Vito Acconci: public places
New York: Museum of Modern Art, ©1988. New York: Museum of Modern Art, ©1988. 34 ills. (2 color). 31 pp. Green flocked cover with die-cut hole in center. 21.8 x 29.8 cm (oversquare). As new in MoMA store shrinkwrap. More
Artists
Yaacov Agam. Inscribed to "Fred" Weisman?
New York, May-June 1966. This is one of two such copies, both inscribed to "Fred"; please read on. They probably came to me decades ago as duplicates from the UCLA Art Library. Although the catalogue indicates that the exhibition was in New York, the possible connections to UCLA suggest that..... More
Yaacov Agam. Inscribed to "Fred" Wight?
New York, May-June 1966. This is one of two such copies, both inscribed to "Fred"; please read on. They probably came to me decades ago as duplicates from the UCLA Art Library. Although the catalogue indicates that the exhibition was in New York, the possible connections to UCLA suggest that..... More
Aux petits soins optiques
Paris: Atelier Clot, 1989. 940 copies (this one unnumbered). 63 droll illustrations of spectacles in various styles. The drawings, in black on cream, appear on both covers, the brief prelims, and 7 plates. The book is printed one side on four sheets of heavy laid paper four times the size..... More
Being Antinova, cloth edition
Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. The uncommon, dark-red cloth edition. 26 x 18 cm. 87 pp. 31 illustrations on 16 plates (under the title "Recollections of my life with Diaghilev") + 29 illustrations in the text. Very fine. More
Being Antinova, paper edition
Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. Paper covers. 26 x 18 cm. 87 pp. 31 illustrations on 16 plates (under the title "Recollections of my life with Diaghilev") + 29 illustrations in the text. Fine. More
"Niente purtroppo!": (quelques objets volants 1954-75)
Carouge: Galerie Gaetan / Genève: Ecart, mai/juin 1975. 700 copies. Dustjacket printed in blue over plain card covers. 20 pp. of illustrations printed in colors. 20.7 x 14.7 cm. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp
New York: Galerie Chalette, 1960. 970 numbered copies. Profusely ill, (part color); 62 pp.; stiff paper covers., flocked in dark blue with metallic appliqué; 24 x 24 cm. **970 numbered copies. Very fine. Several copies available. More
R.A. Augustinci présente les oeuvres de Enrico Baj
Paris: Galerie Rive Gauche, 1959. 9 plates & illustrations (4 in color, 1 of these a double-spread of wallpaper with a die-cut black-and-white composition inserted inside it). [20] pp. Color wallpaper covers. 21.4 x 17.5 cm. A delightful exhibition catalogue in fine condition. Only 2 copies located in OCLC (The..... More
Choosing: green beans
Milano: Edizioni Toselli, 1972. 1500 copies. 9 color plates. [24] pp. White paper covers.. 29.6 x 20.9 cm. Light wear and a nearly invisible skinned area near the bottom front corner. Some faint foxing on the front cover. **Free domestic or international shipping with direct order. More
John Baldessari, e.g., Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham)
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1994. 4 illustrations. 4-panel folder. 20.3 x 18.7 cm (folded). **Text: "Dating bars and Montaigne," by John Baldessari. The illustrations include Graham's "Harlequin (self-portrait)" in its original version and in a version manipulated by Baldessari. Also, two versions of Baldessari's collage "e.g., Grass, Water..... More
How to photograph women and other stories
[California (probably): the author doubtless), 1989 or later]. Artist's book. Many illustrations (most color). 34 leaves photocopied one side only. Color cover with clear plastic overlays and black comb binding. 28 x 21.3 cm. The text consists of some of the author's experiences working during summer vacation at a Ritz..... More
Belle Baranceanu: a retrospective. Essays by Bram Dijkstra and Anne Weaver
La Jolla, CA: University of California, San Diego, 1985. 40 plates (11 color, including 1 double-spread); 64 pp.; paper covers.; 28 x 21.5 cm (standard US letter size). As new. **Fine catalogue from the Mandeville Gallery on a good, little-known, WPA-period artist who spent most of her long life in..... More
