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(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin. New York: David Beitzel Gallery, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (14pp), 5 color illustrations + color cover. With a chronology, exhibition history, and collections listing. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2001 New York gallery exhibition of new paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title page with the gallery's postcard announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 027686

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the front free endpaper. 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027689

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the front free endpaper. 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027688

(MULL, MARTIN). Putnam, James, Ben Brown & Martin Mull. London, UK: Ben Brown Fine Arts, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 31 color and 2 duotone illustrations + color cover. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, and collections listing. This is lavishly produced hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2007 London gallery exhibition of twenty-four then-recent oil on linen paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title half-title page. Inventory Number: 027694

(MULL, MARTIN). Putnam, James, Ben Brown & Martin Mull. London, UK: Ben Brown Fine Arts, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 31 color and 2 duotone illustrations + color cover. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, and collections listing. This is lavishly produced hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2007 London gallery exhibition of twenty-four then-recent oil on linen paintings by the supremely talented artist/thespian/musician Martin Mull. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink at Arcana on the title half-title page. Inventory Number: 027691

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Murakami, Takashi, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, Paul Schimmel & Mika Yoshitake. Los Angeles & New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 328pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Victoria Lam with Lauren Harden / Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the massive, beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles organized traveling retrospective of works by Takashi Murakami. Featuring insightful essays by curator Paul Schimmel, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, and Mika Yoshitake as well as hundreds of plates, it is the most comprehensive document to date on the hyper-popular Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-8478-3003-9 Inventory Number: 027641

(NEEL, ALICE), Harris, Ann Southerland & Guy Luster. New York: Graham Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good.. np (10pp), 4 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Alice Neel - one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg as well as her neighbors in Spanish Harlem. This is the slender ten page catalogue cum brochure published in conjunction with a 1978 Graham Gallery retrospective exhibition of fifty-seven works on paper executed between 1926 and 1978. A presentable example of this uncommon item which is according to its bibliography the first monographic publication on the beloved late artist showing soiling, wear and creasing to the covers along with a short closed tear to the foredge of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026153

(NESHAT, SHIRIN). Neshat, Shirin, Hamid Dabashi, RoseLee Goldberg & Giorgio Verzotti. Foreword By Ida Gianelli. Torino & Milan, ITALY: Castello Di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea & Edizioni Charta, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Italian. With a biography, bibliography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is a comprehensive catalogue focusing on the Iranian born contemporary artist Shirin Neshat's Video installations published in conjunction with a 2002 Italian Museum retrospective. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 88-8158-360-7 Inventory Number: 010142

(NOBLE, PAUL). Kunzru, Hari & Paul Noble. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio: Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Paul Noble's 2007 Gagosian New York installation "dottodot" - the British artist's first exhibition for the gallery. It was comprised of "drawings, ceramic sculptures, rugs, sound, and various other elements to form an atmosphere or environment that reflects on time, space, and change, both massive and infinitesimal". "dottodot" incorporated work from Noble's epic "Nobson New Town" project, as well as his versions of Chinese "gongshi" patterned after fragments of Henry Moore's sculptures. Included is an audio CD of the show's aural environment. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-57-X Inventory Number: 027652

(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Mark Fletcher & Tina Kim. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: Kukje Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie and Stefania Bonelli. Text in English and Korean. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2005 Kukje Gallery exhibition "The Joy of Sex", bad boy and girl Noble and Webster have created an artists' book that drolly appropriates fellow Brit Dr. Alex Comfort's best-selling 1972 instruction manual of the same title by substituting their own images rendered in a similar mundane illustrative style as the graphically coupling couple. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 89-955477-4-X Inventory Number: 027422

(NOVIKOV, TIMUR). Novikov, Timur, Olesya Turkina & Victor Mazin. Moscow & Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Avant Garde Moscow & the Stedelijk Museum, 1993. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 72 + 52pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Anna Brochet. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is an elaborately designed exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1993 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presentation of recent pieces by Russian contemporary artist Timur Novikov. Bound into a heavy, gilt-embossed grey chipboard cover is one bi-lingual catalogue printed on butcher paper featuring writings by the artist as well as Victor Mazin and Olesya Turkina, and another containing color reproductions of the exhibited works. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025389

