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(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the first American one-person exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville held at Gagosian Gallery New York in 1999. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, along with an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition. 1-880154-2605 Inventory Number: 017959

(SCHARF, KENNY). Scharf, Kenny, Dennis Hopper, Barry Blinderman, Dan Cameron & Ann Magnuson. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Kenny Scharf retrospective held at Mexico's Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey. If features reproductions of each of the thirty-six paintings exhibited as well as essays by Barry Blinderman and Dan Cameron, and a transcribed conversation between Scharf and Dennis Hopper. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 968-6623-36-1 Inventory Number: 018961

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian. New York: Random House, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in 1987 when his artworld career seemed boundless, this lavishly produced hardbound book reproduces scores of works by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel all accompanied by the maestro's own engaging narrative of his passage through the International art world and its excesses. A brand new, most handsome example of the Random House first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... / Julian" whose fragile printed acetate dust jacket shows none of the cracks or tears typically associated with this title. 0-394-55313-6 Inventory Number: 025187

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian, et al.. New York: Pace & PaceWildenstein Gallery. 1984-2003.. First Editions. 4to. Wrappers. Artist Monographs. Very Good - or Better.. np + 40pp + 40pp + 54pp + np + np + 44pp + np + np + 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is a complete set of all ten catalogues issued by Pace - and later PaceWildenstein - Gallery for noted artist/director Julian Schnabel spanning nineteen years of solo exhibitions there. They are as follows: "Julian Schnabel" with text by Gert Schiff - 1984; "Julian Schnabel" with text by Wilfried Dickhoff - 1986; "Julian Schnabel: Fox Farm Paintings" with text by Thomas McEvilley - 1989; "Julian Schnabel: Sculpture 1987-1990" with text by Rene Ricard; "Julian Schnabel: Olatz, The End of Summer, and Hurricane Bob" with text by Gabriella De Ferrari - 1992; "Julian Schnabel: Boni Lux" - 1994; "Julian Schnabel: The Conversion of St. Paolo Malfi" with text by Bernice Rose; "Julian Schnabel: Portrait Paintings" with text by Guillermo Cabrera Infante" - 1997; "Julian Schnabel: Plate Paintings 1978-1997 - 1999; and "Julian Schnabel: New Indian Paintings and Selected Sculpture" - 2003. A most handsome group - with the 1984 catalogue showing a small tear at the spine as well as the blindstamp of previous owner - and the rest in Near Fine to Fine condition. Inventory Number: 012882

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian & Louise Neri. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (42pp) 18 b&w and 16 color illustrations. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 2008 Gagosian Gallery exhibition that reproduces each of the sixteen exhibited "Christ's Last Day" paintings by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap 1-932598-70-7 Inventory Number: 019595

(SCHOLDER, FRITZ). Scholder, Fritz, et al.. Various (primarily Santa Fe, NM). 1971-1973.: Various Publishers (including Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Gallery 10, etc.). Various Editions - Primarily Firsts. 12mo + 8vo + 4to. Wrappers. Artist Monographs. Very Good -. or Better. This is a collection of sixty pieces of printed documentation on the work of the pioneering late Contemporary Native American artist Fritz Scholder. It consists of two paperbound books (the 1972 Smithsonian monograph "Indians" and the 1975 Northland Press survey of Scholder's own photographs, "Indian Kitsch: The Use and Misuse of Indian Images"), fourteen exhibition catalogues issued between 1972 and 1991, fourteen slender print prospectuses (including Tamarind's "Indians Forever" and Mourlot's "Indian in Paris" which include loose miniature reproductions) and gallery exhibition brochures from 1971 and 1987, twenty-three larger folded exhibition announcements from 1976 to 1992, six postcard announcements, and a 1976 issue of 3M's "Where: A Travelaide Publication" for Phoenix that features the painting "Sitting Indian" on the front cover. "Controversial and prolific, Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) embraced paradox. An enrolled member of the Luiseno tribe, he often said he was not Indian. Scholder's works were immediately recognized for their insight and powerful commentary on publicly held stereotypes of Native Americans and propelled Scholder into a position of prominence as an artist. His revolutionary paintings broke away from stereotypical roles and forever changed the concept of "Indian artist". This group of documentary materials gives great insight to Scholder's work and exhibition activities of the seventies and eighties - including a wealth of items from the artist's primary galleries of the period including Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Jack O' Grady Galleries, Tally Richards, Gallery 10, Louis Newman, and Gerald Peters. Overall these pieces are in at least Very Good Minus condition, though many of the announcement were mailed and bear the recipients' addresses and postal indicia. Please feel free to contact us regarding more specific details Inventory Number: 027310

