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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
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Collaborative Projects & Printed Matter Inc. Present : Art Direct, Items for the Home or Office
  • ephemera
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • duotone
  • 13 x 20.5 cm.
  • [38] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Collaborative Projects & Printed Matter Inc. Present : Art Direct, Items for the Home or Office

Collaborative Projects, Jane Dickson, Christy Rupp, Ame Gilbert, Marc Blane, Peter Fend, Paulette Nenner, Tom Otterness, Debbie Davis, Brian Piersol, Becky Howland, John Hogan, Ellen Cooper, Christof Kohlhofer, Richard Bosman, Tom Lawson, Sharon Gilbert, Carol Parkinson, Jenny Holzer, Cara Perlman, Nancy Linn, Jonathon Borofsky, Andrea Callard, Peter Grass, Joseph Nechvatal, John Cavanaugh, Lisa Kahane, Teri Slotkin, Tom Warren, Stefan Eins, Kiki Smith, John Fekner, Jody Culkin, Spanner Magazine, Bobby G, Sally Beers, Sol LeWitt, Mike Glier, Matthew Geller, Sarah Charlesworth, Joseph Kosuth, Kathy Acker, Max Blagg, Ken Tisa, Richard Mock, Barbara Kruger, Mike Metz, Cave Canem, Laura Buckles, Jeannette Ingberman, Dona Ann McAdams, Verge Piersol, Y Pants, Philip Zimmermann

Catalogue of artists' books, records, multiples, and apparel produced by artists and members of Collaborative Projects available at Printed Matter Inc. from [December 1982] through March 31, 1983. Artists include Jane Dickson, Christy Rupp, Ame Gilbert, Marc Blane, Peter Fend, Paulette Nenner, Tom Otterness, Debbie Davis, Brian Piersol, Becky Howland, John Hogan, Ellen Cooper, Christof Kohlhofer, Richard Bosman, Tom Lawson, Sharon Gilbert, Carol Parkinson, Jenny Holzer, Cara Perlman, Nancy Linn, Jonathon Borofsky, Andrea Callard, Peter Grass, Joseph Nechvatal, John Cavanaugh, Lisa Kahane, Teri Slotkin, Tom Warren, Stefan Eins, Kiki Smith, John Fekner, Jody Culkin, Bobby G, Sally Beers, Sol LeWitt, Mike Glier, Matthew Geller, Sarah Charlesworth, Joseph Kosuth, Kathy Acker, Max Blagg, Ken Tisa, Richard Mock, Barbara Kruger, Mike Metz, Laura Buckles, Jeannette Ingberman, Dona Ann McAdams, Verge Piersol, Philip Zimmermann, and others. ... [details]

$400.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Unmailed copy. Very light yellowing of covers and pages, light creasing of recto and pages original to publication, 9 mm. tear to covers at spine. Additional light wear to cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 37874]
$350.00
Condition:  Good. This copy mailed to Artists Space with mailing marks and mailing wear. Yellowing of covers, two 5 mm. closed rips along right cover edge, and 5 mm. loss to bottom edge of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39251]
Catalogue of Artists' Books
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 22 x 9 cm.
  • [48] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Catalogue of Artists' Books

Printed Matter, Carl Andre, Edit deAk, Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, Walter Robinson, Pat Steir, Irena von Zahn, Robin White

First full-scale catalogue published by Printed Matter in December 1976 indexing their initial inventory of artists' books. Publication documents available titles from: Roberta Allen, Kathy Acker, Billy Adler, Laurie Anderson, Jacki Apple, Arakawa, Madeline Gins, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, John Bennett, Karl Beveridge, Carole Condé, Mel Bochner, Marv Bondarowicz, Joe Brainard, Hans Breder, Lee Breuer, Ann Elizabeth Horton, Stig Broegger, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, William Burroughs, John Giorno, Loren D. ... [details]

$750.00
Condition:  Very Good. Very light cover wear with some light folds to verso covers at spine. Interior clean and unmarked.
[Object # 26359]
Replication : The Books of Sol LeWitt
  • ephemera
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 24.8 x 10.8 cm.
  • [8] pp.
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Replication : The Books of Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt, AA Bronson

