Re-Imagining the Avant-Garde
This Thursday (1/23, 6:30-8:30 pm) the Helms Bakery is hosting a great event at the Helms Design Center (8746 Washington, ½ block west of Arcana) – please come! “On Thursday, January 23rd, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design will host a reception, presentation, discussion, and book launch for "Re-Imagining the Avant-Garde: Revisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s“ with Matthew Butcher, Andrew Kovacs, Mimi Zeiger, and Jimenez Lai.” Details here. Books will be available for purchase but if you can't attend but would like a signed copy of Re-Imagining the Avant-Garde, we can hook you up! Call (310-458-1499) or write. See you then!
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RIHANNA: LUXURY SUPREME - “Drippy + The Brain” The Haas Brothers
(RIHANNA) Rihanna. The Haas Brothers.. Phaidon, 2019. First Edition. Hardbound. As new.
The signed and numbered limited edition of Rihanna’s visual autobiography with a custom cover and stand created in collaboration with The Haas Brothers
Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography. From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide concert tours, from quintessential fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Impeccably produced, this sumptuous large-format book features over 1,000 images—many published for the first time—7 gatefolds, and 11 special inserts, including 9 bound-in booklets, a die-cut tip-in sheet, and a double-sided removable poster.
This edition is bound in a bespoke black fabric with a matte black, laser-cut, steel logo inset into the front cover, signed by Rihanna, and numbered 11–1,000. It features a custom, cast-resin, tabletop bookstand created in collaboration with The Haas Brothers, plated in an 18-carat gold color with mirror-finish, topped with a cushioned platform made from high-density, laser-cut foam covered with a bespoke black vermiculated fabric.
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Signed by Rihanna and The Haas Brothers and numbered 11–1000
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The book is bound in a bespoke black fabric with
a matte black, laser-cut, steel logo inset into the
front cover
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The spine of the book is square-backed with the title and Phaidon logo silkscreened in matte black on the bespoke fabric
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The book interior contains 3 paper stocks: Zunma Oji (China); Massiva (China); Wibalin (UK)
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The endpapers feature a custom design by The Haas Brothers in spot gloss on rich, black Fedrigoni stock (Italy)
SHIPS FOR FREE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES & CANADA ON 11/20/19 VIA FEDEX - Your postage charge will be refunded when your order is processed. For oither International orders, shipping will be quoted and collected after your order is placed.
Orders placed before 11/7/19 will ship early to arrive by 12/25/19.
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ZANDRA RHODES: 50 FABULOUS YEARS IN FASHION - SIGNED BY DAME ZANDRA RHODES
(RHODES, ZANDRA). Rhodes, Zandra. Preface by Iris Apfel. Foreword by Suzy Menkes. Dennis Nothdruft, Editor. With contributions by Marylou Luther, Anna Sui, Journalist Joan Agajanian Quinn, Rajeev Sethi, Helena Matheopoulos, Mary Schoeser & Pierpaolo Piccioli . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Fashion Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Celebrating decades of achievement by one of the foremost names in British fashion, whose vitality and influence continue to shine, "Zandra Rhodes" provides a luscious documentary of this leading British designer, spanning her fifty-year career in fashion and textile design. The book showcases not only Rhodes’s work but also her vivid personality and creative energy. Both a fashion trailblazer and a consummate textile designer, she has influenced the work of contemporary labels such as Mary Katrantzou and Alice Temperley. The book honors the centrality of textile design in Rhodes’s work, while exploring the versatility of her imagination throughout her long career; contributors include Pierpaolo Piccioli (creative director of Valentino), Suzy Menkes (editor of Vogue International), and celebrated fashion designers Anna Sui and Rajeev Sethi. It also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the house of Zandra Rhodes, a British-owned-and-made brand, and Rhodes’s successful establishment of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by Dame Zandra Rhodes.
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TODD HIDO: HOUSE HUNTING (REMASTERED) - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd & A.M. Homes. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition Thus 1 /4000. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New.
