Search Results: Authors starting with B from Sims Reed Rare Books

Milan.: Edizioni d'Arte Grafica Uno., 1966.. Wrappers.. 8vo.. Contains 8 original colour etchings, including the cover, on Avorio di Fabriano paper. With a signed dedication from Baj on the cover: 'pour Lars'.No. 3 of 25 copies, signed & numbered by Baj, from a total edition of 125.

Antwerp.: Guy Schraenen éditeur., 1974.. Loose as issued in original publisher's gray paper portfolio, titles printed in black to cover and spine.. 8vo. (150 x 110 mm).. Small booklet with printed title, a quotation (see below) printed in French, Dutch and English by 'G. S.' (Guy Schraenen) within, colophon to rear; with 15 postcards printed variously in colour, black and white and gold. Postcard-portfolio by 15 artists working in Guy Schraenen's publishing house.From the 'tirage illimité.'Contributions by the artists Eduard Bal, René Bertholo, Bram Bogart, Lourdes Castro, Henri Chopin, Antoine de Bary, Hugo De Clercq, Gilbert Decock, Degottex, Jo Delahaut, Henri Gabriel, Rene Guiette, Brion Gysin, Bernard Heidsieck and Françoise Janicot.'Why these 15 post-cards: receiving a post-card is certainly pleasant: it proves that somewhere, somebody is thinking of you. For those who are receiving it as well as for those who are sending it, a picture is a way of discovery.Why these 15 artists:… Read More

Akron, Ohio.: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of the University of Akron ... &c., 1976.. Original publisher's spiral bound printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black. . Slim oblong 8vo. (274 x 95 mm).. Leaf with title, blank leaf and 33 leaves, each with a triptych in matching format throughout composed of two facing profile monochrome photographic portraits of the same men at left and right and between a monochrome photograph of a weapon; all leaves printed recto only, publication details to rear inner wrapper. A very fine copy of John Baldessari's artist book 'Brutus Killed Ceasar'. Baldessari is well known for using disparate elements of everyday life in his photographically generated works of art. In this, one of his earliest printed artists' books he juxtaposes three images in a linear format using two photographic portraits of a younger and older man facing each other with a photograph of a common household object between them. Each leaf repeats the same portraits but illustrates a… Read More

Milan.: Giampaolo Prearo Editore S.r.L. / Galleria Toselli., 1973.. Original publisher's blue card envelope with flap, gilt titles to upper cover with the small excised rectangle to show the title vignette.. Oblong folio. (248 x 328 mm).. Leaf with titles and small colour vignette, 12 leaves each with colour offset illustration and final leaf with colophon, all recto only on glossy stock with rounded corners. (Sheet size: 244 x 324 mm). John Baldessari's beautiful photographic serial multiple. From the edition limited to 2,000 copies.As early as 1972 / 1973, Baldessari had set himself the impossible task of balancing order and chaos with Throwing Four Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of 36 Tries) and Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get an Equilateral Triangle (Best of 36 Tries), continuing in 1974 with Throwing Four Balls in the Air to Get a Square (Best of 36 Tries).

New York.: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics., 1974.. Publisher's cloth, with dust-jacket. Slight flecking and uneven toning to dust-jacket, with crease to front flap, otherwise a good copy.. Oblong 4to.. 51 full-page photographic plates. This copy is signed in pen by Lewis Baltz on the title page, and numbered 36.100.“In 1975, the year he published his first book, ‘The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California' Lewis Baltz was also included in a landmark exhibition at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House called ‘New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape.' Although some of the participants in that show managed to elude the label, Baltz - along with Robert Adams, Stephen Shore, Henry Wessel, Jr., and Bernd and Hilla Becher - was effectively branded, and ‘The New Industrial Parks' was paired with Adams' 1974 ‘The New West' as the most cogent, concise, and rigorous New Topographics documents produced in America. The label stuck primarily because… Read More

Paris.: Meynial éditeur., 1922 - 1926.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with pochoir colour designs by Barbier.. 5 vols. 8vo. (c.260 x 175 mm).. Each issue with title with colour vignette and 12 colour plates by George Barbier, each with pochoir colour; monochrome head-piece to each essay and calendar for each year ruled in a different colour. A fine and complete set of Barbier's Art Deco gem, 'Falbalas et Fanfreluches', in the original wrappers.The issue for 1923 features the essay 'Modes' by Colette; the remaining essays are by the Comtesse de Noailles, Cécile Sorel, Gérard d'Houville and the Baronne de Brimont.

London.: H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow., 1687.. Full contemporary midnight blue morocco by the 'Barlow's Aesop Binder', boards ruled in gilt to surround gilt tooled decorative panels with foliate decorative corner pieces, banded spine with elaborate decorative tooling and title 'BARLOWs AESOP' gilt, turn ins and board edges with gilt roll tool decoration, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., black morocco-backed velvet-lined buckram box.. Folio. (372 x 242 mm).. Engraved title, printed title, engraving with the Devonshire arms, dedication leaf 'to the Right Honourable William of Devonshire', leaf 'to the Reader', engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates illustrating the 'Life of Aesop' and 110 half-page vignette engravings to the 'Fables'. A superlative large paper copy in a contemporary English binding by the Barlow's Aesop Binder of Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.This copy - printed on excellent paper - is in a beautiful contemporary binding in a remarkable state of… Read More

