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(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark. Introduction by Carlo McCormick. Sierra Madre & San Francisco, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions & Last Gasp, 2001. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Square 4to. Boards in Clamshell Box. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color. The near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art, this first monograph on Mark Ryden sold out of its initial print run almost immediately. See Jimi Hendrix, Abe Lincoln, Christina Ricci, Leonardo Di Caprio, Colonel Sanders, the Teletubbies, Big Boy, Speedy Alka-Seltzer, and so many more in ways you've never imagined - not to mention the requisite Bees, Bunnies and Meat. A brand new, pristine unopened example of the deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies acquired directly from the artist featuring a copy of the book SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist, a special "Anima Mundi" bookmark, and a 10 x 10" SIGNED AND NUMBERED giclee print all housed in a beautiful decorative clamshell box. 0-86719-509-6 Inventory Number: 018381

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. New York & Santa Ana, CA: Earl McGrath Gallery & Grand Central Art Center, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (52pp), 50 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with Mark Ryden's two "Bunnies and Bees" exhibitions of 2001 and 2002. Bunnies, bees, meat, Abraham Lincoln and scary childhood imagery abound in these paintings, attendant details and studies - all accompanied by the artist's narrative. A most presentable example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 1-931955-00-X Inventory Number: 016880

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese with English captions. Published only in Japan, this elegantly designed and produced book reproduces fifty-five works by Mark Ryden from 1994 to 2005 in full color. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first edition in black linen still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 4-89444-407-0 Inventory Number: 013610

(SACHS, TOM) (PRINTED MATTER INC.). Sachs, Tom. New York: Printed Matter, Inc., 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 30pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tom Sachs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. According to Printed Matter itself, "Printed Matter’s Holiday 2003 Catalogue is designed by Tom Sachs featuring his approved Printed Matter inventory, special Sachs products, and additional suprises. Not just a holiday catalogue; not just an artists’ book, but a spectacular synthesis of the two." A brand new, most handsome example of this charming Printed Matter-commissioned artist-designed trade catalogue hand-lettered and pasted together in Sachs's inimitable lo-fi "Bricolage" style. Inventory Number: 026489

(SACHS, TOM). Sachs, Tom. New York: Self-Published as Allied Cultural Prosthetics, 2009. First Balck and White Edition 1/250. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. np (26pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tom Sachs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Bricolage Magazine" is Tom Sachs's highly entertaining, self-published artist's periodical-cum-'zine that addresses all things of interest to Tom Sachs "and his community". This second installment from 2010 features cover boy Sam Smith from the 1999 "Masterpiece Theater" production of Oliver Twist, and weaves together in the artist's charming lo-fi cut and paste way Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, a Shaker furniture typology, "100 Killer Dub Plates as Played by Jah Shaka", annoying USB plugs, Knot-tying, Tom's February 2010 Con Edison bill, and so much more. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - first black and white printing limited to two hundred and fifty unnumbered copies. 0-9790499-6-2 Inventory Number: 026492

(SACHS, TOM). Sachs, Tom. New York: Self-Published, 2009. Second Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tom Sachs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Bricolage Magazine" is Tom Sachs's highly entertaining self-published artist's periodical cum 'zine that addresses all things of interest to Tom Sachs "and his community". This first installment from 2009 weaves together in the artist's charming lo-fi cut and paste way Donald Judd, Ikea, Malick Sidibe, Yoda, music to listen to, movies to watch, and so much more. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - second printing limited to one hundred unnumbered copies, in addition to the one hundred of the first printing. 0-9790499-6-2 Inventory Number: 026491

(SACHS, TOM). Sachs, Tom, Alex Chohlas-Wood & Glenn O'Brien. New York: Sperone Westwater, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Garrick Gott. "This volume presents Tom Sachs' most recent bricolage sculptures, some of which play off works by Lichtenstein and Richter, as well as singer James Brown, African sculpture, and Sèvres porcelain. Several of these works incorporate Sachs' pyrography technique, whereby "paint strokes" are burned and etched into the wood surface.". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2012 hardbound first edition published in conjunction with Tom Sachs' exhibition at New York's Sperone Westwater gallery still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9828372-6-7 Inventory Number: 026494

