Part 1 -- Monographs:
(ABBOTT A14163)
Van Haaften, Julia and Berenice Abbott. BERENICE ABBOTT Photographer: A Modern Vision. 96 pp., 49 b&w plates, checklist. Intro. by Julia Van Haaften. This selection includes portraits of Edna St. Vincent Millay, James Joyce, Leadbelly, and others and photos of New York City; 4to, wraps. First ed. New York Public Library 1989. Mint.
$22.50 [Order]
(ANDERSON, LAURA A19946)
Mexico. Galeria Ramis F. Barquet. The Sacred & the Profane - Lo Sagrado y lo Profano: LAURA ANDERSON. Unpag. (35 pp.) exhib. cat., approx. 22 color plates, plus b&w illus., checklist of 59 drawings, sculptures, light sculptures, and a video. Text by Edward J. Sullivan and additional excerpts from reviews of her solo exhibition of 1989. Laura Anderson Barbata is a contemporary Mexican artist (b. 1958) whose work is involved with abstract organic images of body parts. In Spanish and English. Uncommon. 4to, wraps. 1990. About fine clean bright copy (slight rubbing to lower corner tip.)
$35.00 [Order]
(AZAR A19901)
AZAR GARCIA, AQUILES. Donde todo se ha muerto (Signed by author). 17 pp. chapbook containing two long poems by the distinguished Dominican poet and painter (b. 1932) Aquiles Azar Garcia. Intro. by Nemesio Mateo Martinez. In Spanish. Signed on inside of front cover. Azar/1995. 12mo, stapled wraps. [Santo Domingo], Impresion Editora Tele-3, [1995]. Fine.
$30.00 [Order]
(BADIN A19910)
BADIN, GEORGES. Titre Pluriel Sujets. 58 pp. Book of poetry. Georges Badin is a French poet and painter born in 1927, a frequent collaborator with Michel Butor, and known for his text-and-image work. In French. 8vo, wraps, in original glassine protector. First trade ed. after numbered edition of 40. Paris, Mercure de France, 1970. Fine. (slight crinkle to lower corner tip of first several leaves, else fine unread copy.)
$18.00 [Order]
(BARON, H A14166)
New York. Gallery Schlesinger-Boisante. HANNELORE BARON 1926-1987. 26 pp. exhib. cat., 12 full-page color illus., photo of artist, biog., exhibs., bibliog. Texts by Colin Gardner and Hannelore Baron. Memorial exhibition for this German-born painter and collage artist who emigrated to New York in 1941. 8vo, cardboard binding, d.j. First ed. N.d. (c. 1987). Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(BIRMELIN A19892)
New York. Odyssia Gallery. ROBERT BIRMELIN: In the City. 8 pp. exhib. cat., 2 color plates, 3 b&w illus. (including cover illus.), checklist of 12 paintings. Statement by artist. Contemporary photorealist paintings of what it feels like to walk down the city street in proximity to passers-by. Uncommon catalogue for important early exhibition. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wraps. March 14-April 10, 1981. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(CHOI, SUNHO A19976)
Seoul (Korea). Kumho Museum of Art. SUNHO CHOI. 30 pp., 18 color plates, biog., exhibs. Intro. in Korean and English. Contemporary geometric abstract painter (b. Chungju, Korea, 1957). After studies in Korea, he did graduate work at NYU and exhibited in New York in the early 90s, now exhibiting internationally. 4to, wraps. Ed. of 1000. March 19-29, 1993. Near fine. (touch of rubbing at corner tips, else clean tight copy.)
$25.00 [Order]
(CHUL HEE YI A19918)
Seoul.. CHUL HEE YI Exhibition. 72 pp., 65 color plates, 3 b&w illus., photo of artist. In Korean; with English translation of intro. by K. Kwon, titles of works and artist's biog. Contemporary Seoul-based abstract painter (b.1961). 4to (30 cm.), wraps. Soul-si : Gaellori Tong sung atu sento, 1989. Near fine clean copy (faint edge rubbing to cover.)
$35.00 [Order]
(CLAUDEL, C A2834)
Schmoll gen Eisenwerth, J.A. AUGUSTE RODIN and CAMILLE CLAUDEL. 128 pp., 83 beautiful duotone illus., including archival photos, biog. notes, bibliog., index. Text in English. Excellent comparative images and important text on this artistic and personal bonds between Rodin and the brilliant young Claudel. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. Munich, Prestel, 1994. Fine/About fine.
$24.00 [Order]
(COLLINS, HANNAH A19872)
Dublin. Irish Museum of Modern Art. HANNAH COLLINS: a worldwide case of homesickness. (14 pp.) exhib. cat., 12 color illus. Published to accompany Collins's solo exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue reproduces the small-scale color images and the texts of diary entries made by the artist while in Poland and Byelorussia. Collins was the winner of Britain's Turner prize for illusionistic room-scale architectural photo installations, quite different from this intimate work. 12mo, heavy card boards, stamped in blue, double spiral metal binding. First ed. July 20-October 6, 1996.. About fine new copy.
$17.50 [Order]
(CRESSON A14180)
Chapman, Gerard, intro. and ed. MARGARET FRENCH CRESSON, N.A., 1889-1973. 28 pp., 15 b&w illus. and photos, biog., exhibs., colls., bibliog., published writings by the artist, full checklist of sculpture in the collection of Crestwood. Dozens of reminiscences by friends and family. Margaret French Cresson, daughter of Daniel Chester French, was an important figurative portrait sculptor with numerous solo exhibitions at major museums. Uncommon. 4to, stapled wraps. Chesterwood, n.d. [c.1973] Issued as Vol. 7, no. 1 of the Chesterwood Pedestal. Near fine (slight cover sunning).
$30.00 [Order]
(CURRY A13585)
Madison (WI). Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin. JOHN STEUART CURRY: Inventing the Middle West. 252 pp. exhib. cat., 183 illus. (including 68 color plates). Texts by Patricia Junker, Henry Adams, Theodore F. Wolff, Charles C. Eldredge, Robert L. Gambone, M. Sue Kendall, Lucy J. Mathiak. Important wide-ranging monograph. Sq. 4to, wraps. New York, Hudson Hills Press, in assoc. with the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, 1998. Fine.
$27.50 [Order]
(DAVILA, JUAN A19853)
Santiago (Chile). Galeria Gabriela Mistral. Rota: JUAN DAVILA. 22 pp. exhib. cat., 10 b&w illus., 2 color plates. Texts by Diamela Eltit and Carlos Perez V. In Spanish. Davila is a Chilean-born painter who relocated to Australia in 1974 where he has become well-known for his complex investigations of social identity and exhibited in numerous international Biennales. The works in this show seem to verge more on nasty political satire, perhaps because he is back on his home ground. Oblong 4to, pictorial stapled wraps. October 8-November 4, 1996. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(DE LA TOUR, M A13931)
LaPauze, Henri. Les Pastels de MAURICE-QUENTIN DE LA TOUR du Musee Lecuyer, a Saint-Quentin. 36 pp., plus 87 illus. with accompanying text, including biography of De La Tour and commentary on each individual work. In French. 4to, bound in 1/2 cloth, marbled boards with leather spine label, top edge gilt. Paris, La Renaissance, 1919. V.G. (corners of binding bumped and lightly rubbed). Original paper covers bound in. Clean tight copy.
$30.00 [Order]
(DIVANT A7069)
DIVANT, KAY. Body Velocity: Reproductions of poems & objects. 88 pp., 22 b&w illus. Divant's second book of poems, accompanied by her photographs. Sq. 8vo, wraps. Portsmouth (NH): Geanie, 1989. Fine.
