[St. Paul, Minnesota: the artist, 1972, per OCLC]. Artist's "book." 54 colored playing cards printed both sides, in colored pasteboard box. 8.9 x 6.4 cm (cards). This droll exercise is one of two similar productions. The first, in 1971, was 20 cards of baseball players with the heads of artists..... More
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2006. This performance concluded "Nam June Paik: a memorial tribute," at the Guggenheim on April 26, 2006. After an introduction by John G. Harnhardt* and presentations by Thomas Krens, Ken Paik Hakuta*, Merce Cunningham, Shigeko Kubota*, Shuya Abe*, Jonas Mekas, Russell Connor*, David A. Ross*, Wulf..... More
![Robert Morris: Labyrinths—Voice—Blind time. Opening April 6th–27th, 1974 [poster]. Robert....](/pictures/thumb/24240.jpg?v=1644616457)
New York: Castelli-Sonnabend, 1974. Poster, printed in Duotone on wove paper. This transgressive and iconic photograph of a bare-chested Morris clad only in a stormtrooper's helmet, dark glasses, a spiked steel neckband, steel wristbands, and heavy steel chains elicited an even more startling response from his former collaborator, Lynda Benglis..... More
Stonypark, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1975. A celebration of the smallest sails to be seen on our English ponds. 9 tan cards printed in brown. 14.6 x 10.6 cm. In an orange paper folder printed in brown. Approx. 14.6 x 10.8 cm. Photographs of children's sailboats with accompanying..... More
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. 1000 copies. Frontis. portrait + 5 color plates (2 of them double-spread gatefolds). Unpaginated [24 pp. on heavy stock]. Covers browned and rubbed at extremities. Shallow bump at bottom of spine. More
![Schmuck [2]: Iceland. David Mayor, Coordinator](/pictures/thumb/78401.jpg?v=1644616463)
Cullompton, Devon, UK: Beau Geste Press, July 1972. The second number (of 8 published); contains work by four Icelandic artists: Kristjan Gudmundsson, Hreinn Fridfinnson & Hlif Svavarsdottir, Sigurdur Gudmundsson. Profusely illustrated (including two collages). [48] pp. (including 3 dividers printed on the same stock as the covers). Loose sheets glued..... More
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1991. 10 plates (7 in color). 37 + [1] pp. Gray card covers with b/w plates applied front and back. 23 x 15 cm. The color plates consist of homages to Marcel Duchamp ("Fountain" in gold-plated bronze), Man Ray ("La Fortune," an installation of 6..... More
Wroclaw: Galeria Permafo; Klub Zwiazkow Twórczych, 1973. Artist's book. 300 copies. Consists entirely of wordplay on "Natalia" and serial compositions of her face and orther subjects in grids of 8 to 20 images by the Polish artist, performer, photographer, and videomaker. 40 unpaginated leaves, printed on rectos only. Decorated white..... More
[United States, per OCLC]: the artist, 1978. An original xerox book by the noted performance artist. Copy no. 17 of 25 published. MoMA owns no. 25/25. Signed inside the rear cover: "25/17 | Rachel Rosenthal | 1976-1978." The book consists of covers, a title page, and eight plates, all hole-punched..... More
New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, First edition, 1982. 127 plates & illustrations (16 in color). 144 pp. (the first 32 on yellow paper). Wire spiral binding with fluorescent pink card stock folded and bound at the open edges. 23.2 cm square. Two small flaws on the front cover (see scan)..... More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1964. 12 b/w plates of Voulkos'ceramic sculpture. [18] pp. Orange-brown paper covers deeply embossed with the artist's name. 28 cm square. 1000 copies. Brief biography and bibliography. Near fine, with minor traces of handling. The thin, oversize format of this catalogue makes it especially..... More
Paris:Floury, 1921. 95 ills. + 56 hors-texte pls. (12 color; LACKS original drypoint at p. 226, "Jeunes filles fleurissants leurs chapeaux"). 273 pp. 26 x 20 cm. Decorated paper front cover rebound with plain backstrip and rear cover. French text. John Rewald wrote: "Written by a lifeflong friend of the..... More
