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ED TEMPLETON: TEENAGE KISSERS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A SIGNED POSTER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed, Aaron Rose & Arty Nelson. New York: Seems, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 80pp + one 22 ½ x 22 ½" poster printed black and white on newsprint recto only, neatly folded in sixteenths as issued, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Teenage Kissers should be viewed as a historical volume. As we look at these photographs of young people exchanging awkward kisses we are reminded again of that wonderful uncomfortability that comes with the discovery of young sexuality. Not only do we all remember the feeling of that first clumsy teenage kiss, as mature viewers we can now look at the photos from afar and understand exactly where it's all going. Like its predecessor "Teenage Smokers", this is a perfect documentation of this feeling. The photographs are, in many ways, beyond innocence. They brim with humanity in its most raw form and remind us that although some of us have now grown up, we're still never so far from that first kiss. The basics of our sexual lives are reflected back to us in these images and no matter how many times we see it, it cannot be denied that there's a little "Teenage Kisser" in every one of us". A brand new, pristine example of the quickly sold out 2011 sequel to Ed's acclaimed "Teenage Smokers" limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" on the title page with the publisher's SIGNED poster of Ed's image of Deanna Templeton laid in still in the publisher's plastic pouch. 0-9825936-7-8 Inventory Number: 027518
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JAMES TURRELL: FOUR LIGHT INSTALLATIONS - SIGNED COLLECTORS' EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES WITH A SIGNED CYANOTYPE PRINT
(TURRELL, JAMES). Turrell, James. Laura Millin, Editor. Seattle, WA: The Real Comet Press & The Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, 1982. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 24pp + np (12pp), illustrated in monochrome and b&w. With a biography and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a series of four 1982 Seattle installations, this is an elaborately designed survey of the work of renowned Light and Space / Land artist James Turrell. It includes two interviews with the artist, ten pages of black and white photographs and installation diagrams, as well as three 35mm color slides of completed projects. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon "Collectors' Edition" limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (60/100) AND SIGNED "James Turrell" in black ink on the publisher's printed vellum title sheet accompanied by the publisher's 17 x 24" cyanotype-process print entitled "Iltar" that is a facsimile of the installation blueprint for the Seattle Art Museum construction of that artwork SIGNED "James Turrell" in silver ink at the lower right-hand margin still rolled and unopened in its original cardboard poster tube, as issued. Additionally included is the rolled vintage 17 x 22" 1982 Real Comet Press promotional poster for the Turrell exhibition and publication. 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. 0-941104-02-8 Inventory Number: 027589
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VAUGHAN OLIVER AND V23: POSTER FOR 4AD'S 1998 "ALL VIRGOS ARE MAD" WEEK AT LOS ANGELES' TROUBADOUR
(V23) (OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (4AD). Oliver, Vaughan. Los Angeles: 4AD, 1994. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Concert Poster. Fine.. One 29 x 14" sheet printed in colors, recto only. Designed by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin. This is the striking V23-designed poster from 1994 publicizing a weeklong series of concerts by artists recording for the innovative British label 4AD entitled "All Virgos Are Mad". Held at Los Angeles' legendary Troubadour club, the participants included Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, Air Miami, Red House Painters, The Wolfgang Press, His Name is Alive, Pale Saints, Lisa Germano, Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses, Michael Brook, Heidi Berry, Defever and Masters, Lisa Gerrard, Mark Kozalek, Kendra Smith, and numerous "special guests". A brand new, flat, most handsome example of this uncommon Vaughan Oliver item that will be shipped rolled in a poster tube. Inventory Number: 027594
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ANDY WARHOL: 1998 GAGOSIAN GALLERY FABRIC EXHIBITION POSTER FOR "CAMOUFLAGE"
(WARHOL, ANDY). Gagosian Gallery. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Oblong Elephant Folio. Printed Fabric. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 21 x 21 ½" piece of camouflage fabric silkscreened with white text recto only, machine folded in sixths. This is the camouflage fabric exhibition poster issued in conjunction with a 1998 Gagosian New York gallery exhibition of fifty-eight variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" produced during 1986. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027126
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LEROY NEIMAN & ANDY WARHOL: 1981 POSTER FOR AN EXHIBITION OF SPORTS PAINTINGS - BOLDLY SIGNED BY ANDY WARHOL
