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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Kozo Fujimoto. 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 brand new, most handsome example. 4-89737-498-7 Inventory Number: 019731

. Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. Wrappers. New.

“One of the greatest graphic designers of the twentieth century—called by Picasso ‘the Leonardo of our time'--Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari considered the book the best medium to communicate his visual ideas, showcase his art, and convey his creative spirit. Primarily produced in large quantities for the general public, his more-than-sixty publications—from design manuals and manifestos to visionary tactile children's books—displayed all the beauty and technical ingenuity of works of art.
Munari's Books, the first English-language monograph to focus on his remarkable achievements in publishing, examines in detail his seventy-year legacy in print, from his pioneering work as a graphic designer and collaborations with major publishers to his experimental visual projects and innovative contributions to the fields of painting, sculpture, design, photography, and teaching. Featuring critical essays and a wealth of color illustrations, this long-overdue monograph is a visually rich introduction to Munari's remarkably multifaceted career.”

Inventory Number: 01973

. Vitra Design Museum. Wrappers. New. 9783945852002

“Making Africa takes a fresh look at African design. For the first time, we have a book that focuses on creative accomplishments on the continent, without being obsessed with the usual tropes of recycling, humanitarian design or traditional crafts. Instead, Making Africa shows a new generation of designers who use their work as a tool for economic, political and social change and therefore also to create a new future for the continent. Their creative output defies all definitions of genres – crossing over classical fields such as furniture design, product design and typography to encompass digital media, art, photography, architecture and film. A large section of the catalogue is dedicated to documenting work by over 120 protagonists of Africa’s new creative epoch – including Cyrus Kabiru, Cheick Diallo, Mário Macilau, Francis Kéré, David Adjaye, Kunlé Adeyemi, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Robin Rhode, Alaforu Sikoki, Selly Raby Kan and many more. The historical and theoretical background is explored in essays and discussions with Okwui Enwezor, Koyo Kouoh, Edgar Pieterse and Amelie Klein, among others. These are complemented by statements from around 70 other experts from Africa, who met at interviews and think tanks in cities such as Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi and Cairo. This is a book about the future of Africa and about a new, more open way of understanding design – which means it is also a book about what design can achieve in the 21st century.”

Inventory Number: 01972

(GRAHAM, ROBERT). Gemini G.E.L.. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Fine.. One 9 ½ x 13" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 2 b&w illustrations. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of Robert Graham's seven 1974 "Untitled" screenprints. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item with the publisher's card announcing prices and availability laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 019706

(MANGOLD, ROBERT). Carrier, David. New York: PaceWildenstein, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 38pp, 23 color and 1 b&w illustration + cover. Designed by Tomoko Makiura and Paul Pollard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the stylish catalogue published in conjunction with a 1995 PaceWildenstein exhibition of fourteen recent paintings and studies by Minimalist icon Robert Mangold from his "Curved Plane / Figure" series. A most presentable copy from the library of an art consultant that annotated it in pencil throughout with the gallery's asking prices and the client(s) that either bought or reserved pieces, showing a soft crease through a portion of the upper foredge tip. It has been priced accordingly. 1-878283-54-5 Inventory Number: 019704

Restany, Pierre, Jo Verbrugghen & John Bultinck. St.-Lievens-Houtem, BELGIUM. ND (Circa 1961).: NP. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Art Monograph. Very Good -.. 20pp, 9 b&w illustrations. Text in French and Dutch. This mysterious twenty page tract on "Le Nouveau Realisme" bears "Overdruk uit 'Cyanuur' Dorp 80, St.-Lievens-Houtem" on the front cover as its only publication information. Judging from citations in the text, it appears to have been issued in 1961. It contains three brief written contributions: Pierre Restany's "Le Nouveau Realisme et le Bapteme de L'Objet" in French, Jo Verbrugghen's "Tinguely" in Dutch, and John Bultinck's "Het 'Nouveau Realisme' of Armoe Troef", also in Dutch. It features nine black and white reproductions of works and/or portraits of Cesar, Raymond Hains, Mimmo Rotella, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, and Niki de Saint Phalle. A most presentable copy of this uncommon item showing a bit of wear, soiling and offsetting to the wrappers along with a mild soft crease through the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019703

