Art
Two Bedrooms in San Francisco.
SF: Walter/McBean Gallery, 1992. Oblong 16mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog to accompany a show at the San Francisco Art Institute. Prints Reed's observations about the bedrooms in Hitchcock's Vertigo and a poem by Carlos Basualdo. Illustrated. Bilingual Spanish-English text. Fine. More
Dreams That Money Can Buy.
Washington: Black Sun Press, 1946. Folio. Broadside. First edition. A broadside relating to the landmark 1947 surrealist film directed by Hans Richter. Illustrated with stills from the film, as well as a photo of Richter and Duchamp looking at Duchamp's Roto-relief machine. Originally issued in Black Sun Press' Portfolio 111..... More
German Art in the 20th Century.
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, [1968]. Small 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to spine. Housed in publisher's cardstock slipcase (title written in ink on bottom edge of slipcase). More
Welcome to the Water Planet and House of Fire 1988-1989.
[Mt. Kisco, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1989]. Large 4to. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Judith Goldman. Profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition. As new. More
The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson.
[NY: Cythera Press, 1969]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Gert Schiff. Reproduces in color erotic illustrations by this 19th century master of the form. Fine in dust jacket with a few small rubbed spots. More
The Secret of Life and Death.
Santa Barbara & LA: MOCA/Black Sparrow Press, 1985. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Published on the occasion of a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Illustrated with photographs and graphics. Virtually as new. More
Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha.
NY: Whitney Museum, 2004. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. Foreword by Adam D. Weinberg. Beautiful illustrations throughout handsomely printed on heavy matte paper. Includes essays, an index of works, plus biographical and bibliographical information. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new... More
Billy.
[LA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968]. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Catalog for a 1968 traveling exhibition of works by Billy Al Bengston. Catalog designed by Ed Ruscha featuring sandpaper covers bound with screws and bolts, with pink ribbon marker. Profusely illustrated (many in color), featuring every work..... More
Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999.
No place, no publisher, 1999. Exhibition catalog in tabloid format for this traveling show originally organized by the Walker Art Center. A huge sheet printed on both sides and folded three times. Features an interview with Ruscha, supplementary texts, illustrations of some of his works, and when completely unfolded it..... More
Course of Empire: Paintings by Ed Ruscha.
Ostfildern-Rutt: Haatje Cantz, [2005]. Oblong 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Published on the occasion of the 51st Venice Biennale. Text by Joan Didion, Frances Starck, Donna De Salvo, and Linda Norden. Ten color reproductions. As new in publisher's shrink-wrap. More
Offset color poster announcing the 1983 Chicago International Art Exposition.
Chicago: The Lakeside Group, 1983. One of an unspecified number of copies initialed by Ruscha. The image features a series of tight circles creating a vortex around which two concentric circles of minnows are swimming. Nicely printed on Arches. Fine (39" x 28"). More
Mysterious Circus (a.k.a. Fushigi Circus).
[Tokyo: Pie Books, 2006]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with a color plate affixed to the cover. First edition. Macabre, surreal color drawings on children's themes. Japanese text but the titles for the plates are bilingual. As new. More
Modern Italian Sculpture.
NY: Abrams, [1959]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated including many tipped-in color plates. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of faint blue lines and toning to back panel from former jacket protector. Housed in publisher's cardstock slipcase. More
Max Ernst Maximiliana.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, [1974]. Small, square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Interesting book utilizing imagery by Ernst and others relating to astrological and cosmic themes. Bilingual French/German text. Fine in dust jacket with yellowing to the flaps. More
Van Gogh.
NY: Abrams, [1952]. 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with an illustrated plate affixed to the front cover. First edition. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Published as part of the Great Art of the Ages Series. Barely perceptible touch of toning to spine, else fine in publisher's slightly used cardstock slipcase..... More
Kenny Scharf 1983.
NY: Shafrazi Gallery, 1983. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Features an interview with Scharf and color reproductions of his "Pop Surrealism" works. Scharf, along with his friends Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the founding members of the Downtown scene of the '80s. A very early show for..... More
Oceanic Art: Myth, Man, and Image in the South Seas.
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Thick, square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Profusely illustrated throughout including many tipped-in color plates. Fine in very slightly toned dust jacket with a touch of soiling. The definitive work on the subject. More
Edvard Munch.
Germany: Hatje Cantz, [2003]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Very fine. More
Works by Alexander Scriabin.
NY: Roaring Fork Press, 1966. Flex-disc featuring works by Scriabin performed by pianist Daniel Kunin. Recorded by Aspen Magazine at Steinway Hall in 1966. Issued as part of Aspen No. 2 but here offered separately. Very good plus. More
The Arts of Japan: Late Medieval to Modern Vol. 2.
Tokyo: Kodansha, [1967]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More
Oversize postcard featuring an illustration by David Singer announcing the opening of the State Theater in Martinez, 1971.
SF: Cronus Productions, 1971. The card annouces that the State Theater will be presenting "dance concerts, plays, events." Printed in three colors. Fine (7" x 4.5"). More