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(BARNEY, MATTHEW). Barney, Matthew, Neville Wakefield & Richard Flood. Karel Schampers, Editor. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen & Cantz Verlag, 1995. First Edition 1/2500. 8vo. Wrappers in Plastic Sleeve. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Dutch. Designed by Matthew Barney and Gracia Lebbink. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue documenting Matthew Barney's 1995 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen exhibition that presented elements of his "Cremaster" 1 and 4, "Facility of INCLINE", "OTTOshaft", "Facility of DECLINE", and "Drawing Restraint 7" series. It was designed by the artist and features several folding plates - perfect for that rowdy yet discerning Al Davis fan in your life. A handsome example in the publisher's printed transparent plastic wraparound band. 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. 90-6918-148-7 Inventory Number: 014223

(BERQUET, GILLES). Berquet, Gilles. Paris: Jean-Pierre Faur Editeur, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), 33 b&w illustrations + color covers. Text in French. This is a slender, strikingly designed and printed volume of renowned French erotic photographer Gilles Berquet's explicit fetish and bondage images. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 2-909882-30-6 Inventory Number: 015576

(CHRISTIAN, ANTON). Angerer, Peter, Helmut Eisendle & Peter Weiermair. Wörgl, AUSTRIA: Perlinger Verlag, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 197pp, 72 color and 30 b&w illustrations. Text in German. This is a beautifully designed and printed 1979 monograph devoted to the drawings of Anton Christian - Viennese artist of the tortured and bizarre. A brand new, most handsome example. 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. 3-85399-006-1 Inventory Number: 005064

(CHRISTIAN, ANTON). Christian, Anton. With texts by H.C. Artmann, Suzanne Bloom, Helmut Eisendle, Erich Fried, Hans Haid, Ed Hill, Felix Mitterer, Ezra Pound, Alexander Schwarz, Turi Werkner, and "funf Sagen aus dem Reich der Fanes". Innsbruck, AUSTRIA: Haymon Verlag, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine (But Incomplete)/Fine. 167pp, 110 color and duotone illustrations. Text in German. This is the beautifully designed and printed 1989 monograph on the work of Anton Christian - Viennese figurative painter of the tortured and bizarre. A brand new, most handsome example from an unstated SIGNED AND NUMBERED edition issued with a loose print laid into a sleeve at the front of the book, but with this example LACKING the print. It has been priced accordingly. 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. 3-85218-050-3 Inventory Number: 005063

(CLAYTON BROTHERS). Clayton, Rob and Christian. Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA: La Luz de Jesus & Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 186pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Mark Murphy / Murphy Design Inc. With a biography and bibliography. The Clayton Brothers' idiosyncratic paintings and constructions have won them acclaim as unique - if twisted - visual storytellers. Their art collaborations have been seen in movies such as "Monkeybone", music videos for Oasis, and print campaigns for the X Games. "The Most Special Day of My Life" showcases some of their best projects, including "Tim House", a 6 x 8 x 13' church / schoolhouse installation with bizarre portraits of people real and imagined clinging together inside. Designed to be sampled rather than read front to back, this sumptuously illustrated book tours the work and minds of two masters of postmodern art". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 hardbound first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 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. 0-86719-572-X Inventory Number: 025003

(DARWELL, JOHN). Darwell, John. Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp), 34 color illustrations. This is John Darwell's compact photo-essay documenting the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactors' "Zones of Exclusion": the permanently evacuated area surrounding the 1986 Russian Nuclear Power Plant disaster. It provides a haunting and eerily beautiful glimpse of the thirty kilometer wasteland where no man can now go - and is the perfect compliment to Robert Polidori's oversized volume on the same subject. A brand new, pristine example. 1-899235-58-2 Inventory Number: 015883

(DZAMA, MARCEL). Dzama, Marcel. London. 2002 (2003).: Timothy Taylor Gallery. Second Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48 + 32pp), 62 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 2002 London gallery show, this is a supremely whimsical and charming artist's book cum exhibition catalogue of drawings by Royal Art Lodge favorite Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second edition. 0-9542892-1-8 Inventory Number: 013619

