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(BACON, FRANCIS). Sylvester, David & Francis Bacon. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 128pp, 94 b&w illustrations + color cover. Originally issued in 1975, this landmark volume of David Sylvester's transcribed interviews with Francis Bacon is notable for the length, detail, and frankness in which the late, great artist discusses his history, influences, and working methods. A most handsome example of the hardbound Pantheon Books first American edition of this oft-reprinted document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Donald / With My Affection / Francis Bacon / New York 15/3/75" in the year of publication in blue marker on the front pastedown showing some trivial brown spotting along the top and foredge. While this supposition cannot be confirmed, we are of the mind that given the warm inscription dating from the week the artist was in New York for the opening of his Marlborough Gallery-assisted exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this originated from the library of Donald McKinney - the vice-president for seventeen years of Bacon's longtime New York dealers. 0-394-49763-5 Inventory Number: 024529

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. A most presentable example of this fragile, uncommon item showing some light soiling, wear, and creasing to its off-white covers along with some diagonal soft creases and a bit of dog-earing through one of the foredge corners of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-902063-10-3 Inventory Number: 025112

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. An internally most handsome example of this fragile, uncommon item that was exhibited as part of the Whitney Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 1990 traveling retrospective showing some mild soiling, creasing, and a bit of foxing to its off-white covers along with a diagonal soft crease through one of the foredge corners of the textblock. 0-902063-10-3 Inventory Number: 025111

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "John Baldessari" in black ink across the bottom of the title page. Inventory Number: 023142

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item showing none of the sunning to the covers typically seen with this title. It was acquired directly from the former Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine director (and editor of this publication) Hal Glicksman who has discreetly SIGNED the rear colophon in pencil. Inventory Number: 023141

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. An internally most handsome example showing some mild vertical sunning along the spine and foredge of the front cover along with the ghost of the adhesive from a small label on the rear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021304

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A bright, most handsome copy showing a thin margin of barely perceptible sunning to the length of the spine. Inventory Number: 020629

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John, Peter Pakesch, Adam Budak, Klaus Hoffer, Hans Dieter Huber, Gertrud Koch, Christopher Williams & Ann Goldstein. Koln, GERMANY & Graz, AUSTRIA: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig & Kunsthaus Graz, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Plastic Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 Kunsthaus Graz exhibition surveying the primarily photographically based conceptual work of John Baldessari created between 1984 and 2004. It includes essays by Peter Pakesch, Adam Budak, Klaus Hoffer, Hans Dieter Huber, and Gertrud Koch as well as a transcribed conversation with the artist by Christopher Williams and Ann Goldstein. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon document in the publisher's printed translucent vinyl jacket, as issued. 3-88375-937-6 Inventory Number: 021880

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Bois, Yve-Alain, Christopher Knight & John Baldessari. Pardo, Patrick & Robert Dean, Editors. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 462pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Simon Johnston Design. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography, and filmography. Covering the years 1956 through 1974, this is the lavishly produced first volume of the catalogue raisonné of the works of noted Los Angeles-based conceptual practitioner John Baldessari. Impeccably designed and copiously illustrated, it features an essay by Yve-Alain Bois, a transcribed interview with the artist by Christopher Knight, and copious documentation of all aspects of Baldessari's influential and prolific career. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's printed slipcase additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "BALDESSARI" in black ink on the half title page. 0-300-17448-9 Inventory Number: 024968

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Sterne, Laurence, Melvyn New & John Baldessari. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. First Edition 1/400. Stout 8vo. Full Leather in Slipcase. Livre D'Artiste. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 624 + 46 + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This twenty-sixth publication of Andrew Hoyem's esteemed Arion Press is a beautifully constructed and executed hand-letterpress reprinting of Lawrence Sterne's classic of English literature, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" that has been newly-illustrated by the noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari. Remaining faithful to the delightful typographic eccentricities and variant spellings of Sterne's own self-published editions from the 1760s, the main text of the novel has been set in Caslon Old Style - the typeface utilized by Sterne for the original printings - and bound in a single, substantial three-quarter green goatskin over lovely hand-marbled boards volume. This is accompanied by literary scholar Melvyn New's informative forty-six page essay "Lawrence Sterne and Tristram Shandy" separately bound in boards. The crowning achievement of this ambitious undertaking however is the third volume which contains John Baldessari's wry visual commentary of photo-collaged and altered found photographs and film stills in the form of a lengthy accordion-fold leporello that is anchored between green gilt-stamped boards. The three volumes are housed in a gilt-stamped green paper over board slipcase along with the additional Arion Press pre-publication prospectus laid in. A brand new, most handsome example of standard edition of this exquisite, uncommon item limited to four hundred unnumbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED "John Baldessari" in pencil on the colophon of illustrated volume, as issued. Inventory Number: 025136

