Search Results: Authors starting with N from Arcana: Books on the Arts

[NAKASHIMA, GEORGE]. Nakashima, George. GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER - A RARE 1962 TRADE CATALOGUE FROM THE CRAFTSMAN'S NEW HOPE STUDIO. New Hope, PA. ND (circa 1962): George Nakashima, Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Furniture Trade Catalogue. Fine./Near Fine.. np (28pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome gravure. Designed by Quentin Fiore. This exquisitely produced publication is an early sixties trade catalogue for the iconic 20th century craftsman George Nakashima. Issued by the woodworker to illustrate the range of hand made-furniture available for purchase from his New Hope, Pennsylvania studio, it was elegantly designed by Quentin Fiore, printed by Meridan Gravure on a selection of hand-made Japanese paper stock, and hand-sewn. An internally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon - with Nakashima's six page price list additionally laid in showing uneven sunning to its pale grey handmade paper dust jacket. Inventory Number:… Read More

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Santa Monica Museum of Art. YOSHITOMO NARA: A 2000 SANTA MONICA MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBITION BROCHURE AND POSTER FOR "LULLABY SUPERMARKET". Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Printed Sheet. Exhibition Poster. As New. One 11 ½ x 18" sheet printed offset recto and verso, machine-folded in fourths, 1 color illustration. This is the poster cum exhibition brochure issued for the Santa Monica Museum of Art's 2000 traveling Yoshitomo Nara retrospective entitled "Lullaby Supermarket." Folded as issued, one side reproduces one of the artist's sleeping puppies, with the other containing typographic details for the exhibition and the Museum's associated lectures and events. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027396

(NARAHARA, IKKO). Narahara, Ikko. IKKO NARAHARA: CHIKAKU TE HARUKA NA TABI / JOURNEY TO A LAND SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1979. First Edition. Small Folio. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Near Fine. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. With a chronology. Issued in 1979, Ikko Narahara's "Chikaku te Haruka na Tabi" ("Journey To A Land So Near And Yet So Far") is the ninth volume in publisher Shueisha's "Nihon no bi: Gendai Nihon Shashin Zenshu" ("Beautiful Japan") series. An oversized, comprehensive hardbound survey of the noted photographer's imagery of his native land, here Narahara captures visions of nature, religious ceremonies, Noh Theatre, Sumo wrestling, and naked Geishas - often through his trademark fisheye lens. An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a dent through a portion of the textblock at the crown of the spine. It has been priced… Read More

(NAUMAN, BRUCE). Nauman, Bruce. BRUCE NAUMAN: FLAYED EARTH / FLAYED SELF (SKIN / SINK). Los Angeles: Nicholas Wilder Gallery, 1974. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (30pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1974 Los Angeles exhibition at the late, great Nicholas Wilder Gallery, this is an artist's book by renowned conceptual practitioner Bruce Nauman consisting entirely of text. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item showing an even margin of age-toning along the foredge of the first three leaves. It has been priced accordingly Inventory Number: 026559

(NEEL, ALICE), Harris, Ann Southerland & Guy Luster. ALICE NEEL: A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS. New York: Graham Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good. np (10pp), 4 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Alice Neel - one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg as well as her neighbors in Spanish Harlem. This is the slender ten page catalogue cum brochure published in conjunction with a 1978 Graham Gallery retrospective exhibition of fifty-seven works on paper executed between 1926 and 1978. A presentable example of this uncommon item which is according to its bibliography the first monographic publication on the beloved late… Read More

Neri, Louise. GO FIGURE. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with the summer 2009 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of figurative works by Richard Artschwager, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Carlo Mollino, Eadweard Muybridge, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-96-0 Inventory Number: 018519

(NESHAT, SHIRIN). Neshat, Shirin, Hamid Dabashi, RoseLee Goldberg & Giorgio Verzotti. Foreword By Ida Gianelli. SHIRIN NESHAT. Torino & Milan, ITALY: Castello Di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea & Edizioni Charta, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Italian. With a biography, bibliography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is a comprehensive catalogue focusing on the Iranian born contemporary artist Shirin Neshat's Video installations published in conjunction with a 2002 Italian Museum retrospective. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 88-8158-360-7 Inventory Number: 010142

(NEST: A QUARTERLY OF INTERIORS). Holtzman, Joseph, Editor. NEST: A QUARTERLY OF INTERIORS ISSUES NUMBER 1-26 - A COMPLETE SET. New York. 1997-2004.: Nest LLC, First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Interior Design Periodical. Very Good or Better. Each circa 148pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Joseph Holtzman. Published between 1997 and 2004, "Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors" was Joseph Holtzman's innovatively designed, beautifully produced glossy survey of interior design, art, architecture, fashion and photography. With spectacular covers and packaging, a prescient editorial staff, and stellar contributors, it was perhaps the American publication closest to "Wallpaper" - perfect for the hip yet thoughtful conspicuous consumer as-yet-unfettered by the impending Global Financial Crisis. A most handsome complete run of all twenty-six numbers - including the exceedingly uncommon premiere issue that was never commercially made for sale. PLEASE… Read More

