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CHRIS BURDEN: 74-77
(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 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. A bright, unusually sharp example of this uncommon item showing just the slightest bit of wear and soiling along the spine and extremities. Inventory Number: 026560
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CHRIS BURDEN: 71-73
(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
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JAMES LEE BYARS
(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
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ROLYWHOLYOVER A CIRCUS: JOHN CAGE
(CAGE, JOHN). Cage, John. Russell Ferguson, Editor.. New York & Los Angeles: Rizzoli International Publications & Museum of Contemporary Art, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Silkscreened Aluminum Box. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose printed contents laid into an Aluminum Box. Designed by Catherine Lorenz. This is the spirited exhibition catalogue for a huge traveling retrospective that celebrated John Cage, his collaborators, influences, and influence on twentieth Century culture. Composer, lecturer, musician, artist, theoretician, Zen student, mycologist - all aspects of his life and art are represented here in a patchwork quilt of texts and images jammed into a sleek, mirror-like metal case. Every day in each of the show's venues (MOCA, the Menil Collection, the Guggenheim, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center in Japan, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art) the art objects shifted in placement and installation - a nod to Cage's pioneering use of chance, and randomization as compositional elements. This catalogue/object functions much the same way, with nearly fifty pieces of printed ephemera laid in, with no hierarchical order. The primary texts here include; "Paying Attention" by Anne d'Harnoncourt, "nothingtoseeness" by Julie Lazar, "John Cage in the Social Realm" by Laura Kuhn, "UNCAGEDWORDS" by Joan Retallack, "Cage and Counting" by Mark Swed, "Anarchy" by John Cage, "An Autobiographical Statement" by John Cage, "Macrobiotic Cooking" by John Cage, "The Agenbite of Outwit" by Marshall McLuhan, "What Should I Eat?" by Andrew Weil, M. D., "Chronological Table of John Cage's Life" by Ellsworth Snyder, "Zen and Dhyana" by Daisetz T. Suzuki, "The Dancer and the Dance" by Merce Cunningham in conversation with Jacqueline Lesschaeve, and "The Director's Forward" by Richard T. Koshalek of MOCA. Artists' work in the show (but not necessarily in the catalogue) included Cage, Josef Albers, Antonin Arthaud, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Cornell, Willem De Kooning, Maya Deren, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Arshile Gorky, Peter Greenaway, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Ellsworth Kelly, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Sol LeWitt, Kasimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Isamu Noguchi, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Harry Partch, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Erik Satie, Jean Tinguely, David Tudor, Cy Twombly, Edgar Varese, La Monte Young, and many, many others. A brand new, most handsome example of this cleverly designed book object still in the publisher's shrinkwrap and obi showing none of the fine surface scratches to the mirror-like finish of its box one typically finds. 0-8478-1772-5 Inventory Number: 026634
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GARY CANNONE: FOREVER NOW - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(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 -
RAND PIECE - SIGNED BY JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
(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. Inventory Number: 023336
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THE WEIGHT OF FRANCHISE MEAT
(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
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THE WEIGHT OF FRANCHISE MEAT
(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. 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 along with a bit of subtle rippling due to contact with moisture. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025594
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GUY DE COINTET: A CAPTAIN FROM PORTUGAL
(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026837
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ESPAHOR LEDET KO ULUNER! - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM GUY DE COINTET
(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1973).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/600. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (75pp). In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is a quirky artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based Conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. "Written" in his self-devised, unintelligible language, there are no illustrations, English, nor any publication details to be found here. It is noted as having been issued by the artist in an edition of six hundred copies in 1973 in the bibliography of Frederic Paul's "Guy de Cointet" published by Flammarion in 2014. A most handsome example of this uncommon item - only nine copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "For Peg / Guy de Cointet / Dec 16, '74" in red ink on the front free endpaper showing just a bit of wear and age-toning. Inventory Number: 026500
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GUY DE COINTET: A CAPTAIN FROM PORTUGAL
(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 025704
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AGNES DENES - DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED COPIES WITH A SIGNED LITHOGRAPH LAID IN
