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

(KLEIN, STEVEN) (MADONNA) (W). Foley, Bridget & Joe Zee, Editors. W MAGAZINE - APRIL 2003 (VOLUME 32, NUMBER 1): MADONNA UNBOUND. New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine. 292pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover photograph of Madonna by Steven Klein. This is the April 2003 issue of "W" containing the ambitious forty-four page editorial feature entitled "Madonna Unbound" with photographs by Steven Klein. A most handsome example - perfect for the Madonna completeist. ISSN 0162-9115 Inventory Number: 022995

(EVANS, WALKER) (FRANK, ROBERT). Papageorge, Tod. WALKER EVANS AND ROBERT FRANK: AN ESSAY ON INFLUENCE. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981. First Edition. Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -. 62pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with Tod Papageorge's 1981 Yale University exhibition documenting the relationship between the imagery of Walker Evans' "American Photographs" of 1938 and Robert Frank's 1959 "The Americans". A most handsome example of this uncommon item with a newspaper clipping of the April 5th 1981 "New York Times" review of the exhibition along with the Daniel Wolf Gallery price list for a contemporary show of vintage prints by Evans and Frank that were also being exhibited at Yale laid in. 0-89467-015-8 Inventory Number: 025841

(BERMAN, WALLACE). L.A. Louver Gallery. WALLACE BERMAN: 1988 GALLERY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR "WALLACE BERMAN (1926-1976: WORKS FROM THE ESTATE". Venice, CA: L.A. Louver Gallery, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine. One 8 ½ x 11" cardstock sheet printed in color offset recto and verso, machine-folded half to make 4pp, 2 color illustrations. This is the slender announcement published in conjunction with a 1988 L.A. Louver Gallery exhibition of works by Wallace Berman. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that is the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027343

(BERMAN, WALLACE). Herms, George. WALLACE BERMAN EXHIBITION JULY - AUGUST 1977. Los Angeles: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (4pp), no illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender, oversized four page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of seventy-three works by Wallace Berman. Held at the Timothea Stewart Gallery on La Cienega the year after the legendary Los Angeles beat artist's untimely passing, it features a brief essay by Berman's close friend and colleague George Herms. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025336

(MULL, MARTIN) (MARTIN, STEVE). Martin, Steve. WASP: A PLAY IN ONE ACT BY STEVE MARTIN ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN MULL - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Signed and Dated by the Artist. Los Angeles: Victoria Dailey Publisher, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Small Oblong 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Illustrated Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, 7 duotone illustrations, decorative endpapers + front cover. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the beautifully produced 1996 Victoria Dailey publication of Steve Martin's one act play "Wasp". It contains elegant reproductions of the original ink and wash drawings commissioned especially for this volume from Mr. Martin's friend and colleague, the multi-talented Mr. Martin Mull. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition limited to one thousand copies additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Martin Mull in black ink on the first preliminary. Inventory Number: 019385

(THIEBAUD, WAYNE). Stone Gallery Staff, Alan. WAYNE THIEBAUD. New York: Allan Stone Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 18pp, 11 b&w and 10 color illustrations + color covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of twenty-three then-recent works by Wayne Thiebaud held at his longtime East Coast gallery. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and handling to the covers. Inventory Number: 025889

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. WEEGEE: A VINTAGE 8 x 10" SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF JIMMY STARR ON SET. Los Angeles. (circa 1950).: Weegee, First Edition. Oblong Folio. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 14 x 15 ½" beveled mat. This is a photographic portrait by Weegee "The Great" of noted Hollywood columnist, screenwriter and novelist Jimmy Starr. Starr is pictured on set laughing and enjoying the company of three actresses decked out in howlingly inauthentic outfits comprised of skull caps with wild hair, seashell necklaces, bangles, and sarongs in a culturally misguided attempt at Oceanic exoticism. Images of the actors without Starr photographed at the same sitting appear in both "Weegee's Naked Hollywood (1953)" and "Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles (2011)". Beginning as an office boy at Metro Studios in 1919,… Read More

