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(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

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Schellman, Jorg, Bernd Kluser & Joseph Beuys. Munich, GERMANY & New York: Verlag Schellmann & Kluser and New York University Press, 1980. Fifth Revised and Updated Edition. 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good/No Jacket. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by Edition Schellman in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the 1980 version of the catalogue raisonné of prints, multiples, posters, postcards, and other editioned works by Joseph Beuys. It features illustrated entries for two hundred and sixty-three artworks as well as an English translation of the seminal 1970 interview with Jorg Schellman and Bernd Kluser in which Beuys explains the ideas of his multiples and their function in his overall oeuvre. A most presentable example of the hardbound fifth, revised English language only edition with a new replacement for the publisher's unprinted clear actetate dust jacket showing some mild foxing along the top edge along with the discreet blindstamp of an art dealer on the front free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8147-7814-3 Inventory Number: 025208

(BRESDIN, RODOLPHE). Van Gelder, Dirk. Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 208 + 160pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in French. This is a beautifully illustrated two volume slipcased set on the work of the Rodolphe Bresdin. The first volume is a scholarly monograph on the iconoclastic 19th Century French proto-Symbolist engraver, lithographer, and etcher, and the second a full catalogue raisonné of his one hundred and fifty-three known graphic works - many of which had never been previously reproduced. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in the publisher's debossed linen slipcase. 2-85-108-113-6 Inventory Number: 015476

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the first of two early catalogues raisonné cum artist books privately published by Chris Burden detailing his own conceptually based performance work. It presents copious photographic documentation accompanied by the artist's own notes for each of twenty-three projects executed between 1971 and 1973. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing noticeable overall wear, scuffing, and handling to its covers along with some mild soiling to the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021312

(CHAGALL, MARC). Sorlier, Charles & Fernand Mourlot. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1974. First English Language Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 184pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Overseen by Charles Sorlier, this is the English language edition of the fourth installment of the catalogue raisonné of the lithographic work by the renowned late French (by way of Russia) master of Judaic imagery, Marc Chagall. It contains one hundred and forty-seven fully illustrated entries for works executed between 1969 and 1973, as well as a bound in color lithographic frontispiece and color lithographic dust jacket commissioned exclusively for this publication. A handsome example of this invaluable reference showing some light wear and soiling to the extremities of the dust jacket and textblock. LC 62-45209 Inventory Number: 026100

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Lebel, Robert, Andre Breton. H.P. Roché & Marcel Duchamp. Paris: Editions Trianon, 1959. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -/Near Fine. 193pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Marcel Duchamp. Text in French. With a bibliography. This graphically striking publication is Robert Lebel's catalogue raisonné of two hundred and seven works executed by Marcel Duchamp between 1902 and 1958 that includes a design by the pioneering Dada and Surrealist master. An internally most handsome example of the 1959 French first printing showing minor abrading to the cloth over the tips of the boards at both ends of the spine along with some mottling and light discoloration of the cloth in a bright, well preserved English language Trianon Press dust jacket housed in the publisher's unprinted chipboard slipcase bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATIONS "Cher Emily / Cher Georges / Staempfli / Anges de Cadaques / et pas du ski nautique / affecteusement / Marcel 1961" and "lu et apprové (pas le livre, la dedicace) / Robert Lebel 1961" in blue ink across the portrait of Duchamp on the second preliminary. Swiss-born George William Staempfli moved to New York in 1935 where he later worked for Knoedler Gallery before becoming the curator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. In 1959 he and his wife Emily opened the Staempfli Gallery in Manhattan, and the following year the couple purchased a home in Cadaques, Spain where they frequently hosted their close art world friends including Salvador and Gala Dali - who the gallery showed - and Marcel and Teeny Duchamp. Inventory Number: 025647

(FRANCIS, SAM). Lembark, Connie W. & Ruth Fine. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Jackets, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 412 + 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of the four hundred and seventy-eight lithographs, intaglio etchings, screenprints, posters, and "Anima" prints executed by the late, great abstract artist Sam Francis between 1960 and 1990. A brand new, most handsome example of the two volume reference set still shrinkwrapped in the publisher's decorative linen slipcase. 1-55595-062-0 Inventory Number: 018707

