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(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 9 ¼ x 16" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 1990 show of collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 016124

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. With a chronology. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 2000 show of paintings and collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 015612

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Woelffer, Emerson, Anne Ayres & Roy Dowell. Los Angeles: Otis School of Art and Design Galley, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 64pp, 20 color illustrations. Designed by Daniel Stearns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery retrospective of sixty-two works on paper by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer, this elegant catalogue combines reproductions of the artist's work along with essays by curators Anne Ayres and Roy Dowell, and an interview with Woelffer. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 016009

(WOOD, JONAS). Holte, Michael Ned, Ana Vejzovic Sharp & Jonas Wood. New York, Los Angeles & Brooklyn: Anton Kern, David Kordansky & PictureBox, 2012. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Familiar. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2012 exhibition of work by the noted Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood. It features an essay by Michael Ned Holte, a transcribed interview between the artist and Ana Vejzovic Sharp, and scores of color illustrations. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2012 first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jonas Wood / 2015" INCORPORATING A DRAWING OF A BASKETBALL as the 0 of the date in black marker on the title page. 0-9837199-3-4 Inventory Number: 025359

(WOOD, JONAS) (KUSAKA, SHIO). Wiley, Chris. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 220pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by An Art Service. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 joint exhibition of work by the noted Los Angeles-based artists Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood at Gagosian Hong Kong. A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable 2015 first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by both artists WITH A LARGE DRAWING OF A BASKETBALL DATED "2015" by Jonas Wood in black marker on the front pastedown. 0-8478-4701-2 Inventory Number: 026474

(WOOD, JONAS). Sharp, Brian & Jonas Wood. J.C. Gabel, Editor. Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Tall 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 David Kordansky Gallery exhibition of eighteen paintings and twenty-five drawings by the noted Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood. It features scores of color illustrations accompanied by a transcribed interview between Wood and fellow artist Brian Sharp. A brand new, pristine example of the first - and only - printing of this uncommon, unavailable gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jonas Wood / 2015" WITH A DRAWING OF A BASKETBALL in the year of publication in black marker on the title page. Inventory Number: 026383

(WOOD, JONAS). Sharp, Brian & Jonas Wood. J.C. Gabel, Editor. Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Tall 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 David Kordansky Gallery exhibition of eighteen paintings and twenty-five drawings by the noted Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood. It features scores of color illustrations accompanied by a transcribed interview between Wood and fellow artist Brian Sharp. A brand new, pristine example of the first - and only - printing of this uncommon, unavailable gem still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 026382

(WRIGHT, LLOYD). Gebhard, David & Harriette Von Breton. Santa Barbara, CA: Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. Very Good -.. 102pp, 98 b&w illustrations. Designed by David Gebhard. With a bibliography and selected list of buildings and projects. Issued in conjunction with a 1971 David Gebhard and Harriette Von Breton curated exhibition at the Art Galleries of the University of California, Santa Barbara, this elegant publication features reproductions of pioneering Los Angeles modernist architect Lloyd Wright's plans and drawings, vintage photographs, and a listing of completed works. A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon first edition - not to be confused with 1998 reprint. LC 73-634352 Inventory Number: 016827

(WRIGHT, RICHARD). Ferguson, Russell, John Lowden & Sarah Lowndes. London: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 160pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Graphic Thought Facility. With an exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully designed and printed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of work by Richard Wright - the artist's first at the gallery. "Wright utilizes a unique visual and spatial language in which he paints directly onto walls, ceilings, corners and other more liminal spaces of architecture. In doing so, he reasserts the power of incidental details that adorn the edges of our designed world in his response to the individual character of the elected space. Moving beyond the limits of early conceptualism with its stated arbitrariness, Wright paints each of these works himself with almost medieval precision. The artist was pronounced the winner for the 2009 Turner Prize where his work was on view at Tate Britain through 2010". A most handsome copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-8478-3504-9 Inventory Number: 020463

