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(HANG, REN). Hang, Ren. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Session Press, 2016. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Erotic Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (68pp), 51 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Published in 2015 by New York's Session Press, "Athens Love" was the second monograph by the late Ren Hang, one of China's most distinguished and controversial photographers. It presents Hang's works taken in Greece in April 2015 during his participation in the "Occupy Atopos" artist residency and exhibition curated by Vassilis Zidianakis, and was issued on the occasion of the exhibition "ATHENS LOVE" at Klein Sun Gallery in New York from March 24 to April 30, 2016. The images include casual snapshots taken of friends in various locations in Athens and Attica, Greece, such as the beach, woods, cliffs, streets, and apartments. Expressing his awe of the dynamics in nature, Hang responds to it in high spirits, his sense of humor reflecting in the composition and colors of his work. Away from his more politically strict and constraining home in China, the photographer enjoys the more relaxed and playful energy in his photographs, and renders his abundant creativity in new avenues of expression. As a result, both the diaristic pictures and the stylized nudes in "Athens Love" are imbued with an undeniable sense of discovery and joy, and thrillingly document one of contemporary photography's most exciting young artists taking bold advantage of the new and unfamiliar." A brand new, bright white example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. 0-692-63068-6 Inventory Number: 026642

(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Cardstock. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 7 x 14" card printed offset recto and verso, machine folded in half vertically to make 7 X 7", 1 color illustration. This is the striking announcement published in conjunction with a posthumous 1991 exhibition of works by Keith Haring held at Tony Shafrazi Gallery - the artist's primary dealer throughout his life. A brand new, most handsome vintage example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 026871

(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Galerie Hans Mayer, 1988. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Oblong 4to. Silkscreened Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 16 ½ x 10 ¼" art paper sheet silkscreened in gold ink, recto only, machine-folded vertically in half, 1 color illustration. Designed by Keith Haring. This is Keith Haring's New Year's greeting in the form of a silkscreen print commissioned by the artist's longtime German representative, Galerie Hans Mayer little more than a year before his untimely passing. It intones in gold ink "FROHE WEIHNACHTEN! / HAPPY NEW YEAR 1989! / GALERIE HANS MAYER" in the artist's hand with a bold "© Keith Haring" signature in the screen. The image depicts seven of his familiar interlinked dancing figures with lines radiating ringing in the holiday. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral artist's multiple that has been folded in half vertically, as issued, housed in the gallery's similarly folded printed red cardstock sleeve, as issued. Inventory Number: 026870

(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. Moirans-en-Montagne, FRANCE & New York: Vilac & Keith Haring Foundation, 2009. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Oblong 4to. Jigsaw Puzzle in Printed Box. Artist's Multiple. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. One 8 ½ x 13" printed cardboard box containing ninety-six loose puzzle pieces printed recto only on wood, 1 color illustration. This is a ninety-six piece wooden jigsaw puzzle reproducing a whimsical 1986 Keith Haring drawing (licensed from the artist's Foundation in 2009) by the venerable French puzzle and toy maker, Vilac. A most handsome example of this currently unavailable object in the manufacturer's "Radiant Child''-shaped box, perfect for these self-isolating times. 3-048-700093233 Inventory Number: 026789

(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1983. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Postcard. Exhibition Announcement. Near Fine.. One 6 x 4" postcard printed offset recto and verso, 1 duotone illustration. Designed by Keith Haring. This is the striking postcard announcement published in conjunction with Keith Haring's December 1983 Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition - the artist's second one man show at what had become his primary dealer. Haring's short-lived career was then in full ascent from that of an East Village Scene street artist to a rising art-star with international visibility. The face features Tseng Kwong Chi's iconic photograph of dancer Bill T. Jones' painted body collaged against a Haring-painted background, with hand lettering for the event also by the artist. A most handsome, unmailed vintage example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 025340

