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  • CHAGALL: Biographical and Critical Study. by [Chagall, Marc, 1887 - 1985] Venturi, Lionello
    [Chagall, Marc, 1887 - 1985] Venturi, Lionello
    CHAGALL: Biographical and Critical Study.

    Edition: First printing.

    Paris: Editions d'Art Skira, (1956) dj. The life and work of the Russian-born French artist Marc Chagall, illustrated with 53 tipped-in color plates -- each with brilliant color. Includes a chronological survey, bibliography, index and list of plates. A title in the Skira Art Books Series of monographs. Translated from the Italian By S.J.C. Harrison & James Emmons. Small square format. 122 pp plus table of contents.

    Condition: Fine in coarse white linen cloth with red lettering in a fine dust jacket. and in a very good example of the very uncommon original publisher's gray slipcase.

    Book ID: 84186
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  • NATURAL CONNECTIONS: Photographs by Paula Chamlee Accompanied by Selections from her Journals. by Chamlee, Paula; Estelle Jussim, introduction.
    Chamlee, Paula; Estelle Jussim, introduction.
    NATURAL CONNECTIONS: Photographs by Paula Chamlee Accompanied by Selections from her Journals.

    Edition: First printing.

    Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The artist's first book, a collection of 42 striking black and white photographs most rooted in the American southwest and west, printed one to a page each with a blank facing page, and interspersed with selections from her journals. Introductory essay by Estelle Jussim. Large oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-960564667.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (stamp on front endpaper, a bit of sunning to the dj)

    Book ID: 82997
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  • EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE: The Dinner Party Needlework. by Chicago, Judy with Susan Hill.
    Chicago, Judy with Susan Hill.
    EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE: The Dinner Party Needlework.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which interweaves images and words, incorporating hand-drawn pages from the Dinner Party needlework. A collaborative work with Judy Chicago as the writer and illustrator, needlework background by Susan Hill, designed by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and with additional technical drawings by Shannon Hogan and special photographs by Michael Alexander. Large format, illustrated throughout with many full color plates and black and white drawings and photographs. Glossary and attributions. 287 pp plus a final drawing. ISBN: 0-385145683.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (the upper corner of a few pages bumped, edgewear to the dj

    Book ID: 87439
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  • THE WAY HOME: Ending Homelessness in America. by Cobb, Jodi; Annie Leibowitz, Eli Reed, Clarence Williams, and others, photographs; Tipper Gore, foreword; Philip Brookman and Jane Slate Siena, curators.
    Cobb, Jodi; Annie Leibowitz, Eli Reed, Clarence Williams, and others, photographs; Tipper Gore, foreword; Philip Brookman and Jane Slate Siena, curators.
    THE WAY HOME: Ending Homelessness in America.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York and Washington, D.C.: Harry N. Abrams / Corcoran Gallery of Art ( (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which powerfully and graphically documents the plight of men women and children in cities and towns across the country and points the way to lasting solutions. Illustrated with many full color and black & white photographs, many full page, by Eli Reed, Jodi Cobb, Mary Ellen Mark, Clarence Williams, Tipper Gore, Betsy Frampton, Donna Ferrato, Joseph Rodriguez, Callie Shell, Stephen Shames, Annie Leibovitz, and Diana Walker. Produced in conjunction with exhibits at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Getty in Los Angeles. Forword by Tipper Gore, essay by Nan Roman. Large format. 152 pp. ISBN: 0-8109-45533.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 57903
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  • JESS: A Grand Collage 1951 - 1993. by [Collins, Jess] Auping, Michael with essays by Robert Bertholf, and Michael Palmer.
    [Collins, Jess] Auping, Michael with essays by Robert Bertholf, and Michael Palmer.
    JESS: A Grand Collage 1951 - 1993.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Buffalo, NY: Albright - Knox Art Gallery / Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, (1993). First edition - Exhibition catalog of the works by the artist Jess Collins -known simply as Jess - a native Californian and a legendary figure in the San Francisco art scene. Edited, and with an Introduction, by Michael Auping. Foreword by Douglas G. Schultz. With essays by Michael Auping, Robert J. Bertholf, and Michael Palmer. Illustrated throughout, mostly in full color. Includes a catalogue of the exhibition, chronology and selected bibliography. Large oblong format. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-914782851.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. .