(FONTCUBERTA, JOAN). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pere Formiguera. Utrera (Seville), SPAIN: PHOTOVISON, 1999. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 136pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. Designed by Tuna Ciner and Joan Fontcuberta. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. A charming entry in the annals of late twentieth century cryptozoology, "Fauna" purports to undertake the photographic and classificatory coverage of several species of heretofore unknown animal life discovered chiefly in Africa and Asia during the expeditions of one "Dr. Peter Ameisenhaufen". While the presence of wry Catalan photographic fauxteur Joan Fontcuberta leaves the veracity of this intriguing volume subject to interpretation, all its participants, real or imagined, deserve an "A" for concept and execution. A brand new, most handsome example of the hardbound 1999 PHOTOVISION Spanish language edition (whose 1988 predecessor is cited on pages 342-343 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", pages 262-64 of "The Book of 101 Books", page 40 of "From Fair to Fine 2" and page 140 of "From Fair to Fine 3"). 84-86620-15-5 Inventory Number: 026623

(GOLDBERG, RUBE). Okun, Henry & Peter Selz. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, 1971. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 32pp, 29 b&w illustrations. This charming little catalogue published in conjunction with a 1971 UC Berkeley exhibition reproduces twenty-nine (of more than five thousand!) of Rube Goldberg's witty comic strip contraption drawings donated by the artist to the Bancroft Library). A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. LC 73-633931 Inventory Number: 024681

(GOREY, EDWARD). Gorey, Edward. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Folio. Spiral-Bound in Slipcase. Theater Monograph. Very Good.. 42pp, 20 monochrome illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the book of construct-it-yourself miniature sets, characters, and costumes and created by Edward Gorey for the 1978 Broadway theatrical production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that premiered with Raul Julia in the title role. A bright, most handsome complete and uncut example of this delightful item additionally SIGNED "Edward Gorey" in the artist's calligraphic script in ink above his crossed-through printed name on the title page - as was his custom with this title - showing an unobtrusive margin of brownish discoloration along the lower edge of the inside rear cover and last few pages. 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: 027407

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Gagosian Gallery. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Cardstock. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 10 x 24" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 3 duotone illustrations. This is the handsome announcement published in lieu of a catalogue for Damien Hirst's 2006 London gallery show entitled "A Thousand Years & Triptychs". "A Thousand Years, one of Hirst's most provocative and engaging works, contains an actual life cycle. Maggots hatch inside a white minimal box, turn into flies, then feed on a bloody, severed cow's head on the floor of a claustrophobic glass vitrine. Above, hatched flies buzz around in the closed space. Many meet a violent end in an insect-o-cutor; others survive to continue the cycle". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027486

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Iwona Blazwick, Charles Hall & Sophie Calle. London: Institute of Contemporary Art & Jay Jopling, 1991. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Small 4to. Debossed Leather Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Form, London. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued on the occasion of Damien Hirst's tour-de-force 1991 Institute of Contemporary Art London exhibition - the enfant terrible of the New British Art scene's very first one-man museum presentation. The first monographic publication on his work, this elegant document reproduces each of the exhibited butterfly paintings, dot paintings and glass vitrine pieces, and includes a transcribed interview between Hirst and Sophie Calle. A brand new, most handsome example from the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition bound in full dark blue leather-over-boards debossed with yellow lettering limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (156/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" in black ink on the verso of the last page, as issued. 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. 0-905263-53-7 Inventory Number: 024302

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Iwona Blazwick, Charles Hall & Sophie Calle. London: Institute of Contemporary Art & Jay Jopling, 1991. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Small 4to. Debossed Leather Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Form, London. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued on the occasion of Damien Hirst's tour-de-force 1991 Institute of Contemporary Art London exhibition - the enfant terrible of the New British Art scene's very first one-man museum presentation. The first monographic publication on his work, this elegant document reproduces each of the exhibited butterfly paintings, dot paintings and glass vitrine pieces, and includes a transcribed interview between Hirst and Sophie Calle. A brand new, most handsome example from the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition bound in full dark blue leather-over-boards debossed with yellow lettering limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (114/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" additionally WITH A DRAWING of a smoldering cigarette in black ink on the verso of the last page. 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. 0-905263-53-7 Inventory Number: 021554