(BANKSY). Leverton, Marc. London: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2011. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Nick Law. "No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. In his home town of Bristol, almost everyone seems to have a Banksy story. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Compiled between 2009 and 2011, some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, while others are more questionable and can best be described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. You be the judge". A brand new, pristine example of the 2011 first edition of this well-illustrated, charming little gem. 1-908211-01-6 Inventory Number: 023043

(BARNEY, MATTHEW). Barney, Matthew, Neville Wakefield & Richard Flood. Karel Schampers, Editor. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen & Cantz Verlag, 1995. First Edition 1/2500. 8vo. Wrappers in Plastic Sleeve. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Dutch. Designed by Matthew Barney and Gracia Lebbink. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue documenting Matthew Barney's 1995 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen exhibition that presented elements of his "Cremaster" 1 and 4, "Facility of INCLINE", "OTTOshaft", "Facility of DECLINE", and "Drawing Restraint 7" series. It was designed by the artist and features several folding plates - perfect for that rowdy yet discerning Al Davis fan in your life. A handsome example in the publisher's printed transparent plastic wraparound band. 90-6918-148-7 Inventory Number: 014223

(BARRY, ROBERT). Barry, Robert. Aachen, GERMANY: Ottenhausen Verlag, 1982. First Edition. Square 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (52pp), 6 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This is an understatedly elegant 1982 Robert Barry artist's book that juxtaposes images of an arrangement of branches intermittently amongst the pioneering conceptual practitioner's sparse textual punctuation. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light soiling to the wrappers. 3-922760-06-6 Inventory Number: 018919

(BARTH, UTA). Conkelton, Sheryl, Russell Ferguson & Timothy Martin. Seattle, WA & New York: The Henry Art Gallery & Distributed Art Publishers, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color throughout. Published in conjunction with a 2002 Henry Art Gallery retrospective, this major monograph on Los Angeles-based artist/photographer Uta Barth is designed much like an artist's book - its text intertwined amongst Barth's diffuse, sensuous images of the late 20th Century man-made environment. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Uta Barth" in black marker on the first preliminary. 0-935558-37-3 Inventory Number: 017127

(BARTH, UTA). Smith, Elizabeth A.T.. Los Angeles. 1995 (2002).: Museum of Contemporary Art & St. Ann's Press. First Thus 1/45 Deluxe. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 25 color illustrations. Designed by Paul McMenamin. Originally published in conjunction with her 1995 solo exhibition at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, Uta Barth's first publication gorgeously illustrates the artist's then-current body of work. Its hazy color photographs of indistinct residential settings and domestic details are mysteriously evocative and suggestive of great meaning. In 2002, the extraordinary St. Ann's Press produced in collaboration with the artist this new edition of her unavailable catalogue featuring a different cover photograph, and color images for the text illustrations previously reproduced in black and white. Limited to forty-five copies only, this example is from the ultra-deluxe hardbound, slipcased edition NUMBERED (9/45), SIGNED, AND DATED by Uta Barth in black ink on the title page, as issued, that includes a SIGNED AND DATED 9 ¼ x 8 ½" color print entitled "Ground (02.1)" mounted on one inch deep plywood backing. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's original plastic wrapping. 0-9713681-0-4 Inventory Number: 024084

(BARTH, UTA). Smith, Elizabeth A.T.. Los Angeles. 1995 (2002).: Museum of Contemporary Art & St. Ann's Press. Second Edition (First Thus) 1/1800. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 54pp, 25 color illustrations. Designed by Paul McMenamin. Originally published in conjunction with her 1995 solo exhibition at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, Uta Barth's first publication gorgeously illustrates the artist's then-current body of work. Its hazy color photographs of indistinct residential settings and domestic details are mysteriously evocative and suggestive of great meaning. In 2002, the extraordinary St. Ann's Press produced in collaboration with the artist this new edition of her unavailable catalogue featuring a different cover photograph, and color images for the text illustrations previously reproduced in black and white. A brand new, pristine example additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Uta Barth" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-9713681-0-4 Inventory Number: 017401

