Mark di Suvero: Dwan Gallery
The poster for large-scale sculptor Mark di Suvero's exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in September/October of 1965.
Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
Item #429
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1/1: The Journal of the Just Intonation Network; Volume 12, Number 1
The Winter 2005 issue of "1/1: The Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues of the journal were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This issue features the articles "A Few Observations with Respect to the Canon's Tuning for Soliloquy".....
Item #924
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1/1: The Quarterly Journal of the Just Intonation Network [Set of 20 Issues]
A set of 20 issues of "1/1: The Quarterly Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly journal, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This set is from the collection of composer Douglas Leedy (1938-2015). Some issues include laid-in notes.....
Item #923
1/1: The Journal of the Just Intonation Network; Volume 11, Number 2
The Winter 2003 issue of "1/1: The Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues of the journal were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This issue features "Differential Coherence: Experimenting with New Areas of Consonance" by Jacques Dudon; an Editor's.....
Item #925
Peter Eisenman: Diagram Diaries (1999)
The first printing of Eisenman's "Diagram Diaries," the illustrated chronicle showcasing his work to date of publication, exploring his design process and with essays by Eisenman. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good, light sunning to spine; light yellowing around pages edges; previous owner's architecture stamp on the half-title page and ghosting on the inside front cover flap.
Item #1558
Arts & Architecture: August 1960; Vol. 77, No. 8
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The houses became icons of the Mid-Century modernist movement. The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue.....
Item #1080
Arts & Architecture: January 1963; Vol. 80, No. 1
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on a house by Craig Ellwood, the.....
Item #216
Arts & Architecture: July 1961; Vol. 78, No. 7
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Interbau in West Berlin, Case Study.....
Item #223
Arts & Architecture: May 1961; Vol. 78, No. 5
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on a house by Harry Seidler, two.....
Item #225
Amerika: Bilderbuch Eines Architekten (1926); Picture Book of an Architect
The elegant, oversized original edition of architect Erich Mendelsohn's Amerika: Bilderbuch Eines Architekten (Picture Book of an Architect). Mendelsohn, born in Prussa in 1887, died in San Francisco in 1953. He studied and worked in Germany until 1933 when he fled the Nazis and settled in England. From 1941 until his death, he lived in the United States and taught at UC Berkeley. Mendelsohn is known for his influence on art deco and his projects for department stores and cinemas. Amerika, "with 77 photographs by the author" beautifully gravure printed.....
Item #1596
Wat is Dada?
A strikingly-designed poster for a unique exhibit at the Bush House Museum in Salem, OR in 1961. After a Dada-inspired Portland exhibit the previous month entitled "Exhibition Syndrome," Jack Eyerly, Director of the Bush House Museum in Salem, OR at the time, produced this "essay exhibition...to introduce and give insights into the historical Dada movement...Objects, reproductions, facsimiles and quotations by Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Hans Arp, Max Ernst and others caught up in often humorous, always protesting Dada activity of 1916 through 1925 are shown". Many Portland artists.....
Item #566
Sam Falls: Life Size, Signed Special Edition; No. 23 of 25
The signed and numbered special edition of "Life Size" by Sam Falls. No. 23 of 25 copies bound in hand-dyed fabric cut from original artworks. Life Size presents full-page photographs of the Los Angeles-based artist's process in making textile and dyed works, paintings and sculpture through his investigations into the natural process and contrasting the organic with the man made. The trade edition of "Life Size" is also out of print.
Condition: Fine, Like New.
Item #1344
Fuzz One: A Bronx Childhood
The outrageous, true story of a raucous unsupervised Bronx childhood in the 1970s - a rough journey through a deteriorating Bronx jungle-wonderland where kids ruled the streets. Fedorchak includes never-before-published photos of graffiti art and Bronx cityscapes, as well as first-hand accounts of legendary graffiti artists such as DONDI, BLADE, COMET, NOC 167, BOOTS 119, and others. With more than 300 images. Out of print and scarce.
Condition: Near Fine, light scuffing to covers.
Item #1461
Artists' Stamps and Stamp Images; An International Invitational Exhibition
The scarce photocopied exhibition catalog for the October 29 to November 15, 1974 exhibit of artists' stamps and stamp images at the Simon Fraser Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia. The exhibit contained approx. 2,750 stamps and images by 29 artists covering the years 1963-1973 with a few examples from 1974. Artists in the exhibit included Dieter Roth, Ken Friedman, N.E.Thing Co., Coach House Press, and various international Fluxus artists from Canada, the U.S., France, Germany, U.K., Hungary and The Netherlands. With an original Ken Friedman Fluxus West stamp affixed to.....
