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Monographs:
(ALECHINSKY #A7483)
reperes. No. 29. PIERRE ALECHINSKY: Bouches et Grilles. 32 pp., 36
illus., 10 color (including 2 double-page), checklist of 30 works. Text
by Pierre Descargues. In French. A series of multi-paneled works from
1983-86 employing tracings of various manhole covers as a central image.
4to, pictorial stiff self-wrps. Paris, Galerie Maeght Lelong, 1986.
Near-fine. (Small bump upper rear corner, else crisp bright copy.)
$40.00.

(ALMEIDA #A7283)
Lisbon. Fundacao Gulbenkian. DAVID DE ALMEIDA. Unpag. (27 pp.) exhib.
cat. listing 28 works, 12 illus., 3 color plates (including cover
plate), biog., exhibs., colls., bibliog. Text by Maria Joao Fernandes.
In Portuguese. Contemporary textured abstractions. Small sq. 4to, stiff
wrps. 1986. Fine. $12.00.

(ANTONIONI #A8379)
Leprohon, Pierre. MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI. 205 pp., b&w illus., filmog.,
bibliog. Includes a substantial collection of criticism and commentaries
on Antonioni's films. 8vo, wrps. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1963.
V.G.+. $14.50.

(APPEL #A7388)
New York. Aberbach Fine Art. KAREL APPEL. 60 pp., 21 color plates, plus
cover plate, biog., exhibs., works in museums, exhib. checklist. Sq.
12mo, papered bds. 1975. V.G.+ (Light scuffing rear board, spine
extrems. and points.) $25.00.

(APPEL #A7660)
New York. James Goodman Gallery. KAREL APPEL: Cobra Paintings 1948-1951.
Unpag. (15 pp.) exhib. cat., 6 full-page color illus, 11 b&w, exhib.
checklist.Text by Robert Pincus-Witten. Sq. 4to, wrps. 1985. Near-fine.
$12.00.

(AQUILA #A7791)
Rio de Janeiro. Museu de Arte Moderna. LUIZ AQUILA: Quadros Grandes. 63
pp. retrospective exhib. cat., 24 nice color plates, 9 b&w illus., two
double-page photos, biog., text of radio interview with artist, excerpts
of critical reviews. Dual lang. Spanish / English. 4to, pictorial wrps.
1992. V.G. (corners rubbed). $27.50.

(ARAKAWA #A6358)
ARAKAWA and MADELINE GINS. The Mechanism of Meaning. 161 pp. Written
over the course of 15 years prior to its initial publication in 1979,
this artists' treatise, meditation, tract is reissued here in a
beautiful republication with lavish illustrations on different papers.
Sq. 4to, pink papered bds., parchment d.j., micrograph transparencies
laid in. Revised ed. with illus. New York, Abbeville, 1988. As new.
$35.00.

(BELL #A7655)
Geldzahler, Henry. CHARLES BELL: The Complete Works 1970-1990. 144 pp.,
196 illus., 145 in color. Catalogue of works, biog., exhibs., colls.,
bibliog., index. With an essay by Louis K. Meisel. Small oblong 4to,
cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1991. As new. $36.00.

(BOURGEOIS #A3369)
Wye, Deborah. LOUISE BOURGEOIS. 123 pp., 160 illus., 4 in color,
chronol. with photos, exhibs., bibliog. First major monograph on this
artist. Important reference text. Oblong 4to, wrps. New York, Museum of
Modern Art, 1982. Near-fine. Just a touch of scuffing to corners.
$45.00.

(BRODY #A6808)
Koslow-Miller, Francine. DAVID BRODY: Selected Paintings 1985-1994. 60
pp., 66 color illus., biog., exhibs., bibliog., photo and additional
text by artist. Oblong 4to, wrps. Evil Monkey Press, nd (1995?). About
fine. $22.50.

(CARO #A7782)
London. Annely Juda Fine Art. CARO: The Cascades. 50 pp., 14 full-page
color plates and photo of artist at work, biog., awards, bibliog.,
exhibs., colls. 8vo, papered bds. 1991. Fine. $20.00.

