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Bradley, Peter, Jefferee James, Steve Cannon, Clement Greenberg & Simone Swan. Houston, TX: The Menil Foundation, 1971. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 74pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist and artists' biographies. “In late spring 1971, businessman and philanthropist John de Menil approached New York-based artist and curator Peter Bradley to organize an exhibition in Houston of art by Black artists after a series of high-profile controversies surrounding shows of Black art in both Houston and New York. “The De Luxe Show” was the resulting exhibition held from August to September 1971 at the De Luxe Theater in Houston's Fifth Ward. Organized by Bradley and de Menil with the mission of bringing contemporary art into a low-income, predominantly Black community, The De Luxe Show was one of the first racially integrated art exhibitions in the United States and featured some of the most acclaimed artists of the era as well as several emerging artists who would go on to become widely recognized.” The full roster consisted of Peter Bradley, Darby Bannard, Anthony Caro, Dan Christensen, Ed Clark, Frank Davis, Sam Gilliam, Robert Gordon, Richard Hunt, Virginia Jaramillo, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Al Loving, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, Michael Steiner, William T. Williams, and James Wolfe." A most handsome example of the now uncommon document of this historic exhibition. Inventory Number: 027683

Jenkins, William, Nicholas Nixon, Lewis Baltz & Robert Adams. With a brief text by Jorge Luis Borges. Rochester, NY: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1975. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 4to. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +. (Ex-Library). 48pp, 24 b&w and 3 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, and a biography, exhibition history and bibliography for each photographer. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue of the landmark 1975 George Eastman House "New Topographics" exhibition - the show that first defined the newly burgeoning photographic documentation of the contemporary urban landscape. It features a prescient essay by assistant curator William Jenkins, brief texts by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Nicholas Nixon and Jorge Luis Borges as well as three full-page images each for Adams, Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr. A most presentable example of this uncommon, historically highly-significant document (cited on page 11 of "From Fair to Fine 2") showing some light overall wear and patination to its white wrappers along with a thin horizontal adhesive ghost with two small surface abrasions from a removed label wrapping around the spine. Inside are two institutional library bookplates - one from Los Angeles' Otis Art Institute, and more interestingly from the UCLA Art Library's Robert Heinecken collection that bears a "Discarded" stamp in black ink. There are additionally discreet "Discard" stamps on the edges of the tetblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 027681

(MAN RAY). Ware, Katherine. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 7 ½ x 24 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1998 exhibition of vintage prints by Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027680

(HERMAN, ROGER). Connors, Matt & Roger Herman. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 2019. First Edition 1/250. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 426pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ross McLain / Art Design Office. This is the massive, beautifully illustrated book documenting Roger Herman's polychrome ceramics. It features a brief text by artist Matt Connors, followed by hundreds and hundreds of color images of nearly two decades worth of the noted Los Angeles artist's striking pieces. A brand new, pristine example of the 2019 first printing this comprehensive monograph limited to two hundred and fifty copies SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the title page, as issued. 0-578-50456-1 Inventory Number: 027677

(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy, Kasper Konig, Pontus Hulten & Olle Granath. Stockholm, SWEDEN & Boston, MA. 1968 (1970).: Moderna Museet & Boston Book and Art. Third Revised Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (circa 650pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Swedish. Designed by John Melin, Gosta Svensson and Stig Arbman. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the innovatively designed catalogue published on the occasion of the Andy Warhol exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm from February to March 1968. Printed entirely in black and white on newsprint, it features groovy art direction in service of hundreds of full page photographs of Warhol's artwork, film stills, and The Factory scene by Rudolph Burckhardt, Eric Pollitzer, John D. Schiff, Billy Name, and a young Stephen (Eric) Shore. A spectacularly tight and bright example of the third edition of this brilliant Pop Art gem (whose first printing is cited on pages 144-145 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") containing the additional photographs of Warhol and Factory entourage taken at the exhibition opening showing virtually no age-toning to its newsprint pages nor any of the typical wear, handling, and creasing associated with this title. This copy was acquired in the mid-eighties directly from the inventory of the exhibition's curator Pontus Hulten at the completion of his time as the first chief curator of Los Angeles' then-new Museum of Contemporary Art. LC 72-125937 Inventory Number: 027675

