Art
Invitation card for Max Ernst's 1944 show at the Julien Levy Gallery.
NY: Julien Levy Gallery, [1944]. The card features illustrations by Ernst and gallery info printed in white against a charcoal background. The Julien Levy Gallery was the preeminent venue for Surrealist art, photography, and experimental film during the '30s and '40s. Fine. More
Une Semaine de Bonte: A Surrealistic Novel in Collage.
NY: Dover, [1976]. 4to. Softbound. First edition thus. A classic collection of Ernst's collages, originally published in 1934. Very fine. More
Mateo Falcone.
[Berlin: RE: Surgo!, 2012]. Tall 4to. Softbound. First edition. Full-page, color screenprint reproductions of terrific expressionistic works. One of 77 numbered copies signed by the publisher. As new. More
de Chirico.
[NY: Abrams, 1968]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Profusely illustrated. Minor offsetting to f.f.e, else fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to edges. More
American Indian Art.
NY: Abrams, [1965]. Thick, square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Mammoth, landmark study. Profusely illustrated including many tipped-in color plates. Fine. More
Varieties of Visual Experience: Art as Image and Idea.
NY: Abrams, [1972]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition, revised and expanded. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More
Angel Cassoulet.
[France: Dernier Cri, 2013]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Limited to 200 copies. Features the work of various artists. A contemporary take on the surrealist's "cadavre exquis." Excellent work both macabre and vibrant. Wonderfully silk-screened throughout, with the pages cut into three sections that can be flipped through to make endless..... More
What Nigel Knew.
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, [1981]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Dust jacket illustration by Edward Gorey. Very fine. More
Andy Warhol Oh This is Fabulous: The Silver Age at the Factory 1964-1967.
Rotterdam: Bebert Editions, [1989]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with terrific photos from the heyday of the Factory. Very good plus. More
Meiji Revisited: The Sites of Victorian Japan.
NY: Weatherhill, [1995]. Small 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. A study of the famous buildings of Japan in the Victorian era. As new. More
The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1975]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Gahan Wilson, George Booth, Bill Woodman, S. Gross, B. Tobey, Modell, Jack Ziegler, Dana Fradon, and one other. Fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to spine and back panel. More
View, May 1945, Series V, No. 2.
NY: View, 1945. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. Cover by Wifredo Lam. Contributions by Ramon Sender, Jules Henry, Paul Rivet, and others. "Tropical Americana" presented by Paul Bowles with photos by Rudy Burckhardt depicting life in the tropics. Near fine. More
View, February-March 1942, Vol. 1, Nos. 11-12.
NY: View, 1942. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. This issue in early tabloid format (on slick paper). Kurt Seligmann, Henry Miller, Leonora Carrington, and Parker Tyler are among the contributors. Cover sheet split at top and bottom of spine, else near fine. The early issues are scarce... More
View, December 1944, Series IV, No. 4.
NY: View, 1944. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. Cover by Esteban Frances. Contributions by Man Ray, Andre Breton, Kurt Seligmann, Giorgio Di Chirico, Lionel Abel, and others. Near fine. More
Sam Francis: Lessons of Darkness.
[Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1993]. Folio. Hardbound in illustrated boards. First edition. Signed by Sam Francis. Profusely illustrated in color. As new. More
Sam Francis: Four Decades Paintings on Paper.
London: Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 1988. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog for his show at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery. Profusely illustrated in color. Poet Cid Corman's copy with his ownership signature and date. Corman has also added his marks to the introduction and short phrases beneath two of the plates. Some..... More
Wives, Wheels, Weapons.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A collaborative artists' book printing three excerpts, "Wives," "Wheels," and "Weapons," from Frey's new novel Bright, Shiny Morning. These vignettes are accompanied by a photo-essay by Terry Richardson, and for the hardbound edition Richard Prince has supplied..... More
Dada & Surrealism.
[London: Phaidon, 1997]. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More
Simple Conjunctions.
SF: S.F. Museum of Art, 1986. Square 8vo. Spiral-bound cardboard covers. First edition. Photographs of this installation by Galgiani. Fine. More
Picasso: The Heroic Years.
NY: Abbeville Press, [1985]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition thus, a revised and expanded version of the 1971 edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, many in color. As new. More
Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [2000]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine. More
The Life and Complete Works of Francisco Goya.
NY: Reynal & Co./William Morrow, [1971]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated including 48 hand-mounted color plates. Fine in publisher's cardstock slipcase (tiny star stamped to front pastedown). More
Max Ernst.
London: Hamlyn, [1970]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First English edition. Profusely illustrated. Fine in dust jacket with some yellowing to flaps. More
The Surrealists.
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1972]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with two blue lines from former jacket protector. More