$35.00 [Order]
(DOYLE, TOM A19911)
New York. Kouros Gallery. TOM DOYLE. 24 pp., 14 color plates (most full-page) and additional 14 b&w illus., biog., exhibs. Text by Carter Ratcliff. Abstract welded steel, wood, and bronze cast sculpture. Small sq, 4to, pictorial card covers. First ed. 1999. As new.
$17.50 [Order]
(FABOZZI A19836)
Philadelphia. Gallery Siano and Carbon 14. PAUL FABOZZI: Data Walks. 24 pp. exhib. cat., 6 full-page color plates, 7 b&w illus. (including double-fold center spread, biog. Text by Charlotte Baker; interview with artist by Jeremy Sigler. New York-based American painter who makes geometric abstractions based on data gathered during walks through Rome, New York, and other urban environments. 4to, wraps. First ed. November 3-25, 2006. About fine (tiny bit of crinkle to lower corner tip of front cover.)
$20.00 [Order]
(FAWCETT, JOHN A19874)
St. Louis. The Gallery of the Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster College. The Drawings of JOHN FAWCETT. 11 b&w illus. including cover illustrations (most full-page), biog., exhibs., unattributed introductory text. John Fawcett (b. 1939) is a renowned American underground comix artist. He contributed to Mike Barrier's underground comic 'Funnyworld' in the 1970s (covers and stories), and he also drew for 'Works of Art Comics' #1 in 1970. His best known works, like the ones in this exhibition, feature his involvement with the characters of the Disney studio animations (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Porky, and others), dense textures of 1930s image samplings, long before it became a contemporary style. Rare sought-after publication. 4to, stapled wraps. September 9-30, 1969. V.G.-. Clean sound copy but somewhat dented.
$30.00 [Order]
(FERGUSON A19997)
Hartford. Wadsworth Atheneum. Paint by MR. AMOS FERGUSON. 64 pp., 48 color plates (most full-page), several b&w text illus. and photos of artist. Texts by Ute Stebich, interview with artist, Sukie Miller, Harry Bober, Mary Schmidt Campbell. The groundbreaking first major exhibition of this important naive painter of the Bahamas. Scarce. 4to, pictorial wraps. March 30-May 19, 1985. About fine clean bright tight copy.
$285.00 [Order]
(FISHER, JOEL A19823)
Luzern. Kunstmuseum. JOEL FISHER: Zwischen zwei und drei Dimensionen. Zeichnungen und Objekte seit 1979 / Between two and three Dimensions. Drawings and Objects since 1979. 64 pp. exhib. cat., b&w illus., biog., exhib. checklist. Text in German and English by Edmond Jabes, Robert Sokolowski, Martin Kunz and Joel Fisher. 4to, wraps, d.j. Limited ed. of 500. May 20-July 5, 1984. As new.
$37.50 [Order]
(GAG A14091)
New York. The Old Print Shop. WANDA GAG: Prints, Drawings, Water Colors [Vol. LI, no. 4]. (28 pp.), 55 b&w illus. Handy reference to a large body of work with complete information on each of the prints. Published to accompany the Wanda Gag exhibition of January 6-31, 1992. Scarce. 12mo, wraps. 1992. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(GALLAGHER A18071)
Gallagher, Ellen. ELLEN GALLAGHER. Pickling (Signed by artist). Artist's book designed by Gallagher. (18 pp.), tissue title sheet printed in black; 3 tipped-in color plates of black rubber and enamel paintings; 7 lithographed color images, including complex five-fold center-fold image. 4to (32 x 25 cm), embossed paper covers, in embossed soft plastic slipcase. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, 1999. As new, in original publisher's shipping box.
$395.00 [Order]
(GENTILS A19886)
New York. Galeria Bonino. VIC GENTILS Constructions. Unpag. (12 pp.), 11 b&w illus., biog., exhibs. Text consists of a conversation between Vic Gentils and Karel Geirlandt. Original exhibition press release laid in. Twentieth century Flemish abstract sculptor (1919-1997) who made sculpture with found materials such as melted gramophone records, smashed pianos, cupboards, balustrades, pulleys, etc. Uncommon. 8vo, stapled card wraps. March 8-April 2, 1966. Near fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(GERZSO A19873)
Phoenix. Phoenix Art Museum. Twenty Years of GUNTHER GERZSO (Inscribed and signed by artist). (30 pp.) exhib. cat., 18 b&w illus. (most full-page), biog., exhibs. Born in Mexico City in 1915, of Hungarian parents, Gerzso is a self-taught abstract painter of geometric architectonic shapes influenced by pre-Columbian architecture. Sq 8vo, orange textured paper, lettered in red. February, 1970. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(GIACOMETTI A19691)
Geneve. Galerie Krugier. Suites 4 (Ete 1963): ALBERTO GIACOMETTI. 18 pp.: double page cover sheet plus 4 loose sheets including 4 single page and 1 double page beautifully reproduced images of drawings, 8 full-page b&w photos of drawings, sculpture, and Giacometti at work, biog., checklist of 80 works in the exhibition. Folio, wraps. 1963. V.G. + (small areas of abrasion on front cover, mild faint speckling upper margin; interior about fine).
$30.00 [Order]
(GRAVES, MORRIS A19894)
New York. Tibor de Nagy. MORRIS GRAVES: Symbols and Reality. 24 pp. exhib. cat., 13 full-page color plates, 3 color text illus., b&w photo of artist, extensive biog., colls., exhibs. Text by Peter Selz. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps. First ed. November 13, 2003-January 3, 2004. About fine clean bright copy (faint corner tip dent.)
$20.00 [Order]
(GREENFIELD, MARK A17149)
Greenfield, Mark Steven. MARK STEVEN GREENFIELD: Blackatcha. 48 pp. exhib. cat., over 14 illus. (11 in color), exhibs., reviews. Texts by Greenfield, Grace Carroll, Merilene M. Murphy, Leonard Simon. Beautifully printed in Germany and published by Full Court Press, 2002. The exhibition under this title was in 2000 with subsequent publication of the catalogue. Greenfield is an important contemporary California artist. 8vo, black cloth, with title in blind on rear cover. No dustjacket (as issued.) First ed. Long Beach, Full Court Press, 2002. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(GROOMS A17148)
New York. Tibor de Nagy. The Private World of RED GROOMS. Unpag. (12 pp.), 8 full-page color plates. Text by John Yau. Oblong 4to, stapled pictorial wraps. April 29-May 28, 2004. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(HAHN, A A19895)
Zurich. Kunsthaus. ALEXANDER HAHN: Personal Records. Unpag. exhib. cat., 20 double-page color illus. Dual lang. text in German and English. Hahn (b.1954) is a world-famous contemporary Latvian-born electronic media artist whose digitally reworked animations combine documentary film and video, photography, and computer-generated imagery. 8vo, self-wraps. First ed. August 4-September 24, 1995. Near fine (mild edge rubbing, else crisp new book).
$27.50 [Order]
(HALPRIN, LAWRENCE A19990)
San Francisco. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. LAWRENCE HALPRIN: Changing Places. 152 pp., illus., extensive illustrated chronol., bibliog. Architect of renowned beautiful and restful outdoor urban spaces, plazas, memorials (the F.D.R. Memorial, Washington, DC), public squares and other landscapes, significantly influenced by his beginning as a garden designer. A separate writer discusses each project, with Halprin's sketches and notes of his ideas as well as photos of the final work. Highly interesting book for those interested in the organization of public space. 4to, wraps. July 3-August 24, 1986. Near fine (bit of bumping lower corner tip; rubbing to lower spine edge, else clean tight bright copy.)
