[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 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], 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
[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], 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 Francisco Museum of Art, 1949. Mullican's first one-man show. 4 plates and color decoration on title page. [16] pp. + tissue flyleaves. 25.3 x 15.8 cm. Tan paper covers decorated with elaborate printed drawing in black and title in red. 800 copies. Foreword by Richard B. Freeman; texts by..... More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. 24 plates (8 in color). [48] pp. Stiff paper covers with full-page color plate. 20.4 x 21.7 cm. The Natzlers were the most civilized people I have ever met. They fled Vienna in 1938 during the Nazi takeover, after they already had become..... More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,1968. 31 plates & illustrations (18 color) and 56 catalogue illustrations. 81 pp. Decorated paper covers. 26.8 x 20 cm. (covers). Two years after the 1966 retrospective (item 24491) Mrs. Sperry underwrote the publication of this beautiful publication and bequeathed her collection of Natzler pots..... More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,1968. 31 plates & illustrations (18 color) and 56 catalogue illustrations. 81 pp. Decorated boards with olive-green spine. 26.8 x 20 cm. (covers). Two years after the 1966 LACMA retrospective (item 24491) Mrs. Sperry underwrote the publication of this beautiful publication and bequeathed her collection..... More
Los Angeles County Museum, 1945. 2 plates, by Alanson Spencer and Fred Sersen. 4 pp. + paper covers. 24.7 x 18.8 cm. The catalogue lists 39 works by Duncan Gleason, Thorwald Probst, and others, including 7 water colors, 4 sculptures, and 5 prints. The two illustrations, highlighted with captions printed..... More
La Jolla, California: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1979. Dark-blue paper folder with applied label and 2 mounted leaves inside: the text by Ronald Silveira and the plate depicting the 1782 map with added tints of pale blue and tan. 27.9 x 21 cm. A keepsake for the Friends of..... More
Los Angeles: Plantin Press, 1960s-1970s. A collection of the following from the 1960s and 1970s: Prospectus for Edgar Taylor Dorsey. Baja California Woodcuts. 1969. Folder. 19.5 x22.1 cm., with two illustrations from the book. Shallow wrinkling and creasing, and a light date stamp (Dec 4 1969) on front. Folded vertically..... More
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[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
[Los Angeles? The artist? 1969?]. Artist's book, SIGNED. 23 photographs of scenes and settings around L.A. [29 leaves, including front and rear blanks.] White cover with white plastic spiral binding. 15.9 x 20.5 cm. As new. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. 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
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1968. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker on last page). First printing (2400 copies). Ruscha's 8th book. Title & copyright pages & 10 color plates + 52 blank pages, as issued. 18.1 x 14 cm. Title in black on white, uncoated cover stock. Tiny nick out..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1965 [1970]. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker inside rear cover). Second edition. 3000 copies (following 700 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles). Ruscha's 3rd book. White paper covers with title in light green. 34 black-and-white illustrations on [44] pp. 17.9 x 14.1..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1965 [1970]. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker inside rear cover). Second edition. 3000 copies (following 700 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles). Ruscha's 3rd book. White paper covers with title in light green. 34 black-and-white illustrations on [44] pp. 17.9 x 14.1..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1965 [1970]. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker inside rear cover). Second edition. 3000 copies (following 700 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles). Ruscha's 3rd book. White paper covers with title in light green. 34 black-and-white illustrations on [44] pp. 17.9 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
San Francisco Art Association, 1915. 64 hors-texte plates in fine-grained sepia half-tone & 6 small illustrations and one plan in the text. [6] pp. advertisements + viii pp. + plates + 112 pp. Stiff, light brown paper covers.. 22.7 x 15 cm. Lists 7025 works of art in 120 galleries..... 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
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1915. 2 vols. Vellum & bds., top edges gilt, 27.7 x 20.2 cm. 192 plates + xviii + 485 pp. **Copy no. 491 of 1000. Chapters by various hands, including several on leading U.S. painters, one each on the art of 12 contributing countries, and an..... More
Valencia, CA: Feminist Art Program. California Institute of the Arts, 1975. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 136 pp. Paper covers decorated with photographs of all 18 artists in the book. 21.6 x 14.2 cm. The second half of the book contains letters from 71 artists, including Eleanor Antin, Lynda Benglis, Joan..... More
La Jolla, CA: Laurence McGilvery, 1989. Approximately 16 plates + 128 pp.; paper covers.; 28 x 21.5 cm (standard US letter size). **500 copies. Indexes over 8900 works of art from 98 catalogues. Contains indexes of owners, sponsors of exhibitions, and printers. New. Our own publication. ISBN 0-910938-97-0. More