(HARING, KEITH). Wagener, Frank, Gaston Thorn, Tony Shafrazi, Fred Hoffman & Barry Blinderman. Preface by Jean-Gabriel Mitterand. Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG: Dexia Banque International a Luxembourg, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and French. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a posthumous 2007 retrospective survey of the work of Keith Haring sponsored by the Dexia Banque International a Luxembourg. It features scores of full page color reproductions along with essays by Frank Wagener, Gaston Thorn, Tony Shafrazi, Fred Hoffman, and Barry Blinderman. A brand new, most handsome example.of this comprehensive, exceptionally uncommon - not a single copy currently appears in OCLC WorldCat - document. Inventory Number: 026869

(IRWIN, ROBERT). Coplans, John. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1968. First Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One continuous 7 x 27 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 7 x 7", 6pp, 1 b&w illustration. This slender six page brochure is the very first exhibition catalogue to document Robert Irwin's "disc paintings" of the sixties. Published in conjunction with a show at the Pasadena Art Museum (then the institutional bastion of Los Angeles' contemporary art scene), curator John Coplans discusses these new works in depth. And since the artist refused to allow these works to be reproduced in that period - the illustration here is a photographic portrait by Dennis Hopper. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - only six copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition.

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Inventory Number: 026885

(JOHNSON, RASHID). Rodrigues Widholm, Julie, Paul Beatty, Ian Bourland & Toure. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. Designed by James Guggin. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2012 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago survey exhibition of work by Rashid Johnson that subsequently traveled to the Miami Art Museum and Atlanta's High Museum of Art. The first major Museum retrospective for the noted African-American contemporary artist, it features essays by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Paul Beatty, Ian Bourland, and Touré. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-933856-93-8 Inventory Number: 026625

(KAWS). KAWS (aka Donnelly, Brian). Los Angeles: Honor Fraser, 2009. First Edition. 16mo. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 4 x 5 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset, recto and verso, 1 illustration + one vinyl artist's multiple. This is the announcement issued in conjunction with KAWS' 2009 exhibition at Honor Fraser Gallery entitled "The Long Way Home" - the artist's first one-man exhibition in Los Angeles. It contains a black cardstock invitation accompanied by a miniature rendering of Brian Donnelly's own head wearing his signature black baseball cap derived from a series of thirty-three exhibited life-sized painted bronze portrait busts entitled "Permanent Thirty-Three." These were issued as a limited edition multiple in twelve different colorways for the event. A brand new, most handsome black vinyl example of the sculpture still housed in its black plastic bubble wrap mailer with the gallery's original February 2nd, 2009 postage and return address labels affixed. Inventory Number: 026859

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

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Koln, GERMANY: Galerie Jablonka, 1995. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 15 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Text in English and German. With a protective clear acetate dustwapper. This is the jaunty catalogue published in conjunction with the noted late Los Angeles-based artist Mike Kelley's 1995 exhibition of thirteen paintings on shaped wood held at his longtime German representative, Galerie Jablonka. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to its covers with a TLS from Jochen Link on gallery stationery dated September 21, 1995 detailing the exhibition's remaining available works and pricing to a well-known art dealer additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 026867

(KH MAGAZINE). Harry, Kevin. New York. 2014-2018: Self-Published. First Editions. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monographs. As New.. Each 48 to 64pp, profusely illustrated in color. "KH" magazine is the colorful, under-the-radar annual (maga)'zine self-published by the amazing New York chronicler of style, Kevin Harry. With an eye for beauty and flair, "KH" captures the vibrant adornment, hair styles, and latest fashions of the five boroughs' African-American community, often at an open air festival or street carnival. A brand new, pristine set of all six hard to find installments published to date - issues 1 through 5 plus the "KH 2016 Special" - of this prescient document of ever-evolving innovative cultural style each of which has been additionally SIGNED by Kevin Harry in pencil on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 026674

(KILGALLEN, MARGARET). Joo, Eungie, Alex Baker & Susan Sollins. Los Angeles. 2005 (2007).: REDCAT. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 208pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Michael Worthington and Joe Sueda. With a bio-bibliography. This is the first comprehensive survey of the late San Francisco based artist Margaret Kilgallen (wife of Barry "Twist" McGee) published in conjunction with an extensive 2005 posthumous Los Angeles exhibition. This thick volume is filled with scores of photographs documenting the artist's drawings, painted gallery installations, and "alfresco" work - all beautifully contained in an elegant design and binding. A most handsome example of the uncommon first printing in pink cloth over boards with red debossing. 0-9749831-6-0 Inventory Number: 026596

