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(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas. Andover, MA: The Addison Gallery of American Art, 1970. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 15 b&w illustrations. This is the slender sixteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Addison Gallery of American Art retrospective of the witty early Conceptual work of the late, beloved Cal Arts (by way of Michigan) mentor Douglas Huebler. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light wear. Inventory Number: 017494

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas & Arthur Rose. Introduction by Julia Brown. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 28pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Linda Norlen. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the 1986 catalogue documenting ten works from Douglas Huebler's charming, typically wry "Crocodile Tears" series commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. These installments - "brief fictions re-sounding from the proposal in Variable Piece #70: 1971 to photographically document the existence of everyone alive" - originally appeared in print in 1984 as comic strips reproduced in the pages of the LA Weekly. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light overall wear, rubbing, and soiling to its covers. Inventory Number: 023723

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Onorato, Ronald J.. La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art survey of fifty-one works executed between 1968 and 1988 by the witty late Conceptual practitioner Douglas Huebler. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers. 0-934418-30-6 Inventory Number: 023956

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Onorato, Ronald J.. La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art survey of fifty-one works executed between 1968 and 1988 by the witty late Conceptual practitioner Douglas Huebler. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers along with a slight curl to the upper foredge corner of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-934418-30-6 Inventory Number: 023791

(HUGHES, RICHARD). Hughes, Richard. London: Momart, 2008. First Edition. 12mo. Cast Plastic Sculpture. Artist's Multiple. As New. One 5 x 2 x 1 ½" plastic sculpture.Momart is a London-based company specializing in the storage, transportation, and installation of works of art. Each year they commission a British artist to produce a multiple that is distributed hors commerce by the firm as a holiday gift. "Richard Hughes makes intricate illusions that trick the viewer while, at the same time, laying their artifice bare. His sculptures and installations resemble the aftermaths of good times gone sour. Bags of jettisoned old clothes, rising damp, burnt-out hedges and surreptitious bottles of urine-dog-end residues which hint at elaborate histories. Culturally specific, his works tap into shared memories and the bittersweet feelings reserved for things past their best while revealing themselves to be shams". Issued in 2008, Richard Hughes' sculpture "Joyful Sorrow" takes the form of a partially deflated white balloon with a snowman-style face painted on, featuring a carrot for a nose. A pristine example of this uncommon, unnumbered artist's multiple SIGNED AND DATED "R. Hughes, MOMART 2008" on the rear of the piece in the mold in the publisher's zip-lock plastic bag along with Momart's accompanying two-page printed documentation, as issued. Inventory Number: 023999

(HUME, GARY). Searle, Adrian & David Batchelor. London: The British Council, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. xxxii + 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. With an exhibition history, bibliography, and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with Gary Hume's exhibition at the British Pavilion of 1999's 48th Venice Biennale, this comprehensive, well-designed catalogue includes sixteen reproductions on tracing paper of the artist's "Acetate Drawings" which gives this elegant production the feel of an artist's book. A pristine copy additionally SIGNED "Gary Hume" on the front pastedown. 0-86355-412-1 Inventory Number: 018631

(HURTADO, LUCHITA) Edited by Joseph Constable, Rebecca Lewin. Text by Andrea Bowers, Michael Govan, Juan A. Gaitán, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Marie Heilich, Matt Mullican, Yana Peel, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon. Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist. New York, NY: Hauser and Wirth, I00200814, 2020. First Edition. 10 x 8", 256 pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

The first monograph on Los Angeles legend Luchita Hurtado, whose colorful, surrealist paintings are now garnering recognition after decades on the fringes

At 98 years old, Luchita Hurtado (born 1929) is finally gaining mainstream recognition for the bright, geometric patterns and the surrealist nature scenes of her virbant paintings, but the Venezuela-born, California-based artist is no stranger to the art world. Though she once rubbed elbows with the likes of Frida Kahlo and Marcel Duchamp early on in her career, Hurtado now has the spotlight to herself, with solo exhibitions in Los Angeles and London, and this very first comprehensive, fully illustrated monograph detailing her artistic process and the prolific output of work from throughout her career.