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes & Martin Friedman. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 10pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1975 Walker Art Center survey of six thematic bodies of work - "The Geometric Mouse", "Three Way Plug", "Fagends", "Clothespin", "Typewriter Eraser", and "Standing Mitt with Ball" - by noted Pop practitioner Claes Oldenburg. A most handsome example with the Walker's loose twelve page exhibition checklist laid in additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Claes Oldenburg" in black ink across the front free endpaper showing the tiniest bit of wear to the front cover. LC 75-7702 Inventory Number: 025791

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenberg, Claes & Arne Glimcher. New York: Pace Gallery, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 109pp, 39 color (20 tipped-in plates) and 20 b&w llustrations, with illustrated endpapers. With an exhibition checklist, biography, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced catalogue published in conjunction with Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen's first Pace Gallery exhibition in 1992. A most handsome copy. 1-878283-25-1 Inventory Number: 012316

(OLIVEIRA, NATHAN). Garver, Thomas H. & George W. Neubert. Foreword By Henry T. Hopkins. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history, bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1984 San Francisco Museum retrospective of works by the noted Bay Area figurative artist Nathan Oliveira. A handsome example showing some mild overall wear, slight sunning along the spine, and a diagonal soft crease to the upper foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0-918471-00-1 Inventory Number: 018710

(OLIVEIRA, NATHAN). Oliveira, Nathan. Los Angeles: Paul Kantor Gallery, 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (14pp), 9 b&w + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender fourteen page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1963 exhibition of eighteen works by noted Bay Area figurative artist Nathan Oliveira at his Los Angeles gallery. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light creasing and spotting to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 012607

(OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (V23). Oliver, Vaughan as "Vulva O'Reighan". London: 4AD / v23, 1994. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Graphic Design Monograph. Fine.. np (72pp), profusely illustrated in ultra-vivid color. Designed by Vaughan Oliver & Chris Bigg at v23, with Paul McMenamin. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1994 retrospective curated by Catherine McDermott at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue focuses on Vaughan Oliver and V23's extensive work for 4AD Records. Interspersed among the groundbreaking graphic designs for the Pixies, This Mortal Coil, The Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Birthday Party, Lush, The Wolfgang Press, Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, The Breeders, Frank Black, David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, Belly, Throwing Muses, and many, many more are the recollections of those who have worked with Vaughan Oliver as collaborators or clients. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED for us at the exhibition by the three V23 partners (at the time) Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin in black ink on the "Jacques Tati" page at front. 0-9524216-0-7 Inventory Number: 027606

(OPIE, CATHERINE). Opie, Catherine & Douglas Fogle, et al.. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 56pp, 9 color and 8 b&w illustrations + color cover. Designed by Linda Byrne and Andrew Blauvelt. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the austere catalogue published in conjunction with the 2002 Walker Art Center exhibition "Catherine Opie: Skyways and Icehouses". It contains the Los Angeles-based photographer's black and white panoramic images of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyway systems along with her color work documenting Minnesota's eclectic hand built structures used to protect ice fishermen as they ply their sport during the harsh Midwestern winters. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Catherine Opie" in black ink on the title page in the publisher's printed obi. 0-935640-72-X Inventory Number: 023108

(OPIE, JULIAN). Kurjakovic, Daniel. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Codax Publisher & Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and German. Designed by wbg, ag. "Composed of his characteristically simplified lines and shapes, Julian Opie's portraits are rendered through computer technology. Beginning with a photograph scanned into a computer, the artist uses software to edit the images and hone in on their graphic essentials. The fascinating results become icons that serve to identify the individuals with the least information possible. Whereas most of Opie's portraits feature unknowns, some commissioned works feature public figures like Blur, Kate Moss or Michael Schumacher. By identifying them in the titles only by their first names and occupations, Opie zaps these celebrities of their fame and mythic status, simplifying them down to the familiar, human shape of their faces. A most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-7757-1301-8 Inventory Number: 023022

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Buchloh, Benjamin H.D., Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Kuri, Molly Nesbit, Damian Ortega & Alma Ruiz. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 208pp, 132 color and 17 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph in English on the renowned contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A handsome example showing just a bit of external wear and soiling to the covers. 0-914357-75-1 Inventory Number: 014351

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Orozco, Gabriel & Ann Temkin. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 184pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Luc Derycke. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Philadelphia Museum of Art survey, this substantive catalogue focuses on the photographically based work of noted contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A most handsome copy. 0-87633-128-2 Inventory Number: 016732

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Orozco, Gabriel, James Lingwood, Jean Fisher, Mark Hayworth-Booth & Guy Brett. London: Artangel, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 106pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with a 1996 London exhibition, the year's Artangel book commission is a well-illustrated monograph in English on the renowned contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A most handsome copy. 1-902201-02-7 Inventory Number: 016574

