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  • October 74: Art/ Theory/ Criticism/ Politics - Fall 1995

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    OCTOBER 74: ART/ THEORY/ CRITICISM/ POLITICS - FALL 1995

    (OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski & Mignon Nixon, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 138pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Excerpts from The Dutch Group Portrait - Alois Riegl; Postscript: Alois Riegl in the Presence of The Nightwatch - Benjamin Binstock; Haptical Cinema - Antonia Lant; Facturing Femininity: Manet's Before the Mirror - Carol Armstrong; Picasso's Endgame - Leo Steinberg; Dada by the Numbers - John Miller; Pater Nauman - Pamela M. Lee; Just Being Doesn't Amount to Anything (Some Themes in Bruce Nauman's Work) - Isabelle Graw. A most handsome example. 0-262-75224-7 Inventory Number: 021656

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    Filed Under: Art, Art Theory, Cinema, October, Periodicals, Pablo Picasso
  • Exhibition Poster For "20th Century Collage" Featuring An Image By Claes Oldenburg

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    EXHIBITION POSTER FOR "20TH CENTURY COLLAGE" FEATURING AN IMAGE BY CLAES OLDENBURG

    (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

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    Filed Under: Art, Artist Monographs, John Baldessari, Conceptual and Minimal Art, Ephemera and Announcements, Performance Art, Pablo Picasso, Pop Art, Posters, Richard Prince, Edward Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner
  • Pablo Picasso: La Minotauromachie: All Viii States

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    PABLO PICASSO: LA MINOTAUROMACHIE: ALL VIII STATES

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Bernadac, Marie-Laure. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Decorative Silk Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (36pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Barr Gilmore. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2006 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of the only complete set in existence of all eight states of Pablo Picasso's seminal 1935 etching, "La Minotauromachie". Derived from the 1934 drawing of the same name, it is often cited as one of the most important prints of the twentieth century. A most handsome example. 1-932598-40-5 Inventory Number: 026619

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Pablo Picasso
  • Picasso: 32 Peintures Recentes (Choisis Parmi Celles Exposees A La Maison De La Pensee Francaise Et Extraites Du Numero En Preperation De La Revue Cahiers D'Art)

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    PICASSO: 32 PEINTURES RECENTES (CHOISIS PARMI CELLES EXPOSEES A LA MAISON DE LA PENSEE FRANCAISE ET EXTRAITES DU NUMERO EN PREPERATION DE LA REVUE CAHIERS D'ART)

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Editions "Cahiers D'Art", Editor. Paris: Cahiers D'Art, 1949. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 44pp, 32 b&w illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1949, this monographic Cahiers D'Art publication presents full page illustrations of thirty-two paintings from a total of sixty-five exhibited works executed by Pablo Picasso between 1946 and 1949. Held at Paris' Maison de la Pensee Francaise between July and December, the show was the most comprehensive presentation to date of the artist's post-war output. An internally bright, handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon document - only seven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing some mild wear, soiling, and staining to its cream colored covers along with some separation of the dustwrapper along the bottom edge with the vintage supplemental complete exhibition checklist laid in. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025376

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Pablo Picasso, Exhbition Catalogues
  • Pablo Picasso: A Collection Of Ten Gagosian Gallery Exhibition Announcements + Posters

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    PABLO PICASSO: A COLLECTION OF TEN GAGOSIAN GALLERY EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENTS + POSTERS

    (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

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    Filed Under: Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair 2021, Artist Monographs, Ephemera and Announcements, Gagosian Gallery, Pablo Picasso, PMVABF
  • Picasso Peintre-Graveur: Tome Ii - Catalogue Raisonné De L'Oeuvre Grave Et Des Monotypes 1932-1934

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    PICASSO PEINTRE-GRAVEUR: TOME II - CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE L'OEUVRE GRAVE ET DES MONOTYPES 1932-1934

