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(ADER, BAS JAN) (LEAVITT, WILLIAM) (VAN ELK, GER). Winer, Helene, Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt & Ger Van Elk. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Gallery, Montgomery Art Center, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Pomona College Gallery exhibition curated by director Helene Winer that featured the three then-local conceptual practitioners (and close friends) Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt, and Ger Van Elk. It features photographic documentation by Phillip Cleveland, and a brief textual contribution by Leavitt. A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon early California conceptualism item. 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: 024994

(ALBERS, JOSEF). Nordland, Gerald & Kenneth E. Tyler. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1971. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Near Fine.. np (18pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by John Coy. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of renowned Bauhaus instructor Josef Albers' 1971 series of ten original graphic works: "White Embossings on Gray". A handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list and order form laid in showing a bit of sunning along the spine. Inventory Number: 025853

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl. Portland, OR: Portland Center for the Visual Arts, 1973. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (36pp), 36 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the austerely designed artist's book cum exhibition catalogue that photographically documents noted minimalist sculptor Carl Andre's February 11th through March 11th 1973 Portland Center for the Visual Arts installation entitled "144 Blocks and Stones" that was dedicated to his colleague, the late Robert Smithson. A most presentable example of the uncommon first edition with the publisher's loose vellum title page laid in, as issued, showing some mild overall handling and light rubbing with traces of a few water droplets to the covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025996

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally most handsome example showing some mild wear along with typical sunning to the extremities of the covers bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026001

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS. 1969 (1975).: Haags Gemeentemuseum & Daled. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1975 Daled second printing of this early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026004

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS: Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1969. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1969 first printing of this uncommon early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026003

(ANDRE, CARL). Monig, Roland, Letizia Ragaglia & Guido de Ward. Kleve, GERMANY, Bolzano, ITALY & Koln, GERMANY: Museum Kunsthaus Kleve, Museion Bozen / Bolzano & Verlag Der Buchandlung Walther Konig, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Designed by Ingo Offermanns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 2011 European Museum retrospective exhibition of sculptures, sculptural installations, and printed documents executed between 1958 and 2010 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre that traveled from the Museum Kunsthaus Kleve to the Museion Bozen / Bolzano. A bright white, most handsome example showing a slight dent to the foredge tip at the rear of the textblock. Inventory Number: 026000

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Mallory at the start of a long and loving relationship - (drawing of a small heart with an arrow through it) Eleanor" in black ink on the front free endpaper. The late Mallory Freeman was the director of Santa Monica's Tortue Gallery which represented Ms. Antin locally during the eighties, from whom we obtained this directly. 0-937122-11-4 Inventory Number: 020561

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "Dear Edie - sorry we missed each other - in the meantime I'm sending you a surrogate - Eleanor Antin" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-937122-11-4 Inventory Number: 020560

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 59pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Yvonne Rainer by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the fifth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with Jannis Kounellis, Philip Glass, and Yvonne Rainer along with contributions by Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, and Keith Sonnier. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026131

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. An internally most handsome example of this fragile, uncommon item that was exhibited as part of the Whitney Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 1990 traveling retrospective showing some mild soiling, creasing, and a bit of foxing to its off-white covers along with a diagonal soft crease through one of the foredge corners of the textblock. 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. 0-902063-10-3 Inventory Number: 025111

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. An internally most handsome example showing some mild vertical sunning along the spine and foredge of the front cover along with the ghost of the adhesive from a small label on the rear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021304

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A bright, most handsome copy showing a thin margin of barely perceptible sunning to the length of the spine. 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: 020629

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. Munchen, GERMANY: Verlag Schellmann & Kluser, 1976. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Fine.. np (186pp), 90 color illustrations. "A Series of 90 Paintings..." documents Joseph Beuys' body of work subtitled "2 Schafskopfe (Loch)" issued as "unique multiples" by Verlag Schellmann & Kluser in 1976. Painted between 1961 and 1975, these abstracted images of two sheep heads were executed in oil paint and butter on a sheet of BFK Rives paper that had a circular hole torn from it. Each is reproduced here photomechanically as an individual full page blueprint and bound in wrappers. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred copies SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the title page and NUMBERED by stamp (162/500) in black ink on the rear free endpaper, 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. Inventory Number: 022234

