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(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1993. First Edition 1/1500. Folio. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual sheets laid into a die-cut printed portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the ninth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "Greg Foley, who had been collaborating with us on our cover designs since the day he graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, really went to town with this one. He sliced out every letter he fancied and created one gigantic collage that we then photographed and printed. The concept was exciting: The B from Harper's Bazaar and the V from Vogue could all appear on our cover, along with many other famous typefaces. In the end it even became a kind of guessing game: ''Name that logo.'' The only drawback was that for months after this cover was made, there was not a magazine, phone book, or cereal box in the house that didn't have a hole cut out of it. The holographic metallic foil stamping also made this one of our most memorable covers. As for the contents, we assigned each of the contributing artists a different letter of the alphabet. For the first time, the directions were very specific, but even so, many artists took the challenge and proceeded as if they had been given carte blanche". Its contributors include editor Stephen Gan, Nick Knight, Robert Medvedz, Dovanna Pagowska, Jeffrey Fulvimani, Tim Rollins + K.O.S., Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Steven Meisel, James Dignan, Steven Klein, James Vance, Kareem Iliya, Bruce Weber, Francois Berthoud, Robert Adams, Stevan Dohan, Michael Capotosto, Miguel Calvo, Florentino J. Pamintuan, Donna Trope, Lucy Ewing, Helmut Lang, Arnaldo, Ferrara Ocanto, Mei Tao, Malcolm Hill, Joshua Jordan, Manolo, James White, Alexis Rockman, Peter Robathan, Torkil Gudnason, Christophe Rihet, Juan Gatti, Josef Astor, John Martin Newsom, Victoria Bartlett, Bernard Figueroa, Filip Pagowski, Michael "Rags" Raglin, Susan Cianciolo, Andrew Gellaty, and Lori Kessel. A most handsome individually numbered example of this uncommon issue. Inventory Number: 018301

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual sheets laid into a silkscreened, die-cut portfolio, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by Mats Gustafson and Stephen Gan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the seventh installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "With "Black", Visionaire doubled in size-and also in price. The issue was inspired by the season's all-black Comme des Garcons collection, Edward Gorey's macabre cartoons, and by artist Antoni Tapies. It was about darkness, the night, shadows, and what you may or may not see when you squint your eyes. A traditional artist's portfolio case tied with three black ribbons, provided the concept for the packaging. The die-cut letters were based on tears Stephen had made with scrap paper that enabled, once again, different first pages to peek through the cover". The contributors to this noir-ish issue are editor Stephen Gan, Edward Gorey, Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Elaine Gan, Juan Botas, Bruce Weber, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Francois Berthoud, Karen Park, Gregory Foley, Bernard Figueroa, David McDonough, Mika Mizutani, Max Vadukl, Satoshi Sakusa, Peter Lindbergh, Ross Bleckner, Michel Haddi, Enrique Badulescu, Andrew Brucker, Philippe Salomon, Noelle Hoeppe, James Dignan, Michael Capotosto, Michael Stratton, and John Callahan; with a unique hand-assembled photcollage by Kristina Colovic. A most handsome hors commerce display example of this uncommon issue marked "XXX" by the publisher on the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Visionaire's own price for this out-of-print back issue is $2,500.00 - when available. Inventory Number: 018298

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Text by Glenn O'Brien. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual photographically illustrated sheets laid into a printed, silver foil, die-cut portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the nineteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The theme of this issue is "Beauty", and just to drive the point home, there are three different Prescriptives cosmetics formulated especially for Visionaire mounted in the front cover; mascara, eye shadow, and a lipstick. Contributors to this issue are: Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Mary Ellen Mark, Mats Gustafson, Francois Berthoud, Ruben Toledo, Serge Lutens, Francois Nars, Dick Page, Danilo, Kevyn Aucoin, Topolino, Mathu & Zaldy, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Terry Richardson, Carter Smith, Michael Thompson, Dietmar, Helena Christensen, Nathaniel Goldberg, Miles Aldridge, Janet Beller, Kareem Iliya, Francois Rotger, Patrick McCarthy, Christophe Kutner, Eric Traore, Scott Ewalt, Viktor & Rolf, Mei Tao, and Bettina Komenda. A most handsome individually numbered copy of this uncommon issue complete with all three Prescriptives cosmetics present and sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. Inventory Number: 018296