(GIACOMETTI, ALBERTO) (BACON, FRANCIS). Castellani, Valentina, Martin Harrison & Veronique Wiesinger. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. ¼ Cloth Over Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 262pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lavishly produced, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an extraordinary 2008 exhibition of paintings and sculpture depicting British artist, model, and muse Isabel Nicholas Rawsthorne by Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-932598-78-2 Inventory Number: 027673

(RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman, Art and Francoise Mouly, Editor/Publishers. New York: Raw Books & Graphics, 1982. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 42 + 32 (Maus) pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Francoise Mouly. Cover by Charles Burns. This is the fourth issue (Volume 1, Number 4) of Mouly and Spiegelman's ground-breaking graphic magazine that single-handedly elevated comix to a new level of intellectual embrace. Contributors to this volume are Bruno Richard, Elwood Smith, Francis Masse, Doug Kahn and Sue Coe (and Ronald Reagan!), Milt Gross, Gary Panter, Joe Schwind, Jerry Moriarty, Charles Burns, Lynne Tillman and Scott Gillis, Jacque Tardi, Ever Meulen, Mariscal, Kiki Picasso, and Art Spiegelman. A bright, most handsome example with none of the typical tearing to the die cut front cover logo with both the "Reagan Speaks for Himself" Eva-Tone soundsheet and "Maus: Chapter 3" booklet still bound in. Inventory Number: 027672

(RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman, Art and Francoise Mouly, Editor/Publishers. New York: Raw Books, 1980. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 36 + 12 ("Two-Fisted Painters Action Adventures") pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Francoise Mouly. Cover by Art Spiegelman. This is the inaugural issue (Volume 1, Number 1) of Mouly and Spiegelman's ground-breaking graphic magazine that single-handedly elevated comix to a new level of intellectual embrace. Contributors to this volume are Ray Gross and Winter, Alfred Jarry and Bruno Richard, Geoff Robison, Kaz, Jacques Tardi, Joost Swarte, Jerry Moriarty, Mark Newgarden, Bazooka, Patricia Caire and James Barth, Lynne Tillman and Mariscal, Mark Beyer, Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman, Heinz Emigholz, David Marc and Gary Hallgren, Francoise Mouly, Windsor McKay, Gerry Capelle, George Griffin, and Art Spiegelman - whose "Two Fisted-Painters Action Adventures" is bound in as a separate booklet, as issued. A bright, most handsome example of this invigorating document with the publisher's adhesive-backed color illustration pasted over the black and white window on the front cover, as issued. ISSN 0742-4434 Inventory Number: 027671

(MOSES, ED). Yau, John. Foreword by Richard Koshalek. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective of sixty paintings and works on paper by the venerable Los Angeles-based, Ferus Gallery-affiliated artist Edward Branco Moses. A most handsome example. 0-914357-42-5 Inventory Number: 027670

(BENJAMIN, KARL). Muchnic, Suzanne. West Hollywood, CA: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is this the beautifully designed and illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2011 gallery exhibition of abstract works by Karl Benjamin spanning the years 1950 to 1980. The noted late Los Angeles artist was along with John McLaughlin, Frederick Hammersley, and Lorser Feitelson one of the "Four Abstract Classicists" featured in the ground-breaking 1959 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition of the same name. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9837871-0-7 Inventory Number: 027669

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario, Patrick Kinmonth, Alexandra Shulman & Charles Saumarez Smith. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 2002. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Fashion Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (200pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Stephen Gan and Visionaire. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2002 exhibition of acclaimed fashion photographer Mario Testino's work at London's National Portrait Gallery, this vivid survey reflects all of the fun, glamour, and sensuality of his editorial work. Featured are images of Madonna, Bono, Sofia Coppola, Princess Diana of Wales, Cameron Diaz, Tracey Emin, Tom Ford, The Jaggers (Mick, James, Elizabeth and Jade), Elton John, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Robbie Williams, Catherine Zeta Jones, and supermodel usual suspects Kate Moss, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Esther Canadas, Linda Evangelista, Shalom Harlow, Eva Herzigova, Stella Tennant, Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta, and Alek Wek. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-8212-2761-0 Inventory Number: 027668

