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(APERTURE) (SOMMER, FREDERICK). White, Minor, Editor. Rochester, NY: Aperture Inc., 1962. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Very Good -.. 42pp, 30 duotone illustrations + rear cover. Designed by Frederick Sommer. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This fortieth installment of Aperture from 1962 is designed and edited by, and devoted entirely to the writings and images of Frederick Sommer. The very first monograph on his work, it contains a portfolio of twenty-nine beautifully reproduced full page photographs by the venerable late American proponent of the Surrealist image. An internally bright, most handsome example of this surprisingly uncommon item (cited on pages 162-163 of "The Book of 101 Books") showing some faint spotting to the glossy white surface of the front cover. 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. Inventory Number: 019948

(ARTFORUM). Sandback, Amy Baker, Editor. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1984. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Good +. 342pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath. Beginning with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from its June 1962 inaugural issue, this is an amazing compendium of articles and reviews culled from the first twenty-one years of the noted art periodical "Artforum" featuring contributions by the stellar likes of Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, j. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. An internally most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition whose dust jacket shows some overall light wear, handling and scuffing. 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. 0-8357-1536-1 Inventory Number: 014028

(BROODTHAERS, MARCEL) (OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson & Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Debossed Buckram. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 212pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography. The forty-second installment of "October" from Fall 1987 was a special monographic issue devoted to Marcel Broodthaers that quickly sold out. Given the issue's importance, MIT chose to reprint it the following year as a trade publication minus the extraneous editorial content and advertisements. The contents of this version are Untitled Poem, Azure, Questions of Painting, Selections from Pense-Bete, Investigating Dreamland, Gare au defi: Pop Art, Jim Dine, and the Influence of Rene Magritte, To be bien pensant...or not to be. To be blind, An Interview by the Film Journal Trepied, Ten Thousand Francs Reward, and A Portfolio of Photographs - all by Marcel Broodthaers; Look! Books in Plaster! - Dieter Schwarz; Open Letters, Industrial Poems - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; The Exhibition at the MTL Gallery in Brussels - Anne Rorimer; The Figures - Dirk Snauwaert; Section des Figures: The Eagle from the Oligocene to the Present - Rainer Borgemeister; Eagle/Pipe/Urinal - Michael Oppitz; Recourse to the Letter - Birgit Pelzer; "Pauvre Belgique: An Asterisk in History" - Yves Gevaert; DÉCOR: A Conquest by Marcel Broodthaers - Marcel Broodthaers; and Bibliography - Marie-Pascale Gildemyn. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon hardbound edition of this important document perfect for the Broodthaers completeist issued without a dust jacket. 0-262-02281-8 Inventory Number: 020748

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Coplans, John. Akron, OH: Akron Art Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 21 b&w illustrations. This slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Joseph Cornell retrospective held at the Akron Art Institute is small and elegant, just like the artist's work. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 022058

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). McShine, Kynaston. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (12pp), 10 b&w illustrations. Text in German. With an exhibition checklist and biography. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Swiss gallery exhibition of seventeen boxes and six collages by the late, iconoclastic American artist Joseph Cornell. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some slight sunning and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 013167

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1983. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, 48 b&w and 1 color illustration. Designed by the Castle Press. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a posthumous 1983 New York gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell boxes and collages whose imagery reflects his lifelong obsession with the ballet. A most handsome example. LC 83-73032 Inventory Number: 024628

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1983. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 88pp, 48 b&w and 1 color illustration. Designed by the Castle Press. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1983 New York gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell's boxes and collages whose imagery reflects his lifelong obsession with the ballet. A handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For ... - Love, Hugs, kisses / Sandy / 12.16.83" from the author - noted Cornell dealer and scholar Sandra "Sandy" Starr - in black ink in the year of publication on the first preliminary showing a bit of wear and soiling to its white covers. LC 83-73032 Inventory Number: 005860