10 April 1932: 3 years, 4 months and 20 some days younger than Mickey Mouse
[Los Angeles?]: the artist, 1972. Autobiography as artist's book. Profusely illustrated (including credited photos by Jerry McMillen, Ed Ruscha, Ken Murakami, and others). 121 pp. Pale-gray paper covers. 21.6 x 15.6 cm. Spine slightly tanned; otherwise fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
“Exposition Especial”: Billy Al Bengston; seragraphique, lithographique, tapestry, peinture en suite, uno-types. Avril 1971
Los Angeles: Margo Leavin, 1971. Serigraph in yellow and orange blending into violet. Dazzling. 28 x 21 in. / 71. x 53.5 cm. Never folded, but some soft lateral creases. Near fine. More
Varujan Boghosian (poster)
New York: Cordier & Ekstrom, 1969. Poster. Striking image of box construction in light tan (from paper) overprinted in black, with light-gray titling and border. 22 x 17 inches / 55.7 x 43.2 cm. Folded in four. Verso blank. Fine. Not located in OCLC. More
Le roman comique. Illustrations de Paul Bourg
Paris: Editions Littéraires de France, n.d. [193–??]. 12 hors-texte color pochoir plates & cover + 44 color pochoirs in text. 285 pp. Decorated paper covers.. 24.9 x 19.4 cm. Covers slightly tanned; backstrip pulled slightly at head; small chip at tail. **Number 322 of 1450 copies. More
Broodthaers: writings, interviews, photographs
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987 (October, no. 42). Many illustrations. 210 pp. The scarce hardbound edition in publisher's black cloth. 22.7 x 17.5 cm. No dustjacket, as issued. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Bundo Shunkai ten: Toyo no kokoro
Tochigi Kenritsu Bijutsukan, 1982. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, but [176] pp. according to OCLC (the World Catalogue). Black paper covers. 29.8 x 20.9 cm. An extensive study of a calligrapher on a heroic scale. Only 3 copies in OCLC. Top corner bumped. **Free domestic shipping with direct..... More
Pitture e acqueforti a colori di Buonajuti. Versi di Duchamps. With signed color aquatint
Roma: [the artist?], ca. 1960. The covers are an original, signed color aquatint approx. 13 x 19 inches, This is copy no. 4 of what appear to be 200 copies. Warmly inscribed 9.60 to Joshua Taylor. 4 abstract compositions reproduced in black and white. [12] interior pp. Duchamp's poem is..... More
Megaliths. Signed
[Boston]: New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown, ©1986. 119 superb duotone plates, plus illustrations and figures in the text. Unpaginated. Light-colored cloth. 27 x 29.8 cm. SIGNED in black ink (not ballpoint) on half-title. Lacks dustjacket. Depicts ancient stone monuments, including cairns, tumuli, circles,and dolmens in the British Isles and Brittany;..... More
Antoine Caron, peintre à la cour des Valois 1521-1599
Genève: Droz/Lille: Giard, 1955. Booklet of 58 pp. + 32 loose plates, all in paper folder torn at one edge.About 28 x 19.5 cm. Scholarly treatment. More
Odiseo confinado. Grabados de Blas Castagna
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Van Riel, 1992. 1100 copies. 71 well-printed and often fantastic plates and illustrations from woodcuts. 217 pp. Dustjacket over stiff card covers. 26 x 18.5 cm. Both the poet and the illustrator are Argentine. The illustrations range from fabricated documents altered with interlinear wriring to magic realism..... More
Cezanne and the Impressionists
New York: Bignou Gallery, November 1935. 3 plates. [20] pp. White paper covers.. 28 x 21.6 cm (standard US letter size). This copy "especially printed for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr Jr." Barr was the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art. Top corner and bottom spine of..... More
Paul Chabas: sa vie, son oeuvre
Paris: Felix Juven, [19--?]. Peintres d'aujourd'hui no. 11. Paper covers. 21 plates (3 doublespread) + [14] pp. (including 14 illustrations). 28 x 22.4 cm. Mark on dark front cover, a couple of tears in cover edges, and some pp. roughly opened. More