World Food Books

Progressive Russische Kunst
Der Aufbruch bis 1930 + Lev Nusberg und die Moskauer Gruppe "Bewegung"

1973, German
Softcover, 162 pages, 23 x 25 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Galerie Gmurzynska / Köln

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Published in 1973 by Galerie Gmurzynska in Cologne, this wonderful monographic catalogue is lavishly illustrated throughout with black and white and colour reproductions of many works (primarily painting and drawing) by Russian 20th Century artists with a portion of the book dedicated entirely to Lev Nusberg (b. 1937, Russian artist, architect and designer) and the Moscow art group "Bewegung" ("Movement"), a group of artists spearheading developments in kinetic art, founded in 1962. This group of artists permanently changed their forms of expression in an experimental manner and were known for provocative and non-systematic art works and actions.

Artists include Alexander Archipenko, Alexander Rodschenko, Alexander Rodtschenko, László Moholy-Nagy, Alexandra Exter, Alexej Jawlensky, Anatolij Krivcikov, Boris Diodorov, David Burlik, El Lissitzky, Francisco A. Infanté, Galerie Franz Schoen, Galina Georgievna Bitt, Georgij I. Lopakov, Gruppe Dvizenie, Issachar Ryback, Iwan Kljun, Iwan Kudriaschow, Iwan Puni, Juri Annenkow, Kasimir Malewitsch, Kugelbahnen, Lev Voldemarovich Nussberg, Ljubow Popowa, Marianna von Werefkin, Michail Larionow, Nadia Khodossievitch-Léger, Natalia Gontscharowa, Nathan Altmann, Naum Gabo, Nicolas Schöffers, Nikolay M. Suetin, Ossip Zadkin, Paul Mansouroff, Pavel Burdukov, Rimma Sapgir-Janevskaja, Serge Charchoune, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Viktor V. Stephanov, Vladimir Akulinin, Vladimir P. Galkin, Vladimir Scerbakov, Wassily Kandinsky, Wladimir Tatlin...

Condition: Good (light wear, clean throughout) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Alexander Archipenko Alexander Rodchenko Alexandra Exter Alexej Jawlensky Anatolij Krivcikov Boris Diodorov David Burlik El Lissitzky Francisco A. Infanté Galerie Franz Schoen Galina Georgievna Bitt Georgij I. Lopakov Gruppe Dvizenie Issachar Ryback Iwan Kljun Iwan Kudriaschow Iwan Puni Kugelbahnen László Moholy-Nagy Lev Voldemarovich Nussberg Marianna von Werefkin Michail Larionow Nadia Khodossievitch-Léger Natalia Gontscharowa Nathan Altmann Naum Gabo Nicolas Schöffers Nikolay M. Suetin Ossip Zadkin Paul Mansouroff Pavel Burdukov Rimma Sapgir-Janevskaja Serge Charchoune Viktor V. Stephanov Vladimir Akulinin Vladimir P. Galkin Vladimir Scerbakov Wassily Kandinsky Wladimir Tatlin Sonia Delaunay Kazimir Malevich Yuri Annenkov Galerie Gmurzynska / Köln Art Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Painting Group Shows / Collections

William E. Jones
Selections from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

2008, English
Softcover, 1st printing, 43 pages, 11 x 8.5"
Edition of 500,
Published by 2nd Cannons / Los Angeles

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Selections from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton telescopes 350 years, the period from the 1620s to the 1970s. It is what artist William E. Jones imagined Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy would have looked like had it appeared in the pages of Drummer magazine. In preparing the book, Jones condensed Burton’s vast 450,000-word masterpiece of 17th Century English literature to a small fraction of its length, and paired the excerpts with vintage images of leather men at work and play. Robert Burton was fascinated by the variations of human sexuality, albeit more as an observer than as a participant. He wrote about sex in covert Latin passages that are newly translated in Jones’s book. Selections from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton is a delightfully perverse condensation of Burton’s speculations on the sexual proclivities that subsequent generations of gay men put into exuberant practice.

File under: William E. Jones William E. Jones 2nd Cannons / Los Angeles Art Eros Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare SALE LGBTQ+

William E. Jones
Heliogabalus

2009, English
Softcover, 43 pages, 21.5 x 28 cm
Edition of 500,
Published by 2nd Cannons / Los Angeles

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The third release in a series of books by William E. Jones, Heliogabalus pays tribute to the most decadent Roman Emperor. Who was this creature who called himself Elagabalus, after El Gabal, god of the sun? What to make of his addiction to luxury, his overbearing mother, his controversial genitals? Enlightening texts can be found in the latest 2nd Cannons publication. The book features accounts of Heliogabalus by Edward Gibbon, Herodian, Cassius Dio, and the spurious Aelius Lampridius. It also contains a contemporary text, “This Necrophilic Strategy Entails Some Risk,” a collaboration by Bruce Hainley and William E. Jones, previously published only in expurgated form, and now presented with all lurid details intact.

Varius Avitus Bassanius, later known in his infamy as Heliogabalus, ruled Rome from 218 to 222 of the Common Era. After he was murdered by the soldiers who had formerly supported him, his successor, Alexander Severus, ordered that all sculptures of Heliogabalus be desecrated. The iconoclasm directed against Heliogabalus was so nearly complete that very few portraits of him still exist. William E. Jones has somewhat opportunistically dealt with the paucity of images of this imperial person by inserting advertisements from a bygone era at intervals in Heliogabalus. These advertisements, and the book’s design in general, derive from the pages of that avatar of 1970s urban culture, After Dark.

