Navin's Sala
by RAWANCHAIKUL, Navin
Tokyo / Vancouver: S by S Co., Ltd. / Contemporary Art Gallery, 2008. Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers, housed in a printed plastic slipcase.. First Edition. Quarto. Artists' book cum lifestyle magazine by Thai artist Navin Rawanchaikul, broadly revolving around the theme of arts role within society. Includes an assorted miscellany of articles, photo essays, cocktail recipes, advertisements, and cartoons, pertaining to a diverse array of topics from politics to astronomy. Profusely illustrated in color.
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Man Ray: Photographies, 1920–1934 Paris
by MAN RAY
Hartford and New York: James Thrall Soby (Random House) / Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1934. Subtle area of residue to a section of the spiral-binding, else near fine in distinctive photo-illustrated wrappers, with all spirals intact; a fresh copy.. Second Edition with the replaced title page. Spiral-bound quarto. Text in French and English. Illustrated with 104 photographs printed in a lush gravure, divided into five sections, and comprising many of Man Ray's iconic images, with nineteen rayographs. (Roth 80–81).... Read More
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Bubbles, Single Edition
by REED, Jim
Germany: Self-published, 2014. Marbled boards lightly bowed, else fine.. Hand assembled unique artist photo album. Octavo in spiral bound boards. SIGNED, dated and described in pencil to inside of rear board, "ETP / 2014 / 'Bubbles' / SINGLE EDITION / JR / JIM REED". Otherwise text free artist book consisting of nine tipped-in black and white photographs on gold paper, each 2 X 2 1/2 inches. All but one photograph shows a robed woman, standing in front of... Read More
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VARIOUSVIRGINS: Definitions of the Universe
by RHOADES, Jason
Self-published, circa 1997. A fine copy, with titles printed to acetate covers, stapled over color illustrated wrappers. Rare, with no OCLC records located.. First Edition. Staple-bound octavo. Published on the occasion of Jason Rhoades' second exhibition at David Zwirner ("Deviations in Space," Mar. 22–Apr. 26, 1997), in which the artist occupied the entire gallery with his Spaceball sculpture. This zine, which operates as an aesthetic glossary—supplying Rhoades' definitions for such terms as aversion, diversion, perversion, universion, the brown... Read More
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Meccatuna (Neon Transformer Label)
by RHOADES, Jason
New York: David Zwirner, 2003. This copy remarkably well-preserved, and accompanied by the corresponding exhibition announcement card, which reproduces the same decal design to recto.. Multiple. Large decal/sticker (8.25 in. square), adhered to original backing sheet. From an unspecified edition produced for Jason Rhoades' baroque 2003 installation at David Zwirner (Sep. 12 - Oct. 25), centered around his absurd neologism MECCATUNA, which he principally defined as "the act of taking a live bluefin tuna on a pilgrimmage to... Read More
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In Memoriam: Jason Rhoades, 1965–2006 (Memorial Card)
by RHOADES, Jason
Los Angeles: Hauser & Wirth / David Zwirner, 2006. Preserved in fine condition.. Announcement card (7 x 5 inches) announcing the memorial service for Jason Rhoades held at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Sunday, September 10, 2006). Illustrated with color portrait to recto. Notably, in addition to listing parking options, the service details to verso offer Alex Israel as gallery contact for Hauser & Wirth.
