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The Sacred Conspiracy : The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acephale and Lecturers to the College of Sociology
by Georges Bataille

2018, English
Hardcover, 480 pages, 17.4 x 23.2 cm
Published by Atlas Press / London

$65.00 - In stock -

Georges Bataille's secret society, long the stuff of legend, is now revealed in its texts, meditations, rules and prohibitions.

This book recounts what must be one of the most unusual intellectual journeys of modern times, in which the influential philosopher, cultural theorist and occasional pornographer Georges Bataille (1897-1962), having spent the early 1930s in far-left groups opposing the rise of fascism, abandoned that approach in order to transfer the struggle onto "the mythological plane."

In 1937, Bataille founded two groups in order to explore the combinations of power and the "sacred" at work in society. The first group, the College of Sociology, gave lectures that were intended to reveal the hidden undercurrents within a society on the verge of catastrophe. The second group was Acéphale, a genuine secret society and anti-religion whose emblem was a headless figure that, in part, represented the death of God. Until the discovery a few years ago of the group's internal papers (which include theoretical texts, meditations, minutes of meetings, rules and prohibitions and even a membership list), almost nothing was known of its activities.

This book is the first to collect a representative selection of the writings of Bataille, and of those close to him, in the years leading up to World War II. The texts published here comprise lectures given to the College of Sociology by Bataille, Roger Caillois and Michel Leiris, essays from the Acéphale journal and a large cache of the internal papers from the secret society. A desperate narrative unfolds, wherein Bataille risked all in a wholly unreasonable quest--with a few fellow travelers, he undertook what he later described as a "journey out of this world."

Additional texts by Roger Caillois, Pierre Klossowski, Michel Leiris, and by Georges Ambrosino, Pierre Andler, Michel Carrouges, Jacques Chavy, Jean Dautry, Henri Dobier, Henri Dussat, Imre Kelemen, Jean Rollin, Patrick Waldberg.
And with drawings by André Masson

Highest recommendation!

File under: Pierre Klossowski André Masson Georges Bataille Roger Caillois Michel Leiris Pierre Klossowski Georges Ambrosino Pierre Andler Michel Carrouges Jacques Chavy Jean Dautry Henri Dobier Henri Dussat Imre Kelemen Jean Rollin Patrick Waldberg Atlas Press / London Philosophy Theory / Essay Surrealism Occult / Esoterica Art Fiction / Poetry Drawing Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

19 Surrealists

1967, Japanese
Softcover, 6 page card fold-out w. insert, 23.8 x 23.8 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tokyo Gallery / Tokyo

$100.00 - In stock -

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Incredibly scarce catalogue published on the occasion of the 1967 exhibition "19 Surrealists" held at Tokyo Gallery, Japan. Fold-out catalogue with insert, illustrated with the exhibited works (along with biographies in Japanese) by Enrico Baj, Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, Felix Labisse, René Magritte, Man Ray, Andre Masson, Roberto Matta, Joan Miro, Taro Okamoto, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, Max-Walter Svanberg, Yves Tanguy, Wols.

Very Good with light wear and mild spotting and a couple of pencil notations in Japanese. Preserved in sleeve.

File under: Enrico Baj Hans Bellmer Victor Brauner Salvador Dalí Paul Delvaux Max Ernst Wifredo Lam Felix Labisse Man Ray Roberto Matta Joan Miro Francis Picabia Kurt Schwitters Max-Walter Svanberg Yves Tanguy Wols René Magritte André Masson Tarō Okamoto Tokyo Gallery / Tokyo Out-of-print / Rare Surrealism Art Painting Drawing

ENCYCLOPEDIA ACEPHALICA
GEORGES BATAILLE, MICHEL LEIRIS, MARCEL GRIAULE, ROBERT DESNOS ...

1996, English
Softcover, 176 pages, 23 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Atlas Press / London

$85.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the incredible and sadly long out-of-print Encyclopedia Acephalica, published by Atlas Press in 1996 as part of their mighty Atlas Arkhive : Documents of the Avant Garde series.