(DENES, AGNES). Hobbs, Robert, Donald Kuspit, Peter Selz & Lowery Stokes Sims. Introduction By Thomas Leavitt. Jill Hartz, Editor. Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum Of Art, Cornell University, 1992. First Edition #12/200 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jordan Davies. With a biography and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1992 retrospective held at Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum Of Art, this is the most comprehensive documentation to date on the cartography-based work of noted Conceptual artist Agnes Denes. A most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to two hundred copies containing an original 8 ¾ x 12" lithograph NUMBERED (12/200) AND SIGNED "Agnes Denes" in pencil on the verso laid into its deckle-edged handmade paper folder, as issued. 0-295-97277-7 Inventory Number: 021455
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JAN DIBBETS: PERSPECTIEF CORRECTIE
(DIBBETS, JAN). Dibbets, Jan. New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Folded Poster. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine.. One 19 ½ x 25 ½" sheet printed offset recto only, neatly folded in quarters, as issued. This artist's multiple cum poster was Dutch Conceptual practitioner Jan Dibbets' contribution to the Multiples, Inc. "Artists and Photographs" portfolio of 1970. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item offered here individually. Inventory Number: 023930
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DAN FLAVIN
(FLAVIN, DAN). Flavin, Dan. Los Angeles: Otis Art Institute Gallery, 1977. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (8pp), 4 b&w and 1 color illustration + color cover. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Los Angeles gallery installation of new work by the noted minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin. A handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing just a bit of handling. Inventory Number: 014571
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SIDE BY SIDE: GILBERT & GEORGE, THE SCULPTORS
(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. London, Cologne, GERMANY & New York: Art For All & Konig Brothers, 1972. First Edition 1/600. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to six hundred copies, the beautifully bound "Side by Side" is the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, most handsome example in lovely hand-marbled boards of the 1972 first edition of this exceedingly uncommon item SIGNED "Gilbert & George" in red on the foreword AND NUMBERED (No. 85 of 600) on the inside rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025705
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SIDE BY SIDE: GILBERT & GEORGE, THE SCULPTORS 2012
(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. London & Koln, GERMANY: Enitharmon Editions Ltd. & Walther Konig, 2012. Second Edition (First Thus 1/2000). 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. First published in 1971 in an edition limited to six hundred copies, "Side by Side" was the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 Enitharmon Editions Ltd. facsimile edition limited to two thousand copies each with unique covers hand-marbled linen by the artists NUMBERED (#1990/2000) AND SIGNED "Gilbert & George" in purple ink, as issued. 3-86335-268-8 Inventory Number: 023898
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OH, THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK: GILBERT & GEORGE THE SCULPTORS SPRING 1972
(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George, Jean-Christophe Ammann & Barbara M. Reise. Luzern, SWITZERLAND: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1972. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good -.. np (84pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the 1972 Kunstmuseum Luzern exhibition entitled "The Paintings", this is the original appearance of the photographic sequence "Oh, the Grand old Duke of York" by British conceptualists Gilbert & George. Capturing the pair descending an imposing stone staircase accompanied by the repeating phrase "No UP, no DOWN", these same images were reconfigured in the form of a small 1996 flip book published Oktagon Verlag. An internally most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1972 first edition whose white wrappers show age-toning, soiling and spotting along with noticeable insect damage along the top and bottom edges of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021309
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FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES
(GONZALEZ-TORRES, FELIX ). Ault, Julie, Editor. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl Dangin, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 412pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Pascal Dangin. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. "Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the most influential artists of his generation, lived and worked resolutely according to his own democratic ideology, determined to "make this a better place for everyone." Combining principles of conceptual art, minimalism, political activism and poetic beauty, Gonzalez-Torres's ever-changing arsenal included public billboards, give-away piles of candy or posters, and ordinary objects (clocks, mirrors, light fixtures) often used to startling effect. His work challenged the notions of public and private space, originality, authorship and most significantly, the authoritative structure in which he functioned. In the spirit of the artist's method, Julie Ault has amassed a comprehensive monograph of this important artist that rethinks the very idea of what a monograph should be. The book places strong emphasis on the written word, and contains texts by Robert Storr, Robert Nickas, Russell Ferguson, Lewis Baltz, Nancy Spector, Joseph Kosuth, and Miwon Kwon among other notables, as well as significant critical essays, exhibition statements, transcripts from lectures, personal correspondence, and writings that influenced Gonzalez-Torres and his work. With ample visual documentation, we see works not just in their finality, but often witness their transformation over a lifespan. This collection is a critical reference for the history of contemporary art". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition. 3-86521-196-8 Inventory Number: 025024