(KILGALLEN, MARGARET). Porter, Jenelle & Courtenay Finn. Foreword by Heidi Zuckerman. Aspen, CO: Aspen Art Press, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Margaret Kilgallen: that's where the beauty is." is published on the occasion of the 2019 posthumous retrospective held at the Aspen Museum of Art - the largest presentation of her work in more than a decade. Using Kilgallen's exhibition history as a chronological tool, "that's where the beauty is." examines her roots in histories of printmaking, American and non-Western folk history and folklore, and feminist strategies of representation; expanding the narrative around her work beyond her association with the Bay Area Mission School and the "Beautiful Losers" artists. Kilgallen's graphic, schematic style came from a deep engagement with the handmade in wildly divergent forms - from folk art to letterpress printing to freight train graffiti - among many other sources. "I like things that are handmade and I like to see people's hand in the world anywhere in the world," she said, embracing the idiosyncrasies and imperfections that come from hand craft. "I think that's where the beauty is." Kilgallen's work, in form and content, celebrates the handmade, making heroes and heroines of those who live and work in the margins and challenging traditional gender roles, hierarchies and mainstream culture. This publication offers a comprehensive look at Kilgallen's work, revisiting the ongoing legacy and idiosyncratic spirit of one of California's most innovative artists." A brand new, pristine example of this inspiring document still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-934324-87-5 Inventory Number: 026817

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Rickels, Laurence A.. Los Angeles: Works on Paper, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Small 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 39pp, 22 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is a charming little catalogue published in conjunction with the late German artist Martin Kippenberger's 1998 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of twenty-two whimsical drawings executed on stationery from hotels around the world. Check out the afro on Michael Jackson! A brand new, most handsome example of this elusive gem. Inventory Number: 026883

(KOONS, JEFF). Gingeras, Alison. Introduction by Daniella Luxembourg & Amalia Dayan. New York: Luxembourg & Dayan, 2010. First Edition. Small 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, 27 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 2010 New York gallery exhibition of ten of Jeff Koons' notorious "Made In Heaven" paintings from the early nineties. The works feature explicit images of the artist and his then-wife and muse, adult film star - and soon-to-be member of the Italian Parliament - Ilona "Cicciolina" Staller. A most handsome example of this uncommon document appropriately bound in flesh-colored covers that also features an insightful essay by Alison Gingeras. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 026903

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Multiples, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Sheet Plus Envelope. Artist's Book. Fine./Near Fine.. One 5 1/8 x 12 3/8" cardstock sheet, printed recto only inserted into a printed paper envelope, 10 b&w illustrations. This wry homage to Eadweard Muybridge's Human Locomotion studies was noted Minimal/Conceptual Artist Sol LeWitt's contribution to the to the Multiples, Inc. "Artists and Photographs" portfolio of 1970. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 88-89 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books") offered here individually. Inventory Number: 026656

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. NP (Seattle, WA). ND (2017).: Adidas. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Aight'" is Ari Marcopoulos' zine devoted to New York urban skateboarding produced in collaboration with legendary sportswear brand Adidas. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink vertically across the front cover. Inventory Number: 026842

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #099/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (099/500) copies. Inventory Number: 026840

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2004. First Edition #57/100. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (26pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "One A Day" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender 2004 survey of black and white photographs that includes portraits of the likes of The Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis, and others. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred NUMBERED (57/100) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / ARI 2004" in the year of publication in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026839

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Perks and Mini, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Australian Cultural purveyors Perks and Mini's 2004 title "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' back-to-back and upside-down dual tribute to the recently deceased snowboarder Craig Kelley and skate legend Justin Pierce. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition issued as Perks and Mini PB009 additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in silver marker across the Craig Kelley cover. Inventory Number: 026660

