MAN RAY PHOTOGRAPHS 1920-1934 PARIS
First edition, second issue of Man Ray's extraordinary first monograph — association copy inscribed to friend and muse Joella Bayer, whose portrait appears in the book.
First edition, second issue of Man Ray's extraordinary first monograph — association copy inscribed to friend and muse Joella Bayer, whose portrait appears in the book.
A rare image — considered by many "the greatest photo in jazz history" (THE NEW YORK TIMES) — of Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, and Roy Haynes performing at NYC's Open Door on September 13, 1953.
Signed first trade edition of a landmark graphic novel, in extraordinary condition.
Rare and dizzying original poster of Kusama's iconic polka-dotted phallic soft sculptures advertising the opening of the 1965 installation at the Castellane Gallery of her first ever mirror room — hand-addressed by Kusama in 1965 to the Museum of Modern Art.
Rare first edition of this children's book parody of the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which drew both fanfare and hostility — in beautiful condition.
Stunning image of Billie Holiday at the height of her fame, taken by one of the most important photographers in the history of jazz.
Rare original drawing by the eleven-year-old poet featuring a lute-playing cherub singing with a robin sitting on a perch.
Complete run of this multidisciplinary surrealist journal, a short-lived little magazine and luxurious treasure-house of a disintegrating avant-garde.
First printing of arguably Mapplethorpe's most defining and controversial book — inscribed by Mapplethorpe to the most photographed model in the collection, Ken Moody.
Rare first edition of Kusama's first novel, never translated into English, illustrated with the artist's own work.
Original vintage Kodak photograph taken from the Apollo 10 Lunar Module, "Snoopy," looking west — evocative of the iconic photo taken just months before by Apollo 8.
First edition of this valuable resource on Bacon, inscribed by the artist to the pioneering director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas Hoving.
Early printing, boldly inscribed by Warhol with an original drawing of his iconic soup can.
Beautiful and complex livre d'artiste by the avant-garde Italian anarchist, pataphysician, and founder of the movimento d'arte nucleare.
Signed limited edition, with two signed and numbered prints, of this "third revised edition" (fourth overall) of one of the most famous artist's books of the last fifty years.
Signed first printing of Sontag's classic work, a remarkable association copy extensively annotated by photojournalist John Godfrey Morris.
Original photo album of a Japanese businessman's American travels, including stops in Seattle and Chicago before a longer stay in New York, and a visit to a Japanese family in Long Island.
Scarce limited edition catalogue of the 1982 group exhibition, the first show held by the newly formed Exit Art, in the original box with unbroken dollar-bill seal.
First edition of this landmark biography of one of the icons of French Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau, lavishly illustrated and in the original wrappers and glassines.
Limited first edition catalogue of the spectacularly influential collaborative art exhibition on the theme of modern ways of living, held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1956, designed by Edward Wright and edited by curator Theo Crosby.
Catalogue of this experimental exhibition exploring the potential for telecommunication devices to redefine the "entire area of esthetic awareness," curated by Burnham shortly before the dawn of the 1970s microcomputer revolution.
Signed first printing of this biography of Andrew Wyeth by his wife and business partner, structured around the story of his most famous painting – a pristine copy in the original shipping box.
Stylish album of 1960s British cigarette and loose tobacco packaging produced in conjunction with the appropriately-named industrial film "Packaging for the Tobacco Industry."
Rare and gorgeous album of 12 color plates by Sjoerd Kuperus, with commentary on the birds of the Netherlands by famed naturalist and conservationist J.P. Thijsse.
Scarce signed first trade edition of this important artist's book from the founder of Art Brut, inscribed in year of publication to collaborator, Compagnie de l'Art Brut secretary, and co-editor of the Cahiers de l'Art Brut, Jacqueline Voulet.