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Iwona Blazwick, Charles Hall & Sophie Calle. London: Institute of Contemporary Art & Jay Jopling, 1991. First Edition 1/1750. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Form, London. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued on the occasion of Damien Hirst's tour-de-force 1991 Institute of Contemporary Art London exhibition - the enfant terrible of the New British Art scene's very first one-man museum presentation. The first monographic publication on his work, this elegant document reproduces each of the exhibited butterfly paintings, dot paintings and glass vitrine pieces, and includes a transcribed interview between Hirst and Sophie Calle. A handsome example from an edition of one thousand, seven hundred and fifty paperbound copies additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED to a fellow artist "for ..., D Hirst, Damien" WITH A DRAWING of a heart in black marker across the title page showing a slight diagonal soft crease at the lower foredge corner of the front cover and first few pages. 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. 0-905263-53-7 Inventory Number: 017678

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien & J.G. Ballard. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (100 + 16pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Jason Beard. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elaborately produced, opulent hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2005 New York gallery exhibition entitled "The Elusive Truth". It reproduces as hand-tipped color plates twenty-two recent works on canvas (with commentary by the artist) on the themes of the body, drugs, pharmaceuticals, crime, and death. The cover features a vacuum-formed plastic plaque, debossing and metallic ink, while the interior utilizes heavy paper stocks and die-cutting galore. Bound in is the sixteen page pamphlet "The Intensive Care Unit" featuring a text by J.G Ballard. A brand new, most handsome example of the folio-sized 2005 edition (not to be confused with the smaller condensed paperback publication of the same title from 2006) in the publisher's unprinted cardboard shipping carton, as issued. 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. 1-932598-11-1 Inventory Number: 018574

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien & Norman Rosenthal. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Giampietro+Smith. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2005 London exhibition show entitled "The Bilotti Paintings" that featured eight new large works on canvas (with butterflies embedded) relating to the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It also reproduces several of W. Harry Rogers' images from the 1862 edition of "Emblems of Christian Life" (from the Writings of the Fathers and the Old English Poets). A brand new, pristine example whose dust jacket reproduces a detail from the Hirst painting "John" on the verso still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-17-0 Inventory Number: 020014

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien. Robert Violette, Editor. London: Other CRITERIA, 2005. First Reduced Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/As New. 334pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and Damien Hirst. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Originally published in 1996 by Booth-Clibborn Editions in conjunction with the Gagosian Gallery, "I Want to Spend My Life With You,..." was at the time likely the most lavish single trade publication to date on a contemporary artist. Frieze enfant terrible Hirst collaborated with the great Jonathan Barnbrook on its innovative, over the top design; incorporating a number of pop-ups, sliding and movable plates, transparent overlays, die-cut pages, stickers, and two posters. The book reproduces nearly every work created by the artist up to 1997, and is a lasting monument to the Saatchi decade. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition of the 2005 first 9 ½ x 8 ¼" reduced format printing by Hirst's publishing firm Other CRITERIA limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (5/1000) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" in black marker across the entire title page with everything including its magnifying glass book mark present showing a trivial binding flaw at the lower front hinge. 1-904212-30-1 Inventory Number: 025763

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien. Robert Violette, Editor. London: Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1996. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 334pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and Damien Hirst. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with Booth-Clibborn Editions and the Gagosian Gallery, "I Want to Spend My Life With You,..." is likely the most lavish single trade publication to date on a contemporary artist. Frieze enfant terrible Hirst collaborated with the great Jonathan Barnbrook on its innovative, over the top design; incorporating a number of pop-ups, sliding and movable plates, transparent overlays, die-cut pages, stickers, and two posters. The book reproduces nearly every work created by the artist up to 1997, and is a lasting monument to the Saatchi decade. A most handsome example of the 1997 Booth-Clibborn Editions British first printing with everything present additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Happy Birthday ... Love Damien (bought by ...) XXX! in black ink on the title page showing a bit of sunning to the orange printed lettering at the spine. The book was purchased as a birthday gift by the husband of a fellow artist at the opening of the Royal Academy "Sensation" exhibition of the Saatchi collection which Hirst then inscribed at an after-party held later that evening at Soho's notorious The Groucho Club. 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. 1-873968-44-2 Inventory Number: 020552