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Geiser, Bernhard. Preface by E.W. Kornfeld. Berne, SWITZERLAND: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1968. First Editions. 4to. Buckram. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/No Jacket. np, 314 b&w illustrations. Text in French. Published in 1968 in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the second volume of Bernhard Geiser's catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's graphic works that contains illustrated entries for each of three hundred and fourteen engravings and monotypes executed by the master between 1932 and 1934. An uncommonly crisp and bright example of this document bound with its printed wrappers intact into a blue buckram binding with gilt lettering to the spine by the noted late Beverly Hills art dealer Frank Perls showing some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. Inventory Number: 020266

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Catalogues Raisonné, Pablo Picasso
  • Picasso: Le Carnet Des Carnets - One Of Only Two Hundred And Fifty Copies

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    PICASSO: LE CARNET DES CARNETS - ONE OF ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Picasso, Pablo & "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. Antibes, FRANCE: Privately Published by Marcel Duhamel, 1965. First Edition 1/250. 16mo. Decorative Cloth in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (116pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome and color. Text in French. "Le Carnet Des Carnets" is the charming 1965 successor to "The Pocket Picasso" - the lovely undertaking that reproduces a small "pre-war, sixty-five centime" notebook illustrated by Pablo Picasso in 1957 and subsequently gifted to his Antibes neighbor, "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. In 1964, Duhamel privately self-published a facsimile in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty total copies. The 5 ¼ x 4 1/8" sketchbook in decorative cloth contains over one hundred playful, calligraphic renderings from the hand of the master in grey gouache. A year later, Picasso additionally borrowed back the original notebook, illustrated as well as annotated it along with its colorful, holographically illustrated presentation envelope, and returned it to the owner. Marcel Duhamel then once again collaborated with master printer Daniel Jacomet to publish the updated versions in facsimile, again housed in a delicate screenprinted clear plastic box. A bright, exceptionally well-preserved example of the uncommon first and only edition of this tiny gem limited to two hundred and fifty NUMBERED copies - this time issued without an accompanying text booklet. Inventory Number: 026684

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    Filed Under: Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair 2021, Artist Monographs, Limited Editions, Pablo Picasso, PMVABF, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art, Artists' Book
  • The Pocket Picasso (Le Picasso De Poche) - One Of Three Hundred And Seventy-Five English Language Copies

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    THE POCKET PICASSO (LE PICASSO DE POCHE) - ONE OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COPIES

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Picasso, Pablo & "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. Antibes, FRANCE: Privately Published by Marcel Duhamel, 1964. First English Language Edition 1/375. 16mo. Decorative Cloth + Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (116pp) + one continuous leporello sheet, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in English. "The Pocket Picasso" is lovely undertaking that reproduces a small "pre-war, sixty-five centime" notebook illustrated by Pablo Picasso in 1957 and subsequently gifted to his Antibes neighbor, "Senor Don" Marcel Duhamel. In 1964, Duhamel privately self-published this facsimile in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty total copies - including one hundred deluxe examples accompanied by an original etching. The 5 ¼ x 4 1/8" sketchbook in decorative cloth contains over one hundred playful, calligraphic renderings from the hand of the master in grey gouache. It is accompanied by a leporello booklet - half issued with English text, half with French - with Duhamel's jaunty assessments of the imagery and reminiscences of his friendship with the artist along with the publication details. The two are presented in a heavy paper envelope reproducing in facsimile Picasso's colorful holographic 1957 gift presentation to Duhamel. These are all housed in the publisher's delicate screenprinted clear plastic box. A bright, exceptionally well-preserved example of the exceedingly uncommon - only six copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - English language version of the standard edition of this tiny gem (entry number one hundred and twenty-nine in Sebastian Goeppert, Herma Goeppert-Frank and Patrick Cramer's "Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") limited to three hundred and seventy-five NUMBERED copies. Inventory Number: 026683

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    Filed Under: Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair 2021, Artist Monographs, Artists' Books, Limited Editions, Pablo Picasso, PMVABF, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art
  • Pablo Picasso Par Christian Zervos Vol. 29 (Xxix): Supplement Aux Annees 1914-1919

