Dambury, New Hampshire: Addison House, 1976. 73 b/w duotone photographs. 130 pp. Decorated cloth with dustjacket worn at extremities. 28.5 x 26.2 cm. Foreword by John Skow; introduction by Roswell Angier. The "kind of life" is that of the life of strippers in the Zone, Boston's headquarters on Washington Street..... More
Solana Beach, California: the artist, 1971. An original, unmailed card from Eleanor Antin's series of 51 postcards mailed between March 15, 1971, and July 9, 1973. This one, the 32nd in the narrative, was taken on Route 101 in California, on February 9, 1971. Photography by Phel Steinmetz. 11.5 x...... More
New York: Artforum, 1971. This issue of Artforum, with its five startling photographs and chilling cover by Diane Arbus, established her as a force to be reckoned with. "… [H]er singular, often shocking portraits emerged among the most iconic and modern images of the 1960s." She "famously wrote in 1971..... More
New York: Artforum, 1971. This issue of Artforum, with its five startling photographs and chilling cover by Diane Arbus, established her as a force to be reckoned with. "… [H]er singular, often shocking portraits emerged among the most iconic and modern images of the 1960s." She "famously wrote in 1971..... More
![A few rays of hope: Baldessari, Brach, Cohen, Harrison, Schapiro, Todd [poster]. John Baldessari](/pictures/thumb/01916.jpg?v=1644616442)
La Jolla, California: University of California, San Diego, Art Gallery, [1968]. Poster. Offset lithograph printed in black with light blue sky on uncoated white paper. 46.5 cm x 59.7 cm / 18.3 in x 23.5 in. John Baldessari designed this subtly witty poster for a 1968 group show of artists..... More
Santa Ana [? Probably Orange], California: Purcell Art Gallery, Chapman College, February 21 - March 16, 1968. Poster. Offset lithograph in black on thin, metallic silver paper. 43 x 55.9 cm / 16.9 x 22 in. Verso blank. Folded in four. A two-man show, curated by artist Harold Gregor, then..... More
[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
San Francisco, circa 1947-1955. Spencer Barefoot cut a modest swath in the intimately entwined musical and social spheres of mid-century San Francisco. Between 1943 and 1949 he wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and became assistant to the paper’s noted music critic, Alfred Frankenstein. When he left to form his..... More
[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
[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
Luminy, France: Imprimerie Municipale, Ecole D'Art Et D'Architecture, Luminy, 1972. 20 plates. Unpaginated: [40] pp. Paper covers with b/w illustration. 22.5 x 13 cm. Texts by Gaston Deferre, Jean Goudareau, and Jean-Marie Magnan. The number 251 is stamped neatly inside the front cover, perhaps indicating a small edition. Inscribed: "To..... More
San Francisco, 1964. In 1963, when Ed Ruscha published Twentysix Gasoline Stations, his first book, he sent two copies to the U.S. Copyright Office, one to establish copyright, the other destined for the collection of the Library of Congress. Great! Recognition for the young artist. As you might imagine, LC..... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. LACKS the controversial Lynda Benglis...](/pictures/thumb/69052.jpg?v=1545185140)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become extremely rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are..... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Complete with controversial Lynda...](/pictures/thumb/69051.jpg?v=1548035355)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This extremely rare, much-sought-after issue features on its second leaf a transgressive color photograph of the artist Lynda Benglis wearing sunglasses with white frames, a modest earring, a challenging expression, a nice coating of body oil, and a very convincing dildo at least a foot long..... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Complete with controversial Lynda...](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This much-sought-after and vanishingly rare issue features on its second leaf a transgressive color photograph of the artist Lynda Benglis wearing sunglasses with white frames, a modest earring, a challenging expression, a nice coating of body oil, and a very convincing dildo at least a foot..... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue. Complete, but...](/pictures/thumb/69053.jpg?v=1545185141)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become vanishingly rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are..... More
New York, 1973. Richly illustrated (part color). 95 pp. 27 x 26.5 cm. The entire issue is devoted to advanced cinema, with articles by Annette Michelson, Sergei Eisenstein(on Mayakovsky), Paul Arthur, Roland Barthes, Phoebe Cohen, Noel Carroll, Rosalind Krauss, Fred Camper, Hollis Frampton, and a Brakhage filmography by Joyce Rheuban..... More
Malmö Konsthalls Katalog nr. 130, 1988. 23 color plates printed one side + 3 blank leaves + 2 texts and publication information laid in on separate leaves. Paper covers. (stiff, heavily textured, unprinted paper). 36 x 30 cm. Dark, experimental photographs, mostly abstract and Conceptual. Fine. No copies in OCLC..... More
New York: Scovill & Adams, 1899. Scovill's Photographic Series. Several figures & tables. 190 + 186 + 87 pp. + [16] pp. reviews & ads. Tan pictorial cloth decorated in vermilion, dark green, and gilt. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Backstrip and joints perished; covers loose or detached. As is. More
[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
![John Heartfield: AIZ/VI 1930-1938 [Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung/Volks Illustrierte 1930-1938]....](/pictures/thumb/13701.jpg?v=1545184910)
New York: Kent, 1992. 237 photo-montages in black and tints + 12 text illustrations. 523 pp. Bright-red cloth in dustjacket. 28 x 20.2 cm. A complete collection of all of Heartfield's savage visual attacks on Naziism and its fore-runners. Fine, in dustjacket housed in archival Brodart sleeve. ISBN 1-878607-28-6. **Free..... More
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou / Editions Herscher, 1982. 96 ills. on 78 pls. (12 color). Unpaginated [112 pp.]. Cloth with dustjacket in Plastikeen transparent sleeve. 30 x 28 cm. Selected from 3000 photographs taken by Hockney between 1962 and 1982. Text in French. Very good. Mild foxing in the front..... More
[Sevillle?]: Junta de Andalucia, 1989. ISBN 84-86620-04-X. 2 volumes. Largely illustrations (photographs, drawings, and documents) of elaborately constructed, imaginary animals: a snake with six pairs of legs; a winged elephant; a fanged rabbit; and other marvels. 111 pp. Tan paper covers with titling in dark brown, and plain card slipcase..... More
[St, Joseph, Mo.?] per OCLC): the artist, 2005. 97 photographs printed one side in duotone on heavy, coated paper. 101 pp. Comb binding. 28 x 21.7 cm. This publication came about through the discovery over a half-century later of the artist's negatives. She studied with William Mortenson, though she displays..... More
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1964. Profusely illustrated (with 1 plate in color). 58 pp. Original paper covers. 27 x 26.5 cm. The cover, printed in black on a metallic silver background, is an homage to Warhol's own compositions: a grid of six copies of Hopper's portrait of Andy Warhol in dark..... More