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual illustrated sheets laid into an embossed gold paper-over-boards portfolio, profusely illustrated in monochrome and duotone. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the seventeenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "For some time we had imagined a gilded issue-heavily embellished, incredibly ornate. "Gold" gave us the perfect opportunity to go for baroque. The cover of the issue was hologrammed, embossed, and foil stamped, all on an already solid-gold background. Up until this point, it was one of the most extravagant and delirious issues we had ever created. There were seven pages of Philip Taaffe's gold stars foil stamped onto vellum, which ran an average of a dollar per page - a slight extravagance considering we had at least another fifty pages to fill. Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's fashion photographs featured gold-foil stamping on top of four-color prints - crazy in theory but even more so in practice, when sometimes the only foil-stamped element was the stud earring in the model's ear! Cecilia tracked down OrigamiUSA, who folded a gold-paper goldfish for each issue, and Todd Oldham contributed actual gilded-metal halos. Such frivolities came thanks to this issue's sponsor, the Japanese department store Beams". A handsome unnumbered hors commerce example of this uncommon issue marked "Display Copy" by the publisher showing a small scrape and a torn corner joint to the gold portfolio along with some light overall wear and handling to the box and contents. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018295

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 7 booklets housed in a die cut, gilt-debossed printed cardstock slipcase, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred numbered copies, this is the thirteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elegantly designed issue on the theme of the "Seven Deadly Sins" are Inez Van Lamsweerde, Veronica Webb, Isaac Mizrahi, Jean Paul Goude (Envy), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Frank DeCaro, Ruben Toledo, Roxanne Lowit (Gluttony), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Barbara Kruger (Greed), Mary Ellen Mark (Lust), Mario Testino (Pride), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Francois Berthoud (Sloth), and James Nachtwey, Mario Sorrenti (Wrath). A pristine individually numbered example of this uncommon issue still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 018293

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 7 booklets housed in a die cut, gilt-debossed printed cardstock slipcase, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred numbered copies, this is the thirteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elegantly designed issue on the theme of the "Seven Deadly Sins" are Inez Van Lamsweerde, Veronica Webb, Isaac Mizrahi, Jean Paul Goude (Envy), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Frank DeCaro, Ruben Toledo, Roxanne Lowit (Gluttony), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Barbara Kruger (Greed), Mary Ellen Mark (Lust), Mario Testino (Pride), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Francois Berthoud (Sloth), and James Nachtwey, Mario Sorrenti (Wrath). A most handsome individually numbered example of this uncommon issue. Inventory Number: 018292

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 7 booklets housed in a die cut, gilt-debossed printed cardstock slipcase, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred numbered copies, this is the thirteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elegantly designed issue on the theme of the "Seven Deadly Sins" are Inez Van Lamsweerde, Veronica Webb, Isaac Mizrahi, Jean Paul Goude (Envy), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Frank DeCaro, Ruben Toledo, Roxanne Lowit (Gluttony), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Barbara Kruger (Greed), Mary Ellen Mark (Lust), Mario Testino (Pride), Inez Van Lamsweerde, Francois Berthoud (Sloth), and James Nachtwey, Mario Sorrenti (Wrath). A presentable individually numbered example only of this uncommon issue whose seven slender, individually bound booklets show pronounced dents and some creasing through the heels of their spines. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018291