(CASTELLI #A7346)
Chicago. Richard Gray Gallery. LUCIANO CASTELLI: New Paintings. 20 pp.,
13 color plates (2 double page), photo of artist by Alice Springs,
checklist of 33 works, exhibs., films, concerts, bibliog. Brief text by
Julia Borst. Contemporary Berlin expressionist painter. Oblong 4to,
wrps. 1990. Near-fine. $15.00.

(CHAMBERLAIN #A6702)
Sarasota. Ringling Museum of Art. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN: Reliefs 1960-1982.
94 pp., 35 full-page color plates, checklist of 37 works, brief biog.,
exhibs., bibliog. Text by Michael Auping; interview with artist. 4to,
wrps. 1983. As new. $25.00.

(CHRISTO #A6484)
CHRISTO and JEAN-CLAUDE. Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-1995: The
Project Book. 96 pp., over 100 illus. and photos. Sq. 8vo, wrps.
Taschen, 1995. As new. $14.50.

(CHRISTO #A7221)
Goheen, Ellen R. CHRISTO: Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City,
Missouri, 1977-78. Unpaginated (94 pp.), Over 80 illus., most in color.
Documentation of the project -- drawings, photographs, letters, memos,
with sample of material tipped-in. Photos by Wolfgang Volz. Sq. 4to,
self-wrps. New York, Abrams, 1978. Near-fine. $42.00.

(CLARK #A8006)
CLARK, LARRY. Tulsa. Clark's first self-published book, a
ground-breaking classic of photojournalism. 4to, cloth, d.j. First cloth
ed. New York: Larry Clark. 1971 (actually 1979). Fine, in near-fine d.j.
with light edge rubbing, 1 short closed tear. $600.00.

(CLEMENTE #A7427)
McClure, Michael. FRANCESCO CLEMENTE: Testa Coda. 112 pp., 57 illus.,
photo of artist, exhibs., bibliog. Substantial text and interview with
artist; intro. by Dieter Koepplin. 4to, stiff self-wrps. New York,
Gagosian Gallery, 1991. As new. $40.00.

(CONNELLY #A4021)
New York. Annina Nosei Gallery. CHUCK CONNELLY. 32 pp. exhib. cat., 12
excellent quality full-page color plates. Text by Robert Becker,
statement by artist, biog., exhibs., bibliog. Small sq. 4to, stapled
card wrps. 1985. Fine. $15.00.

(CRUMB #A8052)
CRUMB, R. Sketchbook. Vol. 1. 1964 to mid '65. Approx. 170 pp. illus.
with 16 pp. color section reminiscent of Warhol's early productions.
4to, wrps. First ed. simultaneous issue. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books,
1992. As new. $35.00.

(CUCCHI #A6992)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. ENZO CUCCHI. 208 pp., approx.
180 illus., 26 in color, exhib. checklist. Text by Diane Waldman. 4to,
wrps. Ed. of 4000. 1986. V.G. (Covers light wear, corner crease upper
rear.) $27.00.

(DINE #A7974)
Long Beach. Art Museum, California State University. JIM DINE: Figure
Drawings 1975-79. Includes Catalogue Raisonne of 68 works, all illus. in
b&w. 27 full-page color plates, exhibs, bibliog. Text by Constance
Glenn. Tall 4to, stiff-wrps. First ed., 2nd printing 1979. V.G. (Covers
lightly scuffed, interior fine.) $37.00.

(FINLEY #A7258)
FINLEY, KAREN. Shock Treatment. With illus. throughout by author. 145
pp. 8vo, wrps. 3rd printing. San Francisco, City Lights (1990) 1992. As
new. $8.95.

(FISCHL #A2830)
KINCAID, JAMAICA and ERIC FISCHL. Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip.
Unpag., 7 pp. text by Kincaid with nine full-page color lithos. by
Fischl. Attractively printed. 4to, cloth spine, pictorial card slipcase.
First trade ed. (after limited signed ed.) New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1989. Mint, in near-fine slipcase with light rubbing to spine corners.
$25.00.

(GODARD #A8378)
Milne, Tom. GODARD on GODARD. 292 pp., approx. 60 b&w illus.Texts by
Godard along with an extensive collection of critical commentaries on
his films, index, filmog. Intro. by Richard Roud. Stout 8vo, wrps. First
Eng. trans. New York, Viking, 1972. V.G. (lower corners rubbed, a few
very small paint stains lower edge, but text block otherwise tight and
clean). $17.00.