Bataille’s thought is complex, and his books make few concessions to the reader. The first series of texts here, however, were written for a wider audience by Bataille and his friends, in the form of a Critical Dictionary, and they provide a witty, poetic and concise introduction to his ideas. The Dictionary appeared in the magazine edited by Bataille, Documents, in the early 1930s, and includes entries from prominent ethnologists and cultural commentators of the day. The second series of texts here, the Da Costa Encyclopédique was published anonymously after the liberation of Paris in 1947 by members of the Acéphale group and writers associated with the Surrealists. Both cover the essential concepts of Bataille and his associates: sacred sociology; scatology, death and the erotic; base materialism; the aesthetics of the formless; sacrifice, the festival and the politics of the tumult etc: a new description of the limits of being human. Humour, albeit, sardonic, is not absent from these remarkable redefinitions of the most heterogeneous objects or ideas: Camel, Church, Dust, Museum, Spittle, Skyscraper, Threshold, Work – to name but a few.

While the Documents group was celebrated for joining together artists, authors, sociologists and ethnologists (among the most important of their time) in a literary and philosophical project, the Acéphale group was more mysterious. Until recently even its membership was only vaguely known, and its activities remained secret (these are explored in detail for the first time in English in The Sacred Conspiracy, published by Atlas Press, also available at World Food Books). The origins of the Da Costa only became known in 1993, the present volume revealed for the first time its principal compilers: Robert Lebel, Isabelle Waldberg and Marcel Duchamp, but the identity of the authors of a large part of it is still unknown.

Texts by Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, Marcel Griaule, Carl Einstein, Robert Desnos and writers associated with the Acéphale and Surrealist groups.

Introduced by Alastair Brotchie. Translated by Iain White, Dominic Faccini, Annette Michelson, John Harman, Alexis Lykiard.

Average—Good, cover with edge and corner wear and some some damages from spine sticker removal, fuzzed corners, otherwise Good pre-loved copy throughout.

File under: Isabelle Waldberg Pierre Klossowski André Masson Marcel Duchamp Jean Painlevé Eli Lotar Alastair Brotchie Iain White Dominic Faccini Annette Michelson John Harman Alexis Lykiard Pierre Klossowski Georges Bataille Michel Leiris Marcel Griaule Carl Einstein Robert Desnos Atlas Press / London Surrealism Occult / Esoterica Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Philosophy Eros Art

Surrealist Drawings
by František Šmejkal

1974, Japanese
Hardcover (cloth-bound w. original illustrated card box and dust jacket) 160 pages, 21 x 21.6
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good

$150.00 - In stock -

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Stunning boxed first printing of the Japanese edition of "Surrealist Drawings" by František Šmejkal, printed and bound in cloth-covers in Japan in 1973. A beautiful clothbound hardcover folio of drawings by artists affiliated with Surrealism. What makes this lovely collection special is the inclusion of many of the Czech Surrealists, and a generally broad European scope of artists. Czech art historian František Šmejkal has collated a wonderful selection of works on paper by Toyen, Jindřich Štyrský, Wolfgang Paalen, Giorgio de Chirico, Hans Bellmer, Alfred Kubin, Francis Picabia, Jacques Hérold, Yves Tanguy, Man Ray, Josef Istler, Max Ernst, André Breton, František Muzika, Paul Delvaux, Wilfredo Lam, Richard Oelze, Mikuláš Medek, Joan Miró, Josef Sima, Kurt Seligmann, Odilon Redon, Andre Masson, Max Walter Svanberg, Salvador Dali, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, and many more.

Very Good copy in original slipcase and plastic jacket over cloth. Almost Fine, but with corner bumping to top.

File under: André Masson Hans Bellmer Joan Miro Man Ray Max Ernst René Magritte Salvador Dalí Yves Tanguy Toyen Victor Brauner Wifredo Lam Arshile Gorky Giorgio de Chirico Wolfgang Paalen Alfred Kubin Jindřich Štyrský Francis Picabia Max-Walter Svanberg Andre Masson Josef Sima Kurt Seligmann Odilon Redon František Šmejkal Art Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Surrealism Painting Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle

ENCYCLOPEDIA ACEPHALICA
GEORGES BATAILLE, MICHEL LEIRIS, MARCEL GRIAULE, ROBERT DESNOS ...

1996, English
Softcover, 176 pages, 23 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Atlas Press / London

$90.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the incredible and sadly long out-of-print Encyclopedia Acephalica, published by Atlas Press in 1996 as part of their mighty Atlas Arkhive : Documents of the Avant Garde series.

