• 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
AIDS Stamps
  • multiple
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • die-cut
  • black-and-white & color
  • 28 x 42.7 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

AIDS Stamps

[Unsigned and Unnumbered Edition / Full Uncut Double Sheet]

General Idea

Full-sheet of perforated stamps by General Idea published as the special edition for Parkett No. 15 (1988). Appropriates Robert Indiana's "LOVE" graphic, changing the text to read "AIDS." Signed and numbered by General Idea. ... [details]

Zurich, Switzerland: Parkett Publishers,
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$400.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. 3 mm. dog-ear with light bumping to bottom left corner of print. Additional light bumping of bottom right corner. Does not include the corresponding issue of Parkett. Clean and unmarked. Due to the fragility of this item additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39879]
AIDS Stamps
  • multiple
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • die-cut
  • black-and-white & color
  • 28 x 42.7 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size 200
  • signed and numbered

AIDS Stamps

[Signed and Numbered Edition / Full Uncut Double Sheet]

General Idea

Full-sheet of perforated stamps by General Idea published as the special edition for Parkett No. 15 (1988). Appropriates Robert Indiana's "LOVE" graphic, changing the text to read "AIDS." Signed and numbered by General Idea. ... [details]

Zurich, Switzerland: Parkett Publishers,
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$1,000.00
Condition:  Fine. New, as issued. Signed and numbered in pencil on recto. Does not include the corresponding issue of Parkett. Due to the fragility of this item additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39878]
Lines in Two Directions and In Five Colors on Five Colors With All Their Combinations / Sol LeWitt, 1981
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 23 x 23 cm.
  • [80] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Lines in Two Directions and In Five Colors on Five Colors With All Their Combinations / Sol LeWitt, 1981

Sol LeWitt

Artist's book published in conjunction with the exhibition, "Sol LeWitt: Prints and Books," held jointly at the Walker Art Center and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Spring 1988. Traveled to New Britain Museum of American Art and the Ezra and Cecile Zilka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Winter 1989. ... [details]

Minneapolis / Minneapolis, MN / MN: Walker Art Center / Minnesota Center for Book Arts,
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$200.00
Condition:  Good. 2 cm. of bumping to upper left corner and 1 cm. dog-ear to lower right corner of publication. 1 cm. of markings to first page from erased pencil. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36047]
$200.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light yellowing and rubbing of covers and spine with very light edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39874]
LACE : 10 Years Documented
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 28.2 x 21.9 cm.
  • 111 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0937335037

LACE : 10 Years Documented

Karen Moss, Nancy Drew, Renny Pritikin, William Olander, Joy Silverman

Reference book consisting of a chronology of history of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitons [LACE] 1978 - 1987. Essays by Karen Moss, Nancy Drew, Renny Pritikin, William Olander. Includes chronologies 1978-1987 and chronology index. [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Handling wear including rubbing of cover edges and light bumping of corners. Light yellowing and light yellow staining of covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39857]
Chunks : Various Artists
  • audio cassette
  • offset-printed
  • monochrome
  • 10.8 x 7 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Chunks : Various Artists

[Cassette Tape]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Minutemen, Saccharine Trust, Stains, Descendents, Nig-Heist, Cheifs, Peer Group, Vox Pop, Artless Entanglements, Ken, Slivers

Twelve track compilation audio cassette featuring Black Flag, Minutemen, Saccharine Trust, Stains, Descendents, Nig-Heist, Cheifs, Peer Group, Vox Pop, Artless Entanglements, Ken, and Slivers. Album artwork by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$50.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light edgewear to J-Card, otherwise Fine.
[Object # 11425]
Chunks
  • vinyl record
  • offset-printed
  • printed envelope
  • monochrome
  • 31.2 x 31.4 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Chunks

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Descendents, Cheifs, Minutemen, Stains, Peer Group, Vox Pop, Ken, Slivers, Saccharine Trust, Artless Entanglements, Nig-Heist