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard & Takashi Hiraide. Tokyo: Shigeru Yokota Inc., 2003. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, 5 color & 1 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender yet elegant document consisting of loose enclosures housed in a printed paper portfolio published in conjunction with a posthumous 2003 Tokyo gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell's box constructions, collages, and publications. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies. Inventory Number: 025429

(DALI, SALVADOR). Dali, Salvador. New York: Carstairs Gallery, 1958. First Edition. Large 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. One 14 x 21" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso folded in half vertically to make 14 x 11 ½", 4pp, 1 b&w cover illustration. Cover Designed by Salvador Dali. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender four page catalogue published in conjunction with Salvador Dali's 1959 exhibition of thirteen watercolors and drawings at New York's Carstairs Gallery. Stating "This, my best exhibition, I dedicate to Gala, my Sistine Madonna", it features a cover illustration by the Surrealist icon along with his brief "Anti-Matter Manifesto". A most presentable example of this exceedingly uncommon item additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Monsieur Alexandre ELIOT" in blue ballpoint pen across the rear cover plus "Hommages de Dali / 1959" in blue fountain pen on the inside front cover showing light soiling and spotting, some stray pigment marks, and minor insect damage to the covers. Noted late historian, critic, and author Alexander Eliot - for whom this was inscribed - was the "Time" magazine art editor between 1945 and 1960 and a close friend of the artist. It has been priced accordingly. 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: 025563

(DALI, SALVADOR). Morse, A. Reynolds, Michel Tapie & Salvador Dali. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1958. First American Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Good +/No Jacket. 96pp, 94 b&w and 17 tipped-in color illustration. This is the comprehensive 1958 monograph on Salvador Dali compiled by the artist's prolific American collector A. Reynolds Morse - who subsequently founded the Salvador Dalí Museum. A presentable example only of this standard work lacking the publisher's original printed acetate jacket additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Pour Alexander Eliot / Hommage de Dali / 1959" in blue fountain pen across the entire blank leaf facing the half title page showing moderate age-toning, soiling, wear, and abrading to the boards along with foxing to the inside covers, endpapers, and edges of the textblock. Noted late historian, critic, and author Alexander Eliot - for whom this was inscribed - was the "Time" magazine art editor between 1945 and 1960 and a close friend of the artist. It has been priced accordingly. 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. LC 58-6725 Inventory Number: 025564

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Clearwater, Bonnie, Editor. Miami Beach, FL & Los Angeles: Grassfield Press in Association with Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, 57 b&w illustrations. This scholarly yet engaging bit of Duchampiana was published in conjunction with a 1991 exhibition and seminar on the Dada master, his interaction with, and influences on the City of the Angels. The contributors to this handsomely illustrated tome are Francis Naumann, Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, Dickran Tashjian, Walter Hopps and Robert Pincus. A most handsome example of the clothbound edition in the royal blue dust jacket additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To ... / Best Wishes / Bonnie Clearwater / Los Angeles 1991" in black ink on the title page to a noted Los Angeles art collector by the editor in the year of publication. 0-9628514-0-X Inventory Number: 024727

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Clearwater, Bonnie, Editor. Miami Beach, FL & Los Angeles: Grassfield Press in Association with Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, 57 b&w illustrations. This scholarly yet engaging bit of Duchampiana was published in conjunction with a 1991 exhibition and seminar on the Dada master, his interaction with, and influences on the City of the Angels. The contributors to this handsomely illustrated tome are Francis Naumann, Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, Dickran Tashjian, Walter Hopps and Robert Pincus. A most handsome example of the clothbound edition in the royal blue dust jacket additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Bonnie Clearwater, Los Angeles, 1991" by the editor in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 0-9628514-0-X Inventory Number: 020332