Item #1309
AV Monographs: Rem Koolhaas, OMA/AMO 2000-2015
The scarce special issue of AV Monographs on Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture, covering projects from 2000 to 2015. Includes 20 works and 10 projects from around the world, plus essays. Printed in full color. Text in Spanish and English. Out of print/scarce.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1567
Robert Filliou: Joint works with...
The French Fluxus action poet and sculptor, Robert Filliou's catalog published by Galerie René Block in an edition of 500. Scarce.
Condition: Very Good+.
Item #483
Sabato Fiorello Artist Postcards (1980-1989)
A collection of mail art postcards by the artist Sabato Fiorello, who lived and worked in West Hollywood for many years and was a beloved fixture on the LA art scene. The cards feature photographs of the artist dressed as different characters, personas or historical figures. He exhibited at ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, among others. Fiorello died in Escondido, CA in 2017. Cards are numbered and titled on the back i.e. "A Series for 1980 #1,” “The Satin Clown” and include a photo credit, with most photos in the.....
Item #1592
Plötzlich diese Übersicht
The fourth edition in 2,000 copies of this catalog documenting 180 unfired clay sculptures by Fischli & Weiss. The title translates to "Suddenly this Overview," and the works were first shown in 1981 in one of the earliest collaborations between the two artists. Images are in black and white, one per page, with the work titles listed in German, English and Portuguese. Out of print.
Condition: Near Fine, faint bump to lower corner of front cover.
Item #977
Cool White, Etc. from Dan Flavin: Dwan Gallery
The rare silkscreened flyer from Flavin's "Cool White, Etc." exhibit in November 1968 at the Dwan Gallery, New York.
Condition: Near Fine, very faint ridge to paper along one side.
Item #550
Cornered Installations 1963-1970 from Dan Flavin: Dwan Gallery
The poster for Flavin's February 7-March 4, 1970 exhibition "Cornered Installations 1963-1970" at the Dwan Gallery, New York.
Condition: Very Good, some slight soft creasing; folded as issued.
Item #551
Loving Man: A Photographic Guide to Gay Male Lovemaking
A rather straightforward 1970s guide to gay male lovemaking, including photos, by a psychologist with "special medical assistance" from two medical doctors. Eschewing traditional scientific language for a more casual or "honest" verbiage, this "is a book we hope that we hope will help gay men to enjoy their sexuality more fully". No title on spine for discreet shelving. Must be 18 or older to purchase.
Condition: Very Good, light moisture stain to covers along bottom near spine, not affecting interior pages; no dust jacket (as issued?).
Item #1576
Richard Aldrich and the 19th Century French Painting
Richard Aldrich's first solo museum exhibit, curated by Laura Fried, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Aldrich's work was accompanied and juxtaposed by four paintings in the 19th Century French tradition from the St. Louis Art Museum, including Vuillard and Bonnard. With images of the work in the exhibit along with descriptive short texts by Aldrich, as well as installion views. Includes contributions by Domonic Molon and Forrest Nash. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good+, light toning around edges of covers; very faint scuffing to covers; otherwise.....
Item #1500
Richard Aldrich and the 19th Century French Painting
Richard Aldrich's first solo museum exhibit, curated by Laura Fried, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Aldrich's work was accompanied and juxtaposed by four paintings in the 19th Century French tradition from the St. Louis Art Museum, including Vuillard and Bonnard. With images of the work in the exhibit along with descriptive short texts by Aldrich, as well as installion views. Includes contributions by Domonic Molon and Forrest Nash. Out of print.
Condition: New in shrinkwrap.
Item #1501
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Ken Friedman: 3 Events in Portland, OR [poster]
A poster for three Ken Friedman events occuring in Portland, Oregon in September of 1978: Sept. 22 at Northwest Artists Workshop (Critical Issues in Contemporary Art), Sept. 25 at The Earth Tavern (The Sociology of Art), and Sept. 26 at the Portland Art Museum (Fluxus, Intermedia and Concept Art). Friedman established "Fluxus West" in California in 1966 to represent and promote the work of the Fluxus group in the Western United States.
Condition: Very Good, tri-folded.
Item #1066
Ken Friedman: Events in Portland, OR; Portland Art Museum & The Earth Tavern
A set of four items of ephemera related to Ken Friedman's visit to Portland, Oregon in September of 1978. 1. A poster promoting three events: Sept. 22 at Northwest Artists Workshop (Critical Issues in Contemporary Art), Sept. 25 at The Earth Tavern (The Sociology of Art), and Sept. 26 at the Portland Art Museum (Fluxus, Intermedia and Concept Art). 2. The poster/flyer for Friedman's appearance at the Earth Tavern on Sept. 25. 3. A press release/flyer from the Portland Art Museum announcing Friedman's Sept. 26 discussion at the Museum. 4.....
Item #1067