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou / Editions Herscher, 1982. 96 ills. on 78 pls. (12 color). Unpaginated [112 pp.]. Cloth with dustjacket in Plastikeen transparent sleeve. 30 x 28 cm. Selected from 3000 photographs taken by Hockney between 1962 and 1982. Text in French. Very good. Mild foxing in the front..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1981. Primarily plates and illustrations (part color). 111 pp. Decorated paper covers. 28.5 x 21.8 cm. The architect for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the master plan for the World Trade Center site in Manhattan, and many other significant buildings provides here a dazzling group of drawings..... More
New York: George Wittenborn, 1967. 64 pp. of plates (1 in sepia), including 7 gatefolds & 18 double- or triple-spreads + 2 tissue overlays and 24 small illustrations. Unpaginated [148 pp.]. Rough tan cloth covers with lavishly decorated dustjacket in Simplex transparent sleeve. 31.5 x 21.8 cm. Text in parallel..... 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
London: Thames & Hudson, 1979. 1059 illustrations (52 in color). 375 pp. Light-brown cloth with white titling on spine and publisher's dustjacket and clear, heavy acetate jacket. The catalogue (pp. 189-359) contains 893 ills., plus another 13 supplementary photographs. Exhibitions; Bibliography; Index of illustrations; Index of collections; Index. An essential..... More
Newport Beach, California: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1988. Richly illustrated (some color). 184 pp. Illustrated white paper covers. 25.4 cm square. Curated by Anne Ayres and Peter Schimmel. Texts by Donald Kuspit, Tom Marioni, David A. Ross, and Howard Singerman. A major survey of Burden's aggressive objects and performances. "Performances..... More
Hidden Hills, California: the artist, 1979. Artists' book. 21 leaves photocopied one side only from the artist's holograph text and drawings and from two typed documents. Velobound with transparent covers. 23 x 21.7 cm. Two copies located at Getty and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. OCLC locates it as..... More
![Correspondence AND Auto/graphs [2 publications]. Lena Rivkin](/pictures/thumb/27301.jpg?v=1635660133)
[Los Angeles?]: the artist, ©1980. Artists' books. Both publications consist of photocopied letters or drawings printed one side and bound loosely in comb bindings. 27.8 x 21.3 cm. **Correspondence: [56] leaves. Black cover; white binding: "I asked friends to lend me something they received in the mail that effected [sic]..... More
Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1975. Primarily b/w illustrations & diagrams with texts and captions in parallel English and Polish. [21] pp. Off-white card covers. 27.9 x 21.6 cm. The actions documented are: "The instrument" (1971); "Action in Space" (1972); "Vehicle" (1973); "Drawing of stool" (1974); "Ladder" (1975); and "Demonstrative..... More
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. 166 + [6] pp. Black, white, and red paper covers. 16.6 x 12.7 cm. Light signs of handling. Warmly inscribed to the performance artist Barbara Turner Smith. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Genève: Ecart Publications, 1974. Artists's book. The Tate guesses either 920 or 420 copies, but this one clearly is 101 of 420. The limitation is on the final page. This artists’ publication is a squat miniature book of 150 to 200 pp., with paper covers and glued with a cloth..... More
Milano: Bruno Alfieri, 1964. Profusely illustrated in b/w. [8] advertising pp. (2 in color) + xix + [1] + 223 + (2) pp. White boards with dustjacket. 22.7 cm square. The first of an excellent but short-lived publication on the latest in world architecture. Texts in Italian, English, French, and..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1907. 300 copies. A near-fine copy with slipcase. Ed. by Baron Roger Portalis. Translated by Carolyn Shipman. 14 splended hors-texte plates of bindings in colors and gold. xlv + 386 pp. Half-blue morocco and boards with gilt titling. Untrimmed deckle edges on the leading edge and..... More