(SAINT PHALLE, NIKI DE). Saint Phalle, Niki de. London: Gimpel Fils, 1972. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Oblong 8vo. Twine-Tied Printed Boards. Artist's Book. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np (56pp), 22 color illustrations. Designed by Sergio Tosi. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Devouring Mothers" is Niki de Saint Phalle's beautifully illustrated artist's book cum cautionary children's primer on the darker side of family dynamics. It's production overseen in Milan by the redoubtable Piero Tosi, it reproduces twenty-two of the artist's vibrant, phantasmal drawings as colorful screenprints. An internally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon - only seven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - 1972 Gimpel Fils first edition whose highly acidic boards show some age-toning and spotting, and emit a faint sulfurous odor. Inventory Number: 026997

(SALLE, DAVID). Power, Kevin & Carla Schulz-Hoffmann. Madrid, SPAIN: Fundacion Caja De Pensions, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 130pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. Designed by Gerardo Delgado. With an exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1988 Spanish Museum exhibition, this extensive, well-illustrated catalogue examines the work and influences of one of the leading exponents of figurative painting from the eighties, David Salle. A handsome copy showing a bit of overall light wear and handling to the covers. 84-7664-172-9 Inventory Number: 014411

(SAVILLE, JENNY) (LUCHFORD, GLEN). Saville, Jenny, Glen Luchford & Katherine Dunn. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Folio. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 15 b&w and 14 color illustrations. Designed by David James Associates. With biographies, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the opulently printed hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2002 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of collaborative photographs by Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford. Each of the images shown was produced by Saville distorting and/or flattening her naked body against a sheet of glass, with Luchford capturing the result on camera. Originally intended as studies for the artist's large format figurative paintings, they became a body of work unto themselves. "Closed Contact" reproduces these photographs on heavy, ultra-glossy paper, and they are accompanied by an essay by Katherine Dunn. A most presentable example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 398-399 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") whose contents and textblock are immaculate, but whose covers show some noticeable wear, soiling and scuffing along with some abrading to the bottom edge of the front board. It has been priced accordingly. 1-880154-65-X Inventory Number: 020897

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but exceptionally luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce showing a slight dent through the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 024092

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but-exceptionally-luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of then-new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 018099

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville; her first one-person U.S. show. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, and an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A handsome example of the 1999 Gagosian first softbound edition showing a tiny dent at the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018632

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the first American one-person exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville held at Gagosian Gallery New York in 1999. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, along with an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition. 1-880154-2605 Inventory Number: 017959

(SCHARF, KENNY). Scharf, Kenny, Dennis Hopper, Barry Blinderman, Dan Cameron & Ann Magnuson. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Kenny Scharf retrospective held at Mexico's Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey. If features reproductions of each of the thirty-six paintings exhibited as well as essays by Barry Blinderman and Dan Cameron, and a transcribed conversation between Scharf and Dennis Hopper. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 968-6623-36-1 Inventory Number: 018961

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian. New York: Random House, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in 1987 when his artworld career seemed boundless, this lavishly produced hardbound book reproduces scores of works by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel all accompanied by the maestro's own engaging narrative of his passage through the International art world and its excesses. A brand new, most handsome example of the Random House first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... / Julian" whose fragile printed acetate dust jacket shows none of the cracks or tears typically associated with this title. 0-394-55313-6 Inventory Number: 025187

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian, et al.. New York: Pace & PaceWildenstein Gallery. 1984-2003.. First Editions. 4to. Wrappers. Artist Monographs. Very Good - or Better.. np + 40pp + 40pp + 54pp + np + np + 44pp + np + np + 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is a complete set of all ten catalogues issued by Pace - and later PaceWildenstein - Gallery for noted artist/director Julian Schnabel spanning nineteen years of solo exhibitions there. They are as follows: "Julian Schnabel" with text by Gert Schiff - 1984; "Julian Schnabel" with text by Wilfried Dickhoff - 1986; "Julian Schnabel: Fox Farm Paintings" with text by Thomas McEvilley - 1989; "Julian Schnabel: Sculpture 1987-1990" with text by Rene Ricard; "Julian Schnabel: Olatz, The End of Summer, and Hurricane Bob" with text by Gabriella De Ferrari - 1992; "Julian Schnabel: Boni Lux" - 1994; "Julian Schnabel: The Conversion of St. Paolo Malfi" with text by Bernice Rose; "Julian Schnabel: Portrait Paintings" with text by Guillermo Cabrera Infante" - 1997; "Julian Schnabel: Plate Paintings 1978-1997 - 1999; and "Julian Schnabel: New Indian Paintings and Selected Sculpture" - 2003. A most handsome group - with the 1984 catalogue showing a small tear at the spine as well as the blindstamp of previous owner - and the rest in Near Fine to Fine condition. Inventory Number: 012882