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual illustrated sheets laid into a debossed silk-over-boards portfolio, profusely illustrated. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the twelfth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "This was our collaboration with Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, and an opportunity to support a cause very close to Visionaire. Anneliese Estrada, DIFFA's creative director and our friend, came to us to raise awareness and money through art. The art dealer Paul Morris helped us gather all the original artwork printed in the issue, which was then exhibited at Charles Cowles Gallery and auctioned, with all of the proceeds benefiting DIFFA's charitable programs. The issue came in a red-satin case with bone latches, modeled after Chinese brocade jewelry boxes. These were made by hand in China, and the work took forever. The fabric refused to adhere to the boards due to, the factory wrote us, ''the humidity caused by the monsoon.'' Each edition opens with an actual print of a three-dimensional photograph of Shalom Harlow shot by Stephane Sednaoui. Sixty more artists contributed their own sexy and suggestive imagery". The stellar contributors to this issue include editor Stephen Gan, Bill Cunningham, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Ruben Toledo, Francois Berthoud, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, David Seidner, Todd Oldham, Enrique Badulescu, Ruven Afanador, Martin Margiela, Pamela Hanson, Peter Robotham, Barbara Kruger, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Ross Bleckner, David Armstrong, Jack Pierson, Steven Klein, Karen Kilimnik, Jim Hodges, Zoe Leonard, Kay Rosen, Lisa Yuskavage, Bill Jacobson, Mark Morrisroe, Bjork, and many, many more. A most handsome unnumbered hors commerce example of this uncommon issue stamped "Display Copy" by the publisher on the inside front board. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018290

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual sheets laid into an embossed paper portfolio, profusely illustrated. Designed by Gregory Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the eleventh installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this issue on the theme of "White" are editor Stephen Gan, Bill Cunningham, Ruben Toledo, Francois Berthoud, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Michael Economy, Jeffrey Fulvimari, Peter Robotham, Florentino J. Pamintuan, Kareem Iliya, and Sachiyo Kamiya. A most presentable unnumbered hors commerce example of this uncommon issue stamped "Display Copy" by the publisher on the front of the box and the inside front cover showing some light soiling and a bit of absorbed oil to the publisher's unique debossed cardboard white cardboard slipcase. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018288

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 12pp, 10 illustrations in color and b&w. Published in a numbered edition of one thousand five hundred copies, this is the sixth installment of everyone's favorite long-running fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elaborately designed issue on the theme of "The Sea" are editor Stephen Gan, Elaine Gan, Ruben Toledo, Adeline Andre, Pierre et Gilles, David McDonough, Juan Botas, Bernard Figueroa, Satoshi Saikusa, Karen Park, Stephane Sednaoui, Olivier, Guillemin, J.C, de Castelbajac, Edward Maxey, Guzman, Ted Muehling, Don Freeman, and Sybilla - who has designed a black anodized fish brooch especially for this. A most handsome individually numbered example of the uncommon inaugural Summer 1992 issue. Inventory Number: 018287

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 140pp, 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: In Praise of Horizontality - Annette Michelson; The Religion of the Caves, The Hands of Gargas - Andre Leroi-Gourhan; Originality as Repetition - Rosalind Krauss; The Primary Colors for the Second Time - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; Ready-Made Originals - Molly Nesbit; Repetition, Obsession - Steven Z. Levine; The Origin without an Original - Linda Nochlin; Antiquity Now - Michael Fried; In Praise of Appearance - Louis Marin; Manet's Imagery Reconstructed - Klaus Herding; Painting as Model - Yve-Alain Bois. A most handsome example. 0-262-75187-9 Inventory Number: 018280

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from the photographer additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Pedro Meyer" in black ink beneath the frontispiece image on the second preliminary. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 018260

(VAN DONGEN, RON). Van Dongen, Ron & Steven Jenkins. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1999. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 30 color illustrations. Published in 1999 by Nazraeli Press, "Alba Nero" is the oversized, beautifully designed and printed first book devoted to Ron Van Dongen's sumptuous and detailed flower imagery. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 3-923922-74-4 Inventory Number: 018259