(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Steinitz, Kate Trauman. Introduction by John Coplans and Walter Hopps. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Douglas Nicholson. With a list of biographies. Kate Trauman Steinitz was a Hannover-based colleague, close associate, and here the posthumous biographer of Kurt Schwitters. The first English language memoir of the renowned Dada and collage pioneer, it features an introduction co-authored by former Pasadena Art Museum curators Walter Hopps and John Coplans and includes translations of numerous prose and performance pieces - including the libretto for Schwitters and Steinitz' unpublished 1928 collaborative "science-fiction opera", "Zusammenstoss" ("Collision"). A most handsome example whose dust jacket shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-520-01219-4 Inventory Number: 024470

(SEGAL, GEORGE). Hunter, Sam. Introduction By Fred Hoffman. Santa Monica, CA: Fred Hoffman Fine Art, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 11 duotone illustrations + color cover. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. This is the beautifully designed and produced catalogue that accompanied the 1995 Sam Hunter curated Santa Monica gallery exhibition of recent works by the late, renowned American figurative sculptor George Segal. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 008583

(SERRA, RICHARD) (BOCHNER, MEL). Halbreich, Kathy. Cambridge, MA: Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 52pp, 36 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint exhibition of works by Mel Bochner and Richard Serra. A most presentable example showing some overall light wear as well as some mild soiling and browning to the white covers. Inventory Number: 016180

(SERRA, RICHARD). Foster, Hal. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. np (16pp), 12 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the compact catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Richard Serra exhibition "Out-of-Round" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. Devoid of any text, it features small color reproductions of each of the twelve paintstick on paper works shown across a leporello (accordion-fold panels). A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some slight rubbing to its black jacket along the spine. Inventory Number: 022845

(SERRA, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 1991-2017.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Twenty sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eighteen stylish announcement cards, a brochure, and a poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Richard Serra held variously at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, Rome, London, Paris, and Geneva between 1991 and 2017. The group consists of "New Sculpture and Drawings ('91 - Serra's first Gagosian show)", "Intersections II ('93)", "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres brochure ('01)", "Rolled And Forged ('06)", "Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra ('07)", "Five Drawings ('08)", "Sculpture / Drawing ('08)", "Solids ('08)", "Blind Spot 2002-3 / Open Ended 2007-8 poster - folded as issued ('09)", "Greenpoint Rounds ('10)", "Drawings ('11)", "Richard Serra ('11)", "Drawings ('12)", "Double Rifts ('13)", "New Sculpture ('14)", "Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross / Drawing ('14)", "Ramble Drawings ('15)", "Ramble Drawings ('16)", "NJ-1 / Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through ('16)", and "NJ-2 / Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Rotate ('17)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026799

(SERRA, RICHARD). Reid, James. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1996. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by James Cross. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of fourteen monochrome etchings by Richard Serra produced between 1993 and 1996. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025863

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1981. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (24pp), 23 duotone illustrations + cover. Designed by Coy, Los Angeles. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely print/multiple prospectuses detailing the publication of twelve lithographs and three paintstick on aluminum multiples by Richard Serra produced between 1980 and 1981. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing light wear, age-toning, and soiling to its white covers with the publisher's price list laid in. Inventory Number: 023750

