Paris: André Sauret, 1964. Original lithograph. Black ink on white, unwatermarked, wove paper. 31-8 x 23.5 cm / 12.5 x 9-1/4 in. This version of the artist and his model--one of Picasso's most fruitful themes--appeared as the frontispiece of Fernand Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe IV. That was the final volume of..... More
Cannes, 1957. Picasso created this lithograph on May 24, 1957, "for the benefit of the newspaper 'Le Patriote' at Nice" (from Fernand Mourlot's catalogue raisonné, where it is number 291; also Bloch 830). The edition was 1,000 copies on paper watermarked "Arches" and "Mourlot," and signed with a stamped signature..... More
Paris: Sauret, 1956. Original lithograph in orange, green, blue, and black on white, unwatermarked, wove paper, 31.4 x 22.8 cm / 12-1/4 x 9 in. Published as the frontispiece to Volume III of Fernand Mourlot's 4-volume catalogue raisonné of Picasso's lithographs. The edition was 3000 copies, plus a few proofs..... More
[Pasadena, California: the artist: 1977]. Signed by the artist. 20 plates printed on both sides of 10 leaves of stiff, coated paper, and divided horizontally into 4 proportioned segments that can be combined in the manner of a split-page children's book (created since the 18th century, when they were known..... More
Mexico City: April-May 1942. The first of five issues (6 numbers). 8 mounted plates (5 color), 2 original woodcuts by Paalen (1 mounted, and 1 hors-texte), plus 12 text illustrations. 52 pp.Original paper covers. 28.3 x 22.5 cm. Texts variously in English or French by Wolfgang and Alice Paalen, Edward..... More
![Please stop! [manifesto]. Mathias Goeritz](/pictures/thumb/100740.jpg?v=1605680163)
[New York? the artist? 1960]. Manifesto. Single sheet of light-weight paper printed one side.21.5 cm square. According to the abstract of a paper by Jennifer Josten written for PART: the Journal of the CUNY PhD Program in Art History, 2008: "On the evening of March 17, 1960, 250 invited guests..... More
New York: Staempfli, 1967. 13 plates and illustrations of the World Trade Center towers and other projects. 8 pp. + decorated paper covers. 23 x 19.8 cm. Near fine; lower front corner very slightly turned. More
[Pasadena: the artist], 1972. Artist's book. 16 photographs. 40 pp. Decorated paper covers. 30.1 x 22.2 cm. Portraits of various "iceboxes" by the photographer and first wife of Allan Kaprow, with snippets of recollection and refrigerator thought. Fine. More
[New Brunswick, NJ: Mason Gross School of the Fine Arts, Rutgers University, 2007] (?). 1 of 20 copies issued for the artists; each print so marked, with the owner's name. 20 original prints as described below, with protective tissues, plus three printed leaves. All loose ads issued in clamshell box..... More
[St, Joseph, Mo.?] per OCLC): the artist, 2005. 97 photographs printed one side in duotone on heavy, coated paper. 101 pp. Comb binding. 28 x 21.7 cm. This publication came about through the discovery over a half-century later of the artist's negatives. She studied with William Mortenson, though she displays..... More
L’Hay les Roses: Cahiers de la Seine, 2003. Livre d'artiste. 40/60 copies signed by author, translator, and artist. Original, signed cliche-verre by Katherine Blanc inserted loose as frontispiece. 24 pp. in signatures, loose in folded paper covers, with slipcase. Some edges deckle. Four poems printed on vélin d'arches in French..... More
San Francisco, circa 1947-1955. Spencer Barefoot cut a modest swath in the intimately entwined musical and social spheres of mid-century San Francisco. Between 1943 and 1949 he wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and became assistant to the paper’s noted music critic, Alfred Frankenstein. When he left to form his..... More
![Proof sheet of Maciunas designs for Fluxus labels.] Poster. George . Fluxus Maciunas, 19311978](/pictures/thumb/40613.jpg?v=1603570742)
New York: Fluxus, [probably 1969]. Poster. Proof sheet of 23 to 25 Fluxus labels, flat, unfolded & uncut. White paper printed in black on one side. 44.5 x 57.1 / 17.5 x 22.5 in. Some designs identified here with Fluxus Codex page references: Brecht, Games & puzzles, pp. 197ff (1964);..... More