(REXROTH, NANCY). Rexroth, Nancy, Mark Power & Wayne Dodd. Rochester, NY: Violet Press, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine.. np, 72 duotone illustrations. Blurry and diffuse at times, "Iowa" is Nancy Rexroth's beautifully designed and printed first book of haunting images of the Midwest taken with a molded plastic Diana camera. It features brief texts by Rexroth and Mark Power along with a poetic excerpt by Wayne Dodd. A most handsome example of the 1977 Violet Press first edition additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Nancy Rexroth / May, 1977" in blue ink on the half title page in the year of publication showing just a bit of the light wear and sunning along the spine frequently associated with this title. LC 76-42054 Inventory Number: 027667

(DEMAND, THOMAS). Demand, Thomas. Texts By Vic Muniz, Stephan Berg, Sebastian Egenhofer, Reudi Widmer, Volker Albus, Ulrich Meister, Marcus Steinweg, Jose Llebrero Stals, Simon Morrissey, Michael Krome, Markus Bruderlin, Regis Durand & Michael Wetzel. Marienbad, GERMANY: Kunstverein Freiburg, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Flexible Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Designed by Stephan Berg. "In his photographs of reconstructed rooms and places Thomas Demand explores a notion of reality that guides our perception of a media and technology-dominated world. For this purpose he produces life-size reconstructions then are perfectly lit and photographed with a large-size camera. What, at first sight, seems to be a hyperrealistic reproduction of reality proves, at a closer look, to be a model". This charming catalogue that combines Demand's images interspersed with numerous texts about, and interviews with the artist was published in conjunction with a major 1998 exhibition held at Marienbad's Kunstverein Freiburg. A most handsome example 3-922675-32-8 Inventory Number: 027666

(McCARTHY, PAUL) (KELLEY, MIKE). Martin, Timothy. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. As New.. np (36pp), 17 color and 14 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in English. With artist biographies, exhibition histories and performance histories. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy's collaborative contribution "Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone" as part of the 1992 Viennese gallery exhibition of Los Angeles based artists, "LAX". It features an essay by Timothy Martin entitled "Childhood Flambé". A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 027665

(KELLEY, MIKE) (SONIC YOUTH). Kelley, Mike. Venice, CA: New City Editions in Association with Artists Space, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists' Book. Fine.. 98pp, 32 b&w illustrations. Designed by Mike Kelley and Patti Podesta. This is a lengthy monographic essay by Mike Kelley dealing with his performance piece "Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile" featuring himself, Molly Cleator and Sonic Youth that premiered at New York's Artists' Space in December 1986. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirky gem. Inventory Number: 027664

(KELLEY, MIKE) (FISCHLI, DAVID & PETER WEISS). Kothenschulte, Daniel, Mike Kelley, Rainald Schumacher, Patrick Frey, Bice Curiger & Boris Groys. Introduction by Ingvild Goetz & Rainald Schumacher. Munich, GERMANY: Sammlung Goetz, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Boards. Artists Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With bibliographies and an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 European exhibition of works by Mike Kelley and Fischli & Weiss from the estimable contemporary art collection of Ingvild Goetz. A most handsome example from the edition limited to one thousand, five hundred unnumbered copies. 3-9805267-5-5 Inventory Number: 027663

(KELLEY, MIKE). Cruz, Amanda. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1991. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 9 x 22" glossy cardstock sheet folded in thirds to make 9 x 7 ¾", 6pp, 2 color and 2 b&w illustrations. With a biography, exhibition and performance history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the slender six page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with Mike Kelley's 1992 installation of stuffed animals entitled "Half a Man" held at Washington D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of their "Directions" series. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - only ten copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027662

(PRINCE, RICHARD) (LYNN VALLEY). Prince, Richard. Vancouver, CANADA: Bywater Bros. Editions & Presentation House Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color. Published by Vancouver's Bywater Bros. Editions and Presentation House Gallery, this first issue of monographic periodical "Lynn Valley" is designed by Richard Prince to feature a representative selection of the artist's most iconic series, such as biker girls, nurses, tattoos, pornography, jokes, sculptures, paintings, and other assorted incendiary images. A brand new, most handsome example (artist's book entry 48 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of this slender gem. 0-920293-72-7 Inventory Number: 027659