(YOSHITOSHI, TSUKIOKA). Keyes, Roger & George Kuwayama. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980. Third Printing. Square 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 112pp, 10 color and 67 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1980 traveling Museum exhibition of prints by the groundbreaking Japanese Ukiyo-E master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - known for his unorthodox and compelling images. A handsome example showing some very light wear and rubbing to the spine and covers. 0-87587-096-1 Inventory Number: 021870

Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Thomas M. Messer. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1963. First Edition 1/3000. Tall 8vo. Stapled Decorative Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np (14pp), 6 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Designed by Herbert Matter. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. One of the very first American Museum surveys of Pop Art, the Guggenheim Museum's "Six Painters and The Object" was the predecessor to curator Lawrence Alloway's exhibition of West Coast artists held later that same year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art entitled "Six More". His prescient selection of participants included Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, seminal document showing some mild wear and creasing to its rainbow-hued covers. Inventory Number: 027417

Baldwin, Gordon. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Near Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Fame and Photography"; a 1993 exhibition of prints by Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen and Man Ray drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025459

Bepler, Sine, Jens Hoffmann, Jonathan Napack & Philip Tinari. Sine Bepler & Uta Grosenick, Editors. Koln, GERMANY: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. As New/As New. 252pp, 150 color and 50 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Chinese. "Since its establishment in 1996, ShanghART gallery has fostered and embraced radicalism and diversity in Shanghai art. Located initially in a downtown hotel and thereafter in an old workshop in Fuxing Park, the gallery quickly became an international reference point for contemporary Chinese art. Today it is regarded as one of the country's most acclaimed and innovative cultural spaces. This publication is structured as a virtual exhibition, documenting key works by thirty-one represented artists including Ding Yi, Geng Jianyi, Hu Jieming, Hu Yang, Ji Wenyu, Li Shan, Liang Yue, Lu Chunsheng, Feng Mengbo, Pu Jie, Song Tao, Shen Fan, Shi Yong, Tang Guo, Tang Maohong, Wei Guangqing, Wang Guangyi, Wang Youshen, Wu Yiming, Xiang Liqing, Xue Song, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong, Yang Zhengzhong, Yu Youhan, Zhao Bandi, Zhou Zixi, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Enli, and Zhou Tiehai, as well as the gallery's own development. Its essays chronicle the history of the emergent Chinese art scene and detail the radical sociopolitical and cultural changes of the past decade". 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. 3-86560-200-2 Inventory Number: 014337

Bond, Henry, Andrea Schlieker, Editors. Bernard, Cindy & Cesare Pietroiusti. London: Serpentine Gallery, 1992. First Edition. Large 4to. Stapled Wrappers in DJ. Exhibition Catalog. As New./As New.. 24 + 40pp, 23 b&w illustrations (in volume one). With biographies. With texts by Henry Bond, Liam Gillick, Ian Jeffrey, Robert Nickas, Eric Troncy, Angela Vettese, Benjamin Weil. This is the two-volume set documenting the contemporary survey "Exhibit A" featuring Cindy Bernard, Mat Collishaw, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Marco Mazzucconi, Hirsch Perlman, Cesare Pietroiusti, Sam Samore, and Catherine Yass held at London's Serpentine Gallery in 1992. A pristine set, with the publisher's printed wraparound band, as issued. 1-870814-51-7 Inventory Number: 011534

Bradley, Peter, Jefferee James, Steve Cannon, Clement Greenberg & Simone Swan. Houston, TX: The Menil Foundation , 1971. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 74pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist and artists' biographies. “In late spring 1971, businessman and philanthropist John de Menil approached New York-based artist and curator Peter Bradley to organize an exhibition in Houston of art by Black artists after a series of high-profile controversies surrounding shows of Black art in both Houston and New York. “The De Luxe Show” was the resulting exhibition held from August to September 1971 at the De Luxe Theater in Houston's Fifth Ward. Organized by Bradley and de Menil with the mission of bringing contemporary art into a low-income, predominantly Black community, The De Luxe Show was one of the first racially integrated art exhibitions in the United States and featured some of the most acclaimed artists of the era as well as several emerging artists who would go on to become widely recognized.” The full roster consisted of Peter Bradley, Darby Bannard, Anthony Caro, Dan Christensen, Ed Clark, Frank Davis, Sam Gilliam, Robert Gordon, Richard Hunt, Virginia Jaramillo, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Al Loving, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, Michael Steiner, William T. Williams, and James Wolfe." A most handsome example of the now uncommon document of this historic exhibition. Inventory Number: 027645