(BASELITZ, GEORG). Baselitz, Georg & Achille Bonito Oliva. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2008 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of paintings on canvas and works on paper from venerable German artist Georg Baselitz entitled "La Grande Notte in Bianco". A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-79-0 Inventory Number: 023866

(BASELITZ, GEORG). Lloyd, Jill. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of sixteen large format works on canvas by renowned German artist Georg Baselitz entitled "Remix Paintings". These are newly created, blown up reworkings of images originally painted in the 1960s. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-58-8 Inventory Number: 015958

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Basquiat, Jean-Michel. Santa Monica, CA. ND (2005).: Ikon Gallery. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Printed Card Stock. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 5 x 7" glossy cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 4 color illustrations. This is the postcard announcement for a 2005 Jean-Michel Basquiat gallery exhibition that reproduces three artworks as well as a photographic portrait of the artist in full color. A brand new, pristine unmailed example of this uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 026330

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Buchhart, Dieter, Glenn O'Brien, Jean-Louis Prat & Susanne Reichling. Basel, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Fondation Beyeler & Hatje Cantz, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. lii + 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology. Text in English. "The first African-American artist to attain art superstardom, Jean-Michel Basquiat created a huge oeuvre of drawings and in the space of just eight years. Through his street roots in graffiti, Basquiat helped to establish new possibilities for figurative and expressionistic painting, breaking the white male stranglehold of Conceptual and Minimal art, and foreshadowing, among other tendencies, Germany's Junge Wilde movement. It was not only Basquiat's art but also the details of his biography that made his name legendary - his early years as "Samo" (his graffiti artist moniker), his friendships with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Madonna, and his tragically early death from a heroin overdose. This superbly produced retrospective publication assesses Basquiat's luminous career with commentary by, among others, Glenn O'Brien, and one hundred and sixty color reproductions of the work." This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a massive 2011 Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective exhibition held at Basel's Fondation Beyeler. A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable 2011 English language hardbound first edition. 3-7757-2593-8 Inventory Number: 026334

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Hoffman, Fred. New York: Enrico Navarra Gallery, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat" is the authoritative, copiously illustrated 2017 monograph on the late, great New York artist published by his longtime gallerist, Enrico Navarra. It was authored by noted Basquiat scholar Fred Hoffman, who was a friend, confidant, and print publisher to the artist during his brief but stellar career; and who has written several significant catalogue esaays for exhibitions over the past several decades. A brand new, most handsome example of this important new - and inconsistently-distributed - document 2-911596-53-6 Inventory Number: 026336

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard D. & Annette I. Minkalis. New York: Cheim & Read, 2005. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Decorative Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 106pp, 28 color and 54 b&w illustrations. Designed by John Cheim and Reed Seifer. With an exhibition history. This is the elegantly designed and beautifully printed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 exhibition of primarily text-oriented works on paper and notebook pages by Jean-Michel Basquiat held at New York's Cheim & Read gallery. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, five hindred copies. Inventory Number: 026335

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard & Franklin Sirmans. Los Angeles: DeSanctis Carr Fine Art, 2001. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 14 b&w and 8 color illustrations + cover. Designed by Hanna Alderfer of HHA Design. With an annotated chronology. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced as the prospectus for the 2001 estate-authorized portfolio of four hand-pulled limited screenprints based on four of Jean-Michel Basquiat's favorite paintings that he refused to sell during his lifetime. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. 0-9712924-0-X Inventory Number: 026325

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard, Ingrid Sischy & Fred Braithwaite (aka "Fab 5 Freddy"). London: Serpentine Gallery, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (16pp) + np (6pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Area. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender catalogue featuring an essay by Richard Marshall published in conjunction with a posthumous 1996 Serpentine Gallery exhibition of twenty-five works by Jean-Michel Basquiat that subsequently traveled to Malaga. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item with the inclusion of the separate eight page booklet of a transcribed reminiscence of the artist between Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Braithwaite and Ingrid Sischy. Inventory Number: 026324

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard, Robert Farris Thompson, Rene Ricard, Klaus Kertess, Greg Tate & Dick Hebdige. Foreword by David Ross. New York. 1992 (1998).: Whitney Museum of American Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Later Printing. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Nathan Garland. With a chronology, bibliography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with the spectacular 1992 Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition held at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art - the first major Museum retrospective following the artist's untimely death in 1989. A bright, most handsome example of the paperbound edition of this vital document. 0-87427-081-2 Inventory Number: 026322