“Todd Hido’s large color photographs of suburbia are lonely, forlorn, mysterious… and strangely comforting. Hido photographs the interior rooms of repossessed tract homes, and the outsides of similar houses at night whose habitation is suggested by the glow of a television set or unseen overhead bulb. Seldom does the similar evoke such melancholy. Yet rather than passing judgment on his anonymous subjects, Hido manages to turn the banal into something beautiful, imbuing his prints of interiors with soft pastels, and allowing the exteriors to glow in the cool evening air.” — From Nazraeli's description of the first printing of House Hunting, announced in 2000. We are excited to announce a newly remastered edition of Todd Hido’s iconic and highly sought-after first monograph, House Hunting. To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of this important book – certainly one of the most influential and oft-cited photography monographs of our time – Nazraeli has collaborated closely with the artist to achieve a new impression of the highest possible fidelity. Printed on heavy weight matte art paper, using cutting-edge technologies in both the pre-press and production phases, this new edition of House Hunting stays true to the original design and format while delivering even more accurate color rendition and nuances in tone and saturation. It will be a welcome addition to collections lacking access to the very scarce original printings; and to those fortunate enough to own a copy of the original edition, it further illuminates the images themselves that first catapulted the artist and his first monograph to fame. Todd Hido’s photographs have been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, and most recently at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland. Other major institutions that have exhibited Hido’s work include the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Miami Art Museum, Florida; Netherland Architecture Institute, Rotterdam; Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy; Samsung Museum of Modern Art in Korea; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work was recently on view in the 49th edition of Les Recontres d’Arles, France. Work by Hido is held in public and private collections including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Smithsonian; and Fotomuseum Winterthur."
A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 "Remastered" edition of Todd Hido's long unavailable classic "House "Hunting" additionally SIGNED by the photographer in metallic ink on the half title page.
978-1590055052 Inventory Number: E000THHH -
THE HOLLYWOOD BOOK CLUB: READING WITH THE STARS - SIGNED BY AUTHOR STEVEN REA
Rea, Steven. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2019. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Cinema Photography Survey. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, 55 b&w illustrations.
"Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe—the brightest stars of the silver screen couldn't resist curling up with a good book. This unique collection of rare photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style. The Hollywood Book Club captures screen luminaries on set, in films, in playful promotional photos, or in their own homes and libraries with books from literary classics to thrillers, from biographies to children's books, reading with their kids, and more. Featuring fifty-five enchanting images, lively captions about the stars and what they're reading by Hollywood photo archivist Steven Rea, and a glamorous stamped case design, here's a real page-turner for booklovers and cinephiles alike". A brand new, most handsome example of this charming document additionally SIGNED by author Steven Rea in ink on the title page.
978-1452176895 Inventory Number: E000SRTHBC -
STEVE BANKS: NITRO, DRAG RACING IN THE SIXTIES: 1964-1966 - SIGNED, SLIPCASED LIMITED EDITION
(BANKS, STEVE). Banks, Steve. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition 1/350. Small Folio. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in tritone.