(OUTERBRIDGE, PAUL). Dines, Elaine & Graham Howe, Editors. Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 239pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a 1981 Laguna Beach Museum of Art retrospective, this is a comprehensive monograph on the supremely talented, yet ill-fated photographer Paul Outerbridge who finished out his life destitute in Laguna Beach. This includes extensive selections of the nudes, commercial work, carbro prints, and his previously undocumented black and white ink drawings. A most handsome example. 0-940872-02-1 Inventory Number: 014360

(OWENS, LAURA). Lawson, Thomas & Paul Schimmel. Foreword By Jeremy Strick. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with Laura Owens' having received the Katherine S. Marmor Award for documentation of emerging artists' first MOCA exhibition. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-914357-83-2 Inventory Number: 027655

(PARK, DAVID). Baker, Howard, Carl Belz, Richard Diebenkorn, Henry Geldzahler, David Park & Phyllis Tuchman. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (38pp), 11 color illustrations + cover. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries exhibition of fifty-one works by the renowned late Bay Area figurative artist David Park. A most handsome example. 1-58821-057-X Inventory Number: 018695

(PARK, DAVID). Mills, Paul & Herschel B. Chipp. New York: Maxwell Galleries Ltd., 1970. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Embossed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 28pp, 12 b&w and 6 color illustrations. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue issued in conjunction with a posthumous 1964 Maxwell Galleries Ltd. retrospective exhibition of seventy-three paintings and works on paper by the renowned Bay Area figurative artist David Park. A handsome example with the deluxe goldenrod-colored heavy embossed wrappers showing just a bit of light wear and creasing along the spine along with a brief ink presentation from San Francisco scholar and Museum director F.M. Hinkhouse. Inventory Number: 018698

(PARK, DAVID). Mills, Paul & Herschel B. Chipp. Berkeley, CA: Committee for Arts and Lectures, University of California, Berkeley, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 15 b&w and 5 color illustrations. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1964 retrospective exhibition of thirty-eight works painted by the renowned late Bay Area figurative artist David Park while he was a member of the U.C. Berkeley faculty. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 018694

(PAUL, PETER). Berggruen & Cie. Staff. Paris: Berggruen & Cie., 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French and English. Published in conjunction with an annual exhibition of graphic works by the gallery's artists, the cover of this fifty-fifth publication in the "Plaquettes Berggruen" series is an original gatefold, color lithograph executed by Peter Paul especially for this catalogue. A handsome copy showing a bit of minor wear along the spine with the gallery's price list laid in. Inventory Number: 004058

(PEARSON, ANTHONY). Griffin, Tim, Anthony Pearson & John Rasmussen. Minneapolis, MN: Midway Contemporary Art, 2009. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, 32 duotone and 12 b&w illustrations. Designed by Abi Chase. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue of a 2008 Minneapolis gallery exhibition featuring the abstract photographs of Los Angeles-based artist Anthony Pearson. It includes installation views, an essay by Tim Griffin, and an interview between Pearson and John Rasmussen discussing his unorthodox approach to photography along with this body of solarization and lens flare pieces. A brand new. most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9768664-3-9 Inventory Number: 026306

(PENCK, A.R.). Colvocoressi, Richard. Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery / Tokyo, 1984. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (20pp), 6 color and 3 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. Issued only in Japan, this is the catalogue for noted German artist A.R. Penck's 1984 Tokyo gallery exhibition of four then-recent large scale acrylic on canvas paintings. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light sunning along the extremities along with slight dents to two of the corners, It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024273

(PENN, IRVING). Woodward, Richard B.. New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Sewn Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (12pp), 6 gravure illustrations. Designed by Eleanor Caponigro. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of one hundred platinum palladium prints of classic images by master photographer Irving Penn held at his longtime New York gallery. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 021918

(PERLMAN, HIRSCH). Perlman, Hirsch. Gent, BELGIUM: Imschoot, Uitgevers, 1996. First Edition 1/600. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. Text in English. Published by the noted Belgian artist's book press Imschoot in conjunction with Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist Hirsch Perlman's 1996 Museum of Modern Art New York "Projects" series exhibition, this document presents stills of actors Arye Gross and Melvyn Cedarhurst uttering the same phrase repeatedly to seemingly comedic effect. A most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap showing a bit of light age-toning to the rear cover along the spine 90-72191-77-3 Inventory Number: 017125

