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TERRI WEIFENBACH: HUNTER GREEN - DELUXE SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH LAID DOWN ON THE FRONT COVER
(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Introduction by Yayako Uchida. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2000. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Tall 4to. Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 32 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 2000 by the estimable Nazraeli Press, "Hunter Green" is the beautifully designed and printed second sampling in book form of Terri Weifenbach's lush, often hazy examinations of mysterious backyard flora. A brand new, most handsome example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies featuring an original 5 ¼ x 3 ½" color photograph mounted on the front cover. 3-923922-88-4 Inventory Number: 016438
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VIGGO MORTENSEN: RECENT FORGERIES - FIRST EDITION WITH THE AUDIO CD
(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Introduction by Dennis Hopper. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 110pp, 83 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the true first printing of Viggo Mortensen's first book. It is the catalogue that accompanied the artist's first one-man exhibition of writings, paintings, collages and photographs at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. Included with this publication is an Audio CD with music and spoken-word poetry. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1998 first edition showing a short soft crease at the hinge of the rear cover. 1-889195-32-4 Inventory Number: 016421
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RINGIER ANNUAL REPORT 2006: ART AND VISUAL CONCEPT BY RICHARD PHILLIPS
(PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Ruf, Beatrix, Frank A. Meyer & Richard Phillips. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Ringier AG Corporate Communications, 2007. First Edition. Small 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. xx + 40pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English. Published as Swiss media conglomerate Ringier's 2006 annual report, this beautiful hardbound tome is an artist's book designed by Richard Phillips after a 1930s German monograph on the Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. It features reproductions of eleven works on paper by the artist executed during 2006 (including a delightful appropriated drawing of Tom Cruise!) along with a discussion of the project with noted curator Beatrix Ruf. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce and never made commercially available for sale. Inventory Number: 016351
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GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ART: THE ROBERT GORE RIFKIND COLLECTION (PRINTS, DRAWINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, PERIODICALS, POSTERS)
Reed, Jr., Orrel P. & Robert Gore Rifkind. Foreword by Gerald Nordland. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 380pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Jack Carter. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the copiously illustrated, scholarly catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of four hundred and eighteen German and Austrian Expressionist, Dada, Bauhaus, and related European modernist prints, drawings, illustrated books, posters and periodicals drawn from the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection. Now part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's holdings, the collection is reputedly the most comprehensive archive of Expressionist graphics outside of Germany. Artists whose work is featured include Josef Albers, Cuno Amiet, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Ernst Barlach, Willi Baumeister, Herbert Bayer, Max Beckmann, Albert Bloch, Max Buchartz, Heinrich Campendonk, Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Conrad Felixmuller, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Erich Heckel, Karl Jakob Hirsch, Ferdinand Hodler, Karl Hofer, Johannes Itten, Willi Jaeckel, Alexej Von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Kaethe Kollwitz, Alfred Kubin, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Max Liebermann, August Macke, Franz Marc, Frans Masereel, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Ludwig Meidner, Wilhelm Morgner, Otto Mueller, Edvard Munch, Gabriele Munter, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Hans Purrmann, Christian Rohlfs, Egon Schiele, Oskar Schlemmer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Richard Seewald, Arthur Segal, Max Slevogt, Georg Tappert, Emil-Rudolph Weiss, and many, many more. A handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound first edition (issued without dust jacket) whose gilt is bright and fresh showing a tiny bump to the tips of the rear board at the upper foredge corner (not affecting the textblock) as well as some light overall wear. 0-915346-27-3 Inventory Number: 016201
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PIOTR UKLANSKI: BIALO-CZERWONA
(UKLANSKI, PIOTR). Brown, Gavin, Jacek Petruczenko & STAH Z WARTY (Stanislaw) Szukalski. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by An Art Service. This is the charming hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the first Gagosian Gallery solo exhibition by Polish-born, New York-based artist Piotr Uklanski. "Bialo-Czerwona" (white-red), referring to Poland's bi-colored flag, is a nationalist slogan as familiar to Poles as "Red, White, and Blue" is to Americans. Uklanski's title unites diverse works that engage typical imagery of his native Poland and play on the red/white palette. Although it is, on one level, authentically Polish, in its use of populist decorative traditions and political symbols alluding to the country's not-so-distant Communist past the exhibition is also a highly stylized performance of identity". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-72-3 Inventory Number: 016196
