Anyone for insomnia? A playful look at insomnia. Inscribed
Santa Barbara, CA: Woodbridge Press, 1982. Inscribed to my late wife, Geraldine: "Best wishes, Gere, Richard Armour." Decorated paper covers. 127 pp. 21.5 x 13.9 cm. ISBN 0-912800-92-5. More
Caricature & Satire
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The Family Appliances You Can Believe In. May 29–July 3, 1983. With letter-size poster.
Santa Clara, California: Triton Museum of Art, 1983. Artist's book. The cover is a photo of what is labeled a "Bermanaire" refrigerator. The cover is hand cut, so the door swings out to reveal interior compartments printed on the verso of the cover and the title page. A silver iron..... More
![Item #06471 Art attack: the midnight politics of a guerilla artist [heavily "revised" edition]....](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06471.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619652904)
Art attack: the midnight politics of a guerilla artist [heavily "revised" edition]
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. This copy of Conal's ferocious political satire on the Reagan administration and associated characters has been heavily "revised" by an unsympathetic hand. The covers are over-painted with silver, black and green paint. Conal's name is covered and replaced with "Vanitas." I have just noticed that the..... More
Physionomies et physiologies: quatre-vingt-une gravures sur bois d'après Daumier, executées par Eugène Dété. Avec une préface et un catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé sur bois de Daumier par Louis Dimier
Paris: Emile Nourry, 1930. 186/750 copies. 80 delightful original wood engravings after Daumier. 81 plates + 72 pp. Original paper covers.. 28.5 x 19 cm. Catalogue raisonné of 883 wood engravings (pp. 39-69). Very fine. Riggs, p. 209. LC 55-51499. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
![Item #13102 Das Werk "Ecce Homo" erschien in fünf Ausgaben [prospectus]. George Grosz](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13102.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1616997712)
Das Werk "Ecce Homo" erschien in fünf Ausgaben [prospectus]
Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1923. A single sheet printed one side in black and folded once. 35 x 25 cm. Describes the various original editions of this much-reprinted work: Ausgabe A, B I, B II, C, and D. Light soil and foxing; some wrinkling along the left edge, and a piece about..... More
John Heartfield: AIZ/VI 1930-1938 [Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung/Volks Illustrierte 1930-1938]
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
Fauna
[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
International times IT Number 4, Nov 28-Dec 11, 1966
London, 1966. Dick Gregory, Alexander Trocchi, Paul Butterfield, and Takis are featured in this early issue of an influential underground newspaper. In original, unbound state. Illustrated. 12 pp. About 42 x 31 cm (16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches).14.5). Slight, unavoidable browning of newsprint and minute tears at leading edge. More
International times. IT. Number 10, Mar 13-26, 1967. Photocopy
London, 1967. An early issue of an influential underground newspaper, brimming over with satire and transgression. Nearly all the print run of this exceedingly rare issue was seized and destroyed by the police. Illustrated. This high-quality photocopy is slightly reduced in size 16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches to 17 x 11..... More
Sort of a commercial for an icebag. Prospectus
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1970. Folded card, diecut at leading edge to simulate film perforations. 4 pp. B/w cover ill. & 13 color ills. 16.1 x 23.4 cm. From the text: "Image and sound operate as extensions of the artist's concepts as he considers the genesis and evolution of his..... More
Nekropolis
Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1971. 21.7 x 29.6 cm (oversquare). 39 pp. White decorated paper covers hole-punched and bound with brass fasteners. Starting with its dramatic death's-head cover, this interesting museum publication qualifies as far more than just another catalogue. Light wear. Only 7 copies in OCLC. **Free domestic shipping with..... More
Pax Number 13: Documents of Modern Art; Archives of American Art: Censored; The new decade.
New York: Robert Lax, 1960. Pax was issued intermittently in 18 issues between 1956 and 1962, with three later ones in 1985. This one is a wonderful satire by Ad Reinhardt, who is paired up with other artists and reconfigures or comments on their statements on art. Samples: Gottlieb and..... More
Peanuts: 280 page proofs 1963-1969 (1680 strips)
New York: United Features Syndicate, 1963-1969. 280 Page proofs of daily Peanuts strips. Large bound volume, printed 6 to a page on one side of tabloid newsprint—a total of 1680 strips from Schulz’s classic period. The collection starts November 4–9, 1963, and ends September 15–20, 1969. There are gaps of..... More
Masami Teraoka, September 7–October 30, 1991. SIGNED by both contributors, with a warm note from the artist & 22 annotated color slides
NYC: Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, 1991. B/w portrait & 8 color plates printed one side on very stiff paper, with facing descriptions, plus 4 pp. of biography, collections, and bibliography. Stiff, off-white paper covers printed in black. 28 x 21.5 cm. This copy belonged to my late friend Joan Hugo, the..... More
Useful things: Martha Alf, Chris Finney, David Grant, Mike Kelley, and 9 others
Los Angeles: Newspace, 1996. Artist's book. 13 b/w plates. [49] pp. 28 x 21.5 cm. Loosely bound with black plastic comb. Artist-created domestic objects. Also includes Isabel Heimerdinger, Susan Hornbeak, Laurel Katz, Garret Keith, Marcos Luytens, Kristen Morse, Timothy Nolan, Bill Scanga, and Ron Schafer. Biographies in back pp. OCLC..... More
S. Clay Wilson: selected works. Inscribed on cover
NY: Museum of the Surreal and Fantastique, 1982. Contains "An Appreciation," August 1982, and "The Pop Corn Kid," both by William S. Burroughs. 12 pp, 9 full-page b/w plates & 2 illustrations. B/w paper covers. 11 x 8-1/2. Some wear and shallow creasing on cover. Inscribed on cover in bronze..... More
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