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Hamilton, Richard. New York: Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, 1964. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Die-Cut Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good -.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w with 3 tipped color plates. In protective clear acetate dustwrapper. nm 9This is the catalogue of an extraordinary 1964 exhibition of Mary Sisler's private collection of artworks by Marcel Duchamp that traveled New York's Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas in 1965. An internally bright, most handsome example of this fragile item showing some small check marks and asterisks in black ink adjacent to a number of the catalogue entries additionally bearing moderate age-toning, soiling, and a bit of insect damage to the white areas of the covers along with some creasing and closed tears to the edges of the die-cut extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025824

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

(ERNST, MAX).. Tokyo. ND (Circa 1958).: Misuzu. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good/Good +. 106pp, 44 b&w and 26 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. Published as part of a Japanese series of monographs on European and American modern artists, this volume is devoted to the work of noted Dada and Surealist icon Max Ernst. While we cannot make out the publication details in Kanji, this is a nicely illustrated survey of paintings, collages, and frottages dating to the late fifties. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing a bit of handling to the textblock, some chips and closed tears to the dust jacket, and the previous owner's stamp of noted artist Sam Francis on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 008868

(ERNST, MAX). Ernst, Max. Paris: Galerie Alexande Iolas, 1973. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (52pp), 15 color and 5 b&w illustrations. Text in French. Published in an edition of one thousand copies in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition at Max Ernst's longtime Parisian dealer Alexandre Iolas, this sumptuous exhibition catalogue reproduces fifteen paintings and collages with five silver bas-reliefs by the artist in gravure on Arches watercolor paper. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 008869

(ERNST, MAX). Ernst, Max. Milan, ITALY: Galerie Alexande Iolas, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Loose Prints in a Portfolio. Illustrated Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (36pp), 12 color illustrations (in nine signatures) laid into the publisher's silkscreened cloth portfolio, as issued. Text in French. Limited to one thousand copies published in 1971 by Ernst's renowned art dealer Alexandre Iolas, this sumptuous livre d'artiste printed by Sergio Tosi reproduces twelve collages by the artist in vivid photolithography juxtaposed with eleven brief accompanying poems. A most handsome example showing a few minor abrasions to the exterior of the portfolio and a light brown smudge to the inside front cover. 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: 003881

(GETTY MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE J. PAUL). Naef, Weston J., Gordon Baldwin, Virginia Dodier, Thomas Weston Fels, Mikka Gee, Michael Hargraves, Eugenia Parry Janis, Judith Keller, Ben Lifson, Katherine Ware, Brett Abbott, Anne Lacoste, et al.. Malibu & Los Angeles, CA. 1986-2008.: The J. Paul Getty Museum. First Editions. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochures. Very Good - or Better.. This is a collection of eighty-one of the informative brochures issued by the J. Paul Getty Museum between 1986 and 2008 to accompany exhibitions curated by its Department of Photographs. These are beautifully printed keepsakes - typically duotone on coated, heavy stock - that were never made commercially available for sale, with most representing the only published documentation for each show. The format of this series is for the most part one cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8 pages - typically with five illustrations. The monographic publications are on Eugene Atget (2 different), Brassai, Manuel Alvarez Bravo (2 different), Horace Bristol, Julia Margaret Cameron (3 different), Edgar Degas, Luc Delahaye, William Eggleston, P.H. Emerson, Walker Evans (2 different), Roger Fenton (2 different), Lady Clementina Hawarden, Hill and Adamson, John Humble, Graciela Iturbide, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Gustave Le Gray (2 different), Man Ray, Lisette Model, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Eliot Porter, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Alexander Rodchenko, August Sander (3 different), Camille Silvy, Frederick Sommer (2 different), Alfred Stieglitz (2 different), Paul Strand (2 different), Edmund Teske (2 different), Doris Ulmann, Carleton Watkins (2 different), Weegee, and Edward Weston (2 different). The survey exhibitions are "After the Manner of Women: Photographs by Kasebier, Cunningham, and Ullman", "Antiquity and Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites", "Capturing Time: A Celebration of Photography", "Dance in Photography", "Eternal Cities: Photographs of Athens and Rome", "Experimental Photography: Discovery & Invention", "Experimental Photography: The First Golden Age 1851-1889", "Experimental Photography: The Machine Age", "Experimental Photography: The New Subjectivity", "Experimental Photography: The Painter-Photographer", "The Eye of Sam Wagstaff", "Fame and Photography", "The Flowering of Early French Photography", "Grave Testimony: Photographs of the Civil War", "The Heart of the Storm: Northern California Pictorialism", "Hidden Witness: African Americans in Early Photography", "...Images that yet / Fresh images beget... Photographing Art", "Little Pictures", "Nadar + Warhol: Paris + New York", "Neither Speech Nor Language: Photography and the Written Word", "Palette of Light: Handcrafted Photographs, 1898-1914", "Photographers of Genius at the Getty", "Pictures for the Press", "Procession to the Fallen Gods: Photography in Nineteenth Century Egypt", "Public Faces / Private Spaces: Mary Ellen Mark, Bill Owens, Anthony Hernandez, and Donald Blumberg", "Rare States and Unusual Subjects: Photographs by Paul Strand, Andre Kertesz, and Man Ray", "Recent Acquisitions: Eugene Atget - Brett Weston - William Garnett - Milton Rogovin", "Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, and Man Ray", "Voyages and Visions: Early Photographs Fom the Wilson Family Collection", "Walls of Algiers", "Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection", and "Women on the Edge: Twenty Photographers in Europe, 1919-1939". A most handsome set of these ephemeral items - all in at least Very Good minus condition, with most being Near Fine or Fine. 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: 005262