$25.00 [Order]
(HARRI, JUHANI A19978)
New York. Center for International Contemporary Arts. JUHANI HARRI. 95 pp. exhib. cat., 37 color plates, numerous b&w text photos, notes; includes a 33 page bibliography by Marja Sakari. Ed. and intro. by Bhupendra Karia. Text on Harri by Markku Valkonen. The texts provide a history of Finnish art generally and of the bohemian culture of Helsinki during the 50s and 60s. This background permits the reader to position Harri's mixed media assemblage work beyond the comparison to avant-garde art such as Burri, Tinguely and others who were early influences on Harri's aesthetic. 4to, wraps. November 26, 1991-February, 1992. Fine.
$22.00 [Order]
(HARTUNG A19962)
Torino. Gissi Galleria d'Arte. Continuita di HARTUNG [Hans Hartung]. 42 pp., 6 color plates, 22 full-page b&w illus., checklist of 28 works, biog., exhibs. Intro. by Giuseppe Marchiori. In Italian. Sq. 16mo, wraps. First ed. June 1971. Fine.
$17.50 [Order]
(HENRY, CHARLES A19980)
Portland (OR). The Image Gallery/Arts Advocate Inc. CHARLES HENRY: Master of the Oregon Scene. Unpag. (67 pp.) exhib. cat., 59 color plates, biog., exhibs. Texts by Jack McLarty and Rachael Griffin. Oregon landscape and townscape painter (b.1897). Scarce Oblong 8vo, wraps. Ed. of 1000. 1980. As new.
$40.00 [Order]
(HIBI, HISAKO A19844)
Los Angeles. Japanese American National Museum. A Process of Reflection: Paintings by HISAKO HIBI. (18 pp.) exhib. cat., 2 color plates, 5 b&w illus., photo of artist. Born Hisako Shimizu in Japan in 1907, the artist came to the U.S. with her parents in 1920 and chose to remain in San Francisco when her family returned to Japan in 1925. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute where she met and married fellow painter George Hibi. During WWII the Hibis and their children were interned at Topaz concentration camp for over 3 years where, in the company of other artists (Chiura Obata, Mine Okubo, Byron Takashi Tsuzuki), the Hibis managed to run an art school for the camp children and adults, providing courses in drawing, painting, anatomy and art history. The exhibition presents work from the camps and after. 12mo, stapled wraps. July 27, 1999 through 2000. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(HOCKELMANN A19975)
Dusseldorf. Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer. ANTONIUS HOCKELMANN: Bildhauer und Zeichner. 20 pp., 21 color illus., biog., exhibs., pubs. Text by Elke Zimmer. In German. Major contemporary German neo-expressionist painter and sculptor (b. 1935) included in most of the major German art shows from the late 70s to the present (Documenta 6, Documenta 7, Zeitgeist, etc.) 4to (29 x 21 cm.), wraps. First ed. March-April, 1987. About fine.
$30.00 [Order]
(JUNKERS A19989)
Cambridge (MA). MIT List Visual Arts Center. ADJA JUNKERS. Unpag. (16 pp.) exhib. cat., 6 color plates, b&w photo of artist, biog., checklist of 50 paintings and prints, exhibs., bibliog. Latvian artist (b. Riga, 1900) who traveled the world during multiple wars until finally emigrating to the U.S. in 1947. Sophisticated abstract collage technique. 4to, stapled wraps. First ed. January-February, 1973. Near fine (lower corner crease, else bright clean copy.)
$17.50 [Order]
(KAMROWSKI A19837)
New York. Washburn Gallery. GEROME KAMROWSKI: The 1940s (1987). (8 pp.) exhibition brochure, 5 illus. (3 in color). Text reprinted from The Interpretive Link. Scarce. 12mo, stapled wraps. October 28-November 21, 1987. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(KAMROWSKI A19838)
New York. Washburn Gallery. GEROME KAMROWSKI: The 1940s (1989). (8 pp.) exhibition brochure, 6 color plates. Text is an interesting interview with Kamrowski by John Yau. Scarce. 12mo, stapled wraps. January 4-February 4, 1989. Fine.
$27.50 [Order]
(KIRKEBY A19968)
Koln. Michael Werner. PER KIRKEBY. 48 pp. exhib. cat., 25 full-page color plates, photo of artist, biog. Text in English and German by Siegfried Gohr. Beautifully printed catalogue on heavy card stock. Folio, stiff wraps, clear mylar d.j., lettered in black. 1990. Fine, in near fine d.j.
$35.00 [Order]
(KIRKEBY A19869)
Koln. Michael Werner. PER KIRKEBY: Grossformatige Zeichnungen 1977. 24 pp. exhib cat., 15 full-page b&w illus., photo of artist. Three texts by Per Kirkeby. Text in German. [NOTE: this is not the book with similar title from 1994.] 4to, wraps. First ed. 1986. Fine.
$17.00 [Order]
(KIRKEBY A19868)
Koln. Michael Werner. PER KIRKEBY: Neue Arbeiten. 32 pp. exhib. cat., 10 tipped-in color plates. Text by Peter Schjeldahl. In German and English. 4to, wraps. 1988. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(KIRKEBY A19870)
Koln. Michael Werner. PER KIRKEBY: Sechs Bilder. (16 pp.) exhib. cat., 6 large tipped-in color plates. Text by Kirkeby (Die Farben der Natur). In German. Oblong 4to, stapled wraps. First ed. 1984. About fine (very slight touch of rubbing at upper edge.)
$25.00 [Order]
(KIRKEBY A5168)
Louisiana Revy. Louisiana Revy Vol. 30, No. 3 (June 1990) PER KIRKEBY. 60 pp., over 60 color plates (two double-page), numerous b&w illus. and photos, color frontis photo of artist, checklist of 109 paintings, drawings and sculpture. Published as the exhibition catalogue for Kirkeby's massive retrospective at Louisiana Revy. Six articles by Peter Schjeldahl, Ane Hejlskov Larsen, Johannes Gachnang, Lars Morell, Asger Schnack, Carl Norrested. In Danish, with English summary. Uncommon. 4to, wraps. June 23-September 9, 1990. Fine crisp copy.
$55.00 [Order]
(KOGELNIK A19966)
Rohsmann, Arnulf, et al. KIKI KOGELNIK. 191 pp., 59 color plates (most full-page), over 120 b&w illus. and photos of artist, biog., exhibs. Texts by Arnulf Rohsmann, Jan E. Adlmann, Heide Warlamis, Kurt Melzer. In English. Kogelnik is an Austrian-born artist who has been working primarily in New York for decades. Major monograph on Kogelnik's work from her first abstract expressionist paintings, feminist paintings, and wall-hangings to her recent ceramics and installation work. Stout 4to, pictorial wraps. Ritter Verlag, 1989. About fine clean tight copy (light rubbing to lower rear corner tip.)
$30.00 [Order]
(KOZLOFF, J A19839)
Princenthal, Nancy and Phillip Earenfight. JOYCE KOZLOFF Co+ordinates. 132 pp., 135 color illus., biog., exhibs. extensive bibliog., index of works. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. 4to, yellow cloth, d.j. First ed. 2008. Fine, in about fine dustjacket (small trace of crinkling at head and foot of spine.)
$45.00 [Order]
(LAWRENCE, J A15681)
Wheat, Ellen Harkins. JACOB LAWRENCE: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938-40. 128 pp., 63 color plates, 6 b&w illus. All panels of both of these important series of works are reproduced in color. The uncommon hardcover 4to, cloth, d.j. First edition. Hampton University Museum in assoc. with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1991. Fine/Fine.
$70.00 [Order]
(LUTES A12577)
Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). JIM LUTES: The Development of Style. 35 pp. 18 color plates, 1 b&w illus., checklist of 36 works, biog., exhibs., bibliog. Text by Lynne Warren. Important early exhibition by expressionist Minneapolis/Chicago painter covering works from 1985-1994. 12mo, wraps. November 12-December 31, 1994. As new.
