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

(BOND, HENRY). Bond, Henry, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Darian Leader & Ian Jeffrey. London: Emily Tsingou Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the first comprehensive collection of images by noted contemporary British photographer Henry Bond, whose work here captures the energy and feel of London's restless yet well-heeled youth during the height of the Saatchi years. A most presentable copy of this massive, and massively entertaining tome whose covers show some light overall wear and handling along with a few spots of light curling and peeling along the extremities. The interior and illustrations however are bright and clean. 0-9532-4580-2 Inventory Number: 008253

(BONTECOU, LEE). Smith, Elizabeth A.T., Ann Philbin, Donna De Salvo, Mona Hadler, Donald Judd & Robert Storr. Chicago, Los Angeles & New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, UCLA Hammer Museum & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully designed, comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with the 2003 touring exhibition of the extraordinary sculptures and works on paper by Lee Bontecou - the artist's largest Museum retrospective to date. An internally most handsome example of the quickly exhausted first paperbound printing showing two slight diagonal soft creases to the upper foredge corner of the front cover. 0-933856-80-6 Inventory Number: 023936

(BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Bourgeois, Louise, Jerry Gorovoy, Pandora Tabatabai Asbaghi & Paulo Herkenhoff. Milan, ITALY: Fondazione Prada, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 308pp, profusely illustrated in tritone and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition checklist, chronology and bibliography. This is the copiously photographically illustrated 1997 visual biography of Louise Bourgeois published by Milan's Fondazione Prada. A handsome example showing some trivial wear, delamination, and soiling to the extremities. 88-8702-904-0 Inventory Number: 025194

(BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Bourgeois, Louise, Mieke Bal, Harald Fricke, Angela Lammer, Hanne Loreck, Christiane Mennicke, Valeria Schulte-Fischedick & Gabriele Werner. Beatrice E. Stammer, Kathrin Becker & Antje Weitzel, Editors. Berlin, GERMANY. 1995-1999: Akademie Der Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1100. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Stephan Fiedler, Thorsten Platz. Text in German and English. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an extensive 2003 German museum exhibition of one hundred and fifteen sculptures, works on paper, and prints by Louise Bourgeois. It contains several critical essays on the work of, and interviews with the idiosyncratic artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, one hundred unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-00-011312-6 Inventory Number: 015390

(BRANCUSI, CONSTANTIN). Bach, Friedrich Teja. Paris: Didier Imbert Fine Art, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np, 82 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This is the handsome catalogue published in conjunction with a 1991 Parisian gallery exhibition that traveled to the United States. Constantin Brancusi's photographs aided him in the conceptualization of his sculpture; seeing how to group his work to increase awareness of comparisons, differences and metamorphoses among shapes and objects. These images provide rare access to the artist's private work environment, and sculptural process. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 010183

(BRAQUE, GEORGES) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Braque, Georges & Pierre Reverdy. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1951. Second Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np, 17 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) is a tribute to the renowned Georges Braque. It contains color lithographs after Georges Braque, Jean Bazaine, Marc Chagall, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, and Joan Miro. A bright, most handsome example of the second edition of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 022335

(BRAQUE, GEORGES) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Braque, Georges, Rene Char, Jacques Kober, Henri Maldiney, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Grenier, Georges Limbour & Jacques Dupin. Paris. 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Georges Braque. Bound by Maeght in brown cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 4 (Juin 1947): "Braque", 25-26 (Janvier 1950): "G. Braque", 48-49 (Juin-Julliet 1952): "G. Braque", 71-72 (Decembre 1954-Janvier 1955): "G. Braque: Theogoni d'Hesiode", and 85-86 (Avril-Mai 1956): "Braque". An otherwise bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total twelve original color lithographs showing some sunning to the cloth primarily along the spine. In addition, the top inch of its spine has broken off and is not present. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024991