(MANGOLD, ROBERT). Danoff, I. Michael & Mark Stevens. Akron, OH & New York: Akron Art Museum & Paula Cooper Gallery, 1984. First Edition 1/3000. Square 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 24pp, 15 b&w and 5 color illustrations + color cover. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 traveling retrospective circulated by the Akron Art Museum of thirty-seven paintings and works on paper executed by Robert Mangold between 1969 and 1984. It includes installation shots of several of the pioneering Minimalist's earlier gallery exhibitions. A handsome copy. Inventory Number: 019685

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell & Frederic Paul. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. Santa Monica, CA & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Santa Monica Museum of Art & JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, AG, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Spiral Bound Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the cleverly designed, copiously illustrated, and highly thought-provoking artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art survey of work by Allen Ruppersberg entitled "You and Me or the Art of Give and Take". Featuring contributions by curator Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell, Frederic Paul, Elsa Longhauser, and the artist himself, it takes the form of a spiral bound 1956 Mark Hopkins Hotel "Guest Informant" guidebook to California that has been radically altered by Ruppersberg to document the exhibited works - both new and old. A brand new, pristine example of this quickly out print gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the table of contents still in the publisher's packaging. 3-03764-064-2 Inventory Number: 019622

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Groos, Ulrike, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick & Allen Ruppersberg. Dusseldorf & Koln, GERMANY: Kunsthalle Dusseldorf & Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Silke Fahnert and Uwe Koch. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the wonderfully informative and copiously illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 traveling European retrospective of work by Allen Ruppersberg. Featuring texts by Ulrike Groos, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick, and the artist himself, it is the most comprehensive documentation to date of the four decades of literate, humor-inflected output by this Los Angeles-based Conceptualist. A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the title page. 3-86560-029-8 Inventory Number: 019621

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian & Louise Neri. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (42pp) 18 b&w and 16 color illustrations. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 2008 Gagosian Gallery exhibition that reproduces each of the sixteen exhibited "Christ's Last Day" paintings by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap 1-932598-70-7 Inventory Number: 019595

(DAVIDSON, BRUCE). Davidson, Bruce. Foreword by U.S. Congressman John Lewis. Introduction by Deborah Willis. West Hollywood, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2002. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Large Square 4to. Cloth w/Pastedown in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (172pp), 144 tritone illustrations. Designed by Paul McMenamin at SPINE. Photographed during the height of the American Civil Rights struggle (with most of these images uncollected in book form until this undertaking), Bruce Davidson's moving portraits of social change from the rural South to the streets of Harlem and Chicago are a revelation some forty years later. Pictured here are the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, the Freedom Riders, National Guardsmen, Cracker lawmen, Klansmen, and the African-American populace undergoing their "Time of Change". A brand new, pristine example of the Deluxe edition of the 2002 first St. Ann's Press (cited on page 223 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one hundred slipcased copies SIGNED with an original 10 x 8" SIGNED AND NUMBERED gelatin silver print of "Mother Brown" by Bruce Davidson. 0-9713681-2-0 Inventory Number: 019576

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 37 illustrations in duotone. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "Your Golden Opportunity is Comeing Very Soon" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's follow up to his must-have first book - "Deathcamp". Shot in stark black and white, it captures the flawed details of his decaying metropolis illuminated with a flash in the dead of night. No wasted partygoers here, just riveting images of bent poles, torn chain-link fences, crumbling cinderblock barriers and the like. A most handsome example of this intriguing, already unavailable work limited to five hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by R.J. Shaughnessy in black marker on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-9792748-4-2 Inventory Number: 019547

Lehuard, Raoul. Arnouville, FRANCE: Arts D'Afrique Noir, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. African Art Monograph. Fine/Fine. 268pp, 139 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a bibliography. Published as part of the "Arts D'Afrique Noir" monographs, this substantial volume by noted African art historian Raoul Lehuard is a comprehensive stylistic study of the wood and metal fetish figures of the Kongo and Nkonde peoples of Southern Zaire. A most handsome example of this uncommon, authoritative reference. Inventory Number: 019528

(LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS). Lyotard, Jean Francois. Bruce Boone, Translator. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Clamshell Box. Art Theory Monograph. As New/As New. 64pp, illustrated in b&w. Designed by Robert Shapazian and Patrick Dooley. Originally issued as "Le Mur du Pacifique" by Editions Galilee in 1979, "Pacific Wall" is the first English language edition of renowned French theoretician Jean-Francois Lyotard's anthology of nine essays on "the Western". It is an elaborately designed reinvisioning published in 1990 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press that includes gatefold illustrations of Ed Kienholz' "Five Card Stud" and the downtown Los Angeles freeway system. One of only a handful of presentation copies produced hors commerce for the press and contributors, it consists of the book in its fragile unprinted yellow acetate jacket with printed acetate wraparound title band housed in a crimson linen-over-boards clamshell box with a gilt-debossed spine. A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For King Henry, our own, Love from the editor - Robert Shapazian" and "+ the Publisher Sam Francis" for Henry Hopkins in purple ink on page 60 whose box shows some very light wear and soiling. The late Henry T. Hopkins was a pioneering California-based museum director, art historian and gallerist from whom we acquired this directly prior to his passing. 0-932499-64-3 Inventory Number: 019521

