[London: the artist?[ 1997/98]. For Damien Hirst's Notting Hill Gate restaurant in London, he designed wallpaper based on the Merck Company's pharmaceutical products. Those first versions, in bronze and silver, which were used to decorate the restaurant, used the actual trade names. Merck objected to this appropriation of their trademarks..... More
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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
New York: Robert Lax, 1960. Pax was issued intermittently in 18 issues between 1956 and 1962, with three later ones in 1985. This one is a wonderful satire by Ad Reinhardt, who is paired up with other artists and reconfigures or comments on their statements on art. Samples: Gottlieb and..... More
New York: Art-Rite Publishing Co., 1973-1978. Newsprint with self covers. All issues roughly letter size. Normal condition is browned at the edges with some signs of handling. No. 21, the virtually unobtainable final issue, is a facsimile. The original consisted only of a cover, with no contents. Judy Rifka decorated..... More
Milano: Bruno Alfieri, 1962-1964. A fabulous (and apparently almost unknown) magazine of graphic design from the publisher of Metro. Profusely illustrated (part color) with inserts, various papers, gatefolds. Decorated covers. 40.5 x 24 cm. Parallel Italian, French & English. OCLC locates this title only at the Bibliothèque Nationale and the..... More
Detroit Museum of Art, 1914, ©1913. Frontis. por. of the artist + 22 pp. Letterpress printing. Cream-colored yapp covers of Fabriano paper. Spine strengthened with ecru tape and perforated at the fold for pamphlet binding. 20 x about 12 cm. Ex-library (legitimately withdrawn), but scarce. With three light stamps on..... More
Milano: Bruno Alfieri, 1967-1968. Lavishly illustrated in b/w & some color. [8] advertising pp. + 278 pp. White boards with dustjacket. 22.6 x 23.6 cm. The fourth volume of this excellent but short-lived publication (1964-1970) on the latest in world architecture. Texts by Alberto Rosselli, Esther McCoy, Giuseppe Mazzariol, Paolo..... More
Tijuana, Mexico: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, 2021. 1000 copies. First edition. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMOCA). It was underwritten by MassMOCA; El Colegio de la Frontera, in Tijuana; The Athenaeum, in La Jolla; and the Stamps Gallery at the..... More
UK: Cornerhouse & others, 1995-96. Warmly inscribed on the contents by Baldessari, to his longtime friend and fellow artist, Richard Allen Morris: "To Richard—with awe —John." He meant these compliments, and Richard fully deserved them. Profusely illustrated (part color). 256 pp. Decorated paper covers. 30 x 21.9 cm. 119 pp..... More
[Madrid, Spain]: Ministerio de Cultura, 1990. Warmly inscribed on the half-title by Baldessari, to his longtime friend and fellow artist, Richard Allen Morris: "For Richard with admiration — John." He meant these compliments, and Richard fully deserved them. An exhibition at the Centro de Arte Sofia Reina and two other..... More
[San Diego, the artist], 2003. Initials by the artist on drawing; full signature on verso, along with indication that the picture may be displayed vertically in either orientation. Untitled gestural drawing in ink and black marker on ivory paper. 17.7 x 12.7 cm. In clear plastic frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 2021. Initials and year by the artist on mounting paper, 2021; full signature on verso. Untitled ink drawing on fragment of paper printed in color half-tones. About 17.2 x 12.6 cm. In chromed metal frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 2021. Initials and year by the artist on mounting paper, 2021; full signature on verso. Untitled abstract ink drawing on white wove paper. About 17.2 x 12.6 cm. In chromed metal frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 2021. Initials and date by the artist on mounting paper, 2021; signed in full on the verso. Untitled abstract ink drawing on printed color image. 12 x 7 cm. In clear plastic frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 2021. Initialled by the artist on mounting paper, 2021. Gestural ink drawing on textured yellow paper. 14.2 x 6.6 cm. In clear plastic frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 1980. Signed in full by the artist, 1978. Collage created from fragments of earlier watercolors on paper. 12.5 x 7.8 cm. In clear plastic frame. More
[San Diego, the artist], 1978. Signed in full by the artist, 1978. Collage created from fragments of earlier sprayed paintings on the blank versos of printed billboard paper. 12.5 x 7.8 cm. In clear plastic frame. More
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
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
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
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
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