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian & Louise Neri. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (42pp) 18 b&w and 16 color illustrations. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 2008 Gagosian Gallery exhibition that reproduces each of the sixteen exhibited "Christ's Last Day" paintings by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap 1-932598-70-7 Inventory Number: 019595

(SCHOLDER, FRITZ). Scholder, Fritz, et al.. Various (primarily Santa Fe, NM). 1971-1973.: Various Publishers (including Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Gallery 10, etc.). Various Editions - Primarily Firsts. 12mo + 8vo + 4to. Wrappers. Artist Monographs. Very Good -. or Better. This is a collection of sixty pieces of printed documentation on the work of the pioneering late Contemporary Native American artist Fritz Scholder. It consists of two paperbound books (the 1972 Smithsonian monograph "Indians" and the 1975 Northland Press survey of Scholder's own photographs, "Indian Kitsch: The Use and Misuse of Indian Images"), fourteen exhibition catalogues issued between 1972 and 1991, fourteen slender print prospectuses (including Tamarind's "Indians Forever" and Mourlot's "Indian in Paris" which include loose miniature reproductions) and gallery exhibition brochures from 1971 and 1987, twenty-three larger folded exhibition announcements from 1976 to 1992, six postcard announcements, and a 1976 issue of 3M's "Where: A Travelaide Publication" for Phoenix that features the painting "Sitting Indian" on the front cover. "Controversial and prolific, Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) embraced paradox. An enrolled member of the Luiseno tribe, he often said he was not Indian. Scholder's works were immediately recognized for their insight and powerful commentary on publicly held stereotypes of Native Americans and propelled Scholder into a position of prominence as an artist. His revolutionary paintings broke away from stereotypical roles and forever changed the concept of "Indian artist". This group of documentary materials gives great insight to Scholder's work and exhibition activities of the seventies and eighties - including a wealth of items from the artist's primary galleries of the period including Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Jack O' Grady Galleries, Tally Richards, Gallery 10, Louis Newman, and Gerald Peters. Overall these pieces are in at least Very Good Minus condition, though many of the announcement were mailed and bear the recipients' addresses and postal indicia. Please feel free to contact us regarding more specific details Inventory Number: 027310

(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Steinitz, Kate Trauman. Introduction by John Coplans and Walter Hopps. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Douglas Nicholson. With a list of biographies. Kate Trauman Steinitz was a Hannover-based colleague, close associate, and here the posthumous biographer of Kurt Schwitters. The first English language memoir of the renowned Dada and collage pioneer, it features an introduction co-authored by former Pasadena Art Museum curators Walter Hopps and John Coplans and includes translations of numerous prose and performance pieces - including the libretto for Schwitters and Steinitz' unpublished 1928 collaborative "science-fiction opera", "Zusammenstoss" ("Collision"). A most handsome example whose dust jacket shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-520-01219-4 Inventory Number: 024470

(SEGAL, GEORGE). Hunter, Sam. Introduction By Fred Hoffman. Santa Monica, CA: Fred Hoffman Fine Art, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 11 duotone illustrations + color cover. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. This is the beautifully designed and produced catalogue that accompanied the 1995 Sam Hunter curated Santa Monica gallery exhibition of recent works by the late, renowned American figurative sculptor George Segal. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 008583

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

(SERRA, RICHARD). Foster, Hal. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. np (16pp), 12 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the compact catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Richard Serra exhibition "Out-of-Round" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. Devoid of any text, it features small color reproductions of each of the twelve paintstick on paper works shown across a leporello (accordion-fold panels). A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some slight rubbing to its black jacket along the spine. Inventory Number: 022845

(SERRA, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 1991-2017.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Twenty sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eighteen stylish announcement cards, a brochure, and a poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Richard Serra held variously at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, Rome, London, Paris, and Geneva between 1991 and 2017. The group consists of "New Sculpture and Drawings ('91 - Serra's first Gagosian show)", "Intersections II ('93)", "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres brochure ('01)", "Rolled And Forged ('06)", "Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra ('07)", "Five Drawings ('08)", "Sculpture / Drawing ('08)", "Solids ('08)", "Blind Spot 2002-3 / Open Ended 2007-8 poster - folded as issued ('09)", "Greenpoint Rounds ('10)", "Drawings ('11)", "Richard Serra ('11)", "Drawings ('12)", "Double Rifts ('13)", "New Sculpture ('14)", "Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross / Drawing ('14)", "Ramble Drawings ('15)", "Ramble Drawings ('16)", "NJ-1 / Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through ('16)", and "NJ-2 / Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Rotate ('17)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026799

