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(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 192pp, 465 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the twenty-ninth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper supplementally covering the Cubist years of 1914 through 1919. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1975 first printing whose protective glassine wrapper shows some mild age-toning along the spine. Inventory Number: 022620

(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1963. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 174pp, 352 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the fourteenth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper covering the years 1944 through 1946. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1963 first printing showing some mild age-toning whose protective glassine wrapper has some tearing and paper loss at the spine ends. 2-85117-014-7 Inventory Number: 022614

(PIERSON, JACK). Pierson, Jack. San Francisco: Jack Hanley Gallery, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Jack Pierson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1992 San Francisco gallery exhibition, this compact catalogue cum artist's book features Jack Pierson's handwritten, resonant textual fragments and phrases in throughout - the only photograph reproduced is of a flattened Marlboro pack. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light creasing and rubbing along its spine. Inventory Number: 023617

(PITTMAN, LARI). Knight, Christopher. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 16pp, 7 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English. Designed by Robert Overby. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based painter Lari Pittman's participation in the 1992 Viennese exhibition "LAX". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 014902

(POLKE, SIGMAR). Polke, Sigmar & Rainer Speck. Ghent, BELGIUM & Cologne, GERMANY: Snoeck Publishers, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. xii + np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Inspired by Ovid's recounting of the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo, Sigmar Polke has created this massive, exceedingly luxe artist's book comprised of twenty-four chapters of hand-fed, manipulated Xeroxed imagery on heavy paper stock. Utilizing source-imagery ranging from Polke's own drawings, art historical prints, steel engravings, to photographs of Bettie Page and Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and the rest of the Rat Pack from "Ocean's Eleven", "Daphne" is a true tour-de-force of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, with no two copies exactly alike. A brand new, most handsome example of the English language edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Sigmar Polke in pencil at the rear colophon, in the publisher's unprinted black paper over boards slipcase, as issued. 3-936859-00-0 Inventory Number: 026991

(POLLOCK, JACKSON) (NAMUTH, HANS). Namuth, Hans, Jackson Pollock, Barbara Rose, Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright & B.H. Friedman. New York: Agrinde Publications Ltd., 1980. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np (120pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Bea Feitler. "Pollock Painting" is the most complete presentation to date of the late Hans Namuth's myth-making photographs and film stills of Jackson Pollock at work in his and Lee Krasner's East Hampton home and studio during 1950 and 1951. In a series of photo shoots and finally a film also entitled "Pollock Painting", Namuth relentlessly documented the artist mid-creation in innovative ways. The emergence of this work gave birth to Pollock's nickname of "Jack the Dripper", and some believe contributed to the depression and alcoholism that preceded his early death in 1956. The book features scores of these iconic images accompanied by texts from Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright, and B.H. Friedman. A most handsome example of the 1980 Agrinde Publications first American hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "to Connie Lembark / with more wishes than I can say - / Hans Namuth / May 1986." in black ink across the half title page showing some typical minor discoloration to the gutters of the inside covers and a bit of shaking along with the tiniest bit of sunning along the spine. There are traces of some discreet later gluing to the gutters of the textblock to reinforce the bindery's original use of cheap mucilage glue. The late Connie Lembark was a well-known Los Angeles art collector and her printed bookplate is affixed to the inside front. She was the co-author of the catalogue raisonné of prints by her close friend, Sam Francis, and this volume was acquired by us directly from Ms. Lembark prior to her passing. 0-960-10686-3 Inventory Number: 026390

(POLLOCK, JACKSON). Heller, Ben. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 94pp, 26 color and 8 duotone illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with with a 1990 exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and works on paper by Jackson Pollock held at Gagosian Gallery New York. A most presentable copy showing a bit of light wear and soiling to the wrappers as well as a mild curl to the upper foredge corner. 0-9624347-5-2 Inventory Number: 016895

