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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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
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
An almost complete set of Eleanor Antin's landmark "100 Boots" postcard series (45 of 51 postcards).
n.p.: Privately published by the artist, 1971-1973. In 1971 Antin embarked on one of the most important and ambitious of all mail art projects, an epic visual narrative documented by photographer Philip Steinmetz of 100 black rubber boots in various locations and situations. The boots are captured marching in a...... 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
Artchie Strips: Andy Warhol in the Factory / Jane Fonda in the Max's Episode / Rolling Stones in the Metropolis.
Staten Island: Privately published by the author, 1970. 4to. Photographic comic book in stapled pictorial wraps. First and only edition. Cover features a collage by Artchie of Mick Jagger hitchhiking while floating in outer space, with the entire book devoted to Artchie's drawings and photo-collages. Artchie was an elusive figure..... 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
Basquiat: A Portrait.
London: NJG Studio, 2019. Folio. Long accordion-folded portfolio (almost 13 feet unfolded), enclosed in a handmade blood red slipcase, presenting for the first time 12 large-format images of Basquiat taken in 1984 at his studio at 57 Great Jones Street. Of the 12 large images 9 are b&w and 3..... More
n.p.: 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 during the final two years of..... 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