In addition to reproductions of Hurtado's strikingly contemporary drawings and paintings, Luchita Hurtado: I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn also includes a series of vignettes penned by Hurtado's son, the artist Matt Mullican, as well as an interview between the artist and Hans Ulrich Obrist. A brand new example of this now out of print gem! 978-3960985938 Inventory Number: I00200814

(INVADER). Slama, Franck aka Invader. Paris: Franck Slama Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Flexible PVC Cover. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Invader and Jo Cohen-Scali. Designed and published by Franck Slama - aka "Invader" - this comprehensive book photographically documents the noted French graffiti artist's clandestine additions based on the iconic Atari Space Invader video game graphics to his native Parisian urban environment between 1996 and 2002. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2003 first printing. 2-9520199-2-4 Inventory Number: 027537

(IRWIN, ROBERT). Irwin, Robert, Sally Yard, John Hallmark Neff, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Klaus Kertess, Arthur C. Danto & Lawrence Weschler. Foreword by Richard Koshalek & Kerry Brougher. Russell Ferguson, Editor. Los Angeles & New York: Museum of Contemporary Art & Rizzoli International Publications, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 208pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Bethany Johns Design. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a massive 1993 Robert Irwin retrospective circulated by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art that subsequently travelled to Koln, Paris and Madrid. A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Robert Irwin" in black ink on the half title page showing just a bit of this title's typical sunning along the spine. 0-8478-1770-9 Inventory Number: 027654

(ISERMANN, JIM). Nollert, Angelika & Kasper Konig. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Portikus Frankfurt am Main, 2001. First Edition 1/800. Square 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 13 color illustrations. "Folienarbeiten / Vinyl Works" is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2001 German Museum installation of patterned vinyl geometric retro-futurist wall coverings by Los Angeles-based artist Jim Isermann. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to eight hundred unnumbered copies. 3-928071-50-5 Inventory Number: 021925

(ISERMANN, JIM). Pagel, David & Michael Darling. Milwaukee, WI: Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1998. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 touring Museum retrospective - the most comprehensive to date - of the day-glo bright, geometric work of Los Angeles retro-futurist Jim Isermann. A handsome example showing just a bit of light wear and handling to the covers 0-9664020-0-6 Inventory Number: 012354

(ITO, MIYOKO). Stein, Jordan. New York: Pre-Echo Press, 2024. First Edition. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2", 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 460pp, 160 color illustrations. "The result of several years of research, "Miyoko Ito: Heart of Hearts" is the first book project dedicated to the life and work of Japanese-American artist Miyoko Ito (1918–1983). While Ito’s paintings have recently been the subject of critically acclaimed exhibitions, her elegant and mysterious artwork was scarcely known beyond Chicago, where she lived and was celebrated during her lifetime. Assembled by Pre-Echo Press and Jordan Stein - organizer of Ito’s first two solo institutional exhibitions in nearly forty years - "Heart of Hearts" features one hundred and sixty full-color plates gathered from the artist’s mature period, rare and out of print archival materials, a 1978 interview with the artist, and a five thousand word biographical essay by Stein that contextualizes Ito’s practice and aims to afford the artist her proper place within a history of postwar American art. A brand new example of the quickly out of print 2024 first edition of this comprehensive document. 979-8889929499 Inventory Number: 027648

(JARMAN, DEREK). Jarman, Derek. Tokyo: Uplink Co., 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 51 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the exceedingly elegant, beautifully produced hardbound catalogue for a 1990 Japanese gallery exhibition of the esteemed late British director Derek Jarman's paintings and assemblages entitled "Luminous Darkness". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027431

