Search Results: Artist Book from Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. One original collage on white paper, measuring 21 x 30 cm, including an envelope, attached to the page, containing a miniature 22-page booklet: Sortie de quarantine (courtil), septembre 1992-septembre 1993, published by NèPE. The work is initialed and numbered 78/300 in red pencil by the artist. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, 1964.. Folio. 29 x 41cm. Sheets loose as issued in original silkscreened chemise, dust-jacket and purple-mauve cloth slipcase. One of 2000 numbered copies. This copy lacking the prints by Francis, Warhol, Rauschenberg , Wesselmann, Lichtenstein; one of two by Ramos and Indiana are present....Walasse Ting (1929–2010) was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. Born in Shanghai, he left China in 1946 and lived in the British colony of Hong Kong for six years before settling in Paris where he anglicized his Chinese name, tacking on “sse” in emulation of the famed painter Henri Matisse. In Paris, Ting became associated with the CoBrA group whose expressionist style of painting was inspired by the art of children. In 1957, bolstered by newfound success as a painter, he relocated to the United States and settled in New York City.In 1961, while living in a one-room studio near Times Square, Ting wrote a series of sixty-one poems. These poems communicate… Read More

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, 1964.. Folio. 29 x 41cm. Sheets loose as issued in original silkscreened chemise, dust-jacket and green cloth slipcase. One of 2000 numbered copies. This copy lacking the prints by Francis, Warhol, Rauschenberg , Rosenquist, Wesselmann, Lichtenstein,Ramos; one of two by Oldenberg and Indiana are present....Walasse Ting (1929–2010) was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. Born in Shanghai, he left China in 1946 and lived in the British colony of Hong Kong for six years before settling in Paris where he anglicized his Chinese name, tacking on “sse” in emulation of the famed painter Henri Matisse. In Paris, Ting became associated with the CoBrA group whose expressionist style of painting was inspired by the art of children. In 1957, bolstered by newfound success as a painter, he relocated to the United States and settled in New York City.In 1961, while living in a one-room studio near Times Square, Ting wrote a series of sixty-one poems. These poems… Read More

Krefeld: Peerlings, 1991.. Portfolio of 12 prints: 8-10 colors each in Granolithoverfahren technique.

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. One reproduced visual poem on white paper printed on one side, measuring 21 x 30 cm, with a printed title and signature. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1985. Original handmade paper covers. 26 x 19 cm. Full page illustrations. Unpaginated. Edition of 200 copies. Fine.Mailing label from Perishable Press included. John Wilde, an American surrealist associated with the Magic Realist school of painting, whose fantastic, darkly humorous images brought him fame far beyond his native Wisconsin, died on March 9, 2006 at his home in Cooksville. He was 86.The cause was cancer, said his dealer, Tory Folliard of the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee.Mr. Wilde (pronounced WILL-dee) dedicated his six-decade career to painting, with an exacting touch, narratives involving grotesque, doll-like people in otherworldly situations. He was inspired partly by Salvador Dalí and partly by Northern Renaissance masters like Bosch and Grünewald.Mr. Wilde often painted himself into his pictures, giving himself a weirdly oversized and misshapen head. He also created intensely detailed, colorful and… Read More

[Warsaw, Poland:] Yong Hee Kim, 2010. . 8vo. [15 pp]. Light pink paper-covered boards with white titling box and white cloth spine. Very good. Color plates. Self-published. Color print (2.5” x 3.5 “) laid in on colophon with red stamp numbered block. Printed and hand bound in Poland. Limited edition: Numbered 9 of 500 copies.

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. One reprodcued poem on dark pink paper, measuring 21 x 30 cm; numbered 78/300 in pencil. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. One reproduced visual poem on white paper, measuring 21 x 30 cm; signed by the artist and numbered 78/300 in ink. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. Reproduced music on white paper, measuring 21 x 30 cm; numbered 78/300 on verso. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

San Francisco, Calif., 1996.. 4to. Wraps. Sexual takes on Love and Milk in 13 plates. One of 50 signed and numbered copies.

