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

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Taylor Phil & Mark Rawlinson. Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton Brouws & Hermann Zschiegner, Editors. VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS: REFERENCING VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS BY ED RUSCHA. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2013. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 298pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner. With artists' biographies and an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 2013 circulating Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this thoughtful survey of Edward Ruscha's artist's books and the cottage industry of homages that these have inspired since the 1962 appearance of "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" contains nearly one hundred comprehensive illustrated entries with full publication details for each. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable first printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-262-01877-2 Inventory Number: 024246

(RHOADES, JASON). Rhoades, Jason. VARIOUSVIRGINS: DEVIATIONS IN SPACE BY JASON RHOADES - A UNIQUE ISTALLATION MANUAL HAND-ASSEMBLED BY THE ARTIST. NP. ND (Circa 1997).: NP (Self-Published), First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (22pp), 9 b&w illustrations + color covers. "VARIOUSVIRGINS: Deviations in Space" is a slender twenty-two page artist's book likely produced by Jason Rhoades in conjunction with his 1997 installation entitled "Deviations in Space, Various Virgins" exhibited at New York's David Zwirner Gallery. In it, the iconoclastic late Los Angeles-based artist definies a number of terms incorporating the word "version" - from "aversion" to "universion" - before elaborating upon the piece's references, background, and sculptural components. It is an intensely smart publication that reveals the work's inspiration in both Pasadena's notorious rocket propulsion… Read More

(V23) (OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (4AD). Oliver, Vaughan. VAUGHAN OLIVER AND V23: POSTER FOR 4AD'S 1998 "ALL VIRGOS ARE MAD" WEEK AT LOS ANGELES' TROUBADOUR. Los Angeles: 4AD, 1994. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Concert Poster. Fine. One 29 x 14" sheet printed in colors, recto only. Designed by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin. This is the striking V23-designed poster from 1994 publicizing a weeklong series of concerts by artists recording for the innovative British label 4AD entitled "All Virgos Are Mad". Held at Los Angeles' legendary Troubadour club, the participants included Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, Air Miami, Red House Painters, The Wolfgang Press, His Name is Alive, Pale Saints, Lisa Germano, Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses, Michael Brook, Heidi Berry, Defever and Masters, Lisa Gerrard, Mark Kozalek, Kendra Smith, and numerous "special guests". A brand new, flat, most handsome example of this uncommon Vaughan Oliver item that… Read More

(JOHNSON, JAY MARK). Finch, Christopher, Shana Nys Dambrot & Jay Mark Johnson. VENICE SPACEWALK: THE SPACETIME PHOTOGRAPHY OF JAY MARK JOHNSON: VOLUME ONE - LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Venice, CA: Venice Family Clinic & Jay Mark Johnson, 2010. First Edition. Oblong Narrow 4to. Linen Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Hsuan-ying Chou and Jay Mark Johnson with Lorraine Wild and Victor Hu, Green Dragon Office. This lavishly produced volume is the first monograph on the space-time photography of Jay Mark Johnson. "Coming across Jay Mark Johnson's photographs for the first time, a viewer may well be reminded of the photo finish images used to determine winners at track meets, horse races, and other sporting events. In Johnson's work, as in photo finish imagery, people, animals and moving objects are frozen against a background that has been… Read More

(VENUS TODAY). Fried, Charlie, Editor. VENUS TODAY: THE AMPUTEE MAGAZINE - VOL. 2, NO. 1. Mission Hills, CA: Majestic Press, 1982. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Disability Periodical. Very Good. 25pp, profusely illustrated with in b&w. "Venus Today" was Californian Charie Fried's short-lived, fascinating, and very DIY periodical devoted to normalizing the world of young adult amputees. Published, edited, and dedicated to Fried's differently-abled wife Penny, this early issue features in-depth illustrated articles on Andy, Soozie, Becky, and "Venus of the Month" centerfold Monica. While there is no nudity here, this may have been the only newsstand title to appeal to the early eighties acrotomophiliac. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon (only a single entry for "Venus Today" is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) periodical showing a bit of light wear and soiling to its covers with a descriptive full page… Read More

(CHAGALL, MARC) (VERVE). Chagall, Marc & Gaston Bachelard. E. Teriade, Editor. VERVE REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE VOL.X, NOS. 37 ET 38: DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE / DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE BY MARC CHAGALL. Paris & New York: Editions De La Revue Verve & Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1960. First American Edition. Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fair/No Jacket. np, 96 monochrome gravure illustrations. Cover by Marc Chagall with twenty-four color lithographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Text in English. This combined thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth number of Teriade's legendary artistic review "Verve" is a monograph devoted solely to the work of Marc Chagall. Realized in 1960 under the direction of Teriade with the master printers Draeger and Mourlot Freres, "Drawings for the Bible" features ninety-six black and white heliogravure reproductions and twenty-four color lithographs of Chagall's old Testament imagery. A presentable example only… Read More