(WARHOL, ANDY) (NEIMAN, LEROY). Warhol, Andy & Leroy Neiman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981. First Dutch Language Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 35 x 21 ¼" heavy paper sheet printed color offset, recto only, 1 color illustration. This is the striking poster published in conjunction with the highly publicized 1981 "LeRoy Neiman / Andy Warhol" exhibition held at the long-defunct Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. A different poster was produced for each of the two artists with Warhol's featuring a colorful image of renowned jockey Willie Shoemaker. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1981 first - and only - edition of this exceedingly uncommon item acquired directly from LAICA additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" in black marker along the bottom margin. Inventory Number: 027454
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ANDY WARHOL: POSTER FOR A 1967 FILM SCREENING AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy. Tucson, AZ: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 14 x 10 ¼" paper sheet printed black and white offset, recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is the poster published in conjunction with a November 5th, 1967 Andy Warhol lecture and film screening at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Warhol was in Arizona as part of a college lecture tour two months prior to shooting what turned out to be his final independent film "Lonesome Cowboys" - which featured Factory Superstars Joe Dallesandro, Viva, Eric Emerson, Taylor Mead, Louis Waldon, and Tom Hompertz, To defray costs of the trip, the always-thrifty artist scheduled a paid college Film Department appearance at nearby Arizona State University. When a similar booking did not materialize at The University of Arizona, Warhol was contacted by Tucson's Cinema I Film Society at the JCC, and an event was hastily set up. To publicize the appearance, two different posters using Warhol's portrait were quickly pasted up, printed, and posted by the Film Society members around town. A most handsome example of this near-unique item - the larger of the two - acquired directly from a Society member additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" in red ink at the event across the face of the poster showing just a bit of light wear and age-toning to the white of the sheet. 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: 027495
$3,500.00 InquireFiled Under: Artist Monographs, Cinema, Ephemera and Announcements, PMVABF, Pop Art, Posters, Signed Books, Andy Warhol, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art -
LAWRENCE WEINER: EXHIBITION POSTER STICKER FOR "THE RESPONSE OF AN OBJECT TO / CONTACT SUFFICIENT TO LEAD TO / A CHANGE IN INHERENT QUALITY / (VIS VERITAE)"
(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Geneve, SWITZERLAND: Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Exhibition Poster. Very Good.. One 13 3/4 x 8" sheet of adhesive-backed paper printed recto only. Text in English and French. This is the sticker-poster for Lawrence Weiner's 1980 Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve exhibition entitled "The Response of an Object to / Contact Sufficient to Lead to / a Change in Inherent Quality / (vis Inertiae)". A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item (cited on pages 94-95 in Benjamin H.D. Buchloh's "Posters: November 1965 - April 1986: Lawrence Weiner") that constituted a component of the gallery exhibition with the backing still affixed showing a neat horizontal crease across the perforation at the lower third. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025911
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H.C. WESTERMANN: 1974 JAMES CORCORAN GALLERY EXHIBITION POSTER
(WESTERMANN, H.C.). Westermann, H.C.. Los Angeles: James Corcoran Gallery, 1974. First Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 10 ½ x 14" sheet printed color offset recto and verso machine-folded to make 5 ¼ x 7", 1 color illustration. This is the small but striking poster issued in conjunction with H.C. Westermann's March 1974 exhibition at James Corcoran Gallery - his first one-man Los Angeles gallery showing. It reproduces an artwork featuring a watercolor self-portrait with hand-lettering created by the idiosyncratic Chicago-based artist especially for this event. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing a few minor handling creases. Inventory Number: 027423
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CUSTOM BUILT: A TWENTY-YEAR SURVEY OF WORK BY ALLAN WEXLER
(WEXLER, ALLAN). Betsky, Aaron. Introduction by Christopher Scoates & Debra Wilbur. Atlanta, GA: Atlanta College of Art Gallery & City Gallery at Chastain, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 160pp, 57 color and 89 b&w illustrations. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1999 retrospective - the largest exhibition to date - devoted to Allan Wexler, whose challenging work blurs the boundaries of art, architecture, and interior design. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still with the publisher's poster folded and laid in, as issued. 1-56466-070-2 Inventory Number: 024250
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S. CLAY WILSON: 1991 EXHIBITION POSTER FOR "TOXIC ICONS" INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST
(WILSON, S. CLAY). La Luz De Jesus Gallery. Los Angeles: La Luz De Jesus Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Very Good.. One 20 x 16" sheet of heavy yellow paper stock printed b&w offset recto only, 1 illustration. This is the graphically striking poster published in conjunction with an August 1991 S. Clay Wilson exhibition entitled "Toxic Icons" held at Los Angeles' storied La Luz De Jesus Gallery. It reproduces a 1991 drawing by the legendary late San Francisco comix artist featuring a seriously freaked out Checkered Demon facing a "Come to Jesus" moment! A handsome example of this delightful ephemeral item additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "To Fazul - S. Clay Wilson" in black marker along the bottom margin showing some flattened creasing along the left hand edge. Fazul is / was the noted late Los Angeles "Dadazine" publisher and cultural man about town, Eugene "Fazul Reet" Timiraos, from whose library we acquired this directly. Inventory Number: 026950
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CHRISTOPHER WOOL: EXHIBITION POSTER FOR "SOUND ON SOUND"
(WOOL, CHRISTOPHER). Wool, Christopher. Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. Atlas Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 28 x 22" poster printed color offset recto only. Designed by Christopher Wool. This is the poster published in conjunction with a 2010 exhibition of recent large-scale paintings by Christopher Wool entitled "Sound on Sound" held at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects. A brand new, most handsome unmailed example from an edition of one thousand unnumbered copies machine-folded in ninths by the gallery and subsequently flattened. Inventory Number: 024902
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THE ARCTURUS RADIO TUBE CORPORATION: A STUNNING SET OF FIVE 1930s STANDUP ADVERTISING DISPLAYS
Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. NP (Newark, NJ). ND (circa early 1930s).: Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to + Elephant Folio. Die-Cut Printed Sheets. Electronics Advertisements. Very Good -./No Jackets - As Issued.. One 27 x 20" + four 13 ½ x 10" die-cut cardboard sheets screenprinted color offset recto only, mounted on stiff cardboard backing. This is a striking group of five vintage advertising standups produced for the pioneering late twenties, early thirties New Jersey-based electronics manufacturer Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation by Ivel Displays, Inc. of New York City as a retailer sales tool to promote their line of "Blue A-C Long Life Tubes". Vividly colored with science fiction-inspired illustrations, these claim ""Quick 7 Second Action", "More Volume", "Hum-Less Clearer Reception", "Immune to Current Changes", and more. There are four smaller placards accompanied by a larger piece depicting the rocket ship-like five pin blue tube along with the Arcturus logo. A bright, mostly well-preserved set of these vibrant, exceedingly uncommon advertisements showing some light staining, wear, scuffing, and chipping to the faces of the signage with varying degrees of foxing and dampstaining to the versos still housed in the manufacturer's perishing original cardboard shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size, weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025972
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A UNIQUE ANONYMOUS ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR ONE POSTERS
Author Not Stated. NP. ND.: NP. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Scrap Book Binder. Poster Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (74pp) + np (24pp), 102 black and white mounted photographs + 36 b&w illustrations. This is a hand-assembled scrapbook album that has been filled with black and white photographs loosely inserted into corner mounts reproducing one hundred and two posters issued in conjunction with the United States' participation in the First World War. While not dated, its general appearance and the sulfurous nature of the pages give the impression that this dates to the first half of the twentieth Century. A most handsome example of this unique album bearing the vintage Ex Libris bookplate of Charles L. Heartwell who we suspect must be the compiler into which has been laid a Fine condition copy of "Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War" issued in 1918 by the Press of the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau that features images of works by the likes of J.C. Leyendecker, Frank Brangwyn, Charles Dana Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, and many more. Inventory Number: 026955
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EX LIBRIS CATALOG: THE BAUHAUS AND ITS LEGACY
Cohen, Arthur A.. New York: Ex Libris, 1982. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Fine.. np (30pp), 62 b&w illustrations. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender hord serie catalogue was devoted entirely to The Bauhaus and its impact - featuring one hundred and ninety fully described original photographs, weavings and textiles, drawings, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera related to the likes of Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Walter Dexel, T. Lux Feininger, Walter Gropius, Joannes Itten, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Xanti Schawinsky, Oskar Schlemmer, Joost Schmidt, Thonet, Jan Tschichold, "Umbo" (Otto Umbehrer), Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five odd years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example this uncommon reference. Inventory Number: 025895
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EX LIBRIS CATALOG: VICTORY OVER THE SUN (RUSSIAN RARITIES)
