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(DI FABIO, ALBERTO). Jones, Alan. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Debossed Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Barr Gilmore Art + Designs. With a bibliography. This is elegantly designed, well-illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of then-recent paintings by Alberto Di Fabio entitled "Vortices". "Di Fabio's work merges the worlds of art and science with themes of biology, ecology and nature. This particular series of works explores structures of the human body and brain. Large-scale paintings pulsate with colorful organic shapes. The images are microscopic in their focus, implying biological diagrams, cellular structures, flora, eco systems, and pharmacological research. Di Fabio creates abstract paintings by overlapping layers of images abstracted from scientific and medical references and his own reflections, enlarging the particulars and adding details". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-61-8 Inventory Number: 020440

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Constance W. Glenn. New York: Icon Editions - Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1979. First Edition, Second Printing. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. VG -.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1979 Long Beach Museum exhibition that was the first large-scale survey of Pop Art master Jim Dine's figurative pastels. A most presentable example of the second printing of the first edition showing just a bit of foxing to the front and rear endpapers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-06-430102-8 Inventory Number: 024005

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Constance W. Glenn. New York: Icon Editions - Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1979. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1979 Long Beach Museum exhibition that was the first large-scale survey of Pop Art master Jim Dine's figurative pastels. A handsome example of the first printing of the first edition showing a diagonal soft crease through the upper foredge corner of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0-06-430102-8 Inventory Number: 018003

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Neil Curry. London: Enitharmon Editions Ltd., 1993. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. As New.. 64pp, with an individual signed lithograph, a lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Dine, this is the deluxe edition of author Neil Curry's colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's Odyssey in which he has "scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus's final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope". It is hand-printed in 14 point Monotype Baskerville on Canaletto 160gsm (fine) and bound and slipcased by The Fine Bindery. Jim Dine's signed original 12 ½ x 9 ¾" etching of "The Head of Homer" (contained loose in a wallet in the slipcase) was printed on 300gsm Hahnemuhle at the Spring Street Workshop in New York. The lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book all reproduce drawings made by the artist in 1987-8 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek in Munich, and were printed in London by Pauper's Press and Hope Sufferance Press. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to seventy-five copies SIGNED by the author, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-870612-09-4 Inventory Number: 013858

(DINE, JIM). Schefer, Jean-Louis. Paris: Editions De La Difference / Galerie Beaubourg, 1990. First Edition. Folio. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 56pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in French. With a bibliography. This is the lovely, oversized catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Parisian gallery exhibition of twenty-four recent paintings and sculptures by Jim Dine. A most handsome 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. 2-7291-0631-6 Inventory Number: 008258

(DRUKS, RENATE) (NIN, ANAIS). Nin, Anais & Renate Druks. NP (Malibu, CA): Concentric Circle Press, 1979. First Edition #15/100 Deluxe. 8vo. Cloth with Pastedowns. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 3 b&w and 9 tipped color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. The late Malibu-based, Viennese expatriate artist Renate Druks was among many things a confidante and occasional muse to legendary literary figure Anais Nin. In 1979, Druks self-published Nin's memoir of their friendship illustrated with nine tipped-in reproductions of her ethereal paintings in the vein of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo along with a cover collage. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first - and only - hardbound Concentric Circle Press edition limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (15/100) AND SIGNED "Renate Druks" in black ink on the verso of the title page, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. LC 79-53873 Inventory Number: 026669