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    PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS VOL. 29 (XXIX): SUPPLEMENT AUX ANNEES 1914-1919

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 192pp, 465 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the twenty-ninth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper supplementally covering the Cubist years of 1914 through 1919. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1975 first printing whose protective glassine wrapper shows some mild age-toning along the spine. Inventory Number: 022620

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, Catalogues Raisonné, Pablo Picasso
  • Pablo Picasso Par Christian Zervos Vol. 14 (Xiv): Oeuvres De 1944 A 1946

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    PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS VOL. 14 (XIV): OEUVRES DE 1944 A 1946

    (PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1963. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 174pp, 352 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the fourteenth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper covering the years 1944 through 1946. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1963 first printing showing some mild age-toning whose protective glassine wrapper has some tearing and paper loss at the spine ends. 2-85117-014-7 Inventory Number: 022614

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  • Xxe Siecle (Vingtieme Siecle): Nouvelle Serie No. 16 - Mai 1961: Renouveau Du Relief - With Original Graphics By Cesar, Joan Miro And Emilio Vedova

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    XXe SIECLE (VINGTIEME SIECLE): NOUVELLE SERIE NO. 16 - MAI 1961: RENOUVEAU DU RELIEF - WITH ORIGINAL GRAPHICS BY CESAR, JOAN MIRO AND EMILIO VEDOVA

    (XXe SIECLE). Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri, Managing Editor. Paris: XXe Siecle (Vingtieme Siecle), 1961. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French and English. Cover design after Cesar. This sixteenth installment of San Lazzaro's deluxe, semi-annual art periodical features original color lithographs by Cesar, Joan Miro (Cramer #67), and Emilio Vedova. The contents include contributions on or by Carola Giedion-Welcker, Relief Sculpture, Robert Delaunay, Pierre Volboudt, Michel Seuphor, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Jacques Dupin, Emilio Vedova, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, Arpad Szenes, Jean Tardieu, Frans Krajcberg, Nastalia Dumetresco, Roger Van Gindertael, Sacha-Alexandre Garbell, Rene Berger, Roger-Edgar Gillet, Denys Chevalier, Anna-Eva Bergman, J.P. Hodin, Antoine Pevsner, Rene Massat, Henry Moore, Jean Xceron, Dore Ashton, Cesar, Crippa, Andre Masson, and more. A handsome example showing a slight dent through the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022274

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    Filed Under: Art, Dada and Surrealism, Original Art, Graphics + Multiples, Periodicals, Pablo Picasso, Graphics + Multiples
  • Freak Art Scrapbook: Chicago's Armory Show In Print, 1913

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    FREAK ART SCRAPBOOK: CHICAGO'S ARMORY SHOW IN PRINT, 1913

    Corbett, John & Josiah McElheny. Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2013. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Sonnenzimmer. "In 1913, the year that the Armory Show hit Chicago, an anonymous local artist gathered every newspaper clipping from the infamous Art Institute exhibition into a sensational handmade document. "Freak Art Scrapbook" presents this folk ledger of the key showcase of American and European art in the early 20th century, a collection of witty and vitriolic snippets, much of it dripping with satire as nearly an entire city took to lampooning modern art. Lovingly reproduced in all its bilious, acidic yellow, sporting pre-jazz cartoons that snicker repeatedly at Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending A Staircase," the scrapbook in fact turns out to be a complex and many layered artifact, not only a register of the Midwestern response to modernism, but a fascinating glimpse of the central arguments about populism and the vanguard". A brand new, most handsome example of this fortuitously discovered, invaluable document lovingly reproduced by Chicago's estimable Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects on the hundredth anniversary of The Armory Show. 0-9884492-8-5 Inventory Number: 022881

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    Filed Under: Art, Dada and Surrealism, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso
  • Insight?

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    INSIGHT?

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

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    Filed Under: Art, Exhibition Catalogues, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst, Photography, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Edward Ruscha, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol
  • The Physical World: An Exhibition Of Painting And Sculpture

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    THE PHYSICAL WORLD: AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

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

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

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