(PRICE, KEN). Mizuno Gallery & Kasmin Limited. Los Angeles & London. 1969 + 1970: Mizuno Gallery & Kasmin Limited. First Editions. 8vo. Printed Postcards. Exhibition Announcements. Very Good or Better.. np, 3 b&w illustrations. This is a group of three photographically illustrated postcard announcements published in conjunction with gallery exhibitions of the work of the late, great Kenneth Price. Two are from the artist's first post-Ferus Gallery one person shows held at London's Kasmin Limited Gallery in 1968, and Los Angeles' Mizuno Gallery in 1969; and the third appears to be a late sixties Holiday / New Year's card from the Riko Mizuno Gallery. The two Mizuno cards are contemporaneously addressed by hand from the gallery to the noted late Los Angeles Contemporary Art collectors Dr. Judd and Katherine Marmor. The Kasmin card came from their archive as well. A most handsome group of these exceedingly uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 027286

(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

(PRINCE, RICHARD) (PARKETT). Prince, Richard. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1992. First Edition. 45 RPM Single + Sleeve. Artist Multiple. Near Fine./Fine.. PRINCE, RICHARD) (PARKETT). Prince, Richard. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1992. First Edition. 45 RPM Single + Sleeve. Artist Multiple. Near Fine./Fine.. One 7 inch, 45 rpm vinyl record in white paper sleeve. This double-sided single contains two compositions arranged and performed by Richard Prince entitled "Good Revolution" (1:46) and "Don't Belong" (1:46). These were recorded and mixed by Soul Coughing's Mark Degli Antoni at Harmonic Ranch in New York in 1992 as for use as a component of Prince's limited edition multiple entitled "Good Revolution" for Parkett number 34. Issued in a numbered edition of one hundred copies, the artwork consisted of a gold-plated version of this record, engraved plaque, and chromogenic color print mounted in a framed plaque that mimicked an RIAA gold record award. THIS IS NOT THAT ARTWORK, NOR IS IT SIGNED. This is a standard, unplayed 7" 45 rpm black vinyl single suitable for play on a turntable. A most handsome hors commerce example of this exceedingly uncommon item that was presented by the artist to a colleague at the time of its issue housed in its original unprinted white sleeve showing some mild surface wear. Inventory Number: 026367

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 10 x 8' heavy cardstock sheet printed color offset recto and stamped b&w verso, 1 color illustration. This is the luxe, graphically striking announcement for Richard Prince's 2014 Gagosian Madison Avenue Gallery New York exhibition of the artist's notorious - and at the time no longer legally encumbered - "Canal Zone" paintings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that reproduces his work "Graduation" from 2008 on the recto. Inventory Number: 027311

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard. New York: Artists Space, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (12pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Modestly duplicated and completely devoid of imagery, "War Pictures" is art and book world éminence grise Richard Prince's twelve page pamphlet of texts published in conjunction with his February 1980 exhibition at Manhattan's Artists Space. It is Prince's very first monographic publication - preceding his "Menthol Wars" by four months, and the first installment in his "War / Menthol / Pictures" trilogy. A most handsome example (artist's book entry 1 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of the exceedingly uncommon first state - only five copies total for both 1980 editions are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to approximately one hundred "uncorrected proofs" showing a bit of mild handling and slight discoloration to its pale green bond wrappers. Inventory Number: 026682

(PURIFOY, NOAH). Purifoy, Noah & Ted Michel. Los Angeles. ND (1966).: Self Published. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. This is the slender twelve page catalogue produced in conjunction with a1966 exhibition of Los Angeles-based African-American artist Noah Purifoy's assemblage and sculptural works fashioned from the detritus of the 1965 Watts Riots. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly important - and uncommon - document additionally signed "Noah Purifoy" in black ink on the title page. Laid in is an 8 1/2 x 11", tri-folded offset flyer for a June 1966 exhibition of a "continuum of '66 Signs of Neon" accompanied by a symposium held at the Men's Lounge of the UCLA Student Union. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027725

(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

(RAUCH, NEO). Kunde, Harald. Foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schroder. Ostfildern, GERMANY & Vienna, AUSTRIA: Hatje Cantz Verlag & Albertina, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), 15 color and 1 b&w illustration. Text in German and English. With a chronology. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with noted Leipzig-based artist Neo Rauch's 2004 exhibition of recent large scale works on paper held at Vienna's Albertina. A most handsome copy. 3-7757-1501-0 Inventory Number: 018693