Bataille’s thought is complex, and his books make few concessions to the reader. The first series of texts here, however, were written for a wider audience by Bataille and his friends, in the form of a Critical Dictionary, and they provide a witty, poetic and concise introduction to his ideas. The Dictionary appeared in the magazine edited by Bataille, Documents, in the early 1930s, and includes entries from prominent ethnologists and cultural commentators of the day. The second series of texts here, the Da Costa Encyclopédique was published anonymously after the liberation of Paris in 1947 by members of the Acéphale group and writers associated with the Surrealists. Both cover the essential concepts of Bataille and his associates: sacred sociology; scatology, death and the erotic; base materialism; the aesthetics of the formless; sacrifice, the festival and the politics of the tumult etc: a new description of the limits of being human. Humour, albeit, sardonic, is not absent from these remarkable redefinitions of the most heterogeneous objects or ideas: Camel, Church, Dust, Museum, Spittle, Skyscraper, Threshold, Work – to name but a few.

While the Documents group was celebrated for joining together artists, authors, sociologists and ethnologists (among the most important of their time) in a literary and philosophical project, the Acéphale group was more mysterious. Until recently even its membership was only vaguely known, and its activities remained secret (these are explored in detail for the first time in English in The Sacred Conspiracy, published by Atlas Press, also available at World Food Books). The origins of the Da Costa only became known in 1993, the present volume revealed for the first time its principal compilers: Robert Lebel, Isabelle Waldberg and Marcel Duchamp, but the identity of the authors of a large part of it is still unknown.

Texts by Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, Marcel Griaule, Carl Einstein, Robert Desnos and writers associated with the Acéphale and Surrealist groups.

Introduced by Alastair Brotchie. Translated by Iain White, Dominic Faccini, Annette Michelson, John Harman, Alexis Lykiard.

Good—Very Good copy, with edge wear to covers and corners, otherwise VG throughout. No spine creasing.

File under: André Masson Marcel Duchamp Isabelle Waldberg Eli Lotar Jean Painlevé Pierre Klossowski Pierre Klossowski Georges Bataille Michel Leiris Marcel Griaule Carl Einstein Robert Desnos Alastair Brotchie Iain White Dominic Faccini Annette Michelson John Harman Alexis Lykiard Robert Lebel Isabelle Waldberg Marcel Duchamp Atlas Press / London Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Philosophy Art Occult / Esoterica Eros

Great Liberty
by Julien Gracq

2023, English
Softcover, 168 pages, 17.78 x 11.43 cm
Published by Wakefield Press / Cambridge

$32.00 - In stock -

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A previously untranslated gem of Surrealist prose poetry from the acclaimed French novelist.

In 1941, Julien Gracq, newly released from a German prisoner-of-war camp, wrote a series of prose poems that would come to represent the only properly Surrealist writings in his oeuvre. Surrealism provided Gracq with a means of counteracting his disturbing wartime experiences; his newfound freedom inspired a new freedom of personal expression, and he gave the collection an appropriate title, Great Liberty: "In the occult dictionary of Surrealism, the true name of poetry is liberation." Gracq the poet rather than the novelist is at work here: Surrealist fireworks lace through bewitching modernist romance, fantasy, black humor and deadpan absurdism. A later, postwar section entitled "The Habitable Earth" presents Gracq as visionary traveler exploring Andes and Flanders and returning to the narrative impulse of his better-known fiction.

Julien Gracq (1910-2007), born Louis Poirier, is known for such dreamlike novels as The Castle of Argol, A Dark Stranger, The Opposing Shore and Balcony in the Forest. He was close to the Surrealist movement, and Andr Breton in particular, to whom he devoted a critical study.

Artwork by André Masson.

File under: André Masson Julien Gracq Wakefield Press / Cambridge Fiction / Poetry Surrealism Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction

ENCYCLOPEDIA ACEPHALICA
Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, Marcel Griaule, Robert Desnos ...

1996, English
Softcover, 176 pages, 23 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Atlas Press / London

$65.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the incredible and sadly long out-of-print Encyclopedia Acephalica, published by Atlas Press in 1996 as part of their mighty Atlas Arkhive : Documents of the Avant Garde series..

