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
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Eindhoven, Netherlands: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1970. A most interesting multiple. This mint copy is sealed inside a white plastic pocket with the title, dtes, and publisher silkscreened in pale, nearly invisible pink ink on the front. 27 x 23.8 cm (overall). According to two OCLC records, the catalogue inside is..... More
London: Museum of Installation, [1994?]. Many illustrations. 26 leaves photocopied on one side only + a few pp. laid in. Commercial binder with clear polyester front and rear cover of white card stock; bound as issued with white cloth tape. 30 x 21 cm overall. After an introductory page, the..... More
Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst, 2005. 1200 copies. Many illustrations. 158 pp. Stiff, white glossy covers printed in black with illustration. Parallel German & English. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
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
[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 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
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. 2000 copies. Bright-red leather-textured paper covers with the title in black. Title leaf and 60 black-and-white plates selected from Ruscha's collection, from rhythm & blues to Linda Ronstadt. Photos by Jerry McMillan. 72 unnumbered pp. 17.8 x 14.1..... 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 & 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
London: South Bank Centre, 1993. 61 plates (44 color). 119 + [2] pp.Gray boards with debossed cover title and spine printed in dark-red, dustjacket in color and black. 25 x 37 cm (oversquare). A stunning and thought-provoking book by one of the world's most profound living artists. Turrell writes mostly..... 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: Newspace, 1996. Artist's book. 13 b/w plates. [49] pp. 28 x 21.5 cm. Loosely bound with black plastic comb. Artist-created domestic objects. Also includes Isabel Heimerdinger, Susan Hornbeak, Laurel Katz, Garret Keith, Marcos Luytens, Kristen Morse, Timothy Nolan, Bill Scanga, and Ron Schafer. Biographies in back pp. OCLC..... 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
Ottawa: Department of the Secretary of State 1971 Original title: Bulletin No. 146, Illustrated flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (original printed 1964 corrected by the artist.). Artist's book. Profusely illustrated in black and white. [ix] + 218 + [5] pp. Dark red buckram printed in bright gilt. The original..... 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
NY: Heiner Friedrich, ©1970. Second edition. (The original edition was 1963.) Various inserts, mounted items, etc. About 136 pp., printed on several colors of paper. Wrs. 22.8 x 20.5 cm (oversquare). A seminal work, with contributions by George Brecht, John Cage, Ray Johnson, Jackson MacLow, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik..... More
