NATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
1982
First edition of this catalogue for the 1982 National Video Festival, two weekends at the Kennedy Center and the AFI Campus in L.A., featuring the work of Bill Viola, Laurie Anderson, Twyla Tharp, and more.
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WALLACE BERMAN: RETROSPECTIVE
(1978)
Sharp first edition of the first major exhibition of the mail art pioneer, Verifax collagist, and Beat-adjacent iconoclast, following his untimely death.
BROKEN ENGLISH
1996
First edition of this erotic collaborative essay by Bellamy and Harrison, written to accompany the exhibit "Smells Like Vinyl" at New York's Roger Merians Gallery.
HE:/SHE:
(1980)
Uncommon first edition of this artist's book by the American "paraphotographer," a series of visual and verbal dialogues between men and women inspired by two lines from Mishima.
IMAGES D'UNE FEMME: Vingt-quatre Etudes de Nu
1931
Scarce portfolio of over 20 numbered black and white plates of female nude studies of the painter Adélaïde Verneuil de Marval — the photographer's wife, photomodel, and collaborator.
THE DRAWING TEACHER: A Little Folder of Teaching Projects for the Art Teacher
[1926-1944]
Set of 38 monthly lesson plans for school art teachers, each containing a new column ("Intimate Comments in the Field of Art") with an overview of new publications and exhibitions, followed by an illustrated project for schoolchildren with target grade levels, working materials, educational goals, and detailed instructions.
THE DRAWINGS OF PAUL CEZANNE: A Catalogue Raisonne
1973
First English language edition of this catalogue raisonné, with text in both French and English.
Original Drawing in Marker
[ca. 1968-1970]
Circle of fifths with relative minor chords and bar of music drawn in black marker.
Materials from the New York Performance of John Cage's REUNION
(1968)
A small archive of materials relating to John Cage's May 27, 1968 performance of his musical-chess work "REUNION" staged at New York's Electric Circus nightclub.
Original Watercolor Study of Goodwin's Department Store, Brooklyn NY
[ca. 1950s-1960s?]
Original watercolor study, possibly for a potential mural, from noted social realist, WPA painter, and muralist Edward Laning (1906-1981).
Collection of Original Artwork
(1984-1990)
Collection of twelve signed works of art from this Seattle punk poet, performer, musician, and artist, who counted among his fans Kurt Cobain.
I THINK MY MIND IS GOING TO SNAP *SNAP*
2013
Scarce hardcover first edition of this book presenting comments left by visitors at Dia:Beacon Museum.
THE BEAUTIFUL WALLS: Photographic Elevations of Street Art in Los Angeles, Berlin and Paris
(2010)
First edition of this book of vivid panoramic fold-out photographs showcasing the street art of three major cities.
63 E 9TH STREET: NYC Polaroids 1975-1983
(2019)
First edition of this collection of vintage Polaroids taken by Bianchi in his Village apartment of lovers, sexual partners, and the surrounding neighborhood.
DEAFMAN GLANCE
1871
Original program for the second and third performances of Wilson's "silent opera," based in part on the visual ideas of Raymond Andrews, performed by the Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1971.
THE WATERFRONT JOURNALS
(1996)
Uncorrected proof of this posthumously published collection of monologues, written in the voices of the fellow travelers, runaways, and working people Wojnarowicz encountered across the United States during the late '70s and '80s.
MORE THAN MEAT JOY
1979
First edition of this comprehensive monograph showcasing the work of radical interdisciplinary artist Carolee Schneemann, one of the original "performance artists."
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
(1959)
Scarce first printing of the catalogue for this major neo-Dada exhibition — designed by Jim Culberson, introduced by Harold Rosenberg, and organized by a committee including Donald Barthelme.
NAME CHANGE
1972
Scarce original catalogue documenting the artist's year-long project in which he legally changed his name twelve times, creating a major new artwork for each persona, starting in September 1970.
TERCERA BIENAL DE LA HABANA '89 CATALOGO
1989
Rare catalogue of the third Havana Biennial, a rich and energetic exhibition with a global reach, curated by the staff of the Centro Wifredo Lam under Cuba's Ministry of Culture, opening a week before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Art-Exhibition
(1974)
Illustrated exhibition catalogue for the Swedish artist and director's solo show at Galerie Bonnier in Geneva, with original price list laid in.
THE WATERFRONT JOURNALS
(1996)
First edition of these posthumously published monologues, written in the voices of the fellow travelers, runaways, and working people Wojnarowicz encountered across the United States during the late '70s and '80s.
ALBUM INTERNATIONAL DE COMMUNICATION NON VERBALE NO. 1
(1979)
Very scarce collection of visual imagery in a wide variety of media, produced as part of an international project on Non Verbal Communication originated by Angers School of Art with participation from several art schools in England and Germany.
OP LOSSE SCHROEVEN: Situaties en Cryptostructuren
1969
Scarce catalogue of the 1969 exhibition of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, less known but as innovative and groundbreaking as the same year's more-mythologized "When Attitudes Become Form," and similarly an expression of its own curator's personality and vision.
MAGICIENS DE LA TERRE
(1989)
First edition catalogue of this major international exhibition, conceived as a anti-colonialist corrective to the contemporary art-world ethnocentrism typified by MoMA's much-criticized 1985 "Primitivism" show.