(PETHERICK, JOSH). Petherick, Josh. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2005. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in color and monochrome. This is the slender fourteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with Melbourne-based illustrator Josh Petherick's exhibition entitled "In Celebration of Just Getting By" held at colette in Paris, May 30th to July 2nd, 2005. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-905714-02-7 Inventory Number: 022565

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 2000. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (232pp), 153 monochrome illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Thinking of You" is Raymond Pettibon's hefty artist book cum catalogue comprised solely of Phallus drawings with text published in conjunction with the renowned artist's 1999 exhibition held at The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The images are reproduced one to a page - rectos only - with the occasional reproduction on the verso of student papers Mr. Pettibon seemed to be grading as part of teaching duties at Los Angeles Harbor College in the eighties. A bright, most handsome example (entry number one hundred and eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978 - 98") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Raymond Pettibon" in black ink on the title page which the artist has then altered by drawing in different faces in the four letters O in the printed title. 0-941548-38-4 Inventory Number: 025381

(PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Steinke, Darcey. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 62pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. Published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition, this elegant hardbound catalogue featuring a textual contribution by Darcey Steinke reproduces nine recent Richard Phillips paintings along with their preparatory studies and original printed source materials. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-48-0 Inventory Number: 016191

(PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE CORCORAN). Livingston, Jane & Roy Slade. Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art. First Editions. Square 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Photography Monographs. Near Fine. or Better. np (each circa 24pp), profusely illustrated. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, biography and exhibition history. This is the boxed set of slender 8 x 8" catalogues issued in conjunction with fifteen one-person photographic exhibitions held at Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art between 1976 and 1980. These include all eight documents from the historic 1976 Bicentennial project "The Nation's Capital in Photographs" ("Lewis Baltz: Maryland", "Joe Cameron: The Extended Mall", Robert Cumming, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, John R. Gossage: The Better Neighborhoods of Greater Washington", Jan Groover, and Anthony Hernandez) along with "The Historic Photographs of Addison N. Scurlock" (1976), "Frank Di Perna: Color Photographs", "Sally Mann / The Lewis Law Photographs", "Mike Mitchell: Other Lights" (1977), Jerry Burchard, "Arnold Kramer / Interior Views" (1978), and Helen Levitt (1980). A most handsome group - each individual example is Near Fine or better - whose printed silver paper-over-boards slipcase shows some notable overall wear and rubbing. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019949

(PIERRE ET GILLES). Turner, Jonathan. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Association with the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), 25 color and 15 b&w illustrations. This is the exhibition catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1995 Australian touring retrospective of the work of Pierre et Gilles. Co-published by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, familiar faces pictured here include Rupert Everett, Susie Bick, Marc Almond, and David LaChapelle. Also included is the first appearance of the Gallic duo's notorious "Glory Hole" photo. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 015102

(PIERSON, JACK). Pierson, Jack. San Francisco: Jack Hanley Gallery, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Jack Pierson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1992 San Francisco gallery exhibition, this compact catalogue cum artist's book features Jack Pierson's handwritten, resonant textual fragments and phrases in throughout - the only photograph reproduced is of a flattened Marlboro pack. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light creasing and rubbing along its spine. Inventory Number: 023617

(PITTMAN, LARI). Knight, Christopher. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 16pp, 7 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English. Designed by Robert Overby. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based painter Lari Pittman's participation in the 1992 Viennese exhibition "LAX". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 014902

(POLLOCK, JACKSON). Heller, Ben. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 94pp, 26 color and 8 duotone illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with with a 1990 exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and works on paper by Jackson Pollock held at Gagosian Gallery New York. A most presentable copy showing a bit of light wear and soiling to the wrappers as well as a mild curl to the upper foredge corner. 0-9624347-5-2 Inventory Number: 016895

(PORTER, JAMES A.). Breeskin, Adelyn D.. Washington, D.C.: The Barnett Aden Gallery, 1948. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One 9 x 12" sheet printed offset recto and verso, machine folded in half vertically to make 4pp, one monochrome cover illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a February 1948 exhibition of twenty-six works by Howard University's noted African-American art historian, artist, and educator James A. Porter held at Washington D.C.'s pioneering Barnett Aden Gallery - the first successful Black-owned private art gallery in the United States. In addition to a complete checklist, it includes a brief essay on Porter by the then director of The Baltimore Museum of Art, Adelyn D. Breeskin. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 026977