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(ACCONCI, VITO) (AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editor. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Very Good.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Vito Acconci by Van Schley. With a biography, bibliography, and index. This is the sixth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". Edited in conjunction with Vito Acconci, this issue is a comprehensive monograph on the artist featuring scores of photographs, performance notes, documentation, and a transcribed interview with Liza Bear. A handsome example of this uncommon document showing some typical rubbing to the front cover and light wear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026133

(ADER, BAS JAN) (LEAVITT, WILLIAM) (VAN ELK, GER). Winer, Helene, Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt & Ger Van Elk. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Gallery, Montgomery Art Center, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Pomona College Gallery exhibition curated by director Helene Winer that featured the three then-local conceptual practitioners (and close friends) Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt, and Ger Van Elk. It features photographic documentation by Phillip Cleveland, and a brief textual contribution by Leavitt. A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon early California conceptualism item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024994

(ALBERS, JOSEF). Nordland, Gerald & Kenneth E. Tyler. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1971. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Print Prospectus. Near Fine.. np (18pp), 15 duotone illustrations. Designed by John Coy. This is one of Los Angeles-based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the publication of renowned Bauhaus instructor Josef Albers' 1971 series of ten original graphic works: "White Embossings on Gray". A handsome example of this uncommon item with the publisher's price list and order form laid in showing a bit of sunning along the spine. Inventory Number: 025853

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl. Portland, OR: Portland Center for the Visual Arts, 1973. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (36pp), 36 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the austerely designed artist's book cum exhibition catalogue that photographically documents noted minimalist sculptor Carl Andre's February 11th through March 11th 1973 Portland Center for the Visual Arts installation entitled "144 Blocks and Stones" that was dedicated to his colleague, the late Robert Smithson. A most presentable example of the uncommon first edition with the publisher's loose vellum title page laid in, as issued, showing some mild overall handling and light rubbing with traces of a few water droplets to the covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025996

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally handsome example showing some mild wear and handling along with some traces of moisture and ink transfer to the rear cover and foredge bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026002

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally most handsome example showing some mild wear along with typical sunning to the extremities of the covers bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026001

(ANDRE, CARL). Bourdon, David. Foreword by Barbara Rose. New York: Jaap Rietman, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Richard S. Haymes. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 circulating American Museum retrospective exhibition of sixteen sculptures and sculptural installations executed between 1959 and 1977 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre. A most handsome example. LC 78-56827 Inventory Number: 025998

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS. 1969 (1975).: Haags Gemeentemuseum & Daled. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1975 Daled second printing of this early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026004

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS: Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1969. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1969 first printing of this uncommon early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026003

(ANDRE, CARL). Meyer-Hermann, Eva, Phyllis Tuchman, Carl Andre, Paul Sutinen & Hollis Frampton. Krefeld, Wolfsburg & Koln, GERMANY: Haus Lange und Haus Esters Krefeld, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg & Oktagon Verlagsgesellschaft, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 288pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Designed by Volker Dohne. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 German Museum retrospective exhibition of sculptures and sculptural installations executed between 1958 and 1995 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre that traveled from the Haus Lange und Haus Esters Krefeld to the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. A most handsome example of the 1996 first paperbound edition of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-89611-011-X Inventory Number: 027195

(ANDRE, CARL). Monig, Roland, Letizia Ragaglia & Guido de Ward. Kleve, GERMANY, Bolzano, ITALY & Koln, GERMANY: Museum Kunsthaus Kleve, Museion Bozen / Bolzano & Verlag Der Buchandlung Walther Konig, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Designed by Ingo Offermanns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 2011 European Museum retrospective exhibition of sculptures, sculptural installations, and printed documents executed between 1958 and 2010 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre that traveled from the Museum Kunsthaus Kleve to the Museion Bozen / Bolzano. A bright white, most handsome example showing a slight dent to the foredge tip at the rear of the textblock. Inventory Number: 026000

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Mallory at the start of a long and loving relationship - (drawing of a small heart with an arrow through it) Eleanor" in black ink on the front free endpaper. The late Mallory Freeman was the director of Santa Monica's Tortue Gallery which represented Ms. Antin locally during the eighties, from whom we obtained this directly. 0-937122-11-4 Inventory Number: 020561

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "Dear Edie - sorry we missed each other - in the meantime I'm sending you a surrogate - Eleanor Antin" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-937122-11-4 Inventory Number: 020560

(ASHER, MICHAEL). Dick, Leslie & Adriano Pedrosa. Valencia, CA: Golden Spike Press, 2013. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. 138pp, 4 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Ray-Von. With appendices. Published in conjunction with the California Institute for the Arts, this posthumous tribute to the influential late Los Angeles-based conceptual artist and educator Michael Asher consists primarily of typographically transcribed class enrollment forms for each of the fifty-two semesters he taught at CalArts over a thirty-three year span. Amongst the notable students listed here are Stephen Prina, Christopher Williams, Tony Oursler, B. Wurtz, Jim Isermann, Kate Ericson, Mel Ziegler, Ashley Bickerton, Richard Hawkins, Jody Zellen, Sam Durant, Lyle Ashton Harris, Gary Simmons, Dave Muller, Edgar Arceneaux, Zoe Crosher, Lesley Vance, Carter Mull, Tomory Dodge, and many more. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon (only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) and unavailable, rigorous-yet-sentimental gem limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. 0-9886694-2-0 Inventory Number: 027512