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard, Hal Foster & David Sylvester. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Steidl, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 240pp, 271 duotone illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles survey exhibition of steel sculptures executed by Richard Serra between 1983 and 1998. It includes copious photographic documentation along with a catalogue raisonné of the primarily monumental-scale works from this period, an essay by Hal Foster, and a transcribed interview between David Sylvester and the artist. A most handsome example of this important document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE PRESENTATION "For ..., Richard" in pencil across the entire half title page to a Gagosian Gallery associate. 3-88243-623-9 Inventory Number: 018868

(SHAHN, BEN). Shahn, Ben, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Egal Feldman, Charles Westheimer & Emile Zola. Cincinnati, OH: Crossroads Books, 1984. First Edition 1/60 Deluxe. Folio. Prints in a Clamshell Box. Print Portfolio. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 28pp, 1 color and 4 b&w illustrations + eight 16 x 12" loose sheets printed in color offset lithography, recto only, in printed paper sleeves. Text in English and French. Designed by Noel Martin. This is the elegant portfolio reproducing eight color illustrations by Ben Shahn of the participants of the 1894 Dreyfus Affair. These exquisite oversized images are reproduced by offset lithography, signed by the artist in the plate, and individually housed in printed paper portfolios with tissue overlays. The prints are accompanied by a twenty-eight page hardbound book that typographically transcribes in French and English "J'Accuse...!" - Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter to French president Felix Faure in defense of Dreyfus - along with brief scholarly essays on Shahn, L'Affaire Dreyfus, and this project. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe, hors commerce 1984 first Crossroads Books edition of this significant undertaking limited to sixty NUMBERED (XXIII/XL) copies whose prints are on Grand Arches handmade pure rag verge paper - superior to the Arches paper of the trade edition. 0-9611380-1-7 Inventory Number: 025189

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest-sized issue of Life magazine showing some light spotting on the inside front and rear covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 023965

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest sized issue of Life magazine. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 020926

(SHERMAN, CINDY) (KLAUKE, JURGEN). Goetz, Ingvild, Christiane Meyer-Stoll, Hans Kickel, Peter Weibel, Jan Avgikos, Matthew Weinstein & Noemi Smolik. Munich, GERMANY & Humlebaek, DENMARK: Sammlung Goetz, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With biographies and an index of illustrations. This is a handsome catalogue published in conjunction with a 1994 European exhibition of photographically-based works by Cindy Sherman and Jurgen Klauke from the estimable contemporary art collection of Ingvild Goetz. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89322-674-5 Inventory Number: 010316

(SHUBUCK, SIMONE). Shubuck, Simone, Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey & Alex Wagner. New York, NY: Self-published. Printed in Poland by Szaransky, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.


"In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched WIFEY, a Brooklyn pop up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.


While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed ten very unusual fake cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz of Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layers cakes, which were served at WIFEY and were met with great acclaim.


As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: "She had made a paged project before; a short run of 'zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. “It had more of a punk vibe,” Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course that would make the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life. As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: “Simone’s work - on paper, in clay, in life! - retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.”


Includes texts by Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey, and Alex Wagner.








0-692-07877-0 Inventory Number: E000SS

(SIGHICELLI, ELISA). Alemani, Cecilia. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the striking hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of eleven recent Duratrans photographic images by the Italian born, London based artist Elisa Sighicelli. A most handsome copy. 1-935263-02-1 Inventory Number: 020452

(SIMPSON, LORNA). Simpson, Lorna & Thelma Golden. Santa Monica, CA: The Peter Norton Family, 1994. First Edition. Tall Narrow 4to. Three Sculptural Elements. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Three wishbone sculptural elements (bronze, ceramic and rubber) displayed within a die-cut, lithographed felt compartment housed in a sliding wooden box. Issued as the 1994 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, this limited edition multiple entitled "III" by noted African-American artist Lorna Simpson "continues the evolution of her art. It centers on a wishbone, a key of her artistic imagery, and draws on the metaphorical meanings of the project's materials. "III" is Lorna Simpson's meditation on wishing". A handsome example of this elegant artist's multiple issued hors commerce and never commercially available for sale showing a few typical small nicks and scratches to the wooden box with the Norton Family Christmas card bearing Thelma Golden's descriptive text on the verso laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 027522

