1-2 -- 18. Palais des Nations Unies and other Buildings and Projects, 1946-1948 -- 19. Projet Roq et Rob, Roquebrune-Cap Martin and other Buildings and Projects, 1948-1950 -- 20. Ronchamp, Maison Jaoul, and other Buildings and Projects, 1951-1952 -- 21. Unite´ d’habitation, Reze´-le`s-Nantes -- 22-24. Chandigarh, Capitole: v. 1: Assemble´e and other buildings and projects -- 23. Chandigarh: Capitole, v. 2: Secretariat et Haute Court; v. 3: Palais du Gouverneur and other buildings and projects -- 26. Ahmedabad, 1953-60 -- 27. Projet pour un Stade Olympique, Bagdad and other Buildings and Projects, 1953 -- 28. Tourette and other Buildings and Projects, 1955-1957 -- 29. Unite´s d’habiation: Meaux, Briey, Berlin-Charlottenburg -- 30. Muse´e d’art Occidental, Tokyo and other Buildings and Projects, 1957-1961 -- 31. Carpenter Center, Unite´ D’Habitation, Firminy, and other Buildings and Projects, 1961-1963 -- 32. Buildings and Projects, 1964-1965, Undated Projects and Indices. Missing is the single volume 25. Chandigarh: City and Musee´. An unused, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon (only two hundred and fifty were printed - virtually all of which went to institutional libraries per Garland's unique publishing model), monumental undertaking unfortunately LACKING Volume 16. "Unite´ d’habitation, Marseille-Michelet, vol. 1" showing only a bit of minor shelfwear and soiling here and there. Many volumes are still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and the original publication prospectus is laid in. Further details will gladly be provided upon request. 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. 0-8240-5050-9 Inventory Number: 026124

(DAVIES, ROGER). Davies, Roger. New York: Monacelli Press, I0020221127. 2022. First Edition. 12 x 10 ½". Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architectural Photography Monograph. New/New. 280pp, profusely illustrated in color. 9781580936057

Inventory Number: E000RDBTC

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

(ELIASSON, OLAFUR). Eliasson, Olafur, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Andreas Spiegel, Marianne Krogh Jensen, Rudolf Sagmeister & Markus Tretter. Bregenz, GERMANY: Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Published in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz - The Mediated Motion", this bi-lingual catalogue on environmentally conscious Icelandic/Danish installation artist Olafur Eliasson is designed to be read back-to-back and upside down. A most presentable copy of this uncommon item showing a some light overall wear to the rear cover as well as a slight dent to the textblock at the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 3-883-75-505-2 Inventory Number: 014680

(GEHRY, FRANK O.). Gehry, Frank, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje Van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines & Pilar Viladas. Foreword by Henry N. Cobb. New York & Minneapolis, MN: Rizzoli International Publications & The Walker Art Center, 1986. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. Fine/Fine. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Ferguson. This is the nicely appointed catalogue published in conjunction with the Walker Art Museum's substantial 1986 survey exhibition of the work of internationally famed architect Frank Gehry. A bright, most handsome example of the first hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Frank Pierson / F O Gehry" in black ink on the half title page. The late Mr. Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated "Cat Ballou" and "Cool Hand Luke"), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 0-8478-0741-X Inventory Number: 025788

