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(RENAU, JOSEP). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 50 color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted entirely to the satirical political photomontages of Spaniard Josep Renau. Beginning with his Communist Party poster designs of the wartime era, this is a tour de force on the par with the work of John Heartfield, primarily lampooning the United States and its preoccupation with sex, death consumerism, colonialism, racism, and Cold War era brinksmanship with the Soviet Union. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon gem (cited on page 116 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook" - even though Renau was an artist and not a photographer!). 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. 968-16-2115-8 Inventory Number: 025050

(RENOIR, AUGUSTE). Stella, Dr. Joseph G. Foreword by George S. Bolge. Bradford & London, ENGLAND: Lund Humphries, 1975. First Edition 1/3078. Small 4to. Wrappers in Acetate Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. np (112pp), 64 b&w illustrations + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Auguste Renoir consists of sixty fully illustrated entries detailing twenty-five etchings and thirty-five lithographs executed by the noted French Impressionist master. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference. 0-08-390168-X Inventory Number: 026086

(RHOADES, JASON). Rhoades, Jason. NP. ND (Circa 1997).: NP (Self-Published). First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (22pp), 9 b&w illustrations + color covers. "VARIOUSVIRGINS: Deviations in Space" is a slender twenty-two page artist's book likely produced by Jason Rhoades in conjunction with his 1997 installation entitled "Deviations in Space, Various Virgins" exhibited at New York's David Zwirner Gallery. In it, the iconoclastic late Los Angeles-based artist definies a number of terms incorporating the word "version" - from "aversion" to "universion" - before elaborating upon the piece's references, background, and sculptural components. It is an intensely smart publication that reveals the work's inspiration in both Pasadena's notorious rocket propulsion pioneer-turned-Majick acolyte Jack Whiteside Parsons and the artistic practice of Franz West! As a bonus, it also reproduces Rhoades' astrological natal chart. Low-budget and chaotic like so many of his installations, this was almost certainly hand-assembled and staple-bound by Rhoades himself at his Inglewood studio using the artist's trusty Canon multi-cartridge color duplicator. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, possibly unique document showing some trivial dampstaining along the top edge of the last few pages. Inventory Number: 026501

(RICKEY, GEORGE). Davidson III, Maxwell. Altglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 288pp, 382 color and b&w illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. "George Rickey's importance to the art world is belied by the lack of literature about one of the world's most accomplished kinetic sculptors. His fascinating sculptural oeuvre spans a fifty-three-year working period (1949-2002) and is incredibly diverse. This book is concerned exclusively with the early indoor sculptures from the first twenty-five years of George Rickey's output. With three hundred and eighty-two color and black & white photographs covering the artist's early innovations, we get an intimate and complete picture of his artistic diversity. This book lays a firm foundation to an understanding of Rickey's creative intentions, and carefully categorizes the works into thirty-eight stylistically diverse chapters. Many of these works are published here for the first time". A pristine copy. 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. 0-7643-1992-2 Inventory Number: 009649

(RICKEY, GEORGE). Hope, Henry R.. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1962. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (20pp), 8 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with pioneering kinetic artist George Rickey's 1962 exhibition of seventy-one sculptures and works on paper executed between 1951 and 1962 held at Dusseldorf's Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen. A most presentable copy of this uncommon early document showing some overall light wear and soiling as well as two diagonal soft creases through the upper foredge corner that has been INSCRIBED but not signed by George Rickey in his inimitable script with his address (R.D. #2, East Chatham, New York.) in black ink below his printed name on the title page. Inventory Number: 016874

(RIOS, SUSAN). Rugoff, Ralph. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With over one hundred lavish color and duotone plates, an early critical essay by Ralph Rugoff, and a catalogue raisonné of her serigraphs, this is still the major monograph on the populist painter / printmaker Susan Rios. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Susan Rios" in black marker on the front pastedown. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-88363-587-9 Inventory Number: 016074