(GRAU-GARRIGA #A7187)
Houston. Museum of Fine Arts. JOSEP GRAU-GARRIGA: Decade Retrospective
1960-1970. Unpag. (116 pp.), text, checklist of 116 works, 111 illus.
and photos, including 11 color plates (tipped-in cover plate), biog.,
bibliog. Texts by J. L. Schrader, Jean Coural, Alexandre Cirici. Major
retrospective exhibition of work by an important post-war Spanish fiber
and wall artist. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1971. Edges lightly rubbed, a few
faint soil spots on covers. $40.00.

(GREEN #A4058)
London. Annely Juda Fine Art. ALAN GREEN: Small Paintings. Unpag. (45
pp.) exhib. cat., brief artist's statement, 20 color plates, exhibs.,
colls. Painterly geometric abstractions by this well-known British
artist. Square 8vo, stiff wrps. 1994. Fine. $12.00.

(GREENAWAY #A4039)
Rotterdam. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. PETER GREENAWAY: The Physical
Self. 95 pp. exhib. catalogue of a show curated by Greenaway selected
from the collections of the Boymans. Over 100 illus. in b&w and color.
Text in Dutch and English. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 3000. 1991. Near-fine.
$50.00.

(JEDLICKA #A7800)
Winterthur. Kunstmuseum. JAN JEDLICKA: Mezzotinten und Zeichnungen
1980-84. 28 pp. exhib. cat., 18 plates, 3 in color, plus 3-panel foldout
of 12 works, biog., exhibs. Intro. Bernhard Burgi. Contemporary Czech
artist who creates richly toned mezzotints, delicate abstract pencil
drawings, watercolors. Designed by the artist and beautifully printed.
4to, self-wrps. Ed. of 500. 1985. V.G.+ (touch of spine edge rubbing).
$20.00.

(KABAKOV #A4762)
Wallach, Amei. ILYA KABAKOV: The Man Who Never Threw Anything Away. 255
pp., 290 illus., 70 in color, notes, bibliog., index. Intro. Robert
Storr, extensive commentaries by Kabakov on individual works. The first
comprehensive monograph on this contemporary Russian artist. 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, Abrams, 1996. As new. $54.00.

(KAWAMATA #A8385)
Gould, Claudia. KAWAMATA Project on Roosevelt Island. 204 pp., hundreds
of illus., numerous color plates, biog., projects, exhibs., bibliog.
Text by Elizabeth A. Frosch, Yve-Alain Bois, Costas Gounis, statement
and work notes by the artist. A fine photographic record of an important
and little-seen temporary installation piece and related sketches by
this prominent contemporary Japanese sculptor. Small sq. 4to, cloth,
d.j. First ed. Tokyo, Gendaikikakushitsu and On the table, 1993.
Fine/Fine. $40.00.

(KAWARA #A4098)
Rotterdam. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. ON KAWARA: Date Paintings in 89
Cities. 256 pp., 110 illus., 103 in color. Trilingual text in Dutch /
English / German. 4to, cloth, d.j. 1991. Fine, in about fine d.j.
$50.00.

(KITAJ #A7181)
New York. Marlborough Gallery. R. B. KITAJ: Recent Pictures. 54 pp.
exhib. cat. listing 50 works, all illus. (32 in excellent color), list
of solo exhibs. and collections. Square 4to, stiff wrps. 1995. Fine.
$30.00.

(LICHTENSTEIN #A6481)
Busche, Ernst A. ROY LICHTENSTEIN: Pop Paintings 1961-1969. 108 pp., 41
color plates. Near fine. New York, W.W. Norton, 1989. 12mo, wrps. $9.00.

(MATTA-CLARK #A7282)
New York. Holly Solomon Gallery. GORDON MATTA-CLARK: Splitting. 26 pp.
exhib. cat., b&w illus. of nine works, one fold-out. Brief essay by Mary
Jane Jacobs; statement by Holly Solomon. Sq. 16mo, stapled wrps. 1990.
Fine. Scarce ephemera. $15.00.