Bataille’s thought is complex, and his books make few concessions to the reader. The first series of texts here, however, were written for a wider audience by Bataille and his friends, in the form of a Critical Dictionary, and they provide a witty, poetic and concise introduction to his ideas. The Dictionary appeared in the magazine edited by Bataille, Documents, in the early 1930s, and includes entries from prominent ethnologists and cultural commentators of the day. The second series of texts here, the Da Costa Encyclopédique was published anonymously after the liberation of Paris in 1947 by members of the Acéphale group and writers associated with the Surrealists. Both cover the essential concepts of Bataille and his associates: sacred sociology; scatology, death and the erotic; base materialism; the aesthetics of the formless; sacrifice, the festival and the politics of the tumult etc: a new description of the limits of being human. Humour, albeit, sardonic, is not absent from these remarkable redefinitions of the most heterogeneous objects or ideas: Camel, Church, Dust, Museum, Spittle, Skyscraper, Threshold, Work – to name but a few.

While the Documents group was celebrated for joining together artists, authors, sociologists and ethnologists (among the most important of their time) in a literary and philosophical project, the Acéphale group was more mysterious. Until recently even its membership was only vaguely known, and its activities remained secret (these are explored in detail for the first time in English in The Sacred Conspiracy, published by Atlas Press, also available at World Food Books). The origins of the Da Costa only became known in 1993, the present volume revealed for the first time its principal compilers: Robert Lebel, Isabelle Waldberg and Marcel Duchamp, but the identity of the authors of a large part of it is still unknown.

Texts by Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, Marcel Griaule, Carl Einstein, Robert Desnos and writers associated with the Acéphale and Surrealist groups.

Introduced by Alastair Brotchie. Translated by Iain White, Dominic Faccini, Annette Michelson, John Harman, Alexis Lykiard.

Very Good copy, with some light edge wear.

File under: Isabelle Waldberg Marcel Duchamp Jean Painlevé Eli Lotar André Masson Pierre Klossowski Robert Lebel Isabelle Waldberg Marcel Duchamp Georges Bataille Michel Leiris Marcel Griaule Carl Einstein Robert Desnos Alastair Brotchie Atlas Press / London Art Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Surrealism Eros Occult / Esoterica Philosophy

The Stage of Drawing : Gesture and Act
Edited by Catherine De Zegher

2003, English
Hardcover, 256 pages, 21 x 25.4 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by The Tate Gallery / London

$110.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of this lovely hardcover catalogue, published on the occasion of a special travelling exhibition of drawings at The Drawing Centre, New York; Tate, London; MCA, Sydney, 2003 — over 140 important works from the Tate Collection organised, from William Blake to Andy Warhol, selected by the British artist Avis Newman and curated Catherine de Zegher. Newman chose these works because they demonstrated her interest in drawing as an exploratory or discursive act - ie as 'the nearest equivalent to the operation of thought'. The presentation of rarely-seen drawings by so many major artists gives way to fresh and startling connections between their work and new insights into their creative processes. Edited by Catherine De Zegher, this lavishly illustrated book features so many rarely seen drawings by artists, alongside interviews and essays.

Artists : Eileen Agar, Carl Andre, Jean Arp, Heneage Finch Aylesford, Francis Bacon, Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beckmann, William Blake, Pierre Bonnard, Constantin Brancusi, André Breton, British School, Marcel Broodthaers, John Cage, Paul Cézanne, Alexander Cozens, Jean Crotti, George Dance, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, John Charles Denham, Marcel Duchamp, Jacob Epstein, Luciano Fabro, Jean Fautrier, Barry Flanagan, John Flaxman, Lucio Fontana, Henry Fuseli, Naum Gabo, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Alberto Giacometti, Natalya Goncharova, Juan Gris, Richard Hamilton, Barbara Hepworth, Eva Hesse, William Henry Hunt, Giles Hussey, John William Inchbold, Gwen John, Jasper Johns, John Latham, Fernand Léger, Sol LeWitt, El Lissitzky, René Magritte, Piero Manzoni, Brice Marden, André Masson, E.L.T. Mesens, Henri Michaux, John Hamilton Mortimer, Barnett Newman, William Young Ottley, Blinky Palermo, Giuseppe Penone, Francis Picabia, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Elizabeth Rigby, Edward Ruscha, Kurt Schwitters, Albert Seba, Thomas Stothard, James Thornhill, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, George Montard Woodward, Joseph Wright.

Very Good copy.

