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(HOLZER, JENNY). Holzer, Jenny & Marianne Weems. New York: Art Matters, 1995. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Printed Paper in an Envelope. Artist's Multiple. As New.. One 3 ½ x 8 ½" mucilage-backed paper sheet printed offset recto only, perforated to make ten individual stamps + two machine-folded 11 x 8 ½" offset sheets printed in duotone offset, recto and verso. This is the set of black on silver postage-style stamps reproducing ten phrases drawn from Jenny Holzer's "Truisms" series produced to be included in with 1995 fundraising letter to benefit the New York non-profit arts organization, Art Matters. The artist's thought-provoking phrases are RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY, DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES, A MAN CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER, ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT, CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THEY OPPRESSED BECOME TYRANTS, ANY SURPLUS IN IMMORAL, SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME, A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS, BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS, and WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE. A brand new, unopened example of this artist's multiple with all printed enclosures present in the Art Matters glassine envelope, as issued. Inventory Number: 027124

(ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI). Ichiyanagi, Toshi. Venice & Los Angeles, CA: Some Serious Business & the U.C.L.A. Committee on Fine Arts Productions, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Handbill. Very Good.. One 11 x 6 ½" sheet printed black and white offset recto only, unmailed. This is the promotional handbill for the first Los Angeles appearance ever of noted Japanese avant-garde composer/performer Toshi Ichiyanagi at UCLA's Dickson Auditorium, April 9th, 1978 sponsored by Some Serious Business. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing a slight soft crease along the upper right corner. Inventory Number: 015425

(JENSEN, ALFRED). Luce III, Henry, and John Wesley Cook. Regina Bogat, Editor. Los Angeles: Regina Bogat, 1981. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued.. 32pp, 7 color and 3 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gregory Zarcoff. With a biography and exhibition history. Privately printed and limited to one thousand hors commerce copies, this is the keepsake volume issued to document the 1981 memorial services for the great idiosyncratic, pattern-obsessed New York artist Alfred Jensen. A handsome example of this uncommon item whose matte pale blue covers show some typical light soiling, fading, and a few small indentations. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022966

(JOHNS, JASPER).. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Checklist. Fine.. 12pp, 10 b&w + color cover. This is the slender twelve page checklist cum exhibition brochure containing the details of the one hundred and thirty works exhibited at the 1978 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art showing of the massive Whitney Museum circulated Jasper Johns mid-career retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item that is supplemental to, but not to be confused with the actual exhibition catalogue authored by Michael Crichton. Inventory Number: 013015

(JOHNS, JASPER). Ellin, Everett. Los Angeles: Everett Ellin Gallery, 1962. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Folded Printed Paper Sheet. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One 18 x 23" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in twelfths to make 9 x 4", np (12pp), 14 b&w illustration. This is the uniquely designed brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a November 1962 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of fourteen paintings and works on paper executed by Jasper Johns between 1957 and 1962. The show - billed here as a retrospective - was the artist's first West Coast showing, and this is Johns' very first monographic publication. A most handsome example of this uncommon (only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) ephemeral item showing a small brown spot near the bottom of the front panel. Inventory Number: 027283

(KELLEY, MIKE) (BOSKOVICH, JOHN), Felsen Gallery, Rosamund. Los Angeles: Rosamund Felsen Gallery, 1992. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 4 ½ x 6 ¼ " cardstock sheet printed b&w offset, recto only. This is the postcard announcement published in conjunction with the June 1992 concurrent one person exhibitions by the late, great Los Angeles-based artists Mike Kelley and John Boskovich held at Rosamund Felsen Gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027384

(KELLEY, MIKE). Cruz, Amanda. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1991. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 9 x 22" glossy cardstock sheet folded in thirds to make 9 x 7 ¾", 6pp, 2 color and 2 b&w illustrations. With a biography, exhibition and performance history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the slender six page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with Mike Kelley's 1992 installation of stuffed animals entitled "Half a Man" held at Washington D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of their "Directions" series. A brnd new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - only ten copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 026868

