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  • Cy Twombly And Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings And Works On Paper

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    CY TWOMBLY AND JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER

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

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    Filed Under: African-American Art, Artist Monographs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Exhibition Catalogues, Cy Twombly
  • Art Of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection - Complete In Four Volumes

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    ART OF OUR TIME: THE SAATCHI COLLECTION - COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES

    (SAATCHI COLLECTION). Schjeldahl, Peter, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Michael Auping, Robert Rosenblum, Rudi Fuchs, Hilton Kramer, Prudence Carlson, Lynne Cooke, Kim Levin & Phyllis Tuchman. New York: Lund Humphries in Association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1985. First Edition. Large 4to. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalogs. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. np + np + np + np, 464 color illustrations total. These four volumes comprising the landmark "Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection" publication provide a unique window into the tastes and trends of the late eighties art world. An inventory of the blue chip holdings of uber-collector Charles Saatchi, it distills that moment in time as the market reached a frenzied peak that would implode with the 1990 crash of the Tokyo real estate market. Each of the four volumes features then-newly commissioned photographs of the collection that included in-depth holdings of the works of Carl Andre, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Richard Tuttle, Richard Artschwager, John Chamberlain, Lucas Samaras, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Georg Baselitz, Philip Guston, Anselm Kiefer, Malcolm Morley, Sigmar Polke, Julian Schnabel, Jennifer Bartlett, Jonathan Borofsky, Scott Burton, Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, Leon Golub, Neil Jenney, William Jensen, Robert Longo, Elizabeth Murray, Jim Nutt, Susan Rothenberg, David Salle, Joel Shapiro, Cindy Sherman, Terry Winters, Francesco Clemente, Richard Deacon, Howard Hodgkin, Leon Kossoff, Sean Scully, and Victor Willing. A bright, most handsome complete set of the four in wrappers (comprising ISBN numbers 0-8478-0574-3, 0-8478-0575-1, 0-8478-0576-X, 0-8478-0577-8). 0-8478-0574-3 Inventory Number: 026878

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    Filed Under: Art, California Artists and Arts, Conceptual and Minimal Art, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Pop Art, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol
  • Cy Twombly And Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings And Works On Paper

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    CY TWOMBLY AND JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER

    (TWOMBLY, CY) (BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Pellizzi, Francisco. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 20 color illustrations. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2004 gallery exhibition of drawings and paintings by Cy Twombly and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Each of the twenty works shown - five by Twombly, fifteen by Basquiat - is illustrated. A brand new most handsome example. 1-880086-14-X Inventory Number: 026821

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    Filed Under: African-American Art, Artist Monographs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Exhibition Catalogues, Cy Twombly
  • Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné Of The Paintings Volume Ii: 1961-1965

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    CY TWOMBLY: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE PAINTINGS VOLUME II: 1961-1965

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Bastian, Heiner. Munchen, GERMANY: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 312pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the second installment of Schirmer/Mosel Verlag's elegantly designed, beautifully printed hardbound catalogue raisonné of the painted work of Cy Twombly. Edited by Heiner Bastian, it contains fully illustrated entries for one hundred and seventy-eight pieces executed between 1961 and 1965. A brand new, most handsome example. 3-88814-690-9 Inventory Number: 026794

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Catalogues Raisonné, Cy Twombly
  • Cy Twombly: Letter Of Resignation

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    CY TWOMBLY: LETTER OF RESIGNATION

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Bastian, Heiner. Munchen, GERMANY: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. np (88pp), 38 color illustrations. Text in English and German. With a bibliography. Edited by Heiner Bastian, this beautifully illustrated hardbound book is the catalogue raisonné of Cy Twombly's suite of thirty-eight works on paper executed between 1959 and 1967 entitled "Letter of Resignation." A brand new, most handsome example. 3-88814-425-6 Inventory Number: 026765

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  • Cy Twombly: A Collection Of Eighteen Gagosian Gallery Exhibition Announcements And A Poster

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    CY TWOMBLY: A COLLECTION OF EIGHTEEN GAGOSIAN GALLERY EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENTS AND A POSTER

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 1986-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Eighteen sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seventeen stylish announcement cards and one poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Cy Twombly held variously at Gagosian Galleries in New York, London, Rome, Athens, Beverly Hills, and Paris between 1986 and 2016. The group consists of "Drawings, Collages and Paintings on Paper, 1955-1985 ('86)", "Ten Sculptures (''97)", "Coronation of Sesostris ('00)", "Lepanto ('02)", "Bacchus ('05)", "Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra ('07)", "Blooming... ('07)", "Three Notes From Salalah ('07)", "The Rose ('09)", "Eight Sculptures ('09)", "Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves ('09)", "Camino Real ('10)", "The Last Paintings / Photographs ('12)", "The Last Paintings / A Survey of Photographs 1954-2011 poster ('12)", "Cy Twombly ('15)", "Cy Twombly: Inaugural Exhibition ('15)", "Photographs ('15)", and "Orpheus ('16)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026800