“In 1964, a young Steve Banks bought one of the most coveted ‘Muscle Cars’ on the market - a Pontiac GTO with a four-speed stick and a Hurst shifter, Tri-Power, and three Rochester 2G carburetors. He then drove Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles to begin his new advertising agency job. Gassing up one day after arriving at Nobo’s Shell station at Beverly and Larchmont, Banks learned that Nobo had previously been head mechanic at the Courtesy Chevrolet dealership, and that his station had become a center for building and tuning street racers. On and off over the next few months, Banks would leave his car at the garage while Nobo fine-tuned the carburetors, replaced the stock tires, torsion, and sway bars, and added Koni shocks and a Sun tachometer. Next, he taught Banks how to ‘speed shift’ while making late night runs up and down Larchmont Boulevard. One day, Nobo mentioned he was going to a drag race that Saturday, and that Banks was welcome to come along. Witnessing his first drag race, Steve Banks was immediately hooked. He returned the following Saturday, and the next, and again the next; but this time with his cameras. Over the course of two years, Banks photographed guys preparing runs, the thundering nitro-burning dragsters launching down the strip at two hundred-plus miles per hour, and everything else that moved. Today, fifty years later, the sport of drag racing is a big bucks, corporate-sponsored television broadcast business with the NHRA sporting over two hundred different drag racing classes. However, in a nod to the sport’s modest beginnings, almost every weekend from coast-to-coast one can find ‘nostalgia racing’ events preserving the dragster culture of the 1960s captured here in NITRO, Drag Racing In The Sixties: 1964-1966." A brand new, pristine specially-priced AP example of this stunning volume from the fourth and final set of NZ Press SIGNED AND SLIPCASED editions limited to three hundred and fifty copies.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “NITRO, Drag Racing In The Sixties: 1964-1966” will be signed by Steve Banks at our event on Saturday, July 27th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 30th. Inventory Number: E000SBN -
BIBLIOSTYLE: HOW WE LIVE AT HOME WITH BOOKS
Freudenberger, Nina & Sadie Stein. Shade Degges, Photographer. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Interior Design Survey. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
"A visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world. Interior designer Nina Freudenberger, New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges give readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Larry McMurtry, Silvia Whitman of Shakespeare and Co., Gay and Nan Talese, and Emma Straub. Throughout, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own collections. 978-0525575443 Inventory Number: E000NFB -
MAGDALENA SUAREZ FRIMKESS
(FRIMKESS, MAGDALENA SUAREZ). Frimkess, Magdalena Suarez. Introduction by Ricky Swallow. Los Angeles, CA: South Willard, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Ceramics Monograph. As New.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w.
"This is the first book on the ceramicist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Born in 1929, the Venezuelan-born, Venice, California-based artist is just now getting the recognition she deserves, with her work finding its way into the collections of LACMA and The Hammer Museum. Her unique approach to ceramics - incorporating cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Goofy, and Betty Boop as well as more traditional motifs such as landscapes, birds, and flowers - has charmed a younger generation of artists such as Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka, Mark Grotjahn, Lesley Vance, and Ricky Swallow - who contributes an essay here. This lovely catalogue offers a broad range of the colorful autobiographical pieces Magdalena Suarez Frimkess has produced over her long and varied career." A brand new, most handsome example that also includes a poster of one of her characteristic cartoon works laid in. 9781942884514 Inventory Number: E000MSF -
SITE: MARMOL RADZINER IN THE LANDSCAPE - SIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS
(MARMOL RADZINER). Marmol, Leo & Ron Radziner. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Hardbound. Architecture Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
The spectacular houses of Marmol Radziner merge interior and exterior life as they engage the built and natural environment. With lush photography and an expansive format, "Site: Marmol Radziner in the Landscape" focuses on the evolving relationship between house and landscape, revealing what the architects describe as "the gradual erasure of boundaries between indoor and outdoor" spaces. This collection of nineteen houses, shown in over two-hundred full-color photographs that will make readers swoon, is organized by habitat - desert, urban, canyon, and woodland - and includes projects in Southern California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and the Netherlands. A foreword by novelist Mona Simpson provides a personal reflection on her experiences in a Marmol Radziner house, while an interview with partners Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner and detailed descriptions of their projects offer insights into the architects' philosophy and process. A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant document additionally SIGNED by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner in ink.
978-1616898168 Inventory Number: E000MRS -
MICHAEL JANG: WHO IS MICHAEL JANG?
(JANG, MICHAEL). Jang, Michael & Kingston Trinder. Introduction by Sandra Phillips. Foreword by Erik Kessels. Pascale Georgiev, Editor. London, UK: Atelier Editions, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 280pp, 198 b&w and 25 color illustrations.
