A SENTENCE OF THIRTEEN PARTS (WITH TWELVE ALTERNATE VERBS) ENDINGS IN FABLE
1977
First edition of arguably Baldessari's most desirable artist's book, and one of the best of the 1970s.
Artist's Book
THE FINE BOOK
(1999)
Scarce signed handmade artist's book on the subject of itself, produced in a limited edition of just 20 copies.
ABC EROTIQUE
(2003)
Unique miniature erotic artist's book, hand-painted and collaged onto a France Poste mailing label booklet.
BUSINESS CARDS
1968
Signed first and only edition of Ruscha and Bengston's collaborative book.
BABYCAKES WITH WEIGHTS
1970
First edition of Ruscha's eleventh book, featuring one bespoke baby (his own) and many mass-produced commercial cakes.
RECORDS
1971
Signed first edition of these black and white photographs of 30 selected records and album covers from Ruscha's collection, photographed by his friend and fellow artist Jerry McMillan.
HARD LIGHT
(1978)
Signed first edition of Ruscha and Weiner's photo-novel, starring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller in a captivatingly oblique visual drama.
REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES
1970
Signed first edition of Ruscha's last solo photobook to use the minimal 'house style' made famous by TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS and other early works.
VARIOUS SMALL FIRES
(1970)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's second artist's book, an enigmatic series of controlled burns in the human landscape.
ACRCIT
(1971)
Scarce and cryptic self-published newspaper ("a labyrinth without a center") by the French-born, California-based conceptual and performance artist.
EDWARD RUSCHA (ED-WERD REW-SHAY): Young Artist
1972
Scarce catalogue published to accompany an exhibition of prints, drawings, and books, co-designed by Ruscha, with business cards laid in from both the artist and exhibition curator Foster.
EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP
1966
Signed first edition, second issue of this quintessentially Los Angeles book, and one of the great photobooks of all time – with the original wrap-around band intact.
THIRTYFOUR PARKING LOTS
(1974)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's commissioned photographs of Los Angeles lots, taken from helicopter by aerial photographer Art Alanis.
CRACKERS
(1969)
Signed first edition of Ruscha's photo-novel, illustrating a 1967 short story by Mason Williams, "How To Derive The Maximum Enjoyment From Crackers."
NINE SWIMMING POOLS AND A BROKEN GLASS
(1976)
Second edition of Ruscha's first book using color photographs, a series on water artificially contained and explosively freed.
A FEW PALM TREES
1971
Signed first edition of Ruscha's fourteen spare, black and white photographs of California palms, each captioned with its home address.
NINE SWIMMING POOLS AND A BROKEN GLASS
(1976)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's first book using color photographs, a series on water artificially contained and explosively freed.
SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS
(1970)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's third artist's book, one of 3,000 copies produced following the original printing of 700 in 1965.
COVER TO COVER
[1975]
Elusive and allusive narrative photographic artist's book, one of the defining works of the 1970s in the genre.
MÉMOIRES
(1959)
Rare first edition of the confrontational and abrasive collaboration between two founding members of the Situationist International.
MARIA
(1954)
Scarce first edition, privately printed by Cornell in an edition of about 100 copies and given away to his friends as presents, augmented with a collaged element to the last page.
71-73
1974
Uncommon conceptual artist's book in uncommonly good condition.
HORRIFYING NEWS! / ¡HORROROSA NOTICIA!
1993
Signed first printing of this unexpectedly delightful bilingual artists' book, featuring skeletons coming together in love.
ASSEMBLAGE, ENVIRONMENTS & HAPPENINGS
(1966)
Inscribed first edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art — the first such work by a major publisher, Abrams.
LISTEN
1975
Signed limited edition of this graphically bold artist's book based on and inspired by Erik Satie's 1914 SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS.