File under: William E. Jones Bruce Hainley William E. Jones 2nd Cannons / Los Angeles Art Eros Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare SALE LGBTQ+

Michael E. Smith

2013, English / German
Hardcover, 192 pages
1st Edition, Out of print title / As New,
Published by Ludwig Forum / Aachen Walther König / Köln

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The first major monographic catalogue surveying the art of Michael E. Smith (born Detroit 1977), published on occasion of the artist's solo exhibition at Ludwig Forum Aachen (April 21 - June 23 2013) and now out of print.
Besides essays by Brigitte Franzen, Alexander Koch, Simone Menegoi, Anna Sophia Schultz, and Chris Sharp, and an in-depth photographic survey of this major museum exhibition of Smith, the book also features a catalogue raisonné documenting Smith's work from 2007-2013.
Edited by Brigitte Franzen and Anna Sophia Schultz.

File under: Michael E. Smith Alexander Koch Anna Sophia Schultz Brigitte Franzen Chris Sharp Simone Menegoi Ludwig Forum / Aachen Walther König / Köln Art Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Art Against Art #4

2017, English
Softcover, 72 pages, 17 x 24 cm
Published by Art Against Art / Berlin

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EDITORIAL

The art market is being kept alive with constant stimulus in the form of Venice-Basel-Kassel-Athens-Frieze-TEFAF. As the series of electric shocks continue, the art market is still in a period of reconfiguration trying to find longevity in the new. Whereas the art fair format inherently lacks culture – merely being a market place/forum for where exchange takes place – the biennial format has become too broad to create lasting cultural meaning; therefore the art market must look elsewhere for metrics of value. But if it only finds mirrors of its own logic (the free market itself), it will do nothing more than to accelerate the process upon which it has been organizing itself.

Definitions of culture have traditionally meant that the market can reflect on them too to prevent it from being flippant and volatile. The free market functions anchorless and incomprehensible without definitions – landmines of bubbles created without any meta signifier or even private collections and museums springing up that hang on the whim of the collector/personality/entrepreneur rather than frames of reference that create wider cultural value.

Contemporary art will only be able to reach the appreciation and longevity of modern art when...

The Editors

CONTENTS

Editorial
Iain Robertson – What Drives the Value of Art?
Taslima Ahmed – Burning Man and the New Face of Art
Interview with Klaus Theweleit – No One Wins, It’s a War of Men - The Need for Cyborgs with Enhanced Human Potentials
Image Spread by Guan Xiao
Andrew Rankin – The Dangerous Art of Yukio Mishima
Antek Walczak – Boredom Year Point Oh
Image spread by Jeff Berwick
Samuel Veissière – Is the Self a Tulpa?
Artist edition by Marina Pinsky

File under: Antek Walczak Guan Xiao Jeff Berwick Manuel Gnam Marina Pinsky Taslima Ahmed Andrew Rankin Antek Walczak Iain Robertson Manuel Gnam Samuel Veissière Taslima Ahmed Art Against Art / Berlin Art Periodicals Theory / Essay

Anarchism and Feminism
Peggy Kornegger, Zero Collective, Kytha Kurin

1981, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 38 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Brickburner Press / Queensland

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Three important essays from Anarchist-Feminists theorists/writers Peggy Kornegger, Zero Collective, and Kytha Kurin, dating 1975-1980, published in 1981 by Backburner Press in Australia.
Originally appearing in the Anarchist journals Second Wave, Zero and Open Road, this publication contains "Anarchism: The Feminist Connection" by Peggy Kornegger, "Anarchism/Feminism" by Zero Collective, and "Anarcha-Feminism: Why the Hyphen?" by Kytha Kurin.

Condition: Good (general sun tanning and wear) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Kytha Kurin Peggy Kornegger Zero Collective Brickburner Press / Queensland Anarchism Counterculture Feminism Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay

Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Anthology

1980, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 72 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Dark Star / London

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Feminist anthology 4 QUIET RUMOURS brings together for the first time some of the key writings by anarcha-feminists from the early ’70’s. Originally only available as individual pamphlets, so popular they were continually re-printed, demand now justifies the appearance of this anthology. The various writers illustrate the clear parallels existing between feminist practice ― non-hierarchical, anti- authoritarian and de-centralist ― and the theories of anarchism. These timeless concerns are posed against the rigid dogmas and patriarchal states of our modern world. The re-issue of these essays will undoubtably provoke thought and debate - as they have done ever since their first appearance.

Texts by Black Rose Anarcho-Feminists, Lynne Farrow, Peggy Kornegger, Marian Leighton, Voltairine de Cleyre, Carol Ehrlich.

Condition: Good (general sun tanning and wear) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Black Rose Anarcho-Feminists Carol Ehrlich Lynne Farrow Marian Leighton Peggy Kornegger Voltairine de Cleyre Dark Star / London Anarchism Counterculture Feminism Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay

About Anarchism
by Nicolas Walter

1980, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 34 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Brickburner Press / Queensland

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"This introduction to anarchism was first published in June 1969 as the hundredth issue of the monthly magazine Anarchy, and was immediately reprinted as a separate pamphlet. It was reprinted again in 1971, and it has also been translated into Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian (twice), Japanese, Spanish (twice), and Yiddish (in Argentina). This new edition is unchanged except for the addition of this paragraph, of a new penultimate paragraph in the section on “The individual and society”, and of a new postscript at the end." - Brickburner Press, January 1977

1980 Australian reprint of Nicolas Walter's seminal essay "About Anarchism". Nicolas Hardy Walter was a British anarchist and atheist writer, speaker and activist. He was a member of the Committee of 100 and Spies for Peace, and wrote on topics of anarchism and humanism.

