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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.

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John Knight : The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [20] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548058

John Knight : The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

John Knight, Anne Rorimer

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 2 - November 19, 1983. Extensive essay by Anne Rorimer. Fully illustrated. Includes selected bibliography, brief biography, and an exhibition checklist. [details]

$450.00
Condition:  Good. Pale smudges and dust soiling to covers with light rubbing of cover edges and corners. 1.7 cm. crease and bumping of top right corner of recto and pages. 7 mm. of soiling to title page. Light yellowing of pages. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39701]
Michael Asher
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 23 x 23 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548201

Michael Asher

Michael Asher, Birgit Pelzer, Anne Rorimer

Exhibition catalogue issued after an exhibition of conceptual artist Michael Asher at the University of Chicago January 21 - March 4, 1990. Includes black-and-white images of his site-specific installations that offer a critique of art institutions by altering the existing environment. ... [details]

$45.00
Condition:  Fine. As issued.
[Object # 10033]
Mike Kelley, Three Projects : Half A Man / From My Institution to Yours / Pay For Your Pleasure
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 30 x 21.5 cm.
  • 28 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548147

Mike Kelley, Three Projects : Half A Man / From My Institution to Yours / Pay For Your Pleasure

Mike Kelley, Howard Singerman, John Miller

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with Mike Kelley's first one-person museum exhibition held May 4 - June 30, 1988. Contains essay "Mike Kelley's Line," by Howard Singerman, and "The Mortification of the Sign : Mike Kelley's Felt Banners," by John Miller. ... [details]

$400.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Very light wear to covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 38123]
$200.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Bookstore display copy with 7.6 cm. pricing sticker on recto (see image), rubbing of cover edges, and light creasing and bumping across covers. Handling wear to pages including light soiling. Blue and black ink numeric notes on page 27 and 28.
[Object # 38693]
Thinking of You
  • artists' book
  • partial cloth over pictorial boards
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 31 x 21.4 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size 2000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548384

Thinking of You

Raymond Pettibon

Artist's book published in conjunction with exhibition held September 22 – November 19, 1998. Volume consists of a series of pen and ink drawings, all of which depict variations on a phallic silhouette. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light soiling of covers measuring 2.1 cm., 1 mm., 1 mm., 1.2 cm. and 1.3 cm. with additional light marks and scratching. Contents are clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight of this publication additional shipping charges may be required for international orders.
[Object # 36682]
A Fatal Attraction : Art and the Media
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 22 cm.
  • 24 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548023

A Fatal Attraction : Art and the Media

Thomas Lawson, Donald Baechler, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Bloom, Eric Bogosian, Troy Brauntuch, Sarah Charlesworth, Nancy Dwyer, Jack Goldstein, Richards Jarden, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Robert Longo, Frank Majore, Matt Mullican, Richard Prince, Walter Robinson, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, Michael Smith

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 2 - June 12, 1982. Essay by Thomas Lawson. Artists in the exhibition include Donald Baechler, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Bloom, Eric Bogosian, Troy Brauntuch, Sarah Charlesworth, Nancy Dwyer, Jack Goldstein, Richards Jarden, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Robert Longo, Frank Majore, Matt Mullican, Richard Prince, Walter Robinson, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, and Michael Smith. ... [details]

$20.00
Condition:  New
Segment
  • artists' book
  • paper boards with dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 20.3 x 12.7 cm.
  • 77 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 094154821X

Segment

Juan Muñoz

Artist's book by Juan Muñoz published in conjunction with exhibitions held at The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, November 18 - December 30, 1990 and Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, November 30 - February 17, 1991. ... [details]

$40.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light wear to vellum slipcovers including 1 cm. of loss, overall rubbing, and yellowing. Contents are clean and unmarked and binding is tight to the spine.
[Object # 25378]
Buildings and Signs
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21 cm.
  • 53 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548007

Buildings and Signs

Dan Graham, Anne Rorimer

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, September 3 - October 1, 1978. Traveled to Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, October 4 - November 8, 1981. ... [details]

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CalArts : Skeptical Belief(s)
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.8 x 21.4 cm.
  • 80 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0917493109
  • artists' book
  • pictorial boards
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • other special feature[s]
  • black-and-white & color
  • 35 x 22.5 cm.
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0941548341

Kara Walker

Kara Walker

An elaborate artists' book / exhibition catalogue issued in conjunction with show held January 12 - February 23, 1997. Features extensive writings, illustrations by artist as well as installation photographs. ... [details]

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