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(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter. New York: Peter Beard, 1977. First Edition Thus. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Near Fine.. One 25 x 18" heavy paper sheet printed photo-lithographically recto only, 1 illustration. Designed by Ruth Ansel and Peter Beard. This is the striking poster produced in conjunction with Peter Beard's 1977 "The End of the Game" exhibition at New York's International Center for Photography. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", Beard's groundbreaking first book from 1965 weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. This gripping body of work was presented twelve years afterwards at the ICP in a massive, elaborately staged installation designed by Marvin Israel. Along with hundreds of photographs, it integrated the artist's diaries, collages, animal skeletons, and more throughout the entire Fifth Avenue space. Its poster featuring a collaged array of images of Kenyan wildlife was a collaboration between Beard his "The End of the Game" graphic designer Ruth Ansel. The venue's commercially produced version measures 27 ½ x 20 ½", and includes the ICP logo in large type across the bottom edge. This however is a slightly smaller - we believe earlier - prototype variant lacking any reference to the ICP whose borders and grid of nine photographs are significantly different. Additionally, the first word in the title had been cut and pasted in the artwork to read "Tthe". A remarkably similar, yet different variant is pictured in photographs by Orin Langelle who documented the installation of the exhibition, and whose work - including images of that poster - are reproduced on the photographer's website. A most handsome example of this uncommon, unique item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Elaine in memory of the hot summer of '77 (two hearts) Peter B" vertically in orange crayon across the left margin. "Elaine" is Elaine Kaufman - the late, legendarily feisty proprietor of fabled Manhattan bar and eatery "Elaine's". The opening scene of Woody Allen's "Manhattan" was filmed there, Billy Joel name-checked it in "Big Shot", and the list of bold-faced names that favored her watering hole from the sixties through the new millennium reads as a virtual who's who of the New York literary, entertainment, and cultural elite. Woody, Andy, Truman, Jack, Jackie O., and Beard - known for his love of nightlife - were regulars for whom Elaine reserved her best tables each evening. The inscription refers to the record-breaking July 1977 heatwave that spawned New York's great blackout and "The Summer of (the Son of) Sam". The poster is still housed in its slightly weathered vintage black wooden frame with a glass face (from the still-extant Bark Frameworks on Wooster Street) that adorned the restaurant's memorabilia-cluttered walls for more than thirty years. Boasting impeccable provenance, this remarkable object was acquired in 2011 at the New York auction of Ms. Kaufman's personal belongings and "Elaine's" keepsakes following her death in 2010. 0-87701-521-X Inventory Number: 026361

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Joseph Murumbi. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the second printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "Salaams + regards / and elephantine memories / from Peter Beard" in blue ink WITH A MULTI-COLORED INK HAND PRINT AND WATERCOLOR FLOURISH across the entire half title page showing just a bit of light sunning along the spine. 0-87701-521-X Inventory Number: 026365

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Joseph Murumbi. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the third printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "infinite Salaams Richard! / elephantine memories / and all best / over the last / 4 years * * * * / inestimables / Peter (Beard) / Box 47616 / Nairobi" in red and blue ink to a colleague accompanied by a full watercolor hand and forearm print across the entire half title page and a portion of the verso of the front pastedown. 0-87701-521-X Inventory Number: 026347

(BEARD, PETER) (BLIXEN, KAREN). Beard, Peter, Kamante & Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by Peter Beard and Marvin Israel. ""Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in "Longing For Darkness", written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante. Readers familiar with "Out of Africa" may recognize many of these enchanting stories - retold here from Kamante's perspective to famed photographer Peter Beard - and enhanced with his drawings, letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Beard throughout." A most handsome example of the 1990 first Chronicle Books hardbound edition additionally bearing the UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "Salaams / from / Peter / Beard / '94" in blue ink accompanied by a full hand print in blue ink across the half title page showing a bit of sunning to the spine and extremities of the dust jacket. 0-87701-724-7 Inventory Number: 026351