“Who is Michael Jang? I don’t know if he’s a hipster or a nerd, a conceptual genius or instinctual savant. All I know is that he takes some of the best pictures I’ve ever seen.” - Alec Soth
"Michael Jang spent nearly four decades working as a successful commercial portrait photographer whilst quietly assembling a vast archive of thousands of remarkable images and authoring several now-iconic series: "The Jangs" (1973), "Beverly Hilton" (1973), "San Francisco" (1973–1987), "Summer Weather" (1983), "College" (1972–1973), "Punks & Poets" (1978–1980), and "Garage Band" (2001). For forty years, Jang revealed nothing of that vast archive until 2001 when he submitted a number of photographs for consideration to The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Once "discovered", his work has steadily gained acclaim and over the past fifteen years those images have found a wider audience in a series of museum and galley exhibitions and hard to find books. The artist’s first major monograph - "Who Is Michael Jang?" - is published by Atelier Éditions in conjunction with his first major retrospective exhibition, "Michael Jang's California". Curated by Michael Jang's long-time collaborator and the book's essayist, SFMoMA curator emerita of photography, Sandra S. Phillips, the show will be on view September 27th, 2019 to January 18th, 2020 at The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco." A brand new, most handsome example of this charming, beautifully produced volume from Atelier Editions that was just shortlisted for the Aperture 2019 Photo Catalogue of the Year . 978-0997593594 Inventory Number: E000MJWIMJ -
EL CROQUIS 198: JOHNSTON MARKLEE 2005-2019: FOLDING TIME - SIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS
(JOHNSTON MARKLEE) (EL CROQUIS). Lee, Mark & Sharon Johnston. Fernando Marquez Cecilia and Richard Levene, Editors. Madrid, SPAIN: El Croquis, 2019. First Edition. Small Folio.. Pictorial Flexi-Binding. Monographic Architectural Journal. As New..
278pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Founded by partners Sharon Johnston, F.A.I.A. and Mark Lee in 1998, Johnston Marklee is recognized for its diverse portfolio of architecture, engaging the physical and cultural circumstances of each project through a precise synthesis of structural form, materiality, and atmospheric light. The work of the firm pays tribute to a specific Southern Californian interpretation of modernism, and at the same time operates at the intersection of a global and local dialogue. Johnston and Lee have forged a leading role in the cultural discourse around contemporary art and architecture, eliciting design collaborations with distinguished museums, foundations, and artists around the world. Complementing this far-reaching network, the firm’s work is recognized for being deeply rooted in the history and foundations of the discipline. Their work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Menil Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Architecture Museum of TU Munich. Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston served as Artistic Directors for the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. In 2018 they were named Professors in Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Mark Lee was appointed Chair of the Architecture Department. They have also taught at major universities including Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the Technical University of Berlin, ETH Zurich, and have held the Cullinan Chair at Rice University and the Frank Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto. A brand new, most handsome example of this brand new, comprehensive monograph i,on the firm in the form of the one hundred and ninety-eighth installment of noted Spanish architectural journal "El Croquis" additionally SIGNED by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee.
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Jeff Divine: 70s Surf Photographs - SIGNED
(DIVINE, JEFF). T. Adler Books. New. A colorful, insider portrait of ’70s surf culture, with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning author William Finnegan
If you were there, even just for some of it—Hawaii, California, surfing, the ’70s—the memories and stories will flow freely from these photographs. Jeff Divine was there for all of it, and these images have been culled from an enormous personal archive. Divine was shooting for Surfer, the monthly magazine that was the bible of the scene. His photos from this archive show the precommercialized era in surfing when the hippie influence still held sway. Surfers had their own slang-infused language and were deep into a world of Mother Ocean, wilderness and a culture that mainstream society spurned. Surfboards were handmade in family garages, often made for a specific kind of wave or speed, for paddling, ease of turning, and featured all kinds of psychedelic designs. Some were even hollowed out to smuggle hash from Morocco.
The color and black-and-white photographs collected here, taken throughout California on the coastlines at Baja, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, La Jolla, Malibu, San Clemente and Oahu, give a vivid image of this close-knit culture and the incredible athletic feats of its heroes and heroines.
Raised in La Jolla, California, Jeff Divine (born 1950) started photographing the surfing world in 1966. He held jobs as photo editor for 35 years with Surfer magazine and Surfer’s Journal. His works have been displayed worldwide in museums and galleries, as well as in books, magazines and media. In 2019 he was inducted into the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame for his contribution to surf culture in a career lasting 50 years. Inventory Number: E000JDS -
HUGH HOLLAND: SILVER. SKATE. SEVENTIES. - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Chroma, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Skate Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Mr. Holland at Arcana on November 23rd, and orders will ship beginning Tuesday, November 26th. If you would like to collect your copy at the shop, you may use the code PICKUP10 at checkout and you will not be charged for postage.
