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SUCKADELIC: YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE FOR BUYING THIS: THE SUCKADELIC ART TOY UNIVERSE - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF FIFTY SIGNED COPIES WITH A BLISTER PACK CONTAINING A "SUCKLORD ZERO" VINYL FIGURE
(SUCKLORD). Sucklord, The - aka Morgan Phillips, Johan Kugelberg & Simeon Lipman. New York: Boo-Hooray Gallery & Suckadelic Enterprises, 2011. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 8vo. Wrappers + Artist's Multiple. Artist Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np, profusely illustrated in color + a 9 x 6" printed blister pack containing a "Sucklord Zero" monochrome vinyl figure. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the venerable Boo-Hooray Gallery's 2011 "Suckadelic" exhibition of the irony-drenched vinyl art figures of The Sucklord. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition limited to fifty copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Sucklord III" in what appears to be pearlescent pink marker on the inside front cover of the catalogue stapled at the rear cover to an unopened blister pack containing a "Sucklord Zero" artist multiple, as issued. Inventory Number: 026419
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RICKY SWALLOW: BRONZES - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(SWALLOW, RICKY). Holte, Michael Ned. London & Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Stuart Shave / Modern Art & Darren Knight Gallery, 2013. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by A Practice for Everyday Life. "Ricky Swallow is known for intricately and attentively crafted sculptural works, often combining contemporary imagery with art historical references, and the traditional notion of nature morte. His current bronze works extend this practice while reflecting the more recent influences of twentieth century design, studio ceramics and the inventiveness of folk art. This lovely new hardbound co-edition from Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney surveys the artist's ongoing body of bronze sculpture made since 2010, and features an essay by Michael Ned Holte along with photographs by Fredrik Nilsen. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by both Ricky Swallow and author Michael Ned Holte. 0-9567988-1-0 Inventory Number: 022762
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PHILIP TAAFFE: RECENT PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition "Recent Paintings", this beautifully designed catalogue spared no expense in regards to its lavish production values. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 024309
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PHILIP TAAFFE: RECENT PAINTINGS
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition "Recent Paintings", this beautifully designed catalogue spared no expense in regards to its lavish production values. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 019435
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PHILIP TAAFFE: RECENT PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian exhibition "Recent Paintings", this is a beautifully designed catalogue that spared no expense with its lavishly production values. A brand new, pristine example SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 013993
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PHILIP TAAFFE: NEW PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Taaffe, Philip. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 12 ½ x 38 ¾" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in fifths to make 10pp, 4 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's very first Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this beautiful brochure cum exhibition catalogue features a poetic text by the artist woven through reproductions of his "Rangvalli glass monotypes". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink beneath his catalogue essay. Inventory Number: 024310
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PHILIP TAAFFE - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Vidal, Gore. New York: Pat Hearn & Mary Boone Galleries, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 13 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue featuring a brief essay by Gore Vidal (!) published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1989 exhibition of then-recent works displayed concurrently at New York's Pat Hearn and Mary Boone galleries. A most handsome example of this uncommon item SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 0-941863-08-5 Inventory Number: 024311
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PHILIP TAAFFE: NEW PAINTINGS
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Wehrenberg, Charles. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (58pp), 19 color illustrations. Designed by Tony Morgan / Step Graphics. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2000 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of nineteen "Recent Paintings". A most handsome example. 1-880154-46-3 Inventory Number: 021011
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PHILIP TAAFFE (BROWN DUST JACKET) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jackets. A brand new, most handsome example with the brown jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 024308
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PHILIP TAAFFE (RED DUST JACKET) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jackets. A brand new, most handsome example with the red jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Philip Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 021824
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PHILIP TAAFFE (BROWN DUST JACKET)
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jacket designs. A brand new, most handsome example with the brown jacket motif still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 020459
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PHILIP TAAFFE - A COMPLETE SET OF ALL FOUR VARIANT DUST JACKETS
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jackets. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jacket designs. A brand new, most handsome complete set of one example each of the blue, red, brown and green jacketed versions still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 020457