(OWENS, LAURA). Lawson, Thomas & Paul Schimmel. Foreword By Jeremy Strick. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with Laura Owens' having received the Katherine S. Marmor Award for documentation of emerging artists' first MOCA exhibition. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-914357-83-2 Inventory Number: 027655

(IRWIN, ROBERT). Irwin, Robert, Sally Yard, John Hallmark Neff, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Klaus Kertess, Arthur C. Danto & Lawrence Weschler. Foreword by Richard Koshalek & Kerry Brougher. Russell Ferguson, Editor. Los Angeles & New York: Museum of Contemporary Art & Rizzoli International Publications, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 208pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Bethany Johns Design. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a massive 1993 Robert Irwin retrospective circulated by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art that subsequently travelled to Koln, Paris and Madrid. A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Robert Irwin" in black ink on the half title page showing just a bit of this title's typical sunning along the spine. 0-8478-1770-9 Inventory Number: 027654

(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd. Oakland, CA: B-Sides Box Sets, 2017. First Edition 1/2000. 16mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 50 loose 2 ½ x 3 ½" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 47 illustrations in color and b&w. "All photographers have a secret stash of photographs that float on the margins of published existence. Photographs that never quite fit into their current projects or are waiting to become the narrative of their next book or show, but that are too good to be left unused. They persist: the photographers pull them out, year after year, they recognize them as great images that should be shared, but the photos somehow frustratingly defy their years of shuffling into categorization or conventional use. This box set is those photographs, finally liberated from that file labeled "Orphans & Misfits". Todd Hido's second B-Sides Box Set, "Homing In", offers a new glimpse into Hido's highly prolific process and unveils unpublished "House Hunting" photographs, overlooked images of his muse Khrystyna, and brand new work made this year from the original set of David Lynch's "Twin Peaks". A brand new, most handsome example of this charming little set of fifty collector-type trading cards additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Todd Hido" in gold ink on the title card housed in the publisher's Plexiglas box, as issued. 1-5323-5128-3 Inventory Number: 027653

(NOBLE, PAUL). Kunzru, Hari & Paul Noble. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio: Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Paul Noble's 2007 Gagosian New York installation "dottodot" - the British artist's first exhibition for the gallery. It was comprised of "drawings, ceramic sculptures, rugs, sound, and various other elements to form an atmosphere or environment that reflects on time, space, and change, both massive and infinitesimal". "dottodot" incorporated work from Noble's epic "Nobson New Town" project, as well as his versions of Chinese "gongshi" patterned after fragments of Henry Moore's sculptures. Included is an audio CD of the show's aural environment. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-57-X Inventory Number: 027652

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny & Carlos Ferreira. Le Rozel, FRANCE: Le Point Du Jour Editeur, 1996. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 48pp, 22 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. Published only in France, "Bushwick" is a moving collaboration combining Danny Lyon's photographs of this gritty Brooklyn neighborhood and its youthful inhabitants along with Carlos Ferreira's poignant text about their harrowing daily existence. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") showing none of the yellowing to the covers often associated with this title. 2-912132-00-2 Inventory Number: 027651

(JUDE, RON). Jude, Ron & Nicholas Muellner. London: MACK, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (112pp) + np (8pp), 69 color illustrations. "Ron Jude’s "Lick Creek Line" extends and amplifies his ongoing fascination with the vagaries of photographic empiricism, and the gray area between documentation and fiction. In a sequential narrative punctuated by contrasting moments of violence and beauty, Jude follows the rambling journey of a fur trapper, methodically checking his trap line in a remote area of Idaho in the Western United States. Through converging pictures of landscapes, architecture, an encroaching resort community, and the solitary, secretive process of trapping pine marten for their pelts, "Lick Creek Line" underscores the murky and culturally arbitrary nature of moral critique". A brand new, bright white, most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Ron Jude" in black ink on the title page with the publisher's eight page staple-bound newsprint booklet laid in, as issued. 1-907946-17-9 Inventory Number: 027650