"In the 1970s, photographer Hugh Holland masterfully captured the burgeoning culture of skateboarding against a sometimes harsh but always sunny Southern California landscape. This never-before-published collection showcases his black-and-white photographs that document young skateboarders sidewalk surfing off Mulholland Drive in concrete drainage ditches and empty swimming pools in a drought-ridden Southern California. From suburban backyard haunts to the asphalt streets that connected them, this was the place that inspired the legendary Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarders. With their requisite bleached-blond hair, tanned bodies, tube socks and Vans, these young outsiders evoke the sometimes reckless but always exhilarating origins of skateboarding lifestyle and culture." A brand new, most handsome example of this quintessentially California style bible additionally SIGNED by Hugh Holland in ink.
978-1452182056 Inventory Number: E000HHSSS -
GARY CANNONE: FOREVER NOW - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(CANNONE, GARY). Cannone, Gary & Jamillah James. Los Angeles, CA: Campbell Hall Art Gallery, 2019. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ivan Golinko.
"Albums by Conceptual Artists" originated as a crowd-sourced online project in which Gary Cannone encouraged like-minded artists to infiltrate popular and obscure album covers with content from the history of contemporary art in a communal act of parody. Begun as a Facebook comment thread, a Tumblr site of the project soon followed and grew to over five hundred album cover contributions ranging from transgressive to silly, from informative to obtuse. Cannone sees the series as a form of fan fiction, a positive creative act often using arcane minutiae linking the worlds of art and music done by and for art nerds. The artist’s formative influences include 70s comedy such as Norm Crosby, Wacky Packages, Carol Burnett, Mad Magazine, and the disembodied PA from M*A*S*H (the TV series). He is a 2019 recipient of a California Community Foundation’s Fellowship in Visual Arts grant and his artist’s book, Time Settings for a Microwave Oven with Broken Three, Four, and Nine Buttons was recently acquired by The Getty Museum. His current work explores the phenomenology of furniture in gallery spaces through the lens of a prop comic." A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by artist Gary Cannone in ink.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Forever Now” will be signed by Gary Cannone at our event on Saturday, August 3rd, and shipped beginning Tuesday, August 6th. Inventory Number: E000GCFN -
ED TEMPLETON: CITY CONFESSIONS #1 TOKYO - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Tokyo: Super Labo, 2019. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New..
np (56pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. Text in English.
"I first came to Tokyo in 1998 on a skateboarding tour, and then again two times in 2001, first for a big citywide art exhibition called "Untitled 2001" and then again as a skateboarder later that year. Those first visits to Tokyo were full of walking and wandering and photographing in the streets when I wasn't skateboarding. Then in 2016 I came back to Tokyo as a tourist after a long absence. These more recent trips have been more focused on shooting photographs and observing the life and rhythms of the people of Tokyo. I like to find moments that speak to human existence and specifically to the customs and rituals of life in Tokyo."
These photographs were taken during seven trips to Tokyo between the years 1998 and 2018, with the majority being shot between 2016 and 2018. "City Confessions #1: Tokyo" is the initial installment of Ed Templeton's new and ongoing series that will each feature a selection of photographs from an individual city the photographer has spent significant time working in and exploring. The "City Confessions" books will ultimately be gathered and slipcased together as a set, so don't miss out on this first volume!
A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 first printing of this lovely offering from Tokyo's Super Labo limited to one thousand copies additionally SIGNED by Ed Templeton 978-4908512803 Inventory Number: E000ETCCT -
DEANNA TEMPLETON: YESTERDAY - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, DEANNA). Deanna Templeton. Tokyo: Super Labo, 2019. First Edition 1/800. Small 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New..
np (44pp), 52 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by Deanna + Ed Templeton. Text in English.