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TAPIES: DU 10 JULLIET AU 30 SEPTEMBRE 1976 - WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS
(TAPIES, ANTONI). Butor, Michel, Jean-Marie Baron & Antoni Tapies. Saint-Paul De Vence, FRANCE: Fondation Maeght, 1976. First Edition. Square 8vo. Lithographic Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in and b&w. Text in French. With an exhibition checklist. This is a beautiful catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1976 Fondation Maeght retrospective of work by Antoni Tapies. It contains two gatefold color lithographs - one incorporating the initials A and T as the cover, and a gatefold spread bound into the book - executed by the renowned Catalan abstract artist especially for this publication; A handsome example of this lovely book. 2-85587-023-2 Inventory Number: 025888
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TAPIES: OEUVRE GRAVÉ
(TAPIES, ANTONI). Butor, Michel, Jean-Marie Baron & Antoni Tapies. Saint-Paul De Vence, FRANCE: Maeght Editeur, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is the elegant little catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1991 Fondation Maeght retrospective of graphic work by Antoni Tapies. A brand new, most handsome example. 2-86941-151-0 Inventory Number: 024704
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Derriere Le Miroir (Dlm) No. 180 Octobre 1969: Antoni Tapies - With An Elaborate Original Lithograph
DERRIERE LE MIROIR (DLM) NO. 180 OCTOBRE 1969: ANTONI TAPIES - WITH AN ELABORATE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH
(TAPIES, ANTONI) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Tapies, Antoni and Joan Brossa. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1969. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 38pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. 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 Antoni Tapies' 1969 exhibition of twenty-six paintings and collages. It contains a unique original color lithograph that extends continuously over both covers and twenty-six interior pages, sixteen additional black and white illustrations, and a complete exhibition checklist. A bright white, handsome example that shows a minor dent through the textblock at the upper foredge corner. Inventory Number: 012266
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AL TAYLOR
(TAYLOR, AL). Kertess, Klaus. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 30 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. This is the austere catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2002 exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Al Taylor held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. A most handsome example. 1-880154-69-2 Inventory Number: 024080
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Henry Taylor B Side
(TAYLOR, HENRY). Edited by Bennett Simpson. Foreword by Johanna Burton. Text by Wanda Coleman, Karon Davis, Charles Gaines, Harmony Holiday, Bob Kaufman, Walter Price, Bennett Simpson, Frances Stark. Conversation with Henry Taylor, Hamza Walker.. DELMONICO BOOKS/THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES, I00221109, 2022. 9 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 191 color.. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.
The official catalog accompanying the major retrospective at MoCA LA. Henry Taylor creates a grand pageant of contemporary Black life in America.
Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, sculpture and installation, this comprehensive monograph celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, social vision and freewheeling experimentation. Taylor’s portraits and allegorical tableaux—populated by friends, family members, strangers on the street, athletic stars and entertainers—display flashes of familiarity in their seemingly brash compositions, which nonetheless linger in the imagination with uncanny detail. In his paintings on cigarette packs, cereal boxes and other found supports, Taylor brings his primary medium into the realm of common culture. Similarly, the artist’s installations often recode the forms and symbolisms of found materials (bleach bottles, push brooms) to play upon art historical tropes and modernism’s appropriations of African or African American culture. Taken together, the various strands of Taylor’s practice display a deep observation of Black life in America at the turn of the century, while also inviting a humanist fellowship that pushes outward from the particular.
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HENRY TAYLOR: THE ONLY PORTRAIT I EVER PAINTED OF MY MOMMA WAS STOLEN
(TAYLOR, HENRY). Taylor, Henry, Zadie Smith, Sarah Lewis, Charles Gaines & Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah. New York & Milan, ITALY: Rizzoli Electa, 2018. First Edition. Stout 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the massive, spectacularly designed and produced first monograph on noted Los Angeles-based artist Henry Taylor. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2018 first and only edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-8478-6310-7 Inventory Number: 027413
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SAM TAYLOR-WOOD: UNHINGED
(TAYLOR-WOOD, SAM). Taylor-Wood, Sam. London: Book Works, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Square 16mo. Illustrated Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 22 leporello panels printed recto and verso in color, b&w and silver, 15 color and 7 b&w illustrations. "Unhinged" is the charming 1996 publication from noted British artist/filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood that presents a distilled and deconstructed film narrative in the form of a tiny hardbound accordion-fold book. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 1-870699-24-6 Inventory Number: 010368
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ED TEMPLETON: 2022 DEADBEAT CLUB WALL CALENDAR - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Deadbeat Club, 2021. 12 x 13 inches, 14 Pages, Wire-O Binding. Paperback. New.
