Dada & Surrealism: ARCANA

DADA & SURREALISM

. SURREALISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE WEST. Pasadena, CA: The Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Square 8vo. Illustrated Die-Cut Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine. np (48pp), 32 b&w and 8 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This playful catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1972 Baxter Art Gallery survey of contemporary California Surrealism and Pop Art. The artists included are Terry Allen, Robert Arneson, Juan Badia, John Battenberg, Wall Batterton, Wallace Berman, Vija Celmins, Ciba, Bruce Conner, Paul Darrow, Levente Fodor, Lukman Glasgow, Joe Goode, Craig Grigsby, Peter Gutkin, Allan Hart, Brian Hart, George Herms, Edward Kienholz, Jerry McMillan, Cheri Pann, Sasson Pearl, Paul Re, Edward Ruscha, Paul Sarkisian, Arthur Secunda, Benjamin Serrano, Joe Steuben, Joan Tanner, Willam Tunberg, Stephan Von Heune, and Paul Wonner. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 015117

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(ARTFORUM). Sandback, Amy Baker, Editor. LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1984. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Good +. 342pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath. Beginning with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from its June 1962 inaugural issue, this is an amazing compendium of articles and reviews culled from the first twenty-one years of the noted art periodical "Artforum" featuring contributions by the stellar likes of Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, j. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. A most handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound edition whose dust jacket shows some overall light wear, handling and scuffing. 0-8357-1536-1 Inventory Number: 014028

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(BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo. 1995 (2004).: Treville Co. Ltd., Second Printing (First Edition Thus). 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee", Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A pristine copy. 4-309-90574-9 Inventory Number: 014603

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(BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee" - Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A most presentable copy of the uncommon 1995 first edition showing a bit of light overall scuffing to the covers. 4-8457-1019-6 Inventory Number: 014574

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(BELLMER, HANS). Revol, Jean. BELLMER: PEINTURES / GOUACHES / COLLAGES. Paris: L'Autre Musee / La Difference, 1983. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 26 color and 27 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is a charming little book on the artwork of the Surrealist master of eroticism Hans Bellmer published as volume number eight of La Difference's "L'Autre Musee" series. A most handsome copy. 2-7291-0127-6 Inventory Number: 014496

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(BERMAN, EUGENE).. EUGENE BERMAN: EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1954. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Paper. Exhibition Announcement. Good +. One continuous 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half to make 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 4pp. "Eugene Berman Paintings, 1954 - Dec. 7 - Dec 23; Drawings, Pastels, Goaches". This invitation to the opening of Berman's New York exhibition reproduces three full-page drawings with an additional page of hand lettered exhibition titles executed by the artist specifically for this show. A most presentable example showing an additional horizontal crease - most likely for inclusion inside an envelope. Inventory Number: 004238

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(BIFUR). Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges, Editor. BIFUR 2. Paris: Editions Du Carrefour, 1929. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Literary Journal. Good. 191pp, 12 illustrations in b&w. Text in French. This is the second of eight issues of the Parisian modernist journal "Bifur". The literary contributors are Giorgio De Chirico, Lilika Nacos, Francis Picabia, Martin-Luis Guzman, Rene Daumal, Ramon Gomez De La Serna, Jean Giono, William Carlos Williams, Michel Leiris, Pierre MacOrlan, Boris Pilniak, Jean Sylviere, Pierre Minet, Nathan Altman, Robert Desnos, Gabriel Bounoure, and Caradoc Evans. Reproductions in heliogravure include works by Andre Masson, De Chirico, De La Serna, Paul Klee, Man Ray, and Germaine Krull. A presentable example of this notable Surrealist-leaning periodical whose exterior shows moderate overall wear with light soiling, creasing of the spine and covers, and some chipping at the extremities. The textblock has toned with age (as is typical), but is quite sound with the exception of one small closed tear. Inventory Number: 005196

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Coplans, John. JOSEPH CORNELL. Akron, OH: Akron Art Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 32pp, 21 b&w illustrations. This slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Joseph Cornell Museum retrospective is small and elegant, just like the artist's work. A pristine copy, Inventory Number: 014320