File under: Eileen Agar Carl Andre Jean Arp Heneage Finch Aylesford Francis Bacon Aubrey Beardsley Max Beckmann William Blake Pierre Bonnard Constantin Brancusi André Breton British School Marcel Broodthaers John Cage Paul Cézanne Alexander Cozens Jean Crotti George Dance Nathaniel Dance-Holland John Charles Denham Marcel Duchamp Jacob Epstein Luciano Fabro Jean Fautrier Barry Flanagan John Flaxman Lucio Fontana Henry Fuseli Naum Gabo Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Alberto Giacometti Natalya Goncharova Juan Gris Richard Hamilton Barbara Hepworth Eva Hesse William Henry Hunt Giles Hussey John William Inchbold Gwen John Jasper Johns John Latham Fernand Léger Sol LeWitt El Lissitzky René Magritte Piero Manzoni Brice Marden André Masson E.L.T. Mesens Henri Michaux John Hamilton Mortimer Barnett Newman William Young Ottley Blinky Palermo Giuseppe Penone Francis Picabia Sir Joshua Reynolds Elizabeth Rigby Edward Ruscha Kurt Schwitters Albert Seba Thomas Stothard James Thornhill Joseph Mallord William Turner Cy Twombly Andy Warhol George Montard Woodward Joseph Wright Catherine De Zegher Avis Newman The Tate Gallery / London Drawing Art Painting Out-of-print / Rare Renaissance / Neoclassicism / Romanticism Pop Art Theory / Essay Dada Surrealism Minimal Art Conceptual Art Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Surrealist Drawings
by František Šmejkal

1978, English
Hardcover (clothbound w. dust jacket), 160 pages, 24.5 x 32 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Octopus / London

$65.00 - Out of stock

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English edition of the great "Surrealist Drawings", edited by František Šmejkal, designed and printed in Czechoslovakia. A beautiful clothbound hardcover folio of drawings by artists affiliated with Surrealism. What makes this lovely collection special is the inclusion of many of the Czech Surrealists, and a generally broad European scope of artists. Czech art historian František Šmejkal has collated a wonderful selection of works on paper by Toyen, Jindřich Štyrský, Wolfgang Paalen, Giorgio de Chirico, Hans Bellmer, Alfred Kubin, Francis Picabia, Jacques Hérold, Yves Tanguy, Man Ray, Josef Istler, Max Ernst, André Breton, František Muzika, Paul Delvaux, Wilfredo Lam, Richard Oelze, Mikuláš Medek, Joan Miró, Josef Sima, Kurt Seligmann, Odilon Redon, Andre Masson, Max Walter Svanberg, Salvador Dali, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, and many more.

Highly recommended.
Very Good copy with light edge wear. Very Good dust jacket.

File under: Toyen Jindřich Štyrský André Masson Hans Bellmer Arshile Gorky Victor Brauner Salvador Dalí Paul Delvaux Wilfredo Lam Max Ernst Yves Tanguy Wolfgang Paalen Giorgio de Chirico Alfred Kubin Max-Walter Svanberg Odilon Redon Joan Miró Josef Sima René Magritte Jacques Hérold Francis Picabia Man Ray Richard Oelze Kurt Seligmann František Muzika Mikuláš Medek Josef Istler František Šmejkal Octopus / London Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Drawing Painting Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle

The Botanical Mind - Art, Mysticism And The Cosmic Tree

2021, English
Softcover, 232 pages, 16 x 23 cm
Published by Camden Art Centre / UK

$98.00 - Out of stock

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Humanity’s place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change.

Drawing on indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest; alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism; and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, The Botanical Mind investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree was conceived as a trans-generational group exhibition by Gina Buenfeld and Matt Williams for the Camden Art Centre, bringing together surrealist, modernist, visionary, outsider, indigenous Amazonian, and contemporary works alongside historical and ethnographic artefacts, textiles and manuscripts spanning more than 500 years. Through the symbolism of diverse cultural artefacts and the works of mystics, artists and thinkers around the world, 'The Botanical Mind' reveals how the vegetal kingdom has metaphysical importance to the development of consciousness and spirituality.

This richly illustrated 224-page companion publication includes essays by the curators and contributions from scholars on the key themes of the exhibition – alchemy, art history, plant ontology, Gaian ecology, anthropology and ethnobotany – unifying philosophical, scientific, spiritual and artistic approaches to meditate on the cosmic significance of plants in different worldviews.

Edited by Gina Buenfeld and Martin Clark
Designed by Sara De Bondt studio.