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin & Albert Oehlen. Bonn, GERMANY: Galerie Erhard Klein, 1986. First Editions 1/600. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Books. Fine.. 52 + 44 + 40pp, each illustrated in b&w and color. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. "Endlich" consistes of three individual catalogue-cum-artist books published in conjunction with the late German artist's 1986 exhibition "Gib Mir das Sommerloch (Give Me The Silly Season)" at Galerie Erhard Klein in Bonn. The content documents souvenirs of various nature from Kippenberger's then-recent four month stay in Brazil that became known as "The Magical Misery Tour." A most handsome complete set of the three (entries number thirty-eight, thirty-nine, and forty in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") - limited to approximately six hundred unnumbered examples - each additionally SIGNED AND DATED "M. Kippenberger '94" in pencil. Volume 1 add the phrase "so old" to the signature, and Volume 2 is uniquely, boldly altered in pencil by the artist on the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its valuet - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027649

(KH MAGAZINE). Harry, Kevin. New York: Self-Published, 2024. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Photography Monograph. As New.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color. "KH" magazine is the colorful, under-the-radar annual-ish self-published 'zine by the amazing New York chronicler of street style, Kevin Harry. With an eye for beauty and flair, "KH" captures the vibrant adornment, hair styles, and latest fashions of the five boroughs' African-American community, often at an open air festival or street carnival. A brand new, most handsome example of the latest installment of this fabulous publication additionally SIGNED "Kevin Harry" in black ink on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 027644

Gaines, Charles & Catherine Lord. Irvine, CA: Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, 1993. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Embossed and Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Susan Silton. Photographs by Catherine Opie. With artists' biographies. In 1993, Charles Gaines and Catherine Lord mounted a category-breaking exhibition at the University of California, Irvine, entitled "The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism. that featured Black artists from different generations working across Fluxus, Conceptualism, assemblage, photography and installation. Challenging the racializing of Black artists’ work, the show confronted the discourse around race difference in the United States by including excerpts of writings discussing the participating artists: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Renée Green, David Hammons, Ben Patterson, Adrian Piper, Sandra Rowe, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, Pat Ward Williams, and Fred Wilson. The catalogue contains essays by Gaines, Lord, and Maurice Berger along with a typographic transcription of a roundtable of between the exhibition's artists and writers. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1993 first edition of this important document limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 1-884355-00-5 Inventory Number: 027643

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Cherix, Christophe, Ana Turok, Kiki Aebi, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Donna De Salvo, Linda Norden, Michael Govan, Ellen Lupton, Jennifer Tobias, Andrew Perchuk & Jeffrey Weiss. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2023. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 336pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology, exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the 2023 touring retrospective of work by Edward Ruscha organized by The Museum of Modern Art. A brand new, pristine example. 1-63345-150-X Inventory Number: 027642

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Murakami, Takashi, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, Paul Schimmel & Mika Yoshitake. Los Angeles & New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 328pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Victoria Lam with Lauren Harden / Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the massive, beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles organized traveling retrospective of works by Takashi Murakami. Featuring insightful essays by curator Paul Schimmel, Dick Hebdige, Midori Matsui, Scott Rothkopf, and Mika Yoshitake as well as hundreds of plates, it is the most comprehensive document to date on the hyper-popular Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-8478-3003-9 Inventory Number: 027641

(BARON, HANNELORE). Frank, Peter. Los Angeles & New York: Manny Silverman Gallery & Barbara Mathes Gallery, 1995. First Edition 1/3000. 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 19 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by For Design. With a biography and chronology. This is the stylish catalogue issued in conjunction with a traveling 1995 New York and Los Angeles gallery show illustrating in color each of the nineteen Hannelore Baron boxes and collages exhibited. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027638

(CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert. Dian Hanson, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Stout 4to. Illustrated Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monographs. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 258pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. " R. Crumb has selected his most intimately revealing comic strips and single page drawings to create a two hundred and fifty-eight page encyclopedic trip through his sexual psyche. All images were created between 1980 and 2006, and all strips are hand-colored for a lush vibrancy never seen in his comic books. In total, "Robert Crumb's Sex Obsessions" features fourteen complete stories, including "My Troubles With Women", "If I Were a King", "A Bitchin' Bod", and "How To Have Fun With a Strong Girl", as well as sixty single page drawings. This signed slipcased edition limited to one thousand copies is a work of art in itself, with every part of the book - front and back covers, spine, and introductory pages - created for this project by Robert Crumb. Each book comes with an art print selected by Mr. Crumb. A brand new, pristine example sealed in shrinkwrap still in the publisher's printed cardboard shipping carton. 3-8228-2540-9 Inventory Number: 027636