(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Glenn, Constance & Jane K. Bledsoe. Long Beach, CA: The Art Museum and Galleries, Cal State University, 1980. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 71pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Lilli Cristin. This is the catalogue for the 1980 touring Frederick Sommer retrospective - circulated in conjunction with the renowned photographer's seventy-fifth birthday. It exquisitely reproduces thirty-one of the seventy five works exhibited as well as a portion of the text of the artist's 1972 poem-cum-treatise "The Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics". A bright, most handsome example showing virtually none of the typically seen rubbing and handling to its silver covers additionally SIGNED by Frederick Sommer in black ink on the title page at the time of publication. Inventory Number: 019501

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). M(iller)-K(eller), A(ndrea). Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (4pp), 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender four page exhibition brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Matrix exhibition of Willem De Kooning's sculpture at the University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 019491

(APPEL, KEVIN). Ostrander, Tobias & Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Mexico City: Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. "Description Sin Lugar" is the handsome catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2004 exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Kevin Appel's modernist architecturally-inflected work at Mexico City's Fundacion Olga y Rufino Tamayo. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies.additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Kevin Appel. 968-5979-02-2 Inventory Number: 019463

(APPEL, KEVIN). Tumlir, Jan & Paul Schimmel. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 40pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Michael Worthington. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the sleek catalogue issued for a 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition held in conjunction with Kevin Appel's having received the Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artist Award - documenting the Los Angeles-based artists first Museum exhibition. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Kevin Appel in black marker on the title page. 0-914357-72-7 Inventory Number: 019462

(DURANT, SAM). Ketchum-Heap of Birds, Shanna. Foreword by Jeffrey Keuogh. Boston: Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 76pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. This is the detailed catalogue issued in conjunction with the historically-themed 2007 exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sam Durant held at the Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art entitled "Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres, and Monuments". A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Sam Durant" in black ink on the title page. 0-9771419-3-4 Inventory Number: 019461

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 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. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 019435

(NEWSOM, DAVID). Newsom, David. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 40pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, David Newsom's "Skip" is a moving and highly personal view of the landscape his older brother Lloyd (Skip) Curtis Newsom, Jr. inhabits. The images in this book, tender as they are austere, not only bear witness to the photographer's appreciation for the natural beauty of a particular corner in South-Eastern Idaho, but also represent his sincere attempt to see that place as his beloved brother does. An attempt to learn, as Skip has, to understand and embrace this harsh new landscape as home. Dying weeds going into autumn, menacing skies, mountains so distant as to appear unreachable, isolated view of phone pole, road sign, new coat, old blue truck, and the snowy path to their sister's yellow house... These images remind us, as Ralph Waldo Emerson did, that "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-1-5 Inventory Number: 019425

(MADALENA, BATISTE). Katten, Judith & Anthony Slide. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 64pp, 24 color and 16 b&w illustrations + color covers. This is the lovely, oversized monograph on the extraordinary hand painted Silent era movie posters of artist Batiste Madalena. Working for the Rochester-based George Eastman Theatre in the mid-twenties, Madalena was give free reign to create these captivating images promoting the Hollywood fare of the day to fill the popular cinema's huge display windows. A handsome example showing a bit of overall wear and handling. 0-8109-2311-4 Inventory Number: 019372

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 138pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: From The Neutral: Session of March 11, 1978 - Roland Barthes, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Roland Barthes's Novel Antoine Compagnon, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Notes (on the Index Card) - Denis Hollier, On Duchamp - Michel Leiris, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Leiris / Nerval: A Few File Cards - Richard Sieburth, "These are not exercises in style": Le Chant du Styrène - Edward Dimendberg, Material Remains: Night and Fog - Emma Wilson, and Artists as Filmmakers in Los Angeles - David E. James. A handsome example showing a slight dent to the crown of the spine. 0-262-75262-X Inventory Number: 019363

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable tenth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. 3-907509-60-9 Inventory Number: 019357