"Yesterday is a project specifically conceived for Super Labo by Deanna Templeton to convey a single though not specific day in her life, morning to night, as told through Polaroid photographs. From the intimate look at her private daily routine inside her household and garden, to the architecture, flora and fauna of Huntington Beach, and the people, both friends, family and strangers, that float in and out of her day. Yesterday is a personal document, a visual slice of her Southern California life and the details where she finds beauty and inspiration." - Ed Templeton
A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 first printing of this lovely offering from Tokyo's Super Labo limited to eight hundred copies additionally SIGNED by Deanna Templeton 978-4908512797 Inventory Number: E000DTY -
COLE STERNBERG: THE NATURE OF BREATHING IN SALT - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(STERNBERG, COLE). Sternberg, Cole. Los Angeles, CA: Hat & Beard, 2019. First Edition 1/650. 4to. Cloth With Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color.
"In Western Japan, a bottle of champagne is smashed against the hull of a massive bulk cargo vessel, its path charted along the arch of the northern hemisphere: We follow its gentle glide through the lilac calm of the Japanese outer islands; a waive at the lights of Busan, the South Korean city along its charted path; the frigidity of the Aleutian Islands; a circular motion to avoid a mid-ocean monster; and lastly a cruise into Portland past the forests and factories on the Columbia River. On this maiden voyage across the Pacific, the vessel’s holds sit empty. One is in ballast to strengthen against heavy storms. A crew of twenty, plus four creative wanderers—including artist Cole Sternberg, who wrangled the quartet especially for this journey—anxiously steady themselves for weeks under swaying ground. It is within the context of this floating island that the work comprised of “The Nature of Breathing in Salt” emerges.
We find rainbows confronted by fluorescent hallways, black clouds fighting the setting sun, Sternberg’s paintings dragged in the sea, the glory of the unknown and unwelcoming greeting of the land. The imagery shifts in a bell curve of pleasant anxiety, mirrored by a narrative of Melville, Sternberg’s poetry and the dialogue of the crew. It is an experience that leaves one yearning for, and sick of the sea. It is an art object more than just a book.
Sternberg’s practice of using the environment to tell its own story is apparent here. His practice ultimately results in the paintings and photography featured throughout this book. Works from this body of imagery have been exhibited extensively, and are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the El Segundo Museum of Art, among other".
"Cole Sternberg was born in Richmond, Virginia. He lives and works in Los Angeles and practices in a range of formats, including painting, installation, video, and writing. Series of his work have focused on a variety of social issues, from current human rights activism and its relationship to the law, to the environment, to the media, and concepts of content overload. The works tend to be subtle or subversive in nature, driven by elegant visual concepts and poetry. He is interested in the intersection between humanity and humankind and how their lack of congruity hinders social progression and development".
A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 first Hat & Beard first edition of this sumptuous title limited to six hundred and fifty copies additionally SIGNED by the artist.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Nature of Breathing in Salt" will be signed by Cole Sternberg at the event on Saturday, February 9th, and shipped starting on Tuesday, February 12th. Inventory Number: E000CSTNOBIS -
UNDRABORN / EXTRAORDINARY CHILD: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARY ELLEN MARK - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(MARK, MARY ELLEN). Mark, Mary Ellen, Ivar Brynjolfsson & Einar Falur Ingolfsson. Introduction by Margret Hallgrimsdottir. Reykjavik, ICELAND: The National Museum of Iceland, 2007. First Edition. Large 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Text in English and Icelandic. "In the fall of 2006 The National Museum of Iceland arranged to collaborate with Mary Ellen Mark to photograph the lives of disabled children in Iceland. The result of this was the exhibition "Extraordinary Child", and its accompanying catalogue. These photographs were taken at Öskjuhlíðarskóli and Safamýrarskóli schools and the Lyngás centre for the disabled in the fall and winter of 2006-2007. At the same time as Mary Ellen Mark was photographing, her husband, renowned documentary filmmaker Martin Bell, made a film about the life of Alexander Viðar Pálsson - a pupil at Öskjuhlíðarskóli - entitled Alexander. The exhibition and film allow us to face these children and their circumstances with the help of the lens. At the same time we are also directing our gaze at our own perceptions and feelings. In this exhibition we see the reality of disabled children in our contemporary society. We sense how extraordinary these children, like all children, are. Deeply moving, poignant, sad and joyous, these photographs take us into a reality that adjoins our own, but is very seldom seen. In addition to Mark's work, this volume contains fifteen photographs of the empty schools by renowned Icelandic photographer Ivar Brynjolfsson as well as twenty paintings by the children". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 243 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For... - / - With Admiration - / Fondly / 2007 / Mary Ellen Mark" in the year of publication in black ink on the half title page. Inventory Number: 026047