For the annual Deadbeat Club Calendar, we called on our friend Ed and told him to have fun with it. What he designed is twelve glorious months of classic Templeton color washes, doodles, custom lettering and other personal touches to accompany some of your fave Tempster photos. Here's wishing you a happy, healthy and friend-filled 2022, from your buds Ed Templeton and Deadbeat Club. 978-1952523021 Inventory Number: I00211109 -
ED TEMPLETON: "UNTITLED ("WOMAN SMOKES FROM BEHIND") - A 2015 ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED AND FRAMED BY THE ARTIST
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Huntington Beach, CA: Ed Templeton, 2015. 15 ¾ x 12 ½", Small Folio. Original Drawing in a Frame. Original Pencil Drawing on Paper. As New.. One 12 x 9 ¼" pencil drawing signed and dated on the verso in a 15 ¾ x 12 ½" wood frame with a glass face. A pioneer and legend of the skateboarding world, Mr. Templeton is not only the force behind Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, but a world renowned photographer and artist with gallery and museum shows the world over. This is an ORIGINAL DRAWING in pencil on Arches paper entitled "Untitled (Woman Smokes From Behind)" SIGNED AND DATED "Ed Templeton / 2015" in pencil on the verso that was exhibited in his 2015 Roberts and Tilton Gallery exhibition entitled "Synthetic Suburbia." This was acquired by Arcana directly from Mr. Temlpeton, and is a near-identical variant of an similarly-titled work on paper reproduced in The Tempster's 2024 Tim Van Laere exhibition catalogue, "The Sprawl." 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. Inventory Number: 027391
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SITUATION COMEDY - SIGNED BY ED TEMPLETON
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Sittard, THE NETHERLANDS. 2001 (2006).: Museum Het Domein. Second Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 36pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". Published in conjunction with a 2001 Dutch Museum show, this is a slender yet elegant artist's book cum exhibition catalogue that once again casts a keen eye on contemporary culture, skateboarding, youth, and sexuality. A brand new, most handsome example of the very limited 2006 reprint edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black ink on the title page. 90-75883-37-4 Inventory Number: 027271
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ED TEMPLETON: DRINKING THE KOOL-AID - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. NP (London): Morel Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. "Entirely designed and edited by Ed Templeton, "Drinking The Kool-Aid" brings together a selection of his work in which the viewer engages with the booklet via numerous fold-outs, posters, and trimmed pages. Templeton has essentially materialized his own flexibility and agility of mediums through the book format, creating an exceptionally original piece of work!" A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies in the publisher's printed wraparound band additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black marker on the rear colophon. 1-907071-20-2 Inventory Number: 027265
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DEFORMER - DELUXE SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY ED TEMPLETON
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore & Alleged Press, 2008. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Ed Templeton. A pioneer and legend of the skateboarding world, Mr. Templeton is not only the force behind Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, but a world renowned photographer and artist with gallery and museum shows the world over. Nearly a decade in the making, "Deformer" (titled after Mike Mills' 2000 documentary short film of the same name featuring Ed and his wife Deanna) is a harrowing and exhilarating autobiographical piece de resistance that combines the artist's photographs, drawings, paintings, and texts in all manner of permutations thereof. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to two hundred copies with an original SIGNED AND DATED color photograph by Ed Templeton laid in housed in the publisher's printed chipboard slipcase, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 88-6208-060-3 Inventory Number: 018867
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ED TEMPLETON: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NEGLECT - SIGNED WITH A DRAWING
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. With a Brief Text by Aurelie Voltz, and an Interview by Jerome Sans. Rome, ITALY: Drago Arts & Communications, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". A hefty artist's book cum exhibition catalogue from the man that brought us "Teenage Smokers", this was published in conjunction with the retrospective "Ed Templeton - The Essential Disturbance" at Paris' Palais de Tokyo. "The Age of Neglect" is a colorful, tour-de-force examination of skateboard culture, wayward youth, and teenage sexuality. With echoes of Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, this is one of the coolest, grittiest photo-essays we've seen in recent years. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2002 first Drago printing additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" WITH A PROFILE DRAWING in black ink on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 88-88493-02-6 Inventory Number: 026905
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ROBERT THERRIEN