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POINT D'IRONIE 08 - SEPTEMBRE 1998: ITSUKO HASEGAWA + DAN GRAHAM
(GRAHAM, DAN) (HASEGAWA, ITSUKO) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 1998. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color and black and white offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, profusely illustrated. This eighth installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a collaborative project between renowned American conceptual practitioner Dan Graham and the noted Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa published in conjunction with the exhibition "Cities on the Move". A most handsome example of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 021774
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SCOTT GRIEGER: IMPERSONATIONS
(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1970. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Artist's Book. Very Good +.. Fifteen individual 7 ½ x 10 ¼" plates printed offset recto only, 15 b&w illustrations. Self-published in 1970, "Impersonations" is Los Angeles-based artist Scott Grieger's wildly hilarious, photographically illustrated artist's book of send-ups of iconic works by many of the then-prevailing luminaries of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art. Using the photographic studio and some darkroom magic, the hirsute Grieger clad in jeans, desert boots, and a white t-shirt substitutes himself for artworks ranging from a Barnett Newman "zip" to one of Robert Irwin's illuminated disc paintings. The fifteen artists receiving these wry homages are Ronald Bladen, Tony DeLap, Robert Grosvenor, Irwin, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, George Rickey, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Ernest Trova. The "Impersonations" photographs were subsequently shown in MoMA's landmark 1970 Conceptual Art exhibition "Information", the 1972 Whitney Annual, "Los Angeles '72" at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, and were the subject of a 2007 retrospective with catalogue at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. The work fits in nicely with parallel body-centric photographic excursions by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden and Vito Acconci - albeit with a more overt tongue in cheek approach. A bright, handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and underappreciated gem whose glossy white printed paper portfolio shows some typical creasing along the edges along with a slight stain at the upper right corner of the rear panel. Inventory Number: 022630
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SCOTT GRIEGER: IMPERSONATIONS
(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1970. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. Fifteen individual 7 ½ x 10 ¼" plates printed offset recto only, 15 b&w illustrations. Self-published in 1970, "Impersonations" is Los Angeles-based artist Scott Grieger's wildly hilarious, photographically illustrated artist's book of send-ups of iconic works by many of the then-prevailing luminaries of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art. Using the photographic studio and some darkroom magic, the hirsute Grieger clad in jeans, desert boots, and a white t-shirt substitutes himself for artworks ranging from a Barnett Newman "zip" to one of Robert Irwin's illuminated disc paintings. The fifteen artists receiving these wry homages are Ronald Bladen, Tony DeLap, Robert Grosvenor, Irwin, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, George Rickey, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Ernest Trova. The "Impersonations" photographs were subsequently shown in MoMA's landmark 1970 Conceptual Art exhibition "Information", the 1972 Whitney Annual, "Los Angeles '72" at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, and were the subject of a 2007 retrospective with catalogue at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. The work fits in nicely with parallel body-centric photographic excursions by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden and Vito Acconci - albeit with a more overt tongue in cheek approach. A bright, handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and underappreciated gem whose plates all show four tiny puncture marks at the upper left-hand corner due to two removed staples, and whose glossy white printed paper portfolio shows some typical minor creasing along the edges along with a few small spots on the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020015
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SCOTT GRIEGER
(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott & Maurice Tuchman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One continuous 7 ½ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, folded neatly in half to make 4pp, 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Ahmanson Gallery exhibition of five recent "combination" works by Scott Grieger. Expanding on his earlier "Impersonations" series, the Los Angeles-based artist takes aim here at prevailing luminaries and tropes of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art with five works that marry the iconic imagery of Frank Stella with Donald Judd, Robert Morris with Larry Poons, Morris Louis with Sol LeWitt, Barnett Newman with Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns with Donald Judd to amusing effect. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024815
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ROBERT HEINECKEN: FOOD, SEX AND TV (FAST, EASY AND FUN)
(HEINECKEN, ROBERT). Pastor, Suzanne E., Susan E. Cohen & Robert Heinecken. Kassel, GERMANY: Edition Fotoforum, 1983. First Edition 1/1200. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. np (24pp), profusely illustrat in color and b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1983 exhibition of photographic works by the late Los Angeles-based artist Robert Heinecken. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred copies showing a bit of light wear to the wrappers along with a vertical crease through the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025648