(BRASSAÏ). Sichel, Kim & Bernard De Montgolfier. Paris: Musée Carnavalet, Paris Audiovisuel & Paris Musées, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. With a biography, bibliography, exhibition history, and exhibition checklist. This is the stylish catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 Parisian Museum retrospective of one hundred and fifty-two Brassai photographs that contains the familiar (material from "Paris de Nuit", "Graffiti", "Secret Paris of the '30s", etc.), as well as some images not previously reproduced. A bright white, most handsome example. 2-901414-32-X Inventory Number: 023878

(BRASSAI). Tucker, Anne Wilkes, Richard Howard & Avis Berman. Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 368pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Houston Museum exhibition that was the largest American retrospective to date of the work of the respected Hungarian born, Parisian based photographer Brassai (né Gyula Halazs). A most handsome copy of the uncommon first printing in stiff (rather than flexible) boards still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-81096-380-9 Inventory Number: 022196

(BRAVO, CLAUDIO). March, David. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 32pp, 28 color illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography, collections listing and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Marlborough Gallery exhibition of twenty-nine photo-realist paintings and pastels by renowned Chilean-born, Moroccan-based artist Claudio Bravo. A most handsome example. 0-89797-055-1 Inventory Number: 025382

(BROOKS, JAMES).. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 15pp, 12 color illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition history and chronology. This is a slender, elegantly produced catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition of paintings on canvas and paper by noted American Abstract Expressionist painter James Brooks at his longtime Los Angeles gallery. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 023089

(BROTZMANN, PETER). Dempsey, Jim. Chicago, IL: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2013. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 48pp, 36 color illustrations. Designed by Sonnenzimmer. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition by the esteemed German musician and artist Peter Brotzmann held at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item limited to one thousand copies. 0-9884492-7-7 Inventory Number: 022491

(BROTZMANN, PETER). Warner, Alan. Chicago, IL: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 36pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by Kathi Beste. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 exhibition of watercolors and woodcuts by the esteemed German musician and artist Peter Brotzmann held at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 022492

(BROWN, CECILY). Ashton, Dore, Cecily Brown & Lari Pittman. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2008. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 264pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio Blackwell. With an exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published to coincide with a 2008 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of new paintings, this is the first full-fledged monograph devoted to the work of British painter Cecily Brown. Featuring over one hundred reproductions, this massive tome documents both finished paintings and the original source material utilized by Brown for much of their imagery, as well as an essay by Dore Ashton and a transcribed interview between the artist and Larry Pittman. A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Cecily Brown" in black ink on the title page . 0-8478-3092-6 Inventory Number: 022969

(BROWN, CECILY). Drucker, Johanna. New York & London: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. 4to. 3/4 Linen over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 94pp, 29 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully appointed hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with two 2006 exhibitions of recent works by British painter Cecily Brown held at Gagosian's New York and London galleries. Each of the twenty-nine oil on linen canvases shown is reproduced along with Johanna Drucker's essay "Erotic Method". A most handsome example with a Gagosian buckslip INSCRIBED "Best Wishes, Ealan" from gallery director and the book's editor Ealan Wingate laid in. 1-932598-29-4 Inventory Number: 025209

(BROWN, CECILY). Homes, A.M. Introduction by Robert Evren. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New.. 76pp, 27 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. This is the elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2000 Gagosian London exhibition of British painter Cecily Brown - her first one-person show at the gallery. Each of her twenty-seven large-scale works shown is reproduced along with A.M. Homes' essay "Motion Pictures". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item in its wrappers printed with metallic ink still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880154-36-6 Inventory Number: 014715

(BROWN, GLENN). Bracewell, Michael. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 22 color and 3 duotone illustrations. Designed by Goto Design. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of nine recent art-history inflected paintings and two sculptures by British artist Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with a vellum overlay and an accompanying full page color detail; as well as three gatefold installation photographs. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-50-2 Inventory Number: 017511

(BROWN, GLENN). Freedberg, David. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 40pp, 14 color illustrations + decorative endpapers. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. With an exhibition history. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2004 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of seven recent art-history inflected paintings and two sculptures by British artist Glenn Brown. A most handsome copy. 1-932598-00-6 Inventory Number: 020703

