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(MAN RAY). Ware, Katherine. A PRACTICAL DREAMER: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAN RAY. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New. One 7 ½ x 24 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1998 exhibition of vintage prints by Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 025597

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. EMERSON WOELFFER: SELECTED WORKS - EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine. One 8 ¾ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. With a chronology. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 2000 show of paintings and collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 015612

(DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, THE). Graf, John F., Editor. THE DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: JULY 1993 (VOL. 5, NO. 4). Green Bay, WI: The Daguerreian Society, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Very Good -. 12pp, 17 b&w illustrations. This is the July 1993 issue of "The Daguerreian Society Newsletter" - the slender bi-monthly compendium of news, reviews, and research queries devoted to the important early photographic process popularized by Frenchman Louis Daguerre. A handsome copy showing some minor wear and creasing to the covers. Inventory Number: 012759

(DOW, JIM).. JIM DOW: VINTAGE COLOR POSTCARD - HARLAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE, HARLAN, KENTUCKY, 1918-21. NP: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Postcard. Fine. One 6 x 4 ¼" glossy cardstock postcard printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. To mark the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States of America, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. commissioned twenty-four photographers to record more than one thousand County Court houses across the country using both color and black and white film. The project, directed by Phyllis Lambert and edited by Richard Pare, created the then-most comprehensive survey of an American building type. The Seagram County Court House Archives collection of photographic negatives and master prints was ultimately presented as a gift, with its copyright ownership, to the Library of Congress. In 1978 Horizon published the lovely Richard Pare-edited book of images from this undertaking entitled "Court House: A Photographic… Leer más

Baldwin, Gordon. FAME AND PHOTOGRAPHY. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Near Fine. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Fame and Photography"; a 1993 exhibition of prints by Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen and Man Ray drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025459

(BLUHM, NORMAN). Silverman Gallery, Manny. NORMAN BLUHM: SELECTED WORKS FROM 1976-1989. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +. np (20pp), 12 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twenty page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 exhibition of paintings on canvas executed during the seventies by noted American Abstract Expressionist painter Norman Bluhm. A most presentable copy of this ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing some creasing along the length of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019097

(DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, THE). Graf, John F., Editor. THE DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 1992 (VOL. 4, NO. 5). Green Bay, WI: The Daguerreian Society, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Very Good -. 12pp, 6 b&w illustrations. This is the July 1993 issue of "The Daguerreian Society Newsletter" - the slender bi-monthly compendium of news, reviews, and research queries devoted to the important early photographic process popularized by Frenchman Louis Daguerre. A handsome copy showing some minor wear and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 012760

(HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS & ADAMSON, ROBERT). Lyden, Anne M.. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HILL AND ADAMSON. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. One 7 ½ x 12" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 2 duotone illustrations. This is the slender four page brochure produced to accompany "Light and Darkness: The Photographs of Hill and Adamson"; a 1999 exhibition of early prints by the pioneering Scottish collaborators drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 017818

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). M(iller)-K(eller), A(ndrea). WILLEM DE KOONING: MATRIX / BERKELEY 12. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (4pp), 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender four page exhibition brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Matrix exhibition of Willem De Kooning's sculpture at the University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 019491

(WINNINGHAM, GEOFF).. GEOFF WINNINGHAM: VINTAGE COLOR POSTCARD - HOPKINS COUNTY COURT HOUSE, SULFUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, c1856-58. NP: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Postcard. Fine. One 4 ¼ x 6" glossy cardstock postcard printed offset recto and verso, 1 color illustration. To mark the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States of America, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. commissioned twenty-four photographers to record more than one thousand County Court houses across the country using both color and black and white film. The project, directed by Phyllis Lambert and edited by Richard Pare, created the then-most comprehensive survey of an American building type. The Seagram County Court House Archives collection of photographic negatives and master prints was ultimately presented as a gift, with its copyright ownership, to the Library of Congress. In 1978 Horizon published the lovely Richard Pare-edited book of images from this undertaking entitled… Leer más

(WARHOL, ANDY) (NADAR). Baldwin, Gordon & Judith Keller. NADAR WARHOL: PARIS NEW YORK. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine. One 7 5/8 x 18" sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds as issued to make 6pp, 2 color and 2 duotone illustrations. This is the slender six page brochure produced to accompany the 1999 J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography exhibition entitled "Nadar Warhol: Paris New York". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - NOT to be confused with the hardbound exhibition catalogue of the same title. Inventory Number: 017257