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Los Angeles: Art Resources Transfer Inc., 1992. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Performance Announcement. As New.. One 4 ¼ x 5 ¾" glossy cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is the postcard announcement published in conjunction with the June 29th and 30th, 1992 American premiere of Mike Kelley's collaborative performance piece with close friends Anita Pace and Stephen Prina entitled "Beat of the Traps" at the Gindi Auditorium of Los Angeles' University of Judaism. Unveiled earlier in the month in Vienna, it consisted of actor Alan Abelew and dancers Anita Pace and Carl Buckley interacting with musical accompaniment by drummers M.B. Gordy and Jonathan Norton alongside guitar and vocals by Stephen Prina. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item perfect for the Mike Kelley completeist. Inventory Number: 027383

(KING, DAVID). Ades, Dawn, Richard Francis & David King. London & Oxford, UK. ND (1980).: Arts Council of Great Britain & Oxford Museum of Modern Art. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (16pp), 27 duotone illustrations. Designed by David King. This is the strikingly designed, oversized sixteen page brochure produced to accompany "Experimental Photography" - an exhibition of European Modernist photography sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain. A most handsome example of this gorgeous publication designed by the late, great David King that was the only printed documentation of the event. 0-7287-0241-X Inventory Number: 027138

(KLINE, FRANZ). Janis Gallery, Sidney. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1958. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One 27 x 22" sheet printed offset recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is the striking black and white poster issued in conjunction with a 1958 Sidney Janis Galley exhibition by influential Abstract Expressionist artist Franz Kline. A bright white, flat (and never machine-folded), exceptionally well-preserved example of this stellar poster. Inventory Number: 027304

(KOONS, JEFF). Gagosian Gallery. Beverly Hills, New York & Hong Kong. 2001-2015.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of ten stylish announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Jeff Koons held at Gagosian Galleries in Beverly Hills, New York and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2014. The group consists of "New Paintings ('01)", "Cracked Egg (Blue) ('06)", "Hulk Elvis ('07)", "Popeye ('07)", "New Paintings ('09)", "New Paintings And Sculpture: Save The Date ('13)", "New Paintings And Sculpture ('13)", "Gazing Ball Paintings ('15)", "Split Rocker ('15)", and "Hulk Elvis ('16)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026802

(LAING, GERALD). Laing, Gerald. New York. ND (circa 1968).: On First (Gerald Laing & Bert Stern). First Edition. 4to. Printed Paper Plate in a Box. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 10 ¼" diameter paper plate screenprinted with lavender ink on white. This is one of four striking paper plate designs conceived by noted British Pop Artist Gerald Laing for the groovy late sixties New York boutique, On First. Located on First Avenue at 61st in Manhattan, the shop was the brainchild of noted fashion and advertising photographer Bert Stern who opened it with the idea of commissioning stylish-yet-inexpensive objects for the home and wardrobe from artists and fashion designers. The store was ultimately short-lived - closing its doors after little more than a year - leaving most of these plates neither distributed, nor seen again. A most handsome example of the lavender biomorphic circle variant of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral multiple (entry 68 in Lyndsey Ingram and Rupert Halliwell's "Gerald Laing: Prints & Multiples - A Catalogue Raisonné") beautifully presented in a 12 x 12 x 4" archival Artservices sixties-style Plexiglas display box / frame that can be hung on a wall or laid flat on a table. 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: 024864

(LE GRAY, GUSTAVE). Baldwin, Gordon. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. 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 1988 exhibition of vintage prints by the pioneering early French photographer Gustave Le Gray from The J. Paul Getty Museum's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024289

(LEWITT, SOL). Ace Gallery. Los Angeles: Ace Galley, 1968. First Edition. Square Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibiton Poster. Fine.. One 18 x 18" sheet printed color offset recto only machine-folded in quarters to make 9 x 9", 1 color illustration. This is the striking poster for a 1968 Ace Gallery Los Angeles exhibition of Sol LeWitt's recent "Sets" body of work. This was the noted Minimal and Conceptual artist's first local gallery show following his Pasadena Art Museum debut. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027297