(BROWN, GLENN). Morton, Tom. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin & Holzwarth Publications, 2006. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 14 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy". This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 Galerie Max Hetzler exhibition of six art-history inflected paintings by Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with an accompanying full page color detail; as well as two installation photographs. A pristine copy of this already unavailable and uncommon item. 3-935567-35-9 Inventory Number: 016183

(BROWN, GLENN). Steiner, Rochelle, Michael Bracewell & David Freeberg. New York & London: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Peter Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of thirty-eight paintings executed between 2003 and 2009 by British artist Glenn Brown. "It explores Brown's mannerist inventiveness derived from a desire to examine and pervert the existing thicknesses of history as to recollect an open-ended mesh of references to painting and cultural history, past and present. In doing so, Brown creates a carnivalesque world where the rational and the irrational, the abstract and the visceral, the beautiful and the grotesque, are brought together in a vigorous state of play". Each work is sumptuously reproduced, as are the catalogues for Brown's two previous Gagosian shows from 2004 and 2007. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-8478-3488-3 Inventory Number: 020437

(BUGAEV, SERGEI - AFRIKA). Bugaev, Sergei, Victor Mazin, Olesya Turkina & Dan Cameron. New York & Vienna, AUSTRIA: Avant Garde Moscow & Paul Judelson Arts, 1994. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 47 + 47pp + xix, two 17 ¼ x 22 3/8" sheets printed recto only, neatly folded in eighths to make 5 ½ x 8 ¾", profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Anna Brochet. This is an elaborately designed exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1995 Austrian retrospective of the Russian contemporary artist Afrika (né Sergei Bugaev). Bound into heavy, gilt-embossed grey chipboard covers is a bi-lingual catalogue reminiscent of El Lissitzky meets Rube Goldberg meets Ad Reinhardt's Art Comics along with two folded posters designed by the artist housed in an attached envelope. A most handsome example of the standard edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. 5-86394-052-2 Inventory Number: 013166

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Knight, Christopher. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (16pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. With a biography, exhibition history and videography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1992 Chris Burden exhibition at Vienna's Galerie Krinzinger. It reproduces preparatory drawings for several of the noted late California artist's proposed large-scale projects from the early nineties. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025562

(BURRI, ALBERTO). Nordland, Gerald. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color + color cover. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 retrospective exhibition of works by the noted late post-war Italian innovator Alberto Burri held at the Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery at the University of California, Los Angeles. A bright, most handsome example. LC 77-620047 Inventory Number: 023951

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

(BYRNE, ALEC). Evans, Drew. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. As New.. np (54pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" is the catalogue published in conjunction with a one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It presents amazing vintage shots of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, Chuck Berry, and Roy Orbison - most being seen in print for the very first time! A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer, as issued.

PLEASE NOTE: These signed catalogues will be available at Arcana on Saturday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
0-615-90223-5 Inventory Number: 022934

(CAIN, PETER). Nickas, Bob & Carroll Dunham. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Wrappers in DJ. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the first comprehensive catalogue published on the late New York artist Peter Cain, whose eerie, foreshortened paintings of cars became a staple of the Whitney Biennials of the 1990s. A pristine copy. 1-880146-37-1 Inventory Number: 015187

(CALDER, ALEXANDER). Calder, Alexander. New York: Perls Galleries, 1972. First Edition. Square 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 18 b&w and 20 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Throughout the sixties and seventies, blue chip New York art dealer Klaus Perls held annual exhibitions of the work of gallery stalwart Alexander Calder. This 1972 catalogue documents thirty-eight oil paintings executed between 1925 and 1958 accompanied by the artist's autobiographical text. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light wear and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 025211