(BEARD, PETER) (BLIXEN, KAREN). Beard, Peter, Kamante & Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by Peter Beard and Marvin Israel. ""Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in "Longing For Darkness", written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante. Readers familiar with "Out of Africa" may recognize many of these enchanting stories - retold here from Kamante's perspective to famed photographer Peter Beard - and enhanced with his drawings, letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Beard throughout." A most handsome example of the 1990 first Chronicle Books hardbound edition additionally bearing the UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "warm Salaams / from Peter Beard / July 1994" in blue ink accompanied by a full hand print in blue ink across the half title page showing a bit of sunning to the spine and extremities of the dust jacket. 0-87701-724-7 Inventory Number: 026350

(BEARD, PETER). Bowermaster, Jon & Peter Beard. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, 153 b&w and 13 color illustrations. "The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa" is Jon Bowermaster's copiously illustrated, semi-salacious 1993 biography of the noted photographer, adventurer, and liver of the high life. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1993 first edition additionally bearing a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "July 12, '94 / from Peter Beard" in dark blue ink WITH A LARGE WATERCOLOR HAND PRINT WITH FLOURISHES in blue and red across the entire half title and facing pastedown. 0-8212-1907-3 Inventory Number: 026366

(BEARD, PETER). Bowermaster, Jon & Peter Beard. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, 153 b&w and 13 color illustrations. "The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa" is Jon Bowermaster's copiously illustrated, semi-salacious 1993 biography of the noted photographer, adventurer, and liver of the high life. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1993 first edition additionally with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED TWO PAGE INSCRIPTION "To Lee / infinitely from PB / .... reaching from one / cement jungle / to another / gasp / etc -" in dark grey watercolor ink accompanied by a HAND-ASSEMBLED COLLAGE BY PETER BEARD comprising three 4 x 6" color c-prints from the sequence of images of the photographer famously being tossed by a charging Rhinoceros along with some fragments of snakeskin. 0-8212-1907-3 Inventory Number: 026348

(BEARD, PETER). Graham, Alistair & Peter Beard. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 260pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Peter Beard and John Brogna. The subtitle of Peter Beard's "Eyelids of Morning" says it all: "Being a description of the origins, history, and prospects of Lake Rudolf, its peoples, deserts, rivers, mountains and weather; A narrative of our investigations into the natural history, habits, and mode of life of the fearsome Nile crocodile, most formidable of reptiles, the legendary leviathan; Including a full, authentic and thrilling account of the stirring explorations and discoveries of Count Samuel Teleki von Sjek, as chronicled by his companion and fellow stalwart, Lieutenant Ludwig von Hohnel, in which the fabled lake of Rudolf was brought to light; Replete with astounding incidents, wonderful adventures, mysterious providences, grand achievements and glorious deeds in the pursuit of knowledge; Enlivened with stories of heroism and unparalleled daring, marvelous hunts and incredible adventures among savage saurians, giant fish, monstrous behemoths and strange an curious tribes; And comprehending whatever is curious and remarkable in the works of art or nature; The whole enriched with upwards of two hundred and twenty photographs, sixteen magnificent colored plates, one hundred and sixty-five well-executed engravings, and numerous maps, being all finely drawn according to the latest discoveries; For the use of all gentlemen, mariners, merchants & others who delight in travel and adventure". A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of the 1990 Chronicle books hardbound edition additionally bearing the UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED TWO PAGE INSCRIPTION "Salaams from Peter Beard / July 12th 1994" in red and blue ink accompanied by a small drawing and a full hand print across the entire half title page and verso of the front pastedown. 0-87701-554-6 Inventory Number: 024041