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Ephemera and Announcements, Gagosian Gallery, Cy Twombly, PMVABF 2021
  • Cy Twombly: In Beauty It Is Finished

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    CY TWOMBLY: IN BEAUTY IT IS FINISHED

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Gagosian Gallery Staff. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2018. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New. np (12pp), 5 color illustrations + color covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twelve page brochure published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2018 Gagosian Gallery New York suvey exhibition of ninety-four works on paper executed by Cy Twombly between 1951 and 2008. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 026910

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Ephemera and Announcements, Gagosian Gallery, Cy Twombly
  • Cy Twombly: Paintings And Drawings: 1952-1984

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    CY TWOMBLY: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS: 1952-1984

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Hirschl & Adler Modern Staff. New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (44pp), 24 color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Elizabeth Finger. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 Hirschl & Adler Modern exhibition of thirty-three works executed by Cy Twombly between 1952 and 1984. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light wear, rubbing and soiling to its covers. Inventory Number: 026481

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  • Cy Twombly: Ten Paintings (Winter Pictures 2004) And A Sculpture

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    CY TWOMBLY: TEN PAINTINGS (WINTER PICTURES 2004) AND A SCULPTURE

    (TWOMBLY, CY). Vousden, Robin. Nicola Del Roscio, Editor. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 56pp, 23 color illustrations. Designed by Artistic & Publishing Company / Roberto Sasso. With an exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully designed and printed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2004 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of ten new untitled Cy Twombly paintings alongside a single sculptural work. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-932598-05-7 Inventory Number: 020929

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Cy Twombly
  • Bibliothek Der Fotografie (Spezial Fotografie) Portfolio No. 38 (Stern): Bruce Weber - Home Is Where The Heart Is

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    BIBLIOTHEK DER FOTOGRAFIE (SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE) PORTFOLIO NO. 38 (STERN): BRUCE WEBER - HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

    (WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Tom Jacobi. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this thirty-eighth installment devoted to Bruce Weber was no exception. Much more eroticized than his previous Stern Portfolio, here Mr. Weber presents a lush selection of naked, muscular young men (and a few women for good measure), scenes from the road, and the interiors of the dwellings of such luminaries as Hubert de Givenchy, Peggy Lee, Cy Twombly, Sofia Coppola, Albert Frey, and Paul Cadmus. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19546-5 Inventory Number: 021144

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    Filed Under: Erotica, Fashion, Photography Monographs, Queer / LGBTQ, Cy Twombly, Bruce Weber
  • Insight?

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    INSIGHT?

    Gagosian, Larry. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563

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    Filed Under: Art, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst, Photography, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Edward Ruscha, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol
  • Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti Fontana Twombly Serra

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    LIVING, LOOKING, MAKING: GIACOMETTI FONTANA TWOMBLY SERRA

    Serra, Richard, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Giacometti & Mark Francis. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 116pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kelsey Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist and bibliographies. This is the beautiful catalogue published to document the 2007 exhibition of works by Cy Twombly, Richard Serra, Lucio Fontana, and Alberto Giacometti entitled "Living, Looking, Making" held at London's Gagosian Gallery. All of the thirty-three sculptures (and five Serra paintstick drawings) shown are newly photographed here, and the texts are primarily drawn from letters by the artists. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-49-9 Inventory Number: 015658

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    Filed Under: Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Cy Twombly
  • The Physical World: An Exhibition Of Painting And Sculpture

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    THE PHYSICAL WORLD: AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

    Washburne-Harris, Jessie & Donald Kennison, Editors. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (64pp), 23 color illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. With an exhibition checklist and bibliographies. This is the sleek catalogue published to document the 2002 group exhibition of twenty-two blue chip works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns (4), Donald Judd, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso (2), Robert Ryman, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol (2), and Rachel Whiteread entitled "The Physical World" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. From the gallery's press release: "While seemingly diverse, the works all display a particular correlation between object and ground whether achieved two dimensionally or with an actual object. An underlying current of sexuality and death runs through and connects the works in the exhibition". What else is left to be said? A most handsome example. 1-880154-76-5 Inventory Number: 015662

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    Filed Under: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Conceptual and Minimal Art, Marcel Duchamp, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst, Donald Judd, Pablo Picasso, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol

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