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RICHARD PHILLIPS
(PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Steinke, Darcey. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 62pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. Published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition, this elegant hardbound catalogue featuring a textual contribution by Darcey Steinke reproduces nine recent Richard Phillips paintings along with their preparatory studies and original printed source materials. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-48-0 Inventory Number: 016191
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GLENN BROWN
(BROWN, GLENN). Morton, Tom. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin & Holzwarth Publications, 2006. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 14 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy". This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 Galerie Max Hetzler exhibition of six art-history inflected paintings by Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with an accompanying full page color detail; as well as two installation photographs. A pristine copy of this already unavailable and uncommon item. 3-935567-35-9 Inventory Number: 016183
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MEL BOCHNER / RICHARD SERRA
(SERRA, RICHARD) (BOCHNER, MEL). Halbreich, Kathy. Cambridge, MA: Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 52pp, 36 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint exhibition of works by Mel Bochner and Richard Serra. A most presentable example showing some overall light wear as well as some mild soiling and browning to the white covers. Inventory Number: 016180
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MOCHE ART AND ICONOGRAPHY
Donnan, Christopher B.. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin America Center Publications / University of California, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good -. 146pp, 128 b&w and 16 color illustrations. With a bibliography. Published by the UCLA Latin America Center in 1976, this is the second monograph devoted to Moche material culture written by the preeminent American researcher on the subject, Christopher Donnan. A handsome example bearing a bold ink ownership inscription of the noted late Los Angeles artist and collector Emerson Woelffer in his hand on the first preliminary whose dust jacket shows a short closed tear with some attendant creasing on the front near the crown of the spine. 0-87903-033-X Inventory Number: 016169
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DAMIEN HIRST: ROMANCE IN THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
(HIRST, DAMIEN). Shani, Annushka. London: White Cube, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Beard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2003 London gallery show of twenty-eight new works entitled "Romance in the Age of Uncertainty". While these numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, and butterfly paintings bear a resemblance to the artist's earlier works, these creations each have titles based on Biblical themes. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirkily designed book that incorporates quite a number of blank pages. 0-9542363-7-8 Inventory Number: 016145
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MEL BOCHNER
(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel, Frederic Paul & Nelson Knight. Bignan, FRANCE: Domaine De Kerguehennec, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 color and 36 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely new hardbound catalogue that documents the 2007 Domaine De Kerguehennec retrospective of renowned Conceptual artist Mel Bochner. It contains primarily newly photographed images of the works installed during the exhibition as well as earlier documentary photographs, essays by Frederic Paul and Nelson Knight, and a lengthy transcribed interview between Paul and Mel Bochner. A brand new, pristine example. 2-906574-15-5 Inventory Number: 016143
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EMERSON WOELFFER: COLLAGES 1978-1982 - EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT
(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 9 ¼ x 16" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 1990 show of collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 016124
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MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: THE HAPPY END OF FRANZ KAFKA'S "AMERIKA"
(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Felix, Zdenek, Veit Loers & Rudolf Schmitz. Hamburg & Koln, GERMANY: Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Oktagon Verlag, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Foil-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 80pp, 32 color and 4 b&w illustrations. Text in German and English. Designed by Panhans/Zander. With a biography and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Deichtorhallen Hamburg exhibition of Martin Kippenberger's riotous Kafka-inspired installation of furniture entitled "The Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89611-074-8 Inventory Number: 016086
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THE ART OF SUSAN RIOS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(RIOS, SUSAN). Rugoff, Ralph. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With over one hundred lavish color and duotone plates, an early critical essay by Ralph Rugoff, and a catalogue raisonné of her serigraphs, this is still the major monograph on the populist painter / printmaker Susan Rios. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Susan Rios" in black marker on the front pastedown. 0-88363-587-9 Inventory Number: 016074