(BEARD, PETER). Turle, Gillies, Mark Greenberg & Peter Beard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 164pp, 115 b&w and 80 color illustrations. Designed by Virginia Tan. "The Art of the Maasai" presents for the first time three hundred extraordinary ceremonial artifacts - discovered by Gillies Turle and never before seen outside the villages to which they belong - that were created over many generations by members of the Maasai tribe of Kenya. What makes their discovery particularly exciting is that high art has been found in a part of the world in which, until now, it was believed no art had ever been created. The ceremonial objects brought together here are extraordinary, and Peter Beard's photographs of them are in themselves works of art. This is a book whose publication is an event in the worlds of art and African culture". A brand new, most handsome example of the 1992 Alfred A. Knopf first hardbound edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "to Lee with gruntings and / greetings / (infinite)Ly / Peter / Beard" in black ink across the title page with Peter Beard's thumbprint in dark grey ink under which he has annotated "#37610" OVER A COLLAGED 4 x 6" color c-print from the sequence of images of the photographer famously being tossed by a charging Rhinoceros along with a piece of snakeskin. 0-394-58323-X Inventory Number: 026349

(BEE, OLIVIA). Bee, Olivia & Tavi Gevinson. New York: Aperture, 2015. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 136pp, 73 color illustrations, full edge silver gilt. Designed by Nitework. "Olivia Bee is celebrated for her dreamy, evocative portraits and landscapes rich with implied narratives of intimacy, freedom, and adventure. Her first book, "Kids in Love" showcases two bodies of photographic work. "Enveloped in a Dream" is the series that first brought Bee recognition as a teenager. It offers a visual diary of girlhood friendship and the exploration of self, showcasing the photographer's unique ability to convey the bittersweet nostalgia of adolescence on the brink of adulthood and new possibilities. The second body of work, "Kids in Love", is drawn from recent work and continues Bee's chronicle of her circle of friends and new loves, capturing both the pleasures and terrors of the fleeting passage of romanticized youth. "Rookie" editor and Bee's frequent collaborator and model, Tavi Gevinson writes about the role of Bee's photographs as social currency in today's image-driven world". A brand new, pristine example of this charming edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Olivia Bee" with drawings of two hearts in silver marker on the title page. 1-59711-345-X Inventory Number: 025493

(BENGLIS, LYNDA). Benglis, Linda. New York. ND (1974): Paula Cooper Gallery. First Edition #27/100 Deluxe. Small 4to. Printed Postcard. Artist's Multiple. Very Good -.. One 10 × 6 ¾" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. This announcement for Lynda Benglis' 1974 exhibition of "Metallized Knots" at New York's Paula Cooper Gallery features a color photograph of the artist naked but for a pair of jeans pulled down around her calves. Taken by the illustrious Annie Leibovitz, the charged image of Benglis gazing back over her shoulder at the viewer invokes Betty Grable's iconic World War II pinup portrait, and was produced at a time the artist was purchasing a series of self-portrait advertisements for Artforum magazine. An otherwise most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon artist's multiple edition of this ephemeral item limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (#27/100) AND SIGNED in blue ink showing some brown spotting on the on the face. Inventory Number: 026269

(BENGSTON, BILLY AL). Donoghue, Mary Agnes. Hans Neuendorf, Editor. Frankfurt AM Main & Esslingen, GERMANY: Galerie Neuendorf & Edition Cantz, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. For more than sixty years Billy Al Bengston has been an innovative and integral part of the Southern California cultural scene. A member of the original group of Los Angeles artists to exhibit at Ferus Gallery, Mr. Bengston has made a name for himself over the decades in the varied worlds of contemporary art, surfing, and dirt-track motorcycle racing. From his early Dentos and Finish / Fetish pieces to delicate watercolors of Dracula Orchids and beyond, his work remains remarkably vibrant and ever-inventive. He has been the subject of several major museum retrospectives, but until now there has never been a single comprehensive book to fully do justice to his prolific body of work. At long last, from Neuendorf Gallery comes that tome - Billy Al Bengston: Paintings & Watercolors! Weighing in at five pounds, this lavishly illustrated hardbound volume illustrates hundreds of works spanning 1957 through 2016. A brand new, most handsome example of this comprehensive monograph additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the artist. 978-3947563395 Inventory Number: E000BABP&W

