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Published by E.P. Dutton & Co. New York, NY, 1972
ISBN 10: 0525472711ISBN 13: 9780525472711
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
272 pp.; 20 x 14 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Compendium of documentation and artist's projects by / about Vito Acconci, Terry Atkinson, Art & Language, David Bainbridge, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, Gregory Battcock, Bernhard & Hilla Becherr, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Donald Burgy, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Rosemarie Castoro, Jan Dibbets, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Douglas Huebler, Stephen James Kaltenbach, On Kawara, Alain Kirili, Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, Sol LeWitt, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Iain Baxter [N.E. Thing], Dennis Oppenheim, John Perreault, Adrian Piper, Edward Ruscha, Bernar Venet, Lawrence Weiner, and Ian Wilson. Edited by, and with an introduction by, Ursula Meyer. Very Good. Light wear to covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
Published by Pays-Paysage, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 1995
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very good ++. 1st Edition. Exhibition catalogue. Maurizio Nannucci, Bookmakers: Une exposition des livres d'artistes de Zona Archives, Pays-Peysage, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 1995. 176x140 mm. 52pp. Spiral bound, printed black and blue on white stock with colourful illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of artist's books of the Zone Archives and part of the 4th Biennale of Artist's Books, the book features works by John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, James Lee Byars, Hans Peter Feldmann, Ian Hamilton Finaly, General Idea, Jonny Holzer, Joseph Kosuth, Sol Lewitt, Richard Long, Giulio Paolini, Richard Prince, Edward Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner. Printed in French and English the book begins with a conversation between Maurizio Nannucci and Gabriele Detterer, titled Bookmakers: Some remarks on artist's Books and Archives, this is followed by the list of artist's books included in the exhibition and a bibliography. Excellent resource for artists books. Condition: light rubbing to front cover, otherwise fine. Overall: Very good ++.
Published by Macba, 2005
ISBN 10: 8489771162ISBN 13: 9788489771161
Seller: castlebooksbcn, Barcelona, Spain
Book First Edition
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Como Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Como Nuevo. 1ª Edición. The cover of an album turned into artistic support. This publication includes a detailed cataloging of the collection of sound material that belongs to the Archive for Small Press and Communication deposited in the Neues Museum Weserburg in Bremen, which includes vinyls, CDs and also books, graphic work and other objects that relate the music and sound works with the artistic expression of the moment.
Published by MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona / Kunsthaus Graz Barcelona / Graz, Spain / Austria, 2006
ISBN 10: 8489771200ISBN 13: 9788489771208
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
425 pp.; 23.5 x 17.5 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, February - April, 2006. Traveled to Kunsthaus Graz, Austrua, June - September, 2006. Essays by Diedrich Diederichsen, Anne Rorimer, Hans-Jochen Müller, Manuel J. Borja-Villel, Peter Pakesch, and Anton Herbert. Artists include Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, Art & Language, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Jean-Marc Bustamonte, André Cadere, Hanna Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Luciano Fabro, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Douglas Huebler, Donald Judd, Rodney Graham, On Kawara, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Reinhard Mucha, Bruce Nauman, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gerhard Richter, Edward Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Thomas Schütte, Robert Smithson, Niele Toroni, Jan Vercruysse, Didier Vermeiren, Lawrence Weiner, Franz West, and Ian Wilson. Includes illustrations and lists of works and documents from the collection. Texts in English. Reference : No. 224 in "The Book on Books on Artists' Books" by Arnaud Desjardin. London, England : The Everyday Press, 2011, pp. 127. Very Good. Bumping of top right corner of covers, overall soiling of dust-jacket with additional 2.2 cm. area of spotty yellow soiling to recto. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size and weight of this publication additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris, France, 1989
ISBN 10: 2853460711ISBN 13: 9782853460712
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