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1981. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 123 duotone illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1981 exhibition of a 1975 series of Joseph Beuys drawings on calendar pages entitled "Words Which Can Hear" held at London's Anthony D'Offay Gallery. A pristine example of the uncommon deluxe hardbound edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Joseph Beuys in brown ink at the rear, 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. Inventory Number: 019917

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). de Vree, Paul & Sarenco, Editors. Brescia, ITALY: Lotta Poetica, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. np (24pp), 23 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Text in Italian. Cover Designed by Joseph Beuys, This forty-sixth installment of Paul de Vree's prescient seventies art and literature periodical "Lotta Poetica" (Poetry War) is a special monographic issue devoted to Joseph Beuys. It features a cover and title page designed by the artist that is accompanied by Caroline Tisdall's photographic documentation of the 1974 piece "Three Pots Action in the Poor House". A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil 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: 019826

(BLOOM, BARBARA). Bloom, Barbara. Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), 1981. First Edition. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 30 ½ x 21 ¾" poster printed color offset recto only, flat and unmailed. This is the limited edition poster/artwork produced as part of Barbara Bloom's 1981 piece entitled "The Diamond Lane" - a supposed feature-length film written and directed by the artist with music by Peter Gordon that starred Eric Fischl, Susan Davis, Marianne deGraaf, and Cees van Hoorn. There was however no full-length film, only a psychologically fraught five-minute "trailer" (produced with the assistance of a Dutch governmental grant) and a small print-run of one-sheet posters to be used for publicity purposes. In 1981, Los Angeles' conceptually-based Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. rented time in several local theatres to show the trailer amongst actual studio coming attractions while displaying the posters in their lobbies. The idea seemed to be that the anticipation created in a few random viewers would never be fulfilled, thus potentially spawning individual mythologies about the fictional movie based on the fragments they had observed in the theatre... Needless to say, if you blinked, you missed this one, and this poster designed by Ms. Bloom is the remaining documentation of the artwork/event. A most handsome, still flat example of this uncommon artist's multiple (documented on page 147 of New York's International Center for Photography's 2007 publication "The Collections of Barbara Bloom" ) that has been neither folded nor hung, showing some mild handling marks and crinkling along the length of one of its edges. Inventory Number: 027356

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (32pp), no illustrations. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "11 Excerpts (1967-1970)" is renowned Conceptual practitioner Mel Bochner's 1971 artist's book consisting of eleven brief, somewhat didactic statements about "Art" and its production. As he states here, "I do not make art. I do art". A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024452

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel, Frederic Paul & Nelson Knight. Bignan, FRANCE: Domaine De Kerguehennec, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 color and 36 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely new hardbound catalogue that documents the 2007 Domaine De Kerguehennec retrospective of renowned Conceptual artist Mel Bochner. It contains primarily newly photographed images of the works installed during the exhibition as well as earlier documentary photographs, essays by Frederic Paul and Nelson Knight, and a lengthy transcribed interview between Paul and Mel Bochner. A brand new, pristine example. 2-906574-15-5 Inventory Number: 016143

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Dijon, FRANCE: Art & Art, 1988. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 9 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. Limited to three hundred copies only, this charming artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents nine sepia-toned portraits of the title's protagonist Georges Harly found in a cigar box. A handsome example of entry number sixty-five in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" showing some slight sunning along the length of the spine. 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: 017920

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag (Edition Separee 26), 1999. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with DJ. Artist's Book. As New.. np (32pp), illustrated in b&w. Text in German. "So Schnell" is Christian Boltanski's cryptic 1999 artist's book that presents thirty passport-style portraits of French youth with accompanying birth dates juxtaposed against graph paper grids. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies 3-932189-26-4 Inventory Number: 013402

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. München & Darmstadt, GERMANY: Gina Kehayoff Verlag & Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (48 pp), 40 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in German. Published in conjunction with a 1996 German museum exhibition, "Sterblich" is a Christian Boltanski artist book containing forty dark, grainy photographic images of death. A most handsome example. 3-929078-58-9 Inventory Number: 010973