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 2001-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Eleven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of nine stylish announcement cards plus two posters produced for exhibitions of the work of Lichtenstein held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, London, and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2016. The group consists of "Brushstroke ('01)", "Early Black And White Paintings ('01)", "Perfect / Imperfect ('02)", "Sculpture ('02)", "Sculpture ('05)", "Lichtenstein Girls ('08)", "Still Lifes ('10)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style (Hong Kong '11)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style - small folded poster, as issued (New York '12)", "Expresionism - small folded poster, as issued ('13)", and "Greene Street Mural ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026804

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Lichtenstein, Roy. NP: Democratic National Committee, 1992. First Edition. Oblong 24mo. Laminated Pinback Button. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 1 ¾ x 2 ¾" ovoid laminated metal pinback button printed in primary blue, red and yellow inks. This is the striking political lapel button that Roy Lichtenstein created for the 1992 Bill Clinton and Al Gore Democratic campaign for the Presidency. It incorporates a miniature reproduction of his screenprint "The White House Oval Office" that was published by the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc. that same year for the benefit of the Democratic National Committee. A bright, most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon multiple (referenced in entry 277 in Mary Lee Corlett's "The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1993") as bright and fresh as the day it was printed! Inventory Number: 027601

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Lichtenstein, Roy. New York: On First (Roy Lichtenstein & Bert Stern), 1969. First Edition. 4to. Printed Paper Plate. Artist's Multiple. As New.. One 10 ¼" diameter paper plate screenprinted in primary blue, red and yellow inks on molded stiff white paper. Stated on verso "Roy Lichtenstein © On 1st Inc. 1969" - unsigned as issued. This is the striking Pop Art tableware that Roy Lichtenstein produced at the height of his powers for the groovy late sixties New York boutique, On First. Located on First Avenue at 61st in Manhattan, the shop was the brainchild of noted fashion and advertising photographer Bert Stern who opened it with the idea of commissioning stylish-yet-inexpensive objects for the home and wardrobe from artists and fashion designers. The store was ultimately short-lived - closing its doors after little more than a year - leaving most of these plates neither distributed, nor seen again. A brand new, bright, most handsome example of this charming ephemeral multiple - as bright and fresh as the day it was printed. 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: 027554

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Lichtenstein, Roy. Valencia, CA: The California Institute of the Arts, 1977. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Screenprinted Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 38 x 24 ¾" inch heavy paper sheet screenprinted in colors recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Jayme Odgers at CalArts. This is the lovely color poster published in conjunction with a 1977 Roy Lichtenstein exhibition of recent drawings and collages held while the pioneering Pop artist was in residence at The California Institute of the Arts. A bright, most handsome flat example that was originally acquired directly from its designer. It will be shipped rolled in a poster tube. Inventory Number: 027419

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Lichtenstein, Roy. New York: On First (Roy Lichtenstein & Bert Stern), 1969. First Edition. 4to. Printed Paper Plate in a Box. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 10 ¼" diameter paper plate screenprinted in primary blue, red and yellow inks on white. Stated on verso "Roy Lichtenstein © On 1st Inc. 1969" - unsigned as issued. This is the striking Pop Art tableware that Roy Lichtenstein produced at the height of his powers for the groovy late sixties New York boutique, On First. Located on First Avenue at 61st in Manhattan, the shop was the brainchild of noted fashion and advertising photographer Bert Stern who opened it with the idea of commissioning stylish-yet-inexpensive objects for the home and wardrobe from artists and fashion designers. The store was ultimately short-lived - closing its doors after little more than a year - leaving most of these plates neither distributed, nor seen again. A brand new, most handsome example of this charming ephemeral multiple - as bright and fresh as the day it was printed - beautifully presented in a 12 x 12 x 4" archival Artservices sixties-style Plexiglas display box / frame that can be hung on a wall or laid flat on a table. 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: 024660

(LISSITZKY, EL). Perloff, Nancy & Eva Forgacs. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 22pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. With an exhibition checklist and chronology. This is the slender twenty-two page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1999 Getty Research Institute presentation entitled "Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky". The exhibition contained one hundred and thirty-three objects produced by the great Russian Constructivist pioneer during his twenty-five years as a typographer, book designer, architect and designer. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025679

