Cambridge,MA: [the artist?]. 1967. Dist. by George Wittenborn. 60 geometric plates, the last six with transparencies that produce optical effects. 89 pp. White boards. About 17 cm square. Inscribed on flyleaf: "Demonstration Sat. for B. Karpel. Albert B. Gregory Jr. [?]." Interesting studies in optical art. Staining at spine and... More
La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. Four more as-new copies just discovered. Stiff paper covers. xviii + [2] + 578 pp. + 6 supplementary sheets in 4 issues. 27.2 x 20.7 cm. As new. ISBN 0-910938-54-7. LC No. 72-79790. **From the introduction: "Bear Number One, what I remember about it... More
Tampa [Florida] Museum of Art, 2000. 17 plates (8 color). 40 pp. Black, decorated paper covers. 21.3 x 28 cm. (oversquare). James Stephen George Boggs (1955-) did not invent his signature work--there were plenty of skilled hand-forgers before him--but he was no criminal. Rather, he was an artist putting a.... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [1963]. 300 copies boldly signed by Ginsberg and La Vigne. Ginsberg's lovely poem about blackberries, apricots, plumbing, watering the flowers, and "an angel thoughtful of my stomach, and my dry and lovelorn tongue." Beautifully printed in letterpress on laid Hamilton Andorra paper 50.8 x 33 cm... More
Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1982. MacAdams' piece is a lively, insider's account of Naropa Kerouac Conference that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the publication of On the Road. This Beat Generation event took place at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The article includes photos and comments of Lawrence Ferlinghetti... More
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1928. No. 785 of 1,100 numbered copies. No. 10 in series: Arte Moderna Italia. Color frontispiece & 26 b/w plates + 28 pp. Decorated tan paper covers. 16.7 x 12.5 cm. Even the earliest works of his scuola metafisica, from 1910 onwards, foreshadow and define the Surrealist... More
Berne, Switzerland: the author, 1955 (originally 1933) AND Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1968. The first two of 7 volumes and a supplement. Red buckram with covers bound in. 29.7 x 20.8 cm. Vol. I: 257 illustrated catalogue entries. Over 400 pp. List of illustrated books and index to titles. Vol... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1968. 11 b/w plates & text folder + price list in decorated card portfolio. 23.7 x 16.2 cm. The ten sheets of "Figures" reproduce 2-color original lithographs represenating the ten numerals in a variety of styles. The single sheet of "Gray alphabet" reproduces a 4-color original... More
[Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L.], 1970. 7 plates & ills., [12] pp. A continuous sheet 95.6 x 23.9 cm (37-5/8 x 9-7/16 inches), printed both sides and folded crossways into 6 panels orihon style; 15.9 x 23.9 cm folded. Barbara Rose's outstanding essay describes the edition multiples that Gemini created for... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1973. 11 color plates reproducing loriginal mixed-media prints + order form loose in 3-panel folder with portrait of the artist on the front cover. 23.3 x 16.2 cm. Text by Kenneth Tyler on the flap of the folder. The edition prints utilized hand lithography, offset lithography... More
Los Angeles: Gemini Ltd., [1966]. Folder with color cover, 9 b/w photographs & 2 color film strips containing 12 images. 18.8 cm square. John Altoon was truly an artist's artist, with a flair that went out too soon. The edition of this livre d'artiste consisted of 100 copies containing 10... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1971. 11 plates (9 in color; 2 b/w, 1 double-spread). [16] pp. Corrugated board covers with "Rauschenberg" silk-screened in silver, bound with reinforced Kraft tape. 24.2 x 16.7 cm. The edition "prints" described here actually are collage multiples made of all manner of flattened boxes and... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1967. 8 separate plates of lithographs (4 in color) + text folder of 4 pp. Decorated portfolio. 