(MARDEN, BRICE). Marden, Brice. New York: Karma, 2013. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist's Book. As New./As New.. np (224pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by An Art Service. Published in 2013 by New York's esteemed Karma, this is an exceptionally sweet and beautifully produced facsimile of a small 1970 notebook containing drawings and saved images from various magazines and newspapers belonging to noted contemporary artist Brice Marden. A brand new, bright white example of this uncommon gem limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 1-938560-41-8 Inventory Number: 026602

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: 98 Greene Street Loft Press, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the influential self-published artist's book documenting Gordon Matta-Clark's now legendary 1974 chainsaw-assisted drawing and quartering of an abandoned house located at 322 Humphrey Street in Englewood, New Jersey. An exceptionally well-preserved, bright white example of this uncommon, seminal Conceptual document whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Gordon Matta Clark" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026714

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, 1977. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good. One 35 x 24 ½" heavy paper sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Gordon Matta-Clark. This is the striking poster cum artist's multiple published in conjunction with Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 project in Antwerp sponsored by the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. Invited to create a work in honour of the four hundredth anniversary of the Antwerp Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, the noted artist elaborated upon his "Splitting" piece by performing an intervention that became known as "Office Baroque" on a vacant building on the Ernest Van Dijckkaai provided by the I.C.C. The poster reproduces Matta-Clark's photomontage proposal for the work. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - from the edition of two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Gordon Matta Clark" AND NUMBERED (118/250) in black ink on the recto showing some minor handling creases and small nicks along the edges. Inventory Number: 026354

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Nara, Yoshitomo & Marilu Knode. Milwaukee, WI: Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Folded Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 19 ½ x 25" sheet printed offset recto and verso, 9 color and 10 b&w illustrations, machine-folded in twelfths to make 7 x 7", as issued. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the poster cum exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with Yoshitomo Nara's 1998 one person exhibition at the Institute of Visual Arts at The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Configured essentially as a two-sided poster, in addition to depicting his usual cute dogs and malevolent kids, it includes texts by Nara and curator Marilu Knode along with a 1.44 MB Imation 3M Formatted High Density 3.5 Diskette - remember those? - documenting the exhibition. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Y. Nara 2000" WITH A DRAWING of one of his adorable puppies in black marker on the front cover added by the artist at our shop. Inventory Number: 026823

(PENDLETON, ADAM). Pendleton, Adam. New York: Zucker Art Books, 2018. First Edition #8/24. Elephant Folio. Wrappers in Clamshell Box. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (200pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome silkscreen. "Anthology" is Adam Pendleton's massive - 18 ½ x 14 ¼ x 2", elaborately produced 2018 artist book featuring two hundred compositions and a unique cover. Isolated photographs and fragments photocopied from the pages of books in the artist's personal library are layered with marks, dashes, patterns, shapes, and handwriting that frequently verges on abstraction. Each composition is unique, but many elements iterate and recombine throughout the series: masks, ceramics, phrases ("WHAT A DAY WAS THIS"; "IF THE FUNCTION"), and historical images related to the visual culture of decolonization. The compositions are directly related to Pendleton's ongoing series of works on Mylar, and the book translates and indexes these source collages, which are usually printed on transparent film. In "Anthology" they have been silkscreened onto delicate Japanese Shoji paper. Reflecting the combinatorial nature of the compositions, each book has a unique canvas fabric cover with a black-and-white pattern, screen printed with one of four handwritten texts. Pendleton has collated the works in this large volume in chronological sequence, encouraging readers to track the recurring components of the series as they phase in and out across the book's two hundred pages. A brand new, most handsome example of the book from an edition limited to twenty-four SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies each with a unique silkscreened cover housed in the publisher's debossed black cloth clamshell box, as issued. Inventory Number: 026872

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. Hermosa Beach, CA: Superflux Publications, 1991. First Edition #91/75. 8vo. Stapled Xeroxed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (28pp), 22 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Famed Huntington Beach resident Raymond Pettibon, renowned for his work with Black Flag and Sonic Youth, has made the transition to international contemporary artworld mainstay, and deservedly so. Entry number eighty-one in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98", this collectible 1991 publication was limited to a mere one hundred copies only. Guaranteed authentic - not a later bootleg, this copy (hand numbered in ink 91 on the front cover) is virtually as bright and clean as the day it was originally printed...er, xeroxed. Inventory Number: 026882

