The Museum of Contemporary Art: The Panza Collection
Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985. Color Illus. Thin, square 4to, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, (1985). Very good Exhibition catalogue. More
MODERN
Picasso and His Time: The Berggruen Collection
Berlin: Nicolaische, 2003. Foreword by Klaus-Dieter Lehmann. 165 full page color plates, many other illsutrations. 431pp., 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Berlin: Nicolaische, (2003). Second edition. Internally fine, a near fine copy. More
Alvar Aalto and the International Style
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1989. Illustrated in black and white. 240 pages, 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Whitney Library of Design, (1989). A near fine copy. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page. More
Joan Miro.
London: Marlborough Gallery, 1966. Portrait, and 29 works reproduced in color. Thin 8vo, color pictorial wrappers. London: Marlborough Fine Art Limited, 1966. A near fine copy. Exhibition catalogue. More
Alexander Calder: Recent Gouaches - Early Mobiles
New York: Perls Galleries, 1970. Illustrated with 40 pieces in black and white. Very slim square 8vo, red paper wrappers, slightly faded along spine. New York: Perls Galleries, 1970. A very good(+) copy. More
Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1949. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 151 pages. Tall, slim, wide 8vo, blue cloth; rubbed with small discoloration on front and sunned spine New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1949). Second edition (first MOMA edition). More
Andy Warhol: Giant Size
London: Phaidon, 2011. 2,000 illustrations in black and white and color including rare and unpublished documents. 624 pages, very very thick 4to, pictorial boards. London: Phaidon, (2011). A fine copy Comprehensive visual biography of one of art's greatest personalities. Extraordinary insight into his world of glamour, sex, and fame. More
1997 Biennial Exhibition.
New York: Whitney Museum, 1997. With a project by Douglas Blau. Profusely illustrated, both in color and black & white. 208pp. Short 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997. A fine copy. This book was published on the occasion of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, March 20-June 15, 1997. With a foreword by David A. Ross, and artists' biographies compiled by Jenelle Porter and Irene Tstatsos. More
A Suite of 180 Drawings by Picasso -- November, 28, 1953 - February, 3, 1954.; [American edition of Verve - Volume VIII, Nos. 29 & 30].
New York: Harcourt, 1954. Preface by Teriade, "Picasso and the Human Comedy" by Michel Leiris, and an appreciation by Rebecca West. Of the 180 illustrations, 16 are single-sided color lithographs printed by Mourlot Freres, and the remainder are double-sided heliogravures printed by Draeger Freres. Short folio, red pictorial boards (some light shelfwear and minor wear at outer joints) New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1954. First American edition. A very good(+) copy of this notoriously fragile book. All lithographs present..... More
Surrealists and Surrealism 1919-1939.
New York: Rizzoli, 1977. Profusely illustrated with mounted color plates & black & white illustrations. 231pp, folio, red cloth (spine a bit faded and worn). New York; Rizzoli, (1977). very good. More
More Sky 1.; Part 1: Things to Do; Part 2: Wind Manual
Cambridge: Migrant Apparition, 1970. Illustrated throughout in b/w. 142 pages. 4to, white printed wrappers, spiral-bound. Cambridge: Migrant Apparition, (1970). First edition. A fine copy. More
Classic Herman Miller
Atgen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. Illustrated (color and b/w). 214 pages. Oblong 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. Atgen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, (1998). Fine. More
Julian Schabel: Selected Paintings
New York: C&M Arts, 2005. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated, slim square 4to, red cloth, large poster folded up to double as dust wrapper (light rubbing to folds). New York: C&M Arts, (2005). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Ten by Platner
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Foreword by Ezra Stoller. Profusely illustrated in color. 193 pages. 4to, 1/2 leatherette over pictorial boards (rubbing to bottom board edges), clear mylar dust wrapper with white printed text (surface rubbing). New York: McGraw Hill, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (text volume ONLY)
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Illustrated in b/w. 88 pages, oblong 4to, original beige printed wrappers; the un-lettered spine is evenly faded to blue, else fine. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. A fine copy. Scarce. Published in conjunction with an exhibit, "Jackson Pollock: Early Sketchbooks and Drawings." This is the text volume ONLY and does not have the slipcase or the additional 3 spiral bound volumes. Text includes a general background on the sketchbooks..... More
Ezra Pound and Margaret Cravens A Tragic Friendship 1910-1912
Durham: Duke University Press, 1988. Illustrated (b/w). 181 pages. 8vo, grey cloth, dust wrapper. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1988. First edition. A fine copy. More
Alexander Calder 1898-1976
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998. Catalogue of Marla Prather. Chronology by Alexander S.C. Rower, Essay by Arnauld Pierre. Nearly 300 color illustrations, plus additional black-and-white photographs and figures. 364pp., 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, (1998). A fine copy. More
Alexander Calder 1898-1976
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998. Catalogue of Marla Prather. Chronology by Alexander S.C. Rower, Essay by Arnauld Pierre. Nearly 300 color illustrations, plus additional black-and-white photographs and figures. 364pp., square 4to, black cloth. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, (1998). A fine copy. More
Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1991. Extensively illustrated. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. Introduction by Jack Cowart. 199 pages. 4to, shiny silver pictorial wrappers. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, (1991). First edition. A near fine copy, just a bit scuffed as usual. More
History of Modern Painting, Volume I: from Baudelaire to Bonnard.; The Birth of a New Vision: The Honfleur School, Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Symbolism, Post-Impressionism
Geneva: Skira, 1949. 80 tipped in color plates. Introduction by Herbert Read. Historical and Biographical Notes by Jean Leymarie. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. xx + 151pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; few spots of mild wear, chipped at head of spine. Geneva: Albert Skira, (1949). Second edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, plain board slipcase. More
Cindy Sherman
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2012. Illustrated endpapers. 153 color illustrations and 102 duotone. 264 pages, 4to, grey cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (2012). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new in the original shrinkwrap. More
Cindy Sherman
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2012. Illustrated endpapers. 153 color illustrations and 102 duotone. 264 pages, 4to, grey cloth, dust wrapper (light edgewear). New York: Museum of Modern Art, (2012). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed by the artist on the title page. More
In Performance: A Companion to the Classics of the Dance.
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white photographs. 243pp, 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. chipped & torn, cloth lightly faded in small area. New York; Harmony Books, (1980). Very good with a good d.w. More
Brice Marden
New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1996. Well-illustrated in color and in black and white. Slim small folio, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, (1996). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Francesco Clemente: There
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. Illustrated in color. Very slim 8vo. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. A fine copy in a very good(+) folder (some sunning to edges). Unbound exhibition catalog with poetry by Robert Creeley, housed in paper wrappers and a grey folding paper envelope. An edition of 1000 copies on the occasion of the Francesco Clemente: Purgatorio exhibition. More