(GOBER, ROBERT). Gober, Robert, Ulrich Loock, Karel Schampers & Trevor Fairbrother. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Bern, SWITZERLAND: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen & Kunsthalle Bern, 1990. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by 8vo. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 touring European Museum retrospective, this informative catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of ninety-one sculptural objects created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1980 and 1990, as well as copious photographic documentation of installation works. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-6918-054-5 Inventory Number: 018848

(GURSKY, ANDREAS). Gursky, Andreas, Veit Gorner & Annelie Lutgens. Wolfsburg & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg & Hatje/Cantz, 1998. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Pictorial Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Gerard Hadders, BLH. Text in English and German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1998 retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (that subsequently traveled to the Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Serpentine Gallery, London, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Castello di Rivoli, and the Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon), this elegantly designed, oversized hardbound volume is a full catalogue raisonné reproducing each of Andreas Gursky's large-scale photographic works executed between January 1994 and December 1997. A most handsome example still bearing the publisher's printed wraparound band along with the text booklet in parallel English and German laid in, as issued. 3-89322-355-X Inventory Number: 019743

(HOPPER, EDWARD). lEVIN, gAIL. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in Association with W.W. Norton, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 276 + 332 + 386pp + unpaginated chemise with a CD-Rom 1,500+ illustrations in b&w and color. With a bibliography and exhibition history. "Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné" is preeminent Hopper historian Gail Levin's definitive work on the artist, and an indispensable reference for scholars and collectors. This massive catalogue raisonné is presented in three volumes: the first contains an essay on Hopper and his place in American art and includes all the illustrations done at the beginning of his career. The second volume represents over three hundred and fifty watercolors and their related texts. The third volume represents over three hundred and sixty oil paintings and related texts. In addition, a fourth volume containing CD-ROM provides a wealth of scholarly information, i.e. provenance, bibliographies, and exhibition histories." A complete and most handsome example of this uncommon and definitive Edward Hopper undertaking in the the publishers cloth slipcase, as issued. 0393-03786-X Inventory Number: 026206

(KELLY, ELLSWORTH). Axsom, Richard H. & Ellsworth Kelly. Grand Rapids, MI & New Haven, CT: Grand Rapids Art Museum & Yale University Press, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 124pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by John Hubbard with Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Shear. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 traveling Museum exhibition of all seventy-two plant lithographs executed by the late Ellsworth Kelly between 1964 and 2004. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "for Connie, old times! / Ellsworth / 26 Sept '05" in the year of publication in black ink on the half title page to the well-known, late Los Angeles art collector (and author of the catalogue raisonné of prints by her close friend Sam Francis) Connie Lembark on the inside front cover. This volume was acquired by us directly from Ms. Lembark prior to her passing. 0-300-10321-2 Inventory Number: 024866

(KLEE, PAUL). Helfenstein, Josef & Christian Rumelin. The Paul Klee Foundation, Editor. London & New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2002. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 580pp, over 1,000 b&w and color illustrations. Text in English and German. With a bibliography, exhibition history and indices. This is the massive fifth volume of The Paul Klee Foundation at the Museum of Fine Arts in Berne's nine volume catalogue raisonné of paintings and works on paper by the renowned Swiss modern artist. It covers the years 1927 to 1930. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly limited (estimated at a print run of seven hundred copies) Thames and Hudson English language edition of 2002 still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-500-09283-4 Inventory Number: 023851

(KLEE, PAUL). Kornfeld, Eberhard W.. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1963. First Edition 1/1400. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good/Near Fine. 313pp, 150 b&w illustrations. Text in German. Published by Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein in 1963, this authoritative tome was the first complete catalogue raisonné of graphic work by the renowned Swiss modern artist Paul Klee. An otherwise most handsome example of the German language edition limited to one thousand, four hundred copies showing some minor foxing to the pastedowns and edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024880

(KOONS, JEFF). Rosenblum, Robert & Jeff Koons. Sadie Coles & Robert Violette, Editors. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1992. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming little book published by Anthony d'Offay in 1992 is a catalogue raisonné of works executed by Jeff Koons between 1979 and 1992. It includes an essay by Robert Rosenblum as well as running commentary on the work by the artist throughout. A handsome example of the gallery's true first edition additionally SIGNED AND DATED 3/22/01 WITH A FLOWER DRAWING by Jeff Koons in blue ink on the front free endpaper showing some light wear and rubbing to the covers - primarily along the spine. 0-947564-46-2 Inventory Number: 017331