(BERNHARD, RUTH). Mitchell, Margaretta K. Foreword By Ruth Bernhard. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 160pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. "Hailed by Ansel Adams as "the greatest photographer of the nude," Ruth Bernhard has lived a life that spans almost a century of passionate, ceaseless exploration of the magic of light to create form. "Between Art & Life" is the first biography of this charismatic woman who kept her personal promise to infuse her art with life, and live her life though art". Centered around a series of detailed interviews between Ruth Bernhard and author Margaretta Mitchell, this is a superbly illustrated survey of the photographer's seminal modernist work (including many of the famous female nudes) , personal life, correspondence, and quotations from the photographer regarding her inspirations, technique, and creative process. A brand new, pristine example (cited on page 202 of "From Fair to Fine 3") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED in Ruth Bernhard's unmistakable calligraphic hand in black fountain pen on the title page. 0-8118-2191-9 Inventory Number: 015275

(BERNHARD, RUTH). Williams, Ginny. Santa Fe, NM: Tallgrass Press, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (95pp), 43 tritone illustrations. This is the lavish catalogue published in conjunction with the 1993 exhibition "Ruth Bernhard: A Retrospective from the Ginny Williams Collection" at the Denver Art Museum and the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. A superbly printed selection of Bernhard's seminal modernist work (including many of the famous female nudes) is represented here, interspersed with quotations from the photographer about her inspirations and her creative process. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon hardbound edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ruth Bernhard" in her unmistakable calligraphic hand in black fountain pen on the title page. 1-881138-04-6 Inventory Number: 023786

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. Munchen, GERMANY: Verlag Schellmann & Kluser, 1976. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Fine.. np (186pp), 90 color illustrations. "A Series of 90 Paintings..." documents Joseph Beuys' body of work subtitled "2 Schafskopfe (Loch)" issued as "unique multiples" by Verlag Schellmann & Kluser in 1976. Painted between 1961 and 1975, these abstracted images of two sheep heads were executed in oil paint and butter on a sheet of BFK Rives paper that had a circular hole torn from it. Each is reproduced here photomechanically as an individual full page blueprint and bound in wrappers. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred copies SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the title page and NUMBERED by stamp (162/500) in black ink on the rear free endpaper, as issued. Inventory Number: 022234

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Beuys, Joseph. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1981. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 123 duotone illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1981 exhibition of a 1975 series of Joseph Beuys drawings on calendar pages entitled "Words Which Can Hear" held at London's Anthony D'Offay Gallery. A pristine example of the uncommon deluxe hardbound edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies BOLDLY NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Joseph Beuys in brown ink at the rear, as issued. Inventory Number: 019917

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). de Vree, Paul & Sarenco, Editors. Brescia, ITALY: Lotta Poetica, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. np (24pp), 23 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Text in Italian. Cover Designed by Joseph Beuys, This forty-sixth installment of Paul de Vree's prescient seventies art and literature periodical "Lotta Poetica" (Poetry War) is a special monographic issue devoted to Joseph Beuys. It features a cover and title page designed by the artist that is accompanied by Caroline Tisdall's photographic documentation of the 1974 piece "Three Pots Action in the Poor House". A bright, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the front cover. Inventory Number: 019826

(BEUYS, JOSEPH). Tisdall, Caroline & Joseph Beuys. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1982. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Square 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (44pp), 30 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is catalogue published in conjunction with a 1982 exhibition of Joseph Beuys' sculptural objects entitled "dernier espace avec introspecteur 1964-1982" held at London's Anthony D'Offay Gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe issue in boards of this uncommon item limited to five hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Joseph Beuys" in pencil on the title page, as issued. Inventory Number: 026121

(BLAKE, JEREMY). Blake, Jeremy, Tim Griffin & Dike Blair. Los Angeles: Works on Paper, Inc., 2001. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Patricia Moritz. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the engaging catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 2001 Works on Paper, Inc. exhibition of drawings from Jeremy Blake's "The Fourty (sic) Million Dollar Beatnik" project. It takes the form of a miniature (6 ¾ x 5 ½") screenplay - down to the green card covers with brass brad binding - reproducing the artist's whimsical texts and images that are reminiscent of a high school journal along with brief essays by Tim Griffin and Dike Blair. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only three copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to five hundred unnumbered copies SIGNED "Jeremy Blake / Cell 1-310-980-****" in blue ink on the title page showing some very light wear and soiling to the covers. The artist died with only three monographic titles having been published on his work, and this is the first and only copy we have seen bearing his signature. Inventory Number: 023062