(SMITH, DAVID). Smith, Candida. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of five monumental sculptural works by the renowned Abstract Expressionist artist David Smith. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935263-10-2 Inventory Number: 020455

(SMITH, JACK). Jordan, Mary, Director. New York: Arthouse Films, 2007. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. NTSC DVD in Plastic Case. Documentary Film. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 95 minutes + extras, in color. "Perhaps America's most important artist from the last fifty years, Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer, and the 'William Blake of film'. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks left no generation untouched since, and became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Matthew Barney. In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith's friends and enemies such as George Kuchar, Ken Jacobs, Tony Conrad, Sylvere Lotringer, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Ronald Tavel, John Waters, John Zorn, Agosto Machado, Andrew Sarris, Ari Roussimoff, Billy Name, Ela Troyano, Gary Indiana, George Kuchar, Helen Gee, Henry Hills, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Ivan Galietti, Jerry Tartaglia, John Matturri, John Vaccaro, Lawrence Rinder, Mary Woronov, Mike Kelley, Nayland Blake, Nick Zedd, Richard Foreman, Robert Heide, Robert Wilson, Taylor Mead, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Uzi Parnes, and William Niederkorn intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics, and institutional-art "gatekeepers". Jordan also delves into Smith's tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol - who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's "Superstars" concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics. From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America's most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism, and meaning in contemporary art. Since his 1989 death, Smith's work has been rarely publicly displayed. Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York's ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground". A brand new, pristine unplayed example of this DVD in letterbox format still in the manufacturer's shrinkwrapped plastic case. Inventory Number: 018984

(SMITH, JOSH). Smith, Josh. NP (New York): Josh Smith, 2001. First Edition #16/20 Deluxe. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Stiff Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (circa 192pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is New York-based Josh Smith's witty 2001 self-published artist's book filled with an amalgam of nineteenth Century steel engravings, childlike portraits, and Smith's equally childlike signature, Each is presented as a full page black and white plate digitally printed on the rectos only. A brand new, most handsome example of this unique object limited to twenty copies only whose front and back covers are HAND ILLUSTRATED, SIGNED "Josh Smith", NUMBERED (16/20), AND DATED "2001" IN GRAPHITE. Inventory Number: 027436

(SPARKUHL, PAT). Sparkuhl, Pat, Kim Abeles & Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald. William S. Bartman, Editor. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Pat Sparkuhl. It features reproductions of work executed between 1979 and 1990, an essay by Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald, as well as the transcript of an interview between Sparkuhl and artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1991 hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (5/35) AND SIGNED by Sparkuhl, Abeles, and Fitzgerald in black ink on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-05-1 Inventory Number: 024441

(SPENCE, ANDREW). Spence, Andrew, Richard Armstrong & Colin Thomson. William S. Bartman, Editor. NP: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 46pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based abstract geometric painter Andrew Spence. It features reproductions of work executed between 1971 and 1991, an essay by Richard Armstrong, as well as the transcript of an interview between Spence and Colin Thomson. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 unnumbered hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) issued hors commerce in a very limited quantity for the use of the press additionally SIGNED by Spence and Thomson in pencil on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-07-8 Inventory Number: 024442

(SPERO, NANCY). Storr, Robert. Tokyo: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (46pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. The twentieth installment (of one hundred) in Kyoto Shoin's "ArT RANDOM" series supervised by Edit DeAk, "Re_Birth of Venus" is a comprehensive monograph devoted to Nancy Spero's feminist-minded artworks from the eighties. A brand new, pristine example. 4-7636-8548-1 Inventory Number: 014627