248 pp.; 27.5 x 23 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November 22, 1989 - February 18, 1990. Preface by Suzanne Pagé. Essays by Claude Gintz, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Charles Harrison, Gabriele Guercio, and Seth Siegelaub. Includes bibliography. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition includes text, in English, by Joseph Kosuth in response to Buchloh's essay printed on sticker and affixed to page 54. Artists include: Art & Language, Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Mel Bochner, Alighiero E Boetti, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Andre Cadere, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Marcel Duchamp, Dan Flavin, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Douglas Huebler, Jasper Johns, On Kawara, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Piero Manzoni, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Roman Opalka, Adrian Piper, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Bernar Venet, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson, and Art & Project. Texts in English and French. Good. Bumping of corners and cover edges with adjacent creasing. Yellowing and dust soiling of covers with additional 4.2 cm. area of soiling to verso. Light bumping of page corners. Contents clean and unmarked. Includes "compliments of" card from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, in French. This copy includes the tipped-in text by Joseph Kosuth, "Joseph Kosuth Responds to Benjamin Buchloh" [in English], affixed to page 54. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by Gagosian Gallery and Steidl Verlag, New York and Göttingen, Germany, 2007
ISBN 10: 3865213685ISBN 13: 9783865213686
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine gray cloth-covered boards, with title stamped in silver on cover and spine, no dust jacket as issued; contained in a heavy gray cardboard slipcase with title stamped in silver on both sides. Paintings and text by Edward Ruscha. Essays by Robert Dean, Dave Hickey and Larence Weiner. Edited by Robert Dean, with Erin Wright. Includes comprehensive catalogue entries, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design, Inc., Toronto, with Breanne Woods, Carolina Söderholm and Judith McKay. 564 pp., including 3 two-page gatefolds, profusely illustrated with four-color plates and additional black-and-white reference illustrations, beautifully printed by Steidl on Scheufelen Job Parilux paper. Book 11-5/8 x 9-5/8 inches; slipcase 12-1/8 x 10 inches. Fine. From the publisher: "This is the third volume in the ongoing series documenting Ruscha's entire corpus of paintings. As in the previous two volumes, each painting is given a double-page spread with exhibition and bibliographic history, and is reproduced in color. The artist's notebook sketches for paintings are reproduced in facsimile. This volume contains 165 paintings and, in addition, includes a major public commission for the Philip Johnson-designed Miami-Dade Public Library, which was a watershed mark for Ruscha. Paintings done immediately prior to this commission can be seen as a summation of the artist's earlier preoccupations and techniques, while those done after the commission show a major shift in Ruscha's direction occasioned by the artist's use of airbrush techniques to produce dark, atmospheric canvases that correspond to film noir and such Los Angeles writers as Raymond Chandler. The book includes an introductory essay by the editor, Robert Dean, and a personal tribute by artist Lawrence Weiner. It contains a chronology to 1987, as well as a comprehensive bibliography and list of exhibitions.".
Published by STEIDL VERLAG/GAGOSIAN GALLERY., GOTTINGEN/NEW YORK, 2007
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Near fIne in grey cloth with silver titles, enclosed in a grey heavy card slipcase, as issued. Sealed in the publisher's protective plastic shrinkwrap. (Trace of rubbing to silver titles on spine due to crease in plastic shrink wrap. ) (12" X 9 3/4") (564pp. ) Features 165 paintings. (BC).
Published by Verlag Kettler Dortmund, Germany, 2017
ISBN 10: 3862066541ISBN 13: 9783862066544
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
[500] pp.; 29.7 x 21 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, January 22, 2014 - May 29, 2016. Curated by Lisa Marei Schmidt. Contributions by Lisa Marei Schmidt, Udo Kittelmann, Giovanni Anselmo, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Rudi Fuchs, Daniel Buren, Anne Rorimer, Sabeth Buchmann, Lucy R. Lippard, John Baldessari, Daniel Marzona, Carolin Bohlmann, Kassandra Nakas, Rebecca Solnit, Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Joseph Kosuth, Ruth Buchanan, Sol LeWitt, Charlotte Posenenske, Dennis Oppenheim, Agnesa Schmudke, Gerry Schum, Gary Kuehn, Daniela Bystron, Ed Ruscha, Leah Heckel, Fred Sandback, Andreas Schalhorn, Lawrence Weiner, Julia Born, Laurenz Brunner, Stephen Kaltenbach, Mel Bochner, Marcus Steinweg, Ann-Kathrin Eickhoff, Leona Koldehoff, Egidio Marzona, Saâdane Afif, Tacita Dean, Mario García Torres, and Jonathan Monk. New. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by The New York Cultural Center / Farleigh Dickinson University New York, NY, 1970
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[unpaginated]; 28 x 21.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 10 - August 25, 1970. Organized and catalogue compiled by Donald Karshan. Incorporates statements by conceptual artists in the show including Joseph Kosuth, Frederick Barthelme, On Kawara, Christine Kozlov, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurrell, Ian Burn, Roger Cutforth, Meld Ramsden, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Iain Baxter, Robert Barry, Hans Haacke, Daniel Buren, Bernar Venet, Ian WIlson, Mel Bochner, Saul Ostrow, Lawrence Weiner, Ed Ruscha, Donald Burgy, James Lee Byars, and Adrian Piper. Includes artists' biographies, bibliographies, and contribution list of participants. Catalogue contains no reproductions. Good / Very Good. Mild wear and soiling to covers and spine. Contents clean and unmarked. Includes slipped in two page text "The Seventies: Post-Object Art" by Donald Karhan issued in conjunction with the show and dated April 9, 1970.
