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DES PROBLEMES DU SCULPTEUR
Paris: Librarie Plon, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in very good jacket. Small chip and tear to spine of jacket. Mild rubbing. Else clean and sound throughout. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author Adriani to fellow artist and noted New Yorker and Payboy cartoonist Edwin Dedini. Illustrated. 90pp.
PAUL ALEXANDER: On Black Mountain College and the San Francisco Scene
(Berkeley, CA): Rose Books, 2010. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Saddle-stapled wraps. Near fine. Light touches of edgewear. Sharp and clean throughout. 21pp. From an edition of 200 copies. Uncommon booklet printing an interview with the painter Paul Alexander, a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance.
PEOPLE: Visions of the American West
(London): Chartwell, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to (17" by 12" approx.). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace toning to jacket. Shallow rippling to pages. Bright, crisp, and clean throughout. Binding sound. 256pp. Collection of European and American depictions of Native Americans in painting.....
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VICTOR B. ANDERSEN'S MASKINFABRIK [No. 1 / June 1975]
Hjørring, Denmark: Sommersko / Ringkøbing Kunstforening, (1975). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Black and white photographic wraps. Library stamp and sticker to front cover, small library stamp to title page verso. Moderate shelfwear and creasing to corners. Light foxing to back cover. Very good. First issue of the Danish avant-garde arts.....
SOME TREES
Dublin: Paul Andriesse/Douglas Hyde Gallery, (2004). First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Sepia-toned pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Very light wear to corners, clean interior. One of 500, this copy unsigned and unnumbered. 56pp. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Douglas Hyde Gallery. 38 plates. Photographs by.....
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9 DUTCH POETS: American Tour 1982 [Event Poster]
New York: [One World Poetry / Millner Bros. Inc.], 1982. First Edition. Poster, 17'' x 11'' approx., red and black on yellow paper. Folded in quarters. Light wear and creasing. Very good. Poster advertising the Poetry Project appearance of: J. Bernlef, Hans Plomb, Lucebert, Remco Campert, Judith Herzberg, J.A. Deelder.....
NEBIUR
n.p. Peru Top Publications, (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. Publisher's glossy white boards in original dust jacket. INSCRIBED at ffep, "To Sharline, / Celebrating life and art / with affection / Nebiur / November 2008." Slight touches of shelfwear to jacket, else bright and clean. Tight. Very near fine.....
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ROBERT MOTHERWELL [Publisher's Dummy Copy]
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Pictorial cloth covered boards. PUBLISHER'S DUMMY PROOF. Mild handling wear. Upper corners of first seven leaves lightly creased. Overall sound, clean. A rare, truncated publisher's dummy copy of this noted, critical study of Motherwell's major works. In the.....
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[Archive of Original Paintings and Art]
[Laurel, MD]: (2000-2007). 28 works, ranging from 15” x 12 to 36” x 24, with most 24” x 20” approx. Various mediums, but most pencil, wood-burning pen, and poster paint on plywood. Generally very good or better. Willie Shepperson (1936-2014) was among the original students who on April 23rd, 1951.....
FOUR DECADES AFTER THE MURALISTS; CUATRO DECADAS DESPUES DEL MURALISMO
Los Angeles: Kimberly Gallery of Art, (1991). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated, glossy wraps. Trace handling wear. Otherwise sharp, clean. Catalog produced to accompany a three city gallery show of prominent Mexican artists including photograhper Manuel Alvarez Bravo and many others. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. 124pp.
THE STORY OF MY TYPEWRITER
New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and white boards in pictorial dust jacket. Mild edgewear and toning to jacket. Edition of 5000 copies. SIGNED by Auster on title page. Very good plus. 78pp. Collaboration pairing Auster's story of his Olympia manual typewriter, his 26-year companion, with "Sam.....
PICTURING HISTORY: American Painting 1770-1930
New York: Rizzoli, (1993). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good plus copy. Mild wrinkling to spine; page edges slightly toned. Else bright, clean, and tight throughout. 256pp. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition of the same name, which collected American paintings depicting important events, mostly.....
