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Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. 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. An internally most handsome example of the softbound edition showing some light wear, scuffing, and dulling to the covers, a tear to the wrappers at the crown of the spine, and a slight dent through the lower foredge tip with the publisher's errata sheet laid in. It has been priced accordingly. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 024626

(MERRILD, KNUD). Dailey, Victoria. Los Angeles: Steve Turner Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 32pp, 13 duotone and 11 color illustrations. Designed by Mr. Keedy. With an exhibition history and checklist. This is an elegantly designed and printed catalogue on the noted California Modernist painter Knud Merrild issued in conjunction with a 1991 Los Angeles gallery retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-915148-13-7 Inventory Number: 024615

(GASKELL, ANNA). Gaskell, Anna. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Ferguson with Anna Gaskell. Published in conjunction with a 2002 Addison Gallery of American Art exhibition, this somewhat creepy catalogue cum artist's book juxtaposes Anna Gaskell's spiky pen and ink drawings of a feminine nature with her golden-hued photographs of female bodies and appendages. A brand new, pristine example. 1-879886-49-9 Inventory Number: 024612

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fourth installment from 1977 includes contributions on or by Death, Iggy Pop, Hunt and Tony Sales, Jordan, De Sade, Patti Smith, Lance Loud and The Mumps, Dead Boys, Metal Urbain, Helen Wheels, The Spitfire Boys, Liars, Sham 69, Charles Gatewood, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 024577

(BARON, HANNELORE). Schaffner, Ingrid & Mark Baron. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 2001. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 74pp, 43 color and 1 b&w illustration + decorative endpapers. Designed by Kessler Design Group. With an exhibition history and chronology. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a traveling 2001 Museum retrospective illustrating in color each of the forty-three Hannelore Baron boxes, collages, and works on paper exhibited. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 024569

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine example of the 1999 deluxe Twin Palms first edition (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one hundred and fifty copies numbered 51-200 (94/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's debossed cloth slipcase still in shrinkwrap, as issued. Only copies of the extra-deluxe edition numbered 1-50 contained the signed photographic print. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 024568

(PARRY, ROGER). Fargue, Leon-Paul & Roger Parry. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1930. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Livre D'Artiste. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 84pp + xvi, 16 full page monochrome gravure illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Banalité" is one of the most striking collaborations of word and image in the realm of the photographically illustrated Surrealist book. It marries Leon-Paul Fargue's previously-published 1922 volume of prose and poems with sixteen dramatic, then-new full page images reproduced in lush sepia-toned gravure by the noted French photographer and cinematographer Roger Parry. An exceptionally bright, well-preserved example of this stunning modernist collaboration (cited on pages 100-101 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I") from the standard trade edition limited to three hundred NUMBERED (214/300) copies on Imperial Japon paper showing just a bit of wear to the extremities of the wrappers. Inventory Number: 024548

(METINIDES, ENRIQUE). Metinides, Enrique, aka Charalambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides. Introduction by Alfonso Morales. Mexico City, MEXICO: Gobierno Del Distrito Federal & Ortega y Ortiz Editores, 2000. First Edition 1/5000. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Spanish. "El Teatro De Los Hechos" is Mexican cult photographer Enrique Metinides' autobiographical 2000 survey of his more than forty years of capturing mayhem, murder, death, and destruction on the streets of Mexico City for the tabloid newspaper "La Prensa". Often referred to as the "Mexican Weegee", for decades Metinides was the first photojournalist on the scene of automobile accidents, plane crashes, industrial fatalities, fires, explosions, dismemberments, murders, and more - all documented with a grisly artistry. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon and desirable document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Enrique Metinides" twice - once in block printing and once in cursive - in black marker on the title page. This copy bears the discreet ownership inscription of Mexico City-based filmmaker Trisha Ziff - who edited the 2012 Aperture monograph "Enrique Metinides: 101 Tragedies", and who is currently directing a documentary on the photographer. It shows some underlining in red ink throughout the text by Ziff, from whom we acquired this directly. It has been priced accordingly. 968-816-313-9 Inventory Number: 024546

