[Pasadena, California: the artist: 1977]. Signed by the artist. 20 plates printed on both sides of 10 leaves of stiff, coated paper, and divided horizontally into 4 proportioned segments that can be combined in the manner of a split-page children's book (created since the 18th century, when they were known..... More
Oceanside, California: Oceanside Museum of Art, 2014. 75 illustrations (mostly color). 63 pp. Decorated paper covers. 21.7 x 28 cm. Dave Hampton's text chronicles the development of avant-garde art in San Diego (and, yes, there was such a thing), through the work of four then-young artists. "Spitting In The Wind"..... More
NY: Films International of New York, 1947. “7 dreams sold by Joe, the dream salesman.” 7 remarkable Surrealist films, especially Max Ernst's “Desire,” with the sailors drowning in storm-tossed seas under the sleeping woman's bed. 29 illustrations. 24 pp. (half of them cropped to 12 cm wide). Green covers with..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1977. Inscribed 9/77 to David and Eleanor Antin. Many monochrome illustrations on 12 leaves (variously, single, double, and triple size; a total of 46 pages), all loose in printed tan paper folder. 22.9 x 20.4 cm (page size). The Harrisons' environmental art is justly..... More
New York: Longview Foundation, 1963-1964. The first of two issues. Illustrated and with literary contributions. Cover by Larry Rivers. 98 pp. Stiff card covers. 24 x 21.7 cm. Contributions by Kenneth Koch, Robert Rauschenberg, Kenneth Burke, Saul Steinberg, Marshall McLuhan, Willem de Kooning, Saul Bellow, and others. There are at..... More
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), 1978. La Jolla, CA: Laurence McGilvery 2019. Reprint from the original newsprint (with permission). [48] pp. No illustrations. 27.6 x 21.8 cm. Off-white cover. Texts by Mike Crane, Joan Hugo, and Judith A. Hoffberg. A bibliography and list of sources precedes 25 3-column..... More
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Köln-Ehrenfeld: Verlag an den Westdeutschen Verlag, 1957. The firat issue of the legendary, short-lived, mid-century periodical on industrial design, architecture, fine art, theater, film, and dance. Designed by Willem Sandberg, the equally legendary typographer and director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Profusely illustrated in black and white. 50 pp..... More
![Anadolu Mirasinda Türk Evleri [Turkish houses in Anatolian heritage]. Onder. Guner Kucukerman,...](/pictures/thumb/63201.jpg?v=1561329694)
Istanbul : T.C. Kültür Bakanligi, Yayimlar Dairesi Basakanligi, 1995. Profusely illustrated in color, with some black-and-white plans and elevations. 249 + [2] pp. Brown cloth with dustjacket. 30 x 22.5 cm. ISBN 975-17-1562-8. Text entirely in Turkish. At least two hundred plates show in rich detail the graceful and harmonious..... More
Paris: Robert et Lydie Dutrou, 2000. Original cover by Alechinsky (silkscreen?) + 6 plates (2 in color). [31] pp. Stiff paper covers. 35.4 x 27.5 cm. eight 4-page signatures loose in paper covers, as issued. Poems face the plates. Top edge of front cover slightly rough on open end; otherwise..... More
Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1982. MacAdams' piece is a lively, insider's account of Naropa Kerouac Conference that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the publication of On the Road. This Beat Generation event took place at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The article includes photos and comments of Lawrence Ferlinghetti..... More
![Proof sheet of Maciunas designs for Fluxus labels.] Poster. George . Fluxus Maciunas, 19311978](/pictures/thumb/40613.jpg?v=1603570742)
New York: Fluxus, [probably 1969]. Poster. Proof sheet of 23 to 25 Fluxus labels, flat, unfolded & uncut. White paper printed in black on one side. 44.5 x 57.1 / 17.5 x 22.5 in. Some designs identified here with Fluxus Codex page references: Brecht, Games & puzzles, pp. 197ff (1964);..... More
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1903. Folder on Enfield watermarked laid paper, with facsimile of Maeterlinck's holograph letter on the first three pages and Sadakichi Hartmann's English translation on the fourth. About 29.3 x 20.3 cm folded. From the abstract to "Eduard Steichen and Maurice Maeterlinck: the symbolist connection," by Lucy..... More
Firenze: Vallecchi, ©1974. Cloth with dustjacket. 168 pp. 21.8 x 13.3 cm. A little creasing at top edge of dustjacket. **A book of poetry, INSCRIBED in Italian to Margherita [Margaret Scolari] Barr, Roma, 1975. Mrs. Barr was a writer and scholar in her own right and the wife of Alfred..... More
[No place]: Michael McClure, 1965; San Francisco: [1967]. Poster: Blue and red on offwhite paper, with quotations from Norman Mailer, Kenneth Tynan, and Allen Ginsberg. 27.9 x 21.5 cm. Book: Glossy white cover with titling in blue and photos of Jean Harlow (front) and Billy the Kid (rear) in light..... More
New York: Monument Film Corporation, [ca. 1970]. Poster. Flat and unfolded. Printed in red, blue, and gray on image side and in black on verso. One of only three instances of color printing by Maciunas. 27.7 x 43.5 cm / 10-7/8 x 17-1/8 in. "This film is about Cuba's youth..... More
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Paris: Le Point Cardinal, 1972. 17 b/w plates. [23] pp. Stiff, light-brown paper covers. 22 x 17 cm. Internal titles: "Henri Michaux: encres de Chine 1966-1970 et peintures acryliques 1972-1972." "Viseux: sculptures récentes 1971-1972." "Joaquin Ferrer: aquarelles 1970-1972." No text. Near fine; slight fading at spine and top edge of..... More
Amsterdam, New York City. 1. Henri Michaux. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1964. Profusely illustrated (part color). [77] pp. Stiff, dark yellow cover. 27.4 x 18.4 cm. The catalogue describers 233 works. Near fine. 2. Henri Michaux: drawings 1950-1981. New York: David Nolan Gallery, 1984. 9 b/w plates. 19 pp. Decorated paper cover..... More
New York: David Nolan Gallery, 1984. 9 b/w plates. 19 pp. Decorated paper cover. 22.3 x 20.5 cm. Essay by Prudence Carlson. Michaux was a Belgian-born artist and poet. His travels as a young man in Asia and elsewhere influenced his later work, as did his experiences with LSD and..... More
Consigny [France]: Embers [Press], 1976. 250 copies. 3 plates (the first two may be a double-spread). [29] pp. Stiff, decorated gray-green paper covers. 23 x 15.8 cm (covers). The binding opens at the narrow edge and reads down the length of the page. Contains "Significance of the drawings" (under mescaline)..... More
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1989. No. 170 of 175 copies produced to accompany the exhibition Volumes. 8 plates (including one mounted color plate and one attached plastic bag with contents. [23] pp. 21.6 x about 18 cm. Each artist has two doublespreads with a printed signature on the left and..... More
La Jolla: California: Laurence McGilvery, 2015. Digital poster of a photograph taken circa 1989 in Manhattan's East Thirties. Published in an edition of 50 numbered copies +14 proofs, all signed by Linda Montano. Fine, stiff Hahnemühle photo rag paper. Image: 28.7 x 43.2 cm (17 x 10.5 inches}; paper: 30.3..... More
[Genova?]: Edizioni Galleria la Bertesca, 1968. Artist's book. Glossy white covers embossed with a Minimalist design. 20 cm square. 94 pp. An elaborate publication with gatefolds, mounted specimens, color plates, and a 7-inch Flexidisc: "Seven sonorous canes are hung in front of a panel in such a way that the visitor..... 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 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