Published by The New York Cultural Center / Farleigh Dickinson University New York, NY, 1970
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[unpaginated]; 28 x 21.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 10 - August 25, 1970. Organized and catalogue compiled by Donald Karshan. Incorporates statements by conceptual artists in the show including Joseph Kosuth, Frederick Barthelme, On Kawara, Christine Kozlov, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurrell, Ian Burn, Roger Cutforth, Meld Ramsden, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Iain Baxter, Robert Barry, Hans Haacke, Daniel Buren, Bernar Venet, Ian WIlson, Mel Bochner, Saul Ostrow, Lawrence Weiner, Ed Ruscha, Donald Burgy, James Lee Byars, and Adrian Piper. Includes artists' biographies, bibliographies, and contribution list of participants. Catalogue contains no reproductions. Good / Very Good. 4 cm., 3 mm., 9 mm., and 1.9 cm. of bumping to recto with light soiling and additional overall dust soiling of covers and a 2 mm. and 4 mm. spot of soiling to recto. 8 mm. tear and a 7 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine. 4.4 cm. of bumping adjacent to bottom edge of verso carrying through to last eight pages, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes two-sided sheet of text "The Seventies: Post-Object Art" by Donald Karshan with 3 mm. creases along length of top, bottom, and right edges of sheet with yellowing and tears measuring 4 mm., 3 mm., and 1 mm.
Published by The New York Cultural Center / Farleigh Dickinson University New York, NY, 1970
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[unpaginated]; 28 x 21.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 10 - August 25, 1970. Organized and catalogue compiled by Donald Karshan. Incorporates statements by conceptual artists in the show including Joseph Kosuth, Frederick Barthelme, On Kawara, Christine Kozlov, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurrell, Ian Burn, Roger Cutforth, Meld Ramsden, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Iain Baxter, Robert Barry, Hans Haacke, Daniel Buren, Bernar Venet, Ian WIlson, Mel Bochner, Saul Ostrow, Lawrence Weiner, Ed Ruscha, Donald Burgy, James Lee Byars, and Adrian Piper. Includes artists' biographies, bibliographies, and contribution list of participants. Catalogue contains no reproductions. Very Good. Rubbing of covers including a 16 mm. vertical mark on recto. 2 mm. dent on verso with 2.5 cm. area of light soiling. Includes two-sided sheet of text "The Seventies: Post-Object Art" by Donald Karshan, folded in two with two 1 mm. tears to right side edge and a 6 mm. dog-ear to top right corner of sheet. Contents clean and unmarked.
Published by Castelli Gallery / Galleria Sperone / Lithography Workshop, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design [NSCAD] New York / Torino / Nova Scotia, NY / Italy / Canada, 1973
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[52] pp.; 53 x 28.5 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size 2000; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed A tabloid style artists' project based on notions of exchange between Huebler and fifty artists. Text from cover: "50 signed original copies of this statement, (priced at $150 each), will constitute the only from of this piece for an indeterminate period of time. When the entire edition has been sold, presumably to 50 different 'owners', the net proceeds resulting from its sale will be used to structure and execute its final destiny." Text from first interior page: "After a period of months had passed no collector had purchased PART I of this work so it was re-designed in the following way: fifty people, not necessarily artists, were asked to accept the statement that constituted PART I in exchange for 'something of yours that you value as being worth $150.' As no 'net proceeds' resulted from the exchanges the 'final destiny' of the piece takes the form of the publication 'of all documents that accumulate as a result of its completion.' An edition of 2,000 newspaper type publications has been printed in order to bring the information concerning this work to a more general and larger audience at a very low cost." Incorporates the works of Eleanor Antin, Cazolari, Salvo, Alighiero Boetti, Hanne Darboven, Tim Zuck, David Askevold, John Goodyear, Lawrence Weiner, Roger Mazurquil, Charles Harper, Saul Ostrow, David Blume, Les Levine, Jack Burnham, Robert MacDonald, Carolyn Kite, Braco Dimitrijevic, John Pearson, Lucy Lippard, Tadashi Maeyama, Knimsa Kuriyama, Shyoji Kaneko, Kodo Tanaqua, Toshiyuki Sunohara, Hideharu Sato, Jum Mizukami, Hiroshi Kawatsu, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Gerald Ferguson, Boezem, Stanley Brouwn, Jan Dibbets, Adriaan Van Ravesteijn, Donald Burgy, Robert Barry, Christopher Cook, Edward Ruscha, Robert Cumming, Agnes Denes, Adrian Piper, Hans Haacke, John Baldessari, Sol LeWitt, Konrad Fischer, Daniel Buren, Gilbert & George, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Richards Jarden. Reference : No. A1973.03 in "Ed Ruscha : An Archive of Projects [Other Stuff]" by Robert Dean, Al Ruppersberg, David Platzker, Michael Friend. New York, NY : Gagosian, 2022, pp. 133. Fine. As issued, clean and unmarked.