(CALDER, ALEXANDER). Sweeney, James Johnson. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good/Very Good -. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a chronology, exhibition history, collections listing, filmography and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art's comprehensive 1951 Alexander Calder retrospective exhibition. It features a text by curator James Johnson Sweeney accompanied by reproductions of sculpture, mechanized works, mobiles, stabiles, drawings, jewelry, previous gallery installations, and more. A most presentable example of the hardbound first printing additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Mit freundlichsten grussen / fur der / guten freund / Bruno E. Werner / Sandy Calder / Washington D.C. / 25 Jan, '58" in his inimitable script in blue ink across the entire title page showing some overall wear to the book and its dust jacket as well as a mild dent through the upper foredge tip of the boards and textblock. Bruno Walter was a well-known German writer, art critic, and diplomat who served as his country's cultural attaché in Washington from 1952 through 1961. The date of the inscription coincides with the January 25th, 1958 opening of the artist's one-man exhibition as the twenty-seventh installment of the Corcoran Gallery's "Contemporary American Artists Series". Inventory Number: 024455

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. Foreword by Hugo Weber. Santa Barbara, CA: El Mochuelo Gallery, 1964. First Edition 1/1500. Small Folio. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 126 duotone plates. With a bibliography by Bernard Karpel. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in a stated edition of fifteen hundred copies, this exquisite 1964 Harry Callahan monograph is notoriously scarce as it has been widely reported that only half of these were actually ever bound for sale. A tight and bright, most handsome example (cited on pages 202-203 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 160 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 168-169 of "The Book of 101 Books") marred only by the typical browning of the glue binding the endpapers to the boards - as is the case with every copy that we've ever handled - in a well-preserved, lightly-scuffed slipcase. Inventory Number: 025041

(CALLE, SOPHIE). Calle, Sophie, Fred Hoffman, Deborah Irmas. Santa Monica, CA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 60pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Includes exhibition checklist. Issued in conjunction with a 1989 exhibition curated by Deborah Irmas, this is the first major publication on the enigmatic French artist published in English. The pieces documented here are "The Sleepers", "The Bronx", "The Shadow", "The Hotel", "L'Homme au Carnet", "Anatoli" and "The Blind". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-927442-01-9 Inventory Number: 023504

(CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET). Cox, Julian. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. np (8pp), 6 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographer" - a 2003 exhibition of vintage prints drawn from the The J. Paul Getty Museum's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 025598

(CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET). Cox, Julian. Malibu, CA. ND (1988).: The J. Paul Getty Museum. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Whisper of the Muse"; a 1988 exhibition of vintage prints by Julia Margaret Cameron drawn from the Getty's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item from the very first show of the then newly formed J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography. Inventory Number: 022563

(CAPA, CORNELL). Whelan, Richard. Introduction by Peter Fetterman. Afterword by Cornell Capa. Santa Monica, CA: Peter Fetterman Gallery, 2002. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, 27 duotone illustrations. "Cornell Capa the photographer has long been overshadowed by Cornell Capa the founder and director of the International Center of Photography, New York, and by Cornell Capa the brother of Robert Capa. This beautiful clothbound book filled with twenty-seven of his most intelligent, compassionate, formally striking images promises to bring the photographer his due. He once told "Camera" magazine, "Single photographs are not what I do best. My most effective work is groups of photographs which hang together and tell stories." Nevertheless, the pictures included here sum up and transcend those stories. Imbued with the very essence of the specific situations or person that they portray, yet simultaneously resonant with universal human experience, they mark Cornell Capa as what he called a "concerned photographer" - one who is passionately dedicated to doing work that will contribute to the understanding and well-being of humanity". A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe 2002 first printing issued by the Peter Fetterman Gallery limited to fifty copies NUMBERED (38/50) AND SIGNED "Cornell Capa" accompanied by a cloth chemise containing the matted 7 ½ x 5 ¼ silver print entitled "Bolshoi Ballet School" similarly NUMBERED (38/50) AND SIGNED on the verso housed in the publisher's silver gilt-stamped slipcase still in its original shrinkwrap. 0-9712765-0-1 Inventory Number: 025483