(GETTY MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE J. PAUL). Naef, Weston J., Gordon Baldwin, Virginia Dodier, Thomas Weston Fels, Mikka Gee, Michael Hargraves, Eugenia Parry Janis, Judith Keller, Ben Lifson, Katherine Ware, Brett Abbott, Anne Lacoste, et al.. Malibu & Los Angeles, CA. 1986-2008.: The J. Paul Getty Museum. First Editions. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochures. Very Good - or Better.. This is a collection of sixty-one of the informative brochures issued by the J. Paul Getty Museum between 1986 and 2008 to accompany exhibitions curated by its Department of Photographs. These are beautifully printed keepsakes - typically duotone on coated, heavy stock - that were never made commercially available for sale, with most representing the only published documentation for each show. The format of this series is for the most part one cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8 pages - typically with five illustrations. The monographic publications are on Eugene Atget (2 different), Brassai, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Julia Margaret Cameron (3 different), Edgar Degas, William Eggleston, P.H. Emerson, Walker Evans (2 different), Roger Fenton, Lady Clementina Hawarden, Hill and Adamson, Graciela Iturbide, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Gustave Le Gray, Man Ray, Lisette Model, Eliot Porter, Alexander Rodchenko, August Sander (2 different), Frederick Sommer, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edmund Teske (2 different), Carleton Watkins (2 different), Weegee, and Edward Weston (2 different). The survey exhibitions are "After the Manner of Women: Photographs by Kasebier, Cunningham, and Ullman", "Antiquity and Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites", The Art of The Daguerreotype", "Capturing Time: A Celebration of Photography:, "Experimental Photography: Discovery & Invention", "Experimental Photography: The First Golden Age 1851-1889", "Experimental Photography: The Machine Age", "Experimental Photography: The New Subjectivity", "Experimental Photography: The Painter-Photographer", "The Eye of Sam Wagstaff", "The Flowering of Early French Photography", "Grave Testimony: Photographs of the Civil War", "...Images that yet / Fresh images beget... Photographing Art", "Little Pictures", "Nadar + Warhol: Paris + New York", "Neither Speech Nor Language: Photography and the Written Word", "Palette of Light: Handcrafted Photographs, 1898-1914", "Photographers of Genius at the Getty", "Procession to the Fallen Gods: Photography in Nineteenth Century Egypt", "Public Spaces / Private Spaces", "Rare States and Unusual Subjects: Photographs by Paul Strand, Andre Kertesz, and Man Ray", "Strange Days: Photographs From The Sixties by Winogrand, Eggleston, and Arbus:", "Walls of Algiers", "Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection", and "Women on the Edge: Twenty Photographers in Europe, 1919-1939". A most handsome set of these ephemeral items - all in at least Very Good minus condition, with most being Near Fine or Fine. Inventory Number: 027076

(GRAHAM, DAN) (HASEGAWA, ITSUKO) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 1998. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color and black and white offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, profusely illustrated. This eighth installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a collaborative project between renowned American conceptual practitioner Dan Graham and the noted Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa published in conjunction with the exhibition "Cities on the Move". A most handsome example of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 027094

(GURSKY, ANDREAS) (DUBUISSON, JEAN). Gursky, Andreas, Hans Irrek & Ursula Trubenbach. Frankfurt am Main & Stuttgart, GERMANY: Portikus & Oktagon Verlag, 1995. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Wrappers in Printed Box. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (40 + 32 + 6pp), 20 color and 10 b&w illustrations. Text in German. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Published in conjunction with a 1995 exhibition at Portikus Frankfurt am Main, this elegant, ambitiously designed, oversized publication is devoted to Andreas Gursky's monumental photograph of architect Jean Dubuisson's quarter-mile long Montparnasse housing block. A single 10 ¼ x 18 ¾" color reproduction on heavy stock is laid into a silver folder that bears the names of the more than seven hundred and fifty families inhabiting the massive housing project. This is accompanied by two booklets in silver wrappers: "Texte" - which contains an essay by Hans Irrek as well as interviews with Dubuisson and three Montparnasse dwellers, and "Images" - which reproduces grainy full page voyeuristic blown-up details of interiors of the individual apartments. These three printed components are housed in a shallow printed cardboard box. The interior contents are all in Near Fine condition with no notable flaws. The matte black paper-covered lower portion of the box along with the silver lid show some light overall wear, scuffs and minor abrasions, but no splits or tears to the corners as one typically sees. Due to its silver paper and fragile construction "Montparnasse" (cited on page 275 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") rarely turns up in beautiful condition, but this is truly a most handsome example of this uncommon item that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. 3-89611-003-9 Inventory Number: 020400

(HASSINK, JACQUELINE). Hassink, Jacqueline, Henri Peretz & Raoul Bunschoten. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Menno van de Koppel, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Gilt-Stamped Cloth. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 22 b&w and 21 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Melle Hammer, Plus X. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Table of Power" is Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink's gem-like 1996 artist's book cum interior design typology that like much of her work explores the balance of power conferred in private, public and social settings. It details the meeting rooms of the boards of directors of forty European companies such as British Petroleum, Ciba-Geigy, and Daimler Benz - twenty-one of which she was able to photograph - revealing the rarely-if-ever seen enclaves where corporate decisions that affect the social sphere are made in secret. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon first edition (cited on pages 278-279 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (0775/1000) by rubber stamp on the front cover's gilt panel, 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. 90-73926-14-7 Inventory Number: 024518

(JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE AND PROPAGANDA ARTS, THE). Johnson, Pamela & John E. Bowlt, Editors. Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 179pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The fifth issue of the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation's scholarly journal devoted to Modernism in the Arts and Popular Culture is a special "Russian Theme" installment that features the following contributions: "The Decorative Arts in Russian Architecture: 1900 - 1907" - William Brumfield, "Stage Design and the Ballets Russes" - John E. Bowlt, "Experiments in Book Design by Russian Artists" - Evgenii Kovtun, "A Public Art: Caricatures and Posters of Vladimir Lebedev" Nicoletta Misler, "The Psychology of Urban Design in the 1920s and 1930s" - Boris Brodsky, "Lamps and Architecture 1930 - 1950" - Abram Damsky, "Artificially Created Spaces: Projects and Realizations of the ARGO Group" - Francisco Infante, "The Solomenko Embroidery Workshops" - Wendy Salmond, "Constructive Fabrics and Dress Design" - Natalia Adaskina, and "The Soviet Garment Industry in the 1930s" - Tatiana Strizhenova. A handsome example showing a bit of light wear to the covers. Inventory Number: 021747

(JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PASADENA). Junior League of Pasadena. Pasadena, CA: Junior League of Pasadena, 1927. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good.. np (110 + 6pp), profusely illustrated in sepia tone. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published at the height of The Roaring Twenties, this is the heavily illustrated program for the 1927 fundraising "Frolic" presented by the Junior League of Pasadena. Reflecting both the status of its blue-blooded members of Southern California's elite and the look of The Jazz Age, this is a fascinating early "advertorial" in which the wives and daughters of Pasadena's toniest families are photographed flapperishly styled and posed admiring of the wares of its paid advertisers. Featured in the highly staged portraits - primarily by Ray Huff-Richter's studio - are the likes of silent-era star Colleen Moore, Mmes. Donald and Stuart O'Melveny, Hancock Banning, Stephen W. Royce, Stanley Robinson, Franklin Baldwin, Miss Marion Williams, and scores of others. Amongst the more than one hundred businesses touting their wares in support of the Junior League are The Biltmore, Ambassador, Alexandria, Fairmont, Flintridge, and Huntington hotels; May Company, Barker Bros., Hales, and Crown Emporium department stores; E.F Hutton, Bond & Goodwin & Tucker, Wilcox Drake & Co., The House of Rollins, E.A. Pierce & Co., and Francis P. Graves & Company brokerages; Richfield and Union Oil companies; Roland E Coate and Florence Yoch & Lucile Council, Architects; The Hal Roach Studios, Vroman's Books, The Pig 'N Whistle restaurant, and many of the local luxury car dealerships. Additionally bound in with a silk tie is the detailed six page program for the December 6th, 1927 "Topics of the Day" benefit theatrical Frolic - "with a book and original lyrics to popular tunes by Madeline Blackmore and Charles Crouch" - featuring a bevy of Junior League of Pasadena beauties of all ages joined by Mrs. Forrest Tucker as "Miss America!" An internally most presentable example of this exceptionally uncommon item - not a single copy appears in either OCLC WorldCat or the holdings of the Los Angeles Public Library - starting to pull from the wrappers at the staples showing a dent at the head of the spine, notable wear and creasing, some dampstaining, and minor paper loss along the extremities of its illustrated pale blue cardstock covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026727

(KEATON, DIANE). Keaton, Diane & D.J. Waldie. Photographed by Lisa Romerein. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2017. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. As New/As New. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w.

“At once a style guide, an inspirational tome, and a how-to volume on creating one’s home, “The House That Pinterest Built” will serve as a go-to reference for all those seeking to spur their own creativity as they embark on the creation of home. When Diane Keaton decided that she wanted to build her own home from the ground up, she took the advice of her dear friend, film director Nancy Meyers, and took to the boards of Pinterest to find inspiration. There she discovered the practical and the fantastical, elements and styles long adored and ones that she never knew she was drawn to. Keaton’s dream house was officially under way and this book that resulted is a compelling account of her that house, from idea to realization in brick, stone, and wood.