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Corlett, Mary Lee. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated, 1994. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good/Near Fine. 328pp, 349 color and 58 b&w illustrations. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1994 traveling retrospective organized by the National Gallery of Art, this is a full catalogue raisonné of the printed work of the late, Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein through 1993. Included in its three hundred and forty-one entries is the rarely documented pre-Pop work, as well as all of the later silkscreens, prints and posters. A handsome example of the 1994 hardbound first edition showing some light wear and soiling to the edges of the textblock. 1-55595-105-8 Inventory Number: 026097

(MARINI, MARINO). Guastalla, Giorgio & Guido. Preface by Mario De Micheli. Introduction by Marina Marini. Rome, ITALY & Los Angeles, CA: Graphis Arte Editions & Leslie Sacks Editions, 1993. First English Language Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 278pp, profusely illustrated in duotone, b&w and color. Text in English. With a biography, collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of the renowned twentieth century Italian artist Marino Marini, Published in 1993, it contains fully illustrated and annotated entries for three hundred and eighty-four engravings, lithographs and graphic works for illustrated books executed between 1919 and 1980. An internally most handsome copy of the English language edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a single closed tear and crease at the bottom edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022461

(MATSUMOTO, AKIRA). Matsumoto, Akira, Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma & Makoto Nakamura. Tokyo: Gyarari Natsuhiko, 1991. First Edition 1/600 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 312pp, 358 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully printed 1991 monograph on the noted Japanese Pop-turned-Abstract artist Akira Matsumoto. It contains essays by Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma, and Makoto Nakamuraa along with a catalogue raisonné of works executed between 1960 and 1990. A most handsome numbered example (281/600) of the deluxe edition limited to six hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED by the artist in black ink on the title page with the SIGNED AND NUMBERED ORIGINAL COLOR SILKSCREEN PRINT "Arrangement (Inversion S 15)" laid in, in the publisher's gilt-debossed slipcase, as issued. Inventory Number: 022524

(MOSS, ERIC OWEN). Moss, Eric Owen. Introduction By Anthony Vidler. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Group C. With a project chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the second of three catalogues raisonné to date covering the complete work of Eric Owen Moss. The projects here are from 1990 - 1995, and include the renowned Los Angeles-based architect's designs for "Box", "IRS Records" and "Thomas Ince Theater". A most handsome example. 0-8478-1910-8 Inventory Number: 009692

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Gilman, Larry, Editor. With texts by Yoshitomo Nara, Kristin Chambers, Josh Kun, Ingrid Schaffner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Carrie Brownstein, John Doe, Dave Eggers, Lars Frederickson, Debbie Harry, Leonard Nimoy & Ozmatli. Foreword by Jil. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2011. First Edition. Stout 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. This lavishly produced two-volume catalogue raisonné was produced with the full participation of Yoshitomo Nara. Featuring two four-hundred page volumes bound in fabric featuring Nara's designs and housed in a similar slipcase, it is the most extensive, authoritative, and beautiful expression of the artist's work published to date. The set documents nearly all of the artist's prolific output over the span of his career to date, including more than four thousand, five hundred paintings, drawings, editions, sculptures, photographs, and collaborations with other artists. Included are new essays written by Nara himself as well as texts from Banana Yoshimoto, Takashi Murakami, Hiroshi Sugito, Midori Matsui, Kristin Chambers, Josh Kun, Ingrid Schaffner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Carrie Brownstein, John Doe, Dave Eggers, Lars Frederickson, Debbie Harry, Leonard Nimoy, Ozomatli, and Jill Snyder. A brand new, most handsome example of this now-unavailable massive undertaking still in shrinkwrap in the publisher's decorative cardboard outer shipping box with the Nara-designed limited edition tote bag / artist's multiple, as issued. 0-8118-7028-6 Inventory Number: 026318

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenburg, Claes & Coosje Van Bruggen. Essays by Susan P. Casteras, Vincent Scully, Gerhard Storck, Richard Cork & Donald Judd. New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Large 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 584pp, 420 color and 94 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue raisonné through 1993 of the large scale and public works executed by Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg with his wife and collaborator Coosje Van Bruggen. A brand new, most handsome example (entry number two hundred and fifty-three in Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") from the deluxe edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (200/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED by both Oldenburg and Van Bruggen in pencil on the rear colophon containing the 11 ¼ x 8 ¼" color lithograph entitled "Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Dress Collar and Tie, with Stud" (a preliminary study for their monumental project to be installed in front of Frank O. Gehry's Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2005) SIGNED AND DATED "C.O. '94", AND NUMBERED (200/250) in pencil on the recto laid in a paper portfolio, in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. 1885254040 Inventory Number: 024089