Contents: WHAT ANARCHISTS BELIEVE; HOW ANARCHISTS DIFFER; WHAT ANARCHISTS WANT; WHAT ANARCHISTS DO

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File under: Nicolas Walter Brickburner Press / Queensland Anarchism Counterculture Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay

Anarchism: Its Aims and Purposes
by Rudolf Rocker

1996, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 18 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Free Labour / Brunswick

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"I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal." - Rudolf Rocker

"Rudolf Rocker (1873 - 1958) was a German anarchist who was forced into exile in 1892. He settled in Britain in 1895 and, though himself not Jewish, was active in the Jewish movement until he was interned and later deported during World War 1. He was active back in Germany until the rise of Hitler forced him into exile again, and he spent the rest of his life in the USA. Anarchism: Its Aims and Purposes is the first chapter of Rudolf Rocker's libertarian classic Anarchosyndicalism, originally published in 1938 by Martin Secker and Warbug. Anarchosyndicalism has been reprinted several times since and appears in a revised and abridged version as Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism. An attempt has been made within the text of this pamphlet to soften the gender-specific language, a product, apparently, of pre-feminist times. Where possible, the original text has been left unaltered. Where this has been impossible, substitute ”man," "his" or ”him" for the word appearing in the brackets to return to the original text."

Reprinted in 1996 by Brunswick's Free Labour Press, this

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File under: Rudolf Rocker Free Labour / Brunswick Anarchism Counterculture Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay

Notes on Anarchism

Softcover (staple-bound), 20 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Jura Books / NSW

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An undated Australian reprint of this seminal essay by American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist, Noam Chomsky, first published in the 1973 collection For Reasons Of State. Published by Sydney's Jura Books.

Condition: Very Good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Jura Books Noam Chomsky Jura Books / NSW Anarchism Counterculture Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay

Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy, 1961–1970
edited by Daniel Poyner

2013, English
Softcover, 304 pages, 24 × 17 cm
Published by Hyphen Press / London

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Anarchy was a journal of ideas published in London in the 1960s. Although its contributors were many and diverse, Anarchy was essentially the creation of one person, Colin Ward (1924–2010). With this journal, and throughout his work as a writer, editor, and activist, Ward proposed the idea that anarchist principles of mutual aid and autonomous organization outside a centralized state can be achieved here and now. This book gives attention for the first time to the covers of Anarchy, designed mostly by Rufus Segar. These little-known works provided the enticing entry to the plain text pages of the journal. The book reproduces all of the covers in a sequence that suggests, incidentally, something of the history of graphic design in Britain in those years. And it goes beyond the images, with an array of supporting texts that give a full picture of Anarchy and its context.

Contents
Daniel Poyner, Introduction

The covers of Anarchy

Raphael Samuel, ‘Utopian sociology’
Daniel Poyner, A conversation with Rufus Segar
Richard Hollis, ‘Anarchy and the 1960s’
Robin Kinross, An index to Anarchy

‘Autonomy’ doesn’t try to present Segar as some great innovator of graphic design. He wasn’t one and makes no claim to be. What the book sets out to do, and it succeeds magnificently without visual or verbal hyperbole, is to enrich and add nuance to our understanding of a 1960s graphic landscape we might think we know inside out by acquainting us with unfamiliar work that provided an important forward-thinking publication with its public face. Segar believed in the journal’s cause and 40 years later, he reports, he and his wife Sheila are still anarchists.
Rick Poynor, Creative Review, January 2013

File under: Richard Hollis Rufus Segar Daniel Poyner Richard Hollis Robin Kinross Hyphen Press / London Anarchism Counterculture Graphic Design / Typography Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Theory / Essay SALE

Texte Zur Kunst No. 106
JUNE 2017 : "THE NEW NEW LEFT“

2017, English / German
Softcover, 248 pages, 23 x 16.5 cm
Published by Texte Zur Kunst / Berlin

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The theme of this issue - The New New Left - is not entirely “new new,” as indeed it relates to the old anti-capitalist Left in its insistence on a theoretical analysis of capitalism and the price paid by many in such a system. But as the discourses and strategies long associated with the Left (workerism, identity politics, or the mode of the avant-gardist troll) have been adopted by anti-progressive outlets, it has become increasingly complex to locate a Left stance from which to effectively speak and act. This issue explores the affective mechanisms and media strategies – from the rise of viral content (memes) to the harvesting and right-wing politicization of emotions – that are producing our post-millennial, post-financial crisis, post-Brexit/Trump present.

Issue No. 106 / June 2017 "The New New Left“

Table Of Contents

Preface
Cultural Resources / Sabine Hark And Sighard Neckel In Conversation On Feelings Of Resentment And Revenge

Verena Dengler
Fake Left, Punch Right

Jaleh Mansoor
Unveiling And/Or Re-Masking / Notes On The Political Dialectics Of The Opacity Of The Sign

Seth Price
Wrong Seeing, Odd Thinking, Strange Action

Matt Goerzen
Notes Toward The Memes Of Production

Diedrich Diederichsen
The Tough Stuff / “Populism," "Political Correctness," And The Like

Simon Denny
Face The Market On Your Own

Klaus Walter
Liberté, Egalité, Beyoncé?