Filled with ideas that reveal a personal yet engaging aesthetic, this volume includes compelling photos from Keaton’s past homes and those she admires, as well as a multitude of details from every corner of those spaces and objects that excite and inspire the house designer and dreamer—dramatic staircases and magical light fixtures, film stills and book covers, pottery and art—drawn from the visual treasure trove known as Pinterest and Keaton’s private collection, as she creates and designs her newest house

“If you want to explore. If you love to see. If you’re looking to look; this book is an example of a home made from the gifts of other people’s addictive yearnings for the perfect home, with the perfect landscape and the perfect interior. It illustrates my choices of your choices. Who knows, you might find one of your pins here. You might smile. You might shake your head and say, ‘This isn’t what I had in mind.’ You might think: ‘Hey that’s my kitchen. She copied my kitchen.’ But the truth is, as much as I tried, I could never entirely recreate the light filled photograph of a kitchen that led the way to the journey that brought me here. No one can.” – Diane Keaton”


. 978-0847860005 Inventory Number: E000DKP

(LEVICK, MELBA). Mendoza, Ruben G. Photographs by Melba Levick. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2023. First Edition. 9 x 10". Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architectural Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 978-0-8478-9914-2

Inventory Number: E000MLCSF

(LEVICK, MELBA). Woods, Douglas & Melba Levick. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color. "The masterpieces of small-house living featured here will serve as inspiration to those who struggle with the challenges presented by contemporary life in petite-size homes. "Dreaming Small" is a celebration of jewel-box homes, each marked by a sense of style that marries eclecticism, practicality, beauty, and livability. From quintessential bungalows and classic casas to Tudor fantasies, these delightful abodes are models of rich diversity and inspired living. In brilliant new photography, the book explores the possibilities that exist in these mostly unpublished gems by legendary architects Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Craig Ellwood, and Paul R. Williams, among others. The houses, each under two thousand square feet, are examples of what is possible in the small home and offer the reader a colorful palette of ideas from which to artfully transform spaces into comfortable, contemporary living". A brand new, pristine example of the 2014 first printing of this charming survey of intimate Southern California interiors additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by author Douglas Woods and photographer Melba Levick in black ink on the title page. 0-8478-4231-2 Inventory Number: 023138

(LIBESKIND, DANIEL) (BALMOND, CECIL). Libeskind, Daniel & Cecil Balmond. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: NAI Publishers (Netherlands Architecture Institute), 1997. First Edition. Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Architecture Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, this is the innovatively designed box of printed elements related to the Boilerhouse extension of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London - a collaboration between noted architects Daniel Libeskind and Cecil Balmond (of Ove Arup and Partners Limited). It contains ten different project-related documents all housed in a beautifully printed heavy butcher paper over board clamshell box. A most handsome, complete example of this uncommon object in the publisher's printed obi, 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. 90-5662-039-8 Inventory Number: 015972

(LISSITZKY, EL). Perloff, Nancy & Eva Forgacs. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 22pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. With an exhibition checklist and chronology. This is the slender twenty-two page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1999 Getty Research Institute presentation entitled "Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky". The exhibition contained one hundred and thirty-three objects produced by the great Russian Constructivist pioneer during his twenty-five years as a typographer, book designer, architect and designer. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025679

(MARKLEE, JOHNSTON). A+U, I00220514, 2022. 9 x 12 inches, 200 Pages. Magazine. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

This issue of a+u features the work of Johnston Marklee and Associates. Founded in 1998 and rooted in the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, their office has continuously sought dialogue with modern and contemporary art not only through clientele and project programs but also in design approach. A series of iconic houses quickly established the firm’s international acclaim, but in the past decade their projects have expanded greatly in scale and diversified in building type. The intense investigative nature that characterizes every project is often veiled behind playfulness and simplicity. What began as an “Architecture of Approximation” in the first decade of their practice eventuated in a body of work consisting of “Extremes and In-betweens,” as described in 2 essays written by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee. Twenty-six key projects, ranging from houses and exhibitions to museums and institutions, are presented here alongside 8 thematic collages to convey the full range of Johnston Marklee’s works. Interspersed is a series of 12 commentaries by collaborators and colleagues, bringing the work of Johnston Marklee “to life with their interpretations.” (a+u) IDEA 21587 Inventory Number: I00220514

