New York, May-June 1966. This is one of two such copies, both inscribed to "Fred"; please read on. They probably came to me decades ago as duplicates from the UCLA Art Library. Although the catalogue indicates that the exhibition was in New York, the possible connections to UCLA suggest that..... More

A haunting and beautiful drawing of Ethel Waters and Silvia Vincent in DuBose Heyward's widely acclaimed Broadway stage play Mamba's Daughters (1940). Ethel Waters was known only as a singer until she proved herself much more than that in this great play. The artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002) created many exceptional..... More

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987 (October, no. 42). Many illustrations. 210 pp. The scarce hardbound edition in publisher's black cloth. 22.7 x 17.5 cm. No dustjacket, as issued. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More

Los Angeles: High Performance, 1979. The very rare, fifth issue of the leading periodical on performance art. Profusely illustrated. 62 pp., including a gatefold. Decorated paper covers. 27.7 x 21.5 cm. The covers feature Chris Burden's "Studio Tour" and "Bed Piece." Pages 2-15 are devoted to articles by and on..... More

Roma: Collezione dell'Obeliscok Carlo Bestetti, Edizioni de;Arte, 1948. 8 splendid mounted color halftone plates and 8 monochrome drawings by Salvador Dali; 6 other monochrome illustrations and decorations; 6 monochrome advertisements by Dali, Jean Cocteau, Leonor Fini, and others for luxury goods. 36 unnumbered pages. Paper covers decorated with a typically..... More

[Wiesbaden, Germany? Manufacturer unknown, circa 1990?]. A stamped aluminum license plate 11.4 x 47.2 cm (oversquare). Jerome and Diane Rothenberg bought this in Wiesbaden, Germany, around 1990, thinking it a multiple, but I have found no trace of another like it. Wiesbaden, where George Maciunas was living in the early..... More

Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998. 86 color plates + text illustrations (some color). 164 pp. Linen with dustjacket. 30.5 cm square. Stunning, and virtually as new. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More

Artist's book. Profusely illustrated. Approximately 100 pp. 23.4 x 30.4 cm. (oversquare). Bound at the short edge with staples and capped with a sliding black plastic spine. This inventive and alarming catalogue opens with a sheet of heavy, very flexible clear plastic. A clear, sealed polyvinyl envelope follows. It contains..... More

New York: Gagosian Gallery, 23 September 2000. An invitation in the form of a printed ping pong ball to an exhibition at the gallery. 37 mm diameter. With white, printed pasteboard box 41 mm on each side; plus leaflet on thin paper 11.4 cm square, folded into three and wrapped..... More

Istanbul : T.C. Kültür Bakanligi, Yayimlar Dairesi Basakanligi, 1995. Profusely illustrated in color, with some black-and-white plans and elevations. 249 + [2] pp. Brown cloth with dustjacket. 30 x 22.5 cm. ISBN 975-17-1562-8. Text entirely in Turkish. At least two hundred plates show in rich detail the graceful and harmonious..... More

London: Lisson Gallery,1974. Artist's book. 48 pp.with 23 paired descriptions and examples comprising a manual of straight lines of differing lengths, angles, and positions, with the descriptions on the versos of the pages and the examples on the facing rectos: e.g., at random, "a line from the midpoint of the..... More

London: P. & D. Colnaghi, 1925. Original signed etching, "Artist and model," no. 223 in catalogue; one of 500 proofs for this edition; the etching in very fine condition; 22.4 x 15 cm. 219 plates with full catalogue descriptions, plus xxiii pp. text & [8] pp. index. Copy 248 of..... More

Between 1963 and 1980 the cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman (known mostly for her work with Nam June Paik) organized fifteen increasingly elaborate festivals featuring a wide variety of performances in various locations. The first three were at Judson Hall, a small recital hall across from Carnegie Hall (not..... More