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MICHAEL HEIZER: DOUBLE NEGATIVE - SCULPTURE IN THE LAND
(HEIZER, MICHAEL). Taylor, Mark C. & Michael Heizer. Introduction by Richard Koshalek and Kerry Brougher. Los Angeles & New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Massimo Vignelli. With a bibliography. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 1991, this is the comprehensive hardbound volume documenting the conception and lifespan of Michael Heizer's seminal artwork "Double Negative". "Created with bulldozer and dynamite in 1969 in the vast expanse of the Nevada desert, "Double Negative" was one of the first, and remains among the most influential of the monumental "earthworks" sculptures in and of the land. "Double Negative", a 1,500 foot incision on the edge of a mesa eighty miles from Las Vegas still exists, and is officially part of the collection of MoCA". A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-8478-1426-2 Inventory Number: 026102
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EVA HESSE
(HESSE, EVA). David, Catherine, Corinne Desirens, Mel Bochner, Joan Simon, Linda Norden & Helen A. Cooper. Paris: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 212pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a posthumous 1993 retrospective that traveled from Valencia's Centro Julio Gonzalez to the Jeu de Paume in Paris, this is a cleanly designed, comprehensive survey of the work of the late, trailblazing minimalist sculptor Eva Hesse. Each of the one hundred and fifteen works in the exhibition are illustrated here. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some mild soiling along the top edge of the textblock along with a slight indentation to the rear cover. 2-908901-16-1 Inventory Number: 025168
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DOUGLAS HUEBLER
(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas. Andover, MA: The Addison Gallery of American Art, 1970. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 15 b&w illustrations. This is the slender sixteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Addison Gallery of American Art retrospective of the witty early Conceptual work of the late, beloved Cal Arts (by way of Michigan) mentor Douglas Huebler. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light wear. Inventory Number: 017494
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CROCODILE TEARS (BRIEF FICTIONS RE-SOUNDING FROM THE PROPOSAL IN VARIABLE PIECE #70: 1971 "TO PHOTOGRAPHICALLY DOCUMENT THE EXISTENCE OF EVERYONE ALIVE.")
(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas & Arthur Rose. Introduction by Julia Brown. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 28pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Linda Norlen. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the 1986 catalogue documenting ten works from Douglas Huebler's charming, typically wry "Crocodile Tears" series commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. These installments - "brief fictions re-sounding from the proposal in Variable Piece #70: 1971 to photographically document the existence of everyone alive" - originally appeared in print in 1984 as comic strips reproduced in the pages of the LA Weekly. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light overall wear, rubbing, and soiling to its covers. Inventory Number: 023723
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DOUGLAS HUEBLER
(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Onorato, Ronald J.. La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art survey of fifty-one works executed between 1968 and 1988 by the witty late Conceptual practitioner Douglas Huebler. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers. 0-934418-30-6 Inventory Number: 023956
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DOUGLAS HUEBLER
(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Onorato, Ronald J.. La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 52pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art survey of fifty-one works executed between 1968 and 1988 by the witty late Conceptual practitioner Douglas Huebler. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers along with a slight curl to the upper foredge corner of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-934418-30-6 Inventory Number: 023791
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DONALD JUDD: RAUME SPACES (KUNST + DESIGN / ART + DESIGN)
(JUDD, DONALD) (EBERLE, TODD). Judd, Donald, Franz Meyer, Rudi Fuchs, Renate Petzinger & Todd Eberle. Wiesbaden & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Museum Wiesbaden & Cantz Verlag, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 160pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This lovely monograph on the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd was published in conjunction with his selection as recipient of the Stankowski Foundation Prize in 1993. It focuses on his buildings at 101 Spring Street, New York and Marfa, Texas, and his work to transform their interior spaces by means of architecture, furniture design, and the artwork displayed within. Noted photographer Todd Eberle was commissioned to newly document these spaces, and his austere images aptly reflect the aesthetic of the artist. These capture Judd's private interiors, showing his own artwork, furniture and cabinetry work, as well as his extraordinary collection of pieces by the likes of Josef Albers, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, Claes Oldenburg, Ad Reinhardt, Lucas Samaras, Frank Stella, John Wesley, and more. A bright, most handsome example of the 1993 first hardbound edition. 3-89322-618-4 Inventory Number: 026412
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DONALD JUDD: LARGE-SCALE WORKS
(JUDD, DONALD). Fuchs, Rudi. New York: Pace Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 24pp, 8 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. Designed by Tomoko Makiura. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2004 New York gallery exhibition of five large-scale sculptural works executed by Donald Judd between 1988 and 1997. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-930743-41-6 Inventory Number: 025190