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Gent, BELGIUM: Imschoot, Uitgevers, 1990. First Edition 1/55 Deluxe. 8vo. Linen Over Boards in Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. np (30pp), 148 duotone illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held as part of the 1990 "Antichambres, Affinities Selectives" in Brussels, this charming artist's book by Christian Boltanski reproduces vintage headshots from the fifties of youthful European members of the Mickey Mouse Club. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon deluxe hardbound edition (entry number seventy-three in Jennifer Flay's "Christian Boltanski: Catalogue - Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991") limited to fifty-five copies only SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil at the rear colophon, as issued. 90-72191-22-6 Inventory Number: 019947

(BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Gorovoy, Jerry. New York: Bellport Press, 1986. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by John Cheim, Jerry Gorovoy & Thomas Whitridge. This is the elegantly designed, beautifully printed 1986 catalogue published by John Cheim's Bellport Press on the sculptural work of Louise Bourgeois. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "to Neil / Polen. / Best wishes / L." in the artist's spidery script in black ink on the title page. Neil Polen was the imposingly tall, shaven-headed New York art scene regular that used to attend virtually all the major gallery and museum openings in the eighties and nineties, approach the evening's artist(s) with an array of books and catalogues to sign, then offer the inscribed treasures for sale from his semi-permanent table in front of Dean & DeLuca in Soho. We obtained this directly from the late, great Mr. Polen prior to his passing. Inventory Number: 025400

(BOWIE, ANGELA) (BOWIE, DAVID). Bowie, Angela & Patrick Carr. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2015. First Edition 1/1900. Folio. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 310pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French, and German. "In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and unleashed his alter-ego: a glitter-clad, mascara-eyed, sexually-ambiguous persona who kicked down boundaries between male and female, straight and gay, fact and fiction. Together, Ziggy the album and Ziggy the stage spectacular propelled Bowie to stardom. A key passenger on this glam trip was photographer Mick Rock, who bonded with Bowie artistically and personally, immersed himself in the singer's inner circle, and, between 1972 and 1973, worked as Bowie's official photographer. This edition of 1972 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock brings together the best of Rock's Bowie portfolio of extraordinary stage shots as well as intimate backstage portraits, pictures for press, album jackets, and stills from promo movies - many published here for the first time. Featuring a lenticular front cover hologram, this lavish production rejoices in Bowie's experimentation and bursts with the energy of its unique star who defined, and defied, a generation". A brand new, pristine example of the 2015 first Taschen Collector's Edition limited to one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two deluxe copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Bowie '15" and "Mick Rock" in black ink on the colophon paged housed in the publisher's turquoise clamshell box still in the publisher's original cardboard shipping carton. 3-8365-4905-0 Inventory Number: 024859

(BRAKHAGE, STAN). Brakhage, Stan. Robert A. Haller, Editor. New Paltz, NY: Documentext, 1982. First Edition #144/200 Deluxe. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Cloth in Jacket. Film Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 262pp, 15 b&w and 1 color illustration. With a filmography and bibliography. Stan Brakhage is arguably the greatest single exponent of American experimental film. This collection publishes - mostly for the first time - notes, articles, essays, and most interestingly Brakhage's letters to the likes of Ed Dorn, James Broughton, Jonas Mekas, Michael McClure, Marie Menken, Bruce Baillie, P. Adams Sitney, and Donald Sutherland. As uncompromising as his cinematic work, these writings are insightful, intriguing, and frequently provocative. A most handsome example from the uncommon deluxe hardbound edition limited to two hundred copies NUMBERED (144/200) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Stan Brakhage" on the copyright page, as issued, in the publisher's extremely fragile unprinted tissue dustwrapper and acetate dust jacket. 0-914232-47-9 Inventory Number: 024267

