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(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. Santa Monica, CA. 2002 (2004).: Smart Art Press. Seventh Printing. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A pristine copy of the seventh printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-889195-49-9 Inventory Number: 007049

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 2002. First Edition (Second Printing). Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 second printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-889195-49-9 Inventory Number: 005640

(MORTON, ROCKY). Morton, Rocky, Peter Frank, Tom Knoles & Jim Czarnecki. Los Angeles: Rocky Morton, 2024, I00241030. First Edition 1/500 Copies. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2", 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. New./No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Known primarily for his work as a filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist Rocky Morton.makes a striking return to his roots in painting with a new book and exhibition entitled "While I'm Away". Drawing from his deep fascination with science and the essence of humanity, Morton’s latest works stand apart in their inspiration and innovative creation process. Morton uses a leaf blower to propel strings of paint mixed with a unique elastic ingredient across the canvas. This technique results in delicate, thread-like patterns reminiscent of mycelium, the fungal networks that connect all living plants and trees, bringing a touch of nature’s unpredictability into his art. Art critic and curator Peter Frank states in his introduction "Morton finds beauty in division – his colored paintings thrill with outpourings of intense hues, all assigned to their own regions yet struggling to oppose and at the same time embrace, even merge with, one another”. At the heart of "While I’m Awa" is the theme of universal connection. These paintings seek to transcend the familiar, venturing into uncharted territory, where the tangible world meets the infinite. Some pieces present literal interpretations, horizons where existence seems to emerge from nothingness, while others evoke the complex interconnectedness of the universe, akin to the synapses in the brain or fields of energy reminiscent of string theory. While I’m Away will be on display at Los Angeles' Shatto Gallery from November 2nd to December 7th 2024, offering art enthusiasts a rare opportunity to experience these visionary works firsthand". A brand new, most handsome example of this lovely new publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Rocky Morton" in silver marker on the inside front cover. 979-8218982942 Inventory Number: I00241030

(MOSES, ED). Yau, John. Foreword by Richard Koshalek. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective of sixty paintings and works on paper by the venerable Los Angeles-based, Ferus Gallery-affiliated artist Edward Branco Moses. A most handsome example. 0-914357-42-5 Inventory Number: 027670

(MOSLEY, THADDEUS) Foreword by Ingrid Schaffner. Text by Brett Littman, Jessica Bell Brown, Ed Roberson, Connie Choi. Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Poetry by Sam Gilliam. KARMA, I00201022, 2020. First Edition. 7 x 9 in., 312 pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Long needed, and already out of print, this is the first full overview of American abstract sculptor Thad Mosley

Since 1959, the monumental, freestanding sculptures of Pittsburgh-based artist Thad Mosley, crafted with reclaimed building materials and felled trees, have occupied the forefront of abstraction in American sculpture. This book surveys his career.

Using only a mallet and chisel, he reworks salvaged timber into biomorphic forms. With influences ranging from Isamu Noguchi to Constantin Brâncuși—and the Bamum, Dogon, Baoulé, Senufo, Dan, and Mossi works of his personal collection—Mosley’s sculptures mark an inflection point in the history of American abstraction. These “sculptural improvisations,” as he calls them, take cues from the modernist traditions of jazz. “The only way you can really achieve something is if you’re not working so much from a pattern,” Mosley says of his improvisational method. “That’s also the essence of good jazz.”

A brand new, pristine example of this vital document still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap. 9781949172379 Inventory Number: I00201022

(MOTHERWELL, ROBERT). Arnason, H.H., Barbralee Diamondstein & Robert Motherwell. Introduction by Dore Ashton. New York: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated, 1982. Second Revised and Updated Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 250pp, 328 illustrations in color and b&w. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published by Harry N. Abrams, this massive Robert Motherwell monograph is still the most comprehensive reference on the noted late American Abstract Expressionist artist and scholar. Copiously illustrated, it features an essay by H.H. Arnason as well as the transcript of a lengthy 1977 interview between the artist and Barbralee Diamondstein. A most handsome example of the preferred 1982 revised and enlarged second edition with a printed card stating "With the compliments of the artist" that is additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bob" in black ink tipped to the front pastedown accompanied by a business card for "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Motherwell / 173 East Ninety-Fourth Street / New York 28 N.Y." laid in. We acquired this along with several other items signed by Mr. Motherwell and Ms. Frankenthaler directly from the library of their close friend and fellow artist Emerson Woelffer - who has BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Received from Bob. / 4-29-82" in his inimitable handwriting in black ink above the card on the front pastedown. 0-8109-1333-X Inventory Number: 024395

