• 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
Marcel Broodthaers Letterhead for Musee D'Art Moderne, Section Litteraire, Department des Aigles
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 27.9 x 21.5 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Marcel Broodthaers Letterhead for Musee D'Art Moderne, Section Litteraire, Department des Aigles

Marcel Broodthaers

Letterhead for Marcel Broodthaers's Musee D'Art Moderne, Section Litteraire, Department des Aigles [Department of Eagles]. Text in French. [details]

Brussels, Belgium: Marcel Broodthaers,
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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]
Steven Leiber, Catalog 21 : Inventory of the Swedish Archives of Artist Books
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 2 vol.: vol. 1: 21.6 x 13.8 cm. ; vol. 2: 21.5 x 13.6 cm. ; 21.7 x 14.5 cm (Slipcase)
  • 2 vol.: vol. 1: 78 pp. ; vol. 2: [44] pp. + Slipcase
  • edition size ~200
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Steven Leiber, Catalog 21 : Inventory of the Swedish Archives of Artist Books

(November 1996)

Steven Leiber, Leif Eriksson

Catalog 21 co-distributed in 1996 by the late San Francisco book dealer Steven Leiber and 20th Century Art Archives offering artists' books from the collection of Leif Eriksson, a.k.a. SAAB, the Swedish Archives of Artists' Books. ... [details]

San Francisco / Cambridge, CA / United Kingdom: Steven Leiber / 20th Century Art Archives,
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$750.00
Condition:  Very Good. Catalogues have yellowing along spine and cover edges with light dust soiling. Contents of both volumes are clean and unmarked. Unprinted white paper slipcase is in Fair / Good condition, partially flattened with crease along vertical length of spine with 5 mm. and 4 mm. surface tears and moderate dust soiling of covers.
[Object # 37424]
$250.00
Condition:  Good. Multiple 1 mm. spots of soiling sprinkled across recto and a 1 cm. indentation. 1 mm., 5 mm., and 6 mm. areas of light soiling to verso. Three 1 mm. spots of light soiling to inside of recto. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked and binding is tight to the spine. ONE VOLUE ONLY, does not include first volume with descriptions or slipcase. This offering is of the "Illustrations" volume only.
[Object # 27754]
Donald Judd : Möbel Furniture
  • monograph
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 24.9 x 24.9 cm.
  • [47] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 3716020370

Donald Judd : Möbel Furniture

Donald Judd

Publication documenting Donald Judd's metal furniture fabricated by Lehni AG in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Includes text by Judd, biography, exhibition history, and bibliography. Texts in English and German. [details]

Zurich, Switzerland: Arche Verlag,
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$125.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. 1.3 cm. tear to right side edge of recto with connecting 2.3 cm. crease. 2.3 cm. paperclip indentation to recto through to inside pages. Rubbing of cover edges and light bumping of corners. Rubbing of end papers with red from the covers. Heavily marked contents with notations and circling of text in black and blue ink throughout. Includes photocopy of a furniture price list with handwritten note in blue ink. Sold "as-is."
[Object # 39620]
D'Approche
  • artists' book
  • boxed edition
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • tipped in image[s]
  • black-and-white
  • 18.1 x 13.2 cm. (book) ; 19.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm. (box)
  • [52] pp.
  • edition size 30
  • signed and numbered

D'Approche

[Deluxe Edition]

Annette Messager

Special edition boxed edition / artist's book by Annette Messager divided into three sections: "Mes Hommes de Protection" (My Protection Men); "Mes Attaques" (My Attacks); "Mes Amis" (My Friends), each part containing original tipped-in black-and-white silver gelatin prints, for a total of 27 images mounted to loose sheets. ... [details]

$2,000.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of recto including 6 mm. and 1.1 cm. markings and 2.8 cm. yellowing of verso. Light soiling of box including a 4 mm. stain with additional markings on box lid and light overall soiling of bottom of box. Contents clean and unmarked. Signed and numbered in black pen. Numbered 7/30.
[Object # 36694]
Mullican : Heaven
  • exhibition catalogue
  • paper over boards issued without dust-jacket
  • offset-printed
  • accordion
  • black-and-white & color
  • 18.5 x 13.4 cm.
  • [18] pp.
  • edition size 500
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Mullican : Heaven

Matt Mullican

Artist's book published in conjunction with show "Matt Mullican : Things Change in Heaven," held May 29 - July 10, 2021. Accordion fold publication with images printed on both sides with text from an interview with the artist from Summer 2020. [details]

New York / Los Angeles, NY / CA: Christine Burgin / Marc Selwyn Fine Art,
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Ian Wilson : The Discussions
  • catalogue raisonné
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27 x 18.5 cm.
  • 190 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 9789070149956

Ian Wilson : The Discussions

Ian Wilson, Anne Rorimer

Catalogue raisonné of Ian Wilson's undocumented discussion-based works from the period 1968-2008. Published in conjunction with shows held at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, October 4, 2008 - March 8, 2009; Mamco, Musée d'art contemporain de Genève, February 24 - May 24, 2009; and MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, May 14 - September 2009. ... [details]

$200.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Two 1 mm. areas of yellow soiling to verso. Additional light dusting and yellowing of covers. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39550]
Bits & Pieces : A Collection of Work by Joseph Beuys from 1957 - 1985 Assembled by Him for Caroline Tisdall
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 30 x 21 cm.
  • 234 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0906276012

Bits & Pieces : A Collection of Work by Joseph Beuys from 1957 - 1985 Assembled by Him for Caroline Tisdall

Joseph Beuys, Caroline Tisdall

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with 21st Anniversary exhibition of the Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, first shown as part of the 1987 Edinburgh International Festival. Includes a timeline of Joseph Beuys' visits to Edinburgh from 1970-1982. ... [details]

$20.00
Condition:  Good. Withdrawn library copy with stamping to recto and title page with 3.3 cm. area of erased pencil markings to title page. Additional light wear to covers including edge-wear. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39468]
Art Against AIDS : An Art Sale in New York City, June through December, 1987, for the Benefit of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)
  • exhibition catalogue
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 19 x 23 cm.
  • 216 pp.
  • edition size unkown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
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