    Book ID: 88480
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  • Cook, Mariana, photographer. Introduction by William Styron.
    FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS: In Their Own Words.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1994). First edition - A collection of photographic portraits of 60 fathers and their daughters, from many walks of life - the arts, politics and more - accompanied by texts writen by her subjects themselves - sometimes plain-spoken, sometimes poetic. Among the fathers are Chinua Achebe, Bill Bradley, Derek Walcott, Colin Powell, Carlos Fuente, Claus von Bulow and many more. Includes an introduction by William Styron and an afterword by the photographer. Large format. List of subjects. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-811806197.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self flaps (price-clipped, lower corner slightly bumped) .

    Book ID: 81394
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  • Cooper, James F., editor.
    AMERICAN ARTS QUARTERLY, FALL 2004, Volume 21, Number 4.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, 2004. First edition - Includes essays on the unfinished print, time in the arts, the painting of children by John Singer Sargent, light in photography, and the Glencairn museum. Book reviews and a report on gallery exhibilitons. Illustrated in full color. 55 pp. Small magazine format. ISBN: 1540-9872.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 30820
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  • Cooper, James F., editor.
    AMERICAN ARTS QUARTERLY, WINTER 2003, Volume 20, Number 1.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, 2003. First edition - Includes essays on the Morgan library, on Christianity and art, Frederick Turner, Robert Morris's architectural theory, a report on gallery exhibilitons and more. Illustrated in full color. 58 pp. Small magazine format. ISBN: 1540-9872.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 29179
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  • NEROCCIO DE'LANDI 1447-1500. by Coor, Gertrude.
    Coor, Gertrude.
    NEROCCIO DE'LANDI 1447-1500.

    Edition: First edition.

    Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first significant monograph on this fiftheenth century Sienese painter and sculptor's work, which had been neglected by most art historians "because this art is not strikingly original and is quite restricted iconographically, the majority of the works being representations of the Madonna and Child" but later discoveries and the cleaning and restoration of some of his works led to an increased interest in them. Quarto, bound in full navy buckram blocked in black on the spine with gilt titling. Frontispiece. xviii, 235 pp plus a 56 page section with 146 black and white plates of his works.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some sunning to the dj)

    Book ID: 80028
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  • LONDON. by Copson, Alan and Allan Stone, photographers. Text by Lucinda Hawksley.
    Copson, Alan and Allan Stone, photographers. Text by Lucinda Hawksley.
    LONDON.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Bath, UK: Paragon Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED on the title page by both photographers - Copson and Stone. Slightly oversized square format, printed on heavy glossy stock, with color photographs on every page. Index. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-752574876.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74572
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  • NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis. by Cullen, Deborah, editor.
    Cullen, Deborah, editor.
    NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell.…

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    New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell. In addition to an introduction by Deborah Cullen, this includes several essays, among them "Art school as contact zone: Latin American artists and their teachers", by Katherine E. Manthorne; "Havana-New York: a missing link in the history of modern Cuban art", by Elvis Fuentes; "Torres-Garcia's New York: the city as icon of modern art", by Cecilia de Torres; "The allure of Harlem: correlations between Mexicanidad and the new Negro movements", by Deborah Cullen; "Seeing red: Mexican revolutionary artists in New York", by James Wechsler and more. A bilingual edition with the text in English and Spanish. Includes 123 color and 29 black and white illustrations. Somewhat oversized sguare format. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0300158960.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (a new copy).

