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The books described here are only a tiny fraction of an estimated 30,000 books and exhibition catalogues currently in stock. The great majority are on modern and contemporary art and artists--Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Cobra, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Fluxus and so on. You also will find photography and unusual books in other areas.Inernational League of Antiquarian BooksellersAntiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

Hungarian caricatures, 1933. For a unique album from Budapest of brilliant, original caricatures worthy of publication and exhibition, please click here.

An additional 40,000 art periodicals include the world's largest holdings of Artforum, Art in America, and High Performance, plus many others.

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FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Wien: Richter & Springer (printer), 1970. Black image and type on brilliant orange. About 84 x 60 cm, folded in 8 (about 21 x 30 cm). Austria's preeminent Pop artist, though she rejected the label. Not located in OCLC. Some fraying and creasing at edges and light wear at folds. Kiki Kogelnik: Ausstellung vom 1. bis 23. Oktober 1970. Poster
Kogelnik, Kiki (1935-1997)
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Wien: Richter & Springer (printer), 1970. Black image and type on brilliant.. more
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FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Norfolk, Ct.: New Directions, 1936. New Directions Pamphlets, edited by James Laughlin IV, number one. The first edition, first printing of the first book published by the justly famous firm. Blue paper covers. are the point of issue; a later printing is red. 17 x 11.5 cm. 16 pp. Concludes with "A dictionary definition of Surrealism," by André Breton. Fine. Pianos of sympathy
O'Reilly, Montagu
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Norfolk, Ct.: New Directions, 1936. New Directions Pamphlets, edited by James Laughlin.. more
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FREE domestic and international shipping with direct order. **New York: Artists Equity Association, 1952. Ed. by Elias Newman. 0239/2000 copies. 101 lithographs designed "by the artist[s] directly on the litho plate[s]" by nearly as many artists (a few color; includes covers). Probably direct offset lithography. Artists include Milton Avery, Antonio Frasconi, Max Weber, Ben Shahn, Chaim Gross, 3 Soyers, Jack Levine, Reginald Marsh, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Hans Hofmann, and many others. Decorated paper covers in white plastic comb binding. 30.5 x 23.5cm. Some marginal chipping and tears to back cover. 1952 Improvisations. Artists Equity masquerade ball. Hotel Astor, May 15. Spring Fantasia [Volume III].
Artists Equity Association
FREE domestic and international shipping with direct order. **New York: Artists Equity Association, 1952. Ed. by Elias Newman. 0239/2000 copies... more
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FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Berlin: Verlag "Russische Kunst", 1921. Cover by Bilibin. Profusely illustrated (part color) by Loukomski, Bilibin, Grigoriev, Sorine, Archipenko, Roerich, and others. 43 pp. + advertisements and German translations. 32.3 x 24.8 cm. Texts include an early poem, "Pero," by Nabokov under the pseudonym Vladimir Sirin. Backstrip chipped; a small bump in the upper front corner and the lower one creased and chipped. Still, a fresh, near-fine copy of this rarity. Zhar-ptitsa [Jar-ptitza], no. 4/5.
Kogan, Alexander, ed.
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Berlin: Verlag "Russische Kunst", 1921. Cover by Bilibin. Profusely illustrated (part color).. more
Price: $1,000.00
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