(GOODE, JOE). Goode, Joe. Santa Monica, CA: Jacob Samuel, 1987. First Edition 1/8. 4to. Linen Over Boards, Slipcased. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (36pp), 12 white ground aquatints. Designed by Joe Goode and Jacob Samuel. "Storm Trees" is the supremely beautiful first book of the press of Santa Monica-based master printer Jacob Samuel. It is a collaboration with renowned Los Angeles (by way of Oklahoma with Ed Ruscha) artist Joe Goode featuring twelve gorgeous abstract aquatints printed at Sam Francis' Litho Shop on vintage Whitman Fine paper, bound in debossed green linen-over-boards, and housed in a blue linen slipcase. The title page and colophon were typeset and printed using a hand letterpress by Les Ferriss, with the hand-binding by Klaus-Ullrich S. Rotzscher. A brand new, most handsome example of the first product of Edition Jacob Samuel - one of only eight bound copies (with an additional two composed of loose sheets issued as artist's proofs) - BOLDLY NUMBERED (6/8) AND SIGNED "Joe Goode" in blue ink at the rear colophon, as issued, showing some trivial scuffing to its slipcase. Inventory Number: 024545

(WEIWEI, AI). Delson, Susan. New York: Prestel Publishing, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 220pp, 140 color and 15 b&w illustrations. With bibliographies. "Ai Weiwei's "Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads" features twelve large-scale bronze animal heads, each depicting a segment of the ancient Chinese zodiac. As a major work of public art, it is an extraordinary accomplishment in its own right. But as this book explains, the origins and motivation behind the piece are as compelling as the work itself. Ai Weiwei based the sculpture on a complex zodiac fountain that was built for an imperial retreat in eighteenth-century China. When the retreat was looted by European soldiers, the fountain's bronze animal heads were stolen - only seven of the twelve are known to survive. By reimagining the work Ai Weiwei confronts uncomfortable truths within Chinese and Western history. This book compares Ai Weiwei's work to the original zodiac heads; features interviews with Ai Weiwei conducted at various periods during the sculpture's development; offers a historical overview of the events surrounding the fountain's looting; and follows the trail of the original heads as they are sold and resold amidst political furor. The book tells the riveting story behind a highly acclaimed piece of modern art, while providing an introduction to one of our generation's most important artists". A brand new, pristine example of a handful of copies of the first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ai Weiwei" in black marker on a specially designed "Circle of Animals - Zodiac Heads" printed bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The celebrated dissident artist and activist had been arrested by Chinese authorities just prior to the 2011 New York installation of this piece, and so unable to travel, agreed to sign a limited number of these for the book's US publication. 3-7913-4636-9 Inventory Number: 024539

(BACON, FRANCIS). Sylvester, David & Francis Bacon. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 128pp, 94 b&w illustrations + color cover. Originally issued in 1975, this landmark volume of David Sylvester's transcribed interviews with Francis Bacon is notable for the length, detail, and frankness in which the late, great artist discusses his history, influences, and working methods. A most handsome example of the hardbound Pantheon Books first American edition of this oft-reprinted document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Donald / With My Affection / Francis Bacon / New York 15/3/75" in the year of publication in blue marker on the front pastedown showing some trivial brown spotting along the top and foredge. While this supposition cannot be confirmed, we are of the mind that given the warm inscription dating from the week the artist was in New York for the opening of his Marlborough Gallery-assisted exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this originated from the library of Donald McKinney - the vice-president for seventeen years of Bacon's longtime New York dealers. 0-394-49763-5 Inventory Number: 024529

(KELLEY, MIKE) (WEST, FRANZ). Pontegnie, Ann, Mike Kelley, Franz West & Andreas Reitner Raabe. Brussels, BELGIUM & Wien, Austria: OneTwoThree & Pakesch & Schlebrugge, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and French. Designed by Hans Wiegand (Flat Mountain Press). This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a jointly conceived exhibition of like-minded works by Mike Kelley and Franz West held in 2001 at the OneTwoThree space in Brussels. Included are previously unpublished texts, interviews, and the documentation of the artists' collaborative performance piece "To Be Read Aloud". A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-85160-014-2 Inventory Number: 024525