(NIEMAN #A7685)
Graham, F. Lanier. The Prints of LEROY NIEMAN. A Catalogue Raisonne of
Serigraphs, Lithographs and Etchings. 362 pp., 219 color plates, 75 b&w
illus., bibliographic notes, chronol., exhibs., colls. Includes pref. by
Alfred Frankenstein, text by Fritz Eichenberg. Stout sq. 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, Knoedler, 1980. Rem. mark lower edge, else fine crisp
copy, in bright near-fine d.j. $85.00.

(NUTT #A5549)
Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art. JIM NUTT. 24 pp., 23 illus., 4 in
color. A leading member of the 1960's Chicago group HAIRY WHO. Small
4to, wrps. 1974. Fine copy of scarce early catalogue. $35.00.

(OLDENBURG #A7237)
Horizon. Vol. XIV, No. 2 (Spring 1972). Contains original Horizon
portfolio of drawings by OLDENBURG: "Seven Wonders of the World";
Stanley Kaufmann on "D.W. Griffith's Way Down East" and other articles
on images and music all related to the cultural depiction of spring.
4to, papered bds. Near-fine. $14.50.

(OLDENBURG #A6668)
Stockholm. Moderna Museet. CLAES OLDENBURG: Teckingar, Akvareller och
Grafik. 84 pp., 66 illus., 7 in color. Bilingual text in English /
Swedish. 4to, wrps. 1977. Fine. $40.00.

(PENCK #A8167)
Tokyo. Akira Ikeda Gallery. A.R. PENCK: Recent Paintings. Unpag. exhib.
cat., 9 illus., 5 in color, 4 full-page, photo of artist, exhibs.,
bibliog. Text by Richard Colvocoressi. Small 4to, stiff card wrps. 1984.
Fine. $16.50.

(PIENE #A5998)
PIENE, OTTO. Rainbows. Part 1: Lecture (30 pp. text); Part 2: People
People (79 pp. photos of installations and events). Important text and
photographic record of the activities of key member of the Zero Group,
one of Europe's earliest conceptual art movements. 4to, stiff red card
covers, red plastic spine binder. Cambridge, Migrant Apparition, 1971.
About fine copy of a scarce publication. $60.00.

(PIENE #A6950)
PIENE, OTTO and ELIZABETH GOLDRING, eds. Centerbeam. 131 pp., over 100
illus., 16 color photos, essays, photos and profiles of participants.
The record of a kinetic group work of laser projected images on moving
steam screens, helium-lifted sky sculptures, and more, exhibited at
Documenta 6 (1977) and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (1978)
4to, wrps. Cambridge, MIT, 1980. Near-fine. $19.50.

(RAINER #A7251)
Barcelona. Edicions T. ARNULF RAINER. Unpag. catalogue with 11 single
page illus. of Rainer's dry-point etchings, some on photographs. On
heavy card stock. Tall narrow 4to, stiff wrps, d.j. 1991. Mint. $12.50.

(RAINER #A7250)
Hannover. Kestner-Gesellschaft. ARNULF RAINER Retrospecktive 1950-1977.
121 pp. exhib. cat. (218 works). Many illus.Texts by Armin Zweite,
Wolfgang Hartmann, Wieland Schmied. Important retrospective. Square 8vo,
stiff wrps. 1977. About fine. $50.00.

(RAINER #A7256)
Vienna. Galerie Ulysses. ARNULF RAINER: Hand- and Fingerpaintings.
Unpag. (85 pp.), 34 full-page color plates, 14 b&w text illus., several
photos of artist, chronol., bibliog., exhibs. Texts by Werner Hofmann
and Rudi Fuchs, statement by artist. Sq.4to, wrps. 1983. Near-fine (a
bit of rubbing to spine extrems.) $50.00.

(RAMOS #A7371)
Oakland. Oakland Museum. MEL RAMOS: Paintings 1959-1977. 31 pp. exhib.
cat. (61 works), 37 illus., 5 full-page color, photo of artist by Mimi
Jacobs, exhibs., bibliog. 4to, wrps. 1977. V.G.+ (Covers lightly
scuffed, owner name upper corner title-page, else clean bright copy.)
$27.50.

(RAUSCHENBERG #A8201)
Craft, Catherine, Billy Kluver, et al. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: Haywire. 111
pp., 20 colorplates, 50 b&w illus. Includes invaluable descriptions by
artist. Small sq. 4to, papered bds. Stuttgart, Cantz, 1997. Mint.
$39.95.