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Josh Bayer (AKA "Sketchy" & Michael Gira. Lawndale & Hermosa Beach, CA, etc. 1978-2015.: SST Publications, Superflux Publications, Galerie Metropol, Illuminati, Galerie Krinzinger, Parkett, Ooga Booga, Nieves & Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts & David Zwirner Books. First Edition. 8vo + 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Very Good. or Better.. np (most circa 28pp), each profusely illustrated in b&w. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is a collection of forty-nine primarily early artist's books cum 'zines - mostly self-published between 1978 and 2006 via SST and Superflux Publications - by the esteemed Southern California native, Raymond Pettibon. Listed by title in chronological order of publication preceded in parentheses by their entry number in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98" (the last seven were issued following the bibliography and so have publication dates instead), they are: (01) "Captive Chains", (04) "Freud's Universe", (05) "My Struggle For Life After Death", (06) "A New Wave of Violence", (08) "Tripping Corpse 2: The Hippie Thing", (09) "Capricious Missives", (10) "Tripping Corpse 3", (11) "Virgin Fears", (12) "The Bible, the Bottle, and the Bomb", (13) "Console, Heal, Or Depict", (15) "Kismet's Account", (16) "Lana", (17) "Tripping Corpse Four", (18) "Tripping Corpse 5", (19) "American Lynch Law", (20) "A Can At The Crossroads", (21) "Cars, TV, Rockets, H-Bomb - - You Name It", (22) "The Express Sex Train", (23) "Exterminating The Eagles", (24) "Jane's Book Of Fighting", (26) "Like Death Valley", (28) "New Wavy Gravy", (29) "New Wavy Gravy 2 (As Opposed to Old Wavy Gravy)", (30) "The Observable World", (31) "Pig Cupid", (32) "Selfishness", (33) "Short Teats, Bloody Milk", (35) "Tripping Corpse 6", (37) "Wein, Weib, Und Gesang", (40) "Meat Offerings", (45) "Thin, Thin Cross", (51) "Meandering on a Riff", (81) "Twelve O'Clock Shadow", (84) "From a Tower", (92) "Sweet Luther", (94) "The Train-Watcher", (96) "Writ", (97) "The Cloud of Unreading", (98) "The Language of Romantic Thought", (100) "On The Scent (Vavoom)", (103) "Up The Threshold", (105) "Untitled (Justly Felt and Brilliantly Said - A Project for Parkett No. 47)", (2001) "Plot Burial By: Josh Bayer (AKA Sketchy), Raymond Pettibon", (2001) "'S Not Fake! 'S Real!", (2006) "As Always And So On", (2009) "The Major Arteries and the Minor Tributes", (2014) "Raymond Pettibon: Selected Works 1982 to 2011", (2015) "Raymond Pettibon + Mike Topp: Born On A Train" - SIGNED by both artists, and (2016) "Dzama / Pettibon" - second expanded edition. A most handsome group - all of which are in at least Very Good condition - of these wryly transgressive, seminal publications. Inventory Number: 021812

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 2001. First Edition 1/700. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (52pp), 44 b&w illustrations. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. "'S Not Fake! 'S Real" is his 2001 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with Victor Gastelum, Nelson Tarpenny, and Josh Bayer - aka "Sketchy" - in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works that reproduces forty-four psychologically-charged drawings. A brand new, pristine, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon Pettibon tour de force limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025703

(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

(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

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard. Buffalo, NY: CEPA Gallery, 1980. First Edition, Second State. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (20pp), no illustrations, 1 b&w cover illustration.. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Completely devoid of imagery, "Menthol Pictures" is art and book world éminence grise Richard Prince's twenty page pamphlet of texts published in conjunction with his June 1980 exhibition at Buffalo, New York's CEPA Gallery. It is Prince's third monographic publication, and the final installment in his "War / Menthol / Pictures" trilogy. A bright, most handsome example (artist's book entry 3 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of the trade-published second state of this uncommon item with an appropriated black and white cover image by the artist showing some light rubbing and creasing to the covers along the spine. Inventory Number: 026723