(JENSEN, ALFRED). Luce III, Henry, and John Wesley Cook. Regina Bogat, Editor. Los Angeles: Regina Bogat, 1981. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued.. 32pp, 7 color and 3 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gregory Zarcoff. With a biography and exhibition history. Privately printed and limited to one thousand hors commerce copies, this is the keepsake volume issued to document the 1981 memorial services for the great idiosyncratic, pattern-obsessed New York artist Alfred Jensen. A handsome example of this uncommon item whose matte pale blue covers show some typical light soiling, fading, and a few small indentations. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022966

(JOHANSON, CHRIS). Johanson, Chris. Bruxelles, BELGIUM & Paris: Baronian-Francey & Daviet-Thery, 2004. First Edition 1/1200. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. "Chris Johanson takes over where Raymond Pettibon leaves off. Less angry and witty than his predecessor, Johanson scribbles colorful, dead-on portraits of street culture and the yuppies, hippies, hipsters, losers, and drunkards who inhabit it". Published in Europe, this is a slender little artist's book of drawings by noted "Beautiful Loser" and Deitch Projects stalwart Chris Johanson. A brand new, pristine example of the first and only printing of this uncommon charming item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 024238

(JOHNS, JASPER).. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Checklist. Fine.. 12pp, 10 b&w + color cover. This is the slender twelve page checklist cum exhibition brochure containing the details of the one hundred and thirty works exhibited at the 1978 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art showing of the massive Whitney Museum circulated Jasper Johns mid-career retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item that is supplemental to, but not to be confused with the actual exhibition catalogue authored by Michael Crichton. Inventory Number: 013015

(JOHNS, JASPER). Ellin, Everett. Los Angeles: Everett Ellin Gallery, 1962. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Folded Printed Paper Sheet. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One 18 x 23" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in twelfths to make 9 x 4", np (12pp), 14 b&w illustration. This is the uniquely designed brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a November 1962 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of fourteen paintings and works on paper executed by Jasper Johns between 1957 and 1962. The show - billed here as a retrospective - was the artist's first West Coast showing, and this is Johns' very first monographic publication. A most handsome example of this uncommon (only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) ephemeral item showing a small brown spot near the bottom of the front panel. Inventory Number: 027283

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (Circa Late 1960s).: Self-Published. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Paper. Greeting Cards. Near Fine.. Three individual 8 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, machine-folded vertically in half to make 8 ½ x 5 ½", 3 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a group of three individual cards issued by the artist each depicting a young male nude - all full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on heavy, textured paper stock. A handsome group of these exceedingly uncommon vintage ephemeral items without envelopes each showing a bit of mild soiling. Inventory Number: 026945

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (1967).: Self-Published. First Edition. Folio. Loose Prints in a Portfolio. Print Portfolio. Fine.. Eight individual 17 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, 8 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a set of eight of these prints issued in 1967 by the artist each depicting a young male nude - six full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on cream colored, heavy woven paper stock housed in a plain red textured paper portfolio. We acquired from a single source several variants of this set, with none bearing any form of labeling or printed documentation; just the plates with or without the portfolio. The prints were issued without a signature in the plate, but Johnson signed some in pencil, and even hand-colored a few in a flesh-colored watercolor. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item with each print additionally SIGNED "Joe Johnson" in pencil in the publisher's unprinted paper portfolio. Inventory Number: 026944

(JOHNSON, RAY). Johnson, Ray & William S. Wilson. New York: Between Books, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (20pp), 17 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. This is the charming twenty page catalogue issued in 1977 by Manhattan's Between Books that documents writings by and about the late, beloved Fluxus and Correspondence artist Ray Johnson. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025809

(JOHNSON, RAY). Wilson, William S. & Mary Emma Harris. Foreword by Mary Holden. Asheville, NC: Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. v + 83pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by John Jicha. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1997 survey exhibition of collages and works on paper by the idiosyncratic late Fluxus and Correspondence Art titan - not to mention the enigmatic subject of the great documentary film "How to Draw a Bunny" - Ray Johnson. A most andsome example of the 1997 first printing of this co-publication of the Black Mountain College (Johnson's Alma Mater) Museum and Arts Center and the Asheville Art Museum. 0-9649020-4-4 Inventory Number: 027538