(ROBERT, HUBERT). Carlson, Victor. Preface by J. Carter Brown. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of the drawings and watercolors of the noted Eighteenth Century French artist Hubert Robert held at Washington's National Gallery of Art. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing light age-toning, soiling and insect damage to its covers along with some mild abrading along the spine. It has been priced accordingly. LC 78-22022 Inventory Number: 025935

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Blau, Douglas. New York & Los Angeles: Jay Gorney Modern Art & Thomas Solomon's Garage, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (42pp), 10 color illustrations. This is a charming catalogue issued in conjunction with a pair of 1992 gallery exhibitions of Alexis Rockman's unique paintings of Natural History gone horribly awry. Douglas Blau's textual contribution is in the form of an index that has everything and nothing to do with the show's subject matter. A handsome example showing a slight crease across the spine. Inventory Number: 014498

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Decter, Joshua. New York: John Post Lee Gallery, 1991. First Edition 1/300. Square 8vo. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 36pp, 15 b&w and 8 tipped-in color illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Gunnar Kaldewey. This beautiful little hardbound book published in conjunction with a 1991 John Post Lee Gallery exhibition by Alexis Rockman features the artist's work mingled with elegant reproductions of some source material for his disarming imagery. A most handsome example of the first edition limited to three hundred copies each SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in black ink at the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 007395

(ROSENQUIST, JAMES). Pierre, Jose, Edward F. Fry & Edouard Jaguer. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (12pp), 6 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with James Rosenquist's first international exhibition held in 1964 at Ileana Sonnabend in Paris. A handsome example of this uncommon early item - the Pop Art master's first monographic publication - with the gallery's exhibition checklist additionally laid in showing some mild wear, age-toning, and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025852

(ROT, DIETER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter. Stuttgart, GERMANY. 1967-1968.: Edition Hansjorg Mayer. First Edition #70/230. Narrow 4to. Wrappers in Full Leather. Artist's Book. Near Fine/Near Fine. np, 2 b&w letterpress decorations + a color collage. Text in German. Published in 1968 by Dieter Roth's longtme collaborator Edition Hansjorg Mayer, this is the double issue comprising numbers 3 and 4 of "Poeterei" - the innovative Swiss artist's late sixties journal devoted to Poetry and Poesie. The first part consists of a single typographic text by Roth in German printed by letterpress on heavy handmade paper incorporating an original collaged postcard fragment that has been annotated "D.R. 68." beneath that in green ink. The second portion contains one hundred and sixty-three brief textual framents by Rorh also printed by letterpress on a much thinner stock. The volume is features green flocked endpapers reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp's "La Mariee mise a nu par ses Celibataires meme"i bound in full light grey full leather. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred and thirty copies NUMBERED (70/230) AND SIGNED "Diter Roth" in green ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 026709

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Dieter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1976. First Edition Thus 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Spiral Bound Wrappers in Box. Artist's Books. Near Fine./No Jackets - As Issued.. np (48pp) + np (44pp) + np (2pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in German and English. Issued in 1976 as the first volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 1" reproduces in loving facsimile the innovative Swiss artist's first two projects issued in Reykjavik in the fifties by the artist's Forlag Ed. "Kinderbuch" (1954-57) consists of twenty-eight colorful spiral bound die-cut geometric sheets of stiff paper, and was originally issued in an edition of one hundred copies. "Bilderbuch" (1956) contains sixteen colored die-cut transparent plastic and four white die-cut stiff paper sheets housed in a black celluloid ring binder, and was produced in an edition of only three examples. These are charming book/objects clearly intended for the young at heart of all ages, and compare favorably to Bruno Munari's similar experiments from the same period. These are accompanied by a single loose colophon page all laid into the publisher's printed stiff cardstock clamshell box. An internally most handsome set of the books limited to one thousand unnumbered copies whose box shows some rubbing, a few creases, and a short closed tear along the joint at the head of spine. This is housed in an unprinted wood and masonite slipcase cum shipping carton seemingly supplied by the publisher. . Inventory Number: 026696

