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The first edition of this survey of Judd's buildings and compounds in Marfa, Texas, including Fort Russell, an abandoned U.S. military base that he converted into spaces for his art and that of his contemporaries. With photos, architectural schematics, and essays. Text in English and German with silver metallic covers. Out of print. A revised edition was issued in 2021.
Condition: Very Good+, a few tiny bumps to cover edges.
Item #1441
A rare Pace Gallery-issued print released in conjunction with Agnes Martin's "Recent Paintings" exhibition at the New York Gallery in September/October of 1977. Printed on translucent vellum and showing the gallery info and exhibition dates along the bottom. With original glassine paper overlay. Martin died in 2004 in New Mexico, where she spent much of her life.
Condition: Near Fine with a faint 2" crease along left edge.
Item #1440
A rare PaceWildenstein Gallery-issued print released in conjunction with Agnes Martin's "Recent Paintings" exhibition at the New York Gallery in January/February 2003. Printed on translucent vellum and reproducing Martin's painting "Untitled #1, 2002". Includes the original folder (11" x 11") printed with the gallery info and with exhibition dates. Martin died in 2004 in New Mexico, where she spent much of her life.
Condition: Near Fine, print in Fine condition; light sunning to folder along spine fold.
Item #1439
The Mike King-designed concert poster promoting two shows for Nirvana in 1992, the Portland show being their famous "No on 9" (an anti-gay ballot measure) benefit performance, which was rescheduled to Sept. 10 due to the birth of Kurt and Courtney's daughter, Frances Bean, on August 18. For the rescheduled Portland date, Helmet appeared instead of Mudhoney. A rare and sought after Nirvana poster in very nice condition.
Condition: Very Good+, some light wrinkling to poster, more prominent in lower left corner and along left edge.
Item #1438
The 1967 Grove Press first paperback edition of The Soft Machine, signed and dated by Burroughs on August 13, 1988 on the half-title page.
Condition: Very Good, light rubbing and age toning to covers, and light reader's crease; .75" tear at lower front cover at spine fold; now in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1437
The hardcover first edition, first U.S. printing of Hermann Hesse's classic novel of life's spiritual quest, Siddhartha. Label pasted on back of slipcase, and with no photographer's credit on the copyright page, which is an omission on the first printing.
Condition: Very Good+, with some rubbing, spotting and soiling to slipcase.
Item #1436
A relatively early fine press printing for Stafford of 11 poems in a numbered edition of only 250 copies, this number 10. Published by Walter Hamady's Perishable Press on fine deckled paper with a hand-sewn binding and printed dust wrappers.
Condition: Very Good, with a few scuffs and light dent impressions to covers; toning along spine and to edges of paper; now in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1435
Advertised as "a masterpiece by a master (in colors)" and "a bewildering collection of Modern Ornamental Art bristling with new and up-to-date ideas and designs...", this is the original 1910 edition of this wonderful guide to lettering, signmaking, ornamental borders and advertising at the turn of the century. With several images printed in full color and including hundreds of examples of period design, layout examples, deco stylings, show cards and advertising templates, ornamental and border flourishes, and nine "brand new alphabets" with all letters shown A-Z. Rare in this original.....
Item #1433
The scarce survey of 20th Century abstract painting and sculpture which influenced the development of modern architecture. Featuring work from the Miller Company collection of abstract art and including artists such as Léger, Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Klee, Miro, Arp, Stuart Davis, O'Keeffe, Perle Fine, and others. With many works reproduced in color and some architectural photographs in black and white. Introduction by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the first director of MoMA New York.
Condition: Very Good, lacking the dust jacket; rubbing to covers and along cover edges; previous owner's.....
Item #1432
The fourth title in a series of privately printed/self-published books on the iconic work of mid-century industrial desinger Henry Dreyfuss and his associates. Photographs illustrate work, industrial machinery and products designed for companies such as Bell Telephone, Chrysler Corporation, Deere & Co., Hyster Company, Lockheed Aircraft, Honeywell, Royal Typewriter, the Hoover Company, among many others. Printed in wonderful black and white photogravure.
Condition: Very Good-, scuffing and some soiling to covers; corner crease to first 6 pages; endpaper glue residue visible on last 2 pages (see photo); no dust jacket.....
Item #1431
The rare Winter/Spring 1980 "Le Corbusier" issue of Oppositions magazine, MIT's Institute for Architecture and Urbans Studies journal of ideas and criticism in architecture. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, drawings, plans and schematics, and including texts and essays by Kenneth Frampton, Mary McLeod, Stanilaus von Moos, Richard A. Moore, Stuart Cohen, Steven Hurtt, Alexander C. Gorlin and others.
Condition: Very Good, scuffing to covers and along edges of paper wraps; art school library stamp to front cover (no other library markings).