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Rudi Fuchs, Tania Kausmally, Hedley Swain, Bill White, Marcel Yolkowsky, Dr. Helen Liversidge, Thomas Higham, Steven Dutch, Dr. Theya Molleson & Professor Richard Wright. Joshua Beard, Editor. London: Other CRITERIA & White Cube, 2007. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Beard. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2007 White Cube gallery exhibition "Damien Hirst: Beyond Belief" - the showing of his now infamous Bentley & Skinner fabricated diamond-encrusted human skull. It is a "creative guide to the making of arguably the most extraordinary art object to be made in the 21st century. It gives a fascinating pictorial insight into how Hirst's diamond skull piece "For the Love of God" was conceived and produced. Illustrated with candid behind-the-scenes photographs by Johnnie Shand Kydd, the book includes a number of preparatory drawings by Damien Hirst and a fold-out image of the diamond skull. A number of leading experts in the fields of archeology and dentistry have also contributed detailed studies on the diamond skull, including analyses of its age and ancestry". A brand new, most handsome example of the Other Criteria limited edition BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" in black ink across the title page, as issued. 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. 1-904212-25-5 Inventory Number: 021703

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien & Stuart Morgan. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 126pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kim Spurlock. With an exhibition checklist, biography, and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 1996 New York gallery show entitled "No Sense of Absolute Corruption". In addition to the eleven works exhibited, it contains reproductions of numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, dot, butterfly and spin paintings, plus a lengthy interview with the artist. A brand new, pristine example. 1-880154-08-0 Inventory Number: 016749

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Shani, Annushka. London: White Cube, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Beard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2003 London gallery show of twenty-eight new works entitled "Romance in the Age of Uncertainty". While these numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, and butterfly paintings bear a resemblance to the artist's earlier works, these creations each have titles based on Biblical themes. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirkily designed book that incorporates quite a number of blank pages. 0-9542363-7-8 Inventory Number: 016145

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley, Mike. Arnhem, THE NETHERLANDS: Sonsbeek, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np, 115 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This provocative, copiously illustrated essay by renowned artist Mike Kelley is a meditation on Sigmund Freud's "Uncanny", and its relation to the grotesque in art and everyday life. Published as part of the "Sonsbeek 93" exhibition in Arnhem, The Netherlands, artists whose work is represented here include Hans Bellmer, Nayland Blake, Robert Gober, Duane Hanson, Edward Kienholz, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Tetsumi Kudo, Zoe Leonard, Paul McCarthy, John Miller, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Paul Thek, and Mike Kelley himself. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only printing of this 1993 edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Mike Kelley 93" in the year of publication in black ink - at our shop - on the title page. 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: 027516

(LAMBERT, ALIX). Lambert, Alix. Alix Lambert & Viggo Mortensen, Editors. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 108pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Michele Perez. "The images in this book are of murder sites. They are about absence: what's not there, what has happened there, what might still happen there, what lies just around the corner, over the horizon, on the other side of the road. They are about possibility, loss, death, pain, passion, and they are also about hope. The interviews that accompany them are personal accounts - memories, thoughts, and feelings about the six Russian journalists who lost their lives in these places - from those who knew them, worked with them, loved them, admired them, and needed them". From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press comes this gritty new photographically illustrated publication from artist/filmmaker Alix Lambert, whose recent works include the three volume survey of "Russian Criminal Tattoos" and her feature length documentary on the same subject - "The Mark of Cain". A pristine copy of the no longer available 2008 first printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9763009-6-6 Inventory Number: 021293

