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(AY-O). Ay-O. AY-O: NEW PAINTINGS 3.7-26, 1977. Tokyo, JAPAN: Minami Gallery, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -. np (6pp), 2 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender six page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of new paintings by the Japanese born, New York based Fluxus artist Ay-O at his longtime Tokyo gallery. A most presentable copy of this uncommon item showing some light overall wear and soiling and a slight diagonal soft crease through the upper foredge that bears the discreet previous ownership stamp of noted artist Sam Francis (who also was represented by Minami Gallery) on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 018648
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(AY-O). Ay-O. AY-O'S GRAPHIC WORKS 1965-1973. Tokyo, JAPAN: Minami Gallery, 1973. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +. np (16pp), 99 b&w and 36 color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of new prints by the Japanese born, New York based Fluxus artist Ay-O at his longtime Tokyo gallery that also includes a full catalogue raisonné of his graphic work created between 1965 and 1973. Limited to five hundred numbered copies only, it includes a tipped in 9 x 7 3/4" silver-gelatin photographic print of the artist smoking a pipe that has been SIGNED "Ay-O" in English below on the catalogue page. A most presentable copy of this uncommon item showing some light overall wear and soiling, some browning to the rear cover, and a tiny diagonal soft crease through the upper foredge corner that bears the discreet previous ownership stamp of noted artist Sam Francis (who also was represented by Minami Gallery) on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 018649
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(TAKAMORI, AKIO). Clark, Garth, Peter Held, Toyojiro Hida & Edward Lebow. BETWEEN CLOUDS OF MEMORY: AKIO TAKAMORI, A MID-CAREER SURVEY - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST. Signed Presentation Copy from the Artist. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Ceramics Monograph. Fine/Fine. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the beautifully illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 traveling Museum retrospective exhibition of forty-two stoneware figures and nine works on paper by the Japanese born, Seattle based ceramicist Akio Takamori. A most handsome copy of this comprehensive survey with the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ...: Thank you for your support. Akio" in black marker on the front free endpaper in the publisher's cloth 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. 0-9679547-8-9 Inventory Number: 019771
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(SAEKI, TOSHIO). Saeki, Toshio, Suehiro Tanemura, Teruhiko Kuze, Masami Akita, Suehiro Maruo, Keiji Ueshima, Shuji Terayama & Tatsuhiko Shibusawa. CHIMUSHI (I) - SIGNED BY TOSHIO SAEKI. Signed by the Artist. Tokyo: Pan-Exotica & Treville Co. Ltd., 2002. First Edition Thus. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in monochrome and color. Text in Japanese. Designed by Tomohiro Itami (It Is Design). Timothy Leary says: "Toshio World Wide Wizard Weaves Webs of Designed Dementia. Wise, Gentle, Precise, Chaotic Erotic Engineer." Noted illustrator Toshio Saeki's first collection of disturbing, Manga inspired scenes of horrific, cartoonish rape and violence in the style of traditional Japanese woodblock prints is anything but gentle... A pristine copy of the first printing of the paperbound 2002 Pan-Exotica edition BOLDLY SIGNED by Toshio Saeki in black felt tip pen opposite the title page, in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-309-90489-0 Inventory Number: 021846
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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: 7 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Linen over Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. One continuous 9 x 99" cardstock sheet printed color recto and verso, neatly folded in ninths to make 18pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Studio Blackwell. Published in conjunction with the 2008 Gagosian Gallery New York presentation of photographs from the "Seascapes" series by Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibited in an architectural setting of his own design, this elegantly conceived and printed hardbound catalogue reproduces each of these fourteen "7 Days / 7 Nights" images across both sides of a nearly nine foot long leporello (accordion-fold) sheet that has been affixed to a striking grey linen over grey debossed board binding. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-85-5 Inventory Number: 020984
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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Kozo Fujimoto. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: L'HISTOIRE DE L'HISTOIRE. Tokyo: Rikuyosha Co. Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Rie Shimoda. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the exquisite hardbound catalogue produced as the documentation of a 2003 Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition entitled "L'Histoire de L'Histoire". For it, the renowned photographer selected objects and sites of Japanese cultural and historical importance, photographed them, and then installed these images along with older works (the dioramas, seascapes and portraits) in a Tokyo gallery curated by the luxury goods concern Hermes. The resulting work is unlike any of Sugimoto's previous books, and hauntingly beautiful. A most handsome copy. 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. 4-89737-498-7 Inventory Number: 019731