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TOM OF FINLAND 1990 CALENDAR
(TOM OF FINLAND). Laaksonen, Touko aka Tom of Finland. Los Angeles: Tom of Finland, 1989. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Wall Calendar. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Self-published by the late, great Tom of Finland, this is a wall calendar for 1990 that features fourteen erotic male illustrations to keep you cozy throughout the year. A most handsome example of this surprisingly uncommon item perfect for the Tom of Finland completeist suitable for use again in 2018. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 016028
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JAMES FEE: ROAD
(FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig & Keiji Okuhira. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (56pp), 25 duotone plates. Text in English and Japanese. Limited to one thousand copies, this beautifully printed, self-published catalogue presents the late Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee's second installment of moody images of an unpopulated, dystopian homeland first seen in his "Photographs of America". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-964-0494-1-4 Inventory Number: 016013
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EMERSON WOELFFER: A MODERNIST ODYSSEY - FIFTY YEARS OF WORKS ON PAPER
(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Woelffer, Emerson, Anne Ayres & Roy Dowell. Los Angeles: Otis School of Art and Design Galley, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 64pp, 20 color illustrations. Designed by Daniel Stearns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery retrospective of sixty-two works on paper by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer, this elegant catalogue combines reproductions of the artist's work along with essays by curators Anne Ayres and Roy Dowell, and an interview with Woelffer. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 016009
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OBVIOUS & ORDINARY: AMERICA 2006 - RUBBER STAMPED BY MARTIN PARR AND JOHN GOSSAGE
(PARR, MARTIN) (GOSSAGE, JOHN). Obvious & Ordinary aka Martin Parr & John Gossage. NP (Chicago & London). ND (2007).: NP (Stephen Daiter Gallery & Rocket Gallery). First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (72pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Limited to one thousand, five hundred copies only, this playful tome attempted to anonymously document noted photographers Martin Parr (British, color, obvious) and John Gossage's (American, black and white, ordinary) 2006 road trip to Memphis to visit William Eggleston. Charming, cheerful and revealing, it resides comfortably alongside such revered American travelogues as Robert Frank's "The Americans", Steven Shore's "Uncommon Places", and Jeffrey Brouws' "Highway". A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing Parr and Gossage's "Obvious" and "Ordinary" rubber stamps (due to the nature of the project they have decided to "stamp" rather than actually sign any of the copies) in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 015990
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DANIEL LIBESKIND & CECIL BALMOND: UNFOLDING (BOILERHOUSE EXTENSION V&A MUSEUM: WORKING PROCESS, ASSOCIATIONS TILING, PURE THINKING, FLIP OVER / NAI EXHIBITION: CONSTRUCTION, MODELS, DRAWINGS)
(LIBESKIND, DANIEL) (BALMOND, CECIL). Libeskind, Daniel & Cecil Balmond. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: NAI Publishers (Netherlands Architecture Institute), 1997. First Edition. Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Architecture Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, this is the innovatively designed box of printed elements related to the Boilerhouse extension of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London - a collaboration between noted architects Daniel Libeskind and Cecil Balmond (of Ove Arup and Partners Limited). It contains ten different project-related documents all housed in a beautifully printed heavy butcher paper over board clamshell box. A most handsome, complete example of this uncommon object in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 90-5662-039-8 Inventory Number: 015972
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LEGACY: PHOTOGRAPHS INSIDE THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE
(DARWELL, JOHN). Darwell, John. Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp), 34 color illustrations. This is John Darwell's compact photo-essay documenting the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactors' "Zones of Exclusion": the permanently evacuated area surrounding the 1986 Russian Nuclear Power Plant disaster. It provides a haunting and eerily beautiful glimpse of the thirty kilometer wasteland where no man can now go - and is the perfect compliment to Robert Polidori's oversized volume on the same subject. A brand new, pristine example. 1-899235-58-2 Inventory Number: 015883
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THE ROYAL ART LODGE: ASK THE DUST - DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS
