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Siegelaub, Seth & John W. Wendler, Editors. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Roma Publications, Stedelijk Museum, De Appel & Stichting Egress Foundation, 2015. Second Edition (First Thus) 1/1600. 4to. Wrappers in Acetate Jacket. Artists' Book. As New/As New. np (372pp), 350 b&w illustrations. Issued in 1968 by gallerists Seth Siegelaub and John W. Wendler, this collaborative project known as "The Xerox Book" features contributions from artists Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, and Lawrence Weiner. Each participant contributed an original twenty-five page, 11 x 8 ½" artwork that would only exist on the printed page - not on a gallery wall. Generally considered to be the first conceptual artists' book, it was originally envisioned as being produced by a Xerox copy machine, however the price for printing the three hundred and sixty-eight page volume proved to financially unworkable, so it was ultimately printed using the offset process. A brand new, most handsome example of the already unavailable 2015 facsimile edition of this extraordinarily important Conceptual Art document limited to one thousand, six hundred copies published in conjunction with the Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum and De Appel arts centre's exhibition "Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art" still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 94-91843-52-4 Inventory Number: 027336

Spalek, John M., Bruce M. Broerman, Carol L. Paul & Henry A. Smith III. Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1977. First Edition 1/1000. Square 4to. Printed Wrappers. Art Reference. Very Good-.. 272pp. This invaluable reference to German Expressionism is the third in a series of Art and Architecture bibliographies published by Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc. Over four thousand entries are divided into three indexes: General reference, Movements and Schools, and works on individual artists - with a general index by author, gallery and subject. A most presentable copy showing some soiling to the wrappers at the spine as well as a small diagonal crease along the upper foredge corner of the first few pages. It has been priced accordingly. 0-912158-18-2 Inventory Number: 005771

Swallow, Ricky. Alexis Kerin & Stuart Krimko, Editors. New York & Los Angeles: Rainoff & David Kordansky Gallery, 2013. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Sinisa Mackovic and Robert Milne. With a fully illustrated exhibition checklist. "Grapevine~" documents an exhibition curated by artist Ricky Swallow at David Kordansky Gallery during the summer of 2013. It focuses on the work of five California-based artists who redefined the use of clay in contemporary art, and includes images of works created over a period of more than fifty years. Ceramic sculptures by Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, and Peter Shire exemplify the ways in which the medium underwent dramatic changes after World War II. Also included are select works by other artists influential in this dialogue, such as Ken Price and Peter Voulkos. An essay by Swallow explores the movement's idiosyncrasies and cross-currents, as well as its influence on subsequent generations of artists." A brand new, bright white example of this exquisitely designed and printed labor of love limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally signed by Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Peter Shire, Peter Voulkos and curator Ricky Swallow at an after-hours publication party at Los Angeles' Mandrake Bar following the exhbition opening. 0-9806516-6-2 Inventory Number: 026582

Various Artists. New York: Rudolf and Limbo, 1985. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Very Good -.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed color offset recto only, machine folded in fourths. Artwork by Huck Snyder. This is the poster announcing a one night only exhibition and live painting show by artists affiliated with New York's then-burgeoning East Village scene held on Wednesday, July 17th, 1985 at the recently opened Manhattan megaclub Palladium. Organized by nightlife impresario Rudolf - who was running The Limbo Lounge as well as Limbo Gallery at the time - it featured works by artists showing at Art Et Industrie, Art Mart, Avenue B., B-Side, Cash Newhouse, Civilian Warfare, Frank Barducci, Fun, Gracie Mansion, Hal Bromm, Limbo, Nature Morte, New Math, Piezo Electric, PPOW, Semaphore East, Sensory Evolution, Sharpe, Steven Adams, T. Greathouse, and Vox Populi. It reproduces a 1985 painting by Huck Snyder, who surely was a participant along with David Wojnarowicz and dozens more. A most presentable example of this striking, exceedingly uncommon poster that was folded by the printer and subsequently flattened showing some mild handling creases, minor ink loss with some touch-up at the bottom center, and two tape remnants along the top edge. Inventory Number: 026463

Veigas, Jose, Cristina Vives, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon & Dannys Montes De Oca. Los Angeles: California / International Arts Foundation, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Art Monograph. Fine/Fine. 576pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With biographies, exhibition histories, bibliography and accompanying CD-ROM which contains artist biographies. "Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century" is the first comprehensive publication on Twentieth Century Cuban art. For the first time, more than four hundred and fifty major Cuban artists from 1902 to the present are unified in this reference. Along with painting and sculpture, it includes the work of primitive or naive artists, together with engraving, photography, graphic design, comic drawings, ceramics, illustrations, installation and performance art. "Memoria" includes a compilation of the most significant critical writing and historical texts about Cuban art by authors from around the world, considering the effect of economic, cultural, social and political phenomena on Cuban art. Reproductions of artists' works - with critical commentary - are featured, along with an extensive bibliography including one thousand references for publications on Cuban art. There is also a chronology of nearly one hundred major exhibitions of Cuban art in the Twentieth Century, with a descriptive and analytical account of each exhibition and its participants. "Memoria" features never before seen photographs of exhibitions, artists, posters, catalogues and exhibition-related ephemera. It contains a CD-ROM which contains a comprehensive biographical listing of Cuban artists. The extensive information in this volume will be indispensable to those with an interest in Cuban art; it is supported by the valuable collection of material in the Jose Veigas Archive of Cuban Art in Havana, considered to be the single most comprehensive repository of information on Cuban artists and one of Cuba's most precious cultural treasures. Where there has been division and scattered sources of information, "Memoria" unifies biographical material and references for each artist, including those who have developed their artistic careers outside Cuba". A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon English language edition. 0-917571-11-8 Inventory Number: 025319

Volger, Bruno. Stuttgart, GERMANY. ND.: Schwabacher'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. First Edition. 8vo. Decorative Boards. Graphic Design Survey. Very Good/No Jacket. 157+ 26pp (advertisements at rear), 70 b&w illustrations. Text in German. "Moderne Reklamekunst..." is a comprehensively illustrated survey of the art and technique of modernist advertising and poster design in Germany just prior to the first World War. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 004737

van Kooij, Barbera, Oswaldo Costa & Robin Resch, Editors. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art, 1993. First Edition 1/650. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine.. 128pp, 30 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Cover image by Jean-Luc Moulene. The final of three annual volumes, this is a collection of the transcribed contemporary art history lectures presented during 1992 at Rotterdam's Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art. The contents and participants are: Guy Brett, Catherine David, Rodrigo Naves, and Sonia Salzstein-Goldberg - "I Aspire to the Great Labyrinth", Walter Nikkels - "The Catalogue: An Ordered List of Works", Craigie Horsfield - "30.8.92 on Walker Evans", Stephen Prina - "We Represent Ourselves to the World: Institutional Narrativity", Stephan Balkenhol, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Chris Dercon, Ludger Gerdes, Martin Kreyssig, and Jeff Wall - "The Body is the Present", and Bruce Mau - "Beyond Typography". A most handsome example. 90-73362-26-1 Inventory Number: 016953