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Huici, Fernando. JOSEPH CORNELL. Barcelona, SPAIN: Fundacion Juan March & Fundacio Joan Miro, 1984. First Edition. 4vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 64pp, 35 color and 15 b&w illustrations. Text in Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 Spanish Museum exhibition of sixty-one boxes and objects plus thirteen collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 84-7075-293-6 Inventory Number: 013168

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Le Gac, Jean & Robert Motherwell. Foreword By Marie-Claude Beaud. JOSEPH CORNELL: (1903 - 1972). Paris & Toulon, FRANCE: Baudoin Lebon & Musee De Toulon, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (22pp), 18 b&w and 4 color illustrations + color cover. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 French touring exhibition of twenty boxes and collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 006064

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). McShine, Kynaston. JOSEPH CORNELL: BOXES UND COLLAGES. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -. np (12pp), 10 b&w illustrations. Text in German. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Swiss gallery exhibition of seventeen boxes and six collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A handsome copy of this uncommon item showing some slight sunning and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 013167

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Polko, Elise & Joseph Cornell. MARIA - ONE OF AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRIVATELY PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH CORNELL. NP. (Queens, NY).: Salamander Editions, 1954. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artists' Book. Fine. np (12 pp), 1 b&w illustration. This tiny gem of a pamphlet was self-published by Cornell in 1954 and distributed only sparingly. Quoting from Deborah Solomon's insightful biography, "Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell" - "As he had once designed special issues of Dance Index, he now published two pamphlets devoted to two great divas. "Maria" (1954) was dedicated to Maria Malibran. And "Bel Canto Pet", done the next year, was his tribute to Giulia Grisi. Cornell printed the pamphlets at his own expense, in editions of 100, and sent them to his friends. While Cornell was a well-known balletomane, virtually nothing has been written about his interest in opera. Many of his bird boxes bear opera-related titles, and comments in his diary suggest that Cornell associated birds with stars from Opera's "golden age". Cornell's pamphlet "Maria" was almost as cryptic as his bird boxes. It doesn't even give the singer's last name. All text, no pictures, it consists of an excerpt from the German author Elise Polko and relates the story of an unnamed diva who becomes enraptured with a nightingale's song". While some of the copies given as gifts by Cornell contained hand-collaged elements or greetings from the artist, this is an exceptionally bright, flawless (save for some slight oxidation of the two staples) example in a glassine wrapper of this rarity, just as Cornell would have received it from the printer. Inventory Number: 011549

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Porter, Fairfield. JOSEPH CORNELL. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +. 76pp, 24 b&w and 12 color illustrations. Designed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. With an exhibition checklist. This exceptionally beautiful little object was published in conjunction with the 1966 Joseph Cornell exhibition of seventy-four collages, boxes and assemblages at the Pasadena Museum of Art - his first museum retrospective. The spare elegance of its design set the precedent for a number of later catalogues of the artist's work. A most presentable copy, this shows some light sunning to the spine and extremities (as is typical), overall wear, soiling & handling, and the gold foil ownership seal of noted Los Angeles abstract artist (and Surrealism aficionado) Emerson Woelffer on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 007425

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. JOSEPH CORNELL AND THE BALLET - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. Signed By the Author. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1983. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 88pp, 48 b&w and 1 color illustration. Designed by the Castle Press. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1983 New York gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell's boxes and collages whose imagery reflects his lifelong obsession with the ballet. A most presentable copy showing a bit of wear & soiling to the white covers, this has a five line SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION in black ink on the first preliminary from the author, noted Cornell dealer & scholar Sandra "Sandy" Starr. LC 83-73032 Inventory Number: 005860

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(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. JOSEPH CORNELL: ART AND METAPHYSICS. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1982. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 92pp, 15 color and 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by the Castle Press. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1982 New York gallery show that illustrates in color each of the fifteen Joseph Cornell boxes exhibited. A most handsome copy. LC 82-71787 Inventory Number: 012945