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Duchamp, Marcel. Mathieu Mercier, Editor. Köln, GERMANY: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2016. First Edition. Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Sixty-nine loose components housed in a box. Text in English. "Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase," Marcel Duchamp said in 1952. Finally, that suitcase is available to all! One of the most important and enigmatic pieces of modernist art, the Boîte-en-valise (Box in a Valise) was assembled by Duchamp between 1935 and 1941. The portable suitcase contains "the sum of his artistic work" up to that point. Perhaps in premonition of the coming war, and over years without a fixed address, Duchamp reproduced his work in a format that enabled him to easily transport his "complete works" at any time. Though the artist eventually made three hundred copies of his box, many are behind glass in museums and private collections. This is the first ever reinterpretation of the legendary book-object, conceptualized by French artist Mathieu Mercier, and now available to a broader audience. At once a work in and of itself, and a reproduction in the Duchampian spirit, this miniature museum contains sixty-nine reproductions of Duchamp's most celebrated creations, including the famous "Fountain", "Nude Descending a Staircase", and "The Large Glass". Mercier has reproduced the bulk of the contents of Duchamp's original box in paper form, designing everything to scale. Playful and accessible, the "Boîte" reflects Duchamp's desire to display his works outside the museum and gallery system." A brand new, pristine example of the quickly sold out 2016 Walther König first populist edition of this monumental undertaking unopened in the publisher's printed shipping carton."Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase," Marcel Duchamp said in 1952. Finally, that suitcase is available to all! One of the most important and enigmatic pieces of modernist art, the Boîte-en-valise (Box in a Valise) was assembled by Duchamp between 1935 and 1941. The portable suitcase contains "the sum of his artistic work" up to that point. Perhaps in premonition of the coming war, and over years without a fixed address, Duchamp reproduced his work in a format that enabled him to easily transport his "complete works" at any time. Though the artist eventually made three hundred copies of his box, many are behind glass in museums and private collections. This is the first ever reinterpretation of the legendary book-object, conceptualized by French artist Mathieu Mercier, and now available to a broader audience. At once a work in and of itself, and a reproduction in the Duchampian spirit, this miniature museum contains sixty-nine reproductions of Duchamp's most celebrated creations, including the famous "Fountain", "Nude Descending a Staircase", and "The Large Glass". Mercier has reproduced the bulk of the contents of Duchamp's original box in paper form, designing everything to scale. Playful and accessible, the "Boîte" reflects Duchamp's desire to display his works outside the museum and gallery system." A brand new, pristine example of the quickly sold out 2016 Walther König first edition of this monumental undertaking unopened in the publisher's printed shipping carton. 3-86335-518-0 Inventory Number: 026435

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Hopps, Walter. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1963. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Wrappers in Acetate Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w with three tipped-in color plates. Designed by Marcel Duchamp. In protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This graphically striking publication was designed by Marcel Duchamp in conjunction with his 1963 Pasadena Art Museum exhibition - his very first Museum retrospective. It takes the form of a then newly-deconstructed version of Robert Lebel's Trianon/Grove Press catalogue raisonné of the artist's work through 1963. A bright, spectacularly well-preserved example of this uncommon gem limited to two thousand unnumbered copies whose fragile acetate dust jacket shows none of the usual chipping, cracking, or splitting typically seen with this title. 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: 027563

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Paz, Octavio & Marcel Duchamp. Mexico City: Ediciones ERA, 1968. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Cloth Portfolio in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Seven components housed in a slipcased green cloth folio. Text in Spanish. This unique Marcel Duchamp item was produced in the spirit of the "Boite en Valise", and as such is a portfolio containing several smaller items related to the maestro's oeuvre, They are as collated: 1. "Marcel Duchamp o el Castello de la Pureza" - the first appearance of Octavio Paz's notable essay on the Large Glass (62pp, cloth, 8vo, 4 b&w, 8 tipped color plates), 2. "Marcel Duchamp - Textos" (69pp, wrappers, 8vo, illustrated in b&w), 3. "El Gran Vidrio" - a color transparency of "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" with a printed cardboard enclosure, 4. Color reproductions of each of the three versions of "Nude Descending a Staircase" - printed on heavy stock, 5. Nine postcard sized reproductions of various readymades - again on heavy stock, laid into a printed envelope, 6. "Album Fotografico / Texto Autografo / Nota Biografica" (10pp, wrappers, 8vo), and one unnumbered item, a white cardboard stand-up bust of Duchamp printed in blue ink. The contents of this copy are all in Near Fine condition or better but for the stand-up, whose cardboard has age-toned somewhat. The internal cloth portfolio shows starting and cracking of the inner hinges due to the use of cheap animal glue. The slipcase shows minor browning, abrading, fraying, and a bit of the insect damage that typically afflicts this ambitious but inexpensively produced undertaking. All in all, this is a handsome, complete example of this uncommon item - only nine copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to three thousand unnumbered copies that looks nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026433

(DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, ANDRE). Roger-Marx, Claude. Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Pierre Cailler Editeur, 1951. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrapper Over Board. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 180pp, profusely illustrated in b&w with 15 tipped color plates. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the noted French modernist painter Dunoyer de Segonzac is number twenty in Cailler's series "Peintres et Sculpteurs d'Hier et d'Aujourd 'hui". A handsome example whose wrappers are somewhat worn along the foredge resulting in several tiny tears along the edges of the front cover and at the top of the spine. Inventory Number: 000875

(DURANT, SAM). Darling, Michael, Rita Kersting & Kevin Young. Los Angeles, Dusseldorf & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf & Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Designed by Purtill Family Business. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2002 Sam Durant retrospective that traveled from Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art to Dusseldorf's Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen - the most comprehensive document on the Los Angeles-based artist's work to date. A brand new, most handsome example. 3-7757-9120-5 Inventory Number: 014685

(DURANT, SAM). Ketchum-Heap of Birds, Shanna. Foreword by Jeffrey Keuogh. Boston: Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 76pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. This is the detailed catalogue issued in conjunction with the historically-themed 2007 exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sam Durant held at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art entitled "Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres, and Monuments". A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Sam Durant" in black ink on the title page. 0-9771419-3-4 Inventory Number: 019461

(DZAMA, MARCEL). Dzama, Marcel. London. 2002 (2003).: Timothy Taylor Gallery. Second Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48 + 32pp), 62 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 2002 London gallery show, this is a supremely whimsical and charming artist's book cum exhibition catalogue of drawings by Royal Art Lodge favorite Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second edition. 0-9542892-1-8 Inventory Number: 013619

(DZAMA, MARCEL). Dzama, Marcel & Wayne Baerwaldt. Winnipeg, CANADA: Plug In Editions, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. 66pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. Designed by Susan Chafe. Published in 1999 in his native Winnipeg, this is the first major publication on the whimsical drawings of Royal Art Lodge member Marcel Dzama. Part monograph, part artist's book, this beautifully produced volume is printed in leporello (with the pages bound at the gutter) with elaborate wraparound covers. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-921381-21-2 Inventory Number: 020577

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

(ERIZKU, AWOL). Erizku, Awol, Ashley James, Doreen St. Felix, Urs Fischer & Antwaun Sargent. Foreword by Ishmael Reed. New York: Aperture and The Momentary, I00230705. 2023. First Edition. 12 x 9 1/2". Cloth in Illustrated Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 9781597115469

300pp, 168 illustrations in color and b&w. "Working across photography, film, video, painting, and installation, Awol Erizku's work references and re-imagines African-American and African visual culture, from hip hop vernacular to Nefertiti, while nodding to traditions of spirituality and Surrealism. This comprehensive monograph spans the artist’s career, blending his studio practice with his work as an in-demand editorial photographer working regularly for the New Yorker, New York magazine, Time, and GQ, among others, and features his conceptual portraits of Black cultural icons such as Solange, Amanda Gorman, and Michael B. Jordan. As Erizku recently told the New York Times, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”

Featuring essays by critically acclaimed author Ishmael Reed, curator Ashley James, and writer Doreen St. Félix, and interviews with the artist by Urs Fischer and Antwaun Sargent, Mystic Parallax is a luminous and arresting testament to the artist’s tremendous power and originality."
 

A brand new, most handsome example of this spectacularly designed and produced first monograph additionally signed "Awol Erizku" in ink on the front pastedown.