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Artists Space, 1980. First Edition, Second State. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (12pp), no illustrations, 1 b&w cover illustration.. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Completely devoid of imagery, "War Pictures" is art and book world éminence grise Richard Prince's twelve page pamphlet of texts published in conjunction with his February 1980 exhibition at Manhattan's Artists Space. It is Prince's very first monographic publication - preceding his "Menthol Wars" by four months, and the first installment in his "War / Menthol / Pictures" trilogy. A bright, most handsome example (artist's book entry 1 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of the uncommon second state - only five copies total for both 1980 editions are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - with an appropriated black and white cover image by the artist showing tiny crimps at the top and bottom of the spine along with a bit of light rubbing to the rear cover. Inventory Number: 026722

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Artists Space, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (12pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Modestly duplicated and completely devoid of imagery, "War Pictures" is art and book world éminence grise Richard Prince's twelve page pamphlet of texts published in conjunction with his February 1980 exhibition at Manhattan's Artists Space. It is Prince's very first monographic publication - preceding his "Menthol Wars" by four months, and the first installment in his "War / Menthol / Pictures" trilogy. A most handsome example (artist's book entry 1 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of the exceedingly uncommon first state - only five copies total for both 1980 editions are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to approximately one hundred "uncorrected proofs" showing a bit of mild handling and slight discoloration to its pale green bond wrappers. Inventory Number: 026682

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard & Bruce Hainley. Foreword by Bernard Mendes Burgi, Beatrix Ruf & Gijs Van Tuyl. Basel, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY: Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel & Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. 180 + 192 + 30pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Richard Prince + Kuhle und Mozer. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography and exhibition history. "Silk Cut smokes, high-end pens and watches, jewelry dangling into cleavage, the Marlboro Man, the very young Brooke Shields in that movie still, bare-chested blondes on bikes - this is the stuff of Richard Prince's photographs. Sexist jokes, Playboy magazine cartoons, and graffitied doodles are the stuff of his paintings. Or rather, all of these icons of mass culture are the materials that Prince recycles and processes in order to make his own artworks. Re-photographed, fragmented, layered, and copied down, their original format irreversibly if subtly altered, they are transformed into works of high art. By appropriating a reality artificially staged by the media, Prince assesses and catalogues everyday life in America through the cool gaze of an archivist. Conceived of and designed by the artist himself, this large-format, two volume publication is the most ambitious presentation of Prince's work to date. One book is devoted to paintings, the other to photographs, and an accompanying booklet offers a radical essay by Bruce Hainley". "Richard Prince: Paintings / Photographs" is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a massive 2002 touring European Museum exhibition. A most handsome example of the hardbound two volume set with text booklet in the publisher's printed cardboard slipcase, as issued. 3-7757-9111-6 Inventory Number: 026879

(PROVOKE). Schifferli, Christoph, Takuma Nakahira, Nobuyoshi Araki & Daido Moriyama. Christoph Schifferli, Editor. Paris: Edition 7L, 2001. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Wrappers in a Wooden Box. Photography Monographs. As New./As New.. 68 + 100 + 110 + 192 + 108 + 310 + 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Karl Lagerfeld and Gerhard Steidl. The "Japanese Box" reproduces in facsimile six publications by a remarkable and influential group of Japanese photographers and writers whose work was a response to the climate of political unrest in Tokyo around 1968. The publication includes all three issues of "Provoke" magazine issued between 1968 and 1969, the landmark stand alone photobooks "For a Language to Come" by Takuma Nakahira (1970), "Sentimental Journey" by Nobuyoshi Araki (1971), and "A Farewell to Photography" by Daido Moriyama (1972), along with a brief history and overview volume authored by the project's editor, Christoph Schifferli. The seven publications are enclosed in heavy Japanese handmade paper, banded with printed elastic bands, and contained in a black wooden box with title on the hinged lid, exposed joinery, and dual clasps. A brand new, unused, example of this remarkable undertaking limited to one thousand, five hundred copies whose paper and rubber band bindings are partially perished - as usual, still in the publisher's printed cardboard shipping carton. 3-88243-301-9 Inventory Number: 026685