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. Roma, ITALY: Sellerio Editore-La Centrale dell'Arte, 1999. Second Printing. Large 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by RAW Books & Graphics. "Breakdowns..." is a 1977 large-format, pre RAW Magazine anthology of short strips by "Maus" creator Art Spiegelman. A handsome example of the "disputed" 1977 first hardbound printing which was according to Belier Press publisher J.B. Rund limited to one thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven copies bearing a Nostalgia Press Inc. imprint on the title page with Rund's "Don't Believe Everything You Read..." bookplate correcting that misconception and substituting his own alternate ISBN (0-914646-14-1) affixed to the facing page next to what appears to be a non-authorial inscription in red ink. It has been priced accordingly. 0-915043-07-6 Inventory Number: 026158

(STARN, MIKE AND DOUG). Katz, Vincent. Aspen, CO: Baldwin Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Alleverythingthatisyou" is the beautifully appointed catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2006 Baldwin Gallery exhibition of photographically based works depicting snowflakes by Doug and Mike Starn - aka The Starn Twins. Its elegant rice paper dust jacket is in fact an original graphic also depicting snowflakes. Its colophon states that "each book is finished with a unique ink-jet cover. Printed, taped and numbered at the Starn's studio in Brooklyn, NY. Folds and 'damage' are to be expected, duh". A most handsome example of the first and only edition limited to one thousand copies (439/1000) whose jacket and printed clear acetate wrapper are immaculate bearing the discreet blindstamp of a previous owner on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9671449-4-9 Inventory Number: 021610

(STEINBERG, SAUL) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Steinberg, Saul. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1966. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp), 12 b&w and 7 color illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition checklist. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Saul Steinberg's 1966 exhibition of sixty-seven drawings and collages. An internally bright, most handsome example of the deluxe slipcased edition printed on Velin de Lana with deckled edges limited to one hundred and fifty numbered copies (62/150) BOLDLY SIGNED "Steinberg" in pencil on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's grey paper-over-boards chemise and slipcase with printed pastedown. The magazine and chemise are in most handsome condition while the slipcase shows a bit of light soiling and age-toning along with a tiny nick to the top edge. Inventory Number: 023986

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 20 b&w illustrations + covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1969 exhibition of seventy-five recent drawings and watercolors by Saul Steinberg held at the artist's longtime New York gallery, Sidney Janis. A most handsome example showing the slightest bit of rubbing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 025885

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1982. First Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (36pp), 37 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1982 show at Saul Steinberg's longtime Chicago gallery, this catalogue illustrates each of the thirty-eight wood sculptures and works on paper exhibited by the famed "New Yorker" artist and illustrator. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 024472

(STELARC). Stelarc. Various. 1976-1981.: Self-Published. First Editions. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcards. Artist Multiples. Very Good - or Better.. Fifteen 4 1/8 x 5 7/8" cardstock postcards printed offset b&w, recto and verso. Text in English. This is a collection of fourteen photographically illustrated, self-published postcards documenting noted Cypriot-born, Australian-based artist Stelarc's public performances - primarily in Japan and Australia - between 1976 and 1981. A handsome group of these uncommon artist's multiples issued for the following performances: "Event for Stretched Skin (May 16th, 1976 - Tokyo)", "Event for Penetration / Extrapolation (August 14th, 1976 - Mexico City)", "Event for Stretched Skin No. 4 (August 8th, 1977 - Munich)", "Event for Inclined Suspension (January 7th, 1979 - Tokyo)", "Event for Amplified Tension (August 6th, 1979 - Tokyo)", "Pull Out / Pull Up Event for Self-Suspension (March 2nd, 1980 - Tokyo)", "Sitting / Swaying Event for Rock Suspension (May 11th, 1980 - Tokyo)", "Event for Obsolete Body (August 13th, 1980 - Melbourne)", "Up / Down: Event for Shaft Suspension (August 17th, 1980 - Melbourne)", "Tilted / Twisting Event for Cone Configuration (December 30th - Tokyo)", "The Third Hand. The Third Hand (May 8th, 1981 - Tokyo)", "Seaside Suspension: Event for Wind and Waves (May 30th, 1981 - Jogashima)", "Sculpture Space Suspension (August 16th, 1981 - Mexico City)", "Deca-Dance (November 15th, 1981 - Tokyo)", and "Curves / Event for Three Hands (December 28th, 1981 - Tokyo)". Inventory Number: 026265