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. New York: 98 Greene Street Loft Press, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the influential self-published artist's book documenting Gordon Matta-Clark's now legendary 1974 chainsaw-assisted drawing and quartering of an abandoned house located at 322 Humphrey Street in Englewood, New Jersey. A handsome example of this uncommon, seminal Conceptual document whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - showing just the slightest bit of light soiling and age-toning along the extremities. Inventory Number: 027402

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, 1977. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 35 x 24 ½" heavy paper sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Gordon Matta-Clark. This is the striking poster cum artist's multiple published in conjunction with Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 project in Antwerp sponsored by the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. Invited to create a work in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the Antwerp Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, the noted artist elaborated upon his "Splitting" piece by performing an intervention that became known as "Office Baroque" on a vacant building on the Ernest Van Dijckkaai provided by the I.C.C. The poster reproduces Matta-Clark's photomontage proposal for the work. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - showing some minor handling creases and small nicks along the edges. Inventory Number: 027182

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, 1977. First Edition #118/250 Deluxe. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 35 x 24 ½" heavy paper sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Gordon Matta-Clark. This is the striking poster cum artist's multiple published in conjunction with Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 project in Antwerp sponsored by the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. Invited to create a work in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the Antwerp Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, the noted artist elaborated upon his "Splitting" piece by performing an intervention that became known as "Office Baroque" on a vacant building on the Ernest Van Dijckkaai provided by the I.C.C. The poster reproduces Matta-Clark's photomontage proposal for the work. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - from the edition of two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Gordon Matta Clark" AND NUMBERED (118/250) in black ink on the recto showing some minor handling creases and small nicks along the edges. Inventory Number: 027181

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA. 2002 (2003).: Perceval Press. First Edition (Second Printing). Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. 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. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 011971

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2002. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. 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. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A most handsome example of the 2002 first printing showing a slight binding flaw in which the front pastedown is slightly torn and irregularly folded where it is glued down to the inside of the front board. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 011928

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2002. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. 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. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2002 first printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 007946

(MOSS, ERIC OWEN). Moss, Eric Owen. Introduction By Anthony Vidler. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Group C. With a project chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the second of three catalogues raisonné to date covering the complete work of Eric Owen Moss. The projects here are from 1990 - 1995, and include the renowned Los Angeles-based architect's designs for "Box", "IRS Records" and "Thomas Ince Theater". A 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. 0-8478-1910-8 Inventory Number: 009692

(NEST: A QUARTERLY OF INTERIORS). Holtzman, Joseph, Editor. New York. 1997-2004.: Nest LLC. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Interior Design Periodical. Very Good or Better.. Each circa 148pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Joseph Holtzman. Published between 1997 and 2004, "Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors" was Joseph Holtzman's innovatively designed, beautifully produced glossy survey of interior design, art, architecture, fashion and photography. With spectacular covers and packaging, a prescient editorial staff, and stellar contributors, it was perhaps the American publication closest to "Wallpaper" - perfect for the hip yet thoughtful conspicuous consumer as-yet-unfettered by the impending Global Financial Crisis. A most handsome complete run of all twenty-six numbers - including the exceedingly uncommon premiere issue that was never commercially made for sale. 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. ISSN 1098-4585 Inventory Number: 027552

(NETTO, DAVID). Netto, David & Mita Bland. New York: Vendome Press, I00231104. 2023. First Edition. 12 x 10", 320 pages. Cloth in Illustrated Dust Jacket. Design Monograph. New/New. 978-0-86565-392-4

“For more than a decade, David Netto has been profiling the leading lights of the design world in lively, illuminating articles for numerous publications. Now, at long last, he turns his erudite eye and rapier wit to his own work as an interior and architectural designer. Featuring some twenty projects, ranging from city apartments and country houses to seaside and mountain getaways, David Netto reveals an eclectic aesthetic that brings to modernism a touch of warmth and personality and to traditionalism a jolt of energy and a dash of the exotic. Extensively photographed, with delightful watercolor illustrations by interiors artist Mita Bland, the book is as enlightening to read as it is inspiring to look at”.