(GOSSAGE, JOHN). Gossage, John. Introduction by Jane Livingston. Washington, D.C.: Loosestrife Editions, 1987. First Edition 1/500. Folio. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np (36pp), 17 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Gabriele F. Gotz, Ulrich Gorlich and John Gossage. Text in English. This extraordinarily beautiful, oversized 1987 monograph from Loosestrife Editions presents eighteen moody, noir-ish images of Berlin and its environs as seen through the lens of the redoubtable John Gossage. The front cover of the sleek black linen binding features a laid down 8 ½ x 6 ¾" silver gelatin photograph printed by the author. A most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 149 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to five hundred copies BOLDLY NUMBERED (20/500) AND SIGNED "John Gossage" black ink on the front preliminary, as issued. Inventory Number: 018249

(UTAMARO, KITAGAWA). Utamaro, Kitagawa. Tokyo: Gabun-Do, 1970. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. 147pp, 16 color and 122 b&w illustrations. Text in Japanese. This is a monograph on the renowned Japanese Ukiyo-E master Kitagawa Utamaro's Late Eighteenth Century erotic masterpiece "UtaMakura (Poem of the Pillow)". Reproduced here are the original twelve color woodblock prints as full page hand-tipped color plates, with one small quirk. Published in 1970, in keeping with Japan's then strict censorship laws the scenes depicting exposed genitalia have each been photographed with an orange rice-paper square covering the offending area. All of the reproductions of the explicitly graphic Shunga throughout suffer from the same fate. Still, this is obviously a very detailed and scholarly study of Utamaro's erotic prints. A most handsome example of the book itself limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing repairs to the hinges inside the boards with archival linen tape along with some mild overall wear to the publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. Inventory Number: 018208

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 116pp, 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: Uneven Development: Public Art in New York City - Rosalyn Deutsche; Homeless Vehicle Project - David V. Lurie, Krzysztof Wodiczko; Conversations about a Project for a Homeless Vehicle - Daniel, Krzystof, Oscar, and Victor; Walter Benjamin and the Theory of Art History - Thomas Y. Levin; Rigorous Study of Art - Walter Benjamin; The Garden of Scopic Perversion from Monet to Mirbeau - Emily Apter. A most handsome copy. 0-262-75197-6 Inventory Number: 018147

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA & New York: MIT Press for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1982. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 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: De Stijl, Its Other Face: Abstraction and Cacophony, or What Was the Matter with Hegel? - Annette Michelson; The Judgment Seat of Photography - Christopher Phillips; The De-Politicization of Gustave Courbet: Transformation and Rehabilitation under the Third Republic - Linda Nochlin; Alienating Alienation: Fredric Jameson's Revisionary Romance - Perry Meisel; When Words Fail Rosalind Krauss; Documenta 7: A Dictionary of Received Ideas - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh. A most handsome copy. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 018146

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but-exceptionally-luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of then-new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 018099

(PARR, MARTIN). Williams, Val.. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002. First Edition. Small Oblong Folio. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 352pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a comprehensive bibliography and exhibition history. This is a massive, cheerfully obsessive tome documenting Parr's life and career; revealing insights into his influences and attitudes as well as assessing his importance within the worlds of art & photography. Parr's wry commentary on British life and social mores has continued for over thirty years, becoming increasingly global in nature. Images presented here from previous bodies of the Magnum photographer's work and publications include "A Fair Day", "Bad Weather", "Home Sweet Home", "Autoportrait", "The Last Resort", "The Cost of Living", "Signs of the Times" and "Think of England"; in addition to many as yet uncollected in book form. A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 first Phaidon hardbound edition (cited on page 249 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-7148-3990-6 Inventory Number: 018038

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Constance W. Glenn. New York: Icon Editions - Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1979. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1979 Long Beach Museum exhibition that was the first large-scale survey of Pop Art master Jim Dine's figurative pastels. A handsome example of the first printing of the first edition showing a diagonal soft crease through the upper foredge corner of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0-06-430102-8 Inventory Number: 018003