(ICKX, JACKY). Van Vliet, Pierre. Introduction by Jacky Ickx. Foreword by Eddie Merckx. Gottingen, GERMANY: Cannibal Publishers, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Auto Racing Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 242pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English. "Jacky Ickx has been to the front and back. Miraculously, he survived a period in which death lurked behind every corner, like when his Ferrari caught fire in 1970 during a race in Jarama. Jacky Ickx's career is one of the richest in the history of racing: two-time vice-world champion Formula 1, winner of eight grands prix, six-time winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans, two-time world endurance champion with victories in the Paris-Dakar Rally and the American Can Am-championship. This book presents the twenty-four defining moments of Ickx' career, illustrated with exclusive photography from the best archives and photo collections in the world". Long retired, Jacky Ickx is widely regarded as the greatest Belgian F1 and sports car driver of the twentieth century, and this lavish book - which includes his own introduction along with a foreword by legendary Belgian cycling champion Eddie Merckx - authored by noted motorsports journalist Pierre Van Vliet is a fitting tribute. A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 2012 English language edition. 9-49137-614-4 Inventory Number: 024513

(MANDEL, MIKE) (SULTAN, LARRY). Mandel, Mike & Larry Sultan. Introduction by Sandra S. Phillips. Foreword by Robert F. Forth. New York. 1977 (2003).: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers). First Edition Thus. Small Oblong 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (92pp), 61 duotone and 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Victor Mingovits. Quite simply one of the most innovative, entertaining and thought-provoking photography books yet published, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan's 1977 collection of uncaptioned evidentiary images has rightfully gained a legendary status in the thirty-five years since its initial publication. Now, "Evidence" is available once again in its original format, with the addition of a dust jacket, a new essay by SFMoMA curator Sandra Phillips on the book's impact and significance, and a two page layout of eighteen previously unpublished images entitled "Outtakes from Evidence, 1977-2003". A brand new, most handsome example of this wonderful tome (whose 1977 first printing is cited on pages 220-221 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 314-315 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 140-141 of "The Book of 101 Books") BOLDLY SIGNED by both Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel in black ink on the title page. 1-891024-62-0 Inventory Number: 024508

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Clemente, Francesco. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1997. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. Oblong 8vo. Cloth in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 126pp, 51 color illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1997 Anthony d'Offay exhibition of Francesco Clemente's cycle of fifty-one watercolors entitle "Fifty One Days on Mount Abu". A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition limited to two hundred unnumbered copies accompanied by the original 8 x 6" lithograph "Falling Stars" on handmade paper SIGNED "Francesco Clemente" in pencil on the recto housed in the publisher's linen over boards slipcase, as issued. Inventory Number: 024493

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1982. First Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (36pp), 37 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1982 show at Saul Steinberg's longtime Chicago gallery, this catalogue illustrates each of the thirty-eight wood sculptures and works on paper exhibited by the famed "New Yorker" artist and illustrator. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 024472

(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Steinitz, Kate Trauman. Introduction by John Coplans and Walter Hopps. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Douglas Nicholson. With a list of biographies. Kate Trauman Steinitz was a Hannover-based colleague, close associate, and here the posthumous biographer of Kurt Schwitters. The first English language memoir of the renowned Dada and collage pioneer, it features an introduction co-authored by former Pasadena Art Museum curators Walter Hopps and John Coplans and includes translations of numerous prose and performance pieces - including the libretto for Schwitters and Steinitz' unpublished 1928 collaborative "science-fiction opera", "Zusammenstoss" ("Collision"). A most handsome example whose dust jacket shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-520-01219-4 Inventory Number: 024470

(KLEE, PAUL). Klee, Paul & Jacques Prevert. Paris: Berggruen & Cie., 1955. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (26pp), 17 color and 1 b&w illustration + color covers. Text in French. Published in conjunction with a 1955 Paul Klee Parisian gallery retrospective, this is an early installment of the "Plaquettes Berggruen" series. The cover is a reproduction of a 1927 watercolor printed photo-lithographically by Mourlot Freres, and the interior includes seventeen beautiful phototypie pochoir plates supervised by Daniel Jacomet. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of wear along the spine. Inventory Number: 024463