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(CUEVAS, JOSE LUIS). Cuevas, JosΘ Luis. JOSE LUIS CUEVAS: 40 RETRATOS DE UBU ROI (SERIE ANTOJOS / 2). Mexico City: Grupo Editorial Miguel Angel Porrua, S.A., 1982. First Edition 1/250. 16mo. Gilt Embossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (108pp), 47 b&w illustrations. Text in Spanish. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies only, this charming little facsimile cum artist's book reproduces a sketchbook of drawings of Alfred Jarry's character Ubu Roi executed by the renowned Mexican artist JosΘ Luis Cuevas during a stay at Barcelona's Hotel Cristal on April 27th, 1981. A pristine copy of this uncommon item. 968-47-0036-9 Inventory Number: 013182

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(DALI, SALVADOR). Chimera, Paul, Editor. THE SALVADOR DALI COLLECTORS NEWSLETTER - A NEAR COMPLETE RUN OF THIRTY-EIGHT ISSUES. Pacific Palisades, CA. 1992-2003.: Art Source International, The Salvador Dali Gallery & Brana Fine Art, Inc., First Editions. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine or Better. 8pp each, illustrated in b&w. "For the Dali Aficionado and Serious Collector" is the slogan of this eight page quarterly newsletter edited by Paul Chimera that concerns itself with all things Salvadorian. Primarily a sales tool for prints and multiples of varying degrees of quality and authenticity, this not quite scholarly undertaking collects articles, advertisements and art historical tidbits focusing on the legendary Surrealist shaman and the strength of the marketplace for his prolific output. Beginning with 1994's Volume 4 - No.1, this is a complete run of thirty-six issues of "The Salvador Dali Collectors Newsletter" through to Volume 12 - No. 4 from 2002. Also included are single copies of Vol. 2 - No. 1 (1992), Vol. 13 - No. 2 (2003), a duplicate of Vol. 6 - No. 4 (1996), and a lone copy of the first issue of Mr. Chimera's undertaking, "The Dali News" from 2000. A most handsome run of this quirky, informative Daliesque undertaking comprising forty items in total. 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: 014690

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(DALI, SALVADOR). Morse, A. Reynolds. NATURE MORTE VIVANT: SALVADOR DALI. Cleveland, OH: The Reynolds Morse Foundation, 1957. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +. np (20pp), 8 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designated as "Fine Arts Publication Number Four", this is the slender catalogue that accompanied a 1956 exhibition devoted entirely Salvador Dali still life paintings at the Reynolds Morse Foundation in Cleveland. Albert Reynolds Morse was the artist's foremost American collector whose holdings later became The Salvador Dali Museum in St.Petersburg, Florida. A presentable copy only of this uncommon item showing some slight creasing along the spine, splitting of the cover at the crown of the spine as well as bit of soiling to its white rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 014691

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(DUCHAMP, MARCEL) (LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS). Lyotard, Jean Francois. Ian McLeod, Translator. DUCHAMP'S TRANS/FORMERS (TRANSFORMERS): A BOOK BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1990. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 208pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Robert Shapazian and Patrick Dooley. This is renowned French theoretician Jean-Francois Lyotard's elegantly designed contemplation on the work of Marcel Duchamp. Published by Sam Francis' Lapis Press, it features elaborate endpapers that reference the artist's "Etant Donnes", and a debossed, flocked green binding a la the 1977 Pompidou slipcase. A pristine copy of this now uncommon item with its printed obi still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9932499-63-5 Inventory Number: 014016

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(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Camfield, William A. Introduction by Walter Hopps. MARCEL DUCHAMP: FOUNTAIN. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection & Houston Fine Art Pres, 1989. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 180pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Donald Quaintance, Public Address Design. This scholarly monograph on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" and its art historical impact was published in conjunction with a 1987 Menil Collection exhibition to commemorate the Centenary of the birth of the Dada and Surrealist master. The texts are by scholars William A. Camfield and then-Menil director Walter Hopps (who organized the very first Marcel Duchamp museum retrospective in 1963). A most handsome copy of this uncommon item showing a bit of light sunning to the spine. 0-9406-19-05-9 Inventory Number: 014745