(MAGRITTE, RENE). Gagosian Gallery Staff. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (8pp), 8 color illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. This is the slender eight page catalogue published in conjunction with the 1994 exhibition of the complete eight panel suite of Rene Magritte's 1955 masterpiece "Le Domaine Enchante" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 016709

(MAN RAY). Baum, Timothy, G. Ray Hawkins, David Fahey, Man Ray & Juliet Man Ray. Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Inc., 1986. First Edition 1/1985. Square 8vo. Loose Contents in a Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 15 individual components housed in a cardboard box with pastedowns. Designed by Sandy Iwataki and G. Ray Hawkins. This is an exceedingly elaborate Man Ray item published in conjunction with the tenth anniversary exhibition of Los Angeles' G. Ray Hawkins Gallery. The show itself was an elaborate homage to Man Ray, and his special relationship with the city he called home for several years after the Second World War. It consisted of one hundred and eighty-two photographs, paintings, drawings, objects, and graphics. This catalogue cum object contains fifteen loose elements, each unique to this publication. They are (a): title page, colophon, "Dada Manifesto" by Man Ray, printed envelope containing "A Sealed Object of Appreciation", "The Unfolding Interview" between Juliet Man Ray and David Fahey, letter from Timothy Baum, lapel button reproducing a Man Ray photographic self portrait, perforated sheet of forty-nine "Cafe Man Ray" gummed stamps - with images of artworks on them, two "Cafe Man Ray" paper match boxes, "This is Cafe Man Ray" - a large matchbook-type cover containing a silver contact print of the installed exhibition, checklist of the gallery's first ten years of activity, exhibition checklist, and an acknowledgements page. These are all housed in the publisher's black, velvet-lined cardboard box with three printed pastedowns, as issued. A brand new, most handsome example of this elaborately designed and produced document. Inventory Number: 012155

