Search Results: Titles starting with B from Arcana: Books on the Arts

(BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY). Brodovitch, Alexey & Edwin Denby. BALLET: 104 PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXEY BRODOVITCH. New York: J.J. Augustin, Publisher, 1945. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Facsimile Dust Jacket. 144pp, 104 illustrations in b&w gravure. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. "Ballet" is renowned late graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch's iconic 1945 book of photographic vignettes capturing eleven performances by The Ballets Russes between 1935 and 1937. Noted for the innovative-at-the-time use of murky shadows and blurred dancers bathed in light, these arresting images of the likes of principals Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and more are accompanied by New York poet and dance critic Edwin Denby's brief but cogent text. An internally bright, handsome example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 240-241 of Martin Parr and Gerry… Read More

(BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY). Brodovitch, Alexey & Edwin Denby. BALLET: 104 PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXEY BRODOVITCH. New York: J.J. Augustin, Publisher, 1945. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Good. 144pp, 104 illustrations in b&w gravure. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. "Ballet" is renowned late graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch's iconic 1945 book of photographic vignettes capturing eleven performances by The Ballets Russes between 1935 and 1937. Noted for the innovative-at-the-time use of murky shadows and blurred dancers bathed in light, these arresting images of the likes of principals Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and more are accompanied by New York poet and dance critic Edwin Denby's brief but cogent text. An internally bright, most handsome example example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 240-241 of Martin Parr and Gerry… Read More

(PARRY, ROGER). Fargue, Leon-Paul & Roger Parry. BANALITÉ: ILLUSTRÉ DE RÉOGRAMMES ET RECHERCHES D'OBJECTS DE LORIS ET PARRY. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1930. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Livre D'Artiste. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 84pp + xvi, 16 full page monochrome gravure illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Banalité" is one of the most striking collaborations of word and image in the realm of the photographically illustrated Surrealist book. It marries Leon-Paul Fargue's previously-published 1922 volume of prose and poems with sixteen dramatic, then-new full page images reproduced in lush sepia-toned gravure by the noted French photographer and cinematographer Roger Parry. An exceptionally bright, well-preserved example of this stunning modernist collaboration (cited on pages 100-101 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume… Read More

(BANKSY). Leverton, Marc. BANKSY: MYTHS AND LEGENDS - A COLLECTION OF THE UNBELIEVABLE AND INCREDIBLE BY MARC LEVERTON. London: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2011. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Nick Law. "No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. In his home town of Bristol, almost everyone seems to have a Banksy story. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Compiled between 2009 and 2011, some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, while others are more questionable and can best be described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. You be the judge". A brand new, pristine example of the 2011 first edition of this well-illustrated, charming little gem.… Read More

(OBAMA, BARACK) (JACK, LISA). M+B Gallery. BARACK OBAMA: THE FRESHMAN - PHOTOGRAPHS BY LISA JACK: 2009 EXHIBITION POSTER. Los Angeles: M+B Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine. One 17 ½ x 11 ½" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in quarters to make 9 x 5 ¾", 1 b&w illustration. This is a poster for a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of Lisa Jack's photographs of a youthful Barack "Barry" Obama taken while both were students attending Eagle Rock's Occidental College. A bright, most handsome example of this ephemeral item featuring a jaunty image of the straw-hat wearing future president smiling and smoking a cigarette. Inventory Number: 027296

(BLOOM, BARBARA). Bloom, Barbara. BARBARA BLOOM: POSTER / ARTWORK FOR "THE DIAMOND LANE". Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), 1981. First Edition. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Very Good. One 30 ½ x 21 ¾" poster printed color offset recto only, flat and unmailed. This is the limited edition poster/artwork produced as part of Barbara Bloom's 1981 piece entitled "The Diamond Lane" - a supposed feature-length film written and directed by the artist with music by Peter Gordon that starred Eric Fischl, Susan Davis, Marianne deGraaf, and Cees van Hoorn. There was however no full-length film, only a psychologically fraught five-minute "trailer" (produced with the assistance of a Dutch governmental grant) and a small print-run of one-sheet posters to be used for publicity purposes. In 1981, Los Angeles' conceptually-based Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. rented time in several local theatres to show the trailer amongst… 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

(BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE AGE MAGAZINE). Skelley, Jack, Editor. BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE-AGE MAGAZINE: NUMBER 1. Venice, CA: Fred & Barney Press, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Literary Journal. Near Fine. 57pp, 8 b&w illustrations + monochrome cover. Designed by Jack Skelley and Michael Jacomella. This first installment (of four total) of Jack Skelley's Venice-based eighties literary anthology "Barney: The Modern Stone-Age Magazine" features contributions by Skelley, Bob Flanagan, Tim Dlugos, Michael Lally, Donald Britton, Dennis Cooper, David Trinidad, Peter Schjeldahl, Elaine Equi, Jerome Sala, Rick Lawndale, Kenward Elmslie, Robert Peters Ron Koertge, Amy Gerstler, Bernard Welt, Tom Clark, Ron Padgett, Michael Silverblatt and Benjamin Weissman, Eric Fisher, Wayne Bertoia, Marc Jacobs, and Michael Jacomella. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025264

(LE VA, BARRY). Ligare, David & Gary T. Smith. BARRY LE VA: DRAWINGS 1967-1977. Salinas, CA: Hartnell College Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good +. np (12pp), 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by Lloyd Northover Limited. With an exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1979 Hartnell College exhibition, this slender twelve page catalogue documents the gallery's presentation of eleven installation drawings by minimal sculptor Barry Le Va. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of browning along the edges. LC 79-63310 Inventory Number: 017951

(ADER, BAS JAN) (LEAVITT, WILLIAM) (VAN ELK, GER). Winer, Helene, Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt & Ger Van Elk. BAS JAN ADER / WILLIAM LEAVITT / GER VAN ELK. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Gallery, Montgomery Art Center, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Pomona College Gallery exhibition curated by director Helene Winer that featured the three then-local conceptual practitioners (and close friends) Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt, and Ger Van Elk. It features photographic documentation by Phillip Cleveland, and a brief textual contribution by Leavitt. A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon early California conceptualism item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable… Read More

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Buchhart, Dieter, Glenn O'Brien, Jean-Louis Prat & Susanne Reichling. BASQUIAT. Basel, SWITZERLAND & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Fondation Beyeler & Hatje Cantz, 2010. Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. lii + 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology. Text in English. "The first African-American artist to attain art superstardom, Jean-Michel Basquiat created a huge oeuvre of drawings and in the space of just eight years. Through his street roots in graffiti, Basquiat helped to establish new possibilities for figurative and expressionistic painting, breaking the white male stranglehold of Conceptual and Minimal art, and foreshadowing, among other tendencies, Germany's Junge Wilde movement. It was not only Basquiat's art but also the details of his biography that made his name legendary - his early years as "Samo" (his graffiti artist moniker), his friendships with Andy… Read More

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris & Alexis Smith. B-CAR: THE STORY OF CHRIS BURDEN'S BICYCLE CAR. Los Angeles: CHOKE Publications, 1977. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the charming little self-published document of Chris Burden's 1975 project to design and construct a one passenger automobile capable of traveling over one hundred miles per hour while achieving one hundred miles per gallon fuel efficiency. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 021129

Sprigle, David Aden, Editor. BEASTS (FOTOFACTORY ANTHOLOGY SERIES 2). Santa Monica, CA: FotoFactory Press, 1997. First Edition 1/6000. Square 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. np (124pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Stephen Patrick Foery and David Sprigle. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at Venice Beach's David Aden Gallery, this is another beautifully appointed FotoFactory Press thematic anthology that features the work of fifty-nine photographers' erotic images of men and animals. Those included here are Ali, Bjorn Andren, Larry Ashton, Clifford Baker, Steven Baratz, Jim Barnes, Joel W. Benjamin, Tom Bianchi, Rick Castro, Lance DeWalt, Evergon, Benjamin F. Fink Jr., Stephen Fleitz, Robert Flynt, Ed Freeman, Nina Glaser, Alair Gomes, Steph. Gorkii, Kelly Grider, David Grinnell, Kim Hanson, Conrad Hechter, Baly Hinter Wipflinger, Justice Howard, Donnie Hudson, Rolf Juario, Dean Keefer, Ross Bennett Lewis, Mark Lynch,… Read More