(RICHTER #A6805)
RICHTER, GERHARD. Textes. Ed. Hans Ulrich Obrist. 327 pp., collection of
writings and interviews; photos of artist, biog., exhibs., bibliog.
French trans. from German. Stout 8vo, wrps. Dijon, Les presses du reel,
1995. Fine. $35.00.

(ROTTERDAM #A3984)
Boston. Nielsen Gallery. PAUL ROTTERDAM: Selected Paintings and Drawings
1973-75. Unpag. (55 pp.) exhib. cat. listing 16 paintings, 8 drawings,
27 illus., 7 in color, brief intro. and biog. Price list laid in. Sq.
8vo, wrps. 1975. Spine edges lightly rubbed, else near-fine. $15.00.

(SAMARAS #A6321)
New York. Pace Gallery. LUCAS SAMARAS: Cubes, Pragmata, Trapezoids. 54
pp. exhib. cat. of 67 sculptures, 70 color illus. Nice catalogue. 4to,
stiff self-wrps with trapezoid cut-out front cover. 1994. Near- fine.
Rear cover lightly scuffed. $35.00.

(SAMARAS #A7641)
SAMARAS, LUCAS. The Photographs of LUCAS SAMARAS. 183 pp., over 200
photos, most in color, notes, chronol., bibliog. Essay by Ben Lifson.
Oblong 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Aperture, 1987. Fine/Fine. $45.00.

(SANTOS #A7812)
New York. Grey Art Gallery. Suspension of the Law: RENE SANTOS, a
retrospective. 76 pp., 32 color plates, checklist of 64 works, biog.,
exhibs., bibliog. Text by David Deitcher, and lengthy roundtable
discussion moderated by Thomas Sokolowski, including Brad Baker, Peter
Halley, D. Deitcher, David Saunders, Virginia Stotz, Anne Schoenfeld.
Text in Spanish and English. Belated memorial exhibition for this
important 80's gay camp painter, photographer and critic who died in
1986 at the age of 32. 4to, stiff wrps. Ed. of 1000. 1994. Near-fine.
$27.50.

(SHAPIRO #A7745)
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. JOEL SHAPIRO: Selected Drawings
1968-1990. 112 pp., 53 illus., most in color, artist interview, biog.,
exhibs., bibliog., index. Essay by Mark Ormond. Oblong 4to, stiff wrps.
1991. Near-fine. $27.50.

(SHAPIRO #A7973)
New York. Pace Gallery. JOEL SHAPIRO: Sculpture and Drawings. 44 pp., 24
color plates, 5 b&w illus., biog., exhibs., colls., bibliog. Text by
Peter Schjeldahl. Tall narrow 4to, stiff self-wrps. 1993. As new.
$17.50.

(SICILIA #A7261)
Lisboa. Comicos. JOSE MARIA SICILIA: New Work. 15 pp. exhib. cat., 7
full-page illus., 3 in color, exhibs., bibliog. Text by Joao Pinharanda.
Important contemporary abstract painter. In English and Portuguese. 4to,
stiff stapled wrps. 1985. Fine. $10.00.

(SULTAN #A7270)
Tokyo. Ikira Ikeda Gallery. DONALD SULTAN. 12 pp. exhib. cat. (6 works),
6 full-page color illus. Text in English / Japanese. 4to, stapled wrps.
1983. Fine. $10.00.

(TAPIES #A1536)
reperes, cahiers d'art contemporain. No. 18. TAPIES. Special issue:
Cover lithograph and two very attractive hors-texte double-page original
color lithographs by Tapies. Text with 24 b&w, 17 color illus. 4to,
self-wraps. Paris: Galerie Maeght Lelong, 1984. Fine. $200.00.

(TODT #A7806)
Boston. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. TODT. Unpag. (20 pp.) exhib.
cat., 13 photos, 4 color plates, checklist of 9 works. Text by Ken
Johnson. Contemporary German artists' group who create multi-media work
about oppression, sadism and psychosis. 8vo, stapled wrps. Ed. of 1000.
1990. About fine. $7.50.