(HOLLER, CARSTEN). Holler, Carsten, Jennifer Allen & Daniel Birnbaum. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 32 + 32 + np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Christoph Steinegger/Interkool. With an exhibition checklist. This is a snazzy three volume set published in conjunction with Swedish contemporary artist Carsten Holler's 2005 Gagosian Gallery London installation entitled "Logic". Its features include two paperbound volumes with essays by Jennifer Allen and Daniel Birnbaum with images from past exhibitions as well as a DVD containing three Flicker films and video documentation of the "Logic" exhibition. A brand new, pristine example of this beautifully packaged object in the publisher's silver gilt-debossed slipcase, as issued. 1-932598-20-0 Inventory Number: 017977

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the first American one-person exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville held at Gagosian Gallery New York in 1999. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, along with an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition. 1-880154-2605 Inventory Number: 017959

(LE VA, BARRY). Ligare, David & Gary T. Smith. Salinas, CA: Hartnell College Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good +.. np (12pp), 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by Lloyd Northover Limited. With an exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1979 Hartnell College exhibition, this slender twelve page catalogue documents the gallery's presentation of eleven installation drawings by minimal sculptor Barry Le Va. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of browning along the edges. LC 79-63310 Inventory Number: 017951

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Dijon, FRANCE: Art & Art, 1988. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 9 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. Limited to three hundred copies only, this charming artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents nine sepia-toned portraits of the title's protagonist Georges Harly found in a cigar box. A handsome example of entry number sixty-five in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" showing some slight sunning along the length of the spine. Inventory Number: 017920

(TOMATSU, SHOMEI) (DOMON, KEN). Tomatsu, Shomei, Ken Domon, Kiyoshi Sakuma, Nobuo Kusano & Toshio Hata. Tokyo: The Japan Council Against the A and H Bombs, 1961. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Decorative Cloth + Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. np + 54pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in English. Designed by Kohei Sugiura. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is Ken Domon and Shomei Tomatsu's remarkable book of photographs reflecting the aftermath of the atomic bombs the US dropped on The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to hasten the end World War II. In addition to the gripping hardbound volume of images, it contains a second English language publication in wrappers reprinting scholarly articles by Kiyoshi Sakuma, Nobuo Kusano, Toshio Hata on the radiation and its effects. A serviceable example only of this remarkable Post-War Japanese photographic book (cited on pages 274-75 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I and as entry 270 in Manfred Heiting and Ryuichi Kaneko's "The Japanese Photobook 1912-1990") lacking the publisher's slipcase, and whose primary volume's off-white exterior is browned along the spine, moderately soiled, and exhibits notable insect damage to the ink of its decorative design of concentric circles. Internally it is bright and sound, with the textblock lightly browned along the edges and pulling ever so slightly at the signatures. The paper text volume shows some overall wear, light browning and soiling to the covers and edges, cracking along the spine, and a small closed tear to the foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 017915

(DE GEER, KARL JOHAN).Kugelberg, Johan. New York: Ectoplasm Books, 2009. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (60pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Taylor Brigode for Octopuss Limited. "Carl Johan De Geer, born in 1938, grew up in absurd privilege and abject unhappiness as a member of one of Sweden's most powerful aristocrat families. His parents showed no discernable interest in him or his siblings, and so he grew up on a grand country estate with his grandparents, went to art school in the late 1950s, and in an epic choice of rejection lived his life to this day as a perennial Swedish underground artist, working in counterpoint to the privilege of his surname. De Geer, as a masterful Leica M4 snapshot giant à la Van Der Elsken or Daido Moriyama, has the sacred ability to capture the monotone grit of everyday life and demand its reflection. He gives us a glimpse of a Sweden inhabited by people who are the other, whose life experience is impregnated with otherness, providing a visual cue into an unseen world. The visible scratches, fades and imperfections, the wabi-sabi of this collection of vintage prints, is reflected in the images". "The Camera as Consolation" is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the Johan Kugelberg-curated 2009 Boo-Hooray Gallery exhibition of the gritty Vietnam-era social reportage of this unsung Swedish master that parallels the work Ed Van Der Elsken and Anders Peterson. A brand new, pristine example from a handful of ultra-deluxe copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Carl Johan De Geer in black ink on the front pastedown that comes with a 5 ¾ x 4 1/8" SIGNED VINTAGE B&W PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT in a translucent archival envelope affixed to the inside front cover; and is housed in the publisher's handmade black linen over board slipcase with a SIGNED DRAWING in white marker on the front face by Carl Johan De Geer, as issued. Laid in is the gallery's printed exhibition invitation as well as a special NUMBERED (24/80) silkscreened opening invitation designed and SIGNED by the photographer. Inventory Number: 017909

