New York: Wm. E. Rudge's Sons, 1945. Armitage, Merle. Trade edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 74p, many ills., some with a second flat color (a sort of rust-coral). Cover stamped in silver. One of 3000 hardcover copies in slipcase (which is very good). No d.j., as issued. Armitage's thoughts on book..... More
1889. Art Institute of Chicago; American Art Association. Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin: Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue. Plus: First and Second Appendixes. Chicago, 1889. 3 items: 80p with many ills.; 14p, 35p. Very good stapled paperbounds (Second Appendix covers are soiled and sunned). Owner's small ink stamp on two..... More
No place [Buffalo?]: No stated publisher, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. Six reproductions of photographs, printed in duotone on glossy card stock, laid in folder. Short texts by Reyner Banham, Anthony Bannon, and the photographer. Ca. 6 x 9 inches. Folder lightly soiled; price sticker removed from back; photos are..... More
London: Marlborough Fine Art, 1962. Vantongerloo. First edition. Soft cover. 54p, many ills., a few in color. Retrospective exhibition catalogue of paintings, drawings, and constructions in many media. With some texts by the artist, including "Reflections" and "An Intimate Biography." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
![The Story of the Mosaics [Moars Cafeteria]. Benjamin Bufano](/pictures/thumb/30401.jpg?v=1633973576)
San Francisco: Moars Cafeteria, n.d. [1950s]. No stated edition. one sheet, folded into thirds. One sheet, printed in green. Folded, 4 x 6 inches. For many years Moars Cafeteria on Powell Street in San Francisco was home to three large mosaics by Italian-born sculptor and mosaic artist Benjamin (Benny) Bufano. ..... More
Geneva: Christian Braillard (printer), 1983. First edition. Soft cover. [48]p, many color ills. Poetic text by Butor and an explanation of the series and its production by Pretre. One of 1500 trade copies. In French. Catalogue for two exhibitions of Jean-Claude Pretre's Offenbach series held in Basel, 1983 (including..... More
Paris: Maeght for Bibliotheque Aragon, Choisy-le-Roi, 1995. Cortot, Jean. First edition. Soft cover, self wrappers. [96]p, many color ills. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of books and manuscripts written and/or illustrated by poet-painter-printmaker Jean Cortot (1925-2018). Poems and statements by Cortot; also texts by Pierre Beres, Michel Butor, and several others..... More
Munich: Edition Schellmann, 1985. Cucchi, Enzo. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., 21 entries for individual prints, sets of prints, or bound-in etchings, all illustrated. Three color pls. tipped onto fold-out page. Text in German and English. Artist statement, double-page photo of artist. ** The entries give details of size, edition..... More
![LeR DLa CaNpaNe paR DUBUFe J [presentation from Alfonso Ossorio; 1 of 165]. Jean Dubuffet](/pictures/thumb/30248.jpg?v=1633973537)
Paris: L'Art Brut, 1948 (Noel). Dubuffet, Jean. Limited edition. Stapled soft cover. [18]p, 3 linoleum cuts and 3 woodcuts. Inscribed on the front cover by Alfonso Ossorio, Dubuffet's longtime friend, fellow Art Brut artist, and collector, to an American art historian. Light edge wear and soil to covers; two very..... More
Westmoreland, NH: Bridge Press, 2016. Cohen, Brian D. Limited edition (200 signed copies). Soft cover. N.p., 25 pls. "Reproduces the first twenty-five etchings of the Emblem series," accompanying an exhibition in Brattleboro, VT. Inspired by Renaissance emblem books, Cohen depicts "mostly things I like, encounter, or dream of. They are..... More
![Private Dictionary of the Arts [1 of 500, inscribed]. Peter Fingesten](/pictures/thumb/30181.jpg?v=1633973522)
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1958. Limited Edition. Soft cover. [16]p, several black-and-white line ills. by Fingesten. Cover wear and fading; staples rusted; first pages lightly stained at bottom. Die-cut front cover revealing the word "private." A send-up of artistic terms and concepts by the German-born artist and educator Peter Fingesten..... More
Munich; Cologne: Galerie Klihm; Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, 1972. Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. First edition. Soft cover. [24]p, 8 pls. of photograms. Checklist of 24 photograms that were part of an exhibition of Moholy-Nagy's photographic work, which was shown at the Galerie Klihm, the Bauhaus-Archiv, and another site. With a short excerpt from..... More
Boston: New England School of Art & Design, 2001. Andersen, Wayne. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, 14 ills. + cover, most in color. Invitation to opening and post-opening party laid in. Catalogue of 30 paintings, some with Andersen's comments. Also a one-page memoir, touching on his varied career as "public..... More
