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
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Yaacov Agam. Inscribed
New York, May-June 1966. INSCRIBED to "Fred" [Frederick Wight?]. Profusely illustrated. 51 pp. Decorated paper covers.. 21 x 21 cm. Fine. Another copy available at same price with much more elaborate inscription to "Fred" but front cover creased. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Josef Albers: white line squares
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. 6 vivid plates (printed by offset in the true colors of the limited-edition prints, not as 4-color halftones) + 2 diagrams showing the progressive color plates for two of the images + photographs of Albers and of Tyler. [64] pp. This..... More
Never Before f. [Handprinted screen miniature of serigraph by Josef Albers in yellow ochre, dark orange, tan, pink, lavender.]
Bedford Village, NY: Tyler Graphics, ©1976. This superb miniature serigraph was produced by Tyler Graphics as a prospectus for their limited edition prints of Albers' last series, "Never Before" (46 copies, full size image 19.1 x 20 inches). The miniature offered here is not a reproduction in the dictionary sense..... 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
"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
Arp: collages
Paris: Berggruen, 1955. Jacomet pochoir cover in black and gold. 17 plates (several of them pochoirs). First leaf die-cut to display title on second leaf; another leaf with dark-grey image in pochoir die-cut to reveal silver paper behind it. Decorated paper covers. 22 x 11.5 cm. Text by Will Grohmann..... 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
Installation. 445 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, California (poster)
Funded by a donation from H & M Productions, Altadena, California. 1983. Poster. Black-and-white offset lithograph printed on heavy, matte-finished paper. 38.8 x 24.5 in. / 98.6 x 62.2 cm. The composition consists of greatly enlarged details of seven drawings and one photograph. Never folded. Fine. Not located in OCLC..... 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”: 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
Jazz and painting. March 5–31, 1972. Corrected proof copy
Keene, NH: Keene State College, Louise E. Thorne Memorial Art Gallery, 1972. Cover drawing and one plate. 8 pp. Decorated blue paper covers. 22.8 x 15.2 cm. Text: "Getting with Lester and Mondrian in the Forties," by Nell Blaine. A proof copy with her corrections and substantial annotations. "From N...... 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
Brakhage scrapbook: collected writings 1964-1980. Edited by Robert A. Haller
New Paltz, NY: Documentext, ©1982. 14 illustrations on 8 plates + x + 262 pp. Decorated paper covers.. 25.5 x 17.2 cm. Top front corner slightly bumped plus other cover wear; previous owner's name on title page; nevertheless, a good copy. Brakhage's correspondents include Ed Dorn, James Broughton, Jonas Mekas..... More
Victor Brauner
Paris: Galerie Rive Droite, 1961. 9 plates (4 in color). [16] pp. Stiff black paper covers prints in gold. 31 x 24 cm. "Pretexte" by Brauner in parallel French and English. 13 paintings, plus gouaches, exhibited by the Romanian Surrealist painter and sculptor. Top edge of this slight, slender catalogue..... 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 appears 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
"I just bought the 8th wonder of the world": letters & ephemera of James Lee Byars
La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 2015. 120 numbered copies published 21 January 2015. 11 color plates. 16 pp. Decorated paper covers. 28 x 21 cm. A priced catalogue describing in detail nine original letter pieces by James Lee Byars and five printed pieces, with transcriptions by Ashley Loga of Byars'..... More