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Madrid, SPAIN: Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Printed Boards. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. 63pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish and French. With a chronology. Published in conjunction with a 1998 Spanish exhibition, this contains an artist's project by Christian Boltanski consisting of grainy photographic images of "Escenarios Del Crimen". A most presentable example (entry number sixty-four in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" and cited on page 42 of "From Fair to Fine 3") showing a few minor surface indentations and some light browning (as is typical with this title) as well as some minor foxing to the chipboard covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 003646

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Munich, GERMANY: Gina Kehayoff Verlag, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (64pp), 63 b&w illustrations. Text in German. This artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents contrasting sets of childhood and adult portraits of thirty-one participants, plus two additional images of the artist himself. A most handsome example of the 1996 Gina Kehayoff Verlag first edition. 3-929078-57-0 Inventory Number: 003644

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the first of two early catalogues raisonné cum artist books privately published by Chris Burden detailing his own conceptually based performance work. It presents copious photographic documentation accompanied by the artist's own notes for each of twenty-three projects executed between 1971 and 1973. A bright, exceptionally well-preserved example of this uncommon item. 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: 027539

(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery Staff. Santa Monica, CA & New York: Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, 1988. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), full edge gilt, 5 color illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition of five new sculptures: "The Figure Of Question Is In The Room", "The Door For Innocence", "This And This", "The Conscience", and "The Golden Book" by the late, idiosyncratic Conceptual practitioner James Lee Byars that traveled from the Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery in New York to Santa Monica's Hoffman Borman Gallery. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies (whose exquisite production values cost the galleries $80.00 per book) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-941863-04-2 Inventory Number: 023952

(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Weight of Franchise Meat" is the wry 1971 self-published artist's book by the then California-based conceptual practitioner Robert Cumming. True to its title, Cumming stages and photographs sixteen tableaux featuring hamburger patties from Orange County burger chains A + W, Bob's Big Boy, Buddy's, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Denny's, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's, and Punky's weighed on a postage scale. An otherwise handsome example of the 1971 first edition of this uncommon gem (cited on pages 146-147 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some very mild soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 026499

(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (16pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Weight of Franchise Meat" is the wry 1971 self-published artist's book by the then California-based conceptual practitioner Robert Cumming. True to its title, Cumming stages and photographs sixteen tableaux featuring hamburger patties from Orange County burger chains A + W, Bob's Big Boy, Buddy's, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Denny's, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's, and Punky's weighed on a postage scale. An otherwise handsome example of the 1971 first edition of this uncommon gem (cited on pages 146-147 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some very mild soiling to the covers along with a bit of subtle rippling due to contact with moisture. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025594

(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026837

(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1973).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/600. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (75pp). In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is a quirky artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based Conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. "Written" in his self-devised, unintelligible language, there are no illustrations, English, nor any publication details to be found here. It is noted as having been issued by the artist in an edition of six hundred copies in 1973 in the bibliography of Frederic Paul's "Guy de Cointet" published by Flammarion in 2014. A most handsome example of this uncommon item - only nine copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "For Peg / Guy de Cointet / Dec 16, '74" in red ink on the front free endpaper showing just a bit of wear and age-toning. Inventory Number: 026500

(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 025704

(DIBBETS, JAN). Dibbets, Jan. New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Folded Poster. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine.. One 19 ½ x 25 ½" sheet printed offset recto only, neatly folded in quarters, as issued. This artist's multiple cum poster was Dutch Conceptual practitioner Jan Dibbets' contribution to the Multiples, Inc. "Artists and Photographs" portfolio of 1970. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item offered here individually. 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: 023930

(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

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. London, Cologne, GERMANY & New York: Art For All & Konig Brothers, 1972. First Edition 1/600. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to six hundred copies, the beautifully bound "Side by Side" is the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, most handsome example in lovely hand-marbled boards of the 1972 first edition of this exceedingly uncommon item SIGNED "Gilbert & George" in red on the foreword AND NUMBERED (No. 85 of 600) on the inside rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025705

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. London & Koln, GERMANY: Enitharmon Editions Ltd. & Walther Konig, 2012. Second Edition (First Thus 1/2000). 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. First published in 1971 in an edition limited to six hundred copies, "Side by Side" was the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 Enitharmon Editions Ltd. facsimile edition limited to two thousand copies each with unique covers hand-marbled linen by the artists NUMBERED (#1990/2000) AND SIGNED "Gilbert & George" in purple ink, as issued. 3-86335-268-8 Inventory Number: 023898