(MAN RAY). Man Ray. New York: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown & Company, 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Autobiography. Very Good -/Very Good -. 402pp, 32 b&w illustrations. "Self Portrait" is Man Ray's 1963 tell-all autobiography that chronicles the artist's odyssey from his modest beginnings as Emmanuel Radnitzky from Ridgefield, New Jersey to becoming the toast of the Dada, Surrealist, Cinema, Fashion, and Literary sets in New York, Paris and Hollywood. A most presentable example of the 1963 first Little, Brown & Company printing additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "for Emerson and Dina / Man Ray / 1966" in black ink on the title page showing some light wear and soiling along with mild dog-earing to the upper foredge corners of a few pages whose fragile dust jacket is a bit worn and rubbed on the spine and rear panel. The inscription is to Man Ray's friend, the late, great Los Angeles artist, collector, and educator Emerson Woelffer (and his wife Dina) from whose estate we acquired this directly. The 1966 date corresponds to the artist's return to Los Angeles to attend the comprehensive Man Ray retrospective exhibition held at the County Museum of Art, and produce a series of prints at Gemini G.E.L. It bears Woelffer's embossed red ownership label and handwritten date "July 31-64" on the front pastedown. 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. LC 63-8319 Inventory Number: 024956

(MAN RAY). Man Ray. Beverly Hills, CA: Copley Galleries, 1948. First Edition 1/500. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist's Book. Good +/No Jacket - As Issued. np (80pp), 39 monochrome illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dust wrapper. "Alphabet for Adults" is Man Ray's charming 1948 illustrated abecedaire published during the artist's residence in Hollywood by his gallerist William Copley. It presents thirty-nine whimsical drawings with captions ranging from anchor to zinc that were printed by Lynton R. Kistler, who was Merle Armitage's collaborator of choice in the same period. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies in the printer's original clear plastic overlay additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Man Ray" in pencil on the title page showing a bit of typical mild age-toning to its covers and pastedowns along with some light soiling and traces of contact with moisture to the boards. It was acquired by us directly from the library of Man Ray's friend, the late, great Los Angeles artist, collector and educator Emerson Woelffer, and bears his embossed gold foil ownership label on the front pastedown. Inventory Number: 022555

(MAN RAY). Man Ray & Jules Langsner. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1967. First Edition. 8vo. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Print Prospectus. Very Good.. np, 4 individual loose b&w sheets laid into illustrated printed paper wrappers, 4 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. This is one of Los Angeles based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the 1967 publication of one lithograph and two black and white screens on Lucite by Man Ray. It contains each of the three original works individually reproduced in miniature. A brand new, bright white example of this exceedingly uncommon, visually striking ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 025858

(MAN RAY) (PAOLINI, GIULIO) (BOLAFFIARTE). Man Ray & Giulio Paolini. Torino, ITALY: Bolaffi & Mondadori Editori, 1973. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Very Good -.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, with two 11 ¾ x 9 ¼" original graphics laid in. Text in Italian. This is the thirty-first installment of the Italian Arts magazine "BolaffiArte". Amongst the more interesting articles here are features on American Land Art (Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson) and Hippie Communes in the Southwest - both with photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni, collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera 1966 - 1969, and a section devoted to Man Ray. For the issue, Man Ray was commissioned to create an original work of art utilizing the letter "R" (as part its "L'Alfabebeto di BolaffiArte" series), which was then reproduced utilizing the photolithographic process and included as a loose insert. It consists of an embossed sheet of cardstock which has been overprinted with a stylized "Man Ray" in dark green, save for the "R" printed in red. In addition, noted Italian Arte Povera/Conceptual artist Giulio Paolini has contributed an original insert entitled "Vedo, 1969 (la decifrazione del mio campo visivo)". A most presentable example with like inserts showing a bit of overall light wear along with a slight dent at the heel of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 009218

(MAN RAY) (PENROSE, ROLAND) (MILLER, LEE). Getty Museum Department of Photography Staff, The J. Paul. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. np (8pp), 7 b&w and i color illustration. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 2003 exhibition of works by Man Ray, Roland Penrose, and Lee Miller entitled "Surrealist Muse" that were primarily drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025595

(MAN RAY). Powers, Dennis H. Foreword by Robert Doty & Paul Doty. New York: Light Gallery, 1985. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Stapled Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (36pp), 48 duotone illustrations. Designed by Dennis H. Powers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue produced to accompany a 1985 New York exhibition of seventy-three photographs, books, prints and objects by Man Ray drawn from the collection of Dennis H. Powers. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 016246

