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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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
Poster announcing a 1967 concert by The Loading Zone accompanied by Provo Lights at Dovre Hall in San Francisco during the Summer of Love.
SF: No publisher, 1967. Psychedelic printing in red against a yellow background. Benefit concert for Painters Union Local No. 4. Fine (14" x 8.5"). More
Woodblock print of an impressionistic, atmospheric drawing of two Hell's Angels on their bikes.
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... 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
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
Les Tarahumaras.
n.p.: L'Arbalete, [1955]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Artaud's account of his visit to Mexico where he participated in the peyote rites of the Tarahumara indians. Also prints texts on the theater, "Surrealism & Revolution," correspondence relating to his Mexican trip, and more. A handsome production nicely printed..... 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
The Graphic Art of Paul Bacon.
Wilkes-Barre: Sordoni Art Gallery, 1999. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Essays by Hank O'Neal and Stanley Grand. Profusely illustrated in color. Bacon was among the preeminent designers of dust jackets with the one for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest among his many credits. Published on the occasion of an..... 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
Broadside printing a newspaper photo of the 1974 Open Art Race in Vancouver.
No place: no publisher, 1974. For this event the artists dressed in costumes and assumed alter egos in homage to Duchamp dressing as the woman "Rrose Selavy." The photograph shows Anna Banana (the winner of the race), Bill Gaglione, and others posing in front of a painting of a fan..... 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
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
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"). A 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
Jean Michel Basquiat: Paintings.
Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1985. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Exhibition catalog printing full-page color reproductions of Basquiat's work. Lovely frontis photograph of Basquiat by Yoshitaka Uchida. One of only 300 hardbound copies (the entire cloth edition). As new. The cloth edition is quite scarce, especially in this..... More
Vintage color Polaroid of Basquiat sleeping on a couch taken by his last girlfriend Kelle Inman.
No place: Privately published, ca. 1987-1988. Kelle caught Basquiat in the most innocent and vulnerable of all positions, sleeping. The image captures Basquiat asleep on his side, showing primarily his head and face, shoulders, and naked torso down to his waist. An intimate photo by Kelle who was with Basquiat..... More
Oversize invitation card for a 2008 joint show of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frank Stella at Van de Weghe Fine Art in NYC.
NY: Van de Weghe Fine Art, 2008. Printed on thick cardstock in black against red on one side and red against black on the other. Fine (7.5" x 10.75"). More
Collaborations: Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol.
Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1986. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog illustrated in color throughout. Fine. More
Warhol-Basquiat Collaborations.
Paris: Didier Imbert Fine Art, 1989. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog featuring 13 color plates each of which takes up almost 2 pages, with 3 gate-folds. One photographic plate of the artists. Introductory essays by Gregoire Muller and Keith Haring. Text in French and English. Minor yellowing to edges..... More