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 59pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Yvonne Rainer by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the fifth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with Jannis Kounellis, Philip Glass, and Yvonne Rainer along with contributions by Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, and Keith Sonnier. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026131

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche & Kineticism Press, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 73pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Lawrence Weiner by Doug Connor. This is the fourth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with artists Jackie Winsor, Howard Fried, and Lawrence Weiner as well as contributions by Sol LeWitt, Alice Aycock, Stanley Brouwn, Franz Erhard Walther, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, and Weiner. A handsome example copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026130

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche & Kineticism Press, 1971. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 99pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Bruce Nauman by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the second installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with artists Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, Dennis Oppenheim and Terry Fox, pieces on Yves Klein, Klaus Rinke, and 112 Greene Street, as well as contributions by John Van Saun, Bruce McLean, William Wegman, and Vito Acconci. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026128

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 020629

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. Munchen, GERMANY: Verlag Schellmann & Kluser, 1976. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Fine.. np (186pp), 90 color illustrations. "A Series of 90 Paintings..." documents Joseph Beuys' body of work subtitled "2 Schafskopfe (Loch)" issued as "unique multiples" by Verlag Schellmann & Kluser in 1976. Painted between 1961 and 1975, these abstracted images of two sheep heads were executed in oil paint and butter on a sheet of BFK Rives paper that had a circular hole torn from it. Each is reproduced here photomechanically as an individual full page blueprint and bound in wrappers. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred copies SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the title page and NUMBERED by stamp (162/500) in black ink on the rear free endpaper, as issued. 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: 022234

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1981. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 123 duotone illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1981 exhibition of a 1975 series of Joseph Beuys drawings on calendar pages entitled "Words Which Can Hear" held at London's Anthony D'Offay Gallery. A pristine example of the uncommon deluxe hardbound edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Joseph Beuys in brown ink at the rear, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 019917

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). de Vree, Paul & Sarenco, Editors. Brescia, ITALY: Lotta Poetica, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. np (24pp), 23 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Text in Italian. Cover Designed by Joseph Beuys, This forty-sixth installment of Paul de Vree's prescient seventies art and literature periodical "Lotta Poetica" (Poetry War) is a special monographic issue devoted to Joseph Beuys. It features a cover and title page designed by the artist that is accompanied by Caroline Tisdall's photographic documentation of the 1974 piece "Three Pots Action in the Poor House". A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 019826

(BLOOM, BARBARA). Bloom, Barbara. Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), 1981. First Edition. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 30 ½ x 21 ¾" poster printed color offset recto only, flat and unmailed. This is the limited edition poster/artwork produced as part of Barbara Bloom's 1981 piece entitled "The Diamond Lane" - a supposed feature-length film written and directed by the artist with music by Peter Gordon that starred Eric Fischl, Susan Davis, Marianne deGraaf, and Cees van Hoorn. There was however no full-length film, only a psychologically fraught five-minute "trailer" (produced with the assistance of a Dutch governmental grant) and a small print-run of one-sheet posters to be used for publicity purposes. In 1981, Los Angeles' conceptually-based Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. rented time in several local theatres to show the trailer amongst actual studio coming attractions while displaying the posters in their lobbies. The idea seemed to be that the anticipation created in a few random viewers would never be fulfilled, thus potentially spawning individual mythologies about the fictional movie based on the fragments they had observed in the theatre... Needless to say, if you blinked, you missed this one, and this poster designed by Ms. Bloom is the remaining documentation of the artwork/event. A most handsome, still flat example of this uncommon artist's multiple (documented on page 147 of New York's International Center for Photography's 2007 publication "The Collections of Barbara Bloom" ) that has been neither folded nor hung, showing some mild handling marks and crinkling along the length of one of its edges. Inventory Number: 027356

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (32pp), no illustrations. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "11 Excerpts (1967-1970)" is renowned Conceptual practitioner Mel Bochner's 1971 artist's book consisting of eleven brief, somewhat didactic statements about "Art" and its production. As he states here, "I do not make art. I do art". A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024452

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel, Frederic Paul & Nelson Knight. Bignan, FRANCE: Domaine De Kerguehennec, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 color and 36 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely new hardbound catalogue that documents the 2007 Domaine De Kerguehennec retrospective of renowned Conceptual artist Mel Bochner. It contains primarily newly photographed images of the works installed during the exhibition as well as earlier documentary photographs, essays by Frederic Paul and Nelson Knight, and a lengthy transcribed interview between Paul and Mel Bochner. A brand new, pristine example. 2-906574-15-5 Inventory Number: 016143

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Dijon, FRANCE: Art & Art, 1988. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 9 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. Limited to three hundred copies only, this charming artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents nine sepia-toned portraits of the title's protagonist Georges Harly found in a cigar box. A handsome example of entry number sixty-five in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" showing some slight sunning along the length of the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 017920

