Search Results: Art from Harper's Books, Inc.

Buenos Aires: Van Riel Galería de Arte, 1957. Some toning and light edge-wear, overall close to near fine in printed wrappers. 6 copies found in OCLC.. First Edition. Stapled quarto. Slim exhibition catalogue of group show held in during 1957 at the Van Riel Galería de Arte in Buenos Aries. Artists exhibited were Oscar Capristo, Luis Centurion, Vicente Forte, Florencio Garavaglia, Naum Goijman, Fernando Iralagoitia, Naum Knop, Juan Carlos Labourdette, Febo Marti, Monaco Primaldo, Jose Manuel Moraña, Rodolfo Morelli, Bruno Venier, and Josefina Zamudio. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of the work. Spanish text.

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1964. Uneven toning to the gray paper, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Pamphlet; 1-sheet folded twice. Exhibition catalogue for an early Hockney show. Includes short artist's biographies and a checklist.

Berlin: DAAD, 1993. Fine in white wrappers, blue dust jacket; hint of wear to spine crown.. First Edition. Quarto. 1000 copies printed. SIGNED by Wool. 160 black and white reproductions of travel photographs taken between 1989-1993, and published to look like photocopies; the original photocopies were exhibited at Wool's Guggenheim retrospective. The artist's apparent lack of concern for technical acumen belies not only his long and profound relationship with photography, but more importantly his creative virtuosity which also thrives on, if not redefines, this Provoke style paradigm. (Parr / Badger, v3).

New York: Abrams, 1979. Faint toning to page edges, else a near fine copy in cloth boards, in near fine illustrated jacket.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. This copy INSCRIBED by Katz to half-title page. A comprehensive monograph on the artist, impressively illustrated with 216 reproductions, including many tipped-in color plates and some foldouts. Accompanied by text from Irving Sandler.

New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1923. Two horizontal creases, presumably from mailing; paper remains supple. A remarkable copy of a significant catalogue, with 7 OCLC records located.. Exhibition catalogue. Octavo (two folded leaves). SIGNED by O'Keeffe to front cover, with presentation inscription: "I am sorry you can't come- Hope all is well with you." Scarce catalogue for O'Keeffe's first significant solo exhibition, organized by Alfred Stieglitz at Anderson Galleries in the year prior to their marriage. Robinson speculates that the show attracted some 500 visitors per day. "The whispering that had gone on about her 'uninhibited' work in 1917, and the remarkable photographs of the artist exhibited [by Stieglitz] in 1921, made the event border on the sensational." Featuring a strikingly bare artist statement from O'Keeffe and an excerpt from Marsden Hartley's appreciation of her work. No checklist of the show has been preserved, heightening the bold statement to rear panel: "There is no… Read More

Lawndale, CA: SST Pubs, 1985. A hint of edge wear, faint soiling to bottom front corner and spine foot; near fine in side-stapled illustrated printed wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. 28 pp. Number 433 (of 500 copies, unstated) noted in red ink in Pettibon's hand on the front cover.

London / Köln: Sadie Coles HQ / Walther König, 2003. Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. INSCRIBED by Richard Prince-"Hey, I like the title American/English, but what's with my cover?"-and dated in the year of publication. Artist's book featuring numerous images of Prince's book collection in a variety of un-literary backgrounds, with the variant dustjackets of the American and English editions often presented side-by-side. Prince's introductory essay on book collecting is a must read. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at London's Sadie Coles HQ.

Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art / Prestel: DelMonico Books, 2013. Some marginal toning to pages, else a near fine copy in purple boards in a fine illustrated jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition curated by Helen Molesworth, originating at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (Oct. 3, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014). Thoroughly illustrated in color, with a number of scholarly essays. A facsimile of vol. 7 of Sillman's zine The O.G. is pasted-in towards rear.

New York: Andy Warhol Books / Grosset & Dunlap, 1979. Near fine in a near fine jacket. A pleasing association copy.. First Edition. Quarto. Twice-SIGNED by Warhol, to jacket and half-title page. Along with a warm inscription to Vogue fashion editor and socialite Gloria Schiff (and her husband Frank), with an initialed drawing of a heart; Schiff is mentioned on pg. 63 in the chapter on Diana Vreeland, and thus appears in the Index printed to the rear endpaper. A documentation of Warhol's "social disease;" black-and-white party photographs, accompanied by gossipy texts from Warhol and Interview Editor Bob Colacello.

Tokyo: Gendai Hanga Center, 1984. Light soiling at edge of the spine foot and back corner, and faint sunning to the spine, else fine in gray cloth with silver gilt letters. Print is in fine, excellent condition.. First Edition. Octavo. Edition of 1500 copies; with an original screenprint bound in. Catalogue to accompany Warhol's Tokyo exhibition Kiku.

Boissano, Italy: Centro Internazionale di Sperimentazioni Artistiche Marie-Louise Jeanneret, 1976. Very light wear to the portfolio folder and title sheet, else fine condition. Scarce, with only 4 OCLC records located in North America.. First Edition. Quarto. Exhibition catalogue comprised of an illustrated portfolio folder, a printed red title sheet featuring curatorial statement from Marcello Levi to verso, and 16 folio pages (unbound), reproducing 23 of Warhol's works in black-and-white, including a dozen works from his Ladies and Gentlemen series, being portraits of trans women and drag queens.

Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1976. Printed to glossy card-stock. Minor rubbing to edges, else near fine. A remarkable example, signed by both artists.. First Edition. Trifold exhibition brochure. This copy boldly SIGNED by both Warhol and Wyeth above color reproductions of the portraits that they painted of each other, as displayed at the Brandywine River Museum (Nov. 26, 1976 - Jan. 9, 1977). Accompanied by brief interview and summary of the project's genesis. Cover fully-illustrated after b&w photo by Peter Beard, who first introduced the two artists.

Buenos Aires: Galeria Rubbers, 1965. Light faint stain to rear cover, else very good in printed wrappers. OCLC locates only two copies of this uncommon little catalogue.. First Edition. Unbound square octavo. Catalogue for Warhol's 1965 exhibition at Galeria Rubbers, Buenos Aires. Illustrated with six images of Warhol's silkscreens, and one of Andy (Images are themselves printed in silkscreen or risograph). Essay by Jorge Romero Brest. Text in English and Spanish.

Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1966. Moderate edge wear to the spine, short crease to top front cover corner, and a line of rubbing at the top of the back panel, otherwise near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Thin quarto. Catalogue for the exhibition Andy Warhol at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, October 1 - November 6, 1966. Silver covers with iconic Warhol self portrait on the front. Illustrated with black-and-white images of the artist's work, four pages printed on hot pink paper, accompanied by an essay by Alan Solomon.

Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1993. Printed on handmade paper with artist's watermark; housed in plain slipcase with matching chemise. A fine copy. With only 6 OCLC records located in North America.. Artist's book. Folio. One of 50 copies bound in paperboard, after 10 deluxe copies in leather; SIGNED by Heribert Ottersbach to colophon. For the twentieth number in Gunnar Kaldewey's series of collaborative book-works with artists, the German painter Heribert Ottersbach was gifted the text of Thesis IX from Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History, reflecting upon Paul Klee's enigmatic drawing Angelus Novus. "Where we see the appearance of a chain of events, [the Angel] sees one single Catastrophe, which unceasingly piles rubble on top of rubble and hurls it before his feet." Over the course of his summer residency in rural Poestenkill, Ottersbach illustrated Benjamin's prose with an arresting series of metal-cut photographic collages and overlapping color woodcuts.

[Tokyo: Self-published, c. 1972]. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Square octavo. SIGNED by Yoji Kuri: No. 3 of his series COO.15. Kuri is a well-known Japanese cartoonist, independent filmmaker, and pioneer of Japanese animation. This artists' book features 22 cartoon cells of a story about a militant living on a remote island and his fantastical but brief vacation back to civilization. The title refers to a famous story about Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese solider who hid in the jungle of Guam for 28 years after the end of World War II, still believing it was taking place. Exceptional book, not known in the West. No copies in OCLC.

New York: Semaphore Gallery, 1981. Close to fine in staple-bound printed wrappers.. First Edition. Small octavo. Twenty-four page exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a group show held at Semaphore Gallery, September 10th - October 3rd, 1981. The exhibition, a precursor of the New York East Village sensibility, featured work by John Ahearn, Robert Colescott, Peter Dean, Dan Freeman, Jedd Garet, Mike Glier, Mimi Gross, Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Alice Neel, Ed Paschke, Mark Schwartz and Greg Smith. From the introduction: "There is no intention to present any 'school' of artists, but, rather, a wide selection of figurative artists whose common concern is a passion for provocative imagery." Features thirteen black and white illustrations and brief artist's biographies.

Köln: Galerie Michael Werner, 1981/1984. Faint foldlines, else fine; both announcements accompanied by original postmarked envelopes with corresponding exhibition details printed to their fronts.. Two similarly composed announcement flyers, printed red and blue, respectively, on buff sheets (8.25 x 11.75 inches). These group shows-Arbeiten auf Papier (May 2 - 30, 1981) and Arbeiten von Baselitz, Broodthaers, Byars, Immendorf, Kirkeby, Lüpertz, Penck (Feb. 6 - Mar. 2, 1984)-featuring the same group of artists, with Broodthaers being added for the second.

Luzern: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1973. Minor rubbing to illustrated wrappers, with scuffing to rear panel; thus near fine. Uncommon.. First Edition. Quarto. An enigmatic catalogue / artist's book, published on the occasion of Paul Thek's environmental installation / Procession organized during the 1973 Easter period at the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne (Mar. 25 - Apr. 29, 1973) and a simultaneous exhibition of his drawings at Galerie Stahli, Langenbacher + Wankmiller. Contents: [60] pages, featuring dozens of drawings and calligrams, as well as five b&w photographs documenting his installation by Edwin Klein and Peter Ammon. Concludes with text (in German) from Kunstmuseum Director Jean-Christophe Ammann, offering a post-religious interpretation of Thek's practice.

Hollywood: Arkitip, 2002. Fine in illustrated wrappers; all contents housed in the original plastic bag.. Limited Edition. Quarto. Copy 282 of 1000, hand-numbered to front cover in black marker. Features black-and-white reproductions of Mark Gonzales' drawings, photographs, and poems, with further contributions from the likes of Shepard Fairey, KAWS, and Space Invader. Includes sealed Mark Gonzales Mobile multiple.