(HAMMERSLEY, FREDERICK). Coke, Van Deren. Venice, CA: L.A. Louver Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (12pp), 1 color and 2 b&w illustrations + b&w back cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 gallery exhibition of twenty abstract paintings executed during the seventies by Frederick Hammersley - who along with John McLaughlin, Karl Benjamin, and Lorser Feitelson comprised the "Four Abstract Classicists" featured in the ground-breaking 1959 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition of the same name. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024459

(BURLIUK, DAVID). Dreier, Katherine S. Foreword by Duncan Phillips. Mary Burliuk, Editor. New York: The Société Anonyme and Color and Rhyme, 1944. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +.. xvi, 182pp, 53 b&w illustrations. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled by the Société Anonyme's Katherine S. Dreier and Marcel Duchamp with assistance from Nicholas and Mary Burliuk, this comprehensive 1944 publication was for more than fifty years the major monograph on David Davidovich Burliuk - the Kharkov-born founding father of Russian Futurism. A prolific painter, poet, critic, and publisher, Burliuk started the literary group Hylea, was a participant in the pioneering 1910 "Jack of Diamonds" exhibition in Moscow, and a member of "Der Blaue Reiter" group. In 1922, he emigrated to the United States where he continued his artistic output until his passing in 1967. A most presentable example of the paperbound first edition of this uncommon item showing overall wear, handling, and soiling along with a small patch of surface paper abrasion along the top edge of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024453

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (32pp), no illustrations. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "11 Excerpts (1967-1970)" is renowned Conceptual practitioner Mel Bochner's 1971 artist's book consisting of eleven brief, somewhat didactic statements about "Art" and its production. As he states here, "I do not make art. I do art". A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024452

(SPENCE, ANDREW). Spence, Andrew, Richard Armstrong & Colin Thomson. William S. Bartman, Editor. NP: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 46pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based abstract geometric painter Andrew Spence. It features reproductions of work executed between 1971 and 1991, an essay by Richard Armstrong, as well as the transcript of an interview between Spence and Colin Thomson. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 unnumbered hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) issued hors commerce in a very limited quantity for the use of the press additionally SIGNED by Spence and Thomson in pencil on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-07-8 Inventory Number: 024442

(SPARKUHL, PAT). Sparkuhl, Pat, Kim Abeles & Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald. William S. Bartman, Editor. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Pat Sparkuhl. It features reproductions of work executed between 1979 and 1990, an essay by Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald, as well as the transcript of an interview between Sparkuhl and artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1991 hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (5/35) AND SIGNED by Sparkuhl, Abeles, and Fitzgerald in black ink on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-05-1 Inventory Number: 024441

(McCOLLUM, ALLAN). McCollum, Allan & Thomas Lawson. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the very first monograph on the iconoclastic, conceptually-inflected work of Los Angeles-born, New York-based artist Allan McCollum. It address his earliest works, collaborations with Louise Lawler and Laurie Simmons, the "Surrogates", "Perpetual Photographs", "Perfect Vehicles", "Individual Works", "Drawings", "The Dog From Pompeii", and "Natural Objects" series - often in detailed gallery installation photographs - as well as the transcript of a lengthy interview between McCollum and artist Thomas Lawson. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 1996 hardbound first edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-923183-04-0 Inventory Number: 024437

(D'AGATA, ANTOINE). D'Agata, Antoine. Cherbourg-Octeville & Lyon, FRANCE: Galerie Le Bleu de Ciel & Le Point du Jour, Editeur, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 48pp, 30 duotone illustrations. Text in French. Published in conjunction with 2005 exhibition held at Lyon's Galerie Le Bleu de Ciel, "Manifeste" is an elegantly designed and printed survey of Antoine D'Agata's dark and ofttimes tortured images accompanied by writings by the noted French Magnum Photos member and his selection of brief texts by noted literary and cultural figures. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item (cited on page 216 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné"). 2-912132-48-7 Inventory Number: 024429

(MATTA ECHAURREN). Matta (Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren) & Alain Sayag. New York: Maxwell Davidson Gallery & Jeffrey Loria & Co., Inc., 1977. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), 23 color and 2 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, collections listing, biography and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with two concurrent 1977 New York gallery exhibitions of twenty-one works on canvas executed between 1994 and 1996 by the Chilean-born Surrealist artist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024402