$17.50 [Order]
(MANZI, ANTONIO A19908)
Empoli. Palazzo delle esposizioni. ANTONIO MANZI graffiti. 130 pp. exhib. cat., hundreds of illus. (most in color) of drawings, paintings, ceramics, biog., exhibs., excerpts from reviews. Primary text by Umberto Cecch. In Italian and English. Sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j., papered cloth-edged slipcase. October, 1990. Fine/Fine/Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(MIYAWAKI A13965)
New York. Bertha Schaefer Gallery. AIKO MIYAWAKI Exhibition [Rear cover title]. Unpag. exhib. cat., 3 full page b&w illus. plus cover illus., sheet with color plate laid in. Typescript introduction by Man Ray with facsimile signature and photo of artist by Man Ray. Miyawaki (b. 1929) began as a painter, travelling to Milan and Paris after university studies in the U.S. and Japan. She was introduced to Man Ray by Hans Richter in 1959 and became a weekly visitor to his studio when living in Paris in 1962 - the date of his photograph of Miyawaki reproduced in this catalogue. Uncommon Man Ray ephemera as well as an early Miyawaki exhibition catalogue. Oblong 8vo, pictorial stapled wraps. September 29-October 17, 1964. Mint.
$75.00 [Order]
(NACHVATAL A19825)
Paris. Galerie Antoine Candau. JOSEPH NACHVATAL: Selected Works. 53 pp. 24 color, 12 b&w illus. (most full-page), exhibs., installations, bibliog., colls. Texts by Collins & Milazzo, Robert C. Morgan. In English. Important monograph on Nechvatal. Published in coordination with Brooke Alexander, NY, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, and Galerie Karin Sachs, Munchen. Scarce. Oblong 4to, wraps. First ed. 1990. Fine.
$50.00 [Order]
(NAUMAN A19421)
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. BRUCE NAUMAN. 215 pp. exhib. cat., 156 illus. (76 in color), chronol., exhibs., bibliog. Texts by Neal Benezra, Kathy Halbreich, Paul Schimmel, and Robert Storr. Essential reference work from a major traveling exhibition (Hirshhorn Museum, MOMA, MOCA Los Angeles, etc.) 4to, card wraps. First ed. 1994. Fine.
$90.00 [Order]
(NEMUKHIN A19888)
Jersey City. C.A.S.E. Museum of Russian Contemporary Art in Exile. VICTOR NEMUKHIN: One-Man Show. Unpag. (48 pp.), 31 full-page illus. (including 3 color plates), exhibs., colls., bibliog., 3 photos of artist. Russian nonconformist painter (b. Moscow, 1926). 4to, wraps. 1986. Near fine (faint corner crease lower corner tip.)
$36.00 [Order]
(OEHLEN, ALBERT A20016)
Wien. Galerie Peter Pakesch. ALBERT OEHLEN. Unpag. (14 pp.) exhib. cat., 14 full-page b&w illus. of a series of drawings. Printed to edges without margin, resembling an artist's book. Uncommon. 12mo, stapled blue card covers. 1985. As new.
$35.00 [Order]
(PALMA, LUIS GONZALEZ A19994)
Lubbock (TX). The Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University. LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA: The Silence of the Gaze/Il Silenzio dei Maya. 16 pp. exhibition catalogue, 22 color illus., biog., exhibs. Photographic portraits primarily of Mayan and Mestizo women in Palma's native Guatemala. Intro. by Ken Bloom; texts by artist, A.D. Coleman, Carolyn Tate, et al. In English. Uncommon catalogue of unusual and beautiful work. [NOTE: this is not the silk-covered hardcover book by the same title.] Large 4to, wraps. March 26-May 9, 1999. V.G. (moderate creasing and denting).
$30.00 [Order]
(POLIAKOFF A19835)
New York. Lefebre Gallery. SERGE POLIAKOFF: Recent Oils and Gouaches. Unpag. exhib. cat. 1 color plate, 6 b&w illus., biog. Text by Franz Meyer. 12mo, card covers. November 10-December 5, 1964. Near fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(PURYEAR A17574)
Madrid. Fundacion la Caixa. MARTIN PURYEAR. 140 pp. retrospective exhib. cat., beautifully printed with color plates throughout, exhib. checklist, biog., exhibs., colls., bibliog. Text by Michael Brenson. In Spanish and English. Puryear's first European retrospective. Scarce. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1997. V.G.+ (very small scrape at upper corner of spine, else fresh clean and tight).
$110.00 [Order]
(RAY, MAN A19995)
New York. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University. Paris as Gameboard: Man Ray's Atgets. 92 pp., 46 illus. (one in color). Scholarly text on the Surrealist appreciation/interpretation of Atget's images by Susan Laxton. Published in La Revolution Surrealiste in 1926 at the suggestion of his neighbor, Man Ray, Atget's images of vanished Paris were understood not as the work of a professional photographer or of a self-conscious artist, but as the spontaneous visions of an urban primitive. Laxton presents Ray's Atget album as an image-record of the surrealist practice of "errance" (aimless wandering through urban space.) Oblong 4to (21 x 28 cm.), self-wraps. 2002. As new
$100.00 [Order]
(RAYSSE, MARTIAL A19898)
Los Angeles. Dwan Gallery. MARTIAL RAYSSE. 20 pp., 6 color plates, exhibs., checklist of 18 works. Text by Otto Hahn, and long scroll-like fold-down text by the artist, printed on chartreuse paper, tipped in. French conceptual Pop art painter (b.1938), who exhibited with Yves Klein, Arman, TInguely and Niki de St.-Phalle. Important early catalogue. Oblong 12mo, stapled self-wraps. First ed. May 31-June 24, 1967. V.G.+ (Fine but for brief scrape upper marginal edge of front cover.)
$45.00 [Order]
(RINGGOLD A19103)
Hampstead. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island. FAITH RINGGOLD: A 25 Year Survey (Signed by artist). Full signature by Ringgold. 65 pp., 35 illus. (some in color). Excellent survey exhibition of Ringgold's varied multi-media art production. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1990. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(ROBINSON, T A7006)
New York. Kennedy Galleries. THEODORE ROBINSON American Impressionist (1832-1896). Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings. 32 pp. exhib. cat., 42 illus. (4 in color). Text by Maria Naylor. The exhibition included major museum loans as well as works for sale. 8vo, blue paper covers. Winter, 1966. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(RUNYON, CORNELIA A19902)
Pasadena. Pasadena Art Museum. CORNELIA RUNYON. (8 pp.) exhib. cat., 6 b&w illus., photo of artist, exhibs., awards, colls. Texts by Jules Langsner and Rico Lebrun. Carved stone sculptor who came late to art, featured in Agnes De Mille's Portrait Gallery, acquaintance of Anais Nin, friend of Beatrice Wood. Scarce. 12mo, stapled wraps. March 16-April 15, 1956. Small museum lib. stamp upper margin of one page, else bright fine condition.
$17.50 [Order]
(SIGNAC A19330)
New York. Charles E. Slatkin Galleries. PAUL SIGNAC: An Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolors and Pastels. Unpag. (12 pp.), 33 b&w illus., checklist of 56 works loaned to the exhibition by Signac's daughter. Interesting unattributed essay. 4to, wraps. February 10-March 9, 1968. V.G. Clean tight copy with light denting at spine corners.
$17.50 [Order]
(SIMPSON, LORNA A19187)
SIMPSON, LORNA. Untitled 1996 (Original Signed Print). Original full-color electrostatic heat transfer print on wool felt, Sheet: 12 x 15 x 1/4 in. image; 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. Ed. of 250. Signed, dated, numbered in pencil on recto. Printed by Steps Productions. Sheet size: 12 x 15 x 1/4 in. image; 8-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. Limited numbered ed. of 250. 1996. Fine.