(RAINER, YVONNE). Rainer, Yvonne. Halifax, CANADA & New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Stamped Buckram. Dance Monograph. Fine/Good +. 338pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, this is the first monograph on the pioneering contemporary New York dancer/choreographer Yvonne Rainer. It contains texts and notes on choreography (often reproduced in facsimile), and photographs documenting her performances between 1961 and 1973. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1974 first edition issued in silver gilt-stamped black buckram boards additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... - in contrition and gratitude - Yvonne May 1997" in black ink on the half title page showing some wear, soiling, short closed tears, and some mild spotting to the dust jacket. Laid in is the six page illustrated brochure cum screening schedule from the Getty Research Institute's 2014 "Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films" program. 0-8147-7360-5 Inventory Number: 026541

(RHOADES, JASON). Rhoades, Jason. NP. ND (Circa 1997).: NP (Self-Published). First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (22pp), 9 b&w illustrations + color covers. "VARIOUSVIRGINS: Deviations in Space" is a slender twenty-two page artist's book likely produced by Jason Rhoades in conjunction with his 1997 installation entitled "Deviations in Space, Various Virgins" exhibited at New York's David Zwirner Gallery. In it, the iconoclastic late Los Angeles-based artist definies a number of terms incorporating the word "version" - from "aversion" to "universion" - before elaborating upon the piece's references, background, and sculptural components. It is an intensely smart publication that reveals the work's inspiration in both Pasadena's notorious rocket propulsion pioneer-turned-Majick acolyte Jack Whiteside Parsons and the artistic practice of Franz West! As a bonus, it also reproduces Rhoades' astrological natal chart. Low-budget and chaotic like so many of his installations, this was almost certainly hand-assembled and staple-bound by Rhoades himself at his Inglewood studio using the artist's trusty Canon multi-cartridge color duplicator. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, possibly unique document showing some trivial dampstaining along the top edge of the last few pages. Inventory Number: 026501

(ROT, DIETER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter. Stuttgart, GERMANY. 1967-1968.: Edition Hansjorg Mayer. First Edition #70/230. Narrow 4to. Wrappers in Full Leather. Artist's Book. Near Fine/Near Fine. np, 2 b&w letterpress decorations + a color collage. Text in German. Published in 1968 by Dieter Roth's longtme collaborator Edition Hansjorg Mayer, this is the double issue comprising numbers 3 and 4 of "Poeterei" - the innovative Swiss artist's late sixties journal devoted to Poetry and Poesie. The first part consists of a single typographic text by Roth in German printed by letterpress on heavy handmade paper incorporating an original collaged postcard fragment that has been annotated "D.R. 68." beneath that in green ink. The second portion contains one hundred and sixty-three brief textual framents by Rorh also printed by letterpress on a much thinner stock. The volume is features green flocked endpapers reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp's "La Mariee mise a nu par ses Celibataires meme"i bound in full light grey full leather. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred and thirty copies NUMBERED (70/230) AND SIGNED "Diter Roth" in green ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 026709

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter & Richard Hamilton. Chicago, IL: William and Noma Copley Foundation, 1965. First Edition. 4to. Loose Contents in a Folder. Artists' Book. Fair.. np, 30 loose components of varying sizes printed in monochrome and dutone. Known as "The Copley Book", this is Diter Roth's 1965 artist's volume created in collaboration with Richard Hamilton and published by Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation. A stream of conciousness agglomeration of fragments in the vein of Duchamp's notes for the Large Glass, it contains thirty loose, printed sheets housed in a colorful printed paper folder. A complete, serviceable example only of this exceedingly uncommon item showing pronounced foxing, brown dampstaining, and rippling to the outer portfolio along with some milder dampstaining to some of the internal components. The staple that originally bound contents to the rear cover has long ago been removed, and a piece of transparent tape has been affixed over the remaining tiny holes on the inside. It has been priced acordingly. Inventory Number: 026710