Burawoy, Robert. Paris: Galerie Robert Burawoy, 1978. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (26pp), 8 hand-tipped color illustrations with printed clear acetate overlays. Text in French. With a bibliography. This is the magnificently produced, massively oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of eight Tibetan Lamaistic paintings held at renowned Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy. Each artwork is reproduced as a color plate tipped to a handmade paper leaf with a clear acetate overlay that identifies the pantheon pictured beneath. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon document - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to three hundred copies NUMBERED (120/300) AND SIGNED "Robert" by the author, gallerist, and collector in black ink on the verso of the title page, as issued. Inventory Number: 024770

Burawoy, Robert. Paris. 1977, 1983, 1984, 1993 & 1994.: Galerie Robert Burawoy. First Editions. 4to or Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalogs. Very Good. or Better.. 80pp + np (8pp) + np (8pp) + np (26pp) + np (14pp), each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French with some English and Japanese. This is a group of five catalogues each published in conjunction with an exhibition of Japanese Arms, Armour, and/or swords at renowned Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy. The first, and most significant is the paperbound in dust jacket edition of "Armes Japonaises Dans Les Collections Privees Francaises". Published in 1977, it is an informative, well-illustrated eighty page survey of one hundred and thirty-seven examples of Japanese arms and armor produced between the 16th and 19th century selected from French collections. The other four titles - all softbound and oversized - are "Japon: Kinko - Montures de Sabre Ornementales" (1983, 8pp), "Armures Du Japon" (1984, 8pp), "Sabres Du Japon" (1993, 26pp - limited to 600 copies of which only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat), and "Armures Du Japon" (1994, 14pp). A most handsome group of these uncommon items showing just an occasional bit of edgewear or light creasing along their spines. Inventory Number: 024768

Casciani, Stefano, Giannino Malossi, Carlo Romano & Nigel Whiteley. Giannino Malossi, Editor. Milan, ITALY: Electa Editrice, 1990. First English Language Edition. Stout 8vo. Illustrated Boards in Slipcase. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. 210 + 158pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Italo Lupi. This is a totally amazing two volume publication documenting the new art, architecture, cinema, design, fashion, music and popular culture in Europe (with the primary focus on Britain) during the Swingin' Sixties! Issued in conjunction with a 1990 Italian exhibition, everyone who was anyone is here including The Mods, The Rockers, The Situationists, Richard Hamilton and The Independent Group, The Beatles, The Who, Allen Jones, Peter Blake, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Joe Colombo, Archigram, Stanley Kubrick, The Fool, Pierre Cardin, Ungaro, Paco Rabanne, Mary Quant, and many, many, more. A pristine, still shrinkwrapped set along with the exhibition commissioned documentary "The Sixties in Moving Images" on video cassette housed in the publisher's printed cardboard slipcase, as issued. 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. 88-435-3269-3 Inventory Number: 023825

Cohen, Arthur A. & Luce Marinetti. New York: Ex Libris & Prakapas Gallery, 1985. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np (20pp), 16 b&w illustrations. Designed by Tamar Cohen. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender publication was the catalogue for a 1985 exhibition held concurrently at Ex Libris and Prakapas Gallery of Italian Futurist works on paper by Fidele Azari, Emilio Buccafusca, Mario Carli, Francesco Cangiullo, Pasqualino Cangiullo, Luciano De Nardis, Ugo Giannattasio, F.T. Marinetti, Angelo Rognoni, and Lucio Vernna (Landsmann). A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing some light soiling and handling creases to its rear cover. Inventory Number: 025896

Cole, Herbert M.. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good -.. 29pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1983 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, this is noted art historian and curator Herbert M. Cole's study of matched pairs of male and female sculptural figures in the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. A presentable example only showing a discoloring dampstain (but with no sticking or tearing of the pages) running through the covers and textblock from the heel of the spine along the lower edge. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018963