Published by GAGOSIAN GALLERY/STEIDL VERLAG., NY/GOTTINGEN, 2007
First Edition
Unbound sheets. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Consists of unbound folded and gathered signatures. One of 3 sets produced prior to publication for purposes of final proofing, sent by the printer to the artist's office. The copies produced were intended solely for the artist, the editor & designer. Contents are very nearly fine, with one postage stamp-size abraided spot on front cover signature. 2 yellow post-its are still in place where last minute corrections were indicated. Third volume in a projected five-volume series. 165 paintings are detailed in color, along with a comprehensive bibliography and list of exhibitions, with chronology to 1987.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST. A FINE FIRST SMALL Fine/As New paperback original. A collaborative photo-narrative by Ruscha and Weiner, divided into nine chapters with chapter designations and one line of text: "In the year 2000 all racecar driving will be taken over by women." Concept and design by Ed Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner; photographs by Ruscha, Weiner, and Susan Haller; characters depicted by Haller, Shelley Chamberlain, and Suzanne Chandler.
Los Angeles, Heavy Industry Publications, 1978, 17.8x12.7cm, 120p., broché couvertures photographiques. 65 photographies de Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner et Susan Haller. Tirage de 3560 exemplaires. Etat neuf.Engberg B17. (102377) Livres.
17,8x12,8 cm. 120 n.n. S. Mit s/w. Fotos. Illustrierter Originalumschlag mit je einer farbigen Fotografie auf dem Vorder- und Hinterdeckel. Schwarz 24. - Originalausgabe. - Über die Auflage scheint Unklarheit zu herrschen. Schwarz gibt sie mit 1000 Exemplaren an, die Bibliographie von Ruscha mit 3600. - "Fotoroman" mit Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, Susan Haller. - Neuwertig.
Published by Los Angeles, Edward Ruscha & Lawrence Weiner, 1978
Seller: La Chambre Noire, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
Book First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Edition originale non justifiée. Broché, couverture photographique, dos muet, 178 x 141 mm. 51 photographies en noir et blanc viennent illustrer ce récit écrit par l artiste en collaboration avec Lawrence Weiner. Divisé en neuf chapitres, il est interprété par Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler et Susan Haller. Exemplaire en parfait état.
RUSCHA, EDWARD. Hard Light. Unpaginated artist's book with approximately 60 b&w illustrations. 8vo, wraps. Los Angeles, Edward Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner, 1978. First edition. A book divided into nine chapters. Each chapter represents a different scene in which women interact in different banal locations, costumes and "dramatic" circumstances. A variety of gestures, expressions and poses are recorded.
Published by Hollywood, CA, Heavy Industry Publications, 1978
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1978. First Edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Color and b&w photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Publisher's promotional card included. Slight curling towards fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Touch of curling and toning to edges of promotional card. A Near Fine copy of this scarce photo-novel, featuring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller.
Published by Self published, Los Angeles, 1978
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Stiff printed wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Black & white halftone photo reproductions on coated paper. Bound in color photo illustrated stiff laminated paper wraps. Small, discreet book stamp of former owner on blank preliminary, else fine. A photo-novel featuring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler and Susan Haller. The last in a series of sixteen small artist's books produced by Ruscha, this one in collaboration with conceptual artist Weiner. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.