$495.00 [Order]
(SOUTINE A17100)
Kleeblatt, Norman L. and Kenneth E. Silver. CHAIM SOUTINE: An Expressionist in Paris. 207 pp., 32 fine quelity color plates, 84 b&w illus. and numerous b&w photos. Texts by Norman E. Kleeblatt, Kenneth E. Silver, Donald Kuspit, Ellen Pratt, et al. Outstanding recent monograph on Soutine. 4to, wraps. Prestel, 1998. Mint (still in publisher's original shrinkwrap.)
$75.00 [Order]
(SPESSI A17299)
Kjarvalssaoir. Reykjavik Art Museum. SPESSI: Bensin [Gasoline]. 118 pp. exhib. cat., 93 color plates (some double page), biog., exhibs. Spessi (b. 1956) is an important contemporary Icelandic photographer. This exhibition consists entirely of his extensive series of photographs of gas stations and roadside pumps in various locations throughout Iceland, including several stations apparently designed by a famous architect. Texts by Jon Proppe and Dominique Nahas. In Icelandic and English. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1999. Fine.
$37.50 [Order]
(SURLS A19959)
Honolulu. The Contemporary Museum. Looking Out: JAMES SURLS Sculpture, Drawings and Prints. Unpag. (18 pp.) exhib. cat., 11 illus., photo of artist as a baby, checklist of 38 works. Texas-born painter and sculptor. Uncommon. Oblong 4to, stapled wraps. April 16-June 23, 1991. As new.
$17.50 [Order]
(SURLS A19867)
Houston. Contemporary Arts Museum. JAMES SURLS Sculptor. (14 pp.), 16 b&w illus. and photos, biog., exhibs., colls. Text by Michael Samuels. Reproduces Surls's handwritten checklist of work with drawings of each. Sq. 8vo, wraps. 1975. Fine clean bright copy.
$25.00 [Order]
(TANNING A14063)
Plazy, Gilles. DOROTHEA TANNING. 72 pp., over 50 illus., including 28 full or double-page color plates, exhibs., colls. 4to, wraps. First English lang. ed. New York: Filipacchi, 1979. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(TOULOUSE-LAUTREC A4557)
Castleman, Riva and Wolfgang Wittrock, eds. HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC: Images of the 1890's. 262 pp., 84 color plates, 207 b&w illus. Four scholarly texts. Attractive and important book published to accompany a major exhibition. The uncommon hardcover. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, MOMA, 1985. As new.
$50.00 [Order]
(TWIGGS, LEO A19545)
New York. Studio Museum in Harlem. LEO TWIGGS: Downhome Landscapes, Batik Paintings. 16 pp. exhib. cat., 6 full-page b&w illus. plus cover image, photo of artist, exhibs., colls., awards, checklist. Text by Elton Fax; additional text on batik by Yvonne Denise Bandy. Scarce early catalogue. 8vo, stapled wraps. First ed. January 15 - February 19, 1978. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(UTSUMI, NOBUHIKO A20000)
Tokyo. Atagoyama Gallery. NOBUHIKO UTSUMI: Innerscape in the U.S.A. Unpag. (26 pp.), 27 illus. (25 in color), photo of artist, checklist of 32 paintings. Texts by Takeshi Kanazawa, Tsutomu Mizukami, Shigeo Chima, artist's statement on his U.S. residency. In Japanese, with separate brochure with English lang translation of all texts, laid in. Contemporary Japanese abstract painter, installation, and performance artist (b.1953). 12mo, pictorial wraps. September 24-October 26, 1996. Fine.
$30.00 [Order]
(VIGEE-LEBRUN A14068)
VIGEE LE BRUN, LOUISE ELISABETH. Souvenirs of Madame VIGEE LE BRUN, with a steel portrait from an original painting by the author. 398, illus. English translation by Lionel Strachey. The memoirs of a renowned French painter (1755-1842), self-portraitist and portraitist of nobility. Vigee-LeBrun survived the French Revolution largely due to her talent, charm and political acumen while traveling from European court to court. A contemporary and friend of Joseph Vernet, Benjamin West, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, among others. 8vo, red cloth, d.j., pictorial endpapers. First ed. New York, R. Worthington, 1879. V.G. (spine sunned with tanned label; cloth crinkled and lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine; very brief ink inscription from original owner dated 1879 on second blank. A clean attractive copy.)
$70.00 [Order]
(WHITE, C A19753)
Finkelstein, Sydney. CHARLES WHITE: Ein Kunstler Amerikas. 67 pp. text plus frontisphoto of artist and 43 full-page b&w illus. In German. An important monograph on White, never published in English. In uncommon fragile pictorial dust jacket. Scarce. 8vo, full lettered cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First ed. Dresden, VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1955. Fine bright copy, in v.g. dust jacket with moderate edge wear.
$350.00 [Order]
(ZAKHAROV A19841)
Fribourg. Kunstverein. VADIM ZAKHAROV. 35 pp. exhib. cat., approx. 30 b&w illus. (many multi-panel narrative works), biog., exhibs., bibliog. Texts by Claudia Jolles, statement by artist; and interview with Zakharov by Helmut Draxler. [With: 2 additional color and 1 b&w photographs of works by Zakharov, laid in.] Zakharov (b. Dushanbe, 1959) was one of the young Soviet conceptual artists who arose in the mid-80s to challenge Soviet ideology in the post-WWII era. Oblong 4to, stapled self-wraps. First ed. 1989. Near fine (light edge rubbing.)
$20.00 [Order]
(ZERRES A19991)
Koln. Jablonka Galerie. MARIA ZERRES: Julia 29 Zeichnungen. 36 pp. exhib. cat., full page expressionist figure drawings. Intro. by Franz von Berchem. Contemporary German artist. 4to, stapled wraps. First ed. 1988. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(ZIMMERMANN A19992)
Koln. Galerie Tania Grunert. PETER ZIMMERMANN: Bilder 87-89: Ausstellung von Buchtiteln. 30 pp. exhib. cat., 13 b&w and color illus., checklist of 21 works, biog., exhibs. Text by Gunther Bernd Ginzel, Rudolf Bumiller, Veit Gorner, and Jose Lebrero Stals. Contemporary German conceptual art. Dual lang. English and German. 4to, card wraps. 1989. Fine.
$17.50 [Order]
(ANTWERP A19948)
ANTWERP. Internationaal Cultureel Centrum. picturaal 1: recente schilderkunst in vlaanderen. Unpag. (30 pp.) exhib. cat., 62 b&w illus., biog., exhibs. for each artist. Text by Hilda Van Pelt. In Dutch, English, and French. Artists included: Dirk De Vos, Frans Gentils, Mark Luyten, Piet Moerman, Narcisse Tordoir, Philippe Vandenbergge, Flik van Gestel, Siegfried van Malderenc, Daniel Weinberger. 4to, wraps. April 18-May 31, 1981. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(AUSTIN A19833)
AUSTIN (TX). Austin Museum of Art. Fresh Ink: Austin Print Workshops. 48 pp. exhib. cat., 22 full-page illus., checklist with full publication details of 147 prints and print series. Curated by Mark L. Smith. Includes: John Alexander, Terry Allen, Eric Avery, David Bates, Michael Ray Charles, Bert L. Long, Jr., Irene Perez Omer, Cesar Martinez, Melissa Miller, Dan Rizzie, Lou Ann Stovall, James Surls, Patssi Valdez, June Wayne, Robert Wilson, Dan Yeager, and many more. Excellent collection reference to works published at Austin fine print presses. 4to, card wraps. First ed. January 18-April 13, 1997. As new.
