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(PIERSON, JACK). Pierson, Jack. I THOUGHT I KNEW. San Francisco: Jack Hanley Gallery, 1992. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Jack Pierson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1992 San Francisco gallery exhibition, this compact catalogue cum artist's book features Jack Pierson's handwritten, resonant textual fragments and phrases in throughout - the only photograph reproduced is of a flattened Marlboro pack. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light creasing and rubbing along its spine. Inventory Number: 023617

(PALEARI, FABIO) (DOHERTY, PETE). Paleari, Fabio & Robert Montgomery. I WON'T GIVE UP: PHOTOGRAPHS BY FABIO PALEARI - DELUXE BOXED LIMITED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. Signed by the Photographer - with a b&w Photograph. Bologna, ITALY: Grafiche Damiani, 2007. First Edition 1/400 Deluxe. 4to. Boards in Wooden Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (272pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Juan Gallego. "Any follower of the international tabloids is well-acquainted with rocker Pete Doherty, the former Libertines front man who is now quite famous for his on-again, off-again love affairs with supermodel Kate Moss and crack cocaine. After getting kicked out of the influential aforementioned British post-punk band for his over-the-top-drug use, Doherty started the band Babyshambles in 2005. Though fringe elements of Doherty's incendiary story have been well documented by unauthorized paparazzi, the authorized, inside… Leer más

(APPLEBROOG, IDA). Applebroog, Ida. IDA APPLEBROOG: A PERFORMANCE: THE END (FROM BLUE BOOKS). Inscribed and Dated by the Artist. NP (New York): Self-Published, 1981. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (20pp), 7 monochrome illustrations. "A Performance: The End" is seventh and final artist book printed in blue ink on heavy stock that comprises Ida Applebroog's 1981 series entitled "Blue Books". A handsome example offered individually additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "End of magnum opus, Ida Applebroog 1982" in pencil under the volume's final illustration showing some light handling creases along the spine. Inventory Number: 022308

(KOHLMEYER, IDA). Frank, Peter. IDA KOHLMEYER: PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE. New Orleans, LA: Arthur Roger Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (16pp), 10 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in conjunction with a 1989 gallery exhibition in her native New Orleans, this is an oversized, slender sixteen page catalogue of works by the late Ida Kohlmeyer - a former student of Hans Hofmann. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021361

(NARAHARA, IKKO). Narahara, Ikko. IKKO NARAHARA: CHIKAKU TE HARUKA NA TABI / JOURNEY TO A LAND SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1979. First Edition. Small Folio. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Near Fine. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. With a chronology. Issued in 1979, Ikko Narahara's "Chikaku te Haruka na Tabi" ("Journey To A Land So Near And Yet So Far") is the ninth volume in publisher Shueisha's "Nihon no bi: Gendai Nihon Shashin Zenshu" ("Beautiful Japan") series. An oversized, comprehensive hardbound survey of the noted photographer's imagery of his native land, here Narahara captures visions of nature, religious ceremonies, Noh Theatre, Sumo wrestling, and naked Geishas - often through his trademark fisheye lens. An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a dent through a portion of the textblock at the crown of the spine. It has been priced… Leer más

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

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Christie's Staff. AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ANDRE KERTESZ VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS: PARIS AND HUNGARY, 1919-1927. New York: Christie's, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Auction Catalog. Fine. 61pp, 39 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the extraordinary Thursday, April 17th, 1997 Christie's New York auction of thirty-seven vintage Andre Kertesz photographs originally assembled by noted Canadian photographic dealer Jane Corkin. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 019861

(LEONARD, HERMAN). Leonard, Herman & Richard Williams. IN MEMORIUM BY HERMAN LEONARD - SIGNED AND NUMBERED PORTFOLIO OF TWELVE PRINTS LIMITED TO THREE HUNDRED COPIES. NP. ND (1992).: Self-Published, First Edition #270/300. Folio. Loose Plates in a Solander Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. One 14 x 22" sheet folded neatly in half vertically to make 4pp + twelve 14 x 11" heavy cardstock sheets printed recto in duotone and verso in offset - each housed in a printed vellum sleeve, 12 duotone illustrations. "In Memorium" (sic) is the luxe 1992 self-published portfolio of twelve iconic images of legendary deceased Jazz musicians by the noted late American photographer Herman Leonard. It contains twelve individual suitable for framing duotone offset plates featuring Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie "Bird"… Leer más