(MARUO, SUEHIRO). Maruo, Suehiro, Suehiro Tanemura, Hiroshi Aramata & Masatoshi Nagase. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, 86 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Milky Asobe and Hiromi Abe (Atelier Peyotl). This is the second of Treville's beautifully designed and printed hardbound anthologies of drawings by noted Manga illustrator Suehiro Maruo. A frequent contributor to the legendary underground magazine "Garo", Maruo's work is filled with images of violence, eroticism, and anguish in the style of Muzan-e. A most handsome example of the 1996 first printing. 4-8457-1090-0 Inventory Number: 022512

(METINIDES, ENRIQUE). Metinides, Enrique, aka Charalambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides. Introduction by Alfonso Morales. Mexico City, MEXICO: Gobierno Del Distrito Federal & Ortega y Ortiz Editores, 2000. First Edition 1/5000. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Spanish. "El Teatro De Los Hechos" is Mexican cult photographer Enrique Metinides' autobiographical 2000 survey of his more than forty years of capturing mayhem, murder, death, and destruction on the streets of Mexico City for the tabloid newspaper "La Prensa". Often referred to as the "Mexican Weegee", for decades Metinides was the first photojournalist on the scene of automobile accidents, plane crashes, industrial fatalities, fires, explosions, dismemberments, murders, and more - all documented with a grisly artistry. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon and desirable document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Enrique Metinides" twice - once in block printing and once in cursive - in black marker on the title page. This copy bears the discreet ownership inscription of Mexico City-based filmmaker Trisha Ziff - who edited the 2012 Aperture monograph "Enrique Metinides: 101 Tragedies", and who is currently directing a documentary on the photographer. It shows some underlining in red ink throughout the text by Ziff, from whom we acquired this directly. 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. 968-816-313-9 Inventory Number: 024546

(OLAF, ERWIN). Olaf, Erwin. Introduction by Theo Van Gogh. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Focus Cahier, 1990. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 24pp, 19 duotone illustrations. Text in Dutch. "Blacks" is the second monographic collection of photographs by the Dutch master of dislocation Erwin Olaf. Somewhere between the baroque mythology of Pierre et Gilles and the physical grotesquery of Joel-Peter Witkin, these seventeen dark (in every sense) portraits are lusciously reproduced here for your voyeuristic pleasure. "Blacks" also features an introduction by the noted Dutch filmmaker and social critic Theo van Gogh, who was assassinated by an Islamic extremist while riding his bicycle to work in Amsterdam in 2004. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 90-72216-51-2 Inventory Number: 023810

(PATTERSON, CHRISTIAN). Patterson, Christian, Luc Sante & Karen Irvine. London: MACK, 2011. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (168pp) + np (14pp), 98 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Christian Patterson. "Redheaded Peckerwood is a work with a tragic underlying narrative - the story of nineteen year old Charles Starkweather and fourteen year old Caril Ann Fugate who murdered ten people, including Fugate's family, during a three day killing spree across Nebraska to the point of their capture in Douglas, Wyoming. From a technical perspective, the photographs incorporate and reference the techniques of photojournalism, forensic photography, image appropriation, reenactment and documentary landscape photography. On a conceptual level, they deal with a charged landscape and play with a photographic representation and truth as the work deconstructs a pre-existing narrative. "Redheaded Peckerwood" also utilizes and plays with a pre-existing archive of material, deliberately mixing fact and fiction, past and present, myth and reality as it presents, expands and re-presents the various facts and theories surrounding this story. While photographs are the heart of this work, they are the complemented and informed by documents and objects that belonged to the killers and their victims - including a map, poem, confession letter, stuffed animal, hood ornament and various other items. In several cases, these materials are discoveries first made by the artist and presented here for the first time. The images record places and things central to the story, depict ideas inspired by it, and capture other moments and discoveries along the way". The Starkweather and Fugate killings inspired the films "The Sadist (1963)", "Badlands (1973)", "Murder in the Heartland (2003)", "Kalifornia (1993)", "Natural Born Killers (1994)", and "Starkweather (2004)". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2011 first MACK edition (cited on pages 279 and 309 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") additionally SIGNED "Christian Patterson" in black ink on the title page with the publisher's fourteen page staple-bound newsprint booklet laid in. 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. 1-907946-14-4 Inventory Number: 024752