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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Kellein, Thomas & Hiroshi Sugimoto. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: TIME EXPOSED. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (102pp), 72 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hansjorg Mayer. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the beautiful hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with Hiroshi Sugimoto's 1995 retrospective held at the Kunsthalle Basel. It contains the noted Japanese photographer's images of Madame Tussaud's and the Movieland Wax Museums, dioramas from the Carnegie, Los Angeles and American Museums of Natural History, interior and Drive-In theaters, and day and night seascapes. Also included is a transcribed interview between exhibition curator Thomas Kellein and Hiroshi Sugimoto. A most handsome copy of the uncommon first English language edition published in 1995 by Edition Hansjorg Mayer. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 018661
$ 450.00 order/inquire
(ABE, HITOSHI). Abe, Hitoshi. HITOSHI ABE. Osaka, JAPAN: Yamaki Art Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Printed Wrappers. Ceramics Monograph. Near Fine. 24pp, 41 color and 1 b&w illustration. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Osaka gallery exhibition of vases, bowls, cups and works on paper by prominent Japanese ceramicist Hitoshi Abe (not to be confused with the contemporary architect of the same name). A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 016821
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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Halpert, Peter Hay. MOTION PICTURE BY SUGIMOTO. Locarno & Milan, ITALY: Galleria SPSAS & Skira Editore, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np, 30 duotone illustrations. Text in English. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully printed catalog published to accompany an exhibition at the Galleria SPSAS in conjunction with the 1995 Festival Internazionale del Film, Locarno of Hiroshi Sugimoto's iconic black and white photographs of Theatres and Drive-Ins. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. 88-8118-025-1 Inventory Number: 021212
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(MUNAKATA, SHIKO) (IKEDA, MASUO). Kuwayama, George. MUNAKATA, SHIKO 1903-1975 / IKEDA, MASUO B. 1934. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 20pp, 15 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition of twenty-six and twenty-four graphic works respectively by the noted twentieth century Japanese printmakers Shiko Munakata and Masuo Ikeda. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 015726
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Fox, Howard N. Preface By Toshio Hara. Interviews By Judith Conor Greer. PRIMAL SPIRIT: TEN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE SCULPTORS. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jeffrey Cohen. With an exhibition history and bibliography for each artist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles County Museum of Art's groundbreaking 1990 exhibition of ten contemporary Japanese sculptors, all of whom utilize natural elements as part of their work. The exhibited artists are Koichi Ebizuka, Toshikatsu Endo, Chuichi Fujii, Tadashi Kawamata, Kazuo Kenmochi, Takamasa Kuniyasu, Emiko Tokushige, Shigeo Toya, Kimio Tsuchiya, and Isamu Wakabayashi. A handsome copy. 0-87587-150-X Inventory Number: 011224
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(TSUZUKI, KYOICHI). Tsuzuki, Kyoichi. ROADSIDE JAPAN (NEW EDITION). Tokyo: ASPECT Corp., 2001. First Edition Thus. Square 4to. Pictorial Boards in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 446pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This massive, cheerful tome (from Kyoichi Tsuzuki, the photographer/publisher of the equally impressive "Tokyo Style") pictorially chronicles the odd, in-between locales not to be found in your typical travel guide, but that define fin de siecle Japan. It is (was) the perfect tool for locating the Science Fiction Museum, bus stops shaped like giant fruits, a place where you can race squid, and so many more quirky sights of interest. A most handsome copy of the softbound only 2001 "New 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. 4-7572-0833-2 Inventory Number: 019914
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(OHTAKE, SHINRO) (TSUZUKI, KYOICHI). Tsuzuki, Kyoichi & Shinro Ohtake. ROADSIDE JAPAN REMIX. Tokyo: ASPECT Corp., 2001. First Edition. Square 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artists' Book. As New./As New.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This splashy book takes a selection of pages from Kyoichi Tsuzuki's massive 1997 photographic chronicle of quirky, odd, and in-between travel locales "Roadside Japan", and lets noted book artist Shinro Ohtake "Remix" them by adding drawn, painted and collaged overlays. The result is a collaborative visual delight that still pays homage to the Science Fiction Museum, giant strawberry, and squid racing. A most handsome copy. 4-7572-0835-9 Inventory Number: 008083
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Bepler, Sine, Jens Hoffmann, Jonathan Napack & Philip Tinari. Sine Bepler & Uta Grosenick, Editors. SHANGHART GALLERY: 10 YEARS. 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
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(OHTAKE, SHINRO). Ohtake, Shinro. SHINRO OHTAKE: BUBUN. Tokyo: Masakazu Takei (Little More), 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Box. Artists' Book. Fine. np (400pp), 399 monochrome illustrations + cover and box. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Shinro Ohtake. This is a really sweet object collecting nearly twenty years worth of drawings by noted Japanese book artist Shinro Ohtake. "This book is constructed with drawings that I made from 1980 to 1998. They are scenes which occurred in my mind, and they are drawn with oil, water colour, pen, pencil, etching and so on". A pristine copy with the folded caption sheet in the publisher's decorative printed cardboard box, as issued. 4-947648-78-3 Inventory Number: 012304
$ 115.00 order/inquire