Ide, Yasushi. IN THE MOOD: VINTAGE DANCE MUSIC RECORD JACKETS OF THE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S. Tokyo: Treville, 1991. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 75 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. This is a charming little compendium of jazz and lounge-themed album cover art culled from the author's own collection. The musical artists represented include Jackie Gleason, Dick Hyman, Wayne King, David Carroll, Johnny Gregory, Russ Morgan, Art Van Damme, Ray Anthony, Les Baxter, Gordon Jenkins, Richard Hayman, Joe Bushkin, The Norman Luboff Choir, Nelson Riddle, Melachrino, Eddie Calvert, Peter Yorke, Russ Columbo, Jay Jerome, Roger Williams, Earl Grant, Bert Kaempfert, Ray Sherman, Jack Pleis, The King Sisters, Paul Weston, Percy Faith, Wayne King, Lawrence Welk, Ken Griffin, Laurindo Almeida, Jan & Dean and the Satellites, Stan Kenton, Andre Popp, Henri Rene, Jerome Kern, Mantovani, Stanley Black, Hugo Winterhalter, The Three Suns, and Jesse Crawford.… Leer más

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce. Foreword by Kurt Braun. Afterword by Gary Todd. INDEPENDENT PROJECTS VOLUME ONE + VOLUME TWO: SELECTED RECORDINGS FROM THE MUSICAL CAREER OF BRUCE LICHER 1979-1985 (ON TWO 10" RECORDS...) - SIGNED, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIGNED LETTER FROM BRUCE LICHER. Los Angeles: Independent Project Records, 1989. First Edition 1/300. Square 4to. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Vinyl LPs + Loose Contents. As New/As New. np (42pp) + two 10" vinyl LPs with loose printed matter housed in a hand letterpress printed chipboard jacket. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher. This is the lavishly designed and printed compilation of the earliest recordings by noted Los Angeles-based musician, graphic designer and printer Bruce Licher issued in conjunction the 1989 Independent Project Press exhibition entitled "Bruce Licher: The Ten Year Retrospective" held at the Hallway Gallery. It contains two 10" vinyl discs featuring Licher's solo endeavors along with works by… Leer más

(HETHERINGTON, TIM). Hetherington, Tim. Introduction by Sebastian Junger. INFIDEL - FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY TIM HETHERINGTON. Signed by the Photographer. London: Chris Boot Ltd., 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Flexible Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by SMITH. "Infidel" is an intimate portrait of a single U.S. platoon assigned to an outpost in the Korengal Valley - an area considered one of the most dangerous Afghan postings in the war against the Taliban - but it is as much about love and male vulnerability as it is about bravery and war. Embedded with writer Sebastian Junger, and shooting over the course of one year, the late photographer Tim Hetherington made a series of images that prove surprisingly tender in their depiction of camaraderie and vulnerability. Alongside revealing interviews with Hetherington's subjects and an introduction by Junger (with whom Hetherington co-directed the… Leer más

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. INGRES AND OTHER PARABLES. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. An internally most handsome example of this fragile, uncommon item that was exhibited as part of the Whitney Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 1990 traveling retrospective showing some mild soiling, creasing, and a bit of foxing to its off-white covers along with a… Leer más

Gagosian, Larry. INSIGHT?. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563

Jacobson, Karen, Editor. INTERNATIONAL PAPER: DRAWINGS BY EMERGING ARTISTS. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Today, more and more artists have begun to view drawing as an end in itself rather than as a preparatory phase in service of another medium. "International Paper" demonstrates that the medium of drawing continues to play a fresh and vital role in the practice of a younger generation of artists. The exhibition surveys the range and breadth of contemporary works on paper by a diverse group of twenty-two emerging artists from China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, while highlighting the work of a number of Los Angeles artists for whom drawing plays an important and ongoing role". This is the innovatively designed catalogue published in conjunction with the 2003 Hammer Museum survey of contemporary… Leer más