A brand new, most handsome example of this exquisitely produced, comprehensive survey of Mr. Netto's deft design work additionally signed by the author.

Inventory Number: E000DN

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Lisa Pasquariello & Catherine de Zegher, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 111pp, 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: Round Table: Tate Modern - Briony Fer, Antony Hudek, Mignon Nixon, Alex Potts and Julian Stallabrass; Bridget Riley's Eye/Body Problem - Pamela M. Lee; Filming Israel: A Conversation - Amos Gitai and Annette Michelson; Chabrol and the Execution of the Deed - Jean-Claude Polack and Annette Michelson; From Screen to Site: Television's Material Culture, and Its Place - Anna McCarthy. A handsome copy. 0-262-75248-4 Inventory Number: 007568

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, David Joselit, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Adam Lehner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 152pp, 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: Roundtable: The Global Before Globalization - Barry Flood, David Joselit, Alexander Nagel, Alessandra Russo, Eugene Wang, Christopher Wood, and Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Wake, Vestige, Survival: Sustainability and the Politics of the Trace in Allora and Calzadilla's Land Mark - Yates McKee, A Spectral Universality: Mona Hatoum's Biopolitics of Abstraction - Jaleh Mansoor, Wild Shanghai Grass - Molly Nesbit, Maison Tropicale: A Conversation with Manthia Diawara - Judith Rodenbeck, The Objective Case: A Review of Objectivity - D. Graham Burnett, and Index: Numbers 130-133 (Fall 2009-Summer 2010). A most handsome example. 0-262-75283-2 Inventory Number: 023563

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski, Malcolm Turvey & Catherine de Zegher, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 144pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: The MoMA Expansion: A Conversation with Terence Riley - Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski and Rosalind Krauss; Cezanne: Words and Deeds - Yve-Alain Bois; Arche-tectures: Matisse and the End of (Art) History - Alastair Wright; Figures of the Pseudorevolution - Brigid Doherty; In the Laboratory of Constructivism: Karl Ioganson's Cold Structures - Maria Gough; and Mondrian, Hegel, Boogie - Harry Cooper. A handsome example showing some slight wear to the covers along with a slight dent to the crown of the spine. It has been priced accordingly ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 021654

(O'HERLIHY, LORCAN), O'Herlihy, Lorcan & Greg Goldin. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, I00241112. 2024. First Edition. 10 1//2 x 8", 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. New/New. 978-0-8478-9952-4

PLEASE NOTE: LORCAN O'HERLIHY AND GREG GOLDIN WILL BE SIGNING COPIES OF "BUILDING IN PLACE" AT ARCANA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16th. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY BELOW FOR IN-STORE PICKUP OR TO SHIP AFTER NOVEMBER 19th.

"Founded in 1994 by Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, LOHA has been recognized with over 100 awards, including the AIA CC Distinguished Practice Award; the Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of Practice, Best North American Firm Award; the 2021 AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal; and AIA Los Angeles Firm of the Year Award. In 2018 LOHA was awarded the status of #1 Design Firm in the US by Architect Magazine."

"Greg Goldin is co-author of Atlas of Never Built Architecture (2024) and was co-curator of the exhibition Never Built Los Angeles, which premiered at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, in July 2013. For more than a decade, he was the architecture critic at Los Angeles magazine. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Architectural Record, the Architect’s Newspaper, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and dozens of other magazines."

Inventory Number: E00LOHABIP

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE) (GEHRY, FRANK O.). Celant, Germano, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje Van Bruggen & Frank O. Gehry. Milano, ITALY: Edizioni Electa S.p.a., 1986. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artists Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 230pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With a bibliography. This is the detailed monograph written by noted art historian Germano Celant documenting Claes Oldenburg, Coosje Van Bruggen, and Frank O. Gehry's collaborative theater cum performance piece "Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife)" that premiered at the 1984 Venice Biennale. The partcipants included, Oldenburg, Van Bruggen, Gehry, Celant, Pontus Hulten, John Miller, and much of Gehry's family. A bright, most handsome example of the paperbound Electa English language edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Claes O" in black ink across the title page with a two page Solomon R. Guggenheim press release.regarding their upcoming December 1986 exhibition of the "Knife Ship" from "Il Corso del Coltello" additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025790