Heiferman, Marvin, Carole Kismaric & Neil Frankel. MY DAY: A TALE OF FEAR, ALIENATION AND DESPAIR. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is a stark, terrifying yet amusing visual narrative (compiled by the authors from stock photography archives) that takes the viewer on a trip through the turmoil and tension of daily life, from waking to sleep. "My Day tells us just what we always suspected: everything is in flux. Nothing is certain. Menace is around the next corner. So lighten up. Buy this book - it's not very expensive...It's funny, and if you don't like it, you can give it to someone else for Christmas". A pristine copy. 0-8118-0270-1 Inventory Number: 006447

Lifson, Ben. "...IMAGES THAT YET / FRESH IMAGES BEGET...": PHOTOGRAPHING ART. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New. One 8 ¾ x 32 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is a brochure produced to accompany "...Images that yet / Fresh images beget... Photographing Art"; a 1987 exhibition of vintage prints of works of art by such photographers as Felix Teynard, Charles Negre, Charles Marville, Gustave Le Gray, Clarence Kennedy, Carlo Ponti, and Walker Evans, as drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 023947

(STIEGLITZ, ALFRED). Naef, Weston. ALFRED STIEGLITZ: SEEN AND UNSEEN. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 6 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1995 exhibition of vintage prints by Alfred Stieglitz drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 005390

(VAN LIESHOUT, JOEP). Baerwaldt, Wayne & P. Groot. ATELIER JOEP VAN LIESHOUT. Winnipeg, CANADA, Santa Monica, CA & Rotterdam: Plug In Editions / Smart Art Press / Atelier Van Lieshout, 1996. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Trademark, Amsterdam. "Rotterdam-based artist Joep van Lieshout creates engaging but enigmatic containers; streamlined, curvilinear molds decorated with occasional dashes of paradoxical materials like fur and liqueur bottles - which mimic sterile architectural spaces like mobile homes, office units, deprivation chambers, washbasins, toilet bowls, and shelving units. This jewel-like book accompanied a 1996 traveling exhibition of Atelier Van Lieshout's work". A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 018018

(SANDER, AUGUST). Keller, Judith. AUGUST SANDER: GERMAN PORTRAITS, 1918-1933. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. One 7 ½ x 24" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 12 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "August Sander: German Portraits, 1918-1933"; a 2001 exhibition of vintage prints by August Sander drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 017819

Cole, Herbert M.. MALE AND FEMALE: THE COUPLE IN AFRICAN SCULPTURE (ETHNIC ARTS SERIES, NUMBER 1). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good -. 29pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1983 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, this is noted art historian and curator Herbert M. Cole's study of matched pairs of male and female sculptural figures in the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. A presentable example only showing a discoloring dampstain (but with no sticking or tearing of the pages) running through the covers and textblock from the heel of the spine along the lower edge. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018963

Keller, Judith. NEITHER SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE WRITTEN WORD. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Neither Speech Nor Language: Photography and the Written Word"; a 1991 exhibition of vintage prints by Horatio B. King, Weegee, Aaron Siskind, Man Ray and Walker Evans drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027346

(ESHLEMAN, CLAYTON). Eshleman, Clayton. COILS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM CLAYTON AND CARYL ESHLEMAN. Signed Presentation Copy from the Author. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Very Good -. 147pp, no illustrations. "Coils" is the second Black Sparrow Press collection of poems by Clayton Eshleman. An internally handsome example addtionally bearing the SIGNED INSCRIPTIONS "for Gordon + Virginia - Warmest Wishes - Clayton 1977." and "1977 Birthday. A blue sky on May 1" from the poet's wife Caryl showing a bit of soiling and toning of the cream colored wrappers. Gordon Wagner was a prominent Los Angeles assemblage artist, and a friend of the poet. Inventory Number: 003743

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia & Sam Lee. ALIA MALLEY: SOUTHLAND - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed and Numbered by the Photographer. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery, 2010. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. np (12pp), 7 color illustrations. With a biography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with her 2010 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition, this slender yet elegant twelve page catalogue gorgeously illustrates Los Angeles photographer Alia Malley's current body of work - large scale, muted color images of the pastoral local exurban landscape that rest somewhere between Joel Sternfeld, Robert Adams and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. A brand new, pristine example of her first publication limited to five hundred numbered copes additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 021933