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Bifur
by RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES, Georges (editor)
Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1929-1931. Minor sunning to wrappers, which are preserved in contemporary glassines. Very minor foxing to preliminaries of a handful of issues. Most gatherings unopened. These numbered copies being: 905, 1654, 1148, 1986, 788, 1315, 1493, and 1393. A near fine set.. First Editions. Large octavos. Complete set (8 volumes) in original wrappers of this modernist journal that emerged from the first great Surrealist schism, under the guidance of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. Well-illustrated after heliogravure plates.... Read More
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Trusty Sarcophagus Co. (with Original Photograph)
by RICARD, Rene
New York / Rome: Inanout Press, 1990. Plain white wrappers with some edge-wear and minor discoloration to top edge; near fine. In teal printed jacket, showing wear to corners; better than very good.. First Edition. Octavo. Trade edition of this compendium of Rene Ricard's painted poems, with transcriptions printed adjacent to color reproductions. This copy accompanied by an original photograph of a painting from Ricard (The Wild Thing / Central Park W. / April 1989 / R. R.).... Read More
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Gerhard Richter: Träger des Goslarer Kaiserrings 1988 / Laudatio zur Verleihung des Kaiserrings in der Kaiserpfalz Goslar am 24. September 1988
by RICHTER, Gerhard and Dieter Honisch
Goslar: Edition Mönchehaus-Museum, 1988. Near fine copy, in stapled illustrated wrappers. Scarce, with only 4 OCLC records located in North America.. First Edition. Artist's book published on the occasion of Gerhard Richter being awarded the 1988 Goslarer Kaiserring. Contents: [24] pages, with commemorative text from Dieter Honisch (in German), illustrated after 10 of Richter's out-of-focus photographs of Goslar architecture, which he created especially for this booklet. (Butin, 63).
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Die Olympischen Spiele 1936: Two Volumes
by RICHTER, Walter (editor)
Hamburg-Bahrenfeld: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, 1936. Both volumes very close to fine in beautiful near fine jackets, with minimal edgewear and several tiny edge nicks. Housed in a custom slipcase.. First Edition. Quartos. Two-volume set devoted to the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. Divided into two volumes, of which the first focuses on the summer competitions in Berlin and the second focuses on the winter events in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white (and a few color) tipped-in photographs of various sporting... Read More
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The Archive of a Champion Drag Racer
by RIEDEL, Jan
N.p.: Various locations, `, c. 1961-1975. Photographs uniformly near fine to fine; working notes and other ephemeral material very good to near fine.. Extensive archive of photographs and drag racing ephemera, all of which belonged to and documents the work of Jan Riedel. Contents include 252 loose photographs (143 color, 109 black and white: 232 snapshots, 20 enlargements), 30 film negatives, 20 pencil and ink drawings of various sizes, approximately 200 racing time slips and certificates, 150 advertising... Read More
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Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf [Beauty in the Olympic Games]
by RIEFENSTAHL, Leni
Berlin: Im Deutschen Verlag, 1937. Minor bumping to corners of cloth boards, with bright gilt Olympic ring design to front panel; near fine. In remarkably bright photo-illustrated jacket, with a few nicks unobtrusively repaired to verso; near fine. An exemplary copy, housed in custom cloth clamshell case, with white lettering to spine.. First Edition. Folio. Leni Riefenstahl's gravure paean to the 1936 Berlin games; arguably the most important book about athletics ever published. Published in conjunction with Riefenstahl's... Read More
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Silent Book
by RIO BRANCO, Miguel
São Paulo: Cosac & Nafy, 1997. Save for printer's blemish to half-title page, a fine copy in photo-illustrated laminated boards.. First Edition. Square octavo. Rio Branco's masterpiece; a dark rumination on sex, religion, and boxing, shot in painterly fashion. Designed by Jean Yves Cousseau, with 75 four-color plates and three gatefolds. (Parr / Badger, v2, 118).
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La Liste
by RISTELHUEBER, Sophie
Toulon: Hôtel des Arts, 2000. Near fine in wrappers.. Limited edition. Octavo. Stamped 120 of an unstated edition of press-numbered copies. 26 color images of the Var region of France, printed on irregularly sized pages. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon, France, in the spring of 2000.
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We English (Signed First Edition)
by ROBERTS, Simon
London: Chris Boot Ltd., 2009. Light wear, tapping to corners, toning to page edges; near fine in printed paper-covered boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Roberts. Large-scale color photographs of the English at leisure, taken by Roberts with a 4 x 5 inch view camera. (Parr / Badger, v3, 176).