Rome.: Antonio de Rossi., 1702.. Contemporary full mottled calf, red leather title label on banded spine, gilt armorial vignette to front and rear boards.. 4to. (325 x 230 mm).. Illustrated with 35 engraved plates, one folding. Second edition of Bartoli's important study of the frescoes of the tomb of Quintus Nasonius Ambrosius.One of the most important archaeological finds of the period, the tomb of Quintus Nasonius Ambrosius was originally unearthed in March 1674 during the course of excavations of the Via Flaminia. Regarded as one of the most elaborate examples of sepulchral art from the Roman era, painted around 150 AD, its discovery occasioned much excitement, not least because at first it was widely believed to be the tomb of the poet Ovid. The tomb was a family burial place with multiple niches, adorned by frescoes with a series of seven apse paintings, a figured frieze incorporating ten enigmatic mythological figures, and a cassette ceiling. The walls contain scenes referring to death and… Read More

Basel.: Galerie Buchmann., 1991.. Printed card (210 x 147 mm).. Card advertising the Georg Baselitz Frühe Zeichnungen & Druckgrafik exhibition held by Galerie Buchmann at their stand at Art Basel 22 from the 12th to the 17th of June 1991.

Cologne.: Galerie Michael Werner., 2002.. Printed invitation card (125 x 200 mm).. Invitation card to the exhibition Georg baselitz Skulpturen und Aquarelle at Galerie Michael Werner on the 15th of April 2002. The exhibition ran from the 15th of April to the 25th of May 2002.

Berlin.: Deutsche Guggenheim., 1999.. Folded leaflet (210 x 150 mm).. 4 colour illustrations. Leaflet accompanying the exhibition Georg Baselitz Nostalgie in Istanbul at the Deutsche Guggenheim. The exhibition ran from the 29th of May to the 23rd of June 1999.

Berlin.: Neue Nationalgalerie., 1996.. Folded leaflet (210 x 105 mm).. 6 colour illustrations. Leaflet accompanying the major retrospective show on Georg Baselitz at the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin from the 24th of May to the 29th of September 1996.

Cologne.: Galerie Maria Wilkens., 1989.. Printed postcard (105 x 210 mm).. Postcard invitation to the opening of the exhibition Georg Baselitz Druckgraphik 1964-1988 at Galerie Maria Wilkens on the 19th of May 1989. The exhibition ran from the 20th of May to the 30th of June 1989.

Eindhhoven.: Van Abbemuseum., 1981.. Printed card invitation (105 x 148 mm).. Postcard invitation to the opening of the exhibition Georg Baselitz Linosneden 1976 tot 1979 at the Van Abbemuseum on the 20th of February 1981. The exhibition ran from the 20th of February to the 20th of March 1981.

Berlin.: Galerie Volker Diehl., 1996.. Printed card (105 x 148 mm).. Postcard announcing the exhibition Georg Baselitz Arbeiten auf Papier at the Galerie Volker Diehl from the 22nd of May to the 13th of July 1996.

Leipzig.: Carivari., 2004.. Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles to front cover in white, titles to spine in black.. Oblong 12mo. (156 x 210 mm).. 25 monochrome illustrations (the first is the front wrapper) which together comprise a single second of video of trees taken from a car window, the first two leaves feature text by Reinhard Buskies verso, the final leaf verso is the justification. Christiane Baumgartner's artist book of a single second of video in twenty-five stills.From the edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed and numbered by black ink by Baumgartner.Baumgartner's artist book consisting of twenty-five still images reproducing a single second of video of trees taken from an open car window, was published to accompany her exhibiton at the Kunstverein Bochum. A portfolio of woodcuts of the same images limited to 25 copies was also issued.

Privately printed., 1905.. Loose, as issued, in original publisher's yellow wrappers; wrappers worn and detached.. 4to. (327 x 263 mm).. Eight full-page plates by Aubrey Beardsley. A German reprint of one of Beardsley's finest illustrated books, often considered his masterpiece.From the edition limited to 100 copies. The combination of Beardsley's mature style with its mastery of line and composition, and an hilarious, if obscene wit, makes for a remarkable series of drawings.This early edition closely follows the original 1896 printing, also on Japanese vellum, but here the plates are printed on large paper.

Paris.: Teriade., 1960.. Loose as issued in original publisher's wrappers, chemise and slipcase.. 4to.. With 33 original lithographs by Andre Beaudin, including chapter headings. Edition limited to 200 copies, signed by the artist.

1990.. Original publisher's wrappers, stapled. . 4to. (210 x 195 mm).. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Text in German, Italian and English. Published to accompany the Bernd and Hilla Becher / Raymond Mucha exhibition at the German Pavilion, Venice Biennale 1990. (Commissioner: Klaus Bussmann).The publication includes the essay 'Das Deutschlandgerat' by Raymond Mucha (1990) and a biography of Bernd and Hilla Becher.

Paris.: Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art., 1903.. Loose as issued in original publisher's grey paper board portfolio , with etched title label pasted to front cover; cover etching browned and with some damp-staining, internal contents fine.. Small folio. (340 x 265 mm).. Half-title with justification verso, printed title with publisher's vignette, two leaves with list of the 'Membres du Société' recto and verso, three leaves with 'Préface', list of the etchings with printers' credits verso and 20 original etchings by Béjot, each tipped onto grey card. Eugène Béjot's homage to contemporary Paris and its different arrondissements. From the edition limited to 200 numbered copies, with this one of 175 on 'Hollande'.Produced in an attempt to record a fast vanishing Paris, Béjot's etchings depict an idyllic city before the rise of the motorcar. Claretie's 'Préface' is also a testament to a city amidst profound change unrecognisable to a modern eye.'L'Eau-forte et le Livre - quels… Read More