(MULL, MARTIN). Frank, Peter & Martin Mull. NP (Los Angeles). ND (circa 1992).: Martin Mull. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. np (16pp), 8 color illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography, and collections listing. This is Martin Mull's slender self-published catalogue issued to coincide with his 2003 exhibition of new paintings held at Santa Monica's Dorothy Goldeen Gallery. It features an austere design complimented with eight color reproductions and an essay by the redoubtable Peter Frank. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item additionally SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title page by the exceptionally talented artist/thespian/musician. Inventory Number: 027690

(MULL, MARTIN). Guenther, Bruce & Martin Mull. Boston, MA & Tokyo: Journey Editions / Charles E. Tuttle, Co., Inc., 2005. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 126pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography, and exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated hardbound 1995 monograph on the artwork of the supremely multi-talented Martin Mull. A most handsome example 1-885302-19-5 Inventory Number: 027692

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin. Santa Monica, CA: Patricia Faure Gallery, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2002 Santa Monica gallery exhibition of new paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A bright, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 027687

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin. New York: David Beitzel Gallery, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (14pp), 5 color illustrations + color cover. With a chronology, exhibition history, and collections listing. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2001 New York gallery exhibition of new paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title page with the gallery's postcard announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 027686

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the front free endpaper. 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027689

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the front free endpaper. 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027688

(MULL, MARTIN). Putnam, James, Ben Brown & Martin Mull. London, UK: Ben Brown Fine Arts, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 31 color and 2 duotone illustrations + color cover. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, and collections listing. This is lavishly produced hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2007 London gallery exhibition of twenty-four then-recent oil on linen paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title half-title page. Inventory Number: 027694

(MULL, MARTIN). Putnam, James, Ben Brown & Martin Mull. London, UK: Ben Brown Fine Arts, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 31 color and 2 duotone illustrations + color cover. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, and collections listing. This is lavishly produced hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2007 London gallery exhibition of twenty-four then-recent oil on linen paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title half-title page. Inventory Number: 027691

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Gagosian Gallery. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Seven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven elaborate announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Takashi Murakami held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, London, Rome, and Hong Kong between 2007 and 2014. The group consists of "Tranquility of the Heart Torment of the Flesh - Open Wide the Eye of the Heart, and Nothing Is Invisible ('07)", "Takashi Murakami (London '09)", "Takashi Murakami (New York '09)", "Takashi Murakami (London '11)", "Takashi Murakami (Rome '11)", "Flowers & Skulls ('12)", and "In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow ('14)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026805

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Kitagawa, Yujin & Takashi Murakami. Saitama, JAPAN: Takashi Murakami & Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., 2003. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Illustrated Book. Fine/Fine. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Chika Tamagawa. This is a charming, stylishly designed book for children written by Yujin Kitagawa (of the acoustic duo Yuzo) featuring illustrations by the hyper-popular Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami. It is the story of cute, fluffy outcast Keba Keba, who bestows his bright colors to the pale flowers, and becomes a cheerful, smiling cloud! A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon first printing in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-939148-09-2 Inventory Number: 020276

(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. 0-8478-3003-9 Inventory Number: 027641

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Printed Sheet. Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 11 ½ x 18" sheet printed offset recto and verso, machine-folded in fourths, 1 color illustration. This is the poster cum exhibition brochure issued for the Santa Monica Museum of Art's 2000 traveling Yoshitomo Nara retrospective entitled "Lullaby Supermarket." Folded as issued, one side reproduces one of the artist's sleeping puppies, with the other containing typographic details for the exhibition and the Museum's associated lectures and events. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027396

(NAUMAN, BRUCE). Nauman, Bruce. Los Angeles: Nicholas Wilder Gallery, 1974. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (30pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1974 Los Angeles exhibition at the late, great Nicholas Wilder Gallery, this is an artist's book by renowned conceptual practitioner Bruce Nauman consisting entirely of text. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item showing an even margin of age-toning along the foredge of the first three leaves. It has been priced accordingly Inventory Number: 026559

(NEEL, ALICE), Harris, Ann Southerland & Guy Luster. New York: Graham Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good.. np (10pp), 4 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Alice Neel - one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg as well as her neighbors in Spanish Harlem. This is the slender ten page catalogue cum brochure published in conjunction with a 1978 Graham Gallery retrospective exhibition of fifty-seven works on paper executed between 1926 and 1978. A presentable example of this uncommon item which is according to its bibliography the first monographic publication on the beloved late artist showing soiling, wear and creasing to the covers along with a short closed tear to the foredge of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026153