(THERRIEN, ROBERT). Rowell, Margit. Madrid, SPAIN: Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Spanish and English. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegantly produced catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based sculptor Robert Therrien's 1991 Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia retrospective. It contains reproductions of each of the sixty-six pieces exhibited as well as a transcribed interview with the artist by Margit Rowell. A handsome example. 84-7483-779-0 Inventory Number: 019979
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ROBERT THERRIEN
(THERRIEN, ROBERT). Rowell, Margit & Norman Bryson. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 156pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the elegantly produced, copiously illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based sculptor Robert Therrien's elaborate 2008 Gagosian Gallery New York installation. A most handsome example. 84-7483-779-0 Inventory Number: 020461
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WAYNE THIEBAUD
(THIEBAUD, WAYNE). Stone Gallery Staff, Alan. New York: Allan Stone Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 18pp, 11 b&w and 10 color illustrations + color covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of twenty-three then-recent works by Wayne Thiebaud held at his longtime East Coast gallery. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and handling to the covers. Inventory Number: 025889
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ALMA THOMAS
(THOMAS, ALMA). Golden, Thelma, Ian Berry, Bridget R. Cooks, Thelma Golden, Nikki A. Greene, Lauren Haynes, Leslie Hewitt, Jennie C. Jones, Leslie Wayne & Saya Woolfalk. New York & Saratoga Springs, NY: The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College & Prestel Publishing, 2016. First Edition. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with posthumous 2016 retrospective of the work of African-American abstract artist Alma Thomas that traveled from the Studio Museum in Harlem to The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College. "Filled with vibrant illustrations, this stunning volume traces Thomas’s development as an artist and includes new writings by Bridget R. Cooks, Thelma Golden, Nikki A. Greene and Lauren Haynes, as well as specially commissioned responses by leading artists Leslie Hewitt, Jennie C. Jones, Leslie Wayne, and Saya Woolfalk. As the work of many African-American abstractionists is only recently coming into the spotlight, this important book on Alma Thomas profiles a truly pioneering figure." A brand new, most handsome example of this quickly unavailable document - the most comprehensive monograph on the artist to date - still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-7913-5571-6 Inventory Number: 026607
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MICKALENE THOMAS ARTIST'S MULTIPLE: SET OF FOUR DECORATIVE MELAMINE TRAYS
(THOMAS, MICKALENE). Thomas, Mickalene. Santa Monica, CA: Mickalene Thomas & The Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2012. First Edition 1/250. Oblong Folio. Four Melamine Trays in a Box. Artist's Multiple. As New. Four 11 x 14" Melamine trays housed in a 12 x 15 x 3" paper over boards box. "Mickalene Thomas has won acclaim for her elaborate, colorful paintings of African-American women, often posed provocatively against rich, 1970s-themed backgrounds adorned with rhinestones, enamel and acrylics. Thomas draws from earlier traditions of portraiture to arrive at her contemporary sensibility. She engages with the tension between a personal investigation of eroticism, black femininity and beauty and a pop-cultural critique of the overt sexual imagery prevalent in the media - from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle-class, African-American taste in Ebony magazine." In conjunction with her 2012 "Mickalene Thomas: The Origin of the Universe" retrospective held at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the noted Brooklyn-based artist created a limited edition multiple in the form of four Melamine serving trays that were sold in the SMMoA's "Gracie" shop as a fundraiser. Published in an unsigned edition of two hundred and fifty smartly-boxed sets, each of the four oval trays reproduces a different striking abstract pattern and bears Ms. Thomas' signature in facsimile on a molded cartouche on the underside. A brand new, pristine example of Mickalene Thomas' fabulous utilitarian objects sure to lend a touch of festive class to any home decor or gathering whose components are still sealed in their original plastic sleeves and accompanied by the Museum's individually numbered certificate of authenticity. Inventory Number: 027414
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TOM OF FINLAND 1990 CALENDAR
(TOM OF FINLAND). Laaksonen, Touko aka Tom of Finland. Los Angeles: Tom of Finland, 1989. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Wall Calendar. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Self-published by the late, great Tom of Finland, this is a wall calendar for 1990 that features fourteen erotic male illustrations to keep you cozy throughout the year. A most handsome example of this surprisingly uncommon item perfect for the Tom of Finland completeist suitable for use again in 2018. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 016028
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HANN TRIER
(TRIER, HANN). Fabri, A., Eduard Trier, Werner Haftmann & John Anthony Thwaites. New York: Kleeman Galleries, 1956. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (12pp), 8 b&w illustrations. This is the charming, slender catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1956 New York gallery exhibition of works by the German painter Hann Trier. A handsome copy. Inventory Number: 004335