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Ethnographic Art Monograph. Fine.. 230pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "The Arts of Ghana" is the vibrant, authoritative catalogue for a 1977 touring exhibition of Ghanaian Art curated by two of the preeminent scholars in the field; Herbert Cole and Doran Ross. The assembled pieces include domestic, utilitarian, cult, and state objects demonstrate the variety and complexity of the tribal arts of Ghana as well as the skills of the makers. A brand new, most handsome example of the paperbound edition of this still vital reference. LC-77-89769 Inventory Number: 024264

Cortes, Jose Miguel G.. San Sebastian, BASQUE: Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, 1997. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Silk Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Basque and Spanish, with an English summary. With a bibliography and filmography. This is the amazing catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1997 Spanish Museum exhibition whose English title translates as "The Veiled Face: Transvest[it]ism and Identity in Art". The premise of the show was to provide a comprehensive survey of Drag, Cross Dressing, Transvestitism, and the Transgendered as subject matter in contemporary art and film. The artists whose work is presented here are Claude Cahun, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Juan Hidalgo, Michel Journiac, Jurgen Klauke, Zoe Leonard, Urs Luthi, Lisette Model, Pierre Molinier, Catherine Opie, Pierre et Gilles, Man Ray, Humberto Rivas, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Joel-Peter Witkin. A brand new, most handsome example. 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. 84-7907-214-8 Inventory Number: 011658

Cuno, James, Michel Melot, Lynn Hunt, Claude Langlois, Ronald Paulson, Albert Boime & Klaus Herding. Lynne Hockman, Editor. Los Angeles: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts & Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New.. 282pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the scholarly, well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the 1989 Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the University of California Los Angeles exhibition of one hundred and ninety caricatures on paper related to the events of the French Revolution. Drawn from the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, it includes works by Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Francois Janinet, Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Villeneuve, Louis-Jean Allais, Bernier, Salvatore Tresca, and many more - mostly anonymous. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-943739-05-5 Inventory Number: 015099

Develing, E. & Shirley Blum. Riverside, CA: Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, 1970. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 20pp, 4 b&w illustrations. With bibliographies. This is the minimally-appointed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside exhibition of sculptural works by American Minimal pioneers Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Robert Morris. A glossy, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing some very light handling and ink transfer from rubbing to its grey covers. Inventory Number: 025915

Driskell, David C.. Los Angeles & New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Random House, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 222pp, profusely illustrated in b&w with a full-color cover illustration. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with an important 1966 traveling California Museum exhibition curated by Howard University's pioneering African-American art historian, artist, and educator James A. Porter enttitled "The Negro in American Art". The show featurrd work by such noted artists as Edward Bannister, Romare Bearden, Edward Bereal, Aaron Douglas, David Driskell, Robert Duncanson, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam Jr., Marvin Harden, Richard Hunt, Sargent Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Horace Pippin, Noah Purifoy, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Robert Thompson, Ruth Waddy, Charles White, and many others. A handsome example of this significant document showing some light overall wear and soiling. Inventory Number: 027488

Drucker, Barbara & Michael Darling + Christiane Paul, Erkki Huhtamo & N. Katherine Hales. Los Angeles: The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, 2006. First Editions. 4to. Embossed Linen Over Boards. Exhibition Catalogs. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued.. 80 + 112 + 8pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Robert Ruehlman, Green Dragon Office + Simon Johnston. Published in conjunction with the opening of the Richard Meier & Partners-designed Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center on the campus of UCLA, these three volumes comprise a deluxe set issued hors commerce for dignitaries and contributors. For the first volume, "Sixteen Tons", curator Michael Darling selected work by John Baldessari, Jennifer Bolande, Chris Burden, Barbara Drucker, Roger Herman, Mary Kelly, Paul McCarthy, Catherine Opie, Hirsch Perlman, Lari Pittman, Charles Ray, Nancy Rubins, Adrian Saxe, Don Suggs, James Welling and Patty Wickman - the sixteen faculty artists that make up this elegant catalogue. Curated by Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of new media arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Second Natures" features the work of UCLA Department of Design/Media Arts faculty members Rebecca Allen, Robert Israel, Rebeca Méndez, Vasa Mihich, Christian Moeller, C.E.B. Reas, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Victoria Vesna. Also included is a slender pamphlet noting the opening of the Center, the contributions of architect Richard Meier, and the installation of a monumental sculptural work by Richard Serra. A brand new, pristine set of the three volumes held together by the publisher's printed band, as issued. 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. Inventory Number: 013028