Artists and Writers
Eileen Agar / Anni Albers / Josef Albers / Sarah Angliss / Consuelo "Chelo" González Amézcua / Gemma Anderson with Wakefield Lab and John Dupré / Anna Atkins / Kirk Barley / Jordan Belson / Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater / Karl Blossfeldt / Carol Bove / Jagadish Chandra Bose / Kerstin Brätsch / Bernd Brabec De Mori / Hildegarde von Bingen / Andrea Büttner / Adam Chodzko / Ithell Colquhoun / Bruce Conner / Brenda Danilowitz / Das Institut / Mirtha Dermisache / Minnie Evans / Cerith Wyn Evans / Charles Filiger / Robert Fludd / Monica Gagliano / Giorgio Griffa / Brion Gysin / Friedrich Wilhelm Heine / Ernst Haeckel / Dr Stephan Harding / Anna Haskel / Tamara Henderson / Channa Horwitz / Textiles from the Huni Kuin (Kaxinawa) people / C.G. Jung / Joachim Koester / Rachid Koraïchi / Hilma af Klint / Emma Kunz / Yves Laloy / Ghislaine Leung / Linder / Simon Ling / Michael Marder / Agnes Martin / André Masson / John McCracken / Terence McKenna / Henri Michaux / Matt Mullican / Wolfgang Paalen / Paul Păun / Stefan A. Pedersen / Santiago Ramón y Cajal / Steve Reinke and James Richards / Edith Rimmington / Adele Röder / Daniel Rios Rodriguez / Rupert Sheldrake / Textiles and ceramics from the Shipibo-Conibo people / Penny Slinger / F. Percy Smith / Janet Sobel / Philip Taaffe / Priscilla Telmon and Vincent Moon / Fred Tomaselli / Delfina Muñoz de Toro / Alexander Tovborg / David Tudor / Lee Ufan / Scottie Wilson / Terry Winters / Adolf Wölfli / Bryan Wynter / Henriette Zéphir / Anna Zemánková / Unica Zürn / artists from the Yawanawá community

File under: Eileen Agar Anni Albers Josef Albers Karl Blossfeldt Carol Bove Das Institut Sarah Angliss Consuelo González Amezcua Anna Atkins Kirk Barley Jordan Belson Kerstin Brätsch Andrea Büttner Cerith Wyn Evans Adam Chodzko Ithell Colquhoun Bruce Conner Giorgio Griffa Brion Gysin Hilma af Klint Emma Kunz Henri Michaux Matt Mullican Wolfgang Paalen Penny Slinger Lee Ufan Terry Winters Adolf Wölfli Scottie Wilson Delfina Muñoz de Toro Alexander Tovborg Fred Tomaselli Priscilla Telmon and Vincent Moon Janet Sobel Philip Taaffe F. Percy Smith Joachim Koester Minnie Evans Mirtha Dermisache Ernst Haeckel Ghislaine Leung Linder Agnes Martin André Masson John McCracken Friedrich Wilhelm Heine Simon Ling Charles Filiger Anna Haskel Tamara Henderson Channa Horwitz Rachid Koraïchi Yves Laloy Adele Röder Daniel Rios Rodriguez Stefan A. Pedersen Edith Rimmington Steve Reinke James Richards Henriette Zéphir Anna Zemánková Sara De Bondt Bernd Brabec De Mori Gina Buenfeld Martin Clark Emanuele Coccia Stephan Harding C. G. Jung Terence McKenna Charles Webster Leadbeater Annie Besant Jagadish Chandra Bose Hildegarde von Bingen Brenda Danilowitz Michael Marder Robert Fludd Monica Gagliano Rupert Sheldrake Paul Păun Santiago Ramón y Cajal Camden Art Centre / UK Art Theory / Essay Group Shows / Collections Surrealism Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Painting Sculpture / Installation Curatorial Photography Sound / Music Ecology / Earth

Not without My Ghosts

2021, English
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 112 pages, 22.23 x 14.61 cm
Published by Hayward Gallery Publishing / London

$48.00 - Out of stock

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The abiding presence of spiritualism in art, from af Klint to Susan Hiller.

Bringing together more than 30 international artists from the late 19th century to the present day, Not without My Ghosts surveys work inspired by spiritualism and its rich cultural history.

With original essays by art historian Susan L. Aberth and curators Simon Grant and Lars Bang Larsen, this publication explores the anti-authoritarian political agendas of 19th-century spiritualism and the movement’s close association to the history of feminism, as well as its continued influence on contemporary practitioners. Spanning diverse artistic approaches, Not without My Ghosts offers a unique insight into the ties that bind spirit and mediumistic art across the centuries.

