Search Results: Art, Prints, Posters from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Ithaca: Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, (1992). First edition, one of 1000 hardbound copies, this one of 200 issued with an original lithograph signed, dated, & numbered by the artist. Small folio, xiii & 192 pp, illustrated throughout in color & black & white. Laid in and enclosed in a folding sleeve is the untitled lithograph, number 7 of 200, measuring 11.75 inches by 8.75 inches. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and soiling Issued in conjunction with an exhibition at Cornell University's Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, this catalog of conceptual artist Agnes Denes' work is visually stunning. Includes essays by Peter Selz, Lowery Stokes Sims, Robert Hobbs, and Donald Kuspit. The lithograph, printed in blue ink on thick, deckle-edged paper, is not titled but represented on page 51 as "Model for Probability Pyramid - Study for Crystal Pyramid."

Mittenthal, Cherie, "Artists Against Aids." [Provincetown, Massachusetts ?], undated [1994]. Artist's proof, original serigraph/ silkscreen titled & signed in pencil just below the image. Printed on thick, deckle edge light grey paper measuring 16.5 inches by 11.5 inches.
A fine example
An extremely poignant print by artist & activist Cherie Mittenthal, who is Executive Artistic Director of Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. Ms. Mittenthal lost friends to AIDS and has long been an advocate for LGBTQ causes.

Original poster on cardboard measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at the Proctor High School Auditorium probably in Minnesota. Undated but circa 1940's.
Moderately toned mostly evident in the margins & verso, light soiling & foxed, brief edge wear, otherwise very good.
A splendid poster with strong visual appeal which was apparently never displayed.

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Volume xlvii, number 3, March, 1930. First edition. Publisher's stapled, pictorial paper wraps, folio (14.25" x 11"), 258 pages.
Moderate edge wear (particularly the lower corner, diminishing through page 25), some foxing & toning mostly affecting the covers, small mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good or better.
This voluminous issue features "White Birch," a stunning full page color illustration by Maxfield Parrish, & a contribution by Albert Payson Terhune entitled "The Scourge" which is illustrated by Robert L. Dickey. Terhune, of course, was the creator of the beloved Lad a Dog series,

Seattle: Johnstone & Durham, (1994). First edition, number 190 of 450 copies (of 1100 in total), this a "Release Party Copy" rubber-stamped on the copyright page, Inscribed & Signed by Milo Johnstone in red marker on the title page & in ink by John Mochring 8 times (at each of his posters). 4to, 248 pages, printed on various colors & weights of paper & profusely illustrated throughout, in original pictorial card covers.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, otherwise Very Good or better. Milo Johnstone spent years researching & compiling this unique history of Seattle's 1960's subculture. The result befits the spirit of the time: a gathering of politics, party, The Helix, The Daily Flash, Tom Robbins, Timothy Leary, music, The Grateful Dead & more. Quite uncommon, OCLC locates 4 copies only as of 10/9/2019.

Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, (1972). First edition. Folio, 198 pp including two original lithographs & numerous plates in color & black & white (some folding). Publisher's yellow cloth with the artists' embossed facsimile signature on the upper cover, in printed acetate dust jacket. Lacking the paper dust jacket.
Lightly soiled, top corners bruised, otherwise very good in like jacket with a chip at the top of the spine.
Profusely illustrated including lithography by Fernand Morlot & Arte Impresor of Paris.

No place: no publisher, no date. Original art on thick card stock. No place, no date (1940 - 1960 ?) Original pen & ink on thick card stock measuring 9.75 inches by 5.5 inches. Signed by the artist, "Jen Bilbo" in pencil lower left, production notes in pencil on the verso probably relative to conservation & framing.Moderately toned, otherwise Fine.A skillfully accomplished pen & ink for which we find no reference as to artist or subject.

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Rulon-Miller Books, 2011 First trade edition, one of 400 unnumbered copies from a total print run of 450 (which includes 50 "special" copies), this copy inscribed, signed & dated by Rulon-Miller & signed by Schanilec & Kelly. 8vo, [7], 134, & [1] pp, illustrated. Publisher's midnight blue cloth with printed paper label on the spine. Laid in, although not called for, is an octavo wood engraving in color depicting New York's White Horse Tavern, number 184 of 200 signed by Schanilec (Rulon-Miller/ Quarter to Midnight C-41 K)
A fine & apparently unread copy