(JOHNSON, WILLIAM H.). Taylor, Joshua C., Adelyn D. Breeskin & Jan K. Muhlert. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 208pp, 161 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography, exhibition checklist, and index of titles. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1971 exhibition of one hundred and sixty works by the pioneering African-American artist William H. Johnson held at Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution. A bright, most handsome example of this vital document published on the occasion of Johnson's first Museum retrospective. LC 70-172991 Inventory Number: 026087

(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1975. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A most presentable example of the uncommon 1975 first paperbound edition of this vital document showing some light soiling and age-toning. 0-8147-4156-8 Inventory Number: 026712

(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York. 1975 (2005).: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press. Second Edition (First Thus). 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 2005 second edition of this vital document. 0-919616-42-9 Inventory Number: 025101

(JUDD, DONALD). Koepplin, Dieter. Basel, SWITZERLAND, Halifax, CANADA & New York: Kunstmuseum Basel, Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1976. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the copiously illustrated catalogue documenting a 1976 Kunsthalle Basel exhibition of two hundred and fifty-two working drawings for sculptural projects executed between 1956 and 1976 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. A most presentable example of the uncommon paperbound first edition of this vital document showing some slight curling to the front of the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with some mild wear, soiling, and age-toning to its white covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-919616-12-7 Inventory Number: 026010

(KAHLO, FRIDA) Texts by Luis-Martín Lozano, Andrea Kettenmann, Marina Vázquez Ramos. Taschen, I00210921, 2021. 16 x 11 inches, 624 Pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

The complete paintings of Frida Kahlo in an XXL edition

Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art.

After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.

We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.

This large-format XXL book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo's paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years, forming the most extensive study of Kahlo's work and life to date. 9783836574204 Inventory Number: I00210921

(KAPROW, ALLAN). Kaprow. Allan. NP (Valencia, CA): Self-Published, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (4pp), 10 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Self-published by the artist in 1975, "Routine" is the photographically illustrated artist's book documenting three December 1973 "activities" by the renowned late Happenings and Performance artist Allan Kaprow. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (cited as entry sixteen on pages 66-67 of Giorgio Maffei's "Allan Kaprow: A Bibliography") additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "For Sherry & Mel / Allan" in red ink on the front cover showing some soiling and typical minor age-patination to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 024998

(KAPROW, ALLAN). Kaprow. Allan & Barbara Berman. Preface by James T. Demetrion. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Spiral-Bound Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w gravure. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceedingly cool catalogue published in conjunction with the first major museum survey of the work of the renowned late Happenings and Performance artist Allan Kaprow. Published in 1967, the retrospective travelled from the Pasadena Art Museum to St. Louis' Washington University and The University of Texas, Austin. It includes copious photographic documentation, a transcribed interview between the artist and Barbara Berman, and the announcement for Kaprow's happening "Fluids" that was performed throughout Southern California in conjunction with the exhibition. A most handsome example of this uncommon spiral-bound document limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies showing some typical minor age-patination to the boards and preliminaries. Inventory Number: 025826

(KEENE, STEVE). Efram, Daniel, Hilarie Bratset, Sam Brumbaugh, Elle Chang, Shepard Fairey, Karen Loew, Christina Zafiris, Starling Keene, Jonathan LeVine, Leo Fitzgerald, Talia Logan & Steve Keene. Los Angeles: Hat & Beard Press, I00220723, 2022. First Edition. 11 3/4 x 11 3/4", 472 pages. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-1955125147

Book Signing with Steve Keene at Arcana Saturday, July 30th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

"Steve Keene is the most prolific American painter of all time, producing more than 300,000 hand-painted works via his studio / chainlink fence cage where he paints more than fifty paintings at a time.