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. One reprodcued annotated photograph on white paper, measuring 30 x 21 cm; signed by the artist and numbered 78/300 in ink. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Guildford, England: Circle Press, 1979. Folio. 38 x 29 cm. 15 x 11.5 inches. One of 50 signed and numbered copies. Original cloth portfolio. Adaptation of an Efik Ibibio folktale illustrated with 18 blind-embossed intaglio designs printed from carved linoleum with some silk screen. Text printed letter-press in 30 pt Baskerville. 200 copies, 45 proofs – ten unbound 4 pp sections – 38 x 29 cm on Somerset mould-made paper in canvas-coloured solander box with a blocked crab motif.Willow Legge is a British artist best known as a portrait sculptor. She studied sculpture at Chelsea School of Art in the early 1950s. From 1987 to 2000 she worked at Madame Tussauds, London, making portraits of celebrities. So how did this portrait sculptor come to create an artist’s book? Her venture into the realm of artists’ books arose from her marriage to and collaboration with fellow artist Ron King, who established Circle Press in 1967, an artistic enterprise focusing on fine art books that continues… Read More

Paris: Abram Krol, 1965. Folio. 32 x 44 cm. Sheets loose as issued in original red cloth chemise and slipcase. Fine. With 25 engraved plates and 24 woodcuts in the text. One of 100 numbered copies; presentation copy to Mme. Henri Druart, with signed prospectus and 2 Als..... Luc Monod, Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes,, no. 4334. OCLC no. 715704903; Agamemnon. XXIV burins de Krol. P., L'Artiste, 1965, in-folio, en feuilles, couv. rempl., chemise et étui éditeur de toile rouge. Tirage limité à 100 ex. num. 1/76 vélin de Rives, signé par l'artiste. Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi à Henri Druart, clarinettiste français (1919-2011), du feuillet d'annonce (signé par l'artiste) ainsi que d'une lettre manuscrite relative à l'ouvrage.................Annex Galleries: Abram Krol was born in Pabianice, Lodz, Poland on January 22, 1919. Krol traveled to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the University of Caen. In 1939, at the beginning of World War II he joined the Foreign… Read More

New York: Vehicle Editions, 1979.. Airmail Postcards. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. (12mo. 6.25 x 4.75 inches), original stiff wrappers, using airmail envelopes as jackets. A collection of poetry by Beltrametti. Some light wear to wrappers; near fine. One of 350 copies. Printed by Liz Phillips.

England, 1783.. Album. 50 x 35 cm. Gray cardboard. Book of twenty-one (including title page) chiaroscuro prints mounted on pages borders drawn in pen and ink in book-form. Inscribed with dedication by the artist, and dated 1783. Bookplate of the Edward Cheney Collection. Folio. Very rare.

Paris: Art et Valeur, 1976. Two volumes in cloth chemises, slighlty soiled, without slipcase. 38 x 55.5 cm. "Exemplaire d'artiste" signed by Dali in crayon. The total edition is 275 copies. This copy was the printer's own copy. The 10 hors texte plates are not present but the 6 serigraphs that begin each section are present. These are reproduced in Albert Field's catalog as nos. 75-12, a-f....References; Albert Field, no. 75-12; Michler-Löpsinger. nos. 835-844 (missing hors texte plates from this copy ); Habarta & Moore, nos. 1120-29. (missing hors texte plates from this copy ..........Note: This copy is ideal for someone who owns one or more of the missing hors texte plates............In this work Dalí combines the prints with ancient alchemy texts (from Chinese, Hebrew, Arabian and other traditions), thereby setting up a dialogue that combines the artist's vision with the written words, revealing a complicity between the poetic and the pictorial aspects. The texts show the way Dalí… Read More

Torino: Maurizio Spatola, 1996.. 4 pp. Alphabetical poem on folded white paper, measuring 21 x 30 cm, with faint yellowing around edges; a second sheet, measuring 21 x 32 cm, a reproduced poem on blue paper titled "Unicorn" is loosely inserted. Item is an "object-leaf" from Geiger 10 per Adriano Spatola, an anthology of experimental art and concrete and visual poetry published in memory of Adriano Spatola and edited by Maurizio Spatola in collaboration with Arrigo Lora-Totino and Franco Beltrametti.

Anderson Island, WA: Mr. Alexander Petrov, [1994]. . 8vo. 32 pp. Stiff, stapled black glossy wraps with color plate and white lettering. As new. Glossy color plates printed on matte black interior pages. Includes text by Ted Lindberg. Includes artist C.V. on final page. Self-published by artist Alexander Petrov and undated. Scarce.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Paris: Max Eschig,1931.. Small 8vo. 13 x 20cm. Original blank dust-wrapper over cover. Physical Description:[8],114 pages...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1269551..... Aleksander (or Alexandre) Tansman (b. Łódz, 1897; d. Paris, 1986) was a composer, conductor, and pianist. He studied at the Lodz Conservatory (with Piotr Rytel) and took courses in law and philosophy at Warsaw University. In 1919 he settled in Paris where he met the leading artists of his time, including Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, and others. As a pianist he toured Europe, Canada, and the Middle East with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky...... His music was performed by the most famous soloists and ensembles of his time; his champions included conductors Stokowski and Toscanini. During this stage of his life, Tansman frequently described himself as “un compositeur polonais” but spoke French at home with his French wife – a talented pianist, Colette Cras – and two daughters (Tansman’s first… Read More