(TROCKEL, ROSEMARIE). Diacono, Mario, Wilfried Dickhoff, Silja Fleissner, Kay Heymer, Holger Liebs & Gerhard Theewen. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Buckram in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies, this is a nicely appointed monograph on noted contemporary German artist Rosemarie Trockel's work in various media using her "herde" or hotplate/electric stove-top (they look like dominoes to us...) motif. A brand new, pristine example numbered and SIGNED "Rosemarie Trockel" in black ink on the colophon at rear, as issued, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-932189-00-0 Inventory Number: 019261

(FRANCIS, SAM). Selz, Peter, Susan Einstein & Jan Butterfield. New York. 1975 (1982).: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). Large Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 296pp, 82 color and 135 b&w illustrations. With a biography and bibliography. This is the revised edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the late American abstract artist Sam Francis. A brand new, pristine example of the preferred 1982 version that includes a well illustrated thirty-two page supplemental essay on his graphic work not found in the first issue additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Connie, love + kisses, Sam" to his close friend and author of the catalogue raisonné of his graphic work Connie Lembark in black ink on the half title page. 0-8109-0928-6 Inventory Number: 019222

(ABELES, KIM). Abeles, Kim & Karen Moss. Los Angeles & Santa Monica, CA: Fellows of Contemporary Art & Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1993. First Edition Thus. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 90pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Spanish. Designed by Susan Silton. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1993 traveling Museum retrospective, this nicely designed, informative catalogue is the most comprehensive reference to date on noted Los Angeles contemporary artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the uncommon softbound Spanish language edition issued for a Mexican venue showing a bit of sunning along the spine. iIt has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019179

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 2002. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2002 hardbound first edition in dust jacket limited to five hundred clothbound copies only still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-889195-49-9 Inventory Number: 019145

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/200. Oblong Folio. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 29 duotone illustrations. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "These Photographs Will Heal Your Soul" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's exquisite third self-published book of photographs. Shot in sumptuous black and white, it surveys flurries of snowflakes against the inky night sky. A brand new, pristine example of this elegant volume limited to two hundred copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the rear colophon still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-9792748-2-6 Inventory Number: 019106

(BLUHM, NORMAN). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +.. np (20pp), 12 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twenty page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 exhibition of paintings on canvas executed during the seventies by noted American Abstract Expressionist painter Norman Bluhm. A most presentable copy of this ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing some creasing along the length of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019097

(AMER, GHADA). Buszek, Maria Elena & Christophe Kihm. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New.. 69pp, 38 color illustrations. Designed by Giampietro + Smith. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2006 Gagosian New York exhibition of twenty-two recent paintings on canvas and eight works on paper by Egyptian-born, New York-based artist Ghada Amer. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-25-1 Inventory Number: 019050

(THRESHOLDS). O'Brien, James P., Constance C. Lai & Greg Russell, Editors. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department & MIT Press, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Near Fine.. 70pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. The sixteenth issue of this thematic, semi-annual theoretical journal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department is entitled "Speed Impact Change", and includes the contributions: Introduction - William J. Mitchell; Ghost Wards: The Flight of Capital from History - Mitchell Schwarzer; The Urban Exploratory Circus: Infrastructure for corporeality, connectedness and virtuosity - Rob Clocker; Computers in Architecture: Tools to Think With in the Process of Design - Megan Yakeley; Ground Zero; Conception and Production of the Architectural Artifact - Derek Fisher; Contingency and Flexibility in the Pontiac Building - Aron Vinegar; A Systems Approach to Conceptual Design: A Very Tall Building in Hong Kong - Wolfgang Ungerer; Transient Architecture: On the Making of the Live Room - Mark Bain; Perdix RCA Center: Competition for Nagoya Design Fair in Japan - Sung-Ho Kim; Reproduction in the Age of the Mechanical Work of Art - Kevin Fellingham; Architecture, History and the Embodiment of Speed - Lawrence Shapiro; Afterword (with a homage to Leo Marx) - Greg Russell. A handsome example of this unavailable issue. ISSN 1091-711X Inventory Number: 019021

(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Kalina, Richard, J. Brooks Joyner & Phil Schrager. Introduction by Klaus Kertess. Omaha, NB: Joslyn Art Museum, 2003. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 56pp, 17 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. Limited to one thousand copies, this is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2003 Joslyn Art Museum exhibition of fourteen works on canvas executed between 1956 and 2002 by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. A pristine copy. 0-936364--31-9 Inventory Number: 019013