(PICASSO, PABLO) (VERVE). Picasso, Pablo & Jaime Sabartes. E. Teriade, Editor. VERVE REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE VOLUME V, NUMEROS 19 ET 20 (VOL. 5, #19 ET 20): COULEUR DE PICASSO - PEINTURES ET DESSINS DE PICASSO - WITH A BOLDLY SIGNED COLOR DRAWING BY PABLO PICASSO. Paris: Editions De La Revue Verve, 1948. First Edition. Small Folio. Wrappers Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good -.. np (82pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Pablo Picasso. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This combined nineteenth and twentieth number of Teriade's legendary artistic review "Verve" is a monograph devoted solely to the work of Pablo Picasso. Realized under the direction of Teriade, it features front and rear covers specially designed by the artist for the project with the master printers Draeger Freres creating the then-state of the art heliogravure images in black and white and tipped color plates. Included are texts by both Picasso… Read More

(VH 101). Essellier, Francoise, Editor. VH 101 / REVUE TRIMESTRIELLE / NUMERO 1 / PRINTEMPS 1970. Paris: Editions Essellier, 1970. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Arts Journal. Good -. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. Cover design by Yvaral. This initial installment of the important early seventies French avant-garde theory/music/art journal "VH 101" includes articles by, or interviews with Otto Hahn, Peter Handke, Andy Warhol, Martial Raysse, Gyorgi Ligeti, David Lamelas, Daniel Buren, Carl Andre, Michael Heizer, Piero Manzoni, and Jean-Ludovic Kaufner. A serviceable example of this uncommon item showing a pronounced dent through the covers and textblock at the lower foredge corner as well as a single neat ink ownership stamp (but no additional stamps, pockets or accession markings of any kind.) of an institutional library that deaccessioned it directly to our store on the front free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 015065

(OLEA, VICTOR FLORES). Fuentes, Carlos. VICTOR FLORES OLEA: LOS ENCUENTROS. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1984. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted to the black and white images of Mexican writer, academician, diplomat and photojournalist Victor Flores Olea that also features an essay by the noted author Carlos Fuentes. A most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook"). 968-16-1764-9 Inventory Number: 020389

(VIEW: THE MODERN MAGAZINE). Ford, Charles Henri, Editor. VIEW: THE MODERN MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 1945 (SERIES V, NO.5). New York: View, Inc., 1945. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Surrealist Periodical. Very Good. 22pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover illustration by Andre Masson. This is the December 1945 installment of "View" - Charles Henri Ford's legendary American magazine of Surrealism and the avant-garde. The contributors to this issue include Kurt Seligmann, Paul Bowles, Ramon J. Sender, Jean Ferry, Gina Hohens, Rene Renne and Claude Serbanne, George Platt Lynes, Charles Henri Ford, Parker Tyler, Paul Goodman, Marius Bewley, Lou Harrison, etc. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 018355

Glenn, Constance W. & The CSULB Museum Studies Program. A VIEW THROUGH. Long Beach, CA: The Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, 1975. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Comb-Bound Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With artist biographies and exhibition histories. "A View Through" was an influential 1975 exhibition organized by California State University, Long Beach Art Galleries director Constance W. Glenn and the students of the CSULB Museum Studies Program that featured work by nine Southern California artists working independently within the loosely unified Light and Space movement. The participants were Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, Guy Dill, Laddie John Dill, Dr. Who?, Doug Edge, Robert Irwin, and Terry O'Shea. A serviceable example only of this uncommon item - only eleven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - whose fragile plastic comb-binding is complete and unbroken, but is… Read More

Author Not Stated. VIEWS OF MY TOUR / PEKING - A 1930s SOUVENIR PHOTO ALBUM WITH ONE HUNDRED SILVER GELATIN PRINTS. NP (Likely Peking, CHINA). ND (Circa Early 1930s).: No Publisher Stated, Edition Not Stated. Oblong 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Boards with Ties. Photographic Album. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, 100 individual 3 ¼ x 5 ½" black and white silver gelatin photographs. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Measuring 5 ¼ x 8 ¼" and gilt-stamped "Views Of My Tour / Peking" across its decoratively-embossed front cover, this is an elegant, professionally produced souvenir photo album likely made in Peking for the English-speaking Chinese tourist market sometime between the mid-twenties and the mid-thirties. Hand-assembled rather than printed, with no publication information other than the front cover title, its contents are one hundred vintage black and white silver gelatin prints of Chinese views loosely inserted into… Read More

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. VIGGO MORTENSEN: SIGNLANGUAGE. Santa Monica, CA. 2002 (2004).: Smart Art Press, Seventh Printing. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A pristine copy of the seventh printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-889195-49-9 Inventory Number: 007049

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: MO TE UPOKO-O-TE-IKA/FOR WELLINGTON. Santa Monica, CA. 2003 (2007).: Perceval Press, Third Printing. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington" is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the third printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 014890

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: LINGER. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first hardbound… Read More

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: LINGER. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first hardbound… Read More

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: LINGER. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first paperback… Read More

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: HOLE IN THE SUN. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2002. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2002 first printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 007946

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. VIGGO MORTENSEN: HOLE IN THE SUN. Santa Monica, CA. 2002 (2003).: Perceval Press, First Edition (Second Printing). Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 011971

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo & Kevin Power. VIGGO MORTENSEN: SIGNLANGUAGE - DELUXE HARDBOUND FIRST EDITION. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 2002. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 84pp, 95 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with Viggo Mortensen's "Signlanguage" exhibition held at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002. This lovely document features the actor/artist's photography and paintings created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001 while filming his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2002 hardbound first edition in dust jacket limited to five hundred clothbound copies only still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are… Read More