(LOVE). Richardson, Noble. NP (Los Angeles, CA). ND (1967): Noble Richardson. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Painted Construction Paper. Original Fan Art. Very Good.. One 28 x 22" heavy construction paper sheet hand painted with tempera and colored marker recto only. This is an amazing unique vintage fan art poster produced by the beloved late Twentynine Palms-based artist Noble Richardson to celebrate the 1967 appearance of Arthur Lee's Love at Santa Monica teen hotspot, The Cheetah. Then a nineteen year old student at Los Angeles' Mt. San Antonio College, Richardson created this vibrant piece utilizing tempera and colored markers employing lettering inspired by the burgeoning San Francisco psychedelic poster scene. The actual concert was promoted by popular LA top 40 "Boss Radio" station 93 KHJ disc jockey "Humble Harve" Miller, and presented headliners Love preceded by Iron Butterfly, and The Chambers Brothers (misspelled here as "Chamber Bros."). The Cheetah was located next to Santa Monica's POP (Pacific Ocean Park) Amusement Park and had a distinctive logo featuring a bright pink Cheetah with the face and breasts of a young woman, a copy of which has been collaged to the lower left corner. A most presentable example of this one-of-a-kind original artwork showing some minor creases, a dozen pinholes, and some minor water spotting across its face. This was acquired directly from Noble Richardson prior to his passing in 2021. Inventory Number: 027308

(MANDEL, MIKE). Mandel, Mike. Santa Cruz, CA: Self-Published, 1975. First Editions. 16mo. Printed Trading Cards. Artist's Multiples. Near Fine or Better.. One hundred and thirty-five 3 ½ x 2 ½" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 134 b&w illustrations. In 3 x 3 archival plastic protective sheets housed in a three-ring binder. This is a full set of Mike Mandel's iconic, self-published 1975 "Photographer Baseball Trading Cards." Included are the following, often switch-hitting luminaries from the seventies photographic scene: 1. Bob Flick, 2. Joel Meyerowitz, 3. Van Deren Coke, 4. Joe Deal, 5. Ron Walker, 6. Lee Witkin, 7. Al Sweetman, 8. Don Drowty, 9. Ellen Brooks, 10. Dennis Hearne, 11. Elaine Mayes, 12. Bart Parker, 13. Larry Sultan, 14. Ed West, 15. Arthur Siegel, 16. Leonard Freed, 17. Margery Mann, 18. Harry Callahan, 19. Gary Metz, 20. Peter Gowland, 21. Ansel Adams, 22. Ed Ruscha, 23. Grace Mayer, 24. Mike Mandel, 25. Harold Allen, 26. Laura Gilpin, 27. Hank Smith, 28. Anne Tucker, 29. Phil Perkis, 30. Michael Simon, 31. Bill Owens, 32. Manuel Bravo, 33. Nathan Lyons, 34. Bill Arnold, 35. Jim Hajicek, 36. Les Krims, 37. Joyce Neimanas, 38. Judy Dater, 39. Al Coleman, 40. Ira Nowinski, 41. Jack Welpott, 42. Linda Parry, 43. Burke Uzzle, 44. Jim Dow, 45. Dave Freund, 46. Todd Walker, 47. Catherine Jansen, 48. Eva Rubinstein, 49. Eddie Sievers, 50. Minor White, 51. Michael Becotte, 52. Fred McDarrah, 53. Richard Link, 54. Betty Hahn, 55. Nick Hlobeczy, 56. Bob Cumming, 57. Ken Josephson, 58. Naomi Savage, 59. John Divola, 60. Tom Barrow, 61. Carl Chiarenza, 62. Bea Nettles, 63. Roger Mertin, 64. John Benson, 65. Cal Kowal, 66. Aaron Siskind, 67. R. von Sternberg, 68. Paige Pinnell, 69. Arthur Tress, 70. Jacob Deschin, 71. Linda Connor, 72. Don Blumberg, 73. Jim Alinder, 74. Harold Jones, 75. M.J. Walker, 76. Bill Parker, 77. Al Woolpert, 78. Duke Baltz, 79. Gus Kayafas, 80. Duane Michals, 81. Darryl Curran, 82. Arnold Newman, 83. Geoff Winningham, 84. Paul Vanderbilt, 85. Anne Noggle, 86. Timo Pajunen, 87. Edmund Teske, 88. Imogen Cunningham, 89. Andy Anderson, 90. Bill Larson, 91. Pete Bunnell, 92. Robert Doherty, 93. Joe Jachna, 94. Oscar Bailey, 95. Jerry Uelsmann, 96. Art Sinsabaugh, 97. Charles Roitz, 98. Doug Stewart, 99. Chuck Swedlund, 100. Bill Edwards, 101. Bobby Heinecken, 102. Micha Bar-Am, 103. Beaumont Newhall, 104. Wynn Bullock, 105. Jerry McMillan, 106. John Schulze, 107. Neal Slavin, 108. Lee Rice, 109. Joan Lyons, 110. Bill Jenkins, 111. Fred Sommer, 112. Barbara Crane, 113. Emmet Gowin, 114. Barbara Morgan, 115. Mark Power, 116. Cornell Capa, 117. Lionel Suntop, 118. Bunny Yeager, 119. Doug Prince, 120. Eileen Cowin, 121. Eve Sonneman, 122. Reg Heron, 123. Scott Hyde, 124. Conrad Pressma, 125. John Szarkowski, 126. Bill Eggleston, 127. Mike Bishop, 128. Bob Fichter, 129. Liliane DeCock, 130. Tom Porett, 131. Arnold Crane, 132. Arnold Gassan, 133. Elliott Erwitt, and 134. Len Gittleman. Card 135 is a full trading card checklist. A bright, most handsome complete set of the 1975 seminal editions all in Near Fine condition or better in 3 x 3 archival protective plastic sheets housed in a three-ring binder. Inventory Number: 027412