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

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Joshua C. Taylor. Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts & Smithsonian Institution, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 218pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with the 1976 Robert Rauschenberg retrospective held in honor of America's Bicentennial at the National Collection of Fine Arts that subsequently traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, and The Art Institute of Chicago. An internally bright, most handsome example of the paperbound first printing of this important document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "BOB RAUSCHENBERG" in blue ink across the title page showing some typical light sunning to the spine. LC 76-58522 Inventory Number: 027041

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Joshua C. Taylor. Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts & Smithsonian Institution, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 218pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with the 1976 Robert Rauschenberg retrospective held in honor of America's Bicentennial at the National Collection of Fine Arts that subsequently traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, and The Art Institute of Chicago. An otherwise most handsome example of the hardbound first printing of this important document showing some light rubbing and sunning to the dust jacket along with the discreet ink ownership stamp of the director of one of Rauschenberg's galleries at the time on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. LC 76-58522 Inventory Number: 025222

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Jouffroy, Alain, Lawrence Alloway, Michel Ragon, Francoise Choay, Gillo Dorfles, John Cage & Robert Rauschenberg. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1963. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (32pp), 11 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with two sequential 1963 exhibitions of twenty-six works total executed by Robert Rauschenberg between 1953 and 1963 held at his longtime Parisian gallery Ileana Sonnabend. A most handsome example of this uncommon early item with the gallery's exhibition checklist additionally laid in showing just a bit of typical age-toning and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025851

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Kotz, Mary Lynn. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in 1990 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this is the beautifully illustrated, comprehensive monograph on the pioneering late American artist Robert Rauschenberg featuring a lengthy, insightful text by Mary Lynn Kotz. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition of this important document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mary Lynn Kotz" in black ink and "BOB RAUSCHENBERG" in gold marker across the half title page. 0-8109-3752-2 Inventory Number: 026394

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Rauschenberg, Robert. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Fine.. np (12pp), 2 tipped color and 6 b&w illustrations + covers. Designed by John Coy. Cover Montage by Robert Rauschenberg. This is one of Los Angeles based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of Robert Rauschenberg's 1973 dyed, handmade paper multiples known as "Pages" and "Fuses". A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item.. Inventory Number: 025860

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Saff, Donald. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Heland Wetterling Gallery, 1989. First Edition 1/4000. Square 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 24pp, 11 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition history. This handsome catalogue was produced by Stockholm's Wetterling Gallery in conjunction with a 1989 Robert Rauschenberg exhibition of paintings by screened on copper, aluminum, and galvanized steel. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 013444

(RAY, CHARLES). Ray, Charles. New York. ND (2009).: Matthew Marks Gallery. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (40pp), 22 color illustrations. Designed by Silvia Gaspardo Moro. "Log" presents Charles Ray's life-size sculpture of a fallen log he discovered by the side of the highway in California. After visiting it many times, the artist decided to move the log in pieces to his studio, where he made molds and produced a fiberglass replica of it. Eventually, he sent the fiberglass replica to Japan where a master woodworker and his apprentices carved the final wooden sculpture out of Japanese cypress". A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant hardbound document additionally SIGNED "Charles Ray" in black ink. 1-880146-54-1 Inventory Number: 018690

(RAYSSE, MARTIAL). Ashbery, John & Pierre Restany. New York: Dwan Gallery, 1963. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (8pp), 3 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition history. This is the slender, charmingly designed six page catalogue featuring brief texts by John Ashbery and Pierre Restany published in conjunction with Martial Raysse's January 1963 exhibition at Los Angeles' legendary Virginia Dwan Gallery entitled "Mirrors and Portraits: 1962". Only the French Pop artist's second one-man show in the United States, it traveled to New York's Iolas Gallery the following month. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a bit of light handling along with two tiny areas of white-out on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 024391

(RAYSSE, MARTIAL). Hahn, Otto & Martial Raysse. Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 20pp, 6 color illustrations. Designed by John W. Weber. This is the engaging catalogue published in conjunction with Martial Raysse's 1967 exhibition at Los Angeles' legendary Dwan Gallery. It reproduces six then-new paintings along with a tipped-in text by the French Pop artist entitled "I have a thousand things to put in order". A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light soiling and handling to its textured white covers. Inventory Number: 024389