(QUINN, MARC). Quinn, Marc, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp & Mark Gisbourne. London & New York: Booth-Clibborn Editions & Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (208pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by North. With an exhibition history. Published jointly by Booth-Clibborn Editions and the Gagosian Gallery, this is the most lavish, exquisitely designed and printed hardbound catalogue produced for Marc Quinn's 1998 New York exhibition, "Incarnate". It reproduces in great detail each of forty-nine queasy, anatomically chilling works executed by the renowned British contemporary artist between 1988 and 1998, and contains textual contributions by Quinn, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp, and Mark Gisbourne. A brand new, most handsome example. 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. 1-86154-048-5 Inventory Number: 015628

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Blau, Douglas. New York & Los Angeles: Jay Gorney Modern Art & Thomas Solomon's Garage, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (42pp), 10 color illustrations. This is a charming catalogue issued in conjunction with a pair of 1992 gallery exhibitions of Alexis Rockman's unique paintings of Natural History gone horribly awry. Douglas Blau's textual contribution is in the form of an index that has everything and nothing to do with the show's subject matter. A handsome example showing a slight crease across the spine. Inventory Number: 014498

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Decter, Joshua. New York: John Post Lee Gallery, 1991. First Edition 1/300. Square 8vo. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 36pp, 15 b&w and 8 tipped-in color illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Gunnar Kaldewey. This beautiful little hardbound book published in conjunction with a 1991 John Post Lee Gallery exhibition by Alexis Rockman features the artist's work mingled with elegant reproductions of some source material for his disarming imagery. A most handsome example of the first edition limited to three hundred copies each SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in black ink at the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 007395

(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Bartorelli, Guido, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber & Marcel Dzama. Padova, ITALY: Perugi Artecontemporanea, 2005. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artists Monograph. As New.. 92pp, 80 color illustrations + cover. Text in English and Italian. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is another compact, charming catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2005 Royal Art Lodge onslaught of Europe containing reproductions of eighty collaborative paintings by core members Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, and Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example. 88-87327-07-6 Inventory Number: 015806

(RYDEN, MARK) (RIDGWAY, STAN). Ryden, Mark, Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/7500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. One 7 ¾ x 17" cardstock sheet printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 7 ¾ x 5 ½". Art Direction and Design by Mark Ryden and Brian Jackson. Produced in conjunction with Mark Ryden's "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear", this is a beautifully packaged CD of fourteen compositions that comprised the musical score and audio installation for the 2003 New York gallery exhibition. It contains five color reproductions of paintings from the show (that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art) that fold out to create a three-paneled shrine. Conceived by erstwhile Wall of Voodoo and Drywall founder Stan Ridgway along with Hecate's Angels' Pietra Wexstun, the performers are Ridgway - 6 and 12 string guitars, harmonica, Prophet 5, samples, Chamberlin; Wexstun - piano, organ, Juno 106, Mellotron, Moog, samples, autoharp, voices; Lazlo Vickers - cello, violin, contrabass; and Alvin Fike - brass, and reeds. Says Ridgway: "When contacted about writing music for Mr. Mark Ryden's "Blood Show ", we were excited and honored to be asked. Having both been admirers of Mark's work for quite some time, fellow composer Pietra Wexstun and I both saw it a lot like scoring a great film, but with one exception. The so called sonic "action" would be an interior one and psychological; a meditative and transcendental approach....and hopefully more like an "aroma" of sound; other than a music that would shout at you to listen to it, or get in the way. Ambient? Yes. We both worked for a musical "soundtrack" that the listener would "feel" more than hear. A functional and utilitarian device that would draw out the essential essence of the work and play low in the background, barely perceived by the viewer in the gallery". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 first printing of this exotic object - not the later jewel-boxed reissue - still in the original shrinkwrap accompanied by an 8 x 6" glossy promotional postcard featuring a reproduction of Ryden's "The Baptism of Jajo" on the recto. Inventory Number: 026974