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. WEEGEE BY WEEGEE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961. Second Printing. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 160pp, 106 b&w illustrations. Did the twentieth century ever bring notoriety to a photographer more steeped in hype and myth than Arthur Fellig - aka "Weegee The Famous"? And while much if not most of that hype and myth was perpetuated by Weegee himself, the ingenuity of his exploits stalking the mean streets of crime-riddled, forties-era New York cannot be denied. Working mostly at night out of his improvised trunk-converted-into-a-darkroom, Weegee parlayed his police radio, trusty Speed Graphic camera, and an uncanny knack for getting to a crime scene quickly into journalistic infamy. His first book, "Naked City" became a bestseller as well as the basis for both… Read More

(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. THE WEIGHT OF FRANCHISE MEAT. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -. np (16pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Weight of Franchise Meat" is the wry 1971 self-published artist's book by the then California-based conceptual practitioner Robert Cumming. True to its title, Cumming stages and photographs sixteen tableaux featuring hamburger patties from Orange County burger chains A + W, Bob's Big Boy, Buddy's, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Denny's, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's, and Punky's weighed on a postage scale. An otherwise handsome example of the 1971 first edition of this uncommon gem (cited on pages 146-147 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some very mild soiling to the… Read More

(CUMMING, ROBERT). Cumming, Robert. THE WEIGHT OF FRANCHISE MEAT. Orange, CA: Robt. Cumming, 1971. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (16pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Weight of Franchise Meat" is the wry 1971 self-published artist's book by the then California-based conceptual practitioner Robert Cumming. True to its title, Cumming stages and photographs sixteen tableaux featuring hamburger patties from Orange County burger chains A + W, Bob's Big Boy, Buddy's, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Denny's, Heinz, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's, and Punky's weighed on a postage scale. An otherwise handsome example of the 1971 first edition of this uncommon gem (cited on pages 146-147 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies showing some very mild soiling to the… Read More

(WET MAGAZINE). Koren, Leonard, Editor & Publisher. WET: THE MAGAZINE OF GOURMET BATHING - ISSUE 4 / DEC / JAN 77 (VOL. 1, #4). Venice, CA: Wet Enterprises, Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Running for thirty-four issues between 1976 and 1981, Leonard Koren's revered Venice, California lifestyle magazine is notable for its prescient mixture of H2O and popular culture, mild nudity, fashion, and great ads for so many trendsetting (and mostly short-lived) L.A. boutiques. This fourth installment of "Wet" features contributions on or by Eve Babitz, Paul Ruscha, toothpaste and oral hygiene, Stephen Laub, architects Mark Mack and Gaylen Granz, Bob Biggs and Paul Zacha's "Shower Room", Lyle B. Mayer, Tom Wudl, and more. The issue's highlights include a postage stamp-sized party photo of Ed Ruscha with Frank and Berta Gehry, and Leonard Koren's iconic "23 Beautiful Women… Read More

(GERSTLER, AMY) (LIFFEY, ANYA). Gerstler, Amy. WHITE MARRIAGE & RECOVERY. Los Angeles: Illuminati, 1984. First Edition 1/200. Tall 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Prose Monograph. Very Good. np (24pp), no illustrations. Cover Illustration by Anya Liffey. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "White Marriage & Recovery" is an early collection of two prose works by the noted Los Angeles poet and art critic Amy Gerstler. A handsome example of this uncommon item from the first edition limited to two hundred copies showing some typical browning to the endpapers due to the publisher's less than judicious choice of non-archival glue - with artist Anya Liffey's unique finger-painting in white on the front cover in immaculate shape. 0-89807-104-6 Inventory Number: 012695