(SERRA, RICHARD). Reid, James. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1996. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by James Cross. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of fourteen monochrome etchings by Richard Serra produced between 1993 and 1996. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025863

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1981. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (24pp), 23 duotone illustrations + cover. Designed by Coy, Los Angeles. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of twelve lithographs and three paintstick on aluminum multiples by Richard Serra produced between 1980 and 1981. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing light wear, age-toning, and soiling to its white covers with the publisher's price list laid in. Inventory Number: 023750

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard, Hal Foster & David Sylvester. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Steidl, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 240pp, 271 duotone illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles survey exhibition of steel sculptures executed by Richard Serra between 1983 and 1998. It includes copious photographic documentation along with a catalogue raisonné of the primarily monumental-scale works from this period, an essay by Hal Foster, and a transcribed interview between David Sylvester and the artist. A most handsome example of this important document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE PRESENTATION "For ..., Richard" in pencil across the entire half title page to a Gagosian Gallery associate. 3-88243-623-9 Inventory Number: 018868

(SHAHN, BEN). Shahn, Ben, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Egal Feldman, Charles Westheimer & Emile Zola. Cincinnati, OH: Crossroads Books, 1984. First Edition 1/60 Deluxe. Folio. Prints in a Clamshell Box. Print Portfolio. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 28pp, 1 color and 4 b&w illustrations + eight 16 x 12" loose sheets printed in color offset lithography, recto only, in printed paper sleeves. Text in English and French. Designed by Noel Martin. This is the elegant portfolio reproducing eight color illustrations by Ben Shahn of the participants of the 1894 Dreyfus Affair. These exquisite oversized images are reproduced by offset lithography, signed by the artist in the plate, and individually housed in printed paper portfolios with tissue overlays. The prints are accompanied by a twenty-eight page hardbound book that typographically transcribes in French and English "J'Accuse...!" - Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter to French president Felix Faure in defense of Dreyfus - along with brief scholarly essays on Shahn, L'Affaire Dreyfus, and this project. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe, hors commerce 1984 first Crossroads Books edition of this significant undertaking limited to sixty NUMBERED (XXIII/XL) copies whose prints are on Grand Arches handmade pure rag verge paper - superior to the Arches paper of the trade edition. 0-9611380-1-7 Inventory Number: 025189

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest-sized issue of Life magazine showing some light spotting on the inside front and rear covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 023965

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest sized issue of Life magazine. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 020926

(SHERMAN, CINDY) (KLAUKE, JURGEN). Goetz, Ingvild, Christiane Meyer-Stoll, Hans Kickel, Peter Weibel, Jan Avgikos, Matthew Weinstein & Noemi Smolik. Munich, GERMANY & Humlebaek, DENMARK: Sammlung Goetz, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With biographies and an index of illustrations. This is a handsome catalogue published in conjunction with a 1994 European exhibition of photographically-based works by Cindy Sherman and Jurgen Klauke from the estimable contemporary art collection of Ingvild Goetz. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89322-674-5 Inventory Number: 010316

(SHUBUCK, SIMONE). Shubuck, Simone, Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey & Alex Wagner. New York, NY: Self-published. Printed in Poland by Szaransky, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.


"In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched WIFEY, a Brooklyn pop up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.


While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed ten very unusual fake cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz of Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layers cakes, which were served at WIFEY and were met with great acclaim.


As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: "She had made a paged project before; a short run of 'zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. “It had more of a punk vibe,” Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course that would make the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life. As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: “Simone’s work - on paper, in clay, in life! - retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.”


Includes texts by Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey, and Alex Wagner.