(MOTHERWELL, ROBERT). Arnason, H.H., Barbralee Diamondstein & Robert Motherwell. Introduction by Dore Ashton. New York: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated, 1982. Second Revised and Updated Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 250pp, 328 illustrations in color and b&w. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published by Harry N. Abrams, this massive Robert Motherwell monograph is still the most comprehensive reference on the noted late American Abstract Expressionist artist and scholar. Copiously illustrated, it features an essay by H.H. Arnason as well as the transcript of a lengthy 1977 interview between the artist and Barbralee Diamondstein. A most handsome example of the preferred 1982 revised and enlarged second edition with a printed card stating "With the compliments of the artist" that is additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bob" in black ink tipped to the front pastedown accompanied by a business card for "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Motherwell / 173 East Ninety-Fourth Street / New York 28 N.Y." laid in. We acquired this along with several other items signed by Mr. Motherwell and Ms. Frankenthaler directly from the library of their close friend and fellow artist Emerson Woelffer - who has BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Received from Bob. / 4-29-82" in his inimitable handwriting in black ink above the card on the front pastedown. 0-8109-1333-X Inventory Number: 024395

(RAYSSE, MARTIAL). Ashbery, John & Pierre Restany. New York: Dwan Gallery, 1963. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (8pp), 3 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition history. This is the slender, charmingly designed six page catalogue featuring brief texts by John Ashbery and Pierre Restany published in conjunction with Martial Raysse's January 1963 exhibition at Los Angeles' legendary Virginia Dwan Gallery entitled "Mirrors and Portraits: 1962". Only the French Pop artist's second one-man show in the United States, it traveled to New York's Iolas Gallery the following month. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a bit of light handling along with two tiny areas of white-out on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 024391

(RAYSSE, MARTIAL). Hahn, Otto & Martial Raysse. Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 20pp, 6 color illustrations. Designed by John W. Weber. This is the engaging catalogue published in conjunction with Martial Raysse's 1967 exhibition at Los Angeles' legendary Dwan Gallery. It reproduces six then-new paintings along with a tipped-in text by the French Pop artist entitled "I have a thousand things to put in order". A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light soiling and handling to its textured white covers. Inventory Number: 024389

Shaw, Jim. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 208pp, 106 color illustrations. Leave it to an iconoclastic artist like Jim Shaw to quietly amass this extraordinary collection of paintings one would be unlikely to find hanging in any museum. He dispenses with the pretension of academic texts and just shows us the work. With titles such as "Man with No Crotch Sits Down with Girl" and "Indian Maidens Frolic in Bikinis", these pictures require no reductive essays or curatorial largesse - they speak for themselves and the artists who created them. A handsome example of the 1990 first paperbound printing of this fascinating tome issued by Ed Ruscha's Heavy Industry Publications additionally BOLDLY SIGNED " Jim Shaw" in blue ink on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: 1-879158-00-0 Inventory Number: 024384

(MARCLAY, CHRISTIAN). Ferguson, Russell, Miwon Kwon, Douglas Kahn & Alan Licht. Russell Ferguson, Editor. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: The Hammer Museum & Steidl, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Flexible Boards. Artist Monograph. As New.. 202pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Georgianna Stout and Glen Cummings. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography, discography, and performance history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the extensive 2003 Hammer Museum retrospective of works by Christian Marclay, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue is the most comprehensive document to date on the noted Swiss artist and musician. A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Robert, from Marclay / 6-4-03" to a noted art historian when the show opened at The Hammer in blue ink on the front free endpaper. 3-88243-931-9 Inventory Number: 024382

(SQUAT THEATRE). Buchmuller Eva & Anna Koos. Introductions by Alisa Solomon & Andras Halasz. New York: Artists Space, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Eva Buchmuller and Anna Koos. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the informative catalogue of the 1996 exhibition held at New York's Artists Space documenting Squat Theatre - the dissident artist-run Hungarian experimental theater company founded in Budapest that subsequently moved to New York, where the members - Stephan Balint, Eszter Balint, Peter Berg, Eva Buchmuller, Marianne Kollar, Peter Halasz, Galus Halasz, Anna Koos, Boris Major, Rebecca Major - lived and worked from 1977 until 1984. The troupe staged performances based on works by Andy Warhol, Antonin Artaud, Anton Chekov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others in their storefront window at 256 West 23rd Street - utilizing the street as a backdrop - which became their trademark. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon document compiled and designed by Buchmuller and Koos from the company's own archives. 0-9636372-2-3 Inventory Number: 024378