(WOJNAROWICZ #A7731)
Normal. Illinois State University and three other locations. DAVID
WOJNAROWICZ: Tongues of Flame. Works 1979-1989. 128 pp., illus.,
exhibs., bibliog., checklist. Texts by Carlo McCormick, Curtis White,
John Carlin; interview with artist by Barry Blinderman; essays by artist
on gay art and other topics. Oblong 4to, wrps. Second printing. New
York, D.A.P., 1990. V.G.+. $30.00.

General Books:
(Aperture #A6560)
Aperture. Aperture Vol. 19, No.4 (1975). 80 pp. Photos by Mark Goodman,
Helen Levitt, Ben Maddow, Milton Rogovin. 4to, wps. 1975. V.G. Edges of
covers scuffed. $14.00.

(BERN #A6864)
BERN. Kunstmuseum. Ich Lebe, Ich Sehe: Kunstler der achtziger Jahre in
Moskau. 256 pp., 193 illus., 55 in color, 61 photos of artists. Ed. by
Hans Christoph von Tavel and Markus Landert. Stout 4to, wrps. 1988.
About fine. $49.50.

(BRUXELLES #A6326)
BRUXELLES. Galerie Isy Brachot. Le Desir Pictural: Lendemains d'une
Peinture Actuelle Belge. 48 pp., full-page b&w illus., biogs. Includes
30 major Belgian artists. Intro. by Wim Van Mulders. Small folio, stiff
wrps. 1982. V.G.+ (light rubbing spine extremities). $12.50.

(BRUXELLES #A6827)
BRUXELLES. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Schilderkunst in Duitsland / Peinture
en Allemagne 1981. 236 pp., 160 illus., 8 color plates, biogs. Texts in
Flemish and French by S. Gohr, T. Kneubuhler, D. Kopplin, G. Gercken, T.
Andersen, M. Joachimides. The important record of a major European
exhibition of the work of Baselitz, Hockelmann, Immendorff, Kiefer,
Kirkeby, Lupertz, Penck, Schonebeck. Stout 4to, wrps. Cover design by
A.R. Penck. 1981. V.G. Spine creased with some paper chipping; interior
clean and bright. $40.00.

(BURCHILL #A5063)
BURCHILL, JULIE. Girls on Film. 192 pp., over 100 illus. Interesting
observations on a range of constructions of women in the movies from
Gish to the present by Britain's leading zappy youth culture analyst.
8vo, wrps. First U.S. ed. New York, Pantheon, 1986. Fine. $16.50.

(CATHCART #A4781)
CATHCART, LINDA L. American Still Life 1945-1983. 144 pp., richly
illus., 41 in color. Eclectic selection includes: Avery, Blaine, Flack,
Neel, Thiebaud, Tillim, Warhol et al. 4to, wrps. Houston, Contemporary
Arts Museum in assoc. with Harper & Row, N.Y., 1983. Mint. $28.00.

(CHAFFEE #A7700)
CHAFFEE, LYMAN G. Political Protest and Street Art: Popular Tools for
Democratization in Hispanic Countries. 179 pp. Excellent reference work.
8vo, cloth, no d.j. as issued. First ed. Westport, Greenwood Press,
1993. As new. $25.00.

(CRAIK #A6357)
CRAIK, JENNIFER. The Face of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion. 249
pp. Important book in this new scholarly field. 8vo, wrps. London and
New York, Routledge, 1994. As new. $17.00.

(FAUST #A7461)
FAUST, WOLFGANG MAX and GERD DE VRIES. Hunger Nach Bildern: deutsche
malerei der gegenwart. 160 pp., 72 color and 63 b&w illus., notes.
Excellent survey of the post-war generation of German painters from
Adamski, Kiefer, Baselitz, Fetting, Richter, Penck to Dehn, Dokoupil and
Naschberger. In German. 8vo, stiff self-wrps. Koln, Dumont, 1982.
Near-fine. $16.00.

(FRATER #A8238)
FRATER, ZOLTAN and PETOCZ ANDRAS. Medium-Art: Valogatas a magyar
experimentaliskolteszetbol (Selection of Hungarian Experimental Poetry).
276 pp. includes 6 pp. text and biographies of contributors in Hungarian
and English, over 200 illus. (many in color) of these pictorial collage
poems, 24 performance photos. Small 4to, wrps. Budapest, Magveto
Konyvkiado, 1990. Near-fine. $25.00.