(OHTAKE, SHINRO). Ohtake, Shinro. SHINRO OHTAKE: LONDON/HONCON 1980. Tokyo: Yobisha, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Self-Wrappers in Pictorial Box. Artists' Book. Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Shinro Ohtake. The noted Japanese book artist's first publication, this is a really sweet little document of his travels during the year 1980. It is filled with clippings, saved detritus, and drawings - all collaged together. A pristine copy (acquired directly from Shinro Ohtake) with the caption booklet and printed enclosures laid in, housed in the publisher's printed decorative cardboard box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-946419-39-X Inventory Number: 007957
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(KUSAKA, SHIO). Holte, Michael Ned. SHIO KUSAKA: POTS. Los Angeles: Wood Kusaka Studios, 2012. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. np (58pp), 18 color and 4 b&w illustrations + color cover. Designed in a format that pays homage to the Tudor Publishing Company's sweet little art publications of the sixties, this third installment of Wood Kusaka Studios' thoughtful new series of monographs is devoted to the ceramic sculpture of Japanese-born, Los Angeles-based artist Shio Kusaka. It features lovely reproductions along with an essay on the work by Michael Ned Holte. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 021785
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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Friis-Hansen, Dana & Atsuo Yasuda. Introduction by Maria Morris Hambourg. SUGIMOTO. Houston, TX & Tokyo: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston & Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 96pp, 36 tritone illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Katy Homans. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a traveling 1995 Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition of day and night seascapes as well as the "Hall of Thirty-Three Bays" series that was circulated by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston and Tokyo's Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. A most handsome copy of the hardbound edition of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-936080-40-X Inventory Number: 018971
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(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori. . TADANORI YOKOO: POSTCARDS (RED COVER). Osaka, JAPAN: Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi, 1996. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (52pp), 26 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Jun Sato. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. He is also a well-known artist, photographer, and designer of installations. Published in conjunction with a 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition, this is a nicely presented book of twenty-six full color postcards that reproduce paintings by the artist. Many include art historical homages to Henri Rousseau, Marc Chagall, Enzo Cucchi, etc., and include Yokoo and his wife as subject matter. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 021185
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(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori. . TADANORI YOKOO: POSTCARDS (YELLOW COVER). Osaka, JAPAN: Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi, 1996. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (16pp), 8 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Jun Sato. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. He is also a well-known artist, photographer, and designer of installations. Published in conjunction with a 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition, this is a nicely presented book of eight full color postcards that reproduce computer-altered outdoor portraits of the Yokoo family, many including a falling water motif. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 011910
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(KUNIYOSHI, YASUO). Imaizumi, Atsuo. THE ART OF YASUO KUNIYOSHI. JAPAN: Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd., 1978. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Good +./No Jacket. 262pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, with English captions. With a biography and list of works. This is a comprehensive monograph on the late Japanese born, American modernist painter Yasuo Kuniyoshi. It contains one hundred and twenty-four full-page reproductions of paintings, and eighty reproductions of lithographs and etchings. A most presentable copy of this important and uncommon reference showing some sunning of the spine as well as a bit of wear and fraying at the tips. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0071-7801-1328 Inventory Number: 005787
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(YOSHITOSHI, TSUKIOKA). Keyes, Roger & George Kuwayama. THE BIZARRE IMAGERY OF YOSHITOSHI: THE HERBERT R. COLE COLLECTION. 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 copy showing some very light wear and rubbing to the spine and covers. 0-87587-096-1 Inventory Number: 021870
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Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH: ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1982. First Edition 1/4500. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography and a glossary of Sanskrit and other names and terms. Designed by Jack Carter. This is the catalogue for the important 1982 traveling Museum exhibition of the monastic arts of Central Asia that developed along the trans-Himalayan Silk Route. It is a well-designed and illustrated scholarly survey that remains an important reference. A most handsome softbound copy showing none of the typical wear and dulling to the covers usually seen with this volume. 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. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 020479