Inventory Number: E000AEMP

(ERNST, MAX).. Tokyo. ND (Circa 1958).: Misuzu. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good/Good +. 106pp, 44 b&w and 26 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. Published as part of a Japanese series of monographs on European and American modern artists, this volume is devoted to the work of noted Dada and Surealist icon Max Ernst. While we cannot make out the publication details in Kanji, this is a nicely illustrated survey of paintings, collages, and frottages dating to the late fifties. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing a bit of handling to the textblock, some chips and closed tears to the dust jacket, and the previous owner's stamp of noted artist Sam Francis on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 008868

(EXTER, ALEXANDRA). Tugendhold, Jacques. NP.: Editions Russes "Saria", 1922. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fair.. np, 3 color and 1 b&w tipped-in plates + 39 sepia-toned gravure illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the French translation (from the Russian) of Jacques Tugendhold's early monograph on the work of renowned Soviet avant-garde painter and theatrical designer Alexandra Exter. A presentable copy only of this uncommon item whose covers and top edge of the textblock show some rippling and light brown discoloration due to contact with moisture - but no sticking or tearing. The first twenty-six pages of text on newsprint are affected while the remaining leaves (containing the gravure plates) on heavier paper stock are still bright. It has been priced accordingly. 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: 007249

(FAHLSTROM, OYVIND). Borja-Villel, Manuel J., Jean-Francois Chevrier, Immanuel Wallerstein, Octavi Rofes & Suely Rolnik. Barcelona, SPAIN & North Adams, MA: Museu D'Art Contemporani De Barcelona (MACBA) & Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA), 2000. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 368pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the extensive catalogue published in conjunction with the massive 2000 Museu D'Art Contemporani De Barcelona Oyvind Fahlstrom retrospective that subsequently traveled to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Newcastle's BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Filled with essays, and copiously illustrating virtually every work known to exist, it is the most comprehensive reference to date on the influential Swedish Pop practitioner who died in 1976 at the age of forty-eight. A brand new, most handsome example of the English language first edition. 0-9700738-3-6 Inventory Number: 020643

(FAHLSTROM, OYVIND). Hulten, Pontus, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Ilmar Laaban, Billy Kluver & Ragnar Von Holten. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 110pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the extensive catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1980 Oyvind Fahlstrom retrospective held at Stockholm's Moderna Museet that subsequently traveled to Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou. Copiously illustrated, it is also filled with numerous texts written by the influential Swedish Pop practitioner who died in 1976 at the age of forty-eight. A most presentable example of the French language edition of this uncommon document showing some light wear and rubbing to the wrappers as well as a diagonal soft crease at the upper foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. 2-85850-040-1 Inventory Number: 016826

(FARBER, NEIL). Farber, Neil. NP (Zurich, SWITZERLAND): Nieves, 2006. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (24pp), 28 b&w illustrations. Published in 2006 by Nieves, this is a charming little artists' book reproducing twenty-eight "Hey Kid..." drawings by Royal Art Lodge member Neil Farber. A pristine example of this uncommon gem limited to one hundred and fifty copies total numbered (77/150) in pencil on the rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 020428

(FLAVIN, DAN). Poetter, Jochen & Dan Flavin. Baden-Baden & Stuttgart, GERMANY: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden & Edition Cantz, 1973. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German and English. With an exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive German Museum retrospective of work by the pioneering late minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin. It contains detailed entries and illustrations for each of the seventy-five pieces exhibited accompanied by texts from curator Jochen Poetter, Madeleine Descamps, and Flavin himself. A brand new, most handsome example. 3-89322-156-5 Inventory Number: 027213

(FORG, GUNTHER) (FAMA & FORTUNE BULLETIN). Forg, Gunther & Oswald Weiner. Wien, AUSTRIA: Verlag Pakesch & Schlebrugge, 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Fine.. np (32pp), 14 color illustrations + monochrome cover. Text in German. This second issue of Viennese gallerist Peter Pakesch's "Fama & Fortune Bulletin" features a transcribed interview between artist Gunther Forg and Oswald Wiener along with reproductions of each of the fourteen ink on paper works that comprised his 1990 exhibition at the gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 023993