(OUTERBRIDGE, PAUL). Dines, Elaine & Graham Howe, Editors. Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 239pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a 1981 Laguna Beach Museum of Art retrospective, this is a comprehensive monograph on the supremely talented, yet ill-fated photographer Paul Outerbridge who finished out his life destitute in Laguna Beach. This includes extensive selections of the nudes, commercial work, carbro prints, and his previously undocumented black and white ink drawings. A most handsome example. 0-940872-02-1 Inventory Number: 014360

(PICASSO, PABLO). Geiser, Bernhard. Preface by E.W. Kornfeld. Berne, SWITZERLAND: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1968. First Editions. 4to. Buckram. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/No Jacket. np, 314 b&w illustrations. Text in French. Published in 1968 in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the second volume of Bernhard Geiser's catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's graphic works that contains illustrated entries for each of three hundred and fourteen engravings and monotypes executed by the master between 1932 and 1934. An uncommonly crisp and bright example of this document bound with its printed wrappers intact into a blue buckram binding with gilt lettering to the spine by the noted late Beverly Hills art dealer Frank Perls showing some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. Inventory Number: 020266

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

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

(REDON, ODILON). Harrison, Dr. Sharon R. Foreword by Peter Morse. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1986. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Near Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a concordance and bibliography. Published in 1986, this is the full catalogue raisonné of etchings by the iconoclastic French Symbolist Odilon Redon. It contains comprehensively annotated and illustrated entries for sixty-four variants of thirty-three works executed between 1865 and 1914, a concordance of their relationship to the 1913 catalogue raisonné by Andre Mellerio, texts by Dr. Sharon R. Harrison and Peter Morse, and a selection of translated letters from the artist. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference whose dust jacket shows some sunning along the length of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. 0-306-76082-7 Inventory Number: 019467

(RIOS, SUSAN). Rugoff, Ralph. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With over one hundred lavish color and duotone plates, an early critical essay by Ralph Rugoff, and a catalogue raisonné of her serigraphs, this is still the major monograph on the populist painter / printmaker Susan Rios. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Susan Rios" in black marker on the front pastedown. 0-88363-587-9 Inventory Number: 016074

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Dieter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1982. First Edition 1/8000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Calendar. Very Good./No Jacket.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Issued in 1972 as the twentieth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of reprinting the complete artist's books of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 20" represents the first full catalogue raisonné of the innovative Swiss artist's books and prints. An internally most handsome example (entry number M.3 cited on pages 228 + 232 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") showing a bit of overall light wear and abrading along the spine along with a slight dent at the heel. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025882

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Banham, Reyner & Peter Wollen. Robert Dean & Erin Wright, Editors. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian Gallery & Steidl Verlag, 2005. First Edition 1/3500. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 528pp, 304 color and 14 b&w illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced second volume (of a projected seven) on the works on canvas by noted Los Angeles via Oklahoma icon Edward Ruscha. Impeccably designed with a beautiful full page color reproduction for each painting, this is one of the most beautiful catalogues raisonné yet published for a major artist! A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's silver embossed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 3-86521-138-0 Inventory Number: 019002

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Bogle, Andrew. Preface By Henry Geldzahler. Auckland, NEW ZEALAND: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w, with 6 tipped-in color plates. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1978 Australian exhibition of the artist's drawings and prints, this is a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of Edward Ruscha's prints from 1966-76, as well as thirty word drawings. A bright, most handsome example showing a few trivial soft creases to the upper foredge corner of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025224

(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

(TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE). Julien, Edouard. Monte Carlo, MONACO & New York: Andre Sauret Editions du Livre & Paris Book Center, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 104pp, 39 color illustrations. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Supervised by legendary French lithographer Andre Sauret and printed by Mourlot Freres, this is a complete catalogue raisonné that beautifully reproduces in color photolithography each of the thirty-two posters executed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec between 1891 and 1900. A handsome example of the 1953 first English language edition showing a bit of wear to the spine ends along with a slight diagonal soft crease through a portion of the textblock at the upper foredge tip. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024474