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

(YAMAGATA, HIRO). Yamagata, Hiro & Arnold Schwarzenegger. YAMAGATA. Tokyo: Yamagata Center, 1989. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 350pp, 404 illustrations in color and b&w. Take one of the world's most popular artists, mix in a no-expense spared flair for the grandiose, add a foreword by the Governator, and you have this extraordinarily massive tome - weighing in at about fifteen pounds! By far the most lavish book on Hiro Yamagata's work to date, this was privately printed for the Yamagata Center, and we suspect only available hors commerce. A most handsome example showing a few minor scuffs to the publisher's gilt-embossed, royal blue linen clamshell box. 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. 4-06-203920-6 Inventory Number: 005094

(YAMAMOTO, YOHJI). Yamamoto, Yohji, Kiyosazu Washida, Carla Sozzano & Elisabeth Paillie. TALKING TO MYSELF BY YOHJI YAMAMOTO. Milano, ITALY & Tokyo: Carla Sozzani Editore & Yohji Yamamoto, Inc., 2002. First Edition 1/6500. 4to. Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, English and French. Designed by Claudio Dell'Olio. Published by Carla Sozzano and Yohji Yamamoto, "Talking to Myself" is a lavishly illustrated, uniquely designed comprehensive two volume monograph on the work of the celebrated Japanese fashion pioneer. Featuring texts by Yamamoto, Kiyosazu Washida, and Elisabeth Paillie its second volume includes copious photographic documentation from each of the Yohji runway presentations between 1981 and 2002 by the likes of Dominique Issermann, Nick Knight, Eddy Kohli, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Sarah Moon, Paolo Roversi, Yoshihiko Ueda, Max Vadukl, and more. A… Read More

(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori. . TADANORI YOKOO: POSTCARDS (YELLOW COVER). Osaka, JAPAN: Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi, 1996. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (16pp), 8 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Jun Sato. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. He is also a well-known artist, photographer, and designer of installations. Published in conjunction with a 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition, this is a nicely presented book of eight full color postcards that reproduce computer-altered outdoor portraits of the Yokoo family - many including a falling water motif. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 011910

(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori. Introduction by Milton Glaser. TADANORI YOKOO (SELF-CHOSEN WORKS). Tokyo, JAPAN: Keibun-sha, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Design Monograph. Good./No Jacket.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. Emerging from the turbulent post-war generation, his bold, unprecedented style mixed traditional Ukiyo-E imagery with Japanese comics, Western sexuality, and Pop Art to create an extraordinary body of work that continues to this day. This is a choice early collection published only in Japan that vividly reproduces seventy-one of Tadanori Yokoo's film, music, theatre, exhibition and advertising posters created between 1965 and 1976. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon… Read More

(YOSHITOSHI, TSUKIOKA). Keyes, Roger & George Kuwayama. THE BIZARRE IMAGERY OF YOSHITOSHI: THE HERBERT R. COLE COLLECTION. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980. Third Printing. Square 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 112pp, 10 color and 67 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1980 traveling Museum exhibition of prints by the groundbreaking Japanese Ukiyo-E master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - known for his unorthodox and compelling images. A handsome example showing some very light wear and rubbing to the spine and covers. 0-87587-096-1 Inventory Number: 021870