(FRANCIS, SAM). Agee, William C.. New York & Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, 14 color illustrations + b&w cover. With a detailed chronology. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2000 Richard Gray Gallery exhibition of fourteen "edge" paintings on both canvas and paper by Sam Francis executed between 1964 and 1968. A handsome example showing some creasing to the rear foredge corner of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. LC 96-079258 Inventory Number: 025214

(FRANCIS, SAM). Agee, William C.. New York & Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 48pp, 14 color illustrations + b&w cover. With a detailed chronology. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2000 Richard Gray Gallery exhibition of fourteen "edge" paintings on both canvas and paper by Sam Francis executed between 1964 and 1968. A pristine example. LC 96-079258 Inventory Number: 025213

(FRANCIS, SAM). Burchett-Lere, Debra & William C. Agee. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket + two DVDs in a Linen Clamshell Box. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 0-520-26430-4

In conjunction with the publication of "Light on Fire...", we are offering a 10% discount off of The University of California Press list price of $495.00 for this massive, scholarly catalogue raisonné Sam Francis' painted work.

Inventory Number: E211024SFCR

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 26 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1969 Felix Landau Gallery exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and paper executed between 1963 and 1969 by the noted Las Angeles abstract master Sam Francis. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light soiling and patination to its matte white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026781

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. NP. ND (1973).: Self-Published. First Edition. 12mo. Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine./No Jackets - As Issued.. np (36pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Printed offset without illustrations, this charming little self-published collection of brief aphorisms by the late, great Sam Francis precedes the 1986 Lapis Press edition by over a decade. A bright, most handsome unique example of this exceedingly uncommon true first printing issued hors commerce without dust jacket to be given by the artist to his friends additionally BEARING A BOLD SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING INITIALED AND DATED "S.F. / '73" in black ink on the front cover. 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: 025572

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. Santa Monica, CA: The Lapis Press, 1984. First Edition Thus 1/600. 12mo. Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good./No Jacket.. np (36pp), no illustrations. Designed and printed by Jaime Robles. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Printed by hand letterpress without illustrations, this charming little collection of brief aphorisms by the late, great Sam Francis is one of the very first publications of the artist's own Lapis Press. While the colophon calls for six hundred copies, we know from the publisher that the vast majority of the print run was never jacketed, signed, nor distributed. An internally bright, most handsome example lacking the dust jacket and showing some mild soiling to its matte white wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 023056

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. New York. ND (1957).: Martha Jackson Gallery. First Edition. Small Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 13 ½ x 9 ¾" sheet printed offset recto only in black, white and purple, 1 illustration. This is the striking poster published in conjunction with Sam Francis' second ever American one-man exhibition held at New York's Martha Jackson Gallery between November 25th and December 20th 1957. A most handsome, flat and unmailed example of this uncommon, lovely ephemeral object showing the slightest bit of age-toning. Inventory Number: 007749

(FRANCIS, SAM). Hulten, Pontus. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Heland Wetterling Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (10pp), 8 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English. With a biography. This is the slender ten page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Heland Wetterling Gallery exhibition of nine recent paintings by Sam Francis. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 021353

(FRANCIS, SAM). Malmberg, Roxana Pirovano. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Galerie Proarta, 1994. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 72pp, 24 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Text in German. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1994 memorial exhibition of works by noted abstract artist Sam Francis held at Zurich's Galerie Proarta. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 021257

(FRANCIS, SAM) (NOISE). Maeght, Adrien & Aki Kuroda, Editors. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1989. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Journal. Near Fine.. np (62pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is the tenth installment of Maeght Editeur's beautifully produced, short-lived contemporary art and literary journal, "Noise". It features contributions on or by Philippe Sollers, Georges Jeanclos, Stephane Mallarme, Pierre Nivollet (illustrated with eight original full-color lithographs), Marcelin Pleynet, Pierre Buraglio (illustrated with eight original two-color lithographs), Jacqueline Risset, Annik Blyau, and Dante. Its cover is an original color lithograph by Sam Francis. A handsome example showing just a bit of overall wear and handling. ISSN 0765-121-X Inventory Number: 018563