(CARNWATH, SQUEAK). Carnwath, Squeak. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (32pp), 8 color and 1 b&w Illustration. Designed by Hjermstad and Associates. With a chronology, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1991 exhibition of eight recent paintings by popular Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath at her longtime San Francisco gallery. A handsome example showing a bit of light wear and insect damage to the covers. Inventory Number: 023465

(CHAGALL, MARC). Schneider, Pierre, Viviane Tarenne, William S. Lieberman, Sylvie Forestier, Yvette Cauquil-Prince, Meret Meyer, Robert Littman & Jean Louis Prat. Mexico City, MEXICO. 1994 (2002).: Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo & Fundacion Cultural Televisa, A.C., 1991. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 507pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Spanish. This is the massive, copiously researched and illustrated catalogue that accompanied a huge retrospective of Marc Chagall's paintings, works on paper, Theatre and Ballet related work, and Illustrated Books at Mexico's Televisa Museum. More than three hundred exhibited works are pictured here, along with a comprehensive, photographically illustrated biographical chronology of the artist's life. A most presentable copy showing some light abrading to the front cover near the spine, and a tiny dent running through a portion of the textblock at the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 968-6191-33-X Inventory Number: 009966

(CHAPMAN, JAKE & DINOS). Chapman, Jake & Dinos, David Falconer, Douglas Fogle & Nick Land. London, Graz, AUSTRIA & Berlin: ICA London, Grazer Kunstverein & KUNST-WERKE Berlin, 1996. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the copiously illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the 1996 Jake and Dinos Chapman exhibition entitled "Chapmanworld". Circulated by London's Institute of Contemporary Art, it traveled to the Grazer Kunstverein and KUNST-WERKE Berlin, and was the first major retrospective of the transgressive sculptural work of the YBA twins. It contains essays by David Falconer ("Doctorin' the Retardis") and Douglas Fogle, artists' statements, and an intriguing textual contribution by Nick Land that seemingly requires a cryptographer to decipher. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-900300-03-6 Inventory Number: 022034

(CHAPMAN, JAKE & DINOS). Chapman, Jake & Dinos, David Falconer & Yuko Hasegawa. Tokyo: P-House Daikanyama, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp) + six 8 ¼ x 5 ¾" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the is the body dysmorphic disorder-inducing catalogue produced in conjunction with Jake and Dinos Chapman's 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition entitled "Beyond Nirvana - Too Much is Never Enough". It contains a booklet with essays by David Falconer ("Doctorin' the Retardis") and Yuko Hasegawa, artists' statements, and reproductions of the brothers' oeuvre along with six elegant loose color postcards photographed by George Cousins. A brand new, most handsome example of what may be the most uncommon early Chapman Brothers publication still in the publisher's unprinted plastic pouch. Inventory Number: 022033

(CHAPMAN, JAKE & DINOS). Chapman, Jake & Dinos. With a Conversation With Robert Rosenblum. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Plastic Jacket. Artists Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 153pp, 48 color illustrations. "Unholy Libel" is the elegant catalogue cum artist's book produced by British enfants terrible Jake and Dinos Chapman in conjunction with their first U.S. gallery exhibition in 1997. This sumptuous tome takes the form of a rather profane "Holy Bible" - right down to the gilt edges and faux-leather cover. A brand new, pristine example with the gallery's exhibition checklist laid in. 1-880154-14-5 Inventory Number: 023587

(CHRISTO). Nakahara, Yusuke, Christo Javacheff & Masahiko Yanagi. Tokyo: Satani Gallery, 1984. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 exhibition of preparatory works for Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "Pont Neuf Wrapped" project realized in Paris the following year. Held at the artist's longtime Japanese gallery, it contains copious illustrations along with an essay by Yusuke Nakahara, and a lengthy transcribed interview between the artist and Masahiko Yanagi. A most handsome example of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED "Christo" in brown crayon on the title page. Inventory Number: 022088