Item #1430
A wonderfully reproduced facsimile of the journal/album given by Le Corbusier to his friend and client Raoul La Roche, which included original drawings and watercolors of Venice, plus still lifes and notes on Corbusier's urban planning themes. Produced in collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier of Paris in a numbered edition of only 300 copies, this is number 236. The hardcover facsimile album is accompanied by a small paperback second volume containing critical texts and an essay by the scholar Stanislaus von Moos, as well as a transcription of the handwritten.....
Item #1429
The rare Architectural Association/London publication (in their "Exemplary Projects" series) on Zumthor's stunning Thermal Bath at Vals, Switzerland. No other copies found online at the time of this listing.
Condition: Very Good+, previous owner's name in pen written discretely in top left corner opposite table of contents; light yellowing to pages around outer edges.
Item #1428
The out-of-print 1998 Lars Müller edition of this scarce Zumthor monograph covering projects from 1979-1997.
Condition: Near Fine, previous owner's architect stamp on front endpaper and name in pen on inside front cover; light scuffing to blue embossed title on front cover, now in a custom made protective mylar jacket.
Item #1427
The 2009 double-issue of "Sang Bleu," the art/tattoo/design/typography/fashion magazine out of Lausanne, Switzerland. With a CD affixed to the last page and an "introduction paper"/zine (Winter 2008) tucked into the front folded cover. Text in English.
Condition: Very Good, edgewear and rubbing to covers along edges and spine.
Item #1422
The 1955 first edition of Thomas Church's influential book of modernist garden design. Inscribed by Church on the title page.
Condition: Good, lacking the dust jacket; edgewear and some soiling to boards/covers; wear at cover corners with cardboard exposed; long tear to last page (S-Z of index).
Item #1421
The rare Christopher Wool-designed poster for an exhibition of work by Martin Kippenberger exploring self-portraiture, held March 5 to April 30, 2005 at Luhring Augustine Gallery's Chelsea location.
Condition: Near Fine, a few surface dimples to poster.
Item #1420
An original 1975 exhibition poster for a show of James Rosenquist paintings at Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles in December 1975 to January 1976. Printed in multiple colors including silver metallic ink for the nails. An unfolded and unmailed copy. Printed in U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear and some soft creases along left side edge.
Item #1419
The oversize poster for the Walker Art Center's 1982 major exhibit "De Stijl: 1917-1931, Visions of Utopia". The exhibit also traveled to the Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, and was one of several international events celebrating the 200th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Netherlands. The poster features an image of Piet Mondrian's work "Composition in Red, Yellow, Blue" (1921).
Condition: Near Fine, a few slight dimples to surface otherwise super clean.
Item #1418
The original 1971 poster for the theatrical release of the film "Cabaret" starring Liza Minnelli. With a copyright notice "Licensed for use only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at the theatre licensing this material...". Union shop printed in the USA.
Condition: Very Good-, folded as issued; rubbing along folds and overall dimpling to poster; . 25" to 1" closed tears at the 3 middle folds.
Item #1417
The original poster for Almodóvar's 2006 film "Volver" starring Penélope Cruz. Oversized and double-sided with the reverse image flipped or mirrored from the front.
Condition: Very Good, pinholes in four corners with one having a 3/8 tear/pull; some edgewear and a few surface dings or dents; a .5" area of residue on front likely from a degraded rubber band near bottom credits.
Item #1416
The poster for the 2011 exhibition of Tatlin's iconic "Monument for the Third International" at the Shafrazi Gallery in New York. This 1967 model of the work, originally conceived in 1915-1920, was its first showing in the United States. The model is is over 9 feet wide x 16 feet high and materials include enamel on wood, metal and plexiglass with an electric motor. The Shafrazi Gallery closed in 2014.
Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
Item #1415
A 1970s poster with an illustration by Carl Kock and the phrase "Take good care of the earth." The back of the poster has a copyright date of 1972 for Argus Communications (printed in U.S.A.) and notes this as poster #500, with a credit for illustrator/artist Carl Kock.
Condition: Very Good, minor edgewear and light diagonal crease at top left corner.
Item #1409
A 1970s motivational poster with the phrase "After night there is always day and sunlight and flowers." The drawing shows a printed signature for the illustrator Ron Bradford. The back of the poster has a copyright date of 1972 for Argus Communications (printed in U.S.A.) and notes this as poster #536, with a credit for design by Terry Mashaw.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear and minor surface rubbing to poster; two pinholes near middle bottom.
Item #1408
A rare, original signed etching by Michael Bowen, the co-organizer of San Francisco's Human Be-In during 1967's Summer of Love. Bowen was also the co-founder of San Francisco's Oracle, the legendary counterculture publication known for its psychedelic artwork and multi-colored printing. Bowen painted and studied art throughout his life, along with practices and studies related to mysticism and spirituality. Bowen died in Stockholm in 2009. Finely detailed, dense with imagery and printed in red-blue-purple hues with gold and silver leaf embellishments. Signed by Bowen in pencil in the lower right, with.....
Item #1407
