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ANDY WARHOL: DEATH AND DISASTERS
(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy, Neil Printz, Gerard Malanga & Remo Guidieri. Foreword by Walter Hopps. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection & Houston Fine Art Press, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Yuka Bizen and Marilyn Muller. With a chronology and bibliography. This is the elaborately printed catalogue published in conjunction with an impressive 1988 exhibition of forty-two works from the sixties entitled "Andy Warhol: Death and Disasters" held at Houston's Menil Collection. A handsome example showing some trivial brown speckling along the top edge of the textblock along with the discreet blindstamp of an art dealer on the front free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. 0-939594-19-6 Inventory Number: 025150
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SIX PAINTERS AND THE OBJECT
Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Thomas M. Messer. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1963. First Edition 1/3000. Tall 8vo. Stapled Decorative Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np (14pp), 6 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Designed by Herbert Matter. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. One of the very first American Museum surveys of Pop Art, the Guggenheim Museum's "Six Painters and The Object" was the predecessor to curator Lawrence Alloway's exhibition of West Coast artists held later that same year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art entitled "Six More". His prescient selection of participants included Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, seminal document showing some mild wear and creasing to its rainbow-hued covers. Inventory Number: 027417
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IRUDI LAUSOTUA: TRABESTISMOA ETA IDENTITATEA ARTEAN / EL ROSTRO VELADO: TRAVESTISMO E IDENTIDAD EN EL ARTE (THE VEILED FACE: TRANSVEST[IT]ISM AND IDENTITY IN ART)
Cortes, Jose Miguel G.. San Sebastian, BASQUE: Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, 1997. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Silk Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Basque and Spanish, with an English summary. With a bibliography and filmography. This is the amazing catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1997 Spanish Museum exhibition whose English title translates as "The Veiled Face: Transvest[it]ism and Identity in Art". The premise of the show was to provide a comprehensive survey of Drag, Cross Dressing, Transvestitism, and the Transgendered as subject matter in contemporary art and film. The artists whose work is presented here are Claude Cahun, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Juan Hidalgo, Michel Journiac, Jurgen Klauke, Zoe Leonard, Urs Luthi, Lisette Model, Pierre Molinier, Catherine Opie, Pierre et Gilles, Man Ray, Humberto Rivas, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Joel-Peter Witkin. A brand new, most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 84-7907-214-8 Inventory Number: 011658
$100.00 InquireFiled Under: Art, Art Theory, Cinema, Erotica, Exhibition Catalogues, Exotica and Grotesqueries, Photography, Andy Warhol -
INSIGHT?
Gagosian, Larry. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563
$80.00 InquireFiled Under: Art, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst, Photography, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Edward Ruscha, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol -
POP ART AND THE CRITICS
Mahsun, Carol Anne Runyon. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 152pp, 22 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography. Issued as the twenty-third installment of U.M.I. Research Press' "Studies in the Fine Arts: Criticism", this scholarly monograph presents an in-depth examination of the critical response to the Pop Art movement of the sixties, primarily within the context of its New York practitioners. The principal artists covered are Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Tom Wesselmann, and of course, Andy Warhol, while the critics under discussion include Lawrence Alloway, Mario Amaya, Rainer Crone, Umberto Eco, Michael Fried, Henry Geldzahler, Clement Greenberg, Max Kozloff, Hilton Kramer, Lucy Lippard, Barbara Rose, Harold Rosenberg, Alan Solomon, and Susan Sontag. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition. 0-8357-1809-3 Inventory Number: 013000
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GO FIGURE
Neri, Louise. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with the summer 2009 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of figurative works by Richard Artschwager, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Carlo Mollino, Eadweard Muybridge, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-96-0 Inventory Number: 018519
$40.00 InquireFiled Under: Art, Dada and Surrealism, Marcel Duchamp, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Photography, Pop Art, Richard Prince, Andy Warhol -
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