0-692-07877-0 Inventory Number: E000SS

(SIGHICELLI, ELISA). Alemani, Cecilia. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the striking hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of eleven recent Duratrans photographic images by the Italian born, London based artist Elisa Sighicelli. A most handsome copy. 1-935263-02-1 Inventory Number: 020452

(SIMPSON, LORNA). Simpson, Lorna & Thelma Golden. Santa Monica, CA: The Peter Norton Family, 1994. First Edition. Tall Narrow 4to. Three Sculptural Elements. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Three wishbone sculptural elements (bronze, ceramic and rubber) displayed within a die-cut, lithographed felt compartment housed in a sliding wooden box. Issued as the 1994 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, this limited edition multiple entitled "III" by noted African-American artist Lorna Simpson "continues the evolution of her art. It centers on a wishbone, a key of her artistic imagery, and draws on the metaphorical meanings of the project's materials. "III" is Lorna Simpson's meditation on wishing". A handsome example of this elegant artist's multiple issued hors commerce and never commercially available for sale showing a few typical small nicks and scratches to the wooden box with the Norton Family Christmas card bearing Thelma Golden's descriptive text on the verso laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 027522

(SMITH, DAVID). Smith, Candida. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of five monumental sculptural works by the renowned Abstract Expressionist artist David Smith. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935263-10-2 Inventory Number: 020455

(SMITH, JACK). Jordan, Mary, Director. New York: Arthouse Films, 2007. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. NTSC DVD in Plastic Case. Documentary Film. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 95 minutes + extras, in color. "Perhaps America's most important artist from the last fifty years, Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer, and the 'William Blake of film'. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks left no generation untouched since, and became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Matthew Barney. In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith's friends and enemies such as George Kuchar, Ken Jacobs, Tony Conrad, Sylvere Lotringer, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Ronald Tavel, John Waters, John Zorn, Agosto Machado, Andrew Sarris, Ari Roussimoff, Billy Name, Ela Troyano, Gary Indiana, George Kuchar, Helen Gee, Henry Hills, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Ivan Galietti, Jerry Tartaglia, John Matturri, John Vaccaro, Lawrence Rinder, Mary Woronov, Mike Kelley, Nayland Blake, Nick Zedd, Richard Foreman, Robert Heide, Robert Wilson, Taylor Mead, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Uzi Parnes, and William Niederkorn intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics, and institutional-art "gatekeepers". Jordan also delves into Smith's tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol - who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's "Superstars" concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics. From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America's most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism, and meaning in contemporary art. Since his 1989 death, Smith's work has been rarely publicly displayed. Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York's ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground". A brand new, pristine unplayed example of this DVD in letterbox format still in the manufacturer's shrinkwrapped plastic case. Inventory Number: 018984

(SMITH, JOSH). Smith, Josh. NP (New York): Josh Smith, 2001. First Edition #16/20 Deluxe. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Stiff Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (circa 192pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is New York-based Josh Smith's witty 2001 self-published artist's book filled with an amalgam of nineteenth Century steel engravings, childlike portraits, and Smith's equally childlike signature, Each is presented as a full page black and white plate digitally printed on the rectos only. A brand new, most handsome example of this unique object limited to twenty copies only whose front and back covers are HAND ILLUSTRATED, SIGNED "Josh Smith", NUMBERED (16/20), AND DATED "2001" IN GRAPHITE. Inventory Number: 027436

(SPARKUHL, PAT). Sparkuhl, Pat, Kim Abeles & Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald. William S. Bartman, Editor. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Pat Sparkuhl. It features reproductions of work executed between 1979 and 1990, an essay by Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald, as well as the transcript of an interview between Sparkuhl and artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1991 hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (5/35) AND SIGNED by Sparkuhl, Abeles, and Fitzgerald in black ink on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-05-1 Inventory Number: 024441

(SPENCE, ANDREW). Spence, Andrew, Richard Armstrong & Colin Thomson. William S. Bartman, Editor. NP: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 46pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based abstract geometric painter Andrew Spence. It features reproductions of work executed between 1971 and 1991, an essay by Richard Armstrong, as well as the transcript of an interview between Spence and Colin Thomson. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 unnumbered hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) issued hors commerce in a very limited quantity for the use of the press additionally SIGNED by Spence and Thomson in pencil on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-07-8 Inventory Number: 024442

(SPERO, NANCY). Storr, Robert. Tokyo: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (46pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. The twentieth installment (of one hundred) in Kyoto Shoin's "ArT RANDOM" series supervised by Edit DeAk, "Re_Birth of Venus" is a comprehensive monograph devoted to Nancy Spero's feminist-minded artworks from the eighties. A brand new, pristine example. 4-7636-8548-1 Inventory Number: 014627