    Book ID: 78134
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  • SUNSETS. by Darling, Benjamin.
    Darling, Benjamin.
    SUNSETS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Green Tiger Press, (1988). First edition - A collection of photographs, drawings, and postcards featuring sunsets, accompanied by brief quotations about the ending of the day. Includes a brief introduction and a list of information about the pictures. Oblong format. 69 pp. ISBN: 0-881381020.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89061
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  • SUBSISTENCE U.S.A. by Davidson, Bruce (photographs), text by Carol Hill.
    Davidson, Bruce (photographs), text by Carol Hill.
    SUBSISTENCE U.S.A.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Glimpses of the lives of those living at a subsistence level in the United States in the early 1970's - a term that Hill and Davidson eventually used to include a way of life marked by 'principles of survival, originality, wholeness and independence.' Mostly told in the words of the individuals they interviewed in Maine, Georgia, California, Tennessee, Texas and places in between - from a couple who survive in Colorado by trapping, to hippies in Canyon, California, just outside Berkeley, to a ghetto in Plainfield, New Jersey, and the black residents, descendants of slaves, still living on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. Farmers, trappers, schoolteachers, hobos,…

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    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Glimpses of the lives of those living at a subsistence level in the United States in the early 1970's - a term that Hill and Davidson eventually used to include a way of life marked by 'principles of survival, originality, wholeness and independence.' Mostly told in the words of the individuals they interviewed in Maine, Georgia, California, Tennessee, Texas and places in between - from a couple who survive in Colorado by trapping, to hippies in Canyon, California, just outside Berkeley, to a ghetto in Plainfield, New Jersey, and the black residents, descendants of slaves, still living on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina. Farmers, trappers, schoolteachers, hobos, prisoners and hitchhikers - black, white and Native American - some living their life by choice, but most enduring what life dealt them, More than with words, their endurance and strenghth is most vividly shown in Davidson's striking black and whte photographs. Slightly oversized format, printed on heavy stock throughout, bound in coarse linen cloth. 186 p. ISBN: 0-030912237.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a good only dustjacket. (some edgewear and overall light soiling to the dj, now protected by an archival cover.)

    Book ID: 38102
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  • DAVID E. DAVIS ARTIST AND HUMANIST: Sculpture 1967 - 2002. by Davis, David E.
    Davis, David E.
    DAVID E. DAVIS ARTIST AND HUMANIST: Sculpture 1967 - 2002.

    Edition: First printing.

    Cleveland, Ohio: Sculpture Studio Books, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays (including ones by Claudia Mesch on his public sculpure, by Mark Ormond on his sketchbooks, and more) and a catalogue of his sculpture for 35 years. Profusely illustrated, more than 150 illustrations, mostly in full-color. The first edition was limited to 1,500 copies.Includes an index to the sculptures pictured in this volume and a list of his awards and exhibitions. Large format, printed on heavy stock throughout. 144 pp.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 32233
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  • SEASONS OF GRIEVING. by Day, Marina Forstmann.
    Day, Marina Forstmann.
    SEASONS OF GRIEVING.

    Edition: First edition.

    Santa Monica, California: By the author, (2001). First edition - A collection of four small stapled booklets -one for each season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter - showing the artist's work - illustrations in full color. Spring includes an by Marlena Donahue. Each is 12 pages in a stiff wrapper.

    Condition: Booklets are in fine condition, the slipcase is somewhat crushed and worn.

    Book ID: 66872
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  • BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE. Photographs of the Getty Center by Joe Deal. by Deal, Joe; Mark Johnstone, Richard Meier, and Weston Naef.
    Deal, Joe; Mark Johnstone, Richard Meier, and Weston Naef.
    BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE. Photographs of the Getty Center by Joe Deal.

    Edition: First edition.

    Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Preface by the architect Richard Meier. A visual record of the site of the museum before it was built, and of the excavation and construction of the Getty Museum between 1984 and 1997. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A striking book in a slightly oversized square format. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-892365498.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 63521
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  • BURGOYNE DILLER. by [Diller, Burgoyne 1906-1965] Haskell, Barbara
    [Diller, Burgoyne 1906-1965] Haskell, Barbara
    BURGOYNE DILLER.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.