Edited by Nanina Guyer and Michaela Oberhofer. Museum Rietberg, I00200813, 2020. 9 x 11 in., 328 pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

There is no single voice of the Democratic Republic of Congo but a multitude of diverse cultures and voices, contributing to a vibrant art scene that attracts interest from around the world. Nowhere in Africa is there an art scene more varied in form, media, and material.

Published to accompany an exhibition at Museum Rietberg in Zurich, Congo as Fiction: Art Worlds between Past and Present juxtaposes objects collected and photographs by the German anthropologist Hans Himmelheber during his journey to the Congo from 1938 to 1939 with works by contemporary Congolese artists and essays that investigate the fictions of Congo in both African and Western imaginations. The colorful masks and richly decorated everyday objects collected by Himmelheber reflect the extraordinary creativity and innovativeness of Congolese artists of the period but also the collector’s own idea of Congo. The book links the past with contemporary artistic production, showing how for many years Congolese artists like Sammy Baloji and Sinzo Aanza have been exploring in their work the effects of colonialism and globalized trade. 9783858818355 Inventory Number: I00200813

Featherstone, David. Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. 56pp, 43 b&w illustrations. Exhibition checklist. This charming catalogue is the twenty-first installment of "Untitled" from the Friends of Photography. It is a survey show of mysteriously beautiful work by forty-three photographers (including Sally Gall, James Alinder, Peter Reiss, Nancy Rexroth, Eric Lindbloom, etc.) using the 1960's molded plastic Diana camera. From the surreal to the abstract, the work is sure to be of interest to those whose photographic processes vary from the carefully calculated, heavily equipped to snapshot happy Lomographers. A most handsome copy. 0-933286-17-1 Inventory Number: 011755

Gagosian, Larry. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563

Galassi, Peter. New York: The Museum of Modern Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Survey. Fine.. 128pp, 95 color and 58 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Hentges. With an exhibition checklist. "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort" presents a varied and challenging cross-section of contemporary work, all of it devoted to life at home. The current state of the American Dream of domestic happiness is examined in this major photography exhibition, and while it makes no attempt at sociological objectivity, the many voices it assembles have much to say about life in the eighties." The participants in Peter Galassi's landmark 1991 The Museum of Modern Art survey consisted of Robert Adams, Nicolas Africano, Joan Albert, Tom Bamberger, Tina Barney, Mary Berridge, Geoffrey Biddle, Judith Black, Ken Botto, Andrew Brilliant, Ellen Brooks, Peter Brown, Jo Ann Callis, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Albert Chong, Maude Schuyler Clay, Eileen Cowin, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Doug DuBois, William Eggleston, Larry Fink, Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, David Goldes, Nan Goldin, Jill Graham, Susan Kandel, Mary Kocol, Pok Chi Lau, Frank Majore, Sally Mann, Abelardo Morell, Marilyn Nance, Nic Nicosia, Nicholas Nixon, Lorie Novak, Kathy O'Connor, John Pinderhughes, Melissa Ann Pinney, David Prifti, Marvin Rhodes, Thomas Roma, Sheron Rupp, Gabrielle Russomagno, Adrienne Salinger, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Laurie Simmons, Sage Sohier, Joni Sternbach, Joel Sternfeld, Jock Sturge, Larry Sultan, Anne Turyn, JoAnn Verburg, Wolf Von dem Bussche, Jo Ann Walters, Carrie Mae Weems, Henry Wessel, Jr., and Neil Winokur. A brand new, most handsome example of the first MoMA printing - issued only in a paper binding - that features Philip-Lorca diCorcia's riveting image of child actor Bryan Madorsky staring warily at a platter of faux long pig on the set of the movie "Parents." 0-87070-192-4 Inventory Number: 027483