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Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH: ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1982. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/Near Fine. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography and a glossary of Sanskrit and other names and terms. Designed by Jack Carter. This is the catalogue for the important 1982 traveling Museum exhibition of the monastic arts of Central Asia that developed along the trans-Himalayan Silk Route. It is a well-designed and illustrated scholarly survey that remains an important reference. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition limited to five hundred copies showing some typical light wear and dulling to the dust jacket. 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. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 020480
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Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH: ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1982. First Edition 1/4500. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography and a glossary of Sanskrit and other names and terms. Designed by Jack Carter. This is the catalogue for the important 1982 traveling Museum exhibition of the monastic arts of Central Asia that developed along the trans-Himalayan Silk Route. It is a well-designed and illustrated scholarly survey that remains an important reference. A most presentable softbound copy showing some typical light wear and dulling to the covers whose interior and textblock are tight and bright. 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. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 020764
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(SAEKI, TOSHIO). Saeki, Toshio, Suehiro Tanemura, Teruhiko Kuze, Masami Akita, Suehiro Maruo, Keiji Ueshima, Shuji Terayama & Tatsuhiko Shibusawa. TOSHIO SAEKI: CHIMUSHI II (2). Tokyo: Pan-Exotica & Treville Co. Ltd., 2003. First Edition Thus. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Good +./Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in monochrome and color. Text in Japanese. Designed by Tomohiro Itami (It Is Design). Timothy Leary says: "Toshio World Wide Wizard Weaves Webs of Designed Dementia. Wise, Gentle, Precise, Chaotic Erotic Engineer." Noted illustrator Toshio Saeki's first collection of disturbing, Manga inspired scenes of horrific, cartoonish rape and violence in the style of traditional Japanese woodblock prints is anything but gentle... A handsome copy of the 2003 first paperbound Pan-Exotica edition showing a slight dent through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 4-309-90530-7 Inventory Number: 019834
$ 110.00 order/inquire
(UTAMARO, KITAGAWA). Utamaro, Kitagawa. UTAMARO: NO UTAMAKURA / UTAMAKURA: SECRET PRINTS BY UTAMARO. Tokyo: Gabun-Do, 1970. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. 147pp, 16 color and 122 b&w illustrations. Text in Japanese. This is a monograph on the renowned Japanese Ukiyo-E master Kitagawa Utamaro's Late Eighteenth Century erotic masterpiece "UtaMakura (Poem of the Pillow)". Reproduced here are the original twelve color woodblock prints as full page hand-tipped color plates, with one small quirk. Published in 1970, in keeping with Japan's then strict censorship laws the scenes depicting exposed genitalia have each been photographed with an orange rice-paper square covering the offending area. All of the reproductions of the explicitly graphic Shunga throughout suffer from the same fate. Still, this is obviously a very detailed and scholarly study of Utamaro's erotic prints. A most handsome copy of the book itself (limited to five hundred copies only) showing repairs to the hinges inside the boards with archival linen tape along with some mild overall wear to the publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. 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: 018208
$ 150.00 order/inquire
Pal, Pratapaditya. VAISNAVA ICONOLOGY IN NEPAL. Calcutta, INDIA: The Asiatic Society, 1970. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good +. 373pp, 110 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This is longtime Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Pratapaditya Pal's scholarly study of the representations of Visnuism specific to Nepal, emphasizing the religion's tantric aspects as well as relevant epigraphic and literary material. A handsome copy of the Asiatic Society's first hardbound edition showing some scuff marks and slight discoloration to the endpapers. 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: 000568
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(MORIMURA, YASUMASA). Morimura, Yasumasa. YASUMASA MORIMURA: AMBIGUOUS BEAUTY / AIMAI-NO-BI - 1995 PETER NORTON FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROJECT ARTIST'S MULTIPLE. Santa Monica, CA: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Artists' Multiple. Fine. "Each year the Norton Family commissions an original artwork as a greeting for the holiday season. This year's is by Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura. Morimura-san photographs himself in re-creations of important Western cultural images. His work explores the issues of meaning, identity, authenticity, and viewpoint: issues that have become key themes in contemporary cultural dialogue". For 1995's Christmas Project, Morimura contributed "Ambiguous Beauty" - the artist/photographer's rather unsettling, gender bending self-portrait as Marilyn Monroe (in Tom Kelley's iconic 1949 full-length nude against a red background) photomechanically reproduced on the face of an inexpensive Japanese hand-held folding fan. The fan is housed in a paper sleeve inside a silkscreened wooden case. A most handsome example of this charming object issued hors commerce in 1995, and never commercially available for sale. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 016506
$ 400.00 order/inquire
(ZHOU, SHAN ZUO & DA HUANG). Hixson, Kathryn. ZHOU BROTHERS. Chicago, IL: Lloyd Shin Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (24pp), 20 color illustrations. With a chronology. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue issued in conjunction with two concurrent 1991 Chicago exhibitions of works on canvas by the well-known collaborative Chinese Contemporary artists the Zhou Brothers - Shan Zuo and Da Hua. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 018162
$ 30.00 order/inquire
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