(NESHAT, SHIRIN). Neshat, Shirin, Hamid Dabashi, RoseLee Goldberg & Giorgio Verzotti. Foreword By Ida Gianelli. Torino & Milan, ITALY: Castello Di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea & Edizioni Charta, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Italian. With a biography, bibliography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is a comprehensive catalogue focusing on the Iranian born contemporary artist Shirin Neshat's Video installations published in conjunction with a 2002 Italian Museum retrospective. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 88-8158-360-7 Inventory Number: 010142

(NOBLE, PAUL). Kunzru, Hari & Paul Noble. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio: Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Paul Noble's 2007 Gagosian New York installation "dottodot" - the British artist's first exhibition for the gallery. It was comprised of "drawings, ceramic sculptures, rugs, sound, and various other elements to form an atmosphere or environment that reflects on time, space, and change, both massive and infinitesimal". "dottodot" incorporated work from Noble's epic "Nobson New Town" project, as well as his versions of Chinese "gongshi" patterned after fragments of Henry Moore's sculptures. Included is an audio CD of the show's aural environment. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-57-X Inventory Number: 027652

(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

(NOLL, ALEXANDRE). Jean-Elie, Olivier & Pierre Passebon. Introduction by Odile Noll. Paris: Editions Du Regard, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Decorative Arts Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Frederic Develeay. Photographs by Jacques Pepion. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. Published as part of the Editions Du Regard "Monograph" series, this beautifully illustrated book on Alexandre Noll is the most comprehensive reference to date on the iconoclastic late French sculptor and decorative artist. His organic forms, mostly hewn from single blocks of wood, look as fresh today as they did more than half a century ago when he was creating them. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 2-84105-110-2 Inventory Number: 027379

(NOVIKOV, TIMUR). Novikov, Timur, Olesya Turkina & Victor Mazin. Moscow & Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Avant Garde Moscow & the Stedelijk Museum, 1993. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 72 + 52pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Anna Brochet. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is an elaborately designed exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1993 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presentation of recent pieces by Russian contemporary artist Timur Novikov. Bound into a heavy, gilt-embossed grey chipboard cover is one bi-lingual catalogue printed on butcher paper featuring writings by the artist as well as Victor Mazin and Olesya Turkina, and another containing color reproductions of the exhibited works. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025389

(OBAMA, BARACK) (JACK, LISA). M+B Gallery. Los Angeles: M+B Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 17 ½ x 11 ½" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in quarters to make 9 x 5 ¾", 1 b&w illustration. This is a poster for a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of Lisa Jack's photographs of a youthful Barack "Barry" Obama taken while both were students attending Eagle Rock's Occidental College. A bright, most handsome example of this ephemeral item featuring a jaunty image of the straw-hat wearing future president smiling and smoking a cigarette. Inventory Number: 027296

(OHTAKE, SHINRO). Ohtake, Shinro. Tokyo: Yobisha, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Self-Wrappers in Pictorial Box. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Shinro Ohtake. The noted Japanese book artist's first publication, this is a really sweet little document of his travels during the year 1980. It is filled with clippings, saved detritus, and drawings - all collaged together. A brand new, pristine example acquired directly from Shinro Ohtake with the caption booklet and printed enclosures laid in, housed in the publisher's printed decorative cardboard box, as issued. 4-946419-39-X Inventory Number: 007957

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. NP (New York). ND (1959).: Self-Published at Judson Church. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (8pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. This is Claes Oldenburg's self-published eight page artist's book cum program of whimsical "Ray Gun Poems" drawings reproduced on blue and yellow paper issued in conjunction with the landmark January 1960 exhibition of the artist's "The Street" environment at New York's Judson Church. A spectacularly bright, well-preserved example of this exceedingly uncommon item (entry 6.2 on page 58 of Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") - only a single copy in the MoMA reference library is cited in OCLC WorldCat - additionally INITIALED "CO" as is ofttimes Oldenburg's practice in pencil at the lower foredge corner of the inside rear cover. This is NOT to be confused with the 1973 Moore College of Art exhibition catalogue with the same title. Inventory Number: 027133