Bauer, E.F. (president). Your Future and how you can realize it in the opportunities awaiting the trained commercial designer through instruction by the Federal faculty and authors. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Federal School of Commercial Designing, 1927. Quarto (10.25" x 7.5"), 63 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Publisher's pictorial, stapled stiff paper wraps. With:
Two typed letters addressed to Ms. Duhlstine on Federal Schools letterhead soliciting her enrollment (one signed by Department Instructor J. Hudson dated January 3, 1929; the other by Vice President Joseph Almars dated April 19, 1929),
Two large, skillfully accomplished original pen & ink drawings by Ms. Duhlstine on Strathmore drawing board (14.5" x 11.5") dated November, 1929 & February, 1930. The illustrations, depicting "Toilet Articles Found on Madam's Dresser" & "Shoes for all Occasions at Dayton's," were apparently submitted as part of the application process, presumably to to demonstrate her potential as… Read More

No place [Madison, Wisconsin ?], publshed by the artist, 1969. Original 1969 screenprint/ mixed media on thick paper measuring 38.5 inches by 28 inches depicting a defiant woman (quite likely the artist's first wife) with sword in hand. Pencil signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, number 22 of 35 copies. A Fine example. William Weege (American, 1935 - 2020) got his start in the mid 1960's with posters promoting counterculture & and opposition to the Vietnam War which "appeared on the streets of San Francisco and soon covered the walls of every young hipster's pad" (~Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards ). His works are held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Additionally, his art was exhibited at the World's Fair in Japan and the 7th International Biennial Exhibition in 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in 1970 and at the Whitney Museum in 1971. Wedge… Read More

Original lithographed poster on cardboard measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at Denver, Colorado's City Auditorium. Undated but circa 1949.
Margins & verso toned, slight foxing, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine.
A splendid poster with strong visual appeal which was probably never displayed. Apparently quite an event, the show featured Sir Felix Korim, S. Juhasz Shepard, The Haskells, Prof. Clarence Slyter, & Larry Weeks. Notably, the extravaganza presented "Slicing a Girl Into Sevenths ... out of Egypt for the First Time."

Original poster on heavy card stock measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at "Bluffs Gymn" probably in Junction City, Kansas which was sponsored by the F.F.A. (Future Farmers of America). Undated but circa 1940's. The bottom of the poster is completed in manuscript providing place, time, date, & sponsor. "On the Stage - In Person" is faintly rubber stamped on the verso.
Moderately toned mostly evident in the margins & verso, a bit soiled & foxed, modest edge wear, otherwise very good.
A splendid poster with strong visual appeal. V-Roy Hampton was nicknamed the "Barnum of the Sticks" by magician Walter Gibson.

[Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, not dated but published in 2002]. First edition, limited to 200 copies, this number 180, signed & titled by Schanilec in pencil just below the image. Original multi-color wood engraving printed on paper measuring 9.5 inches by 5.25 inches (sheet size), the image measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches Rulon-Miller/ Quarter to Midnight: Gaylord Schanilec & Midnight Paper Sales C41 K.
A Fine example. A stunning depiction of New York City's famed White Horse Tavern This print, which was issued separately, is one of the illustrations in Kenneth Auchincloss' New York Revisited (Grolier Club, 2002).

No place, no publisher, no date (ca. 1946). Original camera-ready political cartoon by Bishop. Pencil, pen & ink on thick paper measuring 12 inches by 10 inches, verso blank, signed lower right.
Lightly toned, small tear in the top margin (not affecting illustration), slight edge wear, pinhole lower left margin, otherwise Very Good or better.
Quite possibly the work of Daniel Bishop, the art work is characteristic but the signature is not. Additionally, the text provides "Knudson's 20% Tax Reduction" but almost certainly refers to Congressman Harold Knutson (R. Minnesota) who introduced legislation to that effect in 1946.
Regardless, a really cool piece which depicts a grinning Uncle Sam slicing pie with the lion's share for "Money Man" while "Labor" requires a magnifying glass to see his portion.

Chicago: Meyer Both College of Commercial Art; WC Both (copyright), 1920 Pictorial portfolio, light card stock wraps, 4to, containing Your Opportunity (48 pp, illustrated, original stapled wraps), plus five sheets (printed recto only & bound with a pin upper left) which promote the course, delineate tuition options, & conclude with an unused application form, & twelve photo-mechanical "color proofs" providing "actual samples of completed work just as delivered to clients of the Meyer Both Company" (4to & smaller, some folding, on paper & card stock).
Portfolio with moderate edge wear & browning, mostly split along the fold Cover sheet with corner creases Two color proofs with small losses in the lower margin (illustration unaffected), otherwise very good.
Provides all the details about the burgeoning commercial art field & the myriad opportunities awaiting the successful graduate The color proofs generally reflect fashion for men, making particular note of the return to normalcy following the end of… Read More