Dan Bodan
Europe, 2016-17 / Selected Status Updates Of Recent Months
Bildstrecke

Kayode Ojo
Become What You Fear

New Development
Ana Teixeira Pinto
Artwashing / Nrx And The Alt-Right

Rotation
Obsessive, Compulsive, Disorder / Johanna Burton On Douglas Crimp’s “Before Pictures”
Probing Attitudes / Philipp Ekardt On “Putting Rehearsals To The Test” (Buchmann, Lafer, Ruhm, Eds.)
In Experimenten Seine Vernunft Aufs Spiel Setzen / Stefan Römer Über Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, „Der Kupferstecher Und Der Philosoph. Albert Flocon Trifft Gaston Bachelard“

Reviews
Nachrichten Aus Der Ideologischen Antike / Georg Imdahl Über Wade Guyton Im Museum Brandhorst
Schwere Verspannungen Lösen / Eva Scharrer Über Nairy Baghramian Im S.M.A.K. In Gent
Deviant Art / Dena Yago On Danny Mcdonald At House Of Gaga, Los Angeles
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is / Tina Schulz Über Nora Schultz Bei Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Reverse Cubism Als Betrachtungsirrtum / Gunter Reski Über Pieter Schoolwerth Bei Capitain Petzel, Berlin
Mad World / Steven Warwick On Liz Craft & Pentti Monkkonen At Liszt, Berlin
Public Viewing / Moritz Scheper Über Sadie Benning In Der Kunsthalle Basel
Eye In The Sky / Ilya Lipkin On Ned Vena At Societé, Berlin
Kritische Stoffe, Shoppinglust Und Andere Ambivalenzen / Ines Kleesattel Über Ines Doujak (Und John Barker) Im Württembergischen Kunstverein
In Einem Anderem Land / Christian Kravagna Über „The Color Line“ Im Musée Du Quai Branly, Paris
Mehr Epistemischer Ungehorsam! / Susanne Witzgall Über „Postwar: Kunst Zwischen Pazifik Und Atlantik 1945–1965“ Im Haus Der Kunst, München
With Or Without / Christian Philipp Müller On Yuji Agematsu At Miguel Abreu Gallery, Nyc
Kommunikation Ist Kein Objekt / Fiona Geuß Über Ian Wilson In Den Kw Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin

Nachruf
Gustav Metzger (1926–2017): Ein Nachruf Von Sabine Breitwieser

Edition

Anne Imhof
Sean Landers

File under: Anne Imhof Danny McDonald Dena Yago Ian Wilson Liz Craft Nairy Baghramian Ned Vena Nora Schultz Pentti Monkkonen Sadie Benning Sean Landers Simon Denny Wade Guyton Yuji Agematsu Ana Teixeira Pinto Christian Philipp Müller Dan Bodan Dena Yago Diedrich Diederichsen Douglas Crimp Eva Scharrer Ilya Lipkin Johanna Burton Kayode Ojo Klaus Walter Matt Goerzen Philipp Ekardt Sabine Hark Sighard Neckel Steven Warwick Tina Schulz Texte Zur Kunst / Berlin Art Film / Video Periodicals Theory / Essay

Dissect 3

2016, English
Softcover, 302 pages, 13 x 19 cm
Published by Dissect / Melbourne

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The cultural framework and biopolitics of capitalist globalisation has resulted in an increased concentration on the body as a site of production—in contemporary art as in life. Just as the historical avant-gardes sought to overcome art’s autonomous and isolated relationship to society by way of inviting in the ‘praxis of life’; so do contemporary artists whose focus is bodies and subjectivities. In an ever-emergent bio-economy, it is not just the body, but subjects and their lives that are crucial to value creation.

Contributors
Philip Auslander, Dodie Bellamy, Eva Birch, Cristine Brache, Ramsay Burt, Travis Chamberlain, Amy Charlesworth, James Ferraro, Karen Finley, Andrea Fraser, Tim Gentles, Isabelle Graw, Amelia Groom, Aurelia Guo, K8 Hardy, Chris Kraus, Ruth O’Leary, Tanja Ostojic, Carol Que, Ander Rennick, Audrey Schmidt, Phebe Schmidt, Eleanor Ivory Weber, Katie West, Amelia Winata, Jarrod Zlatic

Designed by Clare Wohlnick
Edited by Audrey Schmidt, Chloe Sugden and Zoe Theodore

File under: Ander Rennick Andrea Fraser Aurelia Guo Bunny Rogers Chris Kraus James Ferraro Jarrod Zlatic K8 Hardy Phebe Schmidt Ruth O’Leary Amelia Groom Audrey Schmidt Aurelia Guo Carol Que Chris Kraus Cristine Brache Dodie Bellamy Eleanor Ivory Weber Eva Birch Isabelle Graw Jarrod Zlatic Philip Auslander Ramsay Burt Tanja Ostojic Tim Gentles Dissect / Melbourne Art Australian Art Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Theory / Essay

Other Primary Structures

2013, English
Softcover (two-volumes in plastic jacket), 116 pages, 21.6 x 24.7 cm
Published by Yale University Press / New Haven

$48.00 - Out of stock

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The landmark Jewish Museum exhibition Primary Structures offered the first presentation of Minimalist sculptures in the United States, in 1966. The accompanying catalogue by Kynaston McShine became a key resource on artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt, who were virtually unknown at the time. Other Primary Structures is a long-overdue reintroduction of this classic, out-of-print text. This two-volume set includes a replica of the original catalogue, plus a new companion volume by Jens Hoffmann that offers a global survey of early Minimalist sculpture during the 1960s and 1970s, featuring important sculptors from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, and complementing the earlier catalogue's focus on American and British artists. Beautifully designed, this publication comes enclosed in a clear jacket that pays homage to the original catalogue's iconic cover. Other Primary Structures is invaluable for the study of modern art history and provides an authoritative survey of Minimalist sculpture in the 1960s.