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Rosenquist (Announcement Card)
by ROSENQUIST, James
Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1964. Minor bumping to corners, else near fine.. Oversized announcement card (9 x 11.5 inches), printed red-and-blue to stiff cream card. Striking bit of ephemera from Virginia Dwan's L.A. gallery, here offering Rosenquist his first West Coast show.
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Reti-Rade Kunst
by ROSS, Ulrik and Michael Rütz
Copenhagen: Chr. Erichsens Forlag, 1968. Fine copy in photo-illustrated laminated boards as issued; as nice a copy of this fragile book as one is likely to find.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Images of bathroom grafitti; a precursor to the Geribara 5's "Benjo". (Auer 485).
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Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace (Presentation Copy)
by (ROTHKO, Mark). GLIMCHER, Arne
New York: Callaway Arts & Entertainment, 2019. A near fine copy in burgundy cloth boards, in fine printed acetate jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. INSCRIBED by Arnie Glimcher and Rothko’s children, Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, to the book's publisher, Nicholas Callaway. A comprehensive monograph surveying Rothko’s 11 exhibitions hosted by Pace Gallery from 1978 to 2017, with texts from Pace founder Arne Glimcher, Bernice Rose, Irving Sandler, and Brian O’Dohery.
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[Six American Abstract Painters]: Motherwell, Newman, Okada, Rothko, Tobey, Youngerman
by ROTHKO, Mark, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Mark Tobey, et al.
Tokyo: Kimura Gallery, 1959. Save for minor bump to top corner, a fine copy in textured decorative wrappers. Scarce, with only a single OCLC record located (MFA Boston).. First Edition. Duodecimo. An elegant catalogue published on the occasion of a remarkable group exhibition at Tokyo's Kimura Gallery (Apr. 4 - 30, 1959); one of the first exposures of AbEx painting in Japan. Contents: 12 pages, with short artist's biographies facing reproductions of works from Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Kenzo... Read More
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Red White Blue
by ROWAN, John
London: Writers Forum Quarto No. 8, 1970. Creases to the bottom edges of several pages, various small stains; a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Stapled quarto. Striking word art and concrete poetry printed in black, white and blue ink on parchment paper. Humorous, often surreal word illustrations with text often at contradiction to the image. Unusual and appealing artist book by the transpersonal psychologist and mystic.
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Lovedeath of a Lady
by R, Tal
Schäfer Grafisk Vaerksted, 2007. Some scratching to covers, else near fine.. Limited Edition. Quarto. A striking artist's book from Tal Rosenzweig, fully illustrated after full-bleed color photographs and collages. One of 700 copies, each with silkscreened covers.
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Porträts: 9. April-14 Mai 1988
by RUFF, Thomas
Zürich: Mai 36 Galerie, 1988. Faint sunning to the front cover. Else near fine in red side-stapled wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. Exceedingly scarce. Text by Ian Brunskill in English and German, with 6 color illustrations. One of the first catalogues published on Ruff.
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Thomas Ruff: Photograms and Negatives
by RUFF, Thomas
Beverly Hills: Gagosian Gallery, 2014. A fine copy in printed wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. A striking catalogue published on the occasion of Thomas Ruff's exhibition at Gagosian, Beverly Hills (Apr. 19 - May 31, 2014). Illustrated with stunning color plates, some fold-outs; accompanied by transcript of a conversation between Ruff, Wenzel S. Spingler, and Valeria Liebermann.
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Hamburg: Das Gesicht der Städte
by RUPP, August
Berlin: Albertus-Verlag, 1927. Fine in a near fine jacket. Excellent survival, rare in this condition.. First Edition. Quarto. Wonderful photomontage jacket. 128 gravure plates of Hamburg in between the wars. Introduction in German by Hans Leip; captions in five languages.
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23 Pieces
by RUPPERSBERG, A.
[Los Angeles]: Privately published, [N.d. but c. 1968-69]. Near fine in printed white spiral-bound wrappers.. First Edition. Spiral-bound oblong octavo. Design and photography by Gary Krueger. An artist's book in the style of Ruscha and Feldmann, with 23 three images shot in and around L.A.
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