Search Results: Artist's Books from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

Claremont, California: August 9th Press, (1978). First edition. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Unpaginated, but 20pp. Stapled white and black wrappers printed in black. B&w photographic reproductions. Light scuff to rear wrapper; minor shelfwear. Clean and bright. Artist's book of Crawford's photo series of different kinds of industrial materials -- glass, aluminum, steel -- in the Mojave Desert, in California. The photos were taken from 1975-1978, and reflect Crawford's enduring interest in the interplay between the natural world and mankind.OCLC locates one holding.

(n. p.): [James Hugunin], (1975). Near Fine. 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches. [48]pp. Stapled white wrappers printed in black. B&w illustrations. Minor shelfwear, else fine. Artist's book of Hugunin's experiments with "forced drawings" and "forced walking": in the former, an assistant hit a marker held by Hugunin from four directions, twice; in the latter, Hugunin walked from Los Angeles City Hall eight times for 10 blocks according to directions given to him, and graphed the results. Includes 42 reproductions of the drawings and two graphs of the walks.OCLC locates 11 holdings.

3-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Recto only: [1],viii,40pp, including inside rear cover. White wrappers printed in red and black. B&w illustrations. Tiny scuff/indent to front wrapper, slightly affecting red overlay of symbol; tiny stain to foot of text block, very slightly edging over onto lower margin of a few leaves.
Háy's rare second book, published as samizdat in her native Hungary in the early 1980s and with an introduction by Hungarian psychologist Ferenc Mérei. Now an internationally renowned experimental artist and filmmaker, Háy was considered a subversive during the Communist era, and faced persecution for her work. She emigrated to London in 1985 with her partner and fellow dissident György Krassó, who here translates the introduction into English.
The book consists of Háy's b&w drawings of the male and female sex symbols, playfully arranged to suggest different meanings about the interplay between the two sexes.
OCLC locates 5 copies, only two of which are in the U.S., at the Met and the Getty.