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Mayer, Marc, Fred Hoffman, Kellie Jones & Franklin Sirmans. Brooklyn, NY & London: Brooklyn Museum & Merrell Merrell Publishers Limited, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2005 Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. A brand new, most handsome example of the full-sized hardbound first edition. 1-85894-287-X Inventory Number: 026333

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). O'Brien, Glenn. Photographs by Edo and Maripol. Tokyo: Petit Grand Publishing, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Large 8vo. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Film Monograph. Fine/Fine. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Published only in Japan, this book is a journal of sorts chronicling the making of Edo Bertoglio and Glenn O'Brien's semi-documentary film "Downtown 81", which was twenty years later re-cut and retitled "New York Beat Movie". It stars the then nineteen year old painter/graffiti artist/poet/musician Jean-Michel Basquiat, and features original music by the notorious Vincent Gallo! Other East Village artists, New Wave and No Wave musicians, first-generation hip hop personalities, and scenesters that appear here include Eszter Balint, Victor Bockris, Clem Burke, Marshall Chess, Diego Cortez, August Darnell, Jimmy Destri, DNA, Tav Falco, Fab Five Freddy, Vincent Gallo, Giorgio Gomelsky, Deborah Harry, Kid Creole, Arto Lindsay, John Lurie, Madonna, Maripol, David McDermott & Peter McGough, Ikue Mori, Cookie Mueller, Coati Mundi, Glenn O'Brien, Amos Poe, The Plastics, Lee Quinones, Walter Steding, Tuxedomoon, Chris Stein, Andy Warhol, and James White and the Blacks! A most handsome example of the uncommon 2008 Petit Grand first - and only - edition in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-939102-22-X Inventory Number: 026381

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Pellizzi, Francesco & Glenn O'Brien. New York: Vrej Baghoomian Inc., 1989. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 153pp, 69 color illustrations. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with Vrej Baghoomian's extraordinary 1989 New York gallery exhibition of works by the late, great Jean-Michel Basquiat. Shortly afterward, the dealer, several paintings, and the remaining copies of this book all disappeared in the dead of night. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-922678-03-0 Inventory Number: 026319

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Sirmans, Franklin. West Hills, CA: David DeSanctis Contemporary Art, 2005. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 14 color and 4 b&w illustrations + cover. Designed by Hanna Alderfer of HHA Design. With an annotated chronology. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced as the prospectus for the second, 2005 estate-authorized portfolio of four hand-pulled limited screenprints based on four of Jean-Michel Basquiat's favorite paintings that he refused to sell during his lifetime. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 0-971-2924-0-X Inventory Number: 026326

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Storr, Robert. John Cheim, Editor. New York: Robert Miller Gallery & Bulfinch Press, 1991. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 162pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by John Cheim. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with an extraordinary posthumous 1990 exhibition of one hundred and forty-two drawings and works on paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. A most handsome example of the 1991 first paperbound edition showing just a bit of sunning at the margins of the spine. 0-8212-1887-5 Inventory Number: 026321

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Storr, Robert. John Cheim, Editor. New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 162pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by John Cheim. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with an extraordinary posthumous 1990 exhibition of one hundred and forty-two drawings and works on paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound 1990 first edition. 0-944680-11-9 Inventory Number: 026320

(BASQUIAT, JEAN MICHEL). Tsuzuki, Kyoichi. Tokyo: Kyoto Shoin, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 42 color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. The one hundred and first installment in Kyoto Shoin's "ArT RANDOM" series supervised by Edit DeAK was a posthumous monograph devoted to the work of legendary eighties New York-based enfant terrible Jean-Michel Basquiat. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 4-7636-8602-X Inventory Number: 026331

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL) (TWOMBLY, CY). Pellizzi, Francisco. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 20 color illustrations. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2004 gallery exhibition of drawings and paintings by Cy Twombly and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Each of the twenty works shown - five by Twombly, fifteen by Basquiat - is illustrated. A brand new most handsome example. 1-880086-14-X Inventory Number: 026327

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL) (WARHOL, ANDY). Als, Hilton. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 24 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2002 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of twenty-four of the collaborative paintings produced by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat during 1984 and 1985. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-880154-78-1 Inventory Number: 026264

