• current project

A Popular Western Story

Here's a short shaggy dog story about Ed Ruscha's painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, the artist's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and a 10¢ rootin' tootin pulp periodical.

image from A Popular Western Story
  • recent objects
LAMBDA
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • monochrome
  • 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

LAMBDA

Gay Activists Alliance

Initial flyer published in [1970] announcing the lambda symbol as a symbol of the Gay Activist Alliance as it "signifies a commitment among men and women to achieve and defend their human rights as homosexual citizens. ... [details]

$750.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. This copy printed on blue paper. Folded in three, handling marks, 2 cm. fold to right bottom corner. This copy in substantial better condition than the copy held by the New York Public Library's Manuscripts and Archives Division, Gay Activists Alliance Records collection.
[Object # 26401]
The Negro In Art : A Pictorial Record of the Negro and the Negro Theme In Art
  • monograph
  • cloth boards without dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • color
  • 31 x 23.5 cm.
  • 224 pp.
  • edition size Unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Negro In Art : A Pictorial Record of the Negro and the Negro Theme In Art

Library Edition

Alain Locke

Oversized book edited and annotated by Alain Locke about "negro[s] and the negro theme In art." Contents primarily composed of images of artworks with sectional critical commentary, illustrations, and biographical indexes of artists in three parts: "The Negro as Artist," "The Negro in Art," and "The Ancestral Arts. ... [details]

$500.00
Condition:  Poor. Withdrawn library book with typical library markings. Cover edges taped, spine reinforced and hand titled, blind embossing on title page, stamps, stickers on the interior back covers, and some inked markings. Illustrations on page 99/100 have been cut out of book. pages 71 to 74, 133/134 are missing, and other defects throughout. Covers and edges worn, contents clean otherwise. Book is sold "as-is" and is priced accordingly. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 7410]
Dot Dot Dot
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 23.4 x 16.5 cm.
  • 182 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 9789077620076

Dot Dot Dot

Report of the DDDepartment of Science Fiction + Economics / No. 13 (2006 / 7)

Stuart Bailey, G.K. Chesterton, Benjamin Franklin, Lewis H. Lapham, David Reinfurt, Sven Augustijnen, Raimundas Malasauskas, David Greene, Samantha Hardingham, John Morgan, Ian Svenonius, Alex Klein, Louis Kaplan, Gerard Byrne, Michael Stevenson, George Maciunas, Raimundas Malasauskas , David Magnus, Seth Price, Neil Mulholland, Heman Chong, Melissa Lim, Leif Magne Tangen, Chris Evans, Valentinas Klimaauskas, John Russell, Louis Lüthi, Will Holder, Jan Verwoert, Emily Pethick, Rob Giampietro, Paul Elliman, Radim Pesko

Issue number 13 of the periodical Dot Dot Dot, a predecessor to the publication "Bulletins of The Serving Library." Edited by Stuart Bailey. Contents include: "Editorial (1)," by G.K. Chesterton; "Editorial (2)," by Benjamin Franklin; "Editorial (3)," by Lewis H. ... [details]

Hague / New York, Netherlands / NY: Dot Dot Dot / Princeton Architectural Press,
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$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. 2 mm. yellow stain to recto. Rubbing of cover edges and light bumping of corners. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 4719]
Fictions : A Selection of Pictures from the 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Fictions : A Selection of Pictures from the 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries

Douglas Blau, Troy Brauntuch, Ralph Albert Blakelock, Thomas Moran, Charles Wilson Peale, Johannes Vermeer, William Merritt Chase, Randy Dudley, Chesley Bonestell, Norman Rockwell, John Bowman, Thornton Oakley, Caspar David Friedrich, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Cindy Sherman, Hans W. Hannau, Stanford Gifford, William Cameron Menzies, Ricahrd Bergh, Winslow Homer, Joseph M. Newman, Stanley Kubrick, Hugh Ferriss, Arnold Genthe, Mark Innerst, Eugene Medard, Eugene Chaperon, Joseph Wright of Derby, David Deutsch, Thomas Eakins, Charles West Cope, Charles Lewis Fusell, C.E. Swaye, Thomas Anshutz, George Pal, Virgil Mirano, Howard Hawkes, Jack Conway, Charles H. Stephens, Johann Zoffany, John Ferguson Weir, Walter Dorwin Teague, Thomas Cole, Jan Christiaensz, Virgil Mirano, Jack Goldstein, Komar & Melamid, William L. Sonntag, Hubert Robert, Bonfils, Elihu Vedder, Edwin Dickinson, William Bradford, Jospeh Mallord, William Turner, Frederic Edwin Church, Michael Zwack, Arnold Böcklin, Alain Resnais, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Joseph Hirsch, Fernand Khnopff, James Rosenquist, Giuseppe Pellizza Da Volpedo, Chuck Rogers, Angelo Morbelli, Gustave Caillebotte, Michele Zalopany, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Rembrandt van Rijn