    New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, (1990). First edition - The first comprehensive look at the work and life of Burgoyne Diller, an important American abstractionist active from the 1930s to the 1950s, to be published after his death in 1965. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Whitney in 1990. Illustrated throughout in both full color and black and white. Includes chronology, exhibition history, bibliography. Large format. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-874270715.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83016
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  • JIM DINE: DRAWING FROM THE GLYPTOTHEK. by Dine, Jim; Ruth E Fine and Stephen Fleischman
    Dine, Jim; Ruth E Fine and Stephen Fleischman
    JIM DINE: DRAWING FROM THE GLYPTOTHEK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Madison, WI : Hudson Hills Press, in association with Madison Art Center, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes three essays on his work -"The object takes human form" by Stephen Fleischman; "Inventing history: Jim Dine's Glyptothek drawings" by Ruth E. Fine and "In the Glyptothek" by Jim Dine; Illustrated throughout in both black and white and color, including a double foldout of "Seven views of the Hermaphrodite." Published in conjunction with an exhibition in 1993 and 1994. Chronology, selected bibliography, index. A beautiful large format book, printed on glossy stock throughout. 126 pp. ISBN: 1555950965.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 66879
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  • THE SUPERHUMAN CREW. by Dylan, Bob (lyrics), painting by James Ensor (1860-1949), edited by John Harris, designed by Marcus Brilling.
    Dylan, Bob (lyrics), painting by James Ensor (1860-1949), edited by John Harris, designed by Marcus Brilling.
    THE SUPERHUMAN CREW.

    Edition: First printing.

    Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, (1999.). Hardcover first edition - A provocative and beautiful book which brings together two visionary works of art - Belgian artist James Ensor's masterpiece 'Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 ' and Bob Dylan's 'Desolation Row' from his 1965 'Highway 61 Revisited' album of 1965. Details from the painting are paired with portions of the lyrics, and there is a fold-out page which shows the entire painting, along with the full lyrics. Oblong format, unpaginated. Includes a CD with an 11:22 second version of Desolation Row in a pocket in the back. ISBN: 0-89236-5528.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards (a new copy, still in the original shrinkwrap.)

    Book ID: 44154
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  • MEXICAN FOLK CERAMICS. by Espejel, Carlos Price, photographs by F. Catala Roca.
    Espejel, Carlos Price, photographs by F. Catala Roca.
    MEXICAN FOLK CERAMICS.

    Edition: First edition.

    Barcelona: Editorial Blume, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the Spanish by Diorki. Illustrated with 243 black and white photographs and 36 gorgeous full color plates. 2 page map. Large format (9 1/2 by 10 inches), printed on heavy stock throughout, looks at the ceramics in the context of the Mexican culture, and it includes significant information on the potters who were currently producing ceramics at the time this was produced. All photographs were taken specifically for this book. Includes a bibliography and toponymic index. 219 pp. ISBN: 84-7031-2227.

    Condition: Near fine in tan linen cloth with dark brown lettering and illustration on front cover (long gift inscription, from a minor artist, on the front endpaper) in a good only dustjacket with several edgetears (now in a mylar cover, of course.)