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1200. Small 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine./Fine.. 472pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in German. Issued in 1972 as the thirteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 13" contains material from several of the innovative Swiss artist's publications from the mid to late sixties A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026705

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Wasserpresse (Water Presse) & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1970 as the eleventh volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 11" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's photographically illustrated 1960 volume entitled "Snow". A handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild age-toning to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 026703

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Reykjavic, ICELAND, Stuttgart, Koln & London: Siemannsverlag & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Icelandic. Issued in 1972 as the fifth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of reproducing the complete artist's books of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 5" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's volume of collaged Icelandic newspaper articles - "Bok 3a". A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of light wear and soiling to its pink wrappers. Inventory Number: 026699

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. Issued in 1972 as the fourth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 4" reprints two of the innovative Swiss artist's volumes of black and white abstract geometic permutations - "Bok 4a" and "Bok 5". A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of delamination to the wrappers at the heel of the spine. Inventory Number: 026698

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Hellnar, ICELAND, Koln, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine.. np (304pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. Issued in 1971 as the nineteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 19" represents a survey of the innovative Swiss artist's ephemeral works and collected writings published between 1967 and 1971. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item (entry number M.4 cited on pages 228 + 230 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher"). Inventory Number: 026706

(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/2000. Small 4to. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A bright, most handsome example of the standard edition (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026707

(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. Small 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A most handsome example of this uncommon item from the deluxe slipcased edition limited to two hundred unnumbered copies (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") each with AN ORIGINAL "SPEEDY DRAWING" entitled "Selfportrait as Piccadilly-Eros" SIGNED AND DATED "D R 1978" in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022481

(ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter.. Berlin: Verlag Agnes & Reiner Pretzell & Galerie Reinhard Onnasch, 1983. First Edition 1/3500. Square 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 28pp, printed in two-color offset. Text in German. This is a quirky exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1983 exhibition of Dieter Roth's works from the holdings of noted German gallerist and collector Reinhard Onnasch. Annotated - and subsequently revised here - in the artist's own hand, it contains Roth's commentary on the pieces shown. A most handsome example of this uncommon item stapled at the top left corner, as issued. Inventory Number: 022699

(ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter aka Rot, Diter. Zug, SWITZERLAND: Dieter Roth & Dr. Philipp Buse, 1973. First Edition #0039/3000. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. This is a charming, self-published reference catalogue of available prints and graphics issued by Dieter Roth in the early seventies. The details for each image are reproduced bi-lingually in the innovative Swiss artist's own hand, and it includes a plate uniquely printed by pochoir and rubber stamp. A handsome example STAMP-NUMBERED (0039/3000) and SIGNED "Dieter Roth" in pencil on the inside front cover, as issued, showing just a bit of light wear, soiling, and age-toning to its off-white covers. Inventory Number: 026695

(ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter, Gunter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Gerhard Ruhm & Oswald Wiener. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1975. First Edition 1/1000. Large Square 4to. 12" Vinyl LPs in a Box. Artists' Multiple. Near Fine/Near Fine. Three 12", two-sided vinyl 33 1/3 rpm long playing phonograph records in a printed paper-over-cardboard box. This is a boxed set of recordings issued by Edition Hansjorg Mayer from a 1974 Munich concert of new and improvised music by an ensemble featuring Dieter Roth along with Viennese artist/musicians Christian Ludwig Attersee, Gunter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Gerhard Ruhm, and Oswald Wiener. A most handsome example of this uncommon artists' recording (entry number 4 on page 87 of the Music catalogue of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth: Books + Multiples" additionally cited on page 226 of Ursula Block and Michael Glasmeier's "Broken Music: Artists' Recordworks" and page 80 of Guy Schraenen's "Vinyl: Records and Covers by Artists") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025549

