The rare catalog for John McLaughlin's retrospective exhibition, curated by Walter Hopps, at the Pasadena Art Museum from November 12 to December 12, 1963. With an introductory statement by Hopps, short comments throughout by McLaughlin, tipped-in color plates, a biography, exhibition history and exhibtion checklist. One of 1,200 copies. Designed by Robert M. Ellis, and printed by Cunningham Press of Alhambra, CA, the printer of Edward Rusha's "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" and other artists' books.

Condition: Very Good, light foxing to covers; faint corner crease to front top right corner of...
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The exhibiton catalog for Martial Raysse's May 31-June 24, 1967 exhibit at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles. Part of the Nouveaus Realistes group, Raysse was born in France and is also known for his early involvement in America's pop art scene. With a text by Otto Hahn.

Condition: Good, some toning to covers and light scuffing to covers; waviness to some pages and back cover due to pasted-in, thick folded statement near back (as issued); rusting to staples.
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The rare, wonderfully-designed and extensive monograph on the groundbreaking Japanese designer Takenobu Igarashi, who first gained international acclaim for his axonometric alphabets in the mid-1970s. In 1979 the Swiss magazine Graphis featured his work, and continued to do so in four other issues through 1988. In the 1980s Igarashi taught at UCLA, helped establish Japan's first computerized design education program, and gave a keynote speech at the Aspen Design Conference. Along with his work for brand identities and logos, he was also a central figure in advancing product design. In...
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The beautifully-produced, out-of-print catalog for Dutch artists Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes 2012 exhibit "Unfolded," which took place at the Museum Jan Cunen in Oss, The Netherlands. The duo take exquisite photographs of often ordinary objects, experimenting with converting spatial dimensions into flat surfaces and exploring photography’s potential for illusion. The catalog is produced as an exhibition in book form, with the pages following the viewer's path as they would have experienced the museum exhibit. With a text by Frank van der Stok. In an edition of 1,000 with subtle...
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Published from 1997-2004 with a total run of 26 issues, "Nest" was an innovative magazine that strayed from the traditional interior design magazine focus on "beautiful" interior spaces and instead focused on exceptional and unusual environments. Nest was known for its unique printing attributes as each issue included variations such as punched holes, die-cut covers and elaborate inserts.This issue features a half-circular shape extending off one side. With articles and features on "the decorator gene," Julian Schnabel, Yoichi "Yoga" Nishikawa, Nan Goldin, Yuri Usachev's Mir Space Station diary, a haunted...
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The out-of-print first edition of Albert Pope's "Ladders," a modern classic of urbanism. Pope examines five post-war American cities and the upheavals, expansions, and technological developments that precipitated a change from the open urban grid to the fragmented and closed spaces of suburban cul-de-sacs, expressways, and office parks. Utilizing a series of diagrams and photographs, along with essays, Pope reveals how the character of urban space has become shaped more by sociological effects rather than built forms. Published as part of the "Architecture at Rice" (University) series of books and...
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Issue #9 (Vol. 3 No. 9, Fall Equinox) of the quarterly periodical originally published at various lesbian intentional communities based in Southern Oregon and later from the land that Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove purchased in Wolfcreek, Oregon, which they called "Rootworks". Although collectively produced, the WomanSpirit publishing project was largely coordinated and edited by Ruth and Jean. It is said to be the first periodical dedictated to lesbian feminism and spirituality, and was a central part of movements and ideas that continued to grow throughout the 1970s: the Goddess Movement...
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Issue #13 (December 1974) of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles.This issue's theme was "Natural Cycles" and includes articles on biorhythms, body rhythms, moon cycles, depressions, myths of menstruation, a report...
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The September/October 1968 issue printed on paper or various colors. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." This issue includes editorials and articles on the Mexican student uprising at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Troops, the 1968 elections and an appeal to vote Black Panther Party, the Oakland Direct Action...
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The Summer 1968 issue printed on paper of various colors. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." This issue includes an editorial on the long history of violence in America, articles on capital punishment and the importance of learning how to shoot a gun, an appeal to free Huey Newton on the back cover, translated...
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The mimeographed March 1968 issue. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." Contents include "The Truth About the Massacre at Orangeburg" by Onij-Nejjih, "How to Acquire the Rifle" bu George Prosser, "The New Left, Old Ideas in a New Front" by Robert F. Williams, and a "Tribute to Che (1928-1967)" by C.N. Fuegos, plus more.....
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The announcement card for Iain Baxter's "IT" exhibition at the Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles in December of 1966. The card lists the "N.E. Baxter Thing Co." as the artist, which perhaps alludes to the still-developing moniker for the N.E. Thing Co. Baxter created the seminal Canadian conceptual art practice N.E. Thing Co. in 1966 with his then-wife Ingrid Baxter, which often used corporate strategies when presenting works, installations and environments. One of the works in the IT exhibit was titled "Pnuematic Judd" and consisted of colored, inflated vinyl wall-mounted.....
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