$27.50 [Order]
(AUSTIN A19958)
AUSTIN. Laguna Gloria Art Museum. Three Photographers: Barboza, Callis, Pfahl. (6 pp.) exhib. brochure, 3 illus., checklist of 59 works, biogs., exhibs., colls., bibliog. for each artist. The exhibition included Anthony Barboza's portraits of artists, writers, poets, musicians: James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Romare Bearden, Leroy Clarke, Norman Lewis, Quincy Troupe, Henry Threadgill (illus.), et al. (A useful reference list.) Bi-fold card (25.5 x 11 in.) May 22-July 5, 1981. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(BARCELONA A1278)
BARCELONA. Palau Marc. Artigau, Llimos, Serra de Riveros: Dibuixos. Unpag. exhib. cat., 59 b&w illus., photo of the three artists, biog., exhibs., colls. for each. Many fine line figure drawings by three contemporary Catalan painters. Text in Catalan by Pilar Parserisas. 4to, self-wraps. N.d. (1984). Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(BERLIN A19964)
BERLIN. Neue Berliner Galerie im Alten Museum, Berlin. Kunst & Arbeit: Deutsche Demokratische Republik and Republik Osterreich. 104 pp., 36 color plates, 79 b&w illus., checklist of 261 works with brief biogs. of artists. Essays by Ursula Horn, Bernd Rosner, Otto Staininger. Texts by artists Adolf Menzel, Adolf Baluschek, Sella Hasse, Kathe Kollwitz, Armin Munch, Willi Sitte, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Uwe Pfeiffer, Jorg Sonntag, et al. Survey of twentieth century art including well-known figures such as Lea Grundig, John Heartfeld, Kathe Kollwitz, Conrad Felixmuller, Max Liebermann, Max Lingner, Karl Lohse, Adolf Menzel, Otto Nagel, and many lesser known artists. 12mo, wraps. December 3, 1987-January 3, 1988. About fine (partial crease upper corner front cover.)
$27.50 [Order]
(BOGOTA A4096)
BOGOTA. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota. VII Bienal de Arte de Bogota. 58 pp. exhib. cat., 24 artists with full page color plate and artist's statement or critic's essay, biogs., exhibs. for each artist. Included: Jose Gabriel Calderon, Jaime Ceron, Maria Elvira Escallon, Liliana Estrada, Grupo Edafos, Carmen Maria Jaramillo, Grupo Nomada, Rafael Ortiz, Libia Posada, Alejandro Posada, Gustavo Turizo, Luis Fernando Valencia, Gloria Zea, Maria Fernanda Zuluaga, and many others. Sophisticated international Latin American work. 4to, wraps. First ed. 2000. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(BOSTON A19890)
BOSTON. Institute of Contemporary Art. Geometric Abstraction: A New Generation. 13 pp., 7 full-page color plates, checklist of 15 works. Text by Clark V. Poling. Artists included: Bruce Boice, Richard Cramer, Susan Crile, David Diao, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, James Juszczyk. Oblong 4to, stapled wraps. First ed. January 13-March 8, 1981. New.
$27.50 [Order]
(BOSTON A19840)
BOSTON. Institute of Contemporary Art. Points of View: recent work by 25 area photographers. Slender printed brochure with brief text and index of artists, portfolio of 25 separate b&w photographs printed on postcard size card stock, contained in white card folding cover. Curated by Susan R. Channing. Included: David Akiba, David Batchelder, Bill Burke, Joseph De Maio, Stephen Frank, Benno Friedman, Henry Horenstein, Robert Hower, Joel Katz, Gus Kayafas, B.A. King, Kipton Kumier, Wendy Snyder, Elaine Mayes, Alan Melnick, Chester Michalik, Lee Post, Dennis Purcell, Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Richard Rogers, Derrick Te Paske, Cary Wasserman, John Weiss, Stephen Wicks, Kelly Wise. 12mo, stapled covers, cards, cover. Complete as issued. March 9-April 8, 1972. As new.
$17.00 [Order]
(BOSTON A19845)
BOSTON. Institute of Modern Art. Eight by Eight: American Abstract Painting Since 1940. Unpag. (19 pp.) exhib. cat., 8 b&w illus. (one for each artist), checklist of 64 works with prices for the 16 works by Gallatin and Mason neatly written in ink under each work in the checklist. Intro. by George L.K. Morris. The eight artists in the show are: Ilya Bolotowsky, Suzy Frelinghuysen, A.E. Gallatin, Alice Trumbull Mason, George L.K. Morris, Ad Reinhardt (as A.D.F. Reinhardt), Charles G. Shaw, and Esphyr Slobodkina. Uncommon. 12mo, tan paper stapled wraps, lettered in brown. First ed. April 11-28, 1945. Near fine. (Brief area of rubbing from former owner name erasure at upper corner of front cover, else crisp bright copy.)
$22.50 [Order]
(BRUXELLES A19830)
BRUXELLES. Musee d'Art Moderne. Tendances surrealistes en Belgique. Unpag. (58 pp.) exhib. cat., 20 b&w illus. and photos, checklist of 84 works and documents by 26 artists from Rene Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Lefrancq to Pierre Alechinsky, Dotremont, Ubac, Pol Bury, Maxime van de Woestyne, Rachel Baes, Suzanne van Damme. Useful reference with extensive introductory text by Gisele Ollinger-Zinque. In French. 8vo, wraps., die-cut cover over red paper. First ed. 1970. Near fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(CARACAS A16781)
CARACAS. Museo de Bellas Artes. La Decada Prodigiosa: el arte venezolano en los anos '60. 99 pp., color and b&w illus. for each artist, biogs., exhibs., colls., checklist of 107 works. Historical introduction by Maria Elena Ramos; important scholarly resource on modern Venezualan art of the 1960s by Federica Palomero. In Spanish. Artists include: Francisco Narvaez, Angel Hurtado, Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz Diez, Jesus Soto, Humberto Jaimes Sanchez, Regulo Perez, Carlos Poveda, Lucy Pirela, Gego, Gerd Leufert, Carlos Contramaestre, Fernando Irazabal, Antonio Moya, Jose Maria Cruxent, Gabriel Morera, Mercedes Pardo, Luisa Richter, Mario Abreu, Miguel van Dangel, Jacobo Borges, Alirio Rodriguez, Alirio Palacios, Carlos Hernandez Guerra, Carlos Gonzalez Bogen, Jose Antonio Davila, Oswaldo Vigas, Manuel Quintana Castillo, Harry Abend, Pedro Briceno, Victor Valera, Lia Bermudez, and others. Uncommon. 4to, wraps. Die-cut jacket with pictorial window panel. July-August, 1995. Fine.
$75.00 [Order]
(CARACAS A19960)
CARACAS. Museo de Bellas Artes. Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro: Wenemoser, Fuenmayor, Obregon, Sosa. 77 pp. exhib. cat., 14 color plates, approx. 140 b&w illus., detailed chronol., exhibs. bibliog. for each artist. Text by Rina Carvajal, Jose Ignacio Herrera. The four artists - Alfred Wenemoser (b.1954), Hector Fuenmayor (b.1949), Roberto Obregon (b.1946), and Antonietta Sosa (b.1949) - are major contemporary Venezuelan artists. The text and illustrations cover the full span of their careers. Primarily installation and performance work involving sculpture, drawing, photography, and video. 4to, wraps. October 10-November 24, 1991. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(CAYEY A19829)
Cayey, Puerto Rico. Museo Universitario Dr. Pio Lopez Martinez, Colegio Universitario de Cayey. Correspondencias: Un dialogo con Ramon Frade. 59 pp. exhib. cat., 47 color plates, biogs., artists' statements. Contemporary works of art either depicting or dedicated to, the noted Puerto Rican artist, Ramón Frade (1875-1954). Includes: Antonio Alvelo, Jorge L. Morales, Erick Lluch, Nathan Budoff, Josue Alicea, Camilo Torres, Alberto Williams, Cristina Emmanuel, Jesus Gonzalez, Elizam Escobar, Gloria Rivera, Quintin Rivera, Elsa M. Melendez, Gladys Nieves, Yolanda Velazquez, Nelson Sambolin, Nereidin Feliciano, Eduardo Lalo, Tai Fernandez, Elias Adasme, Gloria Bosa, Rolando Esteves, Rafael Trelles, Giovanni Rodriguez, et al. 8vo, card wraps with vellum overlay. 2001. As new.