(ROTH, DIETER) (WIENER, OSWALD). Roth, Dieter & Oswald Wiener. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1977. First Edition 1/500. Large Square 4to. 12" Vinyl LP in Jacket. Artists' Multiple. Near Fine/Near Fine. One 12", two-sided vinyl 33 1/3 rpm long playing phonograph record in a printed paper-over-cardboard gatefold sleeve. Recorded at Mosfellssveit, Iceland between May 28th and 30th 1976, "Tote Rennen + Leider" is a new music and spoken-word collaboration between noted artist/musicians Dieter Roth and Oswald Wiener. A handsome example of this uncommon artists' recording (entry number 8 on page 89 of the Music catalogue of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth: Books + Multiples" additionally cited on page 226 of Ursula Block and Michael Glasmeier's "Broken Music: Artists' Recordworks" and page 95 of Guy Schraenen's "Vinyl: Records and Covers by Artists") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025551

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1974. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1974 as the twefth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 12" reprints a much-expanded version of the innovative Swiss artist's volume containing scores of loose, printed sheets originally produced in 1965 for Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation presented in a Roth-illustrated cardboard clamshell box. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild rubbing along a few edges of the exterior box. Inventory Number: 026704

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1976. First Edition 1/1000. Square 4to. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Books. Fine./No Jackets - As Issued.. np (28pp) + np (28pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in German and English. Issued in 1976 as the eighth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 8" reprints in miniature facsimile two of the innovative Swiss artist's 1960s portfolios of loose die-cut geometric sheets of stiff paper that can be endlessly combined to form moire patterns. A brand new, most handsome set of the portfolios themselves limited to one thousand unnumbered copies whose printed paper-over-boards slipcase shows some light soiling and tearing to the paper along one joint at the spine. Inventory Number: 026702

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1973. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist's Books. Very Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. Issued in 1973 as the third volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 3" reprints two of the innovative Swiss artist's volumes of black and white geometic abstractions - "Bok 2a" from 1960 and "Bok 2b" from 1961. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of delamination to the wrappers along the extremities. Inventory Number: 026697

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter & Richard Hamilton. Chicago, IL: William and Noma Copley Foundation, 1965. First Edition. 4to. Loose Contents in a Folder. Artists' Book. Fair.. np, 30 loose components of varying sizes printed in monochrome and dutone. Known as "The Copley Book", this is Diter Roth's 1965 artist's volume created in collaboration with Richard Hamilton and published by Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation. A stream of conciousness agglomeration of fragments in the vein of Duchamp's notes for the Large Glass, it contains thirty loose, printed sheets housed in a colorful printed paper folder. A complete, serviceable example only of this exceedingly uncommon item showing pronounced foxing, brown dampstaining, and rippling to the outer portfolio along with some milder dampstaining to some of the internal components. The staple that originally bound contents to the rear cover has long ago been removed, and a piece of transparent tape has been affixed over the remaining tiny holes on the inside. It has been priced acordingly. Inventory Number: 026710

(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Baerwaldt, Wayne, Joseph R. Wolin, Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois & Myles Langlois. Toronto, CANADA & New York: The Power Plant & The Drawing Center, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Over a period of six years, The Royal Art Lodge members Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, and Myles Langlois (along with former members Jonathan Pylypchuk and Adrian Williams), have together produced a remarkably large body of work including drawings, sculptures, videos, puppets, music, costumes and dolls. Their low-tech aesthetic and crude-yet-precise draftsmanship, combined with a perversely idiosyncratic sense of humor, have resulted in an outpouring of unforgettable hybrid creatures, absurd commentaries on the human condition, and an art of dynamic energy, whimsical charm, and expressive beauty". "Ask the Dust" is the comprehensive, most excellent catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2003 touring retrospective of works by everyone's favorite Winnipeg drawing collective. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-942324-19-6 Inventory Number: 015861

(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Bartorelli, Guido, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber & Marcel Dzama. Padova, ITALY: Perugi Artecontemporanea, 2005. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artists Monograph. As New.. 92pp, 80 color illustrations + cover. Text in English and Italian. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is another compact, charming catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2005 Royal Art Lodge onslaught of Europe containing reproductions of eighty collaborative paintings by core members Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, and Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example. 88-87327-07-6 Inventory Number: 015806