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held jointly at Kent Fine Art and Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, November 17 - December 31, 1987. Curated and with an essay by Douglas Blau. Artists include Troy Brauntuch, Ralph Albert Blakelock, Thomas Moran, Charles Wilson Peale, Johannes Vermeer, William Merritt Chase, Randy Dudley, Chesley Bonestell, Norman Rockwell, John Bowman, Thornton Oakley, Caspar David Friedrich, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Cindy Sherman, Hans W. ... [details]

New York / New York, NY / NY: Kent Fine Art / Curt Marcus Gallery,
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$20.00
Condition:  Fair. Water damage to top right corner of second half of the catalogue with light staining and rippling; final four pages are stuck together and previous page was also stuck but has been separated resulting in surface tearing of page. Rubbing of cover edges. 7 mm. tear and bumping to spine and 2 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine. Sold "as-is." Due to the size of this item, additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39831]
Carl Andre : Sculpture as Place, 1958 - 2010
  • ephemera
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 21.6 x 13.8 cm.
  • [26] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Carl Andre : Sculpture as Place, 1958 - 2010

Carl Andre, Manuel Cirauqui, Yasmil Raymond

Exhibition guide published in conjunction with show held at Dia:Beacon, Beacon, NY, May 5, 2014 - March 2, 2015. Guide includes biography, selected bibliography, text by Yasmil Raymond and Manuel Cirauqui, gallery maps and a checklist of the exhibition. [details]

$35.00
Condition:  Very Good. Three-hole punched as issued. Light dinging of bottom edge of verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39832]
Dark / Light : Extensions of Photography
  • exhibition catalogue
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.8 x 21.6 cm.
  • 40 pp.
  • edition size 600
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Dark / Light : Extensions of Photography

Peter Campus, James Carpenter, Conrad Gleber, Gerald Hayes, Bill Lundberg, Janet Rifkin, Ger van Elk, Phyllis Plous, Joan Harper

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, November 12 - December 14, 1980. Traveled to Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, January 17 - February 12, 1982. ... [details]

$45.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light yellowing and dusting of covers with light edgewear and 2 cm. paperclip impression to top edge of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 6621]
Thomas Struth : Museum Photographs
  • ephemera
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • gatefold
  • black-and-white & color
  • 22.9 x 19.8 cm.
  • [6] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Thomas Struth : Museum Photographs

Directions

Thomas Struth, Phyllis Rosenzweig

Gatefold exhibition brochure published in conjunction with show held May 21 - August 16, 1992. Essay by Phyllis Rosenzweig. Includes biography, exhibition history, selected bibliography, and exhibition checklist. [details]

$30.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light dusting of covers and minimal handling wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39830]
Wedge : Sexuality : RE/Positions
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 25.3 x 21.6 cm.
  • 69 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Wedge : Sexuality : RE/Positions

No. 6 (Winter 1984)

Brian Wallis, Phil Mariani, Silvia Kolbowski, Mary Kelly, Alice Jardine, Jane Warrick, Connie Hatch, Jean-François Lyotard, Lea Lublin, Rosi Braidotti, Jane Weinstock, Victor Burgin, Barbara Kruger, Carol Squiers, Lynne Tillman, Judith Barry, Sherrie Levine

Winter 1994 issue of Wedge. Issue guest edited by Silvia Kolbowski. Periodical editors: Brian Wallis and Phil Mariani. Published in conjunction with show "Difference: On Representation and Sexuality," held at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, August 12, 1984 - February 2, 1985. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Rubbing of cover edges. 3.4 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of recto. Pencil underlining and notations to pages 5-9 ("Desiring Images/Imaging Desire" by Mary Kelly). Contents otherwise clean and unmarked
[Object # 39827]
ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • black-and-white
  • 29.7 x 21.2 cm. (folded) ; 41.2 x 21.2 cm (unfolded)
  • [22] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