(SUMMA, ANN). Summa, Ann, Kristine McKenna & Exene Cervenka. NP: Foggy Notion Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild at Green Dragon Office. "When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city’s punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original, and fertile territory for a young photographer". Any of you even remotely conversant with Los Angeles punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties should remember Ann Summa’s striking photographs that appeared regularly in the late, great Slash magazine. Now some thirty years later, Foggy Notion Books has just produced "The Beautiful & the Damned: Punk Photographs by Ann Summa" - a lovely hardbound volume filled with these vintage gritty and endearing images; many collected here in book form for the first time! Edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna, it features iconic portraits of everyone from local heroes X, Gun Club, The Screamers, The Germs, Johanna Went, and The Kipper Kids to Television, Talking Heads, The Cramps, R.E.M., The Clash, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart, and many, many more. A brand new, most handome example. 1-935202-27-8 Inventory Number: 027634

(WARHOL, ANDY). Feldman, Frayda, Jorg Schellman, Arthur C. Danto, Donna de Salvo & Claudia Defendi. New York & Munich, GERMANY: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers) in Association with Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., Edition Schellman & The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 2003. Fourth Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Near Fine. 384pp, 1,700 illustrations in color and b&w. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography, and concordance. First published in 1985, this the massive catalogue raisonné of the printed work of the late, Pop Art icon Andy Warhol. Included are all of the silkscreens, prints and lithographs through 1987 - including trial proofs and unpublished works - as well as Warhol's self-published, pre-Pop illustrated books. A most handsome example of the hardbound fourth revised and expanded edition that is still the most current state of this invaluable document. 1-891024-63-9 Inventory Number: 027632

(WALKER, KARA). Walker, Kara. Los Angeles: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1997. First Edition. Square 8vo. Embossed Leather Over Boards. Artist's Multiple. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (24pp), illustrated in b&w with four die-cut pop-up silhouettes. "Each year the Peter Norton family commissions an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. This year's is a pop-up silhouette book by Kara Walker." Designed in 1997 for the Norton Family Christmas project by Kara Walker, this extraordinarily beautiful artist's book weaves the renowned contemporary African-American artist's text through a sequence of four elaborate slavery-inflected silhouette pop-ups. A bright, crisp, most handsome example of this exquisite hors commerce multiple showing two creases to the black die-cut construction paper of one of the four pop-ups. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9660139-0-5 Inventory Number: 027631

(ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS). Environmental Communications. Los Angeles & Venice, CA. ND (1977): Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Environmental Communications. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 20 x 13" heavy foil-coated paper sheet screenprinted recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Environmental Communications. This is the luxe, silkscreen-over-silver-foil-substrate poster issued by Environmental Communications in conjunction with their participation as part of the intriguing 1977 Los Angeles County Museum of Art show, "California: 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History." Their contribution was "Environmental Communications Looks at Los Angeles", a sprawling multi-media exhibition of hundreds of the free-form media cooperative's contemporary photographs of Southern California's recent architecture, murals, signage, and outdoor graphics. The Museum's catalogue included Tom Wolfe's essay on the firm entitled "Chester Gould Versus Roy Lichtenstein." A bright, shiny, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon poster depicting an aerial view of LA's iconic downtown freeway interchange showing a few minor nicks and scuffs. It will be mailed in a poster tube. Inventory Number: 027630

(LOZANO, LEE). Lozano, Lee. New York. 2016-2021: Karma. First Editions. 12mo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artist's Books. As New./No Jackets - As Issued.. Since 2016, New York's esteemed Karma has dedicated itself to publishing a series of facsimile reproductions of eleven spiral-bound, 5 x 3" commercial notebooks from the late 1960s compiled by the noted late contemporary artist Lee Lozano. "A prolific writer and documenter of both her art and her relationships, Lee Lozano kept a series of personal journals from 1968 to 1970 while living in New York's SoHo neighborhood. In 1972 she rigorously edited these books, thus completing the project. Eleven of these private books survive, containing notes on her work, detailed interactions with artist friends and commentary on the alienations of gender politics, as well as philosophical queries into art's role in society and humorous asides from daily life." A brand new, complete set of all nine volumes issued to date - including the unavailable first edition of the first notebook - still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-942607-55-5 Inventory Number: 027619