(RUBINS, NANCY). Rubins, Nancy. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 16pp, 6 color and 6 b&w illustrations. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with four projects the noted sculptor and installation artist sculptor Nancy Rubins presented as part of the 1992 Viennese gallery exhibition of Los Angeles-based artists entitled "LAX". A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light wear to its covers. Inventory Number: 025223

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Groos, Ulrike, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick & Allen Ruppersberg. Dusseldorf & Koln, GERMANY: Kunsthalle Dusseldorf & Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Silke Fahnert and Uwe Koch. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the wonderfully informative and copiously illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 traveling European retrospective of work by Allen Ruppersberg. Featuring texts by Ulrike Groos, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick, and the artist himself, it is the most comprehensive documentation to date of the four decades of literate, humor-inflected output by this Los Angeles-based Conceptual practitioner. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-86560-029-8 Inventory Number: 020882

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Groos, Ulrike, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick & Allen Ruppersberg. Dusseldorf & Koln, GERMANY: Kunsthalle Dusseldorf & Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Silke Fahnert and Uwe Koch. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the wonderfully informative and copiously illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 traveling European retrospective of work by Allen Ruppersberg. Featuring texts by Ulrike Groos, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick, and the artist himself, it is the most comprehensive documentation to date of the four decades of literate, humor-inflected output by this Los Angeles-based Conceptualist. A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the title page. 3-86560-029-8 Inventory Number: 019621

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Nollert, Angelika & Wolfgang Zumdick. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Portikus Frankfurt am Main, 1998. First Edition 1/800. Oblong 8vo. Printed Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 7 color and 6 b&w illustrations + color cover. Text in English and German. With a bibliography. This catalogue documents Los Angeles-based Conceptualist Allen Ruppersberg's literary-inflected 1998 Frankfurt am Main installation/exhibition "Letter to a Friend", and whose cover features an inserted postcard reproduction of Nicolas Poussin's "Les Bergers D'Arcadie"). A most handsome example of the first edition limited to eight hundred unnumbered copies. 3-928071-40-8 Inventory Number: 021175

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen. Los Angeles: Allen Ruppersberg & Rosamund Felsen Gallery, 1979. First Printing. Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 22 x 14" sheet of heavy cardboard printed in monochrome offset on a coated surface recto only, 1 illustration. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. This is the very cool poster cum artwork published in 1979 for the tenth anniversary celebration and recreation of Ruppersberg's 1969 installation, "Al's Café", at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery. Designed by Al, it was produced at The Colby Poster Company - the legendary Los Angeles commercial printer of boxing-style posters that collaborated with the noted Conceptual practitioner on his similarly fabricated cardboard artworks for over thirty years. The text reads in blue against a white background; "Al's Café / 1913 W. 6th St. Los Angeles / Best in Town / 1969 Gala Celebration 1979 / Rosamund Felsen Gallery / 669 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles" interspersed with linocut images of a cup of coffee, plate of doughnuts, slice of pie, and a satisfied diner. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first and only printing of this cheerful artwork whose full page illustration appears on page 7 of "Allen Ruppersberg: One of Many - Origins and Variants") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Allen Ruppersberg" in ink across the face of the poster. Inventory Number: 027303

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen. Los Angeles: Allen Ruppersberg & Rosamund Felsen Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 22 x 14" sheet of heavy cardboard printed in monochrome offset on a coated surface recto only, 1 illustration. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. This is the very cool poster cum artwork published in 1979 for the tenth anniversary celebration and recreation of Ruppersberg's 1969 installation, "Al's Café", at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery. Designed by Al, it was produced at The Colby Poster Company - the legendary Los Angeles commercial printer of boxing-style posters that collaborated with the noted Conceptual practitioner on his similarly fabricated cardboard artworks for over thirty years. The text reads in blue against a white background; "Al's Café / 1913 W. 6th St. Los Angeles / Best in Town / 1969 Gala Celebration 1979 / Rosamund Felsen Gallery / 669 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles" interspersed with linocut images of a cup of coffee, plate of doughnuts, slice of pie, and a satisfied diner. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first and only printing of this cheerful artwork a full page illustration of which appears on page 7 of "Allen Ruppersberg: One of Many - Origins and Variants." Inventory Number: 027231