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. NP (New York). ND 1979.: Self-Published. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", Larry Clark's groundbreaking first book was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, "Tulsa" forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of Larry Clark's own 1979 self-published hardbound reprint of the original 1971 Lustrum press edition (the original is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Larry Clark" in black ink at the lower foredge corner of the title page. Inventory Number: 024362

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961. Second Printing. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 160pp, 106 b&w illustrations. Did the twentieth century ever bring notoriety to a photographer more steeped in hype and myth than Arthur Fellig - aka "Weegee The Famous"? And while much if not most of that hype and myth was perpetuated by Weegee himself, the ingenuity of his exploits stalking the mean streets of crime-riddled, forties-era New York cannot be denied. Working mostly at night out of his improvised trunk-converted-into-a-darkroom, Weegee parlayed his police radio, trusty Speed Graphic camera, and an uncanny knack for getting to a crime scene quickly into journalistic infamy. His first book, "Naked City" became a bestseller as well as the basis for both Jules Dassin's film and the television series of the same name. He later tried his luck in Hollywood, then plumbed the depths of female figure photography, exploitation filmmaking, and photographic special effects. In this, his 1961 autobiography, Weegee equally illuminates and propagates his mythic stature with no apparent lack of self-confidence. An internally most handsome example of the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Warren Bush / Weegee / 1964 ------" in green ink on the front pastedown whose graphically striking dust jacket designed by Mort Perry shows just a bit of rubbing and a single short closed tear. LC 61-14233 Inventory Number: 024342

(SEKULA, ALLAN). Sekula, Allan, Gary Dufour & John O' Brian. Vancouver, CANADA & Cambridge, MA: Vancouver Art Gallery & MIT Press, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allan Sekula and Reinhard Derreth Graphics. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, "Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes" is a body of work by the noted late socially-conscious photographer and educator Allan Sekula examining the Canadian mining industry and the executives, workers, and labor activists that depend on it for their livelihoods. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED INSCRIPTION "For ..., With Thanks, Allan Sekula / Atlanta 10/10/98" to an institutional curator in black ink on the title page. 0-262-69200-7 Inventory Number: 024339

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Helmut Newton" in black ink across the title page. 0-937950-06-8 Inventory Number: 024333

(FRIEDLANDER, LEE). Friedlander, Lee. San Francisco, CA: Fraenkel Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/600 Deluxe. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, 77 duotone illustrations. Designed by Catherine Mills Design. "Self Portrait" was Lee Friedlander's first book of photographs - containing a series of images taken over the course of six years between 1964 and 1969 in which Friedlander inhabits each photo, though not always in the most obvious of ways. This 2000 publication by his longtime gallery revisits and updates the earlier book with seventy-seven new self-portraits of an older and wiser looking subject taken between 1993 and 1999. A brand new, pristine example of the hardbound edition limited to six hundred copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Lee Friedlander" in silver marker across the half title page, as issued, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-881337-09-X Inventory Number: 024321

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Vidal, Gore. New York: Pat Hearn & Mary Boone Galleries, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 13 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue featuring a brief essay by Gore Vidal (!) published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1989 exhibition of then-recent works displayed concurrently at New York's Pat Hearn and Mary Boone galleries. A most handsome example of this uncommon item SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 0-941863-08-5 Inventory Number: 024311

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Taaffe, Philip. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 12 ½ x 38 ¾" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in fifths to make 10pp, 4 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's very first Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this beautiful brochure cum exhibition catalogue features a poetic text by the artist woven through reproductions of his "Rangvalli glass monotypes". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink beneath his catalogue essay. Inventory Number: 024310

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition "Recent Paintings", this beautifully designed catalogue spared no expense in regards to its lavish production values. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 024309