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush, Nathaniel Kilcer & Matthew Richards, Editors. New York: Little Bear Press, 2017. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (200pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Art Director - Nathaniel Kilcer. XXX In this seventeenth edition of his annual arts journal, Bruce Weber considers the wisdom of the experienced and the conviction of the young as a framework for hope in disorienting times. He profiles the veteran stage actor Cherry Jones and the long-time CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer, whose respective careers stand as testaments to personal ingenuity, common sense, and the power of adaptability. The uncommon life of the late philanthropist and entrepreneur Jay Weiss - a pillar of the Miami community - is narrated with humor and candor by two of his daughters, Jennie Weiss Block and Laurie Weiss Nuell. Patti Ragan, the founder of the Center for Great Apes, shares her devotion to primates abandoned by the entertainment industry. In addition to these profiles, Weber presents photo essays devoted to Sergeant James Jensen IV, a decorated Army veteran trying to navigate the return to civilian life, and Marge Winski, the soulful lighthouse keeper who stands watch over Montauk Point on the East End of Long Island, NY. "All-American XVII: Glory Be" is also rich with original commissioned works. Noe Dewitt documents the final days of Saint Anthony, a parochial school in Jersey City, in a story that explores the unique relationship between its celebrated basketball coach, Bob Hurley, and one of his last star players, R.J. Cole. An all-star lineup of contemporary women photographers - Lynda Churilla, Stef Mitchell, Yelena Yemchuk, and Olivia Bee - reflect on the experience of chronicling the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. And Joel Griffith presents a highly personal, contemplative study of The Rockaways - a quiet corner of Queens that mirrors the hopes and contradictions of New York City at large. The journal closes with a heartfelt dedication to Sam Shepard - the celebrated author, playwright and a frequent subject of Weber’s lens". A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 027618

Bell, Edna & Mari Evans. Santa Barbara, CA: UCEN Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. viii + 42pp, 38 b&w illustrations. Designed by Shirley Kennedy. With artist biographies and an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1975 exhibition of work by twenty-five black women artists presented on the occasion of the University of California, Santa Barbara's fourth annual Black Culture Festival. Included here are Cherlyn Delores Bell, Melonee T. Blocker, Gloria R. Bohanon, Elizabeth Catlett, Barbara Dumetz, Mkele Egozi, Brenda Lipscombe Fakeye, Duneen Farrell, Nanette Hayles, Varnette Honeywood, Suzanne Jackson, Rosalind Jeffries, Lizzetta Lefalle, Samella S. Lewis, Diane McClinton, E.J. Montgomery, Jessie Lane Moore, Betty Mosley, Monica D. Pecot, Angela Perkins, Georgette Seabrooke Powell, Leslie Ann Robinson, Donna D. Simmons, Gloria Brown Simmons, Carole Jean Wayner, and Cynthia J. White. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only six copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - document. LC 75-24823 Inventory Number: 027611

(ANDRE, CARL). Bourdon, David. Foreword by Barbara Rose. New York: Jaap Rietman, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Richard S. Haymes. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 circulating American Museum retrospective exhibition of sixteen sculptures and sculptural installations executed between 1959 and 1977 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre. A handsome example. LC 78-56827 Inventory Number: 027609

(ANP QUARTERLY) (JOHANSON, CHRIS) (TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed, Brendan Fowler & Aaron Rose, Editors. Costa Mesa, CA: RVCA, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published as part of Costa Mesa-based surf and skate clothing company RVCA's "Artist Network Program", ANP Quarterly was a wonderfully irreverent, informative labor of love on the part of editorial troika Ed Templeton, Aaron Rose and Brendan Fowler. This third issue from 2005 contains an in-depth interview with cover icons Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson as well as features on or by Megawords Magazine, Little Cakes, Dog & Pony Store, Proyectos Monclova, skate designer Sean Cliver, Matt Leines, Azita Youseffi, Steve Powers on Coney Island's "Dreamland Artist Club", Niki de St. Phalle, Printed Matter, Reading Frenzy, Arcana: Books on the Arts, Dave Schubert, and more. A brand new, most handsome example of this graphically striking cultural journal that was distributed hors commerce on an irregular basis in a rather haphazard fashion and not offered commercially for sale. Inventory Number: 027608