Lovingly known for making affordable art, as well as being the indie rock cover art maker to Pavement, The Apples in stereo, and Silver Jews, Keene has long been under appreciated for his importance to the nineties indie art and music scenes. "The Steve Keene Art Book* - originally conceived during his sold out 2016 show at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects Gallery - is the first art book dedicated exclusively to his work.

The book features essays by musician Hilarie Bratset (The Apples in stereo), writer Sam Brumbaugh, Elle Chang, Efram, Shepard Fairey, journalist Karen Loew, and Christina Zafiris, along with comments from Starling Keene, curators Jonathan LeVine, Leo Fitzgerald and Talia Logan, alongside a dazzling two hundred and seventy-seven reproductions of Keene’s works. Efram takes readers into Keene’s utilitarian chainlink “painting cage” for an all-access pass for a peek into the artist’s fascinating systemic technique.

"The Steve Keene Art Book" was edited by Gail O’Hara, editor-in-chief of the “legendary indie nerd bible” chickfactor, and designed by Grammy-nominated graphic designer Henry Owings.

A brand new, most handsome example of this massive, highly-anticipated survey additionally SIGNED by Steve Keene in ink.

Inventory Number: E000SKAB

(KELLEY, MIKE). Cruz, Amanda. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1991. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 9 x 22" glossy cardstock sheet folded in thirds to make 9 x 7 ¾", 6pp, 2 color and 2 b&w illustrations. With a biography, exhibition and performance history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the slender six page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with Mike Kelley's 1992 installation of stuffed animals entitled "Half a Man" held at Washington D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of their "Directions" series. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - only ten copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027662

(KELLEY, MIKE) (FISCHLI, DAVID & PETER WEISS). Kothenschulte, Daniel, Mike Kelley, Rainald Schumacher, Patrick Frey, Bice Curiger & Boris Groys. Introduction by Ingvild Goetz & Rainald Schumacher. Munich, GERMANY: Sammlung Goetz, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Boards. Artists Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With bibliographies and an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 European exhibition of works by Mike Kelley and Fischli & Weiss from the estimable contemporary art collection of Ingvild Goetz. A most handsome example from the edition limited to one thousand, five hundred unnumbered copies. 3-9805267-5-5 Inventory Number: 027663

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Los Angeles: Art Resources Transfer Inc., 1992. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Performance Announcement. As New.. One 4 ¼ x 5 ¾" glossy cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is the postcard announcement published in conjunction with the June 29th and 30th, 1992 American premiere of Mike Kelley's collaborative performance piece with close friends Anita Pace and Stephen Prina entitled "Beat of the Traps" at the Gindi Auditorium of Los Angeles' University of Judaism. Unveiled earlier in the month in Vienna, it consisted of actor Alan Abelew and dancers Anita Pace and Carl Buckley interacting with musical accompaniment by drummers M.B. Gordy and Jonathan Norton alongside guitar and vocals by Stephen Prina. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item perfect for the Mike Kelley completeist. Inventory Number: 027383

(KELLEY, MIKE) (SONIC YOUTH). Kelley, Mike. Venice, CA: New City Editions in Association with Artists Space, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists' Book. Fine.. 98pp, 32 b&w illustrations. Designed by Mike Kelley and Patti Podesta. This is a lengthy monographic essay by Mike Kelley dealing with his performance piece "Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile" featuring himself, Molly Cleator and Sonic Youth that premiered at New York's Artists' Space in December 1986. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirky gem. Inventory Number: 027664