Cohen, Arthur A.. New York: Ex Libris, 1981. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine.. np (18pp), 17 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. This slender eighteen page hors sequence catalogue describes sixty-one books, catalogues and printed works of the Russian Avant-Garde by the likes of Natan Altman, Yurii Annenkov, David Burliuk, Natalia Goncharova, Iliazd, Velimir Khlebnikov, Mikhail Larionov, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Alexandr Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Tatlin, and many others. And while at the time of its 1981 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome example of this uncommon reference. Inventory Number: 025894
$42.50 InquireFiled Under: Architecture, Art, Art Theory, Artists' Books, Ephemera and Announcements, Illustrated Books, Photography, Posters, Graphic Art -
EX LIBRIS 18
Cohen, Arthur A.. New York. ND (circa 1988).: Ex Libris. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number eighteen features fifty-two fully described and illustrated exceptional works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans (Jean) Arp, Broom, Francesco Cangiullo, Fortunato Depero, Andre Derain, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Die Flaeche, Fluxus, Natalia Goncharova, Wassily Kandinsky, Valentina Kulagina, Fernand Leger, El Lissitzky and Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevich, Henri Matisse, Bruno Munari, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Kurt Schwitters, Surrealism, Ladislav Sutnar, Yves Tanguy, Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni), Tolschin, H. Th. Wijdeveld, Tristan Tzara, Frank Lloyd Wright, Piet Zwart, and more. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty years later they are finally downright bargains! A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon reference with the original price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025893
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EX LIBRIS 10: DADA ONCE AND FOR ALL
Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York: Ex Libris, 1983. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine./Fine.. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tamar Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen. With a bibliography. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number ten was devoted entirely to Dada material - featuring three hundred and thirty-six fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its 1983 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in a like dust jacket. Inventory Number: 025890
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EX LIBRIS 6 - CONSTRUCTIVISM & FUTURISM: RUSSIAN & OTHER
Cohen, Arthur A. & W. Michael Sheehe. New York: Ex Libris, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Very Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. With an index and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number six was their piece de resistance - with four hundred and thirty-four fully described and indexed books, periodicals, pamphlets, and posters of the Russian Avant-Garde by the likes of Natan Altman, Yurii Annenkov, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Marc Chagall, Vasilii Ermilov, Alexandra Exter, Pavel Filonov, Naum Gabo, Natalia Goncharova, Vasilii Kamensky, Vasilii Kandinsky, Ivan Kliun, Gustav Klucis, Petr Konchalovsky, Mikhail Larionov, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Mikail Matiushin, Petr Miturich, Liubov Popova, Ivan Puni, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Georgii Stenberg, Vladimir Stenberg, Vavara Stepanova, Vladimir Tatlin, Alexandr Vesnin, and many, many others. It contains over five hundred additional items related to F.T. Marinetti and Italian Futurism, De Stijl, The Bauhaus and its Legacy, and Eastern European & German books, periodicals, graphics and photographs. And while at the time of its 1977 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some forty years later they are finally downright bargains! An internally most handsome example of this uncommon reference showing wear, rubbing, and some sunning along the spine of its graphically striking covers. LC 77-71400 Inventory Number: 025835
$85.00 InquireFiled Under: Architecture, Art, Art Theory, Artists' Books, Ephemera and Announcements, Illustrated Books, Periodicals, Photography, Posters, Graphic Art -
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS' MOVIE POSTERS: VOLUME THREE OF THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MOVIES THROUGH POSTERS
Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. As New.. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, pristine paperbound example. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 024172
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ROCK, POP AND CLASSIC CINEMA POSTERS - DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY BRUCE HERSHENSON
Hershenson, Bruce. Los Angeles: Christie's, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (168pp), 174 color illustrations. This is the catalogue for two December 15th, 1995 sales of film posters organized by noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson held at Christie's in Los Angeles. It features two complete auctions in one volume. First there are one hundred and seventy-four full-color Rock 'n' Roll movie posters ranging from Bill Haley in 1956's "Rock Around the Clock" to Nirvana in 1992's "The Year Punk Broke". Then there are an additional two hundred and seventy-six full-color classic film posters including an ultra-rare "Flying Down to Rio" one-sheet that sold for a staggering $81,700.00. A most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. Inventory Number: 016627