Artists: William Blake, Cameron, Ann Churchill, Ithell Colquhoun, Louise Despont, Casimiro Domingo, Madame Fondrillon, Chiara Fumai, Madge Gill, Susan Hiller, Barbara Honywood, Georgiana Houghton, Anna Mary Howitt, Victor Hugo, Augustin Lesage, Pia Lindman, Ann Lislegaard, André Masson, Grace Pailthorpe, František Jaroslav Pecka, Olivia Plender, Sigmar Polke, Lea Porsager, Austin Osman Spare, Yves Tanguy, Suzanne Treister with The Museum of Blackhole Spacetime Collective

File under: William Blake Cameron Ann Churchill Ithell Colquhoun Louise Despont Casimiro Domingo Madame Fondrillon Chiara Fumai Madge Gill Susan Hiller Barbara Honywood Georgiana Houghton Anna Mary Howitt Victor Hugo Augustin Lesage Pia Lindman Ann Lislegaard André Masson Grace Pailthorpe František Jaroslav Pecka Olivia Plender Sigmar Polke Lea Porsager Austin Osman Spare Yves Tanguy Suzanne Treister with The Museum of Blackhole Spacetime Collective Susan Aberth Simon Grant Lars Bang Larsen Hayward Gallery Publishing / London Art Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Drawing Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Group Shows / Collections Theory / Essay Film / Video Occult / Esoterica Feminism

Le Surréalisme

2011, Japanese / French
Softcover (w. printed plastic jacket over reflective cover), 296 pages
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by National Art Centre / Tokyo

$90.00 - Out of stock

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First printing of this great exhibition catalogue from the National Art Centre Tokyo via Centre Pompidou Paris, on occasion of the most comprehensive Surrealist exhibition ever staged in Japan, “Le Surrealism: Exposition organisee par Le Pompidou a partir de sa Collection” at The National Art Center, Tokyo in 2011.

Housed in mirrored cover and profusely illustrated in colour with the work of André Breton, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, Andre Masson, Francis Picabia, Claude Cahun, Hans Bellmer, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Toyen, Guilaume Apollinaire, Meret Oppenheim, Luis Buñuel, Jindrich Heisler, Andre Masson, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Wilhelm Freddie, and many others, alongside comprehensive documentation of major historical Surrealist exhibitions and documents/publications.

Very Good copy.

File under: André Masson Dorothea Tanning Francis Picabia Giorgio de Chirico Hans Bellmer Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Joan Miro Luis Buñuel Man Ray Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Meret Oppenheim René Magritte Salvador Dalí Yves Tanguy Toyen Victor Brauner Jindrich Heisler Andre Masson Alberto Giacometti Claude Cahun Wilhelm Freddie Andre Breton Guillaume Apollinaire Benjamin Péret National Art Centre / Tokyo Art Dada Fiction / Poetry Out-of-print / Rare Photography Poetry Surrealism Painting

Sade: Sex and Death
The Divine Marquis And The Surrealists

2010, English
Softcover, 197 pages, 15 x 23 cm
Published by Solar Books / US

$44.00 - Out of stock

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The Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), best known for his violent, erotic novels, such as 120 Days of Sodom and Justine, was also one of the key inspirational figures identified by André Breton in his Surrealist Manifestos. De Sade’s importance to the Surrealists and their close affiliates is reflected in the sheer volume of art and writing dedicated to, or inspired by, his life, philosophy, and writings. Sade: Sex and Death documents this body of Surrealist work, including many key texts and bizarre and erotic images never before assembled in one volume.

Included in Sade are more than fifty rarely seen transgressive illustrations by some of the most famous names associated with Surrealism, including Dalí, Hans Bellmer, Magritte, André Masson, and Man Ray. The book also features analytical texts by writers of the period such as Bataille, Breton, Bunuel, Eluard, and Klossowski. Also included is the first-ever English translation of “The Divine Marquis” by Guillaume Apollinaire, which was the first modernist appraisal of Sade and remains one of the best concise biographies of its subject, and “Sade and the Roman Noir” by scholar Maurice Heine, in which Heine posits Sade as inventor of the gothic novel. Putting the works in context is an extensive history by editor Candice Black that details the relationship between the Surrealists and Sade.