Published by International General / Seth Siegelaub New York, NY, 1970
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[96] pp.; 10.5 x 16.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue / artist's book by Seth Siegelaub published in conjunction with group exhibition organized by Michel Claura, held in Paris in April 1970. Introductory text by Claura. Includes contributions by Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Jean-Pierre Djian, Gilbert & George, François Guinochet, Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, David Lamelas, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Edward Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Niele Toroni, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson. Texts in English, French, and German. References : "Six Years, The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 : A Cross-Reference Book of Information on Some Esthetic Boundaries . / edited and annotated by Lucy R. Lippard." by Lucy R. Lippard. Praeger Publishers Inc., NY / DC : Praeger Publishers Inc., 1973, pp. 79-80. "International General, Distributing Independently Produced Vanguard Art Books, Catalogues and Information" by Seth Siegelaub. New York, NY : International General, 1971. "Seth Siegelaub : Beyond Conceptual Art" by Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti, Marja Bloem, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jo Melvin, Götz Langkau, Matilda McQuaid, Alan Kennedy, Seth Siegelaub. Köln and Amsterdam, Germany / Netherlands : Verlag der Buchandlung Walther König / Stedelijk Museum, 2016, pp. 202-205. No. A1970.04 in "Ed Ruscha : An Archive of Projects [Other Stuff]" by Robert Dean, Al Ruppersberg, David Platzker, Michael Friend. New York, NY : Gagosian, 2022, pp. 113. Very Good. Light rubbing to black covers as typical for this publication. Contents clean an unmarred as issued.
Published by [Heavy Industries Publications], (Los Angeles), 1978
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. First printing. Signed first edition of Ruscha and Weiner's photo-novel, starring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller in a captivatingly oblique visual drama. The last of Ruscha's artist's books and one of only a few to admit a plausibly narrative reading, HARD LIGHT is also Ruscha's broadest collaboration: with Lawrence Weiner, credited as co-author, but also with Chamberlain, Chandler, and Haller, who, like actors in motion pictures, cannot help but interpret the direction given to them, and who drink coffee, wear jeans, and drive cars like the stars they are. (Haller is also noted as a third photographer by Engberg & Phillpot, though not in the book's sparse credits.) Buquet strains to see a "barely veiled reference to feminist demands" and potential "derisive" dialogue with Lynda Benglis, while Ruscha himself, interviewed while in the process of making the book, said only "We went out and got a few girls and shot some pictures." Critics are cautious and the author silent, but the book speaks. Uncommon signed. 7'' x 5''. Original glossy color wrappers. 65 photographic illustrations by Ruscha, Weiner, and Susan Haller. [120] pages. Signed by Ruscha in pen on front free endpaper. PROVENANCE: From the collection of longtime MIT Press editor Roger Conover, who published several books by and about Ruscha. Trace edgewear. Else clean, bright, and sharp.
Published by Museum of Modern Art and various publishers, 1966 -, 1977
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bookworks, the first exhibition of artist s books at the Musuem of Modern Art, was curated by Barbara London and ran from March 17- May 17 1977. The 9 page stapled catalog for the exhibition included a page of text by London and an alphabetical listing of the 189 included items by 147 different artists. Some of the books were displayed in vitrines, while those intended for public reading had a grommet hole punched into the upper left corner and were secured to prevent theft. This archive includes 15 of the grommet hole books that were in the original exhibition as well as a vintage copy of the 9 page checklist: Vito Acconci Think/Leap /Re-Think/Fall 1976; Laurie Anderson Notebook 1977; Mel Bochner Primer 1973; Christian Boltanski Souvenirs de Jeunesse Interpretes par Christian Boltanski nd c. 1975; Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes Chinese Whispers 1976; Dan Graham For Publication 1975; Rebecca Horn Dialogo della Vedova Paradisiaca 1976; Sol Lewitt Modular Drawings 1976; Richard Long The North Woods 1977; Gordon Matta-Clark Walls Paper 1973; Edward Ruscha Various Small Fires, 2nd ed. 1970; Fred Sandback 16 Variationen von 2 Diagonalen Linien 1972; Lawrence Weiner Statements 1968; William Wiley Ship s Log nd c. 1969; Dick Higgins ed. Manifestos Something Else Great Bear Pamphlet 1966. The condition of the books is generally only good since all have been handled by the original visitors and show moderate signs of handling, creases, yellowing, rubbing and edgewear; a few of the metal grommets are missing; Statements has a 2-inch tear to bottom of spine; the Sandback has a rough spine edge; the Ruscha has a pen mark to front cover. The books were acquired directly from Barbara London.