(JONES #A7705)
JONES, CAROLINE A. Machine in the Studio: Constructing the Postwar
American Artist. 541 pp., 112 b&w illus., lengthy notes, bibliog.,
index. Focus on Stella, Warhol, and Smithson and their relationship to
postwar industry and corporate culture. Large stout 8vo, cloth, d.j.
Chicago and London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1996. Fine/Fine. $40.00.

(KAPROW #A7079)
KAPROW, ALLAN. Assemblage, Environments & Happenings. 341 pp., approx.
300 photos, text and design by Kaprow with Fluxus group, including
Lebel, Vostell, George Brecht, Dewey, Kiznak, Dine and others. An
invaluable documentary record of happenings and performance pieces.
Stout sq. 4to, self wrps. Multi-colored papers. New York, Abrams, n.d.
(1965). Owner name f.e.p., touch of rubbing spine extrems., else
near-fine. $100.00.

(KOLN #A7589)
KOLN. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Kunst der sechziger Jahre. Sammlung
Ludwig im Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Art of the Sixties. The Ludwig
Collection). 209 color plates tipped in on special paper with printed
transparencies. The most desirable largest fifth revised and final ed.,
almost double the size of the first ed. Designed by Situationist artist
Wolf Vostell. 92 artists represented including: Dine, Dubuffet, Hockney,
Johns, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Picasso, Rauschenberg, Vostell, Warhol,
Wols, et al. Stout 4to, clear embossed soft plastic covers bound with
thick hard plastic spine attached with metal bolts. Cologne, 1971. Upper
rear corner of plastic spine chipped, else near-fine. $700.00.

(KRANTZ #A4065)
KRANTZ, LES. The Chicago Art Review: An Illustrated Survey of the City's
Museums, Glleries and Leading Artists. 416 pp., 157 color plates and
many b&w illus. Excellent introduction to many important and lesser
known artists, including bios., as well as a guide to over 125 museums,
galleries, and public exhibition spaces. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. Chicago,
American References, 1989. Fine/Fine. $22.00.

(LEVICK #A7635)
LEVICK, MELBA and STANLEY YOUNG. The Big Picture: Murals of Los Angeles.
128 pp., 150 color photos, list of addresses of murals. Wonderful
collection of public mural work, including both commissioned work and
spontaneous street art. 4to, papered bds., d.j. First U.S. ed. Boston,
NYGS, 1988. NF/NF. $40.00.

(LEVICK #A8367)
LEVICK, MELBA and STANLEY YOUNG. The Big Picture: Murals of Los Angeles.
128 pp., 150 color photos, list of addresses of murals. Wonderful
collection of public mural work, including both commissioned
community-based work and spontaneous street art. Chicano, Latino, et al.
4to, wrps. First U.S. ed. Boston, NYGS and Little, Brown, 1988. V.G.
Covers a bit scuffed else clean tight copy. $22.00.

(LOS ANGELES #A7281)
LOS ANGELES. Herbert Palmer Gallery. Bunka-Viewing: Sculptors and their
drawings from Japan. 28 pp., 14 color plates, 6 b&w illus., checklist of
30 works by seven sculptors including Isamu Noguchi, biog. notes. Text
by Meredith Palmer. Sq. 8vo, wrps., pictorial tissue endpapers. 1990.
About fine. $17.00.

(MINNEAPOLIS #A8251)
MINNEAPOLIS. Walker Art Center. In the Spirit of Fluxus. 192 pp.,
approx. 200 illus., performance photos, artists' statements and
documents, bibliog., index. Texts by Simon Anderson, Elizabeth
Armstrong, Andreas Huyssen, Bruce Jenkins, Douglas Kahn, Owen F. Smith,
Kristine Stiles. 4to, wrps., d.j. First ed. 1993. As new. $32.00.

(NEW YORK #A3994)
NEW YORK. Alena Adlung Gallery. Contemporary German Art. 31 pp. exhib.
cat., 23 full-page color plates, 4 b&w illus. 10 young contemporary
artists including Eliska Bartek, Camilla Bischoff, Wolfgang Ehehart,
Richard Hess, Paso, Olga Schrufer-Kozlova, et al. Sq. 8vo, wrps. 1989.
Fine. $12.50.