(MAN RAY) (STRAND, PAUL ) (KERTESZ, ANDRE). Getty Museum Department of Photography Staff, The J. Paul. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One continuous 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1987 exhibition of vintage prints by Paul Strand, Andre Kertesz, and Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025596

(MAN RAY). Ware, Katherine. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 7 ½ x 24 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1998 exhibition of vintage prints by Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 025597

(MATTA ECHAURREN). Matta (Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren). London: Sistan, Ltd., 1987. First Edition 1/2150. Small Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 284pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "Entretiens Morphologiques" is the extraordinary, ultra-deluxe 1987 monograph on the late Chilean-born, Parisian-based Surrealist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren. With elaborately die-cut endpapers, fold-out pages, vellum overlays, inserts, facsimile correspondence, stunning reproductions and numerous holographic texts, this remarkable volume focuses on Matta's work and activities from 1936 through 1944 - most notably his residence during the war years in New York. A handsome example of the uncommon first trade edition limited to two thousand, one hundred and fifty copies showing some trivial brown speckling along the top edge of the textblock along with the discreet blindstamp of an art dealer on the front pastedown. 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. 1-870765-00-1 Inventory Number: 025155

(MATTA ECHAURREN). Matta (Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren) & Alain Sayag. New York: Maxwell Davidson Gallery & Jeffrey Loria & Co., Inc., 1977. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), 23 color and 2 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, collections listing, biography and bibliography. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with two concurrent 1977 New York gallery exhibitions of twenty-one works on canvas executed between 1994 and 1996 by the Chilean-born Surrealist artist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 024402

(MIRO, JOAN) (ARTIGAS, JOSEP LLORENS I). Bernier, Rosamond, Joan Miro & Josep Llorens i Artigas. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1956. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Very Good -.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w with two color lithographs. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1956 exhibition of twenty five collaborative ceramic sculptures by the Catalonian masters Joan Miro and Josep Llorens i Artigas held at Miro's longtime New York gallery, Pierre Matisse. It features a lithograph in colors that wraps around both covers along with a gatefold two sided color lithograph - both printed by Mourlot Freres - bound in, as issued. The black and white photographs are by Sabine Weiss, and the text is a transcribed interview with Miro and Artigas by Rosamond Bernier that first appeared in "The Selective Eye". A handsome example (entry number thirty-eight in Patrick Cramer's "Joan Mirò: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") showing some mild insect damage along the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024733

(MIRO, JOAN). Calas, Nicolas & Elena. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 212pp, profusely illustrated in color with a color lithographic cover. Text in French. This is the fourth of six volumes comprising the catalogue raisonné of the lithographic work by the renowned late Catalonian master Joan Miro. It contains two hundred and forty-seven fully illustrated entries for works executed between 1969 and 1972, as well as five bound in color lithographs and a color lithographic dust jacket printed by Mourlot that were commissioned exclusively for this publication. A bright, most handsome complete and intact example of the French language first edition of this invaluable reference (entry number two hundred and XXX in Patrick Cramer's "Joan Miro: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") showing some unobtrusive brown spotting on the front free endpaper and bottom edge of the textblock that does not affect the lithographs in any way. 2-85587-087-9 Inventory Number: 024988

(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Jacques Dupin & Rene Char. Paris. 1948, 1950, 1953 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of four issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Joan Miro. Bound by Maeght in dark blue cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 14-15 (Novembre - Decembre 1948): "Joan Miro"; 29-30 (Mai - Juin 1950): "Miro"; 57-58-59 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1953): "Miro"; and 87-88-89 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1956): "Miro Artigas". A most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total thirty-four original color lithographs showing some light brown spotting to the edges of the textblock and endpapers that does not affect the internal lithographs in any meaningful way. It has been priced accordingly. 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: 024990

