• 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
Joe Goode / Edward Ruscha
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • slide bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 25.5 x 20.5 cm..
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Joe Goode / Edward Ruscha

Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha, Mason Williams, Henry T. Hopkins, Dorothy Ruscha

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 27 - April 21, 1968. Introductory text:

"I felt right proud when my son, Edward, and friend Joe asked me to write an introduction to the catalogue. ... [details]

$125.00
Condition:  Used
Air Art
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 20.5 x 20.5 cm.
  • 36 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Air Art

Willoughby Sharp, Architectural Association Group, Hans Haacke, Akira Kanayama, Les Levine, Preston McClanahan, David Medalla, Robert Morris, Marcello Salvadori, Graham Stevens, John Van Saun, Andy Warhol

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in five venues: YM / YWHA, Philadelphia, March 13 - 31, 1968 ; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, April 25 - May 19 ; Lakeview Center, Peoria, Illinois, June 7 - 28 ; University Art Museum, Berkeley, January 13 - February 16, 1969 ; and Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, February 25 - March 18, 1969. ... [details]

$125.00
Condition:  Fine. Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39308]
$75.00
Condition:  Fair. Light yellow foxing and scratching of covers. 7.5 cm. area of yellow soiling to bottom edge of verso with 8 mm. of surface tearing. 5.2 cm. and 2.3 cm. areas of soiling to recto with indentation that carries through to pages, along with light yellowing. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39752]
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 22 x 20.2 cm.
  • [4] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

"John" by Yoko Ono "Yoko" by John Lennon [aka : 'John' - 'Yoko' at Coventry ; Acorn Event ; Sculptures by John Lennon and Yoko Ono]

Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Anthony Fawcett

Artist's book published in conjunction with "Acorn Event" held at "Coventry Cathedral on June 15, 1968, in which the couple famously created Acorn Piece, a conceptual sculpture in which acorns were planted facing east and west. ... [details]

[Coventry], [United Kingdom]: n.p.,
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$6,500.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Hard fold through vertical center of publication. Very light discoloration to verso cover along the vertical fold. Covers and contents are otherwise Very Good, clean and unmarked. Sold "as-is." Additional images of publication available upon request.
[Object # 23411]
Assholes Wallpaper / Fluxus Wallpaper (No. 4)
  • poster
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 56.5 × 43.2 cm
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Assholes Wallpaper / Fluxus Wallpaper (No. 4)

Yoko Ono, George Maciunas

Single sheet of wallpaper, printed on lightweight paper, utilizing two stacked images of Yoko Ono's ass. Planned and announced in Fluxusnewpaper, January 31, 1968, and originally credited in collaboration with Ben Vautier and later Robert Watts. ... [details]

New York, NY: Fluxus,
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$1,000.00
Condition:  Fine. Clean and unmarked as issued.
[Object # 38428]
Realism Now
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 16.5 x 21.5 cm.
  • 46 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Realism Now

Linda Nochlin, Mary Delahoyd, Lennart Anderson, Richard Artschwager, William Bailey, Jack Beal, Robert Bechtle, John Button, Larry Day, Richard Estes, Jane Freilicher, Paul Georges, Sidney Goodman, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, Gabriel Laderman, Alfred Leslie, Sylvia Mangold, D.M. Merrick, Malcolm Morley, Lowell Nesbitt, Don Nice, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Sleigh, Vivien Tanner, Neil Welliver

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 8 - June 12, 1968. Show organized by Linda Nochlin, and Mary Delahoyd. Artists include Lennart Anderson, Richard Artschwager, William Bailey, Jack Beal, Robert Bechtle, John Button, Larry Day, Richard Estes, Jane Freilicher, Paul Georges, Sidney Goodman, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, Gabriel Laderman, Alfred Leslie, Sylvia Mangold, D. ... [details]

Poughkeepsie, New York: Vassar College Art Gallery,
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$200.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light wear to covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39615]
$150.00
Condition:  Good. Light wear to covers, spine split from bottom edge to top of lower staple. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39616]
$100.00
Condition:  Good. "S. Mangold p. 34" written in ink, taped to first inside page. Center fold loose from staple, edge wear to pages.
[Object # 5629]
The Electric Ear
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • color
  • 23.5 x 14 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Electric Ear

John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor, David Behrman, Lowell Cross, Stan Vanderbeek, Beverly Emmons

Flyer advertising REUNION, an electric sight-and-sound work, held on Monday, May 27, [1968] featuring John Cage with Gordon Mumma, David Tudor, David Behrman, and Lowell Cross. [details]

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Burning Small Fires [ aka : urning all ires ]
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • accordion
  • duotone
  • 93 x 127 cm. unfolded ; 36 x 24 cm. folded
  • [1] folded sheet / poster
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Burning Small Fires [ aka : urning all ires ]

Bruce Nauman

Artist's book composed of a large folded poster adhered to paperboard covers. Features black-and-white photographs of burning pages of Edward Ruscha's artist's book Various Small Fires and Milk. [details]

[San Francisco], [CA]: [Bruce Nauman],
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$15,000.00
Condition:  Good / Fair. 1 cm. tear to head edge of recto and 6 mm. tear at spine. Bumping of corners and 5.3 cm. gentle bend to verso corner with a 1 cm. layer of paper on corner of verso peeled back. Light overall rubbing of covers and light rubbing of interior of covers. 9.5 cm. gentle fold to poster edge. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Due to the high value of this work additional shipping charges will be required for all orders. Local pick-up in NYC also available on request.
[Object # 25481]
Bruce Nauman
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [12] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman, David Whitney

Catalogue for Nauman's first solo exhibition in New York held January 27 - February 17, 1968. Introduction by David Whitney. Incorporates reproductions of 44 works dated 1965 - 1967, inclusive of works "Storage Capsule for the Right Rear Quarter of My Body," 1966 ; "Neon Templates of the Left Half of my Body Taken at Ten Inch Intervals," 1966 ; "Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists," 1966 ; "Lead Tree Plaque," 1966 ; "Collection of Various Flexible Materials Separated by Layers of Grease with Holes the Size of My Waist and Wrists," 1966 ; "From Hand to Mouth," 1967 ; "Henry Moore Bound to Fail," 1967 ; "Composite Photo of My Name as Though it Were Written on the Surface of the Moon," 1967 ; "Henry Moore Trap #1," 1967 ; "Window or Wall Sign," 1967 [aka : "The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths"] and other works. [details]

New York, NY: Leo Castelli,
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$450.00
Condition:  Very Good. Very light age to covers. Initials of previous owner written in, very small (5 mm) in ink, on top corner of first interior page, contents otherwise Fine, clean and unmarked.
[Object # 23268]
$350.00
Condition:  Good. Light soiling to white paper covers. Some wear along spine and to top right corner of volume. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36594]
Lovemaking
  • multiple
  • color
  • 9.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • 7 min. (color, silent)
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Lovemaking

[8mm Film]

Stan Brakhage

8mm color film by Stan Brakhage of soft-core "lovemaking." [details]

$450.00
Condition:  Fair / Very Good. Moderate wear to box containing film. Film has discolored and sifted towards magenta.
[Object # 20721]
E.A.T. News
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 25.3 x 20.2 cm.
  • 26 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

E.A.T. News

[Experiments in Art and Technology News] / Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 18, 1968)

Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), Julie Martin

Volume 2, Number 1 issue of E.A.T. News: a newsletter published by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T). Edited by Julie Martin. Includes a brief history of E.A.T., news, and a bibliography of articles on E. ... [details]

$200.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. 14 cm. yellow discoloration to recto and dinging to verso. Contents are clean and unmarked.
[Object # 25574]
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