23.6 x 17.1 cm. Price list/order form laid in. "Booster" is about 6 x 3 feet and includes a life-size portrait of the artist in the form of a.... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1983. Stiff, off-white cardstock embossed with title & decoration. First & last leaves of delicate, woven silk. 15 pp. with 9 plates (8 in color). 23.7 x 20.3 cm. This sequence of 491 unique collages and this lovely catalogue represent the outcome of Rauschenberg's 1982 visit... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1970. Folded card, diecut at leading edge to simulate film perforations. 4 pp. B/w cover ill. & 13 color ills. 16.1 x 23.4 cm. From the text: "Image and sound operate as extensions of the artist's concepts as he considers the genesis and evolution of his... More
Stanford, California: Department of Art & Architecture, Stanford University, 1967. The long subtitle pretty well defines Jeff Berner's collection of Fluxus and related material. 14 plates & ills. (one a doublespread hors-texte plate of Mieko Shiomi's "Spatial poem no. 2, 1965"). 23 pp. 1 doublespread). Purple & black paper covers... More
Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von George Westermann, 1865. 2557 numbered illustrations on 336 pp. + prelims & subject indexes on first 16 pp. About 33.5 x 25.5 cm. Original paper covers badly worn; spine perished; volume shaken and partly disbound. A green half-sheet mounted on the half-title outlines the forms... More
Edewecht, Germany: Edition des Dada Research Centers, 1984. 29 pp., all facsmile of original score; no other text. Tan paper. Blue paper covers. 29.7 x 20.8 cm. ISBN 3-922595-02-2. Only 6 copies in OCLC, none in the US. Slightly bent corners and shallow crosswise creases at spine. Slight fadint at... More
Irvine: University of California, Schoolof Fine Arts, 1968. 1000 copies. 8 plates (2 color). 26 pp. Paper covers in purple & orange. 23.6 cm square. Introduction by Clayton Garrison. Texts by Fidel A. Danieli (Vija Celmins, Tony DeLap), John Coplans (Robert Irwin); Jane Livingston (Craig Kauffman), and Barbara Rose (Richard... More
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1989. No. 170 of 175 copies produced to accompany the exhibition Volumes. 8 plates (including one mounted color plate and one attached plastic bag with contents. [23] pp. 21.6 x about 18 cm. Each artist has two doublespreads with a printed signature on the left and... More
Bergamo [later Milano]: Ponteur, [circa 1960?]. All illustrations, except first four leaves. [64] pp. Decorated card covers bound inside fold with brass brads. 21.2 x 24.4 cm (covers, oversquare). The noted Danish designer Poul Cadovius created his ingenious "system abstracta" for shelving and displays. Its flexibility derived from a connector... More
New Paltz, NY: Documentext, 1979. Profuselyl illustrated. 281 + [7] pp. Cloth with dustjacket. 21.4 x 25.3 cm (oversquare). First edition of 2000 copies in cloth. Edited by Bruce McPherson. Boldly inscribed on blank preceding the title page: "For Aldis & Maria— Dear friends, with admiration love & thanks. Carolee... More
Lugano, Switzerland: Art International, 1964. To publicize Andy Warhol's second and last show at the Stable Gallery in New York, April 21 to May 9, 1964, the owner, Eleanor Ward, took out a full-page advertisement on the inside back cover of the April 1964 issue of Art International. A bland... More
Ambert d'Auvergne, France: Richard de Bas Moulin de Papier, 1979. Broadside 32.4 x about 25.2 cm. Printed on handmade paper that incorporates small leaves, blossoms, and seeds. Left edge deckle. Only one record in OCLC, at Western Michigan University, which describes a box of 18 items, all samples from the... More
NY: Museum of the Surreal and Fantastique, 1982. Contains "An Appreciation," August 1982, and "The Pop Corn Kid," both by William S. Burroughs. 12 pp, 9 full-page b/w plates & 2 illustrations. B/w paper covers. 11 x 8-1/2. Some wear and shallow creasing on cover. Inscribed on cover in bronze... More
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![Faculty ‘68 [Vija Celmins, Tony DeLap, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Richard Smith]. Irvine. Clayton Garrison University of California.](/pictures/thumb/58421.jpg?v=1545185116)