San Francisco Chronicle; [prob. 1966]. Announcing the Sixth Annual World Championship Domino Tournament, sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle in the Domino Rooms of the San Francisco Commercial Club, Saturday, February 18, 1967. Single sheet of thick laid paper printed in black and gray. 35.5 x 27.9 cm. Folded crosswise..... More
Mexico City: April-May 1942. The first of five issues (6 numbers). 8 mounted plates (5 color), 2 original woodcuts by Paalen (1 mounted, and 1 hors-texte), plus 12 text illustrations. 52 pp.Original paper covers. 28.3 x 22.5 cm. Texts variously in English or French by Wolfgang and Alice Paalen, Edward..... More
Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1972. 17 b/w plates. [23] pp. Stiff, light-brown paper covers. 22 x 17 cm. Internal titles: "Henri Michaux: encres de Chine 1966-1970 et peintures acryliques 1972-1972." "Viseux: sculptures récentes 1971-1972." "Joaquin Ferrer: aquarelles 1970-1972." No text. Near fine; slight fading at spine and top edge of..... More
New York: David Nolan Gallery, 1984. 9 b/w plates. 19 pp. Decorated paper cover. 22.3 x 20.5 cm. Essay by Prudence Carlson. Michaux was a Belgian-born artist and poet. His travels as a young man in Asia and elsewhere influenced his later work, as did his experiences with LSD and..... More
Consigny [France]: Embers [Press], 1976. 250 copies. 3 plates (the first two may be a double-spread). [29] pp. Stiff, decorated gray-green paper covers. 23 x 15.8 cm (covers). The binding opens at the narrow edge and reads down the length of the page. Contains "Significance of the drawings" (under mescaline)..... More
Amsterdam, New York City. 1. Henri Michaux. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1964. Profusely illustrated (part color). [77] pp. Stiff, dark yellow cover. 27.4 x 18.4 cm. The catalogue describers 233 works. Near fine. 2. Henri Michaux: drawings 1950-1981. New York: David Nolan Gallery, 1984. 9 b/w plates. 19 pp. Decorated paper cover..... More
Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1989. Illustrations, diagrams, etc. [22] unnumbered pages. White cover stock decorated in black and fastened with brass brads. 27.9 x 21.6 cm. Reza Abdoh wrote and directed large-scale experimental theatrical productions on themes like race, class, the AIDS crisis, and environmental issues, such as the decades-long..... More
Tokyo-to Bijutsukan, 1984. Profusely illustrated (including 32 color plates). 205 pp. Stiff brick-colored paper covers. 24 x 22 cm. Saito was one of the pioneers of abstract painting in Japan and joined the Avant-Garde Western Painting Research Institute in 1933. This retrospective includes 98 works between 1978 and 1984. The..... More
Paris: Robert et Lydie Dutrou, 2000. Original cover by Alechinsky (silkscreen?) + 6 plates (2 in color). [31] pp. Stiff paper covers. 35.4 x 27.5 cm. eight 4-page signatures loose in paper covers, as issued. Poems face the plates. Top edge of front cover slightly rough on open end; otherwise..... More
Paris: Alyscamps Press, 2019. 25 copies signed by the publisher. 20 illustrations (8 in color). [43] pp. Stiff, decorated paper covers, with dustjackete of handmade paper. 21.6 x 13.8 cm. 2 copies: 16/30, dark-green paper with gilt decoration; 17/30, dark-blue with gilt decoration. Please specify the copy preferred. Roman Jakobson..... More
Paris: Alyscamps Press, in association with Michael Neal, Cayeux-sur-Mer, France, 2018. No. 23 of 25 copies signed by the publisher. 21 illustrations. 41 + [21] pp. Stiff, decorated paper covers. 21.6 x 13.4 cm. "These poems were written as a response to lines by Artaud contained in his Cahiers de..... More
San Diego, 1941. Balboa Park in San Diego was developed during two world's fairs, the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition and the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition. The Spanish Village, an artists' colony of thirty-five studios, is one of the attractions added in 1935. This professionally designed and conceived magazine was modeled..... More