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DONALD JUDD: LARGE-SCALE WORKS
(JUDD, DONALD). Fuchs, Rudi & Donald Judd. New York: Pace Gallery, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 42pp, 23 b&w illustrations. Designed by Tomoko Makiura and Paul Pollard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1993 New York gallery exhibition of twenty-four works executed by Donald Judd between 1967 and 1992. A most handsome example showing some very light soiling to the covers. 1-878283-31-6 Inventory Number: 025118
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DONALD JUDD: COMPLETE WRITINGS 1959-1975
(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1975. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A most presentable example of the uncommon 1975 first paperbound edition of this vital document showing some light soiling and age-toning. 0-8147-4156-8 Inventory Number: 026712
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DONALD JUDD: COMPLETE WRITINGS 1959-1975
(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York. 1975 (2005).: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press. Second Edition (First Thus). 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 2005 second edition of this vital document. 0-919616-42-9 Inventory Number: 025101
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DONALD JUDD: ZEICHNUNGEN / DRAWINGS 1956-1976
(JUDD, DONALD). Koepplin, Dieter. Basel, SWITZERLAND, Halifax, CANADA & New York: Kunstmuseum Basel, Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1976. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the copiously illustrated catalogue documenting a 1976 Kunsthalle Basel exhibition of two hundred and fifty-two working drawings for sculptural projects executed between 1956 and 1976 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. A most presentable example of the uncommon paperbound first edition of this vital document showing some slight curling to the front of the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with some mild wear, soiling, and age-toning to its white covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-919616-12-7 Inventory Number: 026010
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DONALD JUDD: COR-TEN
(JUDD, DONALD). Meyer, Ellie. New York: David Zwirner Books, 2016. First Edition. Small 4to. Silkscreened Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue documenting a posthumous 2016 exhibition of ten Cor-Ten steel sculptures fabricated by Donald Judd between 1979 and 1989 held at David Zwirner's New York gallery. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-925047-07-7 Inventory Number: 025185
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DONALD JUDD - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(JUDD, DONALD). Poetter, Jochen, Franz Meyer & Donald Judd. Baden-Baden & Stuttgart, GERMANY: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden & Edition Cantz, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjuction with a 1989 exhibition of recent sculpture and woodcuts by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd held at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Don Judd / 9 Oct 92" during one of the artist's visits to our shop in black ink on the front pastedown. 3-89322-168-9 Inventory Number: 026576
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DONALD JUDD
(JUDD, DONALD). Smith, Brydon. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1995. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (28pp), 10 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1995 New York gallery exhibition of eight sculptures executed by Donald Judd between 1963 and 1990. A brand new, pristine example from an edition of one thousand unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9608210-1-5 Inventory Number: 026628
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BETWEEN ARTISTS: SYLVIA KOLBOWSKI / WALID RAAD
(KOLBOWSKI, SYLVIA) (RAAD, WALID). Kolbowski, Sylvia & Walid Raad. New York: A.R.T. Press, 2006. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, 9 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Published as part of A.R.T. Press' "Between Artists" series, "inadvertently situated during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006, this epistolary dialogue between Sylvia Kolbowski and Walid Raad traces one artist's evacuation from Lebanon, and one artist's experience of the war through texts and images". A bright, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition of this now elusive little gem. 0-923183-40-X Inventory Number: 024169
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NATURA NATURATA (AN ARGUMENT FOR STILL-LIFE): BENEFIT EXHIBITION FOR SQUAT THEATRE
(KOSUTH, JOSEPH). DaRosa, Raquel, Clegg & Guttmann, Braco Dimitrievic, Cornelia Lauf, Paul Magriel & John C. Welchman. Cornelia Lauf, Editor. New York: Josh Bear Gallery, 1989. First Edition. 12mo. Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, no illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1989 Josh Bear Gallery exhibition for the benefit of New York's Squat Theatre, the noted Conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth designed this elegant catalogue cum artist's book with a die-cut front cover printed on onionskin pages using typography much in the manner of his text-based wall pieces of the period. Curated by his wife Cornelia Lauf, the contemporary artists featured were Alan Belcher, Werner Buttner, Sarah Charlesworth, Braco Dimitrievic, Lili Dujourie, Clegg & Guttmann, Kosuth, Roy Lichtenstein, Glenn O'Brien, Claes Oldenburg, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Eran Shaerf, Wolfgang Staehle, Haim Steinbach, and Jon Tower, alongside "older masters" "Anonymous", Ben Austrian, Charles Thomas Bale, Nicholas Alden Brooks, George Henry Hall, William Michael Harnett, Gasparo Lopez, John Peto, Henri Robbe, and Tobias Stranover. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 013276
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