Artists:
Carl Andre, Lyman Kipp, Tim Scott, Richard Van Buren, Isaac Witkin, Tony DeLap, Tom Doyle, Richard Artschwager, Michael Bolus, Paul Frazier, Douglas Huebler, John McCracken, Peter Phillips, Anne Truitt, Ronald Bladen, Robert Grosvenor, Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Larry Bell, Walter de Maria, Sol LeWitt, Daniel Gorski, David Gray, David Hall, Phillip King, John McCracken, Peter Pinchbeck, Michael Todd, Derrick Woodham, Rasheed Araeen, Sérgio Camargo, Willys de Castro, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lygia Clark, Noemí Escandell, Gego, Stanislav Kolíbal, Edward Krasiński, David Lamelas, David Medalla, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, Alejandro Puente, Norberto Puzzolo, Branko Vlahović, Oscar Bony, Benni Efrat, Yoshida Katsurō, Stanislav Kolíbal, Susumu Koshimiz, Ivan Kožarić, David Lamelas, Amir Nour, Juan Pablo Renzi, Nobuo Sekine, Antonieta Sosa, Kishio Suga, Jirō Takamatsu, Lee Ufan

File under: Alejandro Puente Amir Nour Anne Truitt Antonieta Sosa Benni Efrat Branko Vlahović Carl Andre Daniel Gorski David Gray David Hall David Lamelas David Medalla Derrick Woodham Donald Judd Douglas Huebler Edward Krasiński Gego Hélio Oiticica Isaac Witkin Ivan Kožarić Jiro Takamatsu John McCracken Juan Pablo Renzi Kishio Suga Larry Bell Lee Ufan Lygia Clark Lygia Pape Lyman Kipp Michael Bolus Michael Todd Nobuo Sekine Noemí Escandell Norberto Puzzolo Oscar Bony Paul Frazier Peter Phillips Peter Pinchbeck Phillip King Rasheed Araeen Richard Artschwager Richard Van Buren Robert Grosvenor Robert Morris Ronald Bladen Saloua Raouda Choucair Sérgio Camargo Sol Lewitt Stanislav Kolíbal Tim Scott Tom Doyle Tony DeLap Walter de Maria Willys de Castro Yoshida Katsurō Susumu Koshimizu Kynaston McShine Yale University Press / New Haven Art Conceptual Art Minimal Art Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections

Lonnie Holley
Something to Take My Place - The Art of Lonnie Holley

2016, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 216 pages, 26 x 28 cm
Published by Halsey Institute Contemporary Art / United States

$68.00 - Out of stock

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Lonnie Holley (born 1950), acclaimed by The New York Times as "the Insider's Outsider," is best known for his assemblage sculptures incorporating natural and man-made materials, often cast off or discarded; he has recently also begun to make music, through the Dust-to-Digital label. Legendary for his environmental assemblage that spread over two acres of his property in Birmingham, Alabama--now destroyed--Holley scavenges and repurposes found objects in the service of a personal philosophy of renewal and rejuvenation. This is the first monograph on Holley's work in more than a decade. Illustrated with reproductions of more than 70 of Holley's sculptures, it provides a comprehensive overview of Holley's art, life and philosophy, with essays by Mark Sloan, Leslie Umberger, Bernard L. Herman and an "as-told-to" autobiography recorded by noted oral historian Theodore Rosengarten.

File under: Lonnie Holley Bernard L. Herman Leslie Umberger Mark Sloan Theodore Rosengarten Halsey Institute Contemporary Art / United States Art Sculpture / Installation

Sam Gilliam
A Retrospective

2005, English
Softcover (w. French folds), 237 pages, 23 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by University of California Press / Berkley

$50.00 - Out of stock

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In 1968 Gilliam liberated his abstract expressionist canvases from their stretchers and suspended his "ecstatically" colorful paintings like banners or drapery, thus launching a remarkably vibrant career. Yet this is the first full-length book devoted to Gilliam, the best-known African American abstract painter, a much-needed volume produced in sync with a landmark traveling retrospective exhibition. Binstock, curator of contemporary art at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., tracks the evolution of Gilliam's innovative techniques and unabashedly beautiful and often misunderstood work, from subtly layered and delicately atmospheric paintings resembling frost on glass and fossils in stone to more densely textured and earthier canvases; elaborately patterned, painted assemblages; and monochromatic paintings on wood. Binstock also sensitively chronicles the reception of Gilliam's work, including the criticism that Gilliam's abstractions don't overtly reflect African American life. Determined to follow his artistic vision and revel in his independence, Gilliam observes, and all art lovers will concur, that "art is at least as important as politics when it comes to creating new ways of thinking about society and moving it forward." Donna Seaman

Published in 2005, this monograph on the work of Sam Gilliam features texts by Jonathan P. Binstock, Walter Hopps, and Jacquelyn D. Serwer, alongside a chronology, exhibition list, bibliography and countless colour and black and white reproductions of Gilliam's work.

Condition: Very Good/Fine (Almost as new condition with only minor shelf wear) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request

File under: Sam Gilliam Jacquelyn D. Serwer Jonathan P. Binstock Walter Hopps University of California Press / Berkley Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting

H.R. Giger
H.R. Giger's Necronomicon II

2005, Japanese
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 98 pages (w. fold-outs), 42 x 30 cm
1st Japanese edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Pan-Exotica / Tokyo

$140.00 - Out of stock

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"The "Necronomicon" is a legendary magical book that is kept in inaccessible places only in a few, incompletely preserved specimens because it could have disastrous consequences if it fell into the wrong hands. It was written down around 730 AD in Yemen by the legendary Abdul Al Azred. It is said to tell of things and events that took place in the gray age, and illustrations of uncanny creatures lurking in the depths of the earth and the seas, one day destroying mankind and striking the world.
Al Azred's "Necronomicon" is a kind of museum of the most wonderful abominations and perversions. The well-known writer HP Lovecraft was the first to report in his "Cthulhu" mythology of this work. Many other science fiction and fantasy writers have quoted this fictional work time and again, but it has only become a visual reality in "HR Giger's Necronomicon"!"