(WILSON, FRED). Berger, Maurice, Fred Wilson & Jennifer Gonzalez. Baltimore, MD: Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County Fine Arts Gallery, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist, biography, and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the 2001 traveling Museum retrospective of works by the noted African-American contemporary artist Fred Wilson. For nearly two decades, the artist has worked with Cultural Institutions and their collections to create installations & exhibitions that critique and/or bring to light the relationship between race and American Museum practices. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Fred Wilson in black felt-tip pen on the title page. 1-890761-04-4 Inventory Number: 017894

(BALLEN, ROGER). Ballen, Roger. London & New York. 2001 (2009).: Phaidon Press Ltd.. Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 120pp, 61 duotone illustrations. Designed by SMITH. "Outland" is the culmination of almost twenty years' work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen. After beginning in the early 1980s by documenting the small dorps (or villages) of rural South Africa, by the late 1980s and early 1990s Ballen moved on to photographing their inhabitants: isolated rural whites, scarred by history, in the process of losing the privileges of apartheid which had provided them livelihoods and sustained their identity for a generation. The results were shocking, both powerful social statements and disturbing psychological studies". A brand new, pristine example of the 2009 printing (whose first edition is cited on page 124 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") additionally SIGNED "Roger Ballen" in black ink on the title page. 0-7148-4058-0 Inventory Number: 017887

(CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI). Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Bibliothek Der Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 1997. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this thirteenth installment devoted to Henri Cartier-Bresson was no exception. It contains a comprehensive survey of the late, great French purveyor of "the decisive moment"'s images of landscapes around the world, and was published two years prior to his 2001 book dealing with the same subject. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19168-0 Inventory Number: 017865

(SANDER, AUGUST). Keller, Judith. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 7 ½ x 24" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 12 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "August Sander: German Portraits, 1918-1933"; a 2001 exhibition of vintage prints by August Sander drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 017819

(HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS & ADAMSON, ROBERT). Lyden, Anne M.. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 7 ½ x 12" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 2 duotone illustrations. This is the slender four page brochure produced to accompany "Light and Darkness: The Photographs of Hill and Adamson"; a 1999 exhibition of early prints by the pioneering Scottish collaborators drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 017818

(WESTON, EDWARD). Naef, Weston. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 6 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany two concurrent 1986 exhibitions of vintage prints by Edward Weston drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings, focusing on images he created while in Los Angeles. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 017811

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Mario Testino, Guest Editor. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1999. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Ultrasuede Wrappers in Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Greg Foley. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the twenty-ninth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "In this issue we explored the multifaceted nature of woman-as model, Madonna, muse, and more. Highlights include the eight-part black-and-white series by Brana Wolf, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin which featured such supermodels as Gisele Bundchen, Maggie Rizer, and Frankie Rayder in the nude, save for a Louis Vuitton cape draped here or a fur stole dangling there; Nobuyoshi Araki's photograph of a Vanessa Beecroft performance; and Nick Knight's life-size image of the very feminine, naked Natasha (nee David). Packaged in a multiplaned, mirrored case, the issue is a vertically bound volume of red ultrasuede whose pages are filled by Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Beth B, Kara Walker, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sarah Moon, Jane and Louise Wilson, Adam Fuss, Richard Phillips, David Bowie, Katy Grannan, Terry Richardson, and others". A brand new, most handsome unnumbered hors commerce copy marked "Display" by the publisher in the publisher's unprinted shipping carton. It has been priced accordingly. 1-888645-12-1 Inventory Number: 017789