(KELLEY, MIKE) (WEST, FRANZ). Pontegnie, Ann, Mike Kelley, Franz West & Andreas Reitner Raabe. Brussels, BELGIUM & Wien, Austria: OneTwoThree & Pakesch & Schlebrugge, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and French. Designed by Hans Wiegand (Flat Mountain Press). This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a jointly conceived exhibition of like-minded works by Mike Kelley and Franz West held in 2001 at the OneTwoThree space in Brussels. Included are previously unpublished texts, interviews, and the documentation of the artists' collaborative performance piece "To Be Read Aloud". A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-85160-014-2 Inventory Number: 024525

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Felix, Zdenek, Veit Loers & Rudolf Schmitz. Hamburg & Koln, GERMANY: Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Oktagon Verlag, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Foil-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 80pp, 32 color and 4 b&w illustrations. Text in German and English. Designed by Panhans/Zander. With a biography and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Deichtorhallen Hamburg exhibition of Martin Kippenberger's riotous Kafka-inspired installation of furniture entitled "The Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89611-074-8 Inventory Number: 016086

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin & Albert Oehlen. Bonn, GERMANY: Galerie Erhard Klein, 1986. First Editions 1/600. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Books. Fine.. 52 + 44 + 40pp, each illustrated in b&w and color. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. "Endlich" consistes of three individual catalogue-cum-artist books published in conjunction with the late German artist's 1986 exhibition "Gib Mir das Sommerloch (Give Me The Silly Season)" at Galerie Erhard Klein in Bonn. The content documents souvenirs of various nature from Kippenberger's then-recent four month stay in Brazil that became known as "The Magical Misery Tour." A most handsome complete set of the three (entries number thirty-eight, thirty-nine, and forty in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") - limited to approximately six hundred unnumbered examples - each additionally SIGNED AND DATED "M. Kippenberger '94" in pencil. Volume 1 add the phrase "so old" to the signature, and Volume 2 is uniquely, boldly altered in pencil by the artist on the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its valuet - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027649

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin. Renate Damsch-Wiehager, Editor. Esslingen & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Villa Merkel (Galerie Der Stadt Esslingen Am Nektar) & Cantz Verlag, 1996. First Edition 1/1900. Small Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in German and English. This is another wry Martin Kippenberger artist's book published in conjunction with his 1996 Villa Merkel exhibition of photographs from the series "16 Years of Beds". A most handsome example (entry number one hundred and forty in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") limited to one thousand, nine hundred unnumbered copies.. 3-89322-900-0 Inventory Number: 025284

(KLEE, PAUL). Klee, Paul & Jacques Prevert. Paris: Berggruen & Cie., 1955. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (26pp), 17 color and 1 b&w illustration + color covers. Text in French. Published in conjunction with a 1955 Paul Klee Parisian gallery retrospective, this is an early installment of the "Plaquettes Berggruen" series. The cover is a reproduction of a 1927 watercolor printed photo-lithographically by Mourlot Freres, and the interior includes seventeen beautiful phototypie pochoir plates supervised by Daniel Jacomet. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of wear along the spine. Inventory Number: 024463

(KLEE, PAUL). Klee, Paul. Jurg Spiller, Editor. Translated from the German by Heinz Norden. New York: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1973. First American Edition. Stout Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. 456pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Published as the seventeenth installment of the Robert Motherwell-edited Wittenborn series "The Documents of Modern Art", this is the second of two volumes of translated writings by the renowned late Swiss artist and Bauhaus instructor Paul Klee. Distilled from over twenty-five hundred pages of text, this massive study beautifully illustrates Klee's ideas on form and artistic creation with reproductions from sketchbooks, drawings and paintings. A most handsome example of the 1973 Wittenborn first edition showing a bit of soiling to the edges of the textblock. 0-8150-0040-5 Inventory Number: 027376

(KLINE, FRANZ). Janis Gallery, Sidney. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1958. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One 27 x 22" sheet printed offset recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is the striking black and white poster issued in conjunction with a 1958 Sidney Janis Galley exhibition by influential Abstract Expressionist artist Franz Kline. A bright white, flat (and never machine-folded), exceptionally well-preserved example of this stellar poster. Inventory Number: 027304