(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Baerwaldt, Wayne, Joseph R. Wolin, Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois & Myles Langlois. Toronto, CANADA & New York: The Power Plant & The Drawing Center, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Over a period of six years, The Royal Art Lodge members Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, and Myles Langlois (along with former members Jonathan Pylypchuk and Adrian Williams), have together produced a remarkably large body of work including drawings, sculptures, videos, puppets, music, costumes and dolls. Their low-tech aesthetic and crude-yet-precise draftsmanship, combined with a perversely idiosyncratic sense of humor, have resulted in an outpouring of unforgettable hybrid creatures, absurd commentaries on the human condition, and an art of dynamic energy, whimsical charm, and expressive beauty". "Ask the Dust" is the comprehensive, most excellent catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2003 touring retrospective of works by everyone's favorite Winnipeg drawing collective. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-942324-19-6 Inventory Number: 015861
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THE ROYAL ART LODGE: PENSIERI DEI SERPENTI
(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Bartorelli, Guido, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber & Marcel Dzama. Padova, ITALY: Perugi Artecontemporanea, 2005. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artists Monograph. As New.. 92pp, 80 color illustrations + cover. Text in English and Italian. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is another compact, charming catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2005 Royal Art Lodge onslaught of Europe containing reproductions of eighty collaborative paintings by core members Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, and Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example. 88-87327-07-6 Inventory Number: 015806
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KNUD MERRILD: 1894-1954
(MERRILD, KNUD). Langsner, Jules, Knud Merrild & William Osmun. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965. First Edition 1/1000. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 32pp, 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Louis Danziger. Photographic Frontispiece by Man Ray. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1965 Museum retrospective of paintings, constructions, collages, watercolors and drawings by the noted California Modernist painter Knud Merrild. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some rubbing to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 015789
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ADOLPH GOTTLIEB: THE PICTOGRAPHS 1942-1951
(GOTTLIEB, ADOLPH). Hirsch, Sanford & Manny Silverman. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 32pp, 13 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. Designed by Suzanne Bernstein. With an exhibition checklist, collections listing and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of fourteen "Pictograph" works on canvas and paper by noted American Abstract Expressionist artist Adolph Gottlieb. A handsome copy showing a few creases across the spine. Inventory Number: 015713
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THE PHYSICAL WORLD: AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
Washburne-Harris, Jessie & Donald Kennison, Editors. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (64pp), 23 color illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. With an exhibition checklist and bibliographies. This is the sleek catalogue published to document the 2002 group exhibition of twenty-two blue chip works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns (4), Donald Judd, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso (2), Robert Ryman, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol (2), and Rachel Whiteread entitled "The Physical World" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. From the gallery's press release: "While seemingly diverse, the works all display a particular correlation between object and ground whether achieved two dimensionally or with an actual object. An underlying current of sexuality and death runs through and connects the works in the exhibition". What else is left to be said? A most handsome example. 1-880154-76-5 Inventory Number: 015662
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JOEL MORRISON: CIRCUS
(MORRISON, JOEL). Morrison, Joel, Rainer Crone, Alexandra von Stosch & Aimee Chang. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Self-Wrappers with Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 60pp, 9 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by An Art Service. With a biography. This is the elegant catalogue published to document the 2008 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of sculpture and photographic works by Los Angeles-based artist Joel Morrison entitled "Circus". It features photographs of the objects and their gallery installation, an essay by Rainer Crone and Alexandra von Stosch, and a transcribed interview with the artist by Aimee Chang. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-77-4 Inventory Number: 015636
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MARC QUINN: INCARNATE
(QUINN, MARC). Quinn, Marc, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp & Mark Gisbourne. London & New York: Booth-Clibborn Editions & Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (208pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by North. With an exhibition history. Published jointly by Booth-Clibborn Editions and the Gagosian Gallery, this is the most lavish, exquisitely designed and printed hardbound catalogue produced for Marc Quinn's 1998 New York exhibition, "Incarnate". It reproduces in great detail each of forty-nine queasy, anatomically chilling works executed by the renowned British contemporary artist between 1988 and 1998, and contains textual contributions by Quinn, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp, and Mark Gisbourne. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-86154-048-5 Inventory Number: 015628