New York / No. 3

Robert Longo, Rosetta Brooks, Alan Joyce, James Chance, Guy Bourdin, Jack Goldstein, Michael Newman, Jack Goldstein, Gary Zimmerman, Glenn Branca, Michael Newman, Rhys Chatham, Richard Prince, Edit deAk, Tom Lawson, Jonathon Miles, Neil Jenney

Issue number 3 of the arts periodical ZG edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Off White/Almost Black," Alan Joyce in conversation with James Chance; "Sighs and Whispers in Bloomingdale's," Roberta Brooks on photographer Guy Bourdin; "Life in Space," Interview with Jack Goldstein by Michael Newman on the work of Jack Goldstein; "'Noise' Music," by Gary Zimmerman; an interview with Glenn Branca; "Drastic Classicism," by Michael Newman; an interview with Rhys Chatham; "War Picture," by Richard Prince; "Urban Kisses/Slum Hisses," by Edit deAk; "We must embrace our joys and sorrows," by Tom Lawson; "Altered Vision?" by Jonathon Miles; and "Video Music Inc. ... [details]

New York, NY: ZG Magazine,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. 3.5 cm. crease parallel to bottom edge of recto. Crease/bend to cover and pages 1.2 cm. down from top edge of publication. Rubbing of cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39828]
Purple Fashion Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 26.9 x 20 cm.
  • 187 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 2912684323

Purple Fashion Magazine

No. 12 (Spring / Summer 2002)

Maurizio Cattelan, Mark Borthwick, Elein Fleiss, Olivier Zahm, Jeff Rian, Bruce Benderson, Nick Tosches, Jens Hoffmann, Claude Closky, Wolfgang Tillmans, Pierre Leguillin, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anuschka Blommers, Niels Schumm, Takashi Homma, Chikashi Suzuki, Angela Hill, Jack Pierson, Laetitia Benat, Shimabaku, Andrea Fraser, Bennett Simpson, Dike Blair, Andreas Angelidakis, Jerónimo Hagerman, Zoe Mendelson, Terry Richardson, Gérard Duguet-Grasser, Stephane Bouquet, Camille Vivier, Anders Edström

Summer 2002 Issue of biannual publication "Purple." Edited by Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm. Contents include: "The Imaginary World," by Jeff Rian; "New York Lowdown," by Bruce Benderson; "What The Coptic Guy Said," by Nick Tosches; "Avenidas," by Jens Hoffmann; "Ma couleur préferée," by Claude Closky; "Therefore," by Elein Fleiss; "Absolute Beginners," by Maurizio Cattelan; "Portrait," by Wolfgang Tillmans; "Calme Plat," by Pierre Leguillin; "Surface," by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster; "Purple Special: Maurizio Cattelan;" "Don't Believe In War," by Olivier Zahm; "Accidentally On Purpose," by Jeff Rian; "Visual Essay," by Maurizio Cattelan; "Comme des Garçons," by Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm; "Art Scene Tokyo," by Takashi Homma; "Balenciaga Le Dix," by Chikashi Suzuki; "Givenchy/Cosmic Wonder," by Angela Hill; "Issey Miyake Homme," by Jack Pierson; "Margiela Homme/Van Cleef & Arpels," by Laetitia Benat; "Purple Interview: 'Shimabaku,' by Elein Fleiss, 'Andrea Fraser,' by Bennett Simpson, 'Martin Walde,' by Jeff Rian, 'Carl Zimmer,' by Dike Blair;" "Light Valley," by Andreas Angelidakis; "Best Intergalactique Veracruz," by Jerónimo Hagerman; "Five Drawings," by Zoe Mendelson; "American Supper," by Terry Richardson; "Quelqu'un a bien du m'aimer un peu au début," by Gérard Duguet-Grasser; "6 Poemes," by Stephane Bouquet; "Gymnastic Melancolia," by Camille Vivier; and "Beautiful Kazakstan," by Anders Edström. ... [details]

Paris, France: Purple Institute,
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$350.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light overall handling wear including light dinging, bumping of corners, and bumping of top left corner. 8 mm. surface tear to bottom right corner of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39829]
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