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ROSEMARIE TROCKEL: HERDE (WERKVERZEICHNIS / HERDE / VIDEOS / ZEICHNUNGEN / FOTOS / EDITIONEN) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TROCKEL, ROSEMARIE). Diacono, Mario, Wilfried Dickhoff, Silja Fleissner, Kay Heymer, Holger Liebs & Gerhard Theewen. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Buckram in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies, this is a nicely appointed monograph on noted contemporary German artist Rosemarie Trockel's work in various media using her "herde" or hotplate/electric stove-top (they look like dominoes to us...) motif. A brand new, pristine example numbered and SIGNED "Rosemarie Trockel" in black ink on the colophon at rear, as issued, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-932189-00-0 Inventory Number: 019261
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JAMES TURRELL: AIR MASS
(TURRELL, JAMES). Turrell, James. London: The South Bank Centre & The Hayward Gallery, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1993 London exhibition, this is a nicely appointed survey of the work of renowned Light and Space / Land artist James Turrell. The texts are from the artist's responses to interviews conducted with Mark Holborn, and this includes quite a bit of documentation of Turrell's ongoing Roden Crater project. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-85-332-101-X Inventory Number: 025164
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RICHARD TUTTLE
(TUTTLE, RICHARD). Tucker, Marcia & Hal Glicksman. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art & Otis Art Institute, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Joseph Bourke Del Valle. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. These is the informative catalogue documenting the substantial 1975 Richard Tuttle retrospective that traveled from the Whitney Museum of American Art to Los Angeles' Otis Art Institute. Published after the exhibition debuted in New York, it contains critical writings by curator Marcia Tucker on the Minimalist pioneer along with reproductions of the works exhibited, reviews of the Whitney installation, and more. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-87427-020-0 Inventory Number: 022322
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"EIGHT WORDS FROM A READING AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE" RICHARD TUTTLE, 1990
(TUTTLE, RICHARD). Tuttle, Richard. Firenze, ITALY: Victoria Miro Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), no illustrations. Text in English. "Eight Words from a Reading at Brooklyn College" is the elegant little Richard Tuttle artist book published in conjunction with a 1990 Italian gallery exhibition. Letterpress-printed in silver gilt with offset decorative borders on the front cover, its title is a literal description of the contents. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item (entry number thirty-three in Robert M. Murdock's "Richard Tuttle: Books & Prints") showing some trivial age-toning to its newsprint covers and pages. Inventory Number: 025914
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CY TWOMBLY: CAMINO REAL
(TWOMBLY, CY). Bernadac, Marie-Laure & Larry Gagosian. Paris: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Silkscreened Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 32pp, 19 color and 1 b&w illustration. Text in English. Designed by Graphic Thought Facility. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of five large-scale Cy Twombly paintings on wood panels entitled "Camino Real" held in 2010 at Gagosian Gallery in Paris. A most handsome example. 1-935263-21-8 Inventory Number: 027647
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CY TWOMBLY: IN BEAUTY IT IS FINISHED - EXHIBITION BROCHURE
(TWOMBLY, CY). Gagosian Gallery Staff. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2018. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New. np (12pp), 5 color illustrations + color covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twelve page brochure published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2018 Gagosian Gallery New York suvey exhibition of ninety-four works on paper executed by Cy Twombly between 1951 and 2008. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027345
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CY TWOMBLY: PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME II
(TWOMBLY, CY). Jacobus, Mary. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (48pp), 28 color illustrations. Designed by Graphic Thought Facility. With an exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of twenty-six unique and editioned photographs taken by the late, great Cy Twombly between 1985 and 2008. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935263-67-6 Inventory Number: 027695
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PIOTR UKLANSKI: BIALO-CZERWONA
(UKLANSKI, PIOTR). Brown, Gavin, Jacek Petruczenko & STAH Z WARTY (Stanislaw) Szukalski. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by An Art Service. This is the charming hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the first Gagosian Gallery solo exhibition by Polish-born, New York-based artist Piotr Uklanski. "Bialo-Czerwona" (white-red), referring to Poland's bi-colored flag, is a nationalist slogan as familiar to Poles as "Red, White, and Blue" is to Americans. Uklanski's title unites diverse works that engage typical imagery of his native Poland and play on the red/white palette. Although it is, on one level, authentically Polish, in its use of populist decorative traditions and political symbols alluding to the country's not-so-distant Communist past the exhibition is also a highly stylized performance of identity". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-72-3 Inventory Number: 016196