The second volume of this oversized and visually overwhelming collection takes us further through the incredible history of one of the most brilliant fantasy artists of the century. Reproducing Giger's award-winning work for the film ALIEN, his paintings, environments, sculptural works, his work for "The Tourist", collaborations with Blondie's Debbie Harry, his "New York City" series from the late 1970's and much more, all beautifully reproduced in full-colour and black and white, full-bleed spreads, including fold-out pages. Also includes interviews, texts, biography. These Giger folio books have become very desirable, collectable editions in their various printings around the world, the series encompassing the work of one of the world's most unique and influential visionaries.

Published first in 1985 in Europe, this is the first Japanese edition, published by Pan-Exotica.

Condition: Very Good (very little wear, almost As New) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Alejandro Jodorowsky H.R. Giger Pan-Exotica / Tokyo Art Drawing Eros Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Painting Sculpture / Installation

Giger's Alien
Film Design

1979, English
Softcover, 76 pages, 29.7 x 29.7 cm
2nd 1994 print, out of print title / used*,
Published by Morpheus International / US

$65.00 - Out of stock

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"Giger's Alien provides a complete record of the months and months of painstaking work that resulted in two hours of terrifying celluloid. Sketches, original paintings, photographs of scenery and the Alien under construction and scenes from the film are linked by Giger's detailed diary of his thoughts and actions at the time".
First published in 1979, here the Morpheus International second printing, "Giger's Alien" is a visually stunning and wonderfully insightful book for any fan of the art of H.R. Giger or in the production of science-fiction.

Condition: Good (general light creasing wear to covers and inscription by previous owner to front endpaper, otherwise tight and clean throughout) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: H.R. Giger Morpheus International / US Art Graphic Design / Typography Drawing Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova
The Inner Light : Sculpture by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova

2002, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 120 pages, 28.8 x 22.4 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by University of Washington Press / Washington

$20.00 - Out of stock

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Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova have spent almost fifty years refining the art of casting large sculptures made of delicately colored glass. Their achievements have won them a place among the leading artists working in their medium. The Inner Light gives special prominence to the most recent work of this celebrated team. Libensky and Brychtova have mastered the complex technical and aesthetic demands of glass, using the material's unique properties to create works on a par with the best of modern sculpture. Their work uses changes in surface treatment, the dynamics of intersecting planes, and the presence of voids within the sculptures to control the way light is held, transmuted, and radiated in the presence of the observer. Robert Kehlmann places their aesthetic in the context of the Czech intellectual and artistic climate that played an important formative role in their development, with particular attention to the influence of Czech cubism. His essay takes a close look at their latest body of work, which utilizes monumental forms to probe issues relating to life, death, and the afterlife. Two interviews provide further insight into Libensky and Brychtova's creative process. Kehlmann's conversation with art historian Jiri Setlik, a close friend of the artists, gives a personal perspective on their work. Setlik is vice-director of the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design, Prague, and has written extensively about Libensky and Brychtova's work. A lively interview with the artists themselves provides yet a fuller sense of the collaborative process behind their luminous and mysterious sculptures. Robert Kehlmann is an artist and critic who lives and works in Berkeley, California. He has published widely on the subject of glass art and is the author of Twentieth Century Stained Glass: A New Definition. His own glass art has been featured in many exhibits and publications.

Condition: Very Good (light wear to dust jacket edges, clean throughout) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Jaroslava Brychtova Stanislav Libensky University of Washington Press / Washington Art Ceramics / Glass Sculpture / Installation

REAL LIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994

2007, English
Softcover, 21 x 28 cm, 320 pages
Published by Primary Information / New York

$59.00 - In stock -

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REAL LIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994 highlights a selection of writings and artists' projects from REAL LIFE magazine, which was originally edited by artist, writer, and curator, Thomas Lawson and writer, Susan Morgan. Published in twenty-three issues from 1979-1994 as an intermittent black and white magazine, REAL LIFE featured artists and art historians writing on art, media and popular culture interspersed with pictorial contributions. The development of the magazine through its 15 year history, traces the influences, development and transitions of artists through the 80s.

The anthology features writings by and about Dara Birnbaum, Eric Bogosian, Rhys Chatham, Mark Dion, Jack Goldstein, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Kim Gordon, Dan Graham, Thomas Lawson, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Allan McCollum, John Miller, Dave Muller, Matt Mullican, Adrian Piper, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Michael Smith, John Stezaker, Bernard Tschumi, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, and James Welling among others.
Table of Contents:
Thomas Lawson and Susan Morgan: Various Histories of REAL LIFE Magazine
Matthew Higgs: REAL LIFE