(WESSELMANN, TOM). Hunter, Sam. Introduction By Fred Hoffman. Santa Monica, CA: Fred Hoffman Fine Art, 1996. First Edition. Square 4to. Spiral Bound Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 36pp, 16 color illustrations. Designed by For Design. With a biography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is an exceptionally nicely designed and produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1996 Santa Monica gallery retrospective of twenty-four works by the late Pop Art master Tom Wesselmann. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 017744

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Iwona Blazwick, Charles Hall & Sophie Calle. London: Institute of Contemporary Art & Jay Jopling, 1991. First Edition 1/1750. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Form, London. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued on the occasion of Damien Hirst's tour-de-force 1991 Institute of Contemporary Art London exhibition - the enfant terrible of the New British Art scene's very first one-man museum presentation. The first monographic publication on his work, this elegant document reproduces each of the exhibited butterfly paintings, dot paintings and glass vitrine pieces, and includes a transcribed interview between Hirst and Sophie Calle. A handsome example from an edition of one thousand, seven hundred and fifty paperbound copies additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED to a fellow artist "for ..., D Hirst, Damien" WITH A DRAWING of a heart in black marker across the title page showing a slight diagonal soft crease at the lower foredge corner of the front cover and first few pages. 0-905263-53-7 Inventory Number: 017678

(BROWN, GLENN). Bracewell, Michael. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 22 color and 3 duotone illustrations. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of nine recent art-history inflected paintings and two sculptures by British artist Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with a vellum overlay and an accompanying full page color detail; as well as three gatefold installation photographs. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-50-2 Inventory Number: 017511

(PENN, IRVING). Penn, Irving, Alexandra Arrowsmith & Nicola Majocchi. Introduction by Alexander Liberman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. & Callaway Editions, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Fine. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. With a work chronology. "Passage" is the monumental 1991 survey of Irving Penn's extraordinary career as a portrait, still life, and fashion photographer. Produced by Nicholas Callaway with photographic supervision by Richard Benson, it beautifully collects and reproduces more than fifty years of his visionary work - primarily in conjunction with Vogue magazine. A handsome example of this landmark publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Irving Penn" in the year of publication inside a circular cartouche in black ink on the half title page showing some slight waviness and a minor dampstain to the last thirty pages along the foredge of the textblock. Additionally, this bears the ink ownership stamp on the front pastedown of the noted late Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee, from whom we acquired it directly. 0-679-40491-0 Inventory Number: 017500

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas. Andover, MA: The Addison Gallery of American Art, 1970. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 15 b&w illustrations. This is the slender sixteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Addison Gallery of American Art retrospective of the witty early Conceptual work of the late, beloved Cal Arts (by way of Michigan) mentor Douglas Huebler. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light wear. Inventory Number: 017494

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition 1/10000. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Dirk Linke. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twentieth installment devoted to the glamorous fashion and celebrity work of Mario Testino was no exception. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19252-0 Inventory Number: 017489

(RAUCH, NEO). Szeeman, Harald, Daniel Birnbaum & Lynne Cooke. Maastricht, THE NETHERLANDS, & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Bonnefantenmuseum & Cantz Verlag, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 144pp, 66 color illustrations. Text in German and English. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with the noted Leipzig-based artist having received the 2002 Vincent Van Gogh Bi-Annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe. "One of the most original artists of his generation, Neo Rauch's paintings appear disturbingly detached and yet familiar, their figures, objects, and mood seemingly borrowed from old advertising posters, dusty book jackets, and forgotten comics. Rauch's formulistic visual symbols suggest a more profound meaning, yet it is difficult to decipher their message. The tension lurking under their almost frozen surfaces, washed with dusky, sinister colors, is fueled by paradox: as vivid as the structure of the work comes across, the impression is rigid; as powerful as the strokes of broken colors are, they appear faded, from bygone times". A most handsome example. 3-7757-1243-7 Inventory Number: 017481