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Banham, Reyner & Peter Wollen. Robert Dean & Erin Wright, Editors. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian Gallery & Steidl Verlag, 2005. First Edition 1/3500. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 528pp, 304 color and 14 b&w illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced second volume (of a projected seven) on the works on canvas by noted Los Angeles via Oklahoma icon Edward Ruscha. Impeccably designed with a beautiful full page color reproduction for each painting, this is one of the most beautiful catalogues raisonné yet published for a major artist! A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's silver embossed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 3-86521-138-0 Inventory Number: 019002

(SMITH, JACK). Jordan, Mary, Director. New York: Arthouse Films, 2007. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. NTSC DVD in Plastic Case. Documentary Film. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 95 minutes + extras, in color. "Perhaps America's most important artist from the last fifty years, Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer, and the 'William Blake of film'. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks left no generation untouched since, and became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Matthew Barney. In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith's friends and enemies such as George Kuchar, Ken Jacobs, Tony Conrad, Sylvere Lotringer, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Ronald Tavel, John Waters, John Zorn, Agosto Machado, Andrew Sarris, Ari Roussimoff, Billy Name, Ela Troyano, Gary Indiana, George Kuchar, Helen Gee, Henry Hills, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Ivan Galietti, Jerry Tartaglia, John Matturri, John Vaccaro, Lawrence Rinder, Mary Woronov, Mike Kelley, Nayland Blake, Nick Zedd, Richard Foreman, Robert Heide, Robert Wilson, Taylor Mead, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Uzi Parnes, and William Niederkorn intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics, and institutional-art "gatekeepers". Jordan also delves into Smith's tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol - who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's "Superstars" concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics. From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America's most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism, and meaning in contemporary art. Since his 1989 death, Smith's work has been rarely publicly displayed. Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York's ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground". A brand new, pristine unplayed example of this DVD in letterbox format still in the manufacturer's shrinkwrapped plastic case. Inventory Number: 018984

(WEGMAN, WILLIAM). Wegman, William. New York: Picture Ray Video, 1984. First Edition. 8vo. VHS Cassette in Printed Box. Artist's Video. As New/No Jacket. This is a 1994 commercially released VHS videotape compilation of fifteen early, short humorous conceptual videos by William Wegman featuring his longtime canine collaborator and muse, Weimaraner Man Ray. The works included are "Milk/Floor", "Stomach Song", "Randy's Sick", Pocketbook Man", "Talking Fish", "Out and In", Rage and Depression", "Massage Chair", "Crooked Finger/Crooked Stick", "Deodorant", "Growl", "Spelling Lesson", "Drinking Milk", "Dog Duet", "Starter", "Bad Movies", "House for Sale", "Horseshoes", and the Wegman's 1986 35mm short film for SNL, "Dog Baseball", starring Fay Ray. A brand new, pristine unplayed example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. Inventory Number: 018965

Cole, Herbert M.. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good -.. 29pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1983 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, this is noted art historian and curator Herbert M. Cole's study of matched pairs of male and female sculptural figures in the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. A presentable example only showing a discoloring dampstain (but with no sticking or tearing of the pages) running through the covers and textblock from the heel of the spine along the lower edge. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018963

(SCHARF, KENNY). Scharf, Kenny, Dennis Hopper, Barry Blinderman, Dan Cameron & Ann Magnuson. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Kenny Scharf retrospective held at Mexico's Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey. If features reproductions of each of the thirty-six paintings exhibited as well as essays by Barry Blinderman and Dan Cameron, and a transcribed conversation between Scharf and Dennis Hopper. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 968-6623-36-1 Inventory Number: 018961

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1997. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. 64pp, 37 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Published in 1997 by the Leo Castelli Gallery in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their working relationship with Ed Ruscha, this charming little catalogue cum artist's book reproduces each of the seventeen "Cityscape" paintings and twenty exhibited books emblazoned with either paint or bleach by the artist to reveal the letter "O". A handsome example showing some uneven sunning to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018956

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. With brief texts By Zane Grey, S.E. Hinton, Robert Frost & Muhammad Ali.. New York: Little Bear Press & Robert Miller Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Printed Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Sam Shahid. "Shufly" is the exquisite hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Bruce Weber exhibition of the same name held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. Beautifully designed and printed, it is infused with an air of innocence and nostalgia. A brand new, pristine example of the grey cloth variant binding still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9705745-0-9 Inventory Number: 018928