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EMERSON WOELFFER: SELECTED WORKS - EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT
(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. With a chronology. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 2000 show of paintings and collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 015612
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FRANK STELLA: THE BLACK AND METALLIC PAINTINGS: 1959-1964
(STELLA, FRANK). Pincus-Witten, Robert. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 5 color + b&w illustration. Designed by Dan Miller Design. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of five early Frank Stella abstractions executed between 1959 and 1964. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some typical scuffing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 015565
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WILLEM DE KOONING: ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES 1955-1963
(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Geldzahler, Henry. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1987. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (22pp), 6 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Britt Reynolds. This is the slender twenty-two page paperbound catalogue published in conjunction with a Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of major works on canvas created between 1955 and 1963 by famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem de Kooning. Only the second catalogue issued by the gallery, it contains an essay filled with quotes from the artist by eminence grise Henry Geldzahler. A most handsome copy of the uncommon first printing from 1987. Inventory Number: 015526
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TERRI WEIFENBACH: INSTRUCTION MANUAL NO 3: 25. JUNE 1996 (NAZRAELI PRESS ONE PICTURE BOOK NO. 4) - SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOR TYPE C PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2001. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (18pp), 9 color illustrations. Terri Weifenbach's "Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996" is the fourth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 4 ¼ x 2 ¾" color photographic print of a mysterious clear blue sky whose image is derived from the unique 68 x 39" print owned by Sir Elton John tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item. 1-59005-005-3 Inventory Number: 015522
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MICHAEL GOLDBERG: NEW PAINTINGS
(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Goldberg, Michael & John Yau. New York: Knoedler & Company, 2007. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 44pp, 17 color illustrations. With an exhibition history and biography. Published in conjunction with a recent New York gallery exhibition, this is a nicely appointed catalogue that documents sixteen recent paintings on canvas and paper by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. It also features an interview with the artist by noted critic John Yau. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9789987-4-X Inventory Number: 015512
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NORMAN BLUHM: SELECTED WORKS FROM 1976-1989
(BLUHM, NORMAN). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 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 handsome example of this ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a slight dent at the heel of the spine. Inventory Number: 015508
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RODOLPHE BRESDIN: MONOGRAPHIE EN TROIS PARTIES + CATALOGUE DE L'OEUVRE GRAVE - COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES
(BRESDIN, RODOLPHE). Van Gelder, Dirk. Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 208 + 160pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in French. This is a beautifully illustrated two volume slipcased set on the work of the Rodolphe Bresdin. The first volume is a scholarly monograph on the iconoclastic 19th Century French proto-Symbolist engraver, lithographer, and etcher, and the second a full catalogue raisonné of his one hundred and fifty-three known graphic works - many of which had never been previously reproduced. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in the publisher's debossed linen slipcase. 2-85-108-113-6 Inventory Number: 015476
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VIGGO MORTENSEN: SKOVBO - FIRST EDITION
(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA & Reykjavik, ICELAND: Perceval Press & The Reykjavik Museum of Photography, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 118pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Michele Perez. "This book functions as a partial companion to the photography exhibit entitled "Skovbo" (which roughly translates from Danish as "home in the forest") by Viggo Mortensen at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Ljosmyndasafn Reykjavikur), opening on 31st May, 2008 and running until 31st August, 2008. In this new collection of images and poems are trees and the memory of trees, ghosts, words, nights, days, lives, deaths, and safe haven for them all in the place where "...the twigs become branches, / And the mist becomes make-believe... (Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam)". Dedicated to Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich, this substantial hardbound publication from actor/artist/musician/poet/activist Viggo Mortensen combines his recent images of foliage and greenery with the occasional prose-poem to create one of the loveliest surveys of his photography to date. A brand new, pristine example of the now unavailable first hardbound printing. 0-9763009-7-4 Inventory Number: 015447
