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VITO ACCONCI: A RETROSPECTIVE: 1969-1980
Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Publisher's black wraps. SIGNED by Acconti at front free endpaper. Minor wear to edges and spine. Interior bright and fresh. Near fine. 48pp. Catalog for the first US retrospective of Acconci's work, with a brief introduction by museum director John.....
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.
[Local Detroit Television News Art and Design Archive]
[Detroit]: [1970-1988]. Archive of approximately 175 pieces of original artwork and design, many mounted on cardstock/artist's boards or on plastic transparencies. A smaller but substantial number of works on paper loose or partially detached from backing. Includes work in pen and ink, marker, and pastel, along with sketches and materials.....
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.....
UNMUZZLED OX - Vol. 3 No. 2
(New York): (Michael Andre), 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good plus, with tiny nicks and rubbing to wraps, light dampstain to fore edge, and a mild curl to pages at bottom of fore-edge. Interior clean and unmarred throughout. 125pp. Michael Andre's NYC art/lit mag. Features interviews with.....
UNMUZZLED OX - Vol. 4 No. 3
(New York): (Unmuzzled Ox), 1977. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. Very good, with scuffed patches at head and tail of spine and rubbing to wraps. Spine sunned. Interior clean and unmarked throughout. 135pp. Michael Andre's NYC art/lit mag. Features interviews with Djuna Barnes, Philip Glass, and Gary Snyder.....
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.....
ANARCHIST MODERNISM: Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy in like DJ. SIGNED by Antliff to title page. Faint rubbing and tiny bumps to jacket edges. Bright, clean, tight throughout. 289pp. A scholarly work about the.....
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.....
THE LOVES OF KRISHNA IN INDIAN PAINTING AND POETRY
New York: Macmillan, nd [ca. 1950]. Hardcover. 8vo. Original burgandy cloth. Very good in like jacket. DJ has a few small chips. Small closed tear to front panel. Unclipped. Cloth has a couple of small spots, mildly faded along top edge. Else clean and sound. 127pp. with notes, bibliography and.....
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.....
DAVID PARK
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in like jacket. 4to. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Tiny bit of soil to interior, rear jacket flap. Trace shelf wear to cloth. Otherwise clean, bright, sharp. Produced to accompany.....
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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.....
A TREATISE ON FINE ARTS
np: W.B. Brandt and Company, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-plus without jacket. 8vo. Tan paper covered boards. Black title lettering to front. Presentation bookplate mounted to first interior pastedown. Hand numbered "493-B" of an unspecified edition to limitaiton page in front. MIld handling wear, corners lightly bumped. Overall clean.....
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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.
BIBLIOGRAFI OVER ASGER JORNS SKRIFTER TIL 1963 = A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ASGER JORN'S WRITINGS TO 1963
København [Copenhagen]: Permild & Rosengreen, (1964). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Perfect-bound wraps with French flaps. Very good. Mild touches of edgewear to wrappers. Remnants of sticker visible inside flaps. Letterpress-printed slip laid in, reading: "With the compliments of the authors and publishers." Interior clean and unmarked throughout, with light.....
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].
WILL BARNET: 27 Master Prints
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio. Original green full linen in original rice-paper covered slipcase, with gilt titles to both. Minor wear and bumping to case. Book fine. Near fine overall. SIGNED in pencil by Barnet to title page. The uncommon deluxe edition of this.....
THE CREMASTER CYCLE
Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Large 8vo. Near fine in stiff pictorial wraps with French folds. Minor rubbing to edges. Else bright, clean, and tight. 1 of 1000 unnumbered copies. 75pp. SIGNED by Matthew Barney. Uncommon catalog from Barney's 2003 Oslo exhibition of his.....
DRAWING RESTRAINT VOL. II.
(Tokyo): Uplink, 2005. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. Flexible plastic wraps. 161pp. With full-color illustrations. Fine. SIGNED by Barney to title page. Artist-book exhibition catalog for Barney's traveling show of 2005-06.