    Book ID: 30352
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  • THE MISSION. by Evans, Dick, Photographer; Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera.
    Evans, Dick, Photographer; Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera.
    THE MISSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA & San Francisco: Heyday Books / Precita Eyes Muralists Association,
    (2017)
    . SIGNED hardcover first edition - A tribute both to the murals of the Mission district in San Francisco and to the vibrant culture of the people of 'el barrio de la mission," a culture which is now threatened by changes in San Francisco. Illustrated with gorgeous, striking full color photographs by Dick Evans. Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera entitled "Mission Muralizations, 1945-2016." with the long poem "Second (Mobile) Panel, Something Else, 2016." Introduction by Carla Wojczuk. SIGNED and dated in April 2017 on the title page by Dick Evans and also SIGNED by Herrera with the word "Love". Large square format, printed on glossy stock. xxi, 159 pp plus 2 pp about Heyday Press. ISBN: 978-1597143608.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards (a new copy, but one upper corner very slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 72624
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  • WALKER EVANS: CUBA. by Evans, Walker. Essay by Andrei Codrescu.
    Evans, Walker. Essay by Andrei Codrescu.
    WALKER EVANS: CUBA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to take photographs for 'The Crime of Cuba',a book by the American journalist Carleton Beals. Beals's explicit goal was to expose the corruption of Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado and the long, torturous relationship between the United States and its island neighbor." But, as these photographs, focusing mostly on the people of Cuba, show Evan's artistic temperament was at odds with Beals's rhetoric. This book brings together more than sixty of these images from the Getty Museum's extensive holdings of the photographer's work with an essay by Andrei Codrescu. Introduction by Judith Keller. Large square format. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-89236-6176.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71755
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  • SALVAGED: The Art of Jason Felix. by Felix, Jason (Foreword by Rick Berry.)
    Felix, Jason (Foreword by Rick Berry.)
    SALVAGED: The Art of Jason Felix.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is designed to meld design (layout design by JS Rossbach) and art. "Jason Felix is a multi-facted artist whose work walks the fine line between hyperrealism and surrealism. Felix melds traditional techniques of drawing and painting with modern-day camera and computer technology. The resulting artwork holds opposing mediums in continuous tension, yet still manages to achieve unlikely harmony. Felix's work, rife with disparate components, is challenging, visually captivating and relevant to our times." Foreword by Rick Berry in which he describes this as "a Frankensteinian cobble of grotesque anatomies, both organic and industrial, that come together in a lyric assembly." Includes a visual index.…

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    San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is designed to meld design (layout design by JS Rossbach) and art. "Jason Felix is a multi-facted artist whose work walks the fine line between hyperrealism and surrealism. Felix melds traditional techniques of drawing and painting with modern-day camera and computer technology. The resulting artwork holds opposing mediums in continuous tension, yet still manages to achieve unlikely harmony. Felix's work, rife with disparate components, is challenging, visually captivating and relevant to our times." Foreword by Rick Berry in which he describes this as "a Frankensteinian cobble of grotesque anatomies, both organic and industrial, that come together in a lyric assembly." Includes a visual index. Large format, 124 pp. ISBN: 1933784334.

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    Condition: Boldly INSCRIBED in red by Felix on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 55645
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  • SALVAGED: The Art of Jason Felix. by Felix, Jason (Foreword by Rick Berry.)
    Felix, Jason (Foreword by Rick Berry.)
    SALVAGED: The Art of Jason Felix.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is designed to meld design (layout design by JS Rossbach) and art. "Jason Felix is a multi-facted artist whose work walks the fine line between hyperrealism and surrealism. Felix melds traditional techniques of drawing and painting with modern-day camera and computer technology. The resulting artwork holds opposing mediums in continuous tension, yet still manages to achieve unlikely harmony. Felix's work, rife with disparate components, is challenging, visually captivating and relevant to our times." Foreword by Rick Berry in which he describes this as "a Frankensteinian cobble of grotesque anatomies, both organic and industrial, that come together in a lyric assembly." Includes a visual index.…

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    San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is designed to meld design (layout design by JS Rossbach) and art. "Jason Felix is a multi-facted artist whose work walks the fine line between hyperrealism and surrealism. Felix melds traditional techniques of drawing and painting with modern-day camera and computer technology. The resulting artwork holds opposing mediums in continuous tension, yet still manages to achieve unlikely harmony. Felix's work, rife with disparate components, is challenging, visually captivating and relevant to our times." Foreword by Rick Berry in which he describes this as "a Frankensteinian cobble of grotesque anatomies, both organic and industrial, that come together in a lyric assembly." Includes a visual index. Large format, 124 pp. ISBN: 1933784334.