$30.00 [Order]
(CHARLOTTE A19907)
CHARLOTTE. Spirit Square Center for Arts and Education. Japan: the nature of now. 46 pp., approx. 30 b&w and color illus., photo, biog., exhibs., colls., awards for each artist. Texts by Peter Grilli, Dana Friis-Hansen, David Mura, Alan Prokop and Aida Saul, substantial texts by each artist. Curated by Akifumi Doi. Artists included: Christine Yuki Aono, Rioji Arai, Shinta Cho, Kaoru Hirabayashi, Yosuke Inoue, Miyaki Ishiuchi, Hideo Ito, Reika Iwami, Osamu Kanemura, Ken Katayama, Etsuko Kibai, Yoshio Kitayama, Kuukuu, Naoko Matsubara, Tom Nakashima, Toko Shinoda, Koji Suzuki, Toshiko Takaezu, Shigeru Tamura, Gaho Taniguchi, Ayako Ueki. 4to, wraps. September-December, 1994. Fine new copy.
$17.00 [Order]
(COLLEGE PARK A19824)
COLLEGE PARK, MD. University of Maryland Art Gallery. Terra Firma - Susan Brenner, Nancy Fried, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Faith Wilding, Barbara Zucker. 20 pp exhib. cat., 6 color plates. checklist of 34 works in painting, sculpture, photography. Intro. by Terry Gipps, with short essays on each artist by a different critic: Brenner (Wendy Grossman); Fried (Margaret Wilkerson); Simpson (Renee Ater); Smith (Mary Jo Aagerstoun); Wilding (Kimberly Gladfleter; and Zucker (Martha Bari). Oblong 4to, stapled wraps. First ed. January 15-March 2, 1997. V.G. + (soft partial creasing upper corner, else clean fine copy).
$20.00 [Order]
(HANOVER A13130)
HANOVER. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Grueby Pottery: A New England Arts and Crafts Venture. The William Curry Collection. 40 pp., 9 color plates, 5 b&w illus., checklist of 128 items, all fully described in detail. Pref. Timothy Rub; texts by collector William Curry and Susan Montgomery. Definitive collector/dealer/museum reference to these Arts and Crafts movement ceramic works. Information on the Grueby firm, its history, premier designer George Prentiss Kendrick's organic designs, and more. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1994. As new.
$60.00 [Order]
(HANOVER A19954)
HANOVER. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Looking for America: Prints of Rural Life from the 1930s and 1940s. 12 pp. exhib. cat., 12 b&w illus., checklist of 65 works by 32 artists. Text by Barbara J. MacAdam. An interesting selection of work. Includes: James E. Allen, Thomas Hart Benton, Aaron Bohrod, Asa Cheffetz, John E. Costigan, John Rogers Cox, John Steuart Curry, John De Martelly, Steven Dohanos, Helen Farr, Wanda Gag, Alexandre Hogue, Joe Jones, Doris Lee, Clare Leighton, Thomas W. Nason, Sanford Ross, Herbert Waters, Grant Wood, and many others. 4to, wraps. December 3, 1994-March 5, 1995. Fine.
$17.00 [Order]
(HAVANA A19956)
HAVANA. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and Neuer Berliner Galerie, Berlin. Jovenes Artistas de la R.D.A. y Cuba / Junge Kunstler der DDR und Kubas. 70 pp., approx. 50 illus., 1 color plate, several b&w illus., artist photo, biog. and text for each artist. Ten artists (five from each country). Included: Tomas Esson Reid, Joel Jovert Llenderosos, Ciro Quintana Gutierrez, Zaida del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez Brey, Klaus Killisch, Michael Kunert, Neo Rauch, Wolfgang Smy, Gerd Sonntag. In Spanish and German. Uncommon. 4to, pictorial wraps. 1989. Near fine (light rubbing to covers.)
$35.00 [Order]
(HILLMAN, JAMES A19985)
PRATO. Centro de l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci. Archivio No. 2. James Hillman: Repression della Bellazza / Repression of Beauty. 75 pp., 10 full-page color plates. Proceedings of the Seminar: Repression of Beauty, February 15-16, 1991. Speakers: James Hillman, Thomas Moore, Francesco Domfrancesco. In Italian and English. 8vo, self wraps, yellow paper title band. First ed. 1992. New.
$20.00 [Order]
(International Review of African American Art A15658)
HAMPTON. Hampton University. The International Review of African American Art Vol. 12, No. 3 (1995). Special issue on 19th Century African American Fine and Craft Arts of the South. 64 pp., 23 color plates, numerous b&w illus. Articles by Sharon Patton, Patricia Brady, Theresa A. Singleton, Questa Benberry, an interview with Richard K. Dozier. Two articles on the ante bellum artists of New Orleans and Louisiana, new research on African American contributions to 19th century American architecture, an article on quilts, etc. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1995. Near fine (2 very brief text markings, corner tip bump).
$20.00 [Order]
(International Review of African American Art A16825)
HAMPTON. Hampton University. The International Review of African American Art Vol. 8, No. 1 (1988). Special issue on The Art of Trinidad and Tobago. Color and b&w illus. Artists included: Franco Tempro, Kenneth LeMaitre, Dharmbodh Westmass, Samuel Walrond, Herman Ba Charles, and artists of Best Village. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1988. About fine.
$37.50 [Order]
(IOWA CITY A17246)
IOWA CITY. University of Iowa Museum of Art. Centering on Contemporary Clay: American Ceramics from the Joan Mannheimer Collection. 68 pp., checklist of works, 5 color, 24 b&w illus. Includes: contemporary work by Bennett Bean, Marilyn Levine, Richard Notkin, Betty Woodman, Peter Voulkos, et al. 8vo, wraps. April 25-August 2, 1981. Near fine (brief cover corner crease, else fine).
$21.00 [Order]
(JACOB, MARY JANE A19403)
JACOB, MARY JANE, ed. Places with a Past: New Site-Specific Art at Charleston's Spoleto Festival. 192 pp., color illus. Includes work by: Christian Boltanski, Chris Burden, James Coleman, Houston Conwill, Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Antony Gormley, Ann Hamilton, David Hammons, Ronald Jones, Liz Magor, Elizabeth Newman, Joyce Scott, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, et al. 4to, maroon cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1991. Fine/Near fine (crinkling at upper spine edge of d.j.).
$55.00 [Order]
(JAKOVSKY A19133)
Jakovsky, Anatole. Le Pyrogene et son arbre geneologique. 19 pp., 53 b&w illus., color cover plate. A tribute to the many inventive forms of the match holder. Uncommon. 8vo, stapled pictorial wraps. Paris: Flammes et Fumees, 1964. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(JERUSALEM A19826)
JERUSALEM. Israel Museum. Along New Lines: Israeli Drawing Today. 122, 38 pp. exhib. cat., b&w illus., biog. notes In English and Hebrew. Artists include: Avi Adler, Miriam Cabessa, Itzhak Danziger, Varda Getzow, Moshe Gershuni, Michael Gitlin, Irit Hemmo, Menashe Kadishman, Leopold Krakauer, Moshe Kupferman, Joshua Neustein, Miri Nishri, Hugit Rubenstein, Buky Schwartz, Michal Shamir, Moran Snir, Micha Ullman, and Aviva Uri. 4to, wraps 1991. Fine.