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. Los Angeles: Margo Leavin Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 24 x 17 ½" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration, machine-folded in fourths, as issued. This is the striking poster produced for the 1991 exibition of "20th Century Collage" organized by Los Angeles' Margo Leavin Gallery. The show featured ninety-one significant practitioner of the medium - from Kurt Schwitters to Edward Ruscha and Joseph Cornell to Richard Prince - and subsequently traveled to the Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, and the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France. The image reproduced is Claes Oldenburg's 1961 ink and newspaper collage on paper entitled "Street Figure (Using Movie Section, with Manhole)". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item folded for mailing, as issued. Inventory Number: 026192

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes & Martin Friedman. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 10pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1975 Walker Art Center survey of six thematic bodies of work - "The Geometric Mouse", "Three Way Plug", "Fagends", "Clothespin", "Typewriter Eraser", and "Standing Mitt with Ball" - by noted Pop practitioner Claes Oldenburg. A most handsome example with the Walker's loose twelve page exhibition checklist laid in additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Claes Oldenburg" in black ink across the front free endpaper showing the tiniest bit of wear to the front cover. LC 75-7702 Inventory Number: 025791

(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

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenberg, Claes & Arne Glimcher. New York: Pace Gallery, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 109pp, 39 color (20 tipped-in plates) and 20 b&w llustrations, with illustrated endpapers. With an exhibition checklist, biography, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced catalogue published in conjunction with Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen's first Pace Gallery exhibition in 1992. A most handsome copy. 1-878283-25-1 Inventory Number: 012316

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenburg, Claes & Coosje Van Bruggen. Essays by Susan P. Casteras, Vincent Scully, Gerhard Storck, Richard Cork & Donald Judd. New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Large 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 584pp, 420 color and 94 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue raisonné through 1993 of the large scale and public works executed by Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg with his wife and collaborator Coosje Van Bruggen. A brand new, most handsome example (entry number two hundred and fifty-three in Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") from the deluxe edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (200/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED by both Oldenburg and Van Bruggen in pencil on the rear colophon containing the 11 ¼ x 8 ¼" color lithograph entitled "Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Dress Collar and Tie, with Stud" (a preliminary study for their monumental project to be installed in front of Frank O. Gehry's Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2005) SIGNED AND DATED "C.O. '94", AND NUMBERED (200/250) in pencil on the recto laid in a paper portfolio, in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. 1885254040 Inventory Number: 024089

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

(OLIVEIRA, NATHAN). Oliveira, Nathan. Los Angeles: Paul Kantor Gallery, 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (14pp), 9 b&w + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender fourteen page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1963 exhibition of eighteen works by noted Bay Area figurative artist Nathan Oliveira at his Los Angeles gallery. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light creasing and spotting to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 012607

(OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (V23). Oliver, Vaughan as "Vulva O'Reighan". London: 4AD / v23, 1994. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Graphic Design Monograph. Fine.. np (72pp), profusely illustrated in ultra-vivid color. Designed by Vaughan Oliver & Chris Bigg at v23, with Paul McMenamin. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1994 retrospective curated by Catherine McDermott at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue focuses on Vaughan Oliver and V23's extensive work for 4AD Records. Interspersed among the groundbreaking graphic designs for the Pixies, This Mortal Coil, The Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Birthday Party, Lush, The Wolfgang Press, Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, The Breeders, Frank Black, David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, Belly, Throwing Muses, and many, many more are the recollections of those who have worked with Vaughan Oliver as collaborators or clients. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED for us at the exhibition by the three V23 partners (at the time) Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin in black ink on the "Jacques Tati" page at front. 0-9524216-0-7 Inventory Number: 027606

(OPIE, JULIAN). Kurjakovic, Daniel. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Codax Publisher & Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and German. Designed by wbg, ag. "Composed of his characteristically simplified lines and shapes, Julian Opie's portraits are rendered through computer technology. Beginning with a photograph scanned into a computer, the artist uses software to edit the images and hone in on their graphic essentials. The fascinating results become icons that serve to identify the individuals with the least information possible. Whereas most of Opie's portraits feature unknowns, some commissioned works feature public figures like Blur, Kate Moss or Michael Schumacher. By identifying them in the titles only by their first names and occupations, Opie zaps these celebrities of their fame and mythic status, simplifying them down to the familiar, human shape of their faces. A most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-7757-1301-8 Inventory Number: 023022

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Buchloh, Benjamin H.D., Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Kuri, Molly Nesbit, Damian Ortega & Alma Ruiz. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 208pp, 132 color and 17 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph in English on the renowned contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A handsome example showing just a bit of external wear and soiling to the covers. 0-914357-75-1 Inventory Number: 014351

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

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