Susan Morgan: an interview with Robert Moskowitz, 1979
Valentin Tatransky: Collage And The Problem Of Representation: Sherrie Levine's new work, 1979
Grahame Shane: Crime as Function, 1979
Susan Morgan: an interview with Steve Gianakos, 1979
Barbara Kruger: Game Show, 1979
James Welling: Untitled, 1979
Thomas Lawson: Every Picture Tells A Story Don't It? 1979
Thomas Lawson: Fashion Moda, 1980
Richard Prince: Primary Transfers, 1980
Dan Graham: The Destroyed Room of Jeff Wall, 1980
Kim Gordon: Trash Drugs And Male Bonding, 1980
Thomas Lawson: Going Places, 1980
Susan Morgan: Michael Hurson, 1980
Barbara Kruger: Devils With Red Dresses On, 1980
Thomas Lawson: Long Distance Information, 1980
Joseph Bishop: Desperate Character, 1980
Richard Prince: Menthol Pictures, 1980
Laurie Simmons: Sam and Dottie Dance, 1980
Jim Bradley: Radical Genitalia, 1980
Allan McCollum: Matt Mullican's World, 1980
Michael Smith: Mike In... What Should I Do About The Car? 1980
Sherrie Levine: Two Photographs After Walker Evans, 1980
Kim Gordon: Honeymoon Habit, 1980
Post-Modernism: a symposium, 1981
Dan Graham: BOWWOWWOW (the Age of Piracy), 1981
Howard Singerman: The Artist as Adolescent, 1981
Elsa Bulgari: Your Everyday Critic, 1981
Thomas Lawson: Too Good to be True, 1981
Jenny Bolande: Elk Grazed as if Nothing Had Happened, 1981
David Robbins: Notes toward film, 1981
Eric Bogosian: Fascination, 1981
Fulton Ryder: Pissing on Ice, 1981
Joan Wallace and Geralyn Donohue: Edit deAk, 1982
Rex Reason: Democratism, 1982
The Holy Ghost Writers: Condensation and Dish-Placement, 1982-3
Howard Singerman: Paragraphs toward an essay entitled 'Restoration Comedies', 1982-3
John Roberts: Ruins in the Realm of Thought, 1983
Paul McMahon: From The Permanent Collection, 1983
Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins: Beyond the Pale, 1983
Kathi Norklun: Courage, 1983
Tim Rollins: Particles, 1980-1983, 1983-4
Doug Ashford: Kiss of Death, 1983-4
Thomas Lawson: Komar & Melamid, 1983-4
Robin Winters: The Secret Agent: an interview with Jacki Ochs , 1983-4
Robert C. Morgan: a conversation with Lawrence Weiner , 1983-4
Judith Kirshner: A Blinding Light , 1983-4
Rex Reason: Brie Popcorn: an interview with the directors of Nature Morte Gallery, 1983-4
John Miller: Morality and the Poetic, 1984
Susan Morgan: Portraits of the Artists/Composite Drawings, 1984
B.P. Gutfreund: Four Photographs, 1984
Susan Morgan: Each and Every One of You, 1985
Mark Dion: Tales From The Dark Side, 1985
Jeff Wall: Dan Graham's Kammerspiel Parts I and II, 1985
Jana Sterbak: Premeditated: an interview with Ed Ruscha, 1985
Walter Robinson: The Quest For Failure, 1985-6
Derek Boshier: John Dugger, 1985-6
John A.Walker: Unholy Alliance: Chairman Mao, Andy Warhol, and the Saatchis, 1985-6
Kellie Jones: David Hammons, 1986
John Miller: Swiss Family Robbins, 1986
Adrian Piper: An Open Letter to Donald Kuspit, 1987-8
Susan Morgan: when X does not equal Y , 1987-8
Thomas Lawson: Critical Art Ensemble, 1988-9
Christine N. Lea: Beyond Belief, 1988-9
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Untitled 1988: Detail of a Sculpture (Endless Copies), 1988-9
Thomas Lawson: No Bull, 1990
Allan McCollum: Photo from TV (with Paintings), 1990
Dara Birnbaum: The Wondering Of Context, 1990
James Welling: Corridors, 1989, 1990
Michael Smith and R. Sikoryak: Mike, 1990
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Untitled, 1990
Judith Barry: Drive-In or Walk-In Museum, 1990
Group Material: AIDS Timeline, 1990
David Robbins: Three Cancelled TV Families, 1990
Louise Lawler: Untitled 1988, 1990
Susan Morgan: Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, 1994
Josef Strau and Stephan Dillemuth: Friesenwall 120, 1994
David A. Muller: Three Day Weekend, 1994
Spencer Finch: Amnesia And Saying Nothing, 1994

File under: Adrian Piper Allan McCollum Andy Warhol Barbara Kruger Critical Art Ensemble Dan Graham Dara Birnbaum David Hammons Ed Ruscha Felix Gonzalez-Torres Group Material Jack Goldstein James Welling Jeff Wall Jo Baer John Miller Josef Strau Judith Barry Kim Gordon Lawrence Weiner Louise Lawler Matt Mullican Rhys Chatham Richard Prince Robin Winters Sherrie Levine Stephan Dillemuth Matthew Higgs Miriam Katzeff Susan Morgan Thomas Lawson Primary Information / New York Art Fiction / Poetry Photography Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay Group Shows / Collections Painting Periodicals

David Hammons
Been There and Back

1995, English / German
Softcover, 48 pages, 21 x 26.5 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Salzburger Kunstverein / Salzburg

$190.00 - Out of stock

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Very rare catalogue published on the occasion of David Hammons' solo European institutional exhibition "Been There and Back" at Salzburger Kunstverein, 4 August - 27 September 1995. Catalogue features colour documentation of the exhibition installation, plus individual works, alongside essays by Silvia Eiblmayr and Dawoud Bey.