(FRANCIS, SAM). Ooka, Makoto, Yoshiaki Tono & Mamoru Yonekura. Tokyo: Ogawa Art Foundation & Yayoi Gallery, 1987. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Jacket, Slipcased. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (112pp), 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This beautifully produced, substantial catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1987 Japanese retrospective of forty works drawn from the Idemitsu collection in Tokyo by noted abstract artist Sam Francis executed between 1948 and 1981. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's unprinted glassine jacket and die-cut cardboard slipcase with pastedown, as issued. Inventory Number: 020517

(FRANCIS, SAM). Pudelko, Christoph. Bonn, GERMANY: Galerie Pudelko, 1993. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), 20 color illustrations. Text in German. This is the small format catalogue published in conjunction with a Galerie Pudelko exhibition at Art Basel 1993 of twenty works on paper produced by noted abstract artist Sam Francis between 1954 and 1990. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021043

(FRANCIS, SAM). Schneider, Pierre, Francois Cheng, Peter Plagens & Eric De Chassy. Paris: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 231pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With a chronology, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This beautifully produced, substantial catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1995 Parisian Museum exhibition surveying the work produced by noted abstract artist Sam Francis during his eleven year residence in France. A most handsome example. 2-908901-38-2 Inventory Number: 025870

(FRANCIS, SAM). Schneider, Pierre, Francois Cheng, Peter Plagens & Eric De Chassy. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (72pp), 27 color illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by the Grenfell Press. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1996 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of twenty-seven paintings and works on paper by Sam Francis executed between 1965 and 1983. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. LC 96-079258 Inventory Number: 019202

(FRANCIS, SAM). Selz, Gabrielle. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2021. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Biography. As New/As New. 0-520-31071-3

392pp, 22 b&w and 11 color photos illustrations. "Light on Fire" is the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists of the twentieth century. Based on Gabrielle Selz’s unprecedented access to Francis' files, as well as private correspondence and hundreds of interviews, this book traces the extraordinary and ultimately tragic journey of a complex and charismatic artist who first learned to paint as a former air-corps pilot encased for three years in a full-body cast. While still a young man, Francis saw his color-saturated paintings fetch the highest prices of any living artist. His restless desire resulted in five marriages and homes on three continents; his entrepreneurial spirit led to founding a museum, a publishing company, a reforestation program and several nonprofit organizations. "Light on Fire" captures the art, life, personality, and talent of a man whom the art historian and museum director William C. Agee described as a rare artist participating in the “visionary reconstruction of art history,” defying creative boundaries among the likes of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With settings from World War II San Francisco to postwar Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Los Angeles, Selz crafts an intimate portrait of a man who sought to resolve in art the contradictions he couldn’t resolve in life." A brand new, most handsome example of the first edition of this engaging study.

Inventory Number: E211024SFLOF

(FRANCIS, SAM). Selz, Peter, Susan Einstein & Jan Butterfield. New York. 1975 (1982).: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). Large Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 296pp, 82 color and 135 b&w illustrations. With a biography and bibliography. This is the revised edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the late American abstract artist Sam Francis. A brand new, pristine example of the preferred 1982 version that includes a well illustrated thirty-two page supplemental essay on his graphic work not found in the first issue additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Connie, love + kisses, Sam" to his close friend and author of the catalogue raisonné of his graphic work Connie Lembark in black ink on the half title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8109-0928-6 Inventory Number: 019222

(FRANCIS, SAM). Silverman, Manny, Pontus Hulten & Robert Shapazian. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (20pp), 8 color and 14 b&w illustrations. With a chronology. This is the slender twenty page catalogue issued in conjunction with the 1987 inaugural exhibition of the Manny Silverman Gallery featuring twenty-two paintings on paper by Sam Francis ostensibly executed between 1959 and 1964 that raised quite a few art world eyebrows due to the highly controversial dating by the artist of these works. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 021881