Ghez, Susanne, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill & Gary Garrels. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New.. np (32pp), 21 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool in collaboration with Michael Glass Design, Inc. With an exhibition checklist. This is the engaging, "Windy City"-themed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago exhibition of then-recent works by the kindred trio of Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool. It features a series of brief-but-lively texts by Susanne Ghez, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill, and Gary Garrels along with reproductions of the exhibited pieces that invoke such Chicago icons as Al Capone and Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City Apartments. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-941548-18-X Inventory Number: 025245

Glenn, Constance W. & The CSULB Museum Studies Program. Long Beach, CA: The Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, 1975. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Comb-Bound Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With artist biographies and exhibition histories. "A View Through" was an influential 1975 exhibition organized by California State University, Long Beach Art Galleries director Constance W. Glenn and the students of the CSULB Museum Studies Program that featured work by nine Southern California artists working independently within the loosely unified Light and Space movement. The participants were Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, Guy Dill, Laddie John Dill, Dr. Who?, Doug Edge, Robert Irwin, and Terry O'Shea. A serviceable example only of this uncommon item - only eleven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - whose fragile plastic comb-binding is complete and unbroken, but is showing some noticeable dampstaining and rippling to the covers and portions of the textblock due to contact with moisture. None of the pages have stuck together, and it has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026418

Green, Jonathan & Rob Perree. Leusden, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Foto, 1991. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Wrappers with Brass Fasteners. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English. Designed by Visser Bay & Anders Toscani. With a bibliography and exhibition history for each photographer. This is the beautifully designed and produced catalogue published in conjunction with a 1991 Dutch exhibition featuring the work of ten contemporary California photographers. It includes portfolios by Jody Zellen, Jean Ruiter, Corey Kaplan, Kent Howie, John C. Hesketh, Lukas Felzmann, Mark Alice Durant, Eileen Cowin, Jo Ann Callis, and Lisa Bloomfield. A handsome example showing a small nick to the rear cover at the foredge. Inventory Number: 008254

Hargraves, Michael. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Little Pictures"; a 1994 exhibition of daguerreotype images and cases drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. The images reproduced here include those of Giorgio Sommer, Warren De La Rue, and an unknown portrait of Edgar Allen Poe. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 009186

Haynes, Robert & Robert Burawoy. Foreword by Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke. Paris: Robert Burawoy, 1984. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Art Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, 103 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. With a bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of one hundred Tsuba shown during a 1984 symposium on "The Arts of the Samurai" held at The German Sword Museum in Solingen. Published by Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy, this survey illustrates each of the one hundred Japanese sword hilts selected from public collections in Hamburg, Copenhagen, Geneve, Paris, and London. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon limited hardbound edition limited to three hundred NUMBERED (97/300) copies with a four hundred item bibliography not found in the trade version additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "for ..., Robert" from author and publisher Robert Burawoy to a well-known gallerist in black ink on the front pastedown. Inventory Number: 024766

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. An internally most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition showing some very light dampstaining along the top and bottom edges along with a flattened slight vertical wave through the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 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. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023510

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition. 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. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023509

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris. 1981 (1992).: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 800pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A bright, most handsome example of the smaller format, redesigned 1992 Centre Georges Pompidou and Gallimard edition in flexible boards. 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. 2-07-011248-9 Inventory Number: 020835

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by V. M. Polevoi. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 580pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1979 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Moscow during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A handsome example of the 1979 Pompidou French language edition bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Melinda and De Wain with my very best greetings from your Pontus" from curator Pontus Hulten in black ink on the half title page showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling. De Wain is the noted Los Angeles-based Light and Space artist De Wain Valentine, and Melinda (sic) is his former partner and gallerist Malinda Wyatt, from whom we acquired this directly. 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. 2-85850-002-9 Inventory Number: 023630

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Werner Spies. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1978. First French Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good -./No Jacket - As Issued. 632pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1978 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Berlin during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the hardbound 1978 Pompidou French language edition showing some light wear and handling, a bit of soiling to the covers, and a mild dent through the upper foredge corner of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 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. 2-85850-066-5 Inventory Number: 023508