(STELLA, FRANK). Axsom, Richard H., Phylis Floyd & Matthew Rohn. Foreword by Evan M. Maurer. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated (in Association with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI), 1983. First Edition. Square 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1983 traveling Museum retrospective of Frank Stella's graphic work organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The largest exhibition of the prolific artist's work to date, over two hundred prints are illustrated and annotated in this comprehensive study which remains the current catalogue raisonné of Stella's graphics. A handsome example of the 1983 first paperbound edition showing a minor brown dampstain along the top foredge of the inside rear cover and endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. 0-933920-41-5 Inventory Number: 025887

(STELLA, FRANK). Leider, Philip. Fort Worth, TX: The Fort Worth Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed By Edward Ruscha. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Frank Stella survey circulated by The Fort Worth Museum of Art. Designed by Ed Ruscha, it reproduces each of the twenty-six exhibited works in color. A most handsome example. LC 77-23703 Inventory Number: 025437

(STELLA, FRANK). Levy, Bernard-Henri. Paris: Editions De La Difference / Galerie Beaubourg, 1990. First Edition. Folio. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the lovely, oversized catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Parisian gallery exhibition of recent wall reliefs and graphic works by Frank Stella. A most presentable copy that has a slight ripple along the top edge due to contact with moisture, but no tearing or sticking of the pages. It has been priced accordingly. 2-7291-0476-3 Inventory Number: 016927

(STELLA, FRANK). Pincus-Witten, Robert. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 5 color + b&w illustration. Designed by Dan Miller Design. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of five early Frank Stella abstractions executed between 1959 and 1964. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some typical scuffing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 015565

(STELLA, FRANK). Wetterling Gallery Staff. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Heland Wetterling Gallery, 1990. First Edition 1/2500. Square 8vo. Stapled Die Cut Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (12pp), 6 color illustrations. Text in English. With a biography, exhibition history, and collections listing. This slender yet elegant catalogue was produced by Stockholm's Wetterling Gallery in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of recent wall reliefs by Frank Stella. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item showing two small creases to its die-cut front front cover. Inventory Number: 005511

(STERLING, LINDER) (SAVAGE, JON). Sterling, Linder, Jon Savage, Edward Bell, Ian Pollock & George Snow. London: George Snow, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Artists' Book. Very Good -.. Twenty individual 11 ½ x 8 ¼" glossy sheets printed recto only, laid into a black and white printed paper portfolio cover, 20 b&w illustrations. "Mixed Media Montages" is the legendary, and legendarily scarce collaborative publication featuring the punk-era collage/montage work of Jon Savage, Linder Sterling, Edward Bell, Ian Pollock, and George Snow. "Jon Savage is the noted author of "England's Dreaming" and "Teenage". Linder Sterling is a visual, performance and installation artist represented in the Tate permanent collection. Privately published by Snow in 1978 following the appearance of "The Secret Public", it contains four black and white plates by each of the five participating artists. Those by Linder, Snow and Pollock are stamped in ink on the rear of the sheets A internally bright and crisp example of this early and influential punk rarity showing some overall wear, handling and typical creasing along the extremities of the portfolio. Inventory Number: 020280

(STREERUWITZ, MARLENE) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 1998. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, profusely illustrated. This fourth installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is devoted to Austrian artist Marlene Streeruwitz' project recounting her lifelong search for God. A most handsome example of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 021777