CANALETTO
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good plus copy. Traces of wear to edges, minimal warping to top edge. Pages bright, clean, and crisp throughout. Museum exhibition brochure laid in. 387pp. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Met.....
GEORGE III: A Life in Caricature
(New York): Thames & Hudson, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. Small square 4to. Blue imitation cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace edgewear. Bright, clean, crisp, tight throughout. 224pp. A look at the depictions of George III during the "golden age of English caricature" [flap].
COOL CATS: A Catalog of Portraits
New York: Harmony Books, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Small square 8vo. Pictorial wraps. Very good. Moderate edgewear with minor bumping/creasing to corners. Unpaginated. Collection of cat-themed drawings, paintings, and cartoons, by various artists united only by a sense of menacing kitsch. Images range from the unsettling to the extremely unsettling.....
SUITE «SCHWURHAND»: Radierungen - Etchings: Lithographien - Lithographs
Vaduz: Grafos-Verlag, nd [1980?]. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild edgewear, rubbing; small corner bumps. Bright and clean throughout. All plates intact. Includes insert (11.75" by 8", folded crosswise as issued). Binding tight. Unpaginated. Text in German and English. A nice example of this.....
REALITY: A Journal of Artists' Opinions [Vol. 1, Numbers 1 and 2]
1953, 1954. Wraps. Two 4to volumes, one saddle-stapled, both folded horizontally. Toning and moderate wear to both issues; light staple rust and a few tears along crease lines to issue no. 2. Very good overall. Two issues of this anti-abstraction, pro-realism art journal, founded in 1953 by a group of.....
DEGAS AT THE RACES
Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, (1998). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial wraps. A very good plus copy. Trace edgewear. Very light toning to pages, small creases to several. Bright, clean, tight throughout. Exhibition brochure laid in. 271pp. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, which.....
LILLY MARTIN SPENCER 1822-1902: The Joys of Sentiment
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Publisher's printed wraps. Very good. Light edgewear with some toning to wraps. Interior clean and bright. Exhibition catalog, June 15-September 3 1973 at the National Collection of Fine Arts. Color frontispiece with illustrations.....
THE BABY BOOK
[New York]: [Boke Press], [1965]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Tape-bound side-stapled mimeo wraps. Near fine. Some rust stains and faint toning to wraps. Else clean, sharp and tight. First of many published Brainard/Elmslie collaborations. One of 500 copies. This one of 450 unnumbered copies.
TOO SAD TO SING: A Memoir With Postcards
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Lavender-grey boards backed in emerald green cloth. In photographic dust jacket. Boards faintly sunned at edges; small smudge to lower corner. Near fine in like jacket. Illustrated throughout with images of Brecher's collected postcards, with his commentary.
VIRTUE AND BEAUTY: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portaits of Women
Washington: National Gallery of Art, (2001). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Publisher's pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Light soil to wraps; some reading wear to spine. Bright, clean, and tight throughout. 236pp. Elegant catalogue for an exhibition centered on Leonardo's important portrait (on view at the National Gallery) – also.....
NUITS VEGETALES
Paris: G L M [Guy Levis-Mano], 1938. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Pale blue paper wraps, worn and sunned along edges. Partial tear along front hinge. Limited edition of 220 copies, of which this is no. 87. Very good. Black and white papier déchiré (torn paper) frontispiece by Hans Arp [Jean.....
PAINTING
Amsterdam: Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, [ca. 1988]. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Printed wraps. Trace rubbing, toning. Otherwise about fine. Unpaginated. 16 full page, color reproductions of Burroughs' paintings.
CONCRETE AND BUCKSHOT / WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS PAINTINGS: 1987-1996
Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Light edgewear and toning. Price sticker remnant to back cover. Very good plus. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, 1996, presented jointly by the Track 16 Gallery and the Robert Berman Gallery. Texts by.....