Condition: Very Good-Fine – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: David Hammons Dawoud Bey Silvia Eiblmayr Salzburger Kunstverein / Salzburg Art Conceptual Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

F.R. David
Spring 2017 : Inverted Commas

2017, English
Softcover, 240 pages, 12 x 19 cm
Published by KW Institute for Contemporary Art / Berlin Uh Books / Amsterdam

$20.00 - Out of stock

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F.R.DAVID is a typographical journal, edited by Will Holder, dealing with the organisation of reading and writing in contemporary art practises. This 13th issue of F.R.DAVID is edited with Riet Wijnen, and has its origins in her Registry of Pseudonyms, an online database which accounts for who is who and why who is who. ‘Inverted Commas’ follows ‘pseudonym’ through names, naming, bodies, brains, self, author, other, reader, labour.

Includes: Michael Asher, Joan Didion, Harun Farocki, Sven Lütticken, Lucy Lippard, Barbara Guest, A.H. Nijhoff, Will Holder, Pauline Oliveros, and many more.

File under: Harun Farocki Michael Asher Pauline Oliveros Will Holder A.H. Nijhoff Barbara Guest Harun Farocki Joan Didion Sven Lütticken Will Holder Lucy R. Lippard KW Institute for Contemporary Art / Berlin Uh Books / Amsterdam Art Graphic Design / Typography Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Periodicals Poetry Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Peter Max
GOD (with words of Swami Sivananda, Himalayas)

1st edition, Out of print title / used*
Hardcover, 34 pages, 15 x 15 cm
Published by William Morrow and Co. / New York

$40.00 - Out of stock

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"God", published in 1970, from the iconic series of popular books illustrated by American graphic artist Peter Max with words of Swami Sivananda, Himalayas, who was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. The 4 book series was made up of God/Thought/Peace/Love. Hardcover. First Edition.

"Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-born American illustrator and graphic artist, known for the use of psychedelic shapes and color palettes as well as spectra in his work. Max's art work was first identified as having been a popular part of the counter culture and psychedelic movements in graphic design during the late 1960s and early 1970s - works in this style appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms across America. In 1962, Max started a small Manhattan arts studio known as "The Daly & Max Studio," with friend Tom Daly. Daly and Max were joined by friend and mentor Don Rubbo, and the three worked as a group on books and advertising for which they received industry recognition. Much of their work incorporated antique photographic images as elements of collage. Max's interest in astronomy contributed to his self described "Cosmic '60s" period, which featured what became identified as psychedelic, counter culture imagery. Max's art was popularized nationally through TV commercials such as his 1968 "un cola" ad for the soft drink 7-UP. He is known for using bursts of color, often containing much or all of the visible spectrum. His work was both influenced by, as well as widely imitated by, others in the field of commercial illustration. Max then became fascinated with new printing techniques that allowed for four-color reproduction on product merchandise. In 1970, many of Max's products and posters were featured in the exhibition "The World of Peter Max," which opened at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco. The United States Postal Service commissioned Max to create the 10-cent postage stamp to commemorate the Expo '74 World's Fair in Washington, and Max drew a colorful psychedelic scene with a "Cosmic Jumper" and a "Smiling Sage" against a backdrop of a cloud, sun rays and a ship at sea on the theme of "Preserve the Environment." Max's work has since been recognised through work with everyone from the 1994 World Cup, Yes, The World Series between the New York Yankees and Mets, and Taylor Swift."

Condition: Good (general wear to covers) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Peter Max Swami Sivananda William Morrow and Co. / New York Graphic Design / Typography Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare

Peter Max

1976, Japanese
Softcover (w. dust-jacket), 128 pages, 15 × 21cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by PARCO / Tokyo

$140.00 - Out of stock

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A strangely very scarce Peter Max book, published by PARCO in Tokyo, for a major exhibition held in Japan in 1976.

Spanning the 1960s-mid 1970s, this elegant publication is entirely made up of page after page of Max's vibrant paintings, sketches, prints and collages, so many of which have not been reproduced in any other book. The sketches in here are of particular interest. Many figurative studies, as well as flowers, fantastic landscapes and his famed "Cosmic Jumper", all in Max's distinct style. A modest, yet very generous and handsomely designed Japanese book on Max's iconic graphic and illustrative work.

"Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-born American illustrator and graphic artist, known for the use of psychedelic shapes and color palettes as well as spectra in his work. Max's art work was first identified as having been a popular part of the counter culture and psychedelic movements in graphic design during the late 1960s and early 1970s - works in this style appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms across America. In 1962, Max started a small Manhattan arts studio known as "The Daly & Max Studio," with friend Tom Daly. Daly and Max were joined by friend and mentor Don Rubbo, and the three worked as a group on books and advertising for which they received industry recognition. Much of their work incorporated antique photographic images as elements of collage. Max's interest in astronomy contributed to his self described "Cosmic '60s" period, which featured what became identified as psychedelic, counter culture imagery. Max's art was popularized nationally through TV commercials such as his 1968 "un cola" ad for the soft drink 7-UP. He is known for using bursts of color, often containing much or all of the visible spectrum. His work was both influenced by, as well as widely imitated by, others in the field of commercial illustration. Max then became fascinated with new printing techniques that allowed for four-color reproduction on product merchandise. In 1970, many of Max's products and posters were featured in the exhibition "The World of Peter Max," which opened at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco. The United States Postal Service commissioned Max to create the 10-cent postage stamp to commemorate the Expo '74 World's Fair in Washington, and Max drew a colorful psychedelic scene with a "Cosmic Jumper" and a "Smiling Sage" against a backdrop of a cloud, sun rays and a ship at sea on the theme of "Preserve the Environment." Max's work has since been recognised through work with everyone from the 1994 World Cup, Yes, The World Series between the New York Yankees and Mets, and Taylor Swift."

Condition: Very Good/Fine (almost as new, in illustrated protective wrap, pages clean and bright) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Peter Max PARCO / Tokyo Art Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare

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