(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

(OPIE, CATHERINE). Opie, Catherine & Douglas Fogle, et al.. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 56pp, 9 color and 8 b&w illustrations + color cover. Designed by Linda Byrne and Andrew Blauvelt. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the austere catalogue published in conjunction with the 2002 Walker Art Center exhibition "Catherine Opie: Skyways and Icehouses". It contains the Los Angeles-based photographer's black and white panoramic images of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyway systems along with her color work documenting Minnesota's eclectic hand built structures used to protect ice fishermen as they ply their sport during the harsh Midwestern winters. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Catherine Opie" in black ink on the title page in the publisher's printed obi. 0-935640-72-X Inventory Number: 023108

(OPPENHEIM ARCHITECTURE). Oppenheim, Chad, Val K. Warke, Antón García-Abri & Mark Jarzombek.. Miami, FL: Tra Publishing, 2019. First Edition. 4to. As New.. Architecture Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued..

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Spirit of Place" will be signed by Mr. Oppenheim for Arcana on Wednesday, February 26th and shipped starting February 27th.

236,,120 illustrations in color and b&w. “For thousands of years, civilization has constructed its buildings on the land. We prefer to construct our buildings with the land, where architecture recedes and becomes a frame,” writes Chad Oppenheim. These words are the theme of "Spirit of Place", the first monograph of the work of Oppenheim Architecture. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, the firm creates monumental yet silent work that invokes a site’s inherent power. The book, with one hundred and twenty stunning photographs and minimal text, features seven of the firm’s projects, ranging in scale and location from homes in the Bahamas and Aspen to a resort in the Jordanian desert. The projects are categorized by each site’s predominant natural element: dune, desert, stream, river, sea, canyon, and peninsula. The images, like the architecture, focus on and celebrate the natural world, illustrating Oppenheim’s design philosophy that “form follows feeling.” The volume includes text by Chad Oppenheim, Val K. Warke, Antón García-Abril, and Mark Jarzombek. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by architect Chad Oppenheim.

978-1-7322978-2-1 Inventory Number: E000COSOP

(PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE CORCORAN). Livingston, Jane & Roy Slade. Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art. First Editions. Square 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Photography Monographs. Near Fine. or Better. np (each circa 24pp), profusely illustrated. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, biography and exhibition history. This is the boxed set of slender 8 x 8" catalogues issued in conjunction with fifteen one-person photographic exhibitions held at Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art between 1976 and 1980. These include all eight documents from the historic 1976 Bicentennial project "The Nation's Capital in Photographs" ("Lewis Baltz: Maryland", "Joe Cameron: The Extended Mall", Robert Cumming, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, John R. Gossage: The Better Neighborhoods of Greater Washington", Jan Groover, and Anthony Hernandez) along with "The Historic Photographs of Addison N. Scurlock" (1976), "Frank Di Perna: Color Photographs", "Sally Mann / The Lewis Law Photographs", "Mike Mitchell: Other Lights" (1977), Jerry Burchard, "Arnold Kramer / Interior Views" (1978), and Helen Levitt (1980). A most handsome group - each individual example is Near Fine or better - whose printed silver paper-over-boards slipcase shows some notable overall wear and rubbing. 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: 019949

(POLIDORI, ROBERT). Polidori, Robert & Elizabeth Culbert. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 112pp, 190 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Robert Polidori, Elizabeth Culbert and Gerhard Steidl. The first of many collaborations over the past twenty years between Robert Polidori and master printer and publisher Gerhard Steidl resulted in 2001’s "Havana" - a hauntingly beautiful investigation of the decaying beauty surrounding a vibrant people. Their second book together - "Zones of Exclusion" - shares the same large format, this time documenting the abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Reactors’ and the permanently evacuated area surrounding the 1986 Russian Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Here too, decay looms everywhere, where over 100,000 people once lived and worked. Now an uninhabitable graveyard, Polidori’s subdued palette brings to life this wasteland littered with everything that couldn’t be removed in an instant. One can only marvel at what it must have taken both physically and emotionally for the photographer to capture these scenes of desolation. A bright, most handsome example (cited on page 99 of "From Fair to Fine 2") of this thought-provoking tome. 3-88243-921-1 Inventory Number: 027351