Elblag, [Poland]: the artist, 1979. Artist's book. 27(?)/30 copies "unfinished but illustrated by himself (Arriergarde)." A small superscript "2" follows "theses" in the title. I presume "Arriergarde" is the converse of "avantgarde." The entire text consists of hand-cut linocuts and rubber stamps printed with colors blending into one another. [26]..... More
Barcelona, Espanya: Metrònom, Espai del Centre de Documentació d'Art Actual, 1981. Introduction by Gloria Picazo in parallel Catalan and English. Approximately 476 illustrations on 67 plates. 68 leaves (i.e., 136 pp.) + [9] pp. index, bibliography, etc. 29.8 x 21 cm. White paper covers with red and blue borders in..... 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
Vancouver: University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, 1968. 32 illustrations on 15 plates + [40] pp. Decorated front cover & pasteboard rear cover, bound with brass fasteners. 27.9 x 21.5 cm. The first part of the publication reproduces correspondence between Rockman and the curator Alvin Balkind, including various health..... More
Los Angeles; the artist, 2003. Artist's book. 6/10 copies, signed & numbered, with t.l.s. Title page, 30 color plates on heavy, wove stock, with protective tissues bearing captions, plus colophon. Heavy olive boards with title, "Modren art by Rachel," handwritten in silver ink. Loosely bound with three 1.5-inch metal rings..... More
[L.A.? The artist? 1970?] Artist's book, INSCRIBED. 600 copies. 24 photographs juxtapose sterile hotel rooms in Los Angeles with messier indoor and oudoor scenes, e.g., a hilltop path overhung by a tree marked X, an action painting of Heinz ketchup on a white tablecloth, a deposit of 2 or 3..... More
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. Photos by Jerry McMillan. Ruscha's 15th book. Bright-red paper covers with the title in black. Title leaf and 60 black-and-white plates. 17.8 x 14.1 cm. Some silverfish damage on covers, mainly the leading edge of the front cover. These primitive insects, some 400-million years old..... More
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1967. Ed Ruscha's characteristically witty wedding announcement shows him asleep in a large, rumpled bed with two coeds. The full-page photo by Jerry McMillan is on p. 7 of this issue. The contents include: Gothic parallels, by Sidney Tillim; Olitski and shape, by Michael Fried; Manet at..... More
New York: Creative Time, 1995. Inscribed by Hope Sandrow and with a duplicate postcard bearing a long, personal note from her. An envelope and flap made of single-sided corrugated cardboard (about 17 x 20 cm) contains 16 (i.e., 17) color postcards 15.2 x 10 cm (oversquare) + 13 grayish-tan sheets..... More
Ascoli Piceno, Italy: Galleria Rosati, 1974. 10 plates. 20 pp. Black paper covers. 22 x 18.4 cm. Two large postcards laid in show Scolavino's work, from Venezuela and Mexico. Texts in Italian by the artist, Ciro Ruju, Luigi Castellano, Crispolti, Carlo A. Sitta, and Antonio del Guercio. One copy in..... More
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art [LAICA], 1979. 54 illustrations. 68 pp. White card covers with red title. 21.2 x 21.7 cm.2000 copies. Essays by Richard Armstrong, Peter Frank, and Ivor Darreg. Exhibitors are: Bob Bates, Alec Bernstein, Michael Brewster, Jim Burton, Emmet Chapman, Ivor Darreg, Paul De Marinis, John..... More
Los Angeles & New York: Artforum, 1966–1973. 8 issues with articles by Robert Smithson, as follows: **Volume IV [4], number 10, June 1966. "Entropy and the new monuments." **Volume V [5] Number 10, Summer 1967. "Towards the development of an air terminal site." **Volume VI [6], number 2, October 1967..... More
Torino, Italy: Edizioni Geiger, 1969. Wittenborn and Company label on title page. No. 223 of 300 copies. A remarkable assembling of concrete poetry and other work by 40 artists, including Jochen Gerz, Timm Ulrichs, Adriano Spatola, Achille Bonito Oliva, Julien Blaine, Marina Apollonio, Rinaldo Nuzzolese (signed print), and Sandro Beltramo..... More
La Jolla, California: University of California, San Diego, 1968. Catalogue in the the form of a vertical hanging poster folded leporello style. 6 plates. 10 panels. About 19.8 cm square when folded; about 190.5 cm (75 inches). The participants are Peter Alexander, John Baldessari ("How to sell paintings"), Ron Cooper..... More
Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984. Postcard, unmailed. Card stock, coated one side, with illustration. 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Produced as part of the exhibition "Automobile and Culture," July 21–January 6, 1985, at theTemporary/Contemporary site of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Gerald Silk wrote a catalogue to..... More
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1980. Largely plates & illustration. 48 pp. Gray paper covers. 19 cm. square. Foreword by Robert L. Smith. Documents Vostell's events in the USA 1963-1980. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
New York: 589 Washington Street, April 8–May 18, 1976 (postmark). Sponsored by Dia Art Foundation. Poster. Color offset lithograph printed on two sides of lightly coated paper. 31 x 24 inches / 78.5 x 60.9 cm. Folded in eight. The images on the color front are a sliced-open orange above..... More