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). With brief texts by Clemente, Francesco, Andy Warhol, Madonna, Maripol, Rene Ricard, Klaus Kertess, Anthony Haden-Guest, A.R. Penck, Jeffrey Deitch, Bruno Bischofberger, Henry Geldzahler, Ted Joans, Jean-Michel Basquiat, etc.. Paris: Galerie Jerome De Noirmont, 1998. First Edition 1/3000. Small Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 112pp, 69 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and French. This catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Parisian gallery exhibition is a lovely tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat, filled with candid photos and texts by numerous friends including Andy Warhol, Madonna, Maripol, Francesco Clemente, Rene Ricard, Klaus Kertess, Anthony Haden-Guest, A.R. Penck, Jeffrey Deitch, Bruno Bischofberger, Henry Geldzahler, Ted Joans, and more. A most handsome example. 2-912303-03-6 Inventory Number: 026323

(BASS, SAUL). Klein, Leonore & Saul Bass. New York: Young Scott Books, 1962. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Illustrated Children's Book. Fine/Good +. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Saul Bass. Published in 1962, "Henri's Walk to Paris" is a charming, visually captivating collaboration between author Leonore Klein and renowned graphic designer and film title artist extraordinaire Saul Bass aimed toward the younger reader. An internally tight, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1962 first Young Scott Books edition showing some soiling, closed tears, and a few indentations to its otherwise bright dust jacket with a tri-fold "Greetings From Saul Bass & Associates" card with a color illustration by Bass printed on heavy textured stock to which the firm's address has been added in ink laid in. Inventory Number: 025054

(BAUMGARTEN, LOTHAR). Baumgarten, Lothar & Thomas Wagner. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Richter Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/650 Deluxe. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 70pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German. This nicely designed and illustrated Lothar Baumgarten monograph copiously documents three early nineties German Museum installations by the artist. From the deluxe limited signed edition of six-hundred and fifty copies (of one thousand total), this is SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Baumgarten in pencil on the colophon at the rear, as issued. A most handsome copy. 3-928762-80-X Inventory Number: 011817

(BAZAINE, JEAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Bazaine, Jean & Marcel Arland. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1953. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (8pp), 2 color and 4 b&w illustrations. 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 Jean Bazaine's 1953 exhibition of paintings. It contains two color lithographs (the front cover, and one massive four page spread), and four additional illustrations. A most presentable example showing a bit of wear and a single closed tear along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 023559

(BENGLIS, LYNDA). Benglis, Linda. New York. ND (1974): Paula Cooper Gallery. First Edition #27/100 Deluxe. Small 4to. Printed Postcard. Artist's Multiple. Very Good -.. One 10 × 6 ¾" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. This announcement for Lynda Benglis' 1974 exhibition of "Metallized Knots" at New York's Paula Cooper Gallery features a color photograph of the artist naked but for a pair of jeans pulled down around her calves. Taken by the illustrious Annie Leibovitz, the charged image of Benglis gazing back over her shoulder at the viewer invokes Betty Grable's iconic World War II pinup portrait, and was produced at a time the artist was purchasing a series of self-portrait advertisements for Artforum magazine. An otherwise most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon artist's multiple edition of this ephemeral item limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (#27/100) AND SIGNED in blue ink showing some brown spotting on the on the face. Inventory Number: 026269

(BENGSTON, BILLY AL). Donoghue, Mary Agnes. Hans Neuendorf, Editor. Frankfurt AM Main & Esslingen, GERMANY: Galerie Neuendorf & Edition Cantz, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. For more than sixty years Billy Al Bengston has been an innovative and integral part of the Southern California cultural scene. A member of the original group of Los Angeles artists to exhibit at Ferus Gallery, Mr. Bengston has made a name for himself over the decades in the varied worlds of contemporary art, surfing, and dirt-track motorcycle racing. From his early Dentos and Finish / Fetish pieces to delicate watercolors of Dracula Orchids and beyond, his work remains remarkably vibrant and ever-inventive. He has been the subject of several major museum retrospectives, but until now there has never been a single comprehensive book to fully do justice to his prolific body of work. At long last, from Neuendorf Gallery comes that tome - Billy Al Bengston: Paintings & Watercolors! Weighing in at five pounds, this lavishly illustrated hardbound volume illustrates hundreds of works spanning 1957 through 2016. A brand new, most handsome example of this comprehensive monograph additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the artist. 978-3947563395 Inventory Number: E000BABP&W