(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-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, 1977. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 35 x 24 ½" heavy paper sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Gordon Matta-Clark. This is the striking poster cum artist's multiple published in conjunction with Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 project in Antwerp sponsored by the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. Invited to create a work in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the Antwerp Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, the noted artist elaborated upon his "Splitting" piece by performing an intervention that became known as "Office Baroque" on a vacant building on the Ernest Van Dijckkaai provided by the I.C.C. The poster reproduces Matta-Clark's photomontage proposal for the work. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - showing some minor handling creases and small nicks along the edges. Inventory Number: 027182

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, 1977. First Edition #118/250 Deluxe. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good.. One 35 x 24 ½" heavy paper sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Gordon Matta-Clark. This is the striking poster cum artist's multiple published in conjunction with Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 project in Antwerp sponsored by the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. Invited to create a work in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the Antwerp Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, the noted artist elaborated upon his "Splitting" piece by performing an intervention that became known as "Office Baroque" on a vacant building on the Ernest Van Dijckkaai provided by the I.C.C. The poster reproduces Matta-Clark's photomontage proposal for the work. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - from the edition of two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Gordon Matta Clark" AND NUMBERED (118/250) in black ink on the recto showing some minor handling creases and small nicks along the edges. Inventory Number: 027181

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Gagosian Gallery. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Seven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven elaborate announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Takashi Murakami held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, London, Rome, and Hong Kong between 2007 and 2014. The group consists of "Tranquility of the Heart Torment of the Flesh - Open Wide the Eye of the Heart, and Nothing Is Invisible ('07)", "Takashi Murakami (London '09)", "Takashi Murakami (New York '09)", "Takashi Murakami (London '11)", "Takashi Murakami (Rome '11)", "Flowers & Skulls ('12)", and "In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow ('14)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026805

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Printed Sheet. Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 11 ½ x 18" sheet printed offset recto and verso, machine-folded in fourths, 1 color illustration. This is the poster cum exhibition brochure issued for the Santa Monica Museum of Art's 2000 traveling Yoshitomo Nara retrospective entitled "Lullaby Supermarket." Folded as issued, one side reproduces one of the artist's sleeping puppies, with the other containing typographic details for the exhibition and the Museum's associated lectures and events. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027396