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark. Introduction by Carlo McCormick. Sierra Madre & San Francisco, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions & Last Gasp, 2001. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Square 4to. Boards in Clamshell Box. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color. The near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art, this first monograph on Mark Ryden sold out of its initial print run almost immediately. See Jimi Hendrix, Abe Lincoln, Christina Ricci, Leonardo Di Caprio, Colonel Sanders, the Teletubbies, Big Boy, Speedy Alka-Seltzer, and so many more in ways you've never imagined - not to mention the requisite Bees, Bunnies and Meat. A brand new, pristine unopened example of the deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies acquired directly from the artist featuring a copy of the book SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist, a special "Anima Mundi" bookmark, and a 10 x 10" SIGNED AND NUMBERED giclee print all housed in a beautiful decorative clamshell box. 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. 0-86719-509-6 Inventory Number: 018381

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/20000. 24mo. Embossed Leatherette Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is the miniature catalogue that documents Mark Ryden's 2003 New York gallery show "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear". Tiny like the work exhibited, the jewel-like book measures a mere 2 ½ x 3 ½ ", and features a distressed leather-like embossed soft cover and Smyth-sewn binding. Inside are color reproductions throughout detailing paintings and drawings that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art. It features blood, blood, more blood, and some meat. A brand new, pristine individually numbered example of the 2003 first Porterhouse Fine Art Editions printing of this tiny gem still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 1-931955-02-6 Inventory Number: 027447

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. New York & Santa Ana, CA: Earl McGrath Gallery & Grand Central Art Center, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (52pp), 50 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with Mark Ryden's two "Bunnies and Bees" exhibitions of 2001 and 2002. Bunnies, bees, meat, Abraham Lincoln and scary childhood imagery abound in these paintings, attendant details and studies - all accompanied by the artist's narrative. A most presentable example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 1-931955-00-X Inventory Number: 016880

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese with English captions. Published only in Japan, this elegantly designed and produced book reproduces fifty-five works by Mark Ryden from 1994 to 2005 in full color. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first edition in black linen still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 4-89444-407-0 Inventory Number: 013610

(SAVILLE, JENNY) (LUCHFORD, GLEN). Saville, Jenny, Glen Luchford & Katherine Dunn. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Folio. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 15 b&w and 14 color illustrations. Designed by David James Associates. With biographies, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the opulently printed hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2002 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of collaborative photographs by Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford. Each of the images shown was produced by Saville distorting and/or flattening her naked body against a sheet of glass, with Luchford capturing the result on camera. Originally intended as studies for the artist's large format figurative paintings, they became a body of work unto themselves. "Closed Contact" reproduces these photographs on heavy, ultra-glossy paper, and they are accompanied by an essay by Katherine Dunn. A most presentable example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 398-399 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") whose contents and textblock are immaculate, but whose covers show some noticeable wear, soiling and scuffing along with some abrading to the bottom edge of the front board. 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. 1-880154-65-X Inventory Number: 020897

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but exceptionally luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce showing a slight dent through the lower foredge corner. 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. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 024092

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Nochlin, Linda. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (20pp), 6 color illustrations + color covers. Designed by David James Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the oversized, thin but-exceptionally-luxe catalogue produced in conjunction with a 2003 Gagosian New York exhibition of then-new paintings by Jenny Saville. Each of the six large-scale figurative works shown is reproduced on heavy cardstock pages along with an essay by Linda Nochlin. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon item that was produced in a very limited quantity and only made available hors commerce. 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. 1-880154-86-2 Inventory Number: 018099

(SAVILLE, JENNY). Saville, Jenny, Del LaGrace Volcano, Barry Martin Weintraub & Martin Gayford. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 28 color illustrations. Designed by North. Studio photographs by Glen Luchford. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of works by British enfant-terrible Jenny Saville; her first one-person U.S. show. Each of the five large-scale figurative works shown are reproduced along with numerous corpulent details. It also contains a survey of fourteen earlier pieces executed between 1992 and 1997, and an interview with Saville by Martin Gayford. A handsome example of the 1999 Gagosian first softbound edition showing a tiny dent at the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018632