(BRISKI, ZANA). Briski, Zana. New York: Mantis Editions, 2007. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Silk Over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (130pp), 54 tritone illustrations. Designed by Zana Briski with Nashima Gokani and Jeff Magness. Limited to one thousand copies only, "Brothel" is the exquisitely designed and printed volume of Zana Briski's original photographs of the Calcutta house of prostitution that led to her 2005 Academy Award winning feature documentary film (and accompanying book) "Born into Brothels". Noirish and dark, it presents the photographer/director's arresting images of the girls and women at work there, and the squalid conditions they endure. Printed in tritone throughout, it incorporates two tipped-in plates as well as hand-made and colored papers + inks in a beautiful debossed black raw silk-over-boards binding with full black edges. It is housed in a hand made clamshell box covered in scarlet raw silk from India. One of the most sumptuously produced books we've carried in recent years, Zana Briski's "Brothel" is a compelling companion volume to Mary Ellen Mark's classic "Falkland Road". A brand new, pristine example SIGNED "Zana Briski" in gold ink on the title page still sealed in the publisher's shipping box, as issued. 0-9788754-1-9 Inventory Number: 015351

(BROUWS, JEFFREY). Brouws, Jeffrey. Santa Barbara, CA: Handjob Press & National Gas-N-Go Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/1000 Copies. 8vo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Photography Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. 48pp, 26 b&w illustrations. "Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations" is Jeffrey Brouws' first book - an exquisite little paean to Edward Ruscha's own first volume of virtually the same title. Designed and typeset as if a Ruscha publication, its photographs nicely illustrate America's crumbling autopia in lush duotone reproduction thirty years later. An internally most handsome example of this self-published gem (featured on pages 52-55 of Jeffrey Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner's "Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha") limited to one thousand numbered copies (963/1000) bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Jonathan: All the Best: Jeffrey Brouws 1997" in black ink on the rear colophon in the publisher's slightly worn unprinted vellum wrapper. Inventory Number: 023183

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

(BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES). Bellas, Bruce aka Bruce of Los Angeles. Los Angeles. ND: Bruce of Los Angeles. First Edition. 4to. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 11 x 14" beveled mat. This is a classic male physique photograph by Bruce Bellas - better known as Bruce of Los Angeles - picturing the nude, dramatically lit muscular model John Hackett posing in Bruce's studio. A bright, fine condition vintage silver gelatin print on heavy fiber-based paper bearing the stamp BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES / Box 73505, Sanford Station / Los Angeles 5, Calif." in black ink on the verso along with the handwritten name of John Hackett along the bottom edge. Inventory Number: 026270

(BUKOWSKI, CHARLES). Bukowski, Charles. New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. & The Loujon Press, 1965. First Edition 1/3100. Tall 4to. illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good -.. 101pp. illustrated in b&w + b&w covers. With 4 b&w etchings bound in. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Crucifix in a Deathhand" is the elaborately designed and bound 1965 collection of poetry by hard-living Angeleno Charles Bukowski fabricated by Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Webb at their Loujon Press in New Orleans, and published with the imprint of Lyle Stuart. The author's sixth book, it was issued as a "Loujon Press Award Book" (Gypsy Lou Series #2). Printed by hand-letterpress on seven shades of heavy Spectra Linweave paper with deckle edges and elaborately bound by the Press, it includes four black and white etchings with tissue overlays by New Orleans-based artist Noel Rockmore. An internally bright, most handsome example of this tour de force (a deluxe-but-unnumbered, uncatalogued variant of entry sixteen in Aaron Krumhansel's "A Descriptive Bibliography of the Primary Publications of Charles Bukowski") limited to three thousand, one hundred unnumbered copies SIGNED AND DATED "Charles Bukowski / 3-16-65" in red acrylic paint at the time of publication beneath a striking ACRYLIC PAINTING in silver and red on the verso of a blank page at the rear. There is very light soiling and wear to the top and bottom edges of the textblock, and its Noel Rockmore-illustrated covers shows mild wear, creasing, fraying, and age-toning to the extremities. The publisher's printed wraparound band is complete and present, though it has a clean separation and is somewhat worn, torn, and age-toned. Additionally laid in is a vintage xerox of Ormonde Plater's nine-paragraph interview with Jon Webb about the book's publication captioned "Tough Poems" from the May 28th, 1965 issue of New Orleans' "Vieux Carre Courier". All in all, this is a most desirable example of an important early Bukowski title with an impressive painting that looks nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026504