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1969).: NP (Self Published). First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Spiral Bound Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (58pp), 23 b&w illustrations. Design and photography by Gary Krueger. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "23 Pieces" is Allen Ruppersberg's very first artist book - a charming photographic survey of the late sixties Los Angeles environment that oftentimes finds the artist in the picture. There's Al... A brand new, bright white example of this elusive item showing just a bit of age appropriate soiling and toning to its white wrappers. 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: 022197

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen. NP (Santa Monica, CA): Allen Ruppersberg, 2010. First Editions 1/300. Large Square 4to. 12" Vinyl LPs in Jackets. Artist's Multiple. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Two 12", two-sided vinyl 33 1/3 rpm long playing phonograph records in printed paper over cardboard sleeves, each with color cover artwork and an offset b&w printed insert. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Limited to three hundred copies each, these are the first two installments of Allen Ruppersberg's ongoing project that subjectively assays the documentary history of Post-War American popular music and music graphics. Each LP has a cover designed by the artist and contains a playlist of fifteen tracks culled from "78 and 45 rpms guaranteed to be found at random in flea markets, antique malls, and junk shops". Volume one features primarily R&B fare (etc.). A pristine set - unsigned and unnumbered, as issued - of both of these sure to be short-lived collector's items for both art and record-geeks alike! Inventory Number: 020211

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell & Frederic Paul. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. Santa Monica, CA & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Santa Monica Museum of Art & JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, AG, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Spiral Bound Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the cleverly designed, copiously illustrated, and highly thought-provoking artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art survey of work by Allen Ruppersberg entitled "You and Me or the Art of Give and Take". Featuring contributions by curator Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell, Frederic Paul, Elsa Longhauser, and the artist himself, it takes the form of a spiral bound 1956 Mark Hopkins Hotel "Guest Informant" guidebook to California that has been radically altered by Ruppersberg to document the exhibited works - both new and old. A brand new, pristine example of this quickly out print gem still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-03764-064-2 Inventory Number: 022473

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell & Frederic Paul. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. Santa Monica, CA & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Santa Monica Museum of Art & JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, AG, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Spiral Bound Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the cleverly designed, copiously illustrated, and highly thought-provoking artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art survey of work by Allen Ruppersberg entitled "You and Me or the Art of Give and Take". Featuring contributions by curator Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell, Frederic Paul, Elsa Longhauser, and the artist himself, it takes the form of a spiral bound 1956 Mark Hopkins Hotel "Guest Informant" guidebook to California that has been radically altered by Ruppersberg to document the exhibited works - both new and old. A brand new, pristine example of this quickly out print gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the table of contents still in the publisher's packaging. 3-03764-064-2 Inventory Number: 019622

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen & Leslie Jones. New York: Christine Burgin, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (80pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Burch. Published in conjunction with Allen Ruppersberg's 2012 exhibition entitled "No Time Left to Start Again / The B and D of R 'n' R" held at the Art Institute of Chicago, "Collector's Paradise" is unique narrative of the history of rock and roll and a rich reflection on the history of popular American music. The product of years of combing flea markets and yard sales in search of both the visual and recorded history of rock and roll, this book traces R 'n' R back to the Minstrel days and American popular song post-Civil War and includes a chronological list of 1,500 key recordings and over three hundred color illustrations of material all from the wry Conceptual practitioner's personal collection. A brand new, most handsome example containing one of nine loose 8 ½ x 11" inserts created for this book reproducing an image from material in the artist's archive additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Allen Ruppersberg" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-9778696-5-2 Inventory Number: 023284