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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

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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. **[Los Angeles? The artist? 1969?]. Artist's book, SIGNED. 23 photographs of scenes and settings around L.A. [29 leaves, including front and rear blanks.] White cover with white plastic spiral binding. 15.9 x 20.5 cm. As new. 23 pieces. SIGNED
Ruppersberg, Allen
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **[Los Angeles? The artist? 1969?]. Artist's book, SIGNED. 23 photographs of scenes.. more
Price: $400.00
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1963. 80 separate folders containing 149 color plates (including 119 original serigraphs) + text volume of 80 pp. in cloth & commentary volume of 48 pp. in paper covers, 33 x 25.5 cm., all in dark-brown folding cloth box & slipcase, 37 x 28 x 14 cm. Albers' great didactic work brings to a wide audience his exploration of color, previously accessible only through his small seminars at Yale. Case lightly worn; otherwise very fine. Interaction of color, original edition
Albers, Josef
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1963. 80 separate folders containing 149 color plates.. more
Price: $5,000.00
FREE domestic & international shipping with direct order. **Vienna: [Gerlach & Schenk], 1898. In publisher's maroon cloth binding: decorative blindstamping and gilt decoration on pebbled cover. The gilt titling consists of poppies against an elaborate scroll with highly stylized lettering. Bound by the publisher as a single book but with the original covers not included. Richly illustrated, of course (some color, some mounted), including a color lithograph by Kolo Moser at p. 12, Jan 1898. Pagination: 30; 32; 24; 30; 60 (nos. 5/6); 32; 36; 28; 34; 24; 24. Near fine, with light rubbing at extremities. Ver Sacrum. 1. Jahrgang [cover title]. Organ der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Osterreichs
Vereinigung bildender Künstler Osterreichs
FREE domestic & international shipping with direct order. **Vienna: [Gerlach & Schenk], 1898. In publisher's maroon cloth binding: decorative blindstamping.. more
Price: $2,000.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1976. A combined prospectus and catalogue of a suite of prints in the form of a paper scroll 8 inches tall by 8 feet long. 3 photographs and 8 reproductions of lithographs (the originals are 67-1/2 x 40-1/2 inches). Made of two lengths of paper joined together and housed in a small tube with plastic caps and bearing an address label and postage. A removable title band secures the roll. Oldenburg's native wit and pure drawing skill transcend the limitations of Pop Art (in this writer's opinion). "Because of the pejorative verbal implications of the word 'screw,' Oldenburg has found it nearly impossible for his large-scale, public proposals regarding the Screw to be seriously considered." Very fine. Another copy is available at $125 in the tube but lacking the plastic caps and the removable title band. Claes Oldenburg: the soft screw. Essay by Melinda Wortz, with added comments by the artist
Oldenburg, Claes
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1976. A combined prospectus and catalogue of a.. more
Price: $175.00
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