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. SURREALISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE WEST. Pasadena, CA: The Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Square 8vo. Illustrated Die-Cut Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine. np (48pp), 32 b&w and 8 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This playful catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1972 Baxter Art Gallery survey of contemporary California Surrealism and Pop Art. The artists included are Terry Allen, Robert Arneson, Juan Badia, John Battenberg, Wall Batterton, Wallace Berman, Vija Celmins, Ciba, Bruce Conner, Paul Darrow, Levente Fodor, Lukman Glasgow, Joe Goode, Craig Grigsby, Peter Gutkin, Allan Hart, Brian Hart, George Herms, Edward Kienholz, Jerry McMillan, Cheri Pann, Sasson Pearl, Paul Re, Edward Ruscha, Paul Sarkisian, Arthur Secunda, Benjamin Serrano, Joe Steuben, Joan Tanner, Willam Tunberg, Stephan Von Heune, and Paul Wonner. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 015117 $ 42.50 order/inquire
(ARTFORUM). Sandback, Amy Baker, Editor. LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1984. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Good +. 342pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath. Beginning with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from its June 1962 inaugural issue, this is an amazing compendium of articles and reviews culled from the first twenty-one years of the noted art periodical "Artforum" featuring contributions by the stellar likes of Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, j. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. A most handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound edition whose dust jacket shows some overall light wear, handling and scuffing. 0-8357-1536-1 Inventory Number: 014028 $ 175.00 order/inquire
(BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo. 1995 (2004).: Treville Co. Ltd., Second Printing (First Edition Thus). 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee", Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A pristine copy. 4-309-90574-9 Inventory Number: 014603 $ 85.00 order/inquire
(BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee" - Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A most presentable copy of the uncommon 1995 first edition showing a bit of light overall scuffing to the covers. 4-8457-1019-6 Inventory Number: 014574 $ 150.00 order/inquire
(BELLMER, HANS). Revol, Jean. BELLMER: PEINTURES / GOUACHES / COLLAGES. Paris: L'Autre Musee / La Difference, 1983. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 26 color and 27 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is a charming little book on the artwork of the Surrealist master of eroticism Hans Bellmer published as volume number eight of La Difference's "L'Autre Musee" series. A most handsome copy. 2-7291-0127-6 Inventory Number: 014496 $ 55.00 order/inquire
(BERMAN, EUGENE).. EUGENE BERMAN: EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1954. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Paper. Exhibition Announcement. Good +. One continuous 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half to make 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 4pp. "Eugene Berman Paintings, 1954 - Dec. 7 - Dec 23; Drawings, Pastels, Goaches". This invitation to the opening of Berman's New York exhibition reproduces three full-page drawings with an additional page of hand lettered exhibition titles executed by the artist specifically for this show. A most presentable example showing an additional horizontal crease - most likely for inclusion inside an envelope. Inventory Number: 004238 $ 40.00 order/inquire
(BIFUR). Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges, Editor. BIFUR 2. Paris: Editions Du Carrefour, 1929. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Literary Journal. Good. 191pp, 12 illustrations in b&w. Text in French. This is the second of eight issues of the Parisian modernist journal "Bifur". The literary contributors are Giorgio De Chirico, Lilika Nacos, Francis Picabia, Martin-Luis Guzman, Rene Daumal, Ramon Gomez De La Serna, Jean Giono, William Carlos Williams, Michel Leiris, Pierre MacOrlan, Boris Pilniak, Jean Sylviere, Pierre Minet, Nathan Altman, Robert Desnos, Gabriel Bounoure, and Caradoc Evans. Reproductions in heliogravure include works by Andre Masson, De Chirico, De La Serna, Paul Klee, Man Ray, and Germaine Krull. A presentable example of this notable Surrealist-leaning periodical whose exterior shows moderate overall wear with light soiling, creasing of the spine and covers, and some chipping at the extremities. The textblock has toned with age (as is typical), but is quite sound with the exception of one small closed tear. Inventory Number: 005196 $ 175.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Coplans, John. JOSEPH CORNELL. Akron, OH: Akron Art Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 32pp, 21 b&w illustrations. This slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Joseph Cornell Museum retrospective is small and elegant, just like the artist's work. A pristine copy, Inventory Number: 014320 $ 27.50 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Huici, Fernando. JOSEPH CORNELL. Barcelona, SPAIN: Fundacion Juan March & Fundacio Joan Miro, 1984. First Edition. 4vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 64pp, 35 color and 15 b&w illustrations. Text in Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 Spanish Museum exhibition of sixty-one boxes and objects plus thirteen collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 84-7075-293-6 Inventory Number: 013168 $ 50.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Le Gac, Jean & Robert Motherwell. Foreword By Marie-Claude Beaud. JOSEPH CORNELL: (1903 - 1972). Paris & Toulon, FRANCE: Baudoin Lebon & Musee De Toulon, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (22pp), 18 b&w and 4 color illustrations + color cover. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 French touring exhibition of twenty boxes and collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 006064 $ 45.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). McShine, Kynaston. JOSEPH CORNELL: BOXES UND COLLAGES. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -. np (12pp), 10 b&w illustrations. Text in German. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Swiss gallery exhibition of seventeen boxes and six collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A handsome copy of this uncommon item showing some slight sunning and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 013167 $ 90.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Polko, Elise & Joseph Cornell. MARIA - ONE OF AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRIVATELY PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH CORNELL. NP. (Queens, NY).: Salamander Editions, 1954. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artists' Book. Fine. np (12 pp), 1 b&w illustration. This tiny gem of a pamphlet was self-published by Cornell in 1954 and distributed only sparingly. Quoting from Deborah Solomon's insightful biography, "Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell" - "As he had once designed special issues of Dance Index, he now published two pamphlets devoted to two great divas. "Maria" (1954) was dedicated to Maria Malibran. And "Bel Canto Pet", done the next year, was his tribute to Giulia Grisi. Cornell printed the pamphlets at his own expense, in editions of 100, and sent them to his friends. While Cornell was a well-known balletomane, virtually nothing has been written about his interest in opera. Many of his bird boxes bear opera-related titles, and comments in his diary suggest that Cornell associated birds with stars from Opera's "golden age". Cornell's pamphlet "Maria" was almost as cryptic as his bird boxes. It doesn't even give the singer's last name. All text, no pictures, it consists of an excerpt from the German author Elise Polko and relates the story of an unnamed diva who becomes enraptured with a nightingale's song". While some of the copies given as gifts by Cornell contained hand-collaged elements or greetings from the artist, this is an exceptionally bright, flawless (save for some slight oxidation of the two staples) example in a glassine wrapper of this rarity, just as Cornell would have received it from the printer. Inventory Number: 011549 $ 600.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Porter, Fairfield. JOSEPH CORNELL. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +. 76pp, 24 b&w and 12 color illustrations. Designed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. With an exhibition checklist. This exceptionally beautiful little object was published in conjunction with the 1966 Joseph Cornell exhibition of seventy-four collages, boxes and assemblages at the Pasadena Museum of Art - his first museum retrospective. The spare elegance of its design set the precedent for a number of later catalogues of the artist's work. A most presentable copy, this shows some light sunning to the spine and extremities (as is typical), overall wear, soiling & handling, and the gold foil ownership seal of noted Los Angeles abstract artist (and Surrealism aficionado) Emerson Woelffer on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 007425 $ 225.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. JOSEPH CORNELL AND THE BALLET - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. Signed By the Author. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1983. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 88pp, 48 b&w and 1 color illustration. Designed by the Castle Press. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1983 New York gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell's boxes and collages whose imagery reflects his lifelong obsession with the ballet. A most presentable copy showing a bit of wear & soiling to the white covers, this has a five line SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION in black ink on the first preliminary from the author, noted Cornell dealer & scholar Sandra "Sandy" Starr. LC 83-73032 Inventory Number: 005860 $ 95.00 order/inquire