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag (Edition Separee 26), 1999. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with DJ. Artist's Book. As New.. np (32pp), illustrated in b&w. Text in German. "So Schnell" is Christian Boltanski's cryptic 1999 artist's book that presents thirty passport-style portraits of French youth with accompanying birth dates juxtaposed against graph paper grids. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies 3-932189-26-4 Inventory Number: 013402

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. München & Darmstadt, GERMANY: Gina Kehayoff Verlag & Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (48 pp), 40 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in German. Published in conjunction with a 1996 German museum exhibition, "Sterblich" is a Christian Boltanski artist book containing forty dark, grainy photographic images of death. A most handsome example. 3-929078-58-9 Inventory Number: 010973

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Madrid, SPAIN: Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Printed Boards. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. 63pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish and French. With a chronology. Published in conjunction with a 1998 Spanish exhibition, this contains an artist's project by Christian Boltanski consisting of grainy photographic images of "Escenarios Del Crimen". A most presentable example (entry number sixty-four in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991" and cited on page 42 of "From Fair to Fine 3") showing a few minor surface indentations and some light browning (as is typical with this title) as well as some minor foxing to the chipboard covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 003646

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Munich, GERMANY: Gina Kehayoff Verlag, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (64pp), 63 b&w illustrations. Text in German. This artist's book by Christian Boltanski presents contrasting sets of childhood and adult portraits of thirty-one participants, plus two additional images of the artist himself. A most handsome example of the 1996 Gina Kehayoff Verlag first edition. 3-929078-57-0 Inventory Number: 003644

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the second 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 thirty-one projects executed between 1974 and 1977. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a flattened diagonal soft crease through the upper foredge corner of the front cover along with a bit of wear and soiling along the spine and extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 027411

(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

(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery Staff. Santa Monica, CA & New York: Hoffman Borman & Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery, 1988. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), full edge gilt, 5 color illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition of five new sculptures: "The Figure Of Question Is In The Room", "The Door For Innocence", "This And This", "The Conscience", and "The Golden Book" by the late, idiosyncratic Conceptual practitioner James Lee Byars that traveled from the Mary Boone / Michael Werner Gallery in New York to Santa Monica's Hoffman Borman Gallery. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies (whose exquisite production values cost the galleries $80.00 per book) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-941863-04-2 Inventory Number: 023952

(CANNONE, GARY). Cannone, Gary & Jamillah James. Los Angeles, CA: Campbell Hall Art Gallery, 2019. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ivan Golinko.

"Albums by Conceptual Artists" originated as a crowd-sourced online project in which Gary Cannone encouraged like-minded artists to infiltrate popular and obscure album covers with content from the history of contemporary art in a communal act of parody. Begun as a Facebook comment thread, a Tumblr site of the project soon followed and grew to over five hundred album cover contributions ranging from transgressive to silly, from informative to obtuse. Cannone sees the series as a form of fan fiction, a positive creative act often using arcane minutiae linking the worlds of art and music done by and for art nerds. The artist’s formative influences include 70s comedy such as Norm Crosby, Wacky Packages, Carol Burnett, Mad Magazine, and the disembodied PA from M*A*S*H (the TV series). He is a 2019 recipient of a California Community Foundation’s Fellowship in Visual Arts grant and his artist’s book, Time Settings for a Microwave Oven with Broken Three, Four, and Nine Buttons was recently acquired by The Getty Museum. His current work explores the phenomenology of furniture in gallery spaces through the lens of a prop comic." A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by artist Gary Cannone in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Forever Now” will be signed by Gary Cannone at our event on Saturday, August 3rd, and shipped beginning Tuesday, August 6th. Inventory Number: E000GCFN

(CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN). Chamberlain, John. NP (Los Angeles ?): Self-Published, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Plastic Report Cover. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. Thirty-five individual 8 ½ x 11" bond sheets printed offset recto only, in a translucent fluorescent orange plastic report cover with a blue plastic clamp spine (as issued), no illustrations. "Rand Piece" is the printed form of John Chamberlain's contribution to the historic 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition "Art and Technology". It consists of excerpted responses by employees of the noted Southern California think-tank The Rand Corporation to a questionnaire submitted by the artist. The piece was mounted on the walls during the exhibition, with Chamberlain subsequently self-publishing an extremely limited edition of these responses to be distributed to the Rand participants. For further details, see the catalog "Art and Technology" by Maurice Tuchman. Edition size is not known, but surviving copies are truly rare. A most handsome example of this elusive conceptual document whose plastic binder remains remarkably fresh additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "John Chamberlain" in purple ink on the title page at the time of publication. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023336

(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Weight of Franchise Meat" is the wry 1971 self-published artist's book by the then California-based conceptual practitioner Robert Cumming. True to its title, Cumming stages and photographs sixteen tableaux featuring hamburger patties from Orange County burger chains A + W, Bob's Big Boy, Buddy's, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Denny's, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's, and Punky's weighed on a postage scale. An otherwise handsome example of the 1971 first edition of this uncommon gem (cited on pages 146-147 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some very mild soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 026499