Exhibition brochure published in conjunction with show held as part of the NY Art Book Fair, New York City, November 17 - 19, 2006. Introduction by AA Bronson. Includes a checklist of the exhibition. [details]

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Transformations I : 1973 - 74
  • artists' book
  • board covers
  • offset-printed
  • accordion
  • black-and-white
  • 17.4 x 11.5 cm.
  • [24] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0894390058

Transformations I : 1973 - 74

Ellen Lanyon

Accordion fold artist's book by Ellen Lanyon featuring a series of black-and-white drawings that "transform" from one image into the next. [details]

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Menthol Wars
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 23 x 14 cm.
  • [22] pp.
  • edition size 2000
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Menthol Wars

[Reprint]

Richard Prince

Facsimile edition of "Menthol Wars" an artist's book published in conjunction with show "Richard Prince: Calling All Readers," held at the NY Art Book Fair, 2009. Originally published in conjunction with a window installation at Printed Matter, New York, October 1980. [details]

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Printed Matter Inc. : Books by Artists Holidays 1985
  • reference book
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.6 cm.
  • [4] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Printed Matter Inc. : Books by Artists Holidays 1985

Don Corman, John Baldessari, Sue Coe, Holly Metz, Collaborative Projects, Christian Marclay, Barbara Kruger, John Fekner, Steve Gianakos, Seth Weinhard, Edward Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, Gary Panter, Celia Jordan, Kathy Acker, Mark Magill, Matt Groening, Rein Jansma, Jack Goldstein, Janice Snyder, Anne-Catherine Fallen, Roz Chast, Janet Zweig, Richard Prince, Sol LeWitt

Four page index of artists' books offered by Printed Matter as holiday inspired gifts. Each title includes a sentence or two description, image, and bibliographic data. Includes titles by John Baldessari, Sue Coe, Holly Metz, Collaborative Projects, Christian Marclay, Barbara Kruger, John Fekner, Steve Gianakos, Seth Weinhard, Edward Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, Gary Panter, Celia Jordan, Kathy Acker, Mark Magill, Matt Groening, Rein Jansma, Jack Goldstein, Janice Snyder, Anne-Catherine Fallen, Roz Chast, Janet Zweig, Richard Prince, and Sol LeWitt. ... [details]

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Printed Matter Catalogue 1986
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 25.5 x 21 cm.
  • 161 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Printed Matter Catalogue 1986

Susan Wheeler, Richard Ogust, Brian Wallis, Clive Phillpot, Amy Hauft, Robert Nickas, Lynda Barry, Cynthia Chris, Reese Williams, Jeffrey Greenberg, John Hogan, Louise Lawler

The 1986 - 1987 Printed Matter catalogue. Includes texts by Susan Wheeler, Richard Ogust, Brian Wallis, Clive Phillpot, Amy Hauft, Robert Nickas, Lynda Barry, Cynthia Chris, Reese Williams, Jeffrey Greenberg, and John Hogan. ... [details]

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Like Ghosts
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • color
  • 14.5 x 21 cm.
  • [48] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0894390228

Like Ghosts

Adam Schecter

"This book uses a format that marries cinemascope with the illustrated book; technicolor double-page spreads hint at narratives that are woven together, non-sequentially, to reproduce a vision at once child-like and profound. ... [details]

New York / Gent, New York / Belgium: Printed Matter Inc. / Imschoot, Uitgevers,
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Volition
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 23.5 x 16.5 cm.
  • 142 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 9780894390425

Volition

Greg Bordowitz

"Consisting entirely of questions, Gregg Bordowitz's Volition is 142 pages of active, mind-bending engagement with the reader, who is led down paths of inquiry involving art, meaning, philosophy, choice, happiness, and identity. ... [details]

New York, New York: Printed Matter Inc.,
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Mobility Agents : A Computational Sketchbook
  • DVD
  • pictorial wrappers
  • other special feature[s]
  • 19 x 13.5 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0894390147

Mobility Agents : A Computational Sketchbook

John F. Simon Jr.

Cd-Rom. "Drawing, as an artistic production process, has evolved its techniques constantly, changing according to the possibilities opened by new tools and the theoretical deviations that those tools have generated. ... [details]

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