(SUMMA, ANN). Summa, Ann, Kristine McKenna & Exene Cervenka. THE BEAUTIFUL & THE DAMNED: PUNK PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANN SUMMA. NP: Foggy Notion Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild at Green Dragon Office. "When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city’s punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original, and fertile territory for a young photographer". Any of you even remotely conversant with Los Angeles punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties should remember Ann Summa’s striking photographs that appeared regularly in the late, great Slash magazine. Now some thirty years later, Foggy Notion Books has just produced "The Beautiful & the Damned: Punk Photographs by Ann Summa" - a lovely hardbound volume filled with these vintage gritty and endearing images; many collected here in… Read More

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. BEING ANTINOVA BY ELEANOR ANTIN - AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST. Signed Association Copy from the Artist. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Mallory at the start of a long and loving relationship - (drawing of a small heart with an arrow through it) Eleanor" in black ink on the front free endpaper. The late Mallory Freeman was the director of Santa Monica's Tortue Gallery… Read More

(ANTIN, ELEANOR). Antin, Eleanor & Arlene Raven. BEING ANTINOVA BY ELEANOR ANTIN - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST. Signed Presentation Copy from the Artist. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine. 86pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Hardwerken's Henk Elenga. "Being Antinova" is noted performance artist Eleanor Antin's photographically illustrated artist's book cum journal of her three weeks of adopting the persona of, and living in New York as Eleanora Antinova - the fictional once-celebrated "Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe". A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "Dear Edie - sorry we missed each other - in the meantime I'm sending you a surrogate - Eleanor Antin" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-937122-11-4 Inventory Number: 020560

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Neil Curry. THE BENDING OF THE BOW - WITH ONE SIGNED ETCHING, A LITHOGRAPH AND FOUR PHOTOGRAVURES BY JIM DINE. Signed by the Author and the Artist. London: Enitharmon Editions Ltd., 1993. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. As New. 64pp, with an individual signed lithograph, a lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Dine, this is the deluxe edition of author Neil Curry's colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's Odyssey in which he has "scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus's final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope". It is hand-printed in 14 point Monotype Baskerville on Canaletto 160gsm (fine) and bound and slipcased by The Fine Bindery. Jim Dine's signed original 12 ½ x 9 ¾" etching of… Read More

(FAUCON, BERNARD). Faucon, Bernard. Satomi Ishihara, Editor. BERNARD FAUCON 1977-1995: JOURS D'IMAGE.. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1995. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 81 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. Published only in Japan, this is an elegantly designed, beautifully printed hardbound survey of the symbology-laden color work of noted French photographer Bernard Faucon including his always intriguing mannequin-laden "Les Grand Vacances" ("Summer Camp") images from the late seventies. 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 - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-8457-0999-6 Inventory Number: 014093

(CASEY, BERNIE). Casey, Bernie. BERNIE CASEY: NEIGHBORS - A 1977 SIGNED LITHOGRAPH IN A CONTEMPORANEOUS FRAME. Numbered and Signed by the Artist. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1977. First Edition #14/130. Folio. Framed Lithographic Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine. One 20 x 15" sheet of textured heavy art paper printed lithographically in colors, recto only. "Neighbors" is a 1977 lithograph by the noted late Los Angeles-based African-American artist, poet, and actor Bernie Casey. An All-American athlete at Bowling Green State University, Casey went on to a standout NFL career as a wide-receiver with the Los Angeles Rams. Following his retirement, he focused on his visual artwork as well as well as featured roles in such varied cinematic fare as "Cleopatra Jones", Black Gunn", "Hit Man", the James Bond film "Never Say Never", and "Revenge of the Nerds." A bright, most handsome example housed in a contemporaneous aluminum sectional… Read More

Goliath Verlag Staff, Editor. BEST OF BONDAGE: GOLIATH SUPER COLLECTION. Bonn, GERMANY: Goliath Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2009. First Edition. 8vo. Flexible Boards. Erotic Photography Survey. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. 272pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. With artist biographies and bibliographies. "Best of Bondage" is a survey of contemporary black and white bondage and fetish images from the international cast of Goliath Verlag-associated erotic photographers Dave Naz, Steven Speliotis, Laura M. Stansfield, Midori, Lee Higgs, Craig Morey, Roman Kaspersky, Josef Botello, and Martin R. Klass. A handsome example showing just a bit of light use and some wear and creasing along the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 3-936709-36-X Inventory Number: 025536