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    Condition: Boldly SIGNED in red by Felix on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 47238
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  • THE ARTIST OBSERVED: Photographs by Sidney B. Felson. by Felsen, Sidney B., photographer; Constance W. Glenn, text.
    Felsen, Sidney B., photographer; Constance W. Glenn, text.
    THE ARTIST OBSERVED: Photographs by Sidney B. Felson.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which captures artists at work - including Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Allen Ginsberg, Isamu Noguchi, Roy Lichtenstein and many others. Large format with 120 plates of black and white photographs with an essay by Constance W. Glenn SIGNED by Felsen on the title page in silver. One of only 3000 copies. Unpaginated.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68875
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  • EXHIBITION OF RECENT PAINTINGS BY O. FOSS. by Foss, Olivier (1920-2002)
    Foss, Olivier (1920-2002)
    EXHIBITION OF RECENT PAINTINGS BY O. FOSS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Lesnick-Walter Galleries, (1968). SIGNED first edition - Brochure for an exhibition from Feb 20-March 10, 1968, consisting of a single sheet of glossy paper, folded, illustrated with four paintings by Olivier Foss. INSCRIBED by Foss in the center of the inside of the brochure. "Living in Paris in an atelier in Villa des Ternes, . . .Olivier Foss has sought to work undisturbed by the hustle and bustle of the city, whose structures and urban scenes are subjects of much of his painting."

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 69517
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  • ISLANDS. by Fowles, John (Photographs by Fay Godwin.)
    Fowles, John (Photographs by Fay Godwin.)
    ISLANDS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful combination of text and photography - while this is primarily about Britain's Scillie Islands, it is also a reflection of the mysteriousnessof all islands. ISBN: 0-316-28960-4.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (pencil line bottom edge, closed tear with associated creasing on back cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 16839
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  • CUP OF COLD WATER: Poems and Photographs. by Fox, Siv Cedering.
    Fox, Siv Cedering.
    CUP OF COLD WATER: Poems and Photographs.

    Edition: Second printing, one of only 500 copies issued in paper covers only.

    New York: New Rivers Press, 1973 (1976). SIGNED - A collection of poems, and many full page black and white photographs. Inscribed and dated by Fox on the title page. Laid in is a brief handwritten note from Fox on a folded sheet - the cover has a two line poem "the doors to the hibuscus are left open." Large square format, 92 pp. ISBN: 0-912284463.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated black and white wrappers.

    Book ID: 68541
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  • [Francis, Sam, 1923-1994] Lembark, Connie W.
    THE PRINTS OF SAM FRANCIS: A Catalogue Raisonne 1960-1990. Volume I: Lithographs; Volume II: Intaglio Prints, Screenprints and Posters plus exhibition brochure.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hudson Hills Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Two volume set in a royal blue slipcase. Volume I includes an introductory essay by Ruth E. Fine, color reproductions of 285 lithographs, and 50 color reproductions of self-portrait lithographs, along with detailed information regarding each print. Volume II contains color reproductions of 115 intaglio prints, 21 screen prints, and 8 posters. Volume One is SIGNED by both the artist Sam Francis (on the half title page) and the author (on the title page.) Chronology, selected exhibition history, bibliography, glossary, concordances, and index. Volume I, 412 pp. Volume II, 200 pp. Laid in is a four-fold brochure for the show "The Last Works" held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1995. ISBN: 1555950620.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jackets in a very near fine slipcase. Brochure is near fine.

    Book ID: 59256
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  • CYCLES: A Decade of Photographs (Untitled # 45) by Golden, Judith
    Golden, Judith
    CYCLES: A Decade of Photographs (Untitled # 45)

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, (1988). First edition - Includes an Essay "Mask and Transformation" by Claire V.C. Peeps and an interview with Golden by James L. Enyeart. Illustrated with 32 color plates. Chronology. Large square format, printed on heavy glossy stock. ISBN: 0-933286473.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy, but upper corner slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 68483
    View cart More details Price: $18.00