(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Jacques Dupin & Rene Char. Paris. 1948, 1950, 1953 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of four issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Joan Miro. Bound by Maeght in dark blue cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 14-15 (Novembre - Decembre 1948): "Joan Miro"; 29-30 (Mai - Juin 1950): "Miro"; 57-58-59 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1953): "Miro"; and 87-88-89 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1956): "Miro Artigas". An internally spectacularly bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total thirty-four original color lithographs. 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: 022340

(MIRO, JOAN). Matisse Gallery Staff, Pierre. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1951. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Very Good.. np (20pp), 14 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1951 exhibition of eleven paintings in oil and four sculptures in bronze executed between 1946 and 1950 by Joan Miro held at his longtime New York gallery, Pierre Matisse. Its front cover is an iconic Miro image in colors silkscreened on heavy stock. A handsome example of this uncommon item bearing a discreet date stamp in ink on the inside front cover showing some mild age-toning and trivial insect damage to the wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024734

(MIRO, JOAN). Miro, Joan. Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Galerie Gerald Cramer, 1969. First Edition 1/1650. Oblong 4to. Color Lithographic Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 25pp, 9 b&w tipped illustrations. Text in French. Issued in conjunction with a 1969 Geneva gallery exhibition of fifty-one graphic works by Joan Miro, the cover of this elegant exhibition catalogue is an original gatefold color lithograph executed by the artist especially for this publication. A handsome example (entry number one hundred and twenty-seven in Patrick Cramer's "Joan Mirò: The Ilustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") showing a slight dent to the lower edge of the front cover. Inventory Number: 007882

(NOUGÉ, PAUL). Nougé, Paul. Marcel Marien, Editor. Bruxelles, BELGIUM: Les Levres Nus, 1968. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. Narrow 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 19 b&w illustrations. Text in French. "Subversion des Images: Notes illustrées de dix-neuf photographies de l'auteur" is a posthumously-published 1968 collection edited by Marcel Marien of nineteen Surrealist photographs taken between December 1929 and February 1930 by the influential Belgian intellectual, literary figure, and artist published here for the first time accompanied by his own notes. A bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe Les Levres Nus first printing limited to twenty-five copies NUMBERED (21/25) in red ink on the rear colophon still in the publisher's unprinted glassine jacket, as issued, from a total print run of a mere two hundred and thirty. 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: 024516

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA & New York: MIT Press for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1984. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 132pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Broadness and Diversity of the Ludwig Brigade - Hans Haacke; An Unpublished Text for an Unpainted Picture - Walter Grasskamp; A Conversation With Hans Haacke - Yve-Alain Bois, Douglas Crimp & Rosalind Krauss; From Faktura to Factography - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; Francis Picabia: From Dada to Petain - Yve-Alain Bois. A most handsome example. 0-262-75180-1 Inventory Number: 021674

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss & Annette Michelson, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 140pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: In Praise of Horizontality - Annette Michelson; The Religion of the Caves, The Hands of Gargas - Andre Leroi-Gourhan; Originality as Repetition - Rosalind Krauss; The Primary Colors for the Second Time - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; Ready-Made Originals - Molly Nesbit; Repetition, Obsession - Steven Z. Levine; The Origin without an Original - Linda Nochlin; Antiquity Now - Michael Fried; In Praise of Appearance - Louis Marin; Manet's Imagery Reconstructed - Klaus Herding; Painting as Model - Yve-Alain Bois. A most handsome example. 0-262-75187-9 Inventory Number: 018280

(OCTOBER). Copjec, Joan, Douglas Crimp, Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson & Terri L. Cafaro, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1989. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 142pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Mourning and Militancy - Douglas Crimp; Flaming Closets - Michael Moon; Kant with Sade - Jacques Lacan; From Breton to Dali: the Adventures of Automatism - Laurent Jenny; A Conversation with October - The V-Girls (Martha Baer, Erin Cramer, Jessica Chalmers, Andrea Fraser, Marianne Weems). A most handsome copy. 0-262-75201-8 Inventory Number: 021661