![An Alphabet of Decorative Initials Designed by Contemporary Artists [etc.]. Edwin and Robert...](/pictures/thumb/30509.jpg?v=1634144790)
San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press for M.H. de Young Memorial Museum], 1963. Angelo, Valenti; Frederic Goudy. First edition. Sewn softcover. Title continues: "and printed on the occasion of the exhibition of 'One Hundred Books from the Grabhorn Press' held at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco, May 17th to..... More
Cologne: Taschen, 1997. Hundertwasser. First edition. Hardcover. 320p, hundreds of color photos, elevations, models, and plans. Includes a short text by Wieland Schmied; Hundertwasser's manifestoes, speeches, writings; illustrated case studies of 12 pojects; the Hundertwasser House in Vienna; and documentation of various other projects. A beautiful copy, complete with the..... More
New York: Iolas Gallery, 1959. Man Ray. First edition. Unbound sheet. Announcement of the May Ray exhibition at the Iolas Gallery in New York, November 9, 1959. One large sheet, folded into a gatefold format. Paper browned, handling wear, light edge wear and chips. Photo is fine. Ca. 17 x...... More
Zuirch: Bodmer, 1987. Chamberlain, John. Limited edition. Soft cover. N.p., many full-page photos and line ills., a few in color. In English and Spanish. One of 3500 copies. Introduction to the collection of, and plans for, this ambitious museum-studio of installation art in Marfa, Texas. Works by Judd, Dan Flavin..... More
![I Mean You Know [1 of 300, signed]. Warren Lehrer](/pictures/thumb/30294.jpg?v=1633973546)
Bayside, NY, and Rochester, NY: Ear-Say Books and Visual Studies Workshop, 1983. Lehrer, Warren. Limited Edition. Printed boards in slipcase. 152p, many typographic ills. Written and designed by Lehrer. Printed by offset lithography. "All photo-typesetting was set by the author on a compugraphic editwriter 7500 an itek quadritek 1200 and..... More
![La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique [1 of 500]. Maurice Lemaitre](/pictures/thumb/25971.jpg?v=1633973465)
Paris: Caracteres, 1956. First edition. Soft cover. 68p, several line ills. + 2 double-page halftone pls. One of 500 copies of the regular edition. On writing systems and graphic expressions of hypertexts, by a leading practitioner and theorist of lettrism. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
Utrecht: A. Oosthoek's Uitgeversmaatschappij for the International Union of Crystallography, 1965. Escher, M.C. First edition. Hardcover. 84p, 41 pls., many in color. A few light stains to front cover, two tiny spots to one inside margin. No jacket. Description and analysis of Escher's patterns using classical symmetry, black-and-white symmetry, and..... More
New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1974. Ryan, Anne. First edition. Soft cover. 28p, many ills., several in color. Covers foxed and soiled; opening pages foxed, else internally very good. With two short texts by Ryan, lists of exhibitions and collections, chronology, and checklist of the 37 mixed-media collages (fabric and paper)..... More
Milan: Giancarlo Politi, 1982. First edition. Soft cover. 320p, many ills., many in color. . A seminal publication on international neo-expressionist painting of the 1970s-80s, which embraced forms of earlier art (figuration, texture, emotion, etc.) in reaction to conceptual abstraction. Oliva dubbed the Italian version "La Transavanguardia." Contains "Transitional Art" by..... More
Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, n.d. [1969]. Rhino Horn artists. First edition. Soft cover. 22p, 15 color pls. Published to accompany the first Rhino Horn exhibition, at the New School for Social Research. The seven artists were Peter Dean, Jay Milder, Peter Passuntino, Ken Bowman, Nicholas Sperakis, Michael Fauerbach, and Benny Andrews..... More
![Wood Sculpture [with 2 signed letters]. John Rood](/pictures/thumb/26212.jpg?v=1633973470)
1940. Rood, John. Wood Sculpture. Athens, OH: Lawhead Press 1940. 32p, many black-and-white photos of Rood's sculptures. Good paperbound (card covers) in fair d.j. (spine reinforced with tape; torn, soiled). Title page smudged from offsetting from front jacket flap. Some foxing. ** Text by Rood on his work. Laid in..... More
London: Tate Gallery, 1992. Serra, Richard. First edition. Soft cover. 112p, 50 duotone photos. Text in English and German. Trace of old price sticker on front cover. "Weight and Measure" was created at a German steel mill as a site-specific installation for the Tate's Duveen Galleries. With a conversation among..... More