(NEWMAN, BARNETT). Newman, Barnett, Robert Pincus-Witten & Ealan Wingate. BARNETT NEWMAN: ZIM ZUM II. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (28pp), 17 duotone illustrations. Text in English and German. Designed by Tony Morgan and Vanessa Ryan, Step Graphics. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the austerely designed and beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with the 1992, first ever exhibition of Barnett Newman's monumental 1969 sculpture "Zim Zum II" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. It includes two texts by the artist as well as contributions by Robert Pincus-Witten and Ealan Wingate. A pristine copy. 0-880154-00-5 Inventory Number: 020448

(NEWSOM, DAVID). Newsom, David. SKIP: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID NEWSOM. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 40pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, David Newsom's "Skip" is a moving and highly personal view of the landscape his older brother Lloyd (Skip) Curtis Newsom, Jr. inhabits. The images in this book, tender as they are austere, not only bear witness to the photographer's appreciation for the natural beauty of a particular corner in South-Eastern Idaho, but also represent his sincere attempt to see that place as his beloved brother does. An attempt to learn, as Skip has, to understand and embrace this harsh new landscape as home. Dying weeds going into autumn, menacing skies, mountains so distant as to appear unreachable, isolated view of phone pole, road sign, new coat, old blue truck, and the snowy path to their sister's yellow… Read More

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Lagerfeld, Karl. HELMUT NEWTON: BIG NUDES - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1982. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1982, "Big Nudes" was the highly eroticized follow-up to Helmut Newton' taboo-breaking "White Women" and "Sleepless Nights". It features an essay by the esteemed Karl Lagerfeld along with stark black and white images of strong women engaging in decadent acts. A most handsome example of the 1982 first edition (cited on page 204 of "From Fair to Fine 3") additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Helmut Newton" in black ink across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are… Read More

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. HELMUT NEWTON: WORLD WITHOUT MEN - DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior,… Read More

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. HELMUT NEWTON: WORLD WITHOUT MEN - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves… Read More

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. HELMUT NEWTON: WORLD WITHOUT MEN - A UNIQUE SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. New York: Xavier Moreau, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include… Read More

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut & Philippe Garner. HELMUT NEWTON: WOMEN (AKA WHITE WOMEN) - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, 55 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Bea Feitler. Published in 1976, "White Women" was the very first survey in book form of Helmut Newton's decadence-laden images originally primarily created as editorial work for French, British and American "Vogue", "Vogue Homme", "Oui", "Playboy", and "Stern". Amongst the immediately recognizable subjects here are Charlotte Rampling, Veruschka Lehndorff, Elsa Peretti, Loulou de la Falaise, Karl Lagerfeld, Paloma Picasso, David Hockney, Annie Duperey, June Newton, and the photographer himself. A bright, most handsome example (cited on page 93 of "From Fair… Read More

(NITTA, KEIICHI). Kosuga, Tomokazu & Keiichi Nitta. KEIICHI NITTA: "EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY". Los Angeles: GoBooks & Daniela Diletto, 2008. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. np (40pp), 33 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Limited to five hundred copies, this is the catalogue published in conjunction with Keiichi Nitta's 2008 Milan gallery exhibition entitled "Everyday is Like Sunday". Nitta was Terry Richardson's assistant from 1999 until 2005, then returned to Japan to shoot his own youth-oriented advertising and fashion editorial work. Here he captures street scenes, house pets, self-portraits and a requisite amount of mild nudity. A most handsome numbered copy (#183/500) of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021633

(NOBLE, PAUL). Kunzru, Hari & Paul Noble. PAUL NOBLE (DOTTODOT) - WITH AN AUDIO CD. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio: Blackwell. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Paul Noble's 2007 Gagosian New York installation "dottodot" - the British artist's first exhibition for the gallery. It was comprised of "drawings, ceramic sculptures, rugs, sound, and various other elements to form an atmosphere or environment that reflects on time, space, and change, both massive and infinitesimal". "dottodot" incorporated work from Noble's epic "Nobson New Town" project, as well as his versions of Chinese "gongshi" patterned after fragments of Henry Moore's sculptures. Included is an audio CD of the… Read More

(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Larry Johnson & Andrew MacLachlan. TIM NOBLE AND SUE WEBSTER: INSTANT GRATIFICATION. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2001. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Embossed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good. 62pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Andrew MacLachlan and Sue Webster. With an exhibition checklist. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2001 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills installation "Instant… Read More

(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Mark Fletcher & Tina Kim. TIM NOBLE AND SUE WEBSTER: THE JOY OF SEX. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: Kukje Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie and Stefania Bonelli. Text in English and Korean. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2005 Kukje Gallery exhibition "The Joy of Sex", bad boy and girl Noble and… Read More

(NOLL, ALEXANDRE). Jean-Elie, Olivier & Pierre Passebon. Introduction by Odile Noll. ALEXANDRE NOLL. Paris: Editions Du Regard, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Decorative Arts Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Frederic Develeay. Photographs by Jacques Pepion. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. Published as part of the Editions Du Regard "Monograph" series, this beautifully illustrated book on Alexandre Noll is the most comprehensive reference to date on the iconoclastic late French sculptor and decorative artist. His organic forms, mostly hewn from single blocks of wood, look as fresh today as they did more than half a century ago when he was creating them. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the… Read More