Vinyl record compilation called "Chunks" featuring Black Flag, Minutemen, Saccharine Trust, Stains, Descendents, Nig-Heist, Cheifs, Peer Group, Artless Entanglements, Slivers, Ken, and Vox Pop. Back and front cover design by Pettibone [Raymond Pettibon]. ... [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$45.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of record edges with 1.5 cm. crease along right side edge of verso. Record is in Fine condition. Due to the fragility of this item additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39684]
Shift
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 21.5 x 28 cm.
  • 52 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Shift

(Vol. 1, No. 2)

Kathy Brew, Jody Zellen, Deborah Wise, James Irwin, John McCarron, Ross Bleckner, Bob Dix, David Bates, Wally Goodman, Salomé, Gary Indiana, Anne Walker, Joel-Peter Witkin, Mark Durant, Mark Levy, John deFazio, Gary Panter

Issue number two of the periodical Shift. Edited by Kathy Brew and Jody Zellen. Contents include: "Shadow and Reflections: A Look at the Life and Work of Christian Boltanski," by Deborah Wise; "A Once and Future Museum: Some Thoughts on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art," by James Irwin; "Conversations:" John McCarron with Ross Bleckner, Bob Dix with David Bates, Wally Goodman with Salomé, John McCarron with Gary Indiana, Anne Walker with Joel-Peter Witkin; "Reviews," by Mark Durant, Mark Levy, Jody Zellen, and Kathy Brew; "Special Project: Ten Pages of super-juxtaposed phraseology (in a visual sense) without punctuation, conjugation or syntax, but, however, with inflection," by John deFazio and Gary Panter; and "Calendar. ... [details]

San Francisco, CA: Artspace,
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$45.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light bumping of corners and 2.6 cm. crease to bottom right corner of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 4708]
Posing for Power / Posing for Pleasure : Photographies and the Social Construction of Femininity
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
  • 16 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Posing for Power / Posing for Pleasure : Photographies and the Social Construction of Femininity

Wendy Botting, Nancy Gonchar, John Tagg

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 21 - February 28, 1988. Curated and with an essay by Wendy Botting. Introduction by Nancy Gonchar and John Tagg. [details]

$45.00
Condition:  Very Good. Rubbing of cover edges and light bumping of bottom right corner of publication. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 7065]
The Image of Abstraction
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 22.8 x 22.8 cm.
  • 40 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0914357166

The Image of Abstraction

Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Domenico Bianchi, Ross Bleckner, Moira Dryer, Tim Ebner, Helmut Federle, Imi Knoebel, Sherrie Levine, Gerhard Richter, Gary Stephan, Kerry Brougher

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held July 10 - October 9, 1988. Curated by Kerry Brougher. Artists include Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Domenico Bianchi, Ross Bleckner, Moira Dryer, Tim Ebner, Helmut Federle, Imi Knoebel, Sherrie Levine, Gerhard Richter, and Gary Stephan. ... [details]

$25.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing and sunning of dust jacket with light corner wear. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 5703]
REVENGE
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • duotone
  • 28.2 x 21.5 cm.
  • [56] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

REVENGE

Vol. 1, No. 1 (1988)

Jane Rubin, Jody Zellen, Jan Tumlir, Michael Schtakleff, Catherine Opie, Richard Hawkins

First issue of REVENGE, published with support by the California Institute of the Arts. Edited by Jane Rubin and Jody Zellen. Contents include: "The Gift of Life," by Jan Tumlir; "Constructed Absurdities," by Michel Schtakleff; "Rewording Images," by Jody Zellen; "Little Girl," by Jane Rubin; "Constructed Absurdities," by Michel Schtakleff; "Anna Marie," by Cathy Opie [Catherine Opie]; "On Recent Work of Meg Cranston," by Jane Rubin; and "Milzucht und Ideal," by Richard Hawkins. [details]

$250.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 1.2 cm. surface tearing to top left corner of recto with adjacent 1.8 cm. white marking. Light edge wear with bumping of top and bottom edges of covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 5627]
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