(REICHEL, HANS) (MILLER, HENRY). Miller, Henry & Karl Shapiro. Introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Louise and Jon Webb, Editors. Tucson, AZ: Loujon Press, 1966. First Edition 1/99 Deluxe. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. ¼ Leather Over Cloth Slipcased. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 106pp, illustrated in monochrome. Text in English and French. Designed by Louise and Jon Webb. "Order and Chaos Chez Hans Reichel" publishes for the first time Henry Miller's thoughtful 1938 essay on the underappreciated German-born, Parisian-based visual artist Hans Reichel. A typically elaborately designed and lavishly produced Loujon undertaking, it features an introduction by Lawrence Durrell along with beautiful reproductions of several of Reichel's Paul Klee-inspired works. A most handsome example of the uncommon "Oasis Edition" in gilt-stamped ½ leather over cloth housed in the publisher's printed cork-covered slipcase limited to ninety-nine copies SIGNED AND DATED "Henry Miller / 6/6/66" in black ink on a blank leaf at the rear, as issued, showing the smallest bit of brown spotting to its illustrated vellum dust jacket. LC 66-30442 Inventory Number: 027421

(REINHARDT, AD). Reinhardt, Ad & Peter Schjeldahl. New York: The Truman Gallery, 1976. First Edition. Folio. Printed Tabloid Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +.. np, six 16 ½ x 23" sheets printed offset recto and verso, machine-folded in half to make 16 ½ x 11 ½" laid into a printed paper portfolio cover. Published in conjunction with a 1976 exhibition held at New York's Truman Gallery, this is an elaborate collection of large format reproductions of noted American abstract artist Ad Reinhardt's humorous "Art Comics" and "Satires" of the mid-fifties. An internally handsome example of this uncommon item whose printed craft paper exterior portfolio shows noticeable creases, nicks, stains, and some overall wear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 027250

(RENAU, JOSEP). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 50 color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted entirely to the satirical political photomontages of Spaniard Josep Renau. Beginning with his Communist Party poster designs of the wartime era, this is a tour de force on the par with the work of John Heartfield, primarily lampooning the United States and its preoccupation with sex, death consumerism, colonialism, racism, and Cold War era brinksmanship with the Soviet Union. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon gem (cited on page 116 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook" - even though Renau was an artist and not a photographer!). 968-16-2115-8 Inventory Number: 025050

(RENOIR, AUGUSTE). Stella, Dr. Joseph G. Foreword by George S. Bolge. Bradford & London, ENGLAND: Lund Humphries, 1975. First Edition 1/3078. Small 4to. Wrappers in Acetate Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. np (112pp), 64 b&w illustrations + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Auguste Renoir consists of sixty fully illustrated entries detailing twenty-five etchings and thirty-five lithographs executed by the noted French Impressionist master. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference. 0-08-390168-X Inventory Number: 026086

(RHOADES, JASON). Rhoades, Jason. NP. ND (Circa 1997).: NP (Self-Published). First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (22pp), 9 b&w illustrations + color covers. "VARIOUSVIRGINS: Deviations in Space" is a slender twenty-two page artist's book likely produced by Jason Rhoades in conjunction with his 1997 installation entitled "Deviations in Space, Various Virgins" exhibited at New York's David Zwirner Gallery. In it, the iconoclastic late Los Angeles-based artist definies a number of terms incorporating the word "version" - from "aversion" to "universion" - before elaborating upon the piece's references, background, and sculptural components. It is an intensely smart publication that reveals the work's inspiration in both Pasadena's notorious rocket propulsion pioneer-turned-Majick acolyte Jack Whiteside Parsons and the artistic practice of Franz West! As a bonus, it also reproduces Rhoades' astrological natal chart. Low-budget and chaotic like so many of his installations, this was almost certainly hand-assembled and staple-bound by Rhoades himself at his Inglewood studio using the artist's trusty Canon multi-cartridge color duplicator. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, possibly unique document showing some trivial dampstaining along the top edge of the last few pages. Inventory Number: 026501