(INVADER). Slama, Franck aka Invader. INVADER: L'INVASION DE PARIS (GUIDE D'INVASION 01). Paris: Franck Slama Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Flexible PVC Cover. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Invader and Jo Cohen-Scali. Designed and published by Franck Slama - aka "Invader" - this comprehensive book photographically documents the noted French graffiti artist's clandestine additions based on the iconic Atari Space Invader video game graphics to his native Parisian urban environment between 1996 and 2002. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2003 first printing. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-9520199-2-4 Inventory Number: 027537

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. With brief texts by Lewis Mumford, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka & Jean Baudrillard. INVISIBLE CITY: PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEN SCHLES. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Facsimile Dust Jacket. np (80pp), 62 b&w gravure illustrations. "Invisible City" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely first book published in luscious gravure by Jack Woody's Twelvetrees Press. It is a compendium of urban images of indistinct people and places caught in a moment - often fraught with an air of danger or eroticism - seemingly in the dead of night. A most handsome example of 1988 first edition (cited on page 166 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III) limited to two thousand unnumbered copies LACKING the publisher's dust jacket but with a facsimile jacket supplied. It has been priced accordingly. 0-942642-35-X… Leer más

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. With brief texts by Lewis Mumford, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka & Jean Baudrillard. INVISIBLE CITY: PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEN SCHLES. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (80pp), 62 b&w gravure illustrations. "Invisible City" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely first book published in luscious gravure by Jack Woody's Twelvetrees Press. It is a compendium of urban images of indistinct people and places caught in a moment - often fraught with an air of danger or eroticism - seemingly in the dead of night. A brand new, pristine example of 1988 first edition (cited on page 166 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III) limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. 0-942642-35-X Inventory Number: 023353

Cortes, Jose Miguel G.. IRUDI LAUSOTUA: TRABESTISMOA ETA IDENTITATEA ARTEAN / EL ROSTRO VELADO: TRAVESTISMO E IDENTIDAD EN EL ARTE (THE VEILED FACE: TRANSVEST[IT]ISM AND IDENTITY IN ART). San Sebastian, BASQUE: Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, 1997. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Silk Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Basque and Spanish, with an English summary. With a bibliography and filmography. This is the amazing catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1997 Spanish Museum exhibition whose English title translates as "The Veiled Face: Transvest[it]ism and Identity in Art". The premise of the show was to provide a comprehensive survey of Drag, Cross Dressing, Transvestitism, and the Transgendered as subject matter in contemporary art and film. The artists whose work is presented here are Claude Cahun, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Juan Hidalgo, Michel Journiac, Jurgen Klauke, Zoe Leonard, Urs Luthi, Lisette Model, Pierre… Leer más

(PENN, IRVING). Woodward, Richard B.. IRVING PENN: OTHER WAYS OF BEING - 100 PHOTOGRAPHS 1948-1971. New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Sewn Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (12pp), 6 gravure illustrations. Designed by Eleanor Caponigro. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of one hundred platinum palladium prints of classic images by master photographer Irving Penn held at his longtime New York gallery. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 021918

(PENN, IRVING). Penn, Irving, Alexandra Arrowsmith & Nicola Majocchi. Introduction by Alexander Liberman. IRVING PENN: PASSAGE, A WORK RECORD - SIGNED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed and Dated by the Photographer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. & Callaway Editions, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. With a work chronology. "Passage" is the monumental 1991 survey of Irving Penn's extraordinary career as a portrait, still life, and fashion photographer. Produced by Nicholas Callaway with photographic supervision by Richard Benson, it beautifully collects and reproduces more than fifty years of his visionary work - primarily in conjunction with Vogue magazine. A brand new, most handsome example of this landmark publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Irving Penn / 1991." in the year of publication inside a circular… Leer más