$19.50 [Order]
(KELLEHER A10032)
KELLEHER, MICHAEL D. and C. L. Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer. xii, 213 pp., appendices, bibliog., index. Cultural criminology. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Westport, Praeger, 1998. Fine/Fine. As new.
$17.50 [Order]
(LIVINGSTONE A3030)
LIVINGSTONE, MARCO, ed. Pop Art: An International Perspective. 312 pp., exhib. cat., 194 color plates and 115 b&w illus. mostly in color, checklist of works, biogs. of all artists, chronol., bibliog., index. Texts by Livingstone, Sarat Maharaj, Constance W. Glenn, Alfred Pacquemont, Evelyn Weiss, Thomas Kellein, Dan Cameron. Important scholarly catalogue covering four decades and 12 countries with chapters on American, British, and European Pop art, Neo Pop and Fluxus. Stout 4to, wraps. London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1991. New, with remainder mark lower edge.
$30.00 [Order]
(McDOUGALL A2804)
McDOUGALL, BONNIE S., ed. Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China 1949-1979. xvi, 341 pp., biblio., index. Important texts on folk art, drama, the film industry of the 1970s, poetry, music and the May Fourth era. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1984. Fine/Fine.
$75.00 [Order]
(MORAN A12959)
MORAN, CHARLES. Black Triumvirate: A Study of Louverture, Dessalines, Christophe - The Men who made Haiti. 160 pp. Triple biography of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution. 12mo, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Exposition Press, 1957. About fine, in v.g. d.j. (light wear to extrems.)
$18.00 [Order]
(NEW YORK A4388)
NEW YORK. Isadore Ducasse. Photorealism: The Early Years. 24 pp. exhib. cat., color plates. Artists include: John Baeder, Tom Blackwell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Guy Johnson, John Kacere, Ron Kleeman, Richard McLean, Jack Mendenhall, David Parrish, John Salt, Ben Schonzeit, James Valerio, and sculptors John De Andrea and Duane Hanson. 4to, wraps. First ed. 1991. Near fine clean bright copy.
$60.00 [Order]
(NEW YORK A19970)
NEW YORK. Marlborough Gallery. The Pressure to Paint. 23 pp., 17 full-page color plates (one for each artist), 7 small b&w illus., checklist of 28 works. Curated by Diego Cortez. Includes: Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Martin Disler, Rainer Fetting, Keith Haring, Jorg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lupertz, Michael McClard, A.R. Penck, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, Robin Winters. 4to, wraps. First ed. June 4-July 9, 1982. About fine clean bright copy (faint dent upper edge of cover near corner.)
$27.50 [Order]
(NEW YORK A6412)
NEW YORK. Stiebel Modern. In Human Terms. 47 pp., b&w illus., exhib. checklist. Intro. By Penelope Hunter-Stiebel; text by Katherine Chapin. Notable group exhibition of realist figure paintings and drawings by ten American and European artists. Includes: Balthus, William Beckman, Tibor Csernus, Lucian Freud, John Koch, Alfred Leslie, Philip Pearlstein, Sara Rossberg, Milet Andrejevic, Michael Leonard. 4to, gilt lettered burgundy cloth. [As issued.] 1991. About fine clean bright copy.
$18.00 [Order]
(PALERMO A17428)
Palermo: Palazzo Osterio Magno. Europe - USA and the Era of Unimplosive Art. 200 pp., mostly color plates, index of approx. 130 artists. Text by Carmelo Strano. In English and Italian. Artists include (among many others): Peter Anders, Alberto Burri, Tony Cragg, Dan Graham, Gary Hill, Christian Huebler, Anish Kapoor, Tadashi Kawamata, Anselm Kiefer, Barbara Kruger, Guillermo Kuitca, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Otto Piene, Pino Pinelli, Gio Pomodoro, Mimmo Rotella, David Salle, Laurie Simmons, Bill Viola, Andy Warhol. [Note: Very large heavy book requiring additional charge for overseas shipping.] Large 4to, self-wraps. 1998. Fine new copy.
$85.00 [Order]
(PARIS A19912)
PARIS. Galerie d'art international. Atelier: hebert-stevens, bony - vitraux. 28 pp. exhib. cat., 5 full-page color plates, 10 b&w illus., list of 43 major public stained glass works in French churches for the four artists. Intro. in French by Ante Glibota. Exhibition of stained glass by French glass designers Pauline Peugniez, Paul Bony, Adeline Hebert-Stevens, and Jacques Bony. Scarce. Sq. 8vo, wraps. June 16-July 15, 1981. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(PHILADELPHIA A5546)
PHILADELPHIA. Institute of Contemporary Art. Devil on the Stairs: Looking Back on the Eighties. 96 pp. exhib. cat., 51 illus., 32 in color, checklist, biogs., exhibs. and short bibliogs. Texts by Robert Storr and P. Schjeldahl. Includes many major artist from John Baldessari, Jean Michel Basquiat, Joseph Beuys and Keith Haring to Martin Puryear and Wojnarowicz; also includes many of the leading women artists of the 80s: Ida Applebroog, Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, S. Levine, Ana Mendieta, Murray, Adrian Piper, Susan Rothenberg, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Laurie Simmons, Nancy Spero. 4to, stiff wraps. First ed. 1991. As new.
$15.00 [Order]
(READ A10310)
Read, Herbert, with foreword by Allen Tate. Selected Writings of HERBERT READ: Poetry and Criticism. 406 pp. Foreword by Allen Tate. Uncommon. 8vo, cloth. First U.S. ed. New York, Horizon, 1964. Fine.
$85.00 [Order]
(REDLICH, ANNA A19928)
REDLICH, ANNA. Dogs of Ireland. 189 pp., b&w photos. Still an important reference work on this topic. 12mo, cloth, d.j. Dundalk Dundalgan Press 1949. Fine, in near fine d.j. (light edgewear to d.j.)
$90.00 [Order]
(SAN SEBASTIEN A19945)
SAN SEBASTIEN. Arteleku. Bodies Parade: Estibaliz Sabada & Gabriel Villota - Videoweek.Videocombate.Bideobultza. 28 pp., color illus., biogs. of this featured team of video makers. Text by Gabriel Villota Toyos. With listings for the 37 other videos included in the festival and brief biogs. of the directors. Oblong 8vo, stapled wraps. First ed. May 18-22, 1992. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(The Worker A18491)
North, Joseph (foreword). A Selection of Drawings from The Worker, 1924-1960 [Cover title: 36 Years Drawings, The Worker]. 96 pp., illus. Foreword by Joseph North. Leftist drawings and cartoons by Phil Bard, Maurice Becker, Fred Ellis, Hugo Gellert, William Gropper, Robert Minor, A. Redfield, Clive Weed, Art Young, and the American Graphic Workshop. 4to, wraps. New York, The Worker, n.d. (1960). Fine.
$35.00 [Order]
(THOMPSON, JULIUS A18907)
THOMPSON, JULIUS E.. Dudley Randall, Broadside Press and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960-1995. 352 pp., including photographs, illustrations, tables, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. 8vo, cloth. No dustjacket (as issued.) Jefferson, McFarland, 1999. New.
$18.00 [Order]
(WASHINGTON A17801)
WASHINGTON, D.C. National Museum of Women in the Arts. National Museum of Women in the Arts. 254 pp., over 200 illus. (69 color illus.), brief bibliog., index. Selection from the collection including 70 artists from the 17th-20th century. Excellent survey with text by Alessandra Comini. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Abrams, 1987. Fine/Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
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