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MICHIKO KON: KON BOX
(KON, MICHIKO). Iizawa, Kohtaro & Peter C. Bunnell. Tucson, AZ & Tokyo: Nazraeli Press & Photo Gallery International, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Square 12mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28 + 4pp), 41 individual 6 x 6" cardstock sheets printed offset, housed in a clear Plexiglas box with a sliding lid. Text in English and Japanese. "Michiko Kon is a contemporary Japanese artist of startling originality. Her exploration of the photographic still-life, in which perishable materials, raw fish, fowl, vegetables, are combined with familiar, often feminine objects; a schoolgirl's uniform, high-heeled shoes, a pocketbook, trigger our senses of touch, taste and smell through vision and imagination. "Kon Box" presents forty of Kon's most powerful works". A brand new, pristine example of this elegantly designed and produced exhibition catalogue cum object limited to one thousand copies. 3-923922-47-7 Inventory Number: 015444
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HISTOIRES DU JEANS DE 1750 A 1994
Lacroix, Christian. Paris: Musee De La Mode et Du Costume, 1994. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. As New. 176pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Published in conjunction with a massive 1994 Palais Galleria exhibition surveying the history of denim fabric, this is the lavishly illustrated, highly informative catalogue that is a must-have for fashion historian and jeans collector alike. A pristine copy of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 2-87900-180-3 Inventory Number: 015434
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LOUISE BOURGEOIS: INTIME ABSTRAKTION / INTIMATE ABSTRACTIONS
(BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Bourgeois, Louise, Mieke Bal, Harald Fricke, Angela Lammer, Hanne Loreck, Christiane Mennicke, Valeria Schulte-Fischedick & Gabriele Werner. Beatrice E. Stammer, Kathrin Becker & Antje Weitzel, Editors. Berlin, GERMANY. 1995-1999: Akademie Der Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1100. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Stephan Fiedler, Thorsten Platz. Text in German and English. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an extensive 2003 German museum exhibition of one hundred and fifteen sculptures, works on paper, and prints by Louise Bourgeois. It contains several critical essays on the work of, and interviews with the idiosyncratic artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, one hundred unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-00-011312-6 Inventory Number: 015390
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VISIONAIRE NO. 44: KIDROBOT TOYS (BLACK)
(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen.. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2004. First Edition 1/2000. Narrow Oblong Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 5 polychrome vinyl figures housed in a black cardboard and plastic case, with a leporello pamphlet laid in. Published in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the forty-fourth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, For this fun issue Visionaire has partnered with vanguard toy manufacturer Kidrobot to create an original Visionaire soft vinyl figure, then further collaborated with ten world renowned fashion designers to customize that figure into ten different characters. The issue is released in two different sets (one red, one black) limited to two thousand copies each containing five toys, with an accompanying booklet picturing all ten designs. The characters and booklets are packaged inside a molded plastic and cardboard case. This set (black) features the designs by Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, and Versace. Kidrobot is the world's premier creator of limited edition art toys designed by world-renowned artists with backgrounds in graffiti and fine art, illustration, graphic and industrial design, and music. A handsome individually numbered example whose interior plastic case and figurines are pristine, while the publisher's protective cardboard box shows some overall light wear and scuffing. It has been priced accordingly. 1-888645-48-2 Inventory Number: 015382
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BEASTS (FOTOFACTORY ANTHOLOGY SERIES 2)
Sprigle, David Aden, Editor. Santa Monica, CA: FotoFactory Press, 1997. First Edition 1/6000. Square 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. np (124pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Stephen Patrick Foery and David Sprigle. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at Venice Beach's David Aden Gallery, this is another beautifully appointed FotoFactory Press thematic anthology that features the work of fifty-nine photographers' erotic images of men and animals. Those included here are Ali, Bjorn Andren, Larry Ashton, Clifford Baker, Steven Baratz, Jim Barnes, Joel W. Benjamin, Tom Bianchi, Rick Castro, Lance DeWalt, Evergon, Benjamin F. Fink Jr., Stephen Fleitz, Robert Flynt, Ed Freeman, Nina Glaser, Alair Gomes, Steph. Gorkii, Kelly Grider, David Grinnell, Kim Hanson, Conrad Hechter, Baly Hinter Wipflinger, Justice Howard, Donnie Hudson, Rolf Juario, Dean Keefer, Ross Bennett Lewis, Mark Lynch, Geoff Manasse, David J. Martin, Reed Massengill, Jose Messana, Martin Meyer, Daniel Nicoletta, Freddie Niem, Barbara Nitke, Ray Lewis Payne, Stevee Postman, Veli-Pekka Raty, Paul Roberts, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Edgar Scott, Robert Emery Smith, David Sprigle, Stanley Stellar, Vince Sullivan, Brian To, Bill Toscano, Arthur Tress, Tim Wilkerson, and Cameron Wolf. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-883923-23-9 Inventory Number: 015241