$65.00 InquireFiled Under: Auction Catalogues, Cinema, Graphic Design, Limited Editions, Music + Sound Art, Posters, Signed Books -
SPORTS MOVIE POSTERS: VOLUME FOUR OF THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MOVIES THROUGH POSTERS - COMPILED BY RICHARD ALLEN AND BRUCE HERSHENSON - DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY BRUCE HERSHENSON
Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (80pp), 380 color illustrations. This is the fourth installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From 1913's "Ben Hur" through the Roger Corman's "Death Race 2000", it reproduces three hundred and eighty sports-themed posters and lobby cards. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. 1-887893-15-6 Inventory Number: 016625
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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS' MOVIE POSTERS: VOLUME THREE OF THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MOVIES THROUGH POSTERS - DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY BRUCE HERSHENSON
Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 016624
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EXHIBITION POSTER FOR "THE EAST VILLAGE ART COLLECTION", WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 1985 AT PALLADIUM
Various Artists. New York: Rudolf and Limbo, 1985. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Very Good -.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed color offset recto only, machine folded in fourths. Artwork by Huck Snyder. This is the poster announcing a one night only exhibition and live painting show by artists affiliated with New York's then-burgeoning East Village scene held on Wednesday, July 17th, 1985 at the recently opened Manhattan megaclub Palladium. Organized by nightlife impresario Rudolf - who was running The Limbo Lounge as well as Limbo Gallery at the time - it featured works by artists showing at Art Et Industrie, Art Mart, Avenue B., B-Side, Cash Newhouse, Civilian Warfare, Frank Barducci, Fun, Gracie Mansion, Hal Bromm, Limbo, Nature Morte, New Math, Piezo Electric, PPOW, Semaphore East, Sensory Evolution, Sharpe, Steven Adams, T. Greathouse, and Vox Populi. It reproduces a 1985 painting by Huck Snyder, who surely was a participant along with David Wojnarowicz and dozens more. A most presentable example of this striking, exceedingly uncommon poster that was folded by the printer and subsequently flattened showing some mild handling creases, minor ink loss with some touch-up at the bottom center, and two tape remnants along the top edge. Inventory Number: 026463
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MODERNE REKLAMEKUNST: HANDBUCH DER NEUZEITLICHEN INSERTIONS- UND PROPAGANDATECHNIK FÜR INDUSTRIELLE, FABRIKANTEN, KAUFLEUTE, GROSSISTEN UND DETAILLISTEN, GESCHÄFTS- UND GEWERBETREIBENDE ALLER BRANCHEN, HANDELS- ANGESTELLTE, REKLAMECHEFS, HANDELS- LEHRER..
Volger, Bruno. Stuttgart, GERMANY. ND.: Schwabacher'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. First Edition. 8vo. Decorative Boards. Graphic Design Survey. Very Good/No Jacket. 157+ 26pp (advertisements at rear), 70 b&w illustrations. Text in German. "Moderne Reklamekunst..." is a comprehensively illustrated survey of the art and technique of modernist advertising and poster design in Germany just prior to the first World War. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 004737
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EXTREME CANVAS: HAND-PAINTED MOVIE POSTERS FROM GHANA - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Wolfe, Ernie III. With Contributions by Clive Barker, LeVar Burton, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, Walter Hill, Anjelica Huston, John Milius, Roy Sieber, Paul Hayes Tucker, Gus Van Sant & John Yau. Los Angeles: Dilettante Press & Kesho Press, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Monograph. Fine.. 305pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is noted African Art scholar Ernie Wolfe's extraordinary compendium of vivid, vulgar and outrageous examples of indigenous Ghanaian vernacular movie advertisements. These hand-painted, one-of-a-kind canvases typically adorn local video stores. Resembling vintage American carnival sideshow banners, their lurid images may or may not have anything to do with the actual content of the film they are representing. These posters are both amusing, and poignant in their irony of promoting Hollywood's excesses in the dry, dusty West African villages in which they hang. The list of essayists is also remarkable, featuring Clive Barker, LeVar Burton, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, Walter Hill, Anjelica Huston, John Milius, Roy Sieber, Paul Hayes Tucker, Gus Van Sant, and John Yau each writing on the film genre of their choice. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2000 paperbound first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ernie Wolfe III" by the author in black marker on the verso of the front pastedown. 0-9664272-2-X Inventory Number: 027323
$150.00 InquireFiled Under: Art, Cinema, Ethnographic Art, Exotica and Grotesqueries, Graphic Design, Posters, Signed Books