(NEW YORK #A7010)
NEW YORK. American Society and The Spanish Institute. Modern and
Contemporary Art of the Dominican Republic. 176 pp., richly illus., 32
color plates, biogs., checklist, bibliog. Texts by Edward J. Sullivan,
Jeannette Miller, Marianne de Tolentino, Elizabeth Ferrer. Oblong 4to,
wrps. 1996. Fine. $25.00.

(NEW YORK #A8254)
NEW YORK. Kent Fine Art. The Times, The Chronicle and The Observer.
Unpag. (64 pp.), 37 b&w illus., list of works exhibited and list of
illus. Includes: Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Robert Bechtle,
Vija Celmins, Malcolm Morley, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Edward
Ruscha, Andy Warhol. Curated and text by Douglas Blau. Large 8vo, wrps.
1990. Near-fine. $12.00.

(NORTH DARTMOUTH #A8075)
North Dartmouth. Southeastern Massachusetts University Art Gallery.
POST-UTOPIA: Paintings and Installations by the Soviet Conceptualists
Eric BULATOV, Ilya Kabakov and Komar & Melamid. 24 pp. exhib. cat., 6
b&w illus. Intro. by Lasse Antonsen, poems by KOMAR & MELAMID, texts by
Ilya KABAKOV. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1989. Fine. $16.00.

(O'DOHERTY #A7503)
O'DOHERTY, BRIAN. Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery
Space. 91 pp., 24 illus. Intro. by Thomas McEvilley. The classic
articles from Artforum, here in slightly revised book form. As important
as ever. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Santa Monica, Lapis Press, 1986. As
new. $37.50.

(PHILADELPHIA #A8279)
PHILADELPHIA. College of Art. Seventies Painting. 40 pp., 12 full-page
b&w illus., catalogue of exhib., interesting comparative chart of
biographical and exhibition history for all artists. Text by Janet
Kardon. Includes: Bolotowsky, Brooks, Cavallon, Crawford, W. De Kooning,
Greene, Krasner, Jensen, Kaldis, Vicente, Junkers, et al. Sq. 8vo,
stapled wrps. 1978. V.G.+. Corners lightly rubbed, sunning to covers.
$12.50.

(SCHJELDAHL #A6846)
SCHJELDAHL, PETER. The 7 Days Art Columns, 1988-1990. 205 pp. 76
incomparable articles, short reviews and comments on the New York art
scene during a time of change. 8vo, wrps. Great Barrington, The Figures,
1990. Near-fine. $12.50.

(STEINER #A6894)
STEINER, WENDY. The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of
Fundamentalism. 251 pp., 27 illus., notes, index. A consideration of
cultural conflicts from Mapplethorpe and Rushdie to Paul De Man. 8vo,
1/4 cloth, d.j. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1995. As new. $20.00.

(TOMKINS #A7213)
TOMKINS, CALVIN. The Bride and the Bachelors. 246 pp., 22 illus. Focuses
on DUCHAMP, CAGE, TINGUELY, RAUSCHENBERG 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York,
Viking, 1965. V.G. (Faint foxing upper edge, small lower edge bump, rem.
star on front pastedown, else clean tight copy), in V.G.+ edge-rubbed
d.j. with rem star on front inside flap. $35.00.

(VAUCHER #A7135)
VAUCHER, ANDREA R. Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, and Art. 260
pp. Statements by two dozen artists, filmmakers, writers, and dancers
with AIDS, including Mapplethorpe, Marlon Riggs, David Wojnarowicz,
Peter Adair, Keith Haring, Robert Farber, Paul Monette, et al. Organized
by topic: alienation and isolation, anger, loss, activism, etc. 8vo, 1/4
cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Grove Press, 1993. Mint, in about fine
d.j. $18.00.

(YANKER #A8231)
YANKER, GARY. Prop Art: Over 1000 Contemporary Political Posters. 256
pp., 1096 illus., bibliog. index. International survey. 4to, cloth, d.j.
New York, Darien, 1972. VG/VG- (Dustjacket has several chips and a few
closed tears, one long creased tear rear panel.) $28.00.

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