(RICKEY, GEORGE). Davidson III, Maxwell. Altglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 288pp, 382 color and b&w illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. "George Rickey's importance to the art world is belied by the lack of literature about one of the world's most accomplished kinetic sculptors. His fascinating sculptural oeuvre spans a fifty-three-year working period (1949-2002) and is incredibly diverse. This book is concerned exclusively with the early indoor sculptures from the first twenty-five years of George Rickey's output. With three hundred and eighty-two color and black & white photographs covering the artist's early innovations, we get an intimate and complete picture of his artistic diversity. This book lays a firm foundation to an understanding of Rickey's creative intentions, and carefully categorizes the works into thirty-eight stylistically diverse chapters. Many of these works are published here for the first time". A pristine copy. 0-7643-1992-2 Inventory Number: 009649

(RICKEY, GEORGE). Hope, Henry R.. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1962. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (20pp), 8 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with pioneering kinetic artist George Rickey's 1962 exhibition of seventy-one sculptures and works on paper executed between 1951 and 1962 held at Dusseldorf's Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen. A most presentable copy of this uncommon early document showing some overall light wear and soiling as well as two diagonal soft creases through the upper foredge corner that has been INSCRIBED but not signed by George Rickey in his inimitable script with his address (R.D. #2, East Chatham, New York.) in black ink below his printed name on the title page. Inventory Number: 016874

(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

(ROBERT, HUBERT). Carlson, Victor. Preface by J. Carter Brown. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of the drawings and watercolors of the noted Eighteenth Century French artist Hubert Robert held at Washington's National Gallery of Art. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing light age-toning, soiling and insect damage to its covers along with some mild abrading along the spine. It has been priced accordingly. LC 78-22022 Inventory Number: 025935

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Blau, Douglas. New York & Los Angeles: Jay Gorney Modern Art & Thomas Solomon's Garage, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (42pp), 10 color illustrations. This is a charming catalogue issued in conjunction with a pair of 1992 gallery exhibitions of Alexis Rockman's unique paintings of Natural History gone horribly awry. Douglas Blau's textual contribution is in the form of an index that has everything and nothing to do with the show's subject matter. A handsome example showing a slight crease across the spine. Inventory Number: 014498

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Decter, Joshua. New York: John Post Lee Gallery, 1991. First Edition 1/300. Square 8vo. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 36pp, 15 b&w and 8 tipped-in color illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Gunnar Kaldewey. This beautiful little hardbound book published in conjunction with a 1991 John Post Lee Gallery exhibition by Alexis Rockman features the artist's work mingled with elegant reproductions of some source material for his disarming imagery. A most handsome example of the first edition limited to three hundred copies each SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in black ink at the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 007395

(ROSENQUIST, JAMES). Pierre, Jose, Edward F. Fry & Edouard Jaguer. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (12pp), 6 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with James Rosenquist's first international exhibition held in 1964 at Ileana Sonnabend in Paris. A handsome example of this uncommon early item - the Pop Art master's first monographic publication - with the gallery's exhibition checklist additionally laid in showing some mild wear, age-toning, and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 025852

(ROT, DIETER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter. Stuttgart, GERMANY. 1967-1968.: Edition Hansjorg Mayer. First Edition #70/230. Narrow 4to. Wrappers in Full Leather. Artist's Book. Near Fine/Near Fine. np, 2 b&w letterpress decorations + a color collage. Text in German. Published in 1968 by Dieter Roth's longtme collaborator Edition Hansjorg Mayer, this is the double issue comprising numbers 3 and 4 of "Poeterei" - the innovative Swiss artist's late sixties journal devoted to Poetry and Poesie. The first part consists of a single typographic text by Roth in German printed by letterpress on heavy handmade paper incorporating an original collaged postcard fragment that has been annotated "D.R. 68." beneath that in green ink. The second portion contains one hundred and sixty-three brief textual framents by Rorh also printed by letterpress on a much thinner stock. The volume is features green flocked endpapers reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp's "La Mariee mise a nu par ses Celibataires meme"i bound in full light grey full leather. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred and thirty copies NUMBERED (70/230) AND SIGNED "Diter Roth" in green ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 026709

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1200. Small 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine./Fine.. 472pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in German. Issued in 1972 as the thirteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 13" contains material from several of the innovative Swiss artist's publications from the mid to late sixties A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026705

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Wasserpresse (Water Presse) & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1970 as the eleventh volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 11" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's photographically illustrated 1960 volume entitled "Snow". A handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild age-toning to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 026703