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George, Jean-Christophe Ammann & Barbara M. Reise. Luzern, SWITZERLAND: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1972. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good -.. np (84pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the 1972 Kunstmuseum Luzern exhibition entitled "The Paintings", this is the original appearance of the photographic sequence "Oh, the Grand old Duke of York" by British conceptualists Gilbert & George. Capturing the pair descending an imposing stone staircase accompanied by the repeating phrase "No UP, no DOWN", these same images were reconfigured in the form of a small 1996 flip book published Oktagon Verlag. An internally most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1972 first edition whose white wrappers show age-toning, soiling and spotting along with noticeable insect damage along the top and bottom edges of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021309

(GONZALEZ-TORRES, FELIX ). Ault, Julie, Editor. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl Dangin, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 412pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Pascal Dangin. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. "Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the most influential artists of his generation, lived and worked resolutely according to his own democratic ideology, determined to "make this a better place for everyone." Combining principles of conceptual art, minimalism, political activism and poetic beauty, Gonzalez-Torres's ever-changing arsenal included public billboards, give-away piles of candy or posters, and ordinary objects (clocks, mirrors, light fixtures) often used to startling effect. His work challenged the notions of public and private space, originality, authorship and most significantly, the authoritative structure in which he functioned. In the spirit of the artist's method, Julie Ault has amassed a comprehensive monograph of this important artist that rethinks the very idea of what a monograph should be. The book places strong emphasis on the written word, and contains texts by Robert Storr, Robert Nickas, Russell Ferguson, Lewis Baltz, Nancy Spector, Joseph Kosuth, and Miwon Kwon among other notables, as well as significant critical essays, exhibition statements, transcripts from lectures, personal correspondence, and writings that influenced Gonzalez-Torres and his work. With ample visual documentation, we see works not just in their finality, but often witness their transformation over a lifespan. This collection is a critical reference for the history of contemporary art". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition. 3-86521-196-8 Inventory Number: 025024

(GRAHAM, DAN) (HASEGAWA, ITSUKO) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 1998. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color and black and white offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, profusely illustrated. This eighth installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a collaborative project between renowned American conceptual practitioner Dan Graham and the noted Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa published in conjunction with the exhibition "Cities on the Move". A most handsome example of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 027094

(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1970. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Artist's Book. Very Good +.. Fifteen individual 7 ½ x 10 ¼" plates printed offset recto only, 15 b&w illustrations. Self-published in 1970, "Impersonations" is Los Angeles-based artist Scott Grieger's wildly hilarious, photographically illustrated artist's book of send-ups of iconic works by many of the then-prevailing luminaries of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art. Using the photographic studio and some darkroom magic, the hirsute Grieger clad in jeans, desert boots, and a white t-shirt substitutes himself for artworks ranging from a Barnett Newman "zip" to one of Robert Irwin's illuminated disc paintings. The fifteen artists receiving these wry homages are Ronald Bladen, Tony DeLap, Robert Grosvenor, Irwin, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, George Rickey, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Ernest Trova. The "Impersonations" photographs were subsequently shown in MoMA's landmark 1970 Conceptual Art exhibition "Information", the 1972 Whitney Annual, "Los Angeles '72" at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, and were the subject of a 2007 retrospective with catalogue at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. The work fits in nicely with parallel body-centric photographic excursions by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden and Vito Acconci - albeit with a more overt tongue in cheek approach. A bright, handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and underappreciated gem whose glossy white printed paper portfolio shows some typical creasing along the edges along with a slight stain at the upper right corner of the rear panel. Inventory Number: 022630

(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott & Maurice Tuchman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One continuous 7 ½ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, folded neatly in half to make 4pp, 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Ahmanson Gallery exhibition of five recent "combination" works by Scott Grieger. Expanding on his earlier "Impersonations" series, the Los Angeles-based artist takes aim here at prevailing luminaries and tropes of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art with five works that marry the iconic imagery of Frank Stella with Donald Judd, Robert Morris with Larry Poons, Morris Louis with Sol LeWitt, Barnett Newman with Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns with Donald Judd to amusing effect. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024815