(OBAMA, BARACK) (JACK, LISA). M+B Gallery. Los Angeles: M+B Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 17 ½ x 11 ½" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in quarters to make 9 x 5 ¾", 1 b&w illustration. This is a poster for a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of Lisa Jack's photographs of a youthful Barack "Barry" Obama taken while both were students attending Eagle Rock's Occidental College. A bright, most handsome example of this ephemeral item featuring a jaunty image of the straw-hat wearing future president smiling and smoking a cigarette. Inventory Number: 027296

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. New York: Self-Published, 1961. Edition Not Stated. 24mo. Printed Cardstock. Business Card. Fine.. One 2 x 3 ½" business card printed letterpress on blue metallicized "fish scale" stock recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is Claes Oldenburg's self-published announcement in the form of a business card issued in conjunction with the December 1961 Manhattan genre-defying exhibition of the artist's "The Store" environment. A brand new, beautifully-preserved example of the blue variant of this charming ephemeral item (entry 18 on page 76 of Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") acquired directly from the artist's studio. Inventory Number: 027134

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. Los Angeles: Margo Leavin Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 24 x 17 ½" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration, machine-folded in fourths, as issued. This is the striking poster produced for the 1991 exibition of "20th Century Collage" organized by Los Angeles' Margo Leavin Gallery. The show featured ninety-one significant practitioner of the medium - from Kurt Schwitters to Edward Ruscha and Joseph Cornell to Richard Prince - and subsequently traveled to the Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, and the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France. The image reproduced is Claes Oldenburg's 1961 ink and newspaper collage on paper entitled "Street Figure (Using Movie Section, with Manhole)". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item folded for mailing, as issued. Inventory Number: 026192

(ONO, YOKO) (LENNON, JOHN). Ono, Yoko. Paris: agnes b., 2003. Edition Not Stated. Oblong Small Folio. Printed Paper Sheet. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 11 x 17" sheet printed offset recto and verso, no illustration. This is the typographic artist multiple cum small poster published by the noted Parisian fashion designer and art patron agnes b. as a 2003 iteration of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's conceptual project, "Imagine Peace." A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 027334

(PASHGIAN, HELEN). Wortz, Melinda. Irvine, CA: Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, 1975. First Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One continuous 7 x 27 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 7 x 9", 6pp, 1 color illustration. This slender six page brochure is the very first exhibition catalogue to document Pasadena-based artist Helen Pashgian's cast resin "Light and Space" paintings of the seventies. Published in conjunction with a 1975 show at the Fine Arts Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, in it noted curator and collector Melinda Wortz discusses these new perceptual works in depth. A glossy white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a tiny bit of brown spotting along its spine. Inventory Number: 027344

(PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY). Peace and Freedom Party. Berkeley. ND (1968): Peace and Freedom Party. Edition Not Stated. Folio. Printed Sheet. Political Campaign Poster. Very Good -.. One 22 ½ x 17" sheet printed offset recto only, no illustrations. "In 1968, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover vilified the Black Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States". So, imagine the generational divide for the country when Eldridge Cleaver, author of "Soul on Ice", Senior Editor of "Ramparts" Magazine, and Minister of Information of the Black Panther Party qualified for the ballot in some twenty states that same year as the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party. Wrote "The New York Times" that November, "Running on a platform of immediate withdrawal from Vietnam and support of the Black liberation movement. Eldridge Cleaver can present the only electoral challenge to the discreditable politics of Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace." Printed by union press workers at noted leftist press Berkeley Graphic Arts, this attention getting poster was used during 1968 to register California voters in support of the Peace and Freedom Party's Eldridge Cleaver For President / Peggy Terry for Vice-President ticket. A still bright, well-preserved flat vintage example of this bit of countercultural political history showing some light handling creases and a few minor brown stains along the top and bottom edges. Inventory Number: 027306

(PENN, IRVING). Woodward, Richard B.. New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Sewn Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (12pp), 6 gravure illustrations. Designed by Eleanor Caponigro. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of one hundred platinum palladium prints of classic images by master photographer Irving Penn held at his longtime New York gallery. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 021918