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ENCYCLOPEDIE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES AU XXEME SIECLE, VERS 1925 - COMPLETE IN TWELVE VOLUMES
Office Central d'Editions et de Librairie, Editor. Paris: Office Central d'Editions et de Librairie, 1927. First Edition. 4to. Decorative Boards. Decorative Art Monograph. Very Good/No Jackets - As Issued. np, 1152 illustrations in color and b&w in twelve volumes. Text in French. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is the lavishly illustrated twelve volume set documenting the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes" - the massive 1925 Parisian exhibition of recent Art, Architecture, and Decorative and Industrial Arts that is credited as the birthplace of the Art Deco movement. Each book is devoted to a specific subject: 1. "Evolution de L'art Moderne", 2. "Architecture et Decoration Fixe", 3. "Decoration Fixe de L'Architecture", 4. "Le Mobilier et son Ensemble", 5. "Accessoires du Mobilier", 6. "Tissu et Papier", 7. "Le Livre", 8. "Jeux et Jouets", 9. "La Parure", 10. "Theatre", 11. "Rue et Jardin", and 12. "Enseignement". When presented together on the shelf the twelve spines decoratively present the title of the set in a stylish Deco font. A most handsome, exceptionally well-preserved complete set of the 1927 first edition of this seminal document showing some typical light wear, soiling, and patination to the cream colored decorative paper-covered boards. Inventory Number: 025963
$5,500.00 InquireFiled Under: Architecture, Art, Ceramics and Glass, Cinema, Decorative Art, Exhibition Catalogues, Photography, Textiles -
ANTON YELCHIN: IN CASE OF FIRE
(YELCHIN, ANTON). Cash Machine / FatherSons Press / Lurker LTD / Anton Yelchin, 2019. First Edition 1/400. Paperback. As new/No Jacket - As Issued.. A collection of photographs by Anton Yelchin with a beautiful introduction by Simon Pegg. Proceeds from purchase are donated to the Anton Yelchin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Charity Corporation based in California who's mission is to support and empower artists living with a disability or disease. More info at antonyelchinfoundation.org 0986391158 Inventory Number: 000YVICOF
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HUGH HOLLAND: "THE CONCRETE SWELL, VIPER BOWL HOLLYWOOD, 1976" POSTER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2019. First Edition. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.
Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.
A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.
Inventory Number: WAX017HH -
HUGH HOLLAND: "REACH OUT, MAY 1976" POSTER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2019. First Edition. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.
Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.
A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.
Inventory Number: WAX015HH -
HUGH HOLLAND: "SOLO, KENTER CANYON ELEMENTARY, OCTOBER 1976" POSTER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2014. 36 x 24" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.
Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.
A brand new, pristine example of this 36 x 24" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.
Inventory Number: WAX012HH -
HUGH HOLLAND: "DOWN ON THE CORNER, BALBOA BEACH, 1975" POSTER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2016. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.
Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.
Hugh Holland: “That shot was one of several I did on the street, at Balboa Island, in the summer of 1975, just as I was beginning the Skate series. I was shooting some kids that were hot-dogging on the street on the sidelines of a small skate contest. I had no idea who they were. A few years later, someone saw them and asked if I knew who that kid was. I said no. He said it was Danny Kwock, who went on in the eighties to be a top surfer in the Newport area, and surfed for Quicksilver. Now he is the president of Quicksilver entertainment. He is a very cool guy.”
A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.
Inventory Number: WAX009HH -
HUGH HOLLAND: "SIDEWALK SURFER, HUNTINGTON BEACH, 1976" POSTER
(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2016. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.
Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.
A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.
Inventory Number: WAX005HH -
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