(BURKE, BILL). Burke, Bill. Santa Fe, NM. 1987 (2007): Twin Palms Publishers. First Edition Thus 1/35 Deluxe. Folio. Boards in a Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. "In 1982, years after Viet Nam, I decided to give myself my own Southeast Asia experience. I wanted to make pictures in a place where I didn't know the rules, where I'd be off balance. Friends who had been there recommended Thailand; nice people, easy transportation, good food. Another friend told me that as long as I was going to Thailand I should go see the refugees coming out of Cambodia. He set me up with The International Rescue Committee, which was working at the Thai-Cambodian border". Published in 1987, "I Want to Take Picture" features black and white images which Burke shot during several trips through Southeast Asia in the early eighties, particularly focusing on the after-effects of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. A pristine copy of the deluxe 2007 first Twin Palms printing (whose 1987 first Nexus Press edition is cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 40-41 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 258-259 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to thirty-five copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED (#15/35) in a debossed black linen clamshell box with a SIGNED AND NUMBERED BLACK AND WHITE SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT entitled ""KPNLF Fighter With Lake Ampil RPG, Thai Cambodia Border, 1984". 1-931885-63-X Inventory Number: 022181

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Who SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-WHO

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-LENNON

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 8vo. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" pre-orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-HENDRIX-JAGGER

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the "Signature Edition Deluxe" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by five matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photographs of The Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and The Who each SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-DELUXE-SIGNATURE

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-BOWIE

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Beatles SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD BEATLES

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

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

(BYRNE, ALEC). Uber Archives. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 36 x 24". Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 36 x 24" heavy paper sheet printed photolthographically recto only, 1 monochrome illustration.

This is the striking lithograph published in conjunction with "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" - the one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It features an image of Jimi Hendrix backstage at London's Saville Theatre from May 1967 that is the lead image for Byrne's new full-length book, "London Rock - The Unseen Archive". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 first and only printing limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer rolled in a heavy poster tube, as issued.

PLEASE NOTE: These signed posters will be available at Arcana on Sunday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
Inventory Number: E000ABRRTC-LITHOGRAPH

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

(CANNONE, GARY). Cannone, Gary & Jamillah James. Los Angeles, CA: Campbell Hall Art Gallery, 2019. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ivan Golinko.

"Albums by Conceptual Artists" originated as a crowd-sourced online project in which Gary Cannone encouraged like-minded artists to infiltrate popular and obscure album covers with content from the history of contemporary art in a communal act of parody. Begun as a Facebook comment thread, a Tumblr site of the project soon followed and grew to over five hundred album cover contributions ranging from transgressive to silly, from informative to obtuse. Cannone sees the series as a form of fan fiction, a positive creative act often using arcane minutiae linking the worlds of art and music done by and for art nerds. The artist’s formative influences include 70s comedy such as Norm Crosby, Wacky Packages, Carol Burnett, Mad Magazine, and the disembodied PA from M*A*S*H (the TV series). He is a 2019 recipient of a California Community Foundation’s Fellowship in Visual Arts grant and his artist’s book, Time Settings for a Microwave Oven with Broken Three, Four, and Nine Buttons was recently acquired by The Getty Museum. His current work explores the phenomenology of furniture in gallery spaces through the lens of a prop comic." A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by artist Gary Cannone in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Forever Now” will be signed by Gary Cannone at our event on Saturday, August 3rd, and shipped beginning Tuesday, August 6th. Inventory Number: E000GCFN

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