(VAN KESTEREN, GEERT). van Kesteren, Geert & Michael Hirsh. Foreword by Jan Gruiters. WHY MISTER, WHY? GEERT VAN KESTEREN, IRAQ 2003-2004. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Artimo, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (544pp), 245 color illustrations. Text in English and Arabic. "Why Mister, Why?" is a compelling account from Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes. In that way, this body of work resonates with an honesty found only when the narrator and photographer of a story are one and the same. The situation in Iraq, following the declaration of "mission accomplished," represented a culture clash of rare proportions, and van Kesteren was witness to what went wrong. He saw clouds of sadness coming from the mass graves created by the Saddam regime, while… Read More

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Butler, Cornelia H., Paul Schimmel, Cornelia H., Paul Schimmel, Richard Shiff & Anne M. Wagner. WILLEM DE KOONING: TRACING THE FIGURE. Los Angeles & Princeton, NJ: Museum of Contemporary Art & Princeton University Press, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tracey Schiffman. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the lavish hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles retrospective of seventy-eight figurative works on paper by the famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem De Kooning. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-691-09618-X Inventory Number: 026305

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Inge, William. WILLEM DE KOONING. Beverly Hills, CA: Paul Kantor Gallery, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Very Good.. np (28pp), 8 color and 8 b&w illustrations. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 1965 Paul Kantor Gallery exhibition of sixteen then-recent figurative works on paper by the famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem De Kooning. It reproduces each of the pieces shown along with a brief essay by noted playwright William Inge. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light soiling and sunning to the spine and rear panel of its green dust jacket. Inventory Number: 027342

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). M(iller)-K(eller), A(ndrea). WILLEM DE KOONING: MATRIX / BERKELEY 12. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (4pp), 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender four page exhibition brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Matrix exhibition of Willem De Kooning's sculpture at the University Art Museum, the University of California Berkeley. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 019491

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Geldzahler, Henry. WILLEM DE KOONING: ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES 1955-1963. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1987. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (22pp), 6 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Britt Reynolds. This is the slender twenty-two page paperbound catalogue published in conjunction with a Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of major works on canvas created between 1955 and 1963 by famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem de Kooning. Only the second catalogue issued by the gallery, it contains an essay filled with quotes from the artist by eminence grise Henry Geldzahler. A most handsome copy of the uncommon first printing from 1987. Inventory Number: 015526

(WEGMAN, WILLIAM). Wegman, William & Helene Winer. WILLIAM WEGMAN: VIDEO TAPES - PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS - ARRANGEMENTS. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Art Gallery, 1971. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good. 32pp, 38 b&w illustrations. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with William Wegman's 1971 one-person exhibition of photographs and video works at the Pomona College Art Gallery curated by Helene Winer. It is the very first monographic publication on the artist. An internally handsome example of this exceedingly scarce, charming little item showing some very light foxing to the wrappers along with a discreet ownership note on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 024792

(GROPPER, WILLIAM). Freundlich, August L. & William Gropper. WILLIAM GROPPER: RETROSPECTIVE - DELUXE LEATHERBOUND SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED LITHOGRAPHED. With an Original Lithograph Signed by the Artist. Los Angeles & Miami, FL: The Ward Ritchie Press & Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. 1/4 Leather Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, 104 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Designed by Joseph Simon. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the significant monograph on the celebrated American Social Realist artist William Gropper published in conjunction with a 1968 touring retrospective exhibition circulated by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. It presents a comprehensive selection of over forty years of the artist's figurative portraits of the world's disenfranchised poor and working classes contrasted with their powerful… Read More

(GROPPER, WILLIAM). Freundlich, August L. & William Gropper. WILLIAM GROPPER: RETROSPECTIVE - DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED LITHOGRAPHED. With an Original Lithograph Signed by the Artist. Los Angeles & Miami, FL: The Ward Ritchie Press & Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, 104 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Designed by Joseph Simon. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the significant monograph on the celebrated American Social Realist artist William Gropper published in conjunction with a 1968 touring retrospective exhibition circulated by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. It presents a comprehensive selection of over forty years of the artist's figurative portraits of the world's disenfranchised poor and working classes contrasted with their powerful employers and… Read More