Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes.
NY: Viking, [1975]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Foreword by John Rewald. Illustrated throughout. Small patch of light offsetting to endpapers, else fine. More
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Twentieth-Century Graphics.
NY: Praeger, [1971]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Illustrated throughout. Some toning to endpapers, else fine in dust jacket with a couple of purple lines to flaps from former jacket protector. More
The Berenson Collection.
Milan: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, [1964]. Thick folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Preface by Nicky Mariano. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Fine in publisher's slipcase. More
Max Ernst.
Chicago: J. Philip O'Hara, 1972. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with two faint blue lines from former jacket protector. More
Treasures of Spain: From Altamira to the Catholic Kings.
[Geneva]: Skira, [1967]. Large 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout including many tipped-in plates. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear and a couple of 1-inch tears to top of spine. More
The Europe of the Capitals 1600-1700.
[Geneva]: Skira, [1964]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with a touch of yellowing to top of back panel. More
The Arts of an Addiction: Quing Dynasty Opium Pipes and Accessories.
[Vienna, VA: Quadrus Communications, 2005]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ben Rapaport. A terrific book profusely illustrated with color photos of elaborate and beautiful antique opium pipes and accouterments. Arguably the best book on the subject. Fine... More
History of Modern Art.
NJ & NY: Prentice-Hall & Abrams, [1977]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition, revised and expanded. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color throughout. Fine. More
Original untitled engraving.
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Globular abstract shapes in green printed against a tan background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge (12.5" x 9.75")... More
Felicien Rops.
London: Academy Editions, [1972]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition (preceding the American). Profusely illustrated throughout with the artist's 19th Century erotic engravings. Bump to top of spine, else fine. More
Narrative Art.
NY: Macmillan, 1970. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Published as Art News Annual XXXVI. Fine. More
Richard Lindner.
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated including many tipped-in color plates. Fine (barely perceptible blue line from former jacket protector to back panel of dj). More
Remapping Tales of Desire: Writing Across the Abyss.
Santa Monica: Side Street Press, [1992]. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog for Atkinson's "Tales of Desire" exhibition. Illustrated with her drawings and antique engravings. Fine. More
Picasso and Photography: The Dark Mirror.
NY: Flammarion/ Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1997. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Studies the effect of photography on Picasso's work and his use of it in his work. Fine. More
Nadar Warhol: Paris New York.
LA: J. Paul Getty Museum, [1999]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Compares the work of Nadar and Warhol and how they documented the notable people of their respective eras. Profusely illustrated. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Very fine. Below the published price:... More
Drawing Restraint Volume IV.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2007. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Barney. Profusely illustrated throughout. As new in publisher's slipcase (barely perceptible tiny blemish to slipcase). A handsome production. More
Three Generations of Twentieth-Century Art: The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, [1972]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by Alfred Barr. Introduction by William Rubin. Profusely illustrated. Fine in dust jacket with a closed tear to front panel and a crease to back flap. More
Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism.
n.p.: Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Arno Press, 1968. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. Reprint of this famous work originally published in 1936. Essays by Georges Hugnet. Profusely illustrated throughout. Couple of very faint touches of soiling to covers, else fine. More
The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. As new. More
Documents 2.
Germany: Cantz Verlag, 1996. An art magazine from Germany this issue largely devoted to cinema. Essays by Grafe, Daney, Sokurov, Jost, et al. Illustrated with photographs. German/English text. Very near fine. More
Folding invitation card for a joint show by Basquiat and Keith Haring at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in NYC, 1991.
NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1991. The inside of the card features a color reproduction of a work by each artist (7.25" x 7.25" folded). Faint strip of even toning to edge of front cover, else fine. More
The Paris Review, Spring 1983.
Flushing, NY: The Paris Review, 1983. Notable long-running magazine of art and literature. This issue features a terrific 10-page section devoted to reproducing the Tuxedo suite of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Also includes a 10-page photo section titled "Man Ray" by William Wegman. A substantive and very early appearance for..... More
Invitation card for Basquiat's 1985 show at the Boone/Werner Gallery in NYC.
NY: Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1985. Nicely printed in silver and mustard on textured gray stock. Fine (5" x 7"). More
Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 "Drawings" show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in NYC.
NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. The other side prints an announcement for a show by Simon Linke. Printed in white, gray, and brown on slick stock. Fine (ca. 8.5" x 6"). An uncommon card from during Basquiat's lifetime. More
Jean Michel Basquiat.
NY: Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1985. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Robert Ferris Thompson. Catalog from Basquiat's 1985 show at the Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery. Nicely illustrated throughout with full-page color plates. Fine. More