(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. JOSEPH CORNELL: ART AND METAPHYSICS. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1982. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 92pp, 15 color and 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by the Castle Press. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1982 New York gallery show that illustrates in color each of the fifteen Joseph Cornell boxes exhibited. A most handsome copy. LC 82-71787 Inventory Number: 012945 $ 35.00 order/inquire
(CUEVAS, JOSE LUIS). Cuevas, JosΘ Luis. JOSE LUIS CUEVAS: 40 RETRATOS DE UBU ROI (SERIE ANTOJOS / 2). Mexico City: Grupo Editorial Miguel Angel Porrua, S.A., 1982. First Edition 1/250. 16mo. Gilt Embossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (108pp), 47 b&w illustrations. Text in Spanish. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies only, this charming little facsimile cum artist's book reproduces a sketchbook of drawings of Alfred Jarry's character Ubu Roi executed by the renowned Mexican artist JosΘ Luis Cuevas during a stay at Barcelona's Hotel Cristal on April 27th, 1981. A pristine copy of this uncommon item. 968-47-0036-9 Inventory Number: 013182 $ 300.00 order/inquire
(DALI, SALVADOR). Chimera, Paul, Editor. THE SALVADOR DALI COLLECTORS NEWSLETTER - A NEAR COMPLETE RUN OF THIRTY-EIGHT ISSUES. Pacific Palisades, CA. 1992-2003.: Art Source International, The Salvador Dali Gallery & Brana Fine Art, Inc., First Editions. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine or Better. 8pp each, illustrated in b&w. "For the Dali Aficionado and Serious Collector" is the slogan of this eight page quarterly newsletter edited by Paul Chimera that concerns itself with all things Salvadorian. Primarily a sales tool for prints and multiples of varying degrees of quality and authenticity, this not quite scholarly undertaking collects articles, advertisements and art historical tidbits focusing on the legendary Surrealist shaman and the strength of the marketplace for his prolific output. Beginning with 1994's Volume 4 - No.1, this is a complete run of thirty-six issues of "The Salvador Dali Collectors Newsletter" through to Volume 12 - No. 4 from 2002. Also included are single copies of Vol. 2 - No. 1 (1992), Vol. 13 - No. 2 (2003), a duplicate of Vol. 6 - No. 4 (1996), and a lone copy of the first issue of Mr. Chimera's undertaking, "The Dali News" from 2000. A most handsome run of this quirky, informative Daliesque undertaking comprising forty items in total. 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: 014690 $ 600.00 order/inquire
(DALI, SALVADOR). Morse, A. Reynolds. NATURE MORTE VIVANT: SALVADOR DALI. Cleveland, OH: The Reynolds Morse Foundation, 1957. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +. np (20pp), 8 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designated as "Fine Arts Publication Number Four", this is the slender catalogue that accompanied a 1956 exhibition devoted entirely Salvador Dali still life paintings at the Reynolds Morse Foundation in Cleveland. Albert Reynolds Morse was the artist's foremost American collector whose holdings later became The Salvador Dali Museum in St.Petersburg, Florida. A presentable copy only of this uncommon item showing some slight creasing along the spine, splitting of the cover at the crown of the spine as well as bit of soiling to its white rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 014691 $ 55.00 order/inquire
(DUCHAMP, MARCEL) (LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS). Lyotard, Jean Francois. Ian McLeod, Translator. DUCHAMP'S TRANS/FORMERS (TRANSFORMERS): A BOOK BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1990. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 208pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Robert Shapazian and Patrick Dooley. This is renowned French theoretician Jean-Francois Lyotard's elegantly designed contemplation on the work of Marcel Duchamp. Published by Sam Francis' Lapis Press, it features elaborate endpapers that reference the artist's "Etant Donnes", and a debossed, flocked green binding a la the 1977 Pompidou slipcase. A pristine copy of this now uncommon item with its printed obi still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9932499-63-5 Inventory Number: 014016 $ 275.00 order/inquire
(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Camfield, William A. Introduction by Walter Hopps. MARCEL DUCHAMP: FOUNTAIN. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection & Houston Fine Art Pres, 1989. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 180pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Donald Quaintance, Public Address Design. This scholarly monograph on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" and its art historical impact was published in conjunction with a 1987 Menil Collection exhibition to commemorate the Centenary of the birth of the Dada and Surrealist master. The texts are by scholars William A. Camfield and then-Menil director Walter Hopps (who organized the very first Marcel Duchamp museum retrospective in 1963). A most handsome copy of this uncommon item showing a bit of light sunning to the spine. 0-9406-19-05-9 Inventory Number: 014745 $ 200.00 order/inquire
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