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND) (BLACK FLAG). Pettibon, Raymond. NP (Lawndale, CA). ND (1981).: Black Flag. First Printing. 4to. Offset Printed Sheet. Concert Poster. Fine.. One 17 x 11" sheet offset-printed recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is an original Black Flag poster utilizing the artwork of Raymond Pettibon produced for a September 11th, 1981 gig at Northridge's Devonshire Downs Fairgrounds along with supporting acts Fear, Stains, Youth Gone Mad, and Caustic Cause. Printed in black ink on green paper, it reproduces a drawing by Pettibon of a sprawling graveyard. An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon vintage poster (illustrated on page ninety-nine of the Kill Your Idols publication "100 Raymond Pettibon Flyers"). Inventory Number: 026036

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2001. First Printing. 8vo. Offset Printed Sheet. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 8 ¾ X 5 ½" cardstock sheet offset-printed recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is an announcement utilizing a unique artwork drawn by Raymond Pettibon for a June 26th, 2001 event with the artist at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Presented in conjunction with their exhibition "Raymond Pettibon: The Book Show," special guests Iris Berry, S.A. Griffin, Jason Rhoades, Barry Sloane, Frances Stark, Mayo Thompson, Benjamin Weissman, and others read to the Museum audience from Pettibon's scripts. The cover image reproduced here was created especially for this flyer. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027480

(PICASSO, PABLO). Gagosian Gallery. London, New York, Athens & Geneva. 2006-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eight stylish announcement cards and two posters produced for one-man exhibitions of the work of Pablo Picasso held at Gagosian Galleries in London, New York, Athens, and Geneva between 2006 and 2016. The group consists of "La Minotauromachie: All VIII States ('06)", "Mosqueteros - folded poster, as issued ('09)", "Experiments in Linogravure ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - folded poster, as issued ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - announcement and Gagosian private dinner invitation ('10)", "Important Paintings And Sculpture ('10)", "L'Amour Fou: Picasso And Marie-Therese ('11)", "Picasso And Francoise Gilot:Paris - Vallauris, 1943-1953 ('12)", "Picasso & The Camera ('15)", and "Villers | Picasso ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026803

(PORTER, JAMES A.). Breeskin, Adelyn D.. Washington, D.C.: The Barnett Aden Gallery, 1948. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One 9 x 12" sheet printed offset recto and verso, machine folded in half vertically to make 4pp, one monochrome cover illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a February 1948 exhibition of twenty-six works by Howard University's noted African-American art historian, artist, and educator James A. Porter held at Washington D.C.'s pioneering Barnett Aden Gallery - the first successful Black-owned private art gallery in the United States. In addition to a complete checklist, it includes a brief essay on Porter by the then director of The Baltimore Museum of Art, Adelyn D. Breeskin. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 026977

(PRICE, KEN). Mizuno Gallery & Kasmin Limited. Los Angeles & London. 1969 + 1970: Mizuno Gallery & Kasmin Limited. First Editions. 8vo. Printed Postcards. Exhibition Announcements. Very Good or Better.. np, 3 b&w illustrations. This is a group of three photographically illustrated postcard announcements published in conjunction with gallery exhibitions of the work of the late, great Kenneth Price. Two are from the artist's first post-Ferus Gallery one person shows held at London's Kasmin Limited Gallery in 1968, and Los Angeles' Mizuno Gallery in 1969; and the third appears to be a late sixties Holiday / New Year's card from the Riko Mizuno Gallery. The two Mizuno cards are contemporaneously addressed by hand from the gallery to the noted late Los Angeles Contemporary Art collectors Dr. Judd and Katherine Marmor. The Kasmin card came from their archive as well. A most handsome group of these exceedingly uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 027286

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 10 x 8' heavy cardstock sheet printed color offset recto and stamped b&w verso, 1 color illustration. This is the luxe, graphically striking announcement for Richard Prince's 2014 Gagosian Madison Avenue Gallery New York exhibition of the artist's notorious - and at the time no longer legally encumbered - "Canal Zone" paintings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that reproduces his work "Graduation" from 2008 on the recto. Inventory Number: 027311