File under: André Masson Clovis Trouille Felix Labisse Hans Bellmer Leonor Fini Luis Buñuel Man Ray Maurice Heine Max Ernst Pierre Klossowski René Magritte Robert Desnos Roberto Matta Salvador Dalí Toyen Valentine Hugo Andre Breton André Masson Georges Bataille Guillaume Apollinaire Maurice Heine Paul Eluard Pierre Klossowski The Marquis de Sade Solar Books / US Art Eros Fiction / Poetry Poetry Surrealism Theory / Essay

Omaggio al Surrealismo

1974, Italian
Softcover, 24 pages, 15 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Galleria D'Arte / Turin

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Surrealism catalogue published on the occasion of "Omaggio al Surrealismo", a group exhibition at Galleria D'Arte "La Bussola", Turin, 1974. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout with works by Gianni Dova, Victor Brauner, Giorgio De Chirico, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Wilfredo Lam, Graham Sutherland, Salvador Dalí, Roberto Matta, Max Ernst, Paul Wunderlich, André Masson, and Hans Bellmer.

Very Good, light cover wear.

File under: André Masson Hans Bellmer Joan Miró Giorgio de Chirico René Magritte Graham Sutherland Roberto Matta Paul Wunderlich Victor Brauner Gianni Dova Max Ernst Salvador Dalí Wifredo Lam Galleria D'Arte / Turin Surrealism Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Art Painting

The Exiles of Marcel Duchamp
by T.J. Demos

2012, English
Softcover, 320 pages, 136 x 203 mm
Published by The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$42.00 - Out of stock

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Marcel Duchamp was a famous expatriate, a wanderer, living and working in Paris, New York, and Buenos Aires and escaping from each in turn. But exile, argues T. J. Demos in this innovative reading, is more than a fact in Duchamp's biography. Exile--in the artist's own words, a "spirit of expatriation"--infuses Duchamp's entire artistic practice. Duchamp's readymade constructions, his installations for surrealist exhibitions in Paris and New York, and his "portable museum" (the suggestively named La boite-en-valise), Demos writes, all manifest, define, and exploit the terms of exile in multiple ways. Created while the artist was living variously in New York, Buenos Aires, and occupied France during the global catastrophes of war and fascism, these works express the anguish of displacement and celebrate the freedom of geopolitical homelessness. The "portable museum," a suitcase containing miniature reproductions of Duchamp's works, for example, represented a complex meditation--both critical and joyful--on modern art's tendency toward itinerancy, whereas Duchamp's 1942 installation design entangling a New York gallery in a mile of string announced the dislocated status that many exiled surrealists wished to forget. Duchamp's exile, writes Demos, defines a new ethics of independent life in the modern age of nationalism and advanced capitalism, offering a precursor to our own globalized world of nomadic subjects and dispersed experience.

T. J. Demos is a Lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University College London and the author of The Exiles of Marcel Duchamp (MIT Press, 2007). His essays have appeared in such journals as Artforum, Grey Room, October, and Texte zur Kunst.

File under: André Masson Francis Picabia Kurt Schwitters Man Ray Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst T. J. Demos The MIT Press / Massachusetts Art Dada Surrealism Theory / Essay

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Softcover, 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

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Softcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

A Good copy throughout, with cover rubbing and corner bumping. Tightly bound and clean copy internally.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Lynda Benglis Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Poetry Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Önskemuseet : The Museum of Our Wishes

1963, Swedish
Softcover, 76 pages, 16.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Moderna Museet / Stockholm

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Önskemuseet: The Museum of Our Wishes (December 26, 1963 - February 16, 1964), was a unique and very ambitious exhibition initiated by director Pontus Hultén and Moderna Museet staff that gathered together a collection of modernist art from private owners, in order to present to the public and political administration their vision of what a museum collection could actually be. The exhibition featured works from private collections alongside a “wish list” of works that were still available on the market, calling for the government to allocate funds for purchasing new works for the museum. The request was acknowledged and the Museum received a one-off allocation of five million kronor, a substantial amount in today’s currency, which enabled the purchase of several works that now constitute the core of the collection, positioning Moderna Museet as one of the most dynamic and committed contemporary art institutions of the 1960s.

This is a copy of the first and only edition of the catalogue for the exhibition, which makes up a visual checklist of the artworks and artists featured in this enormous exhibit, taking it's form from art history guides that had started to be created after the war.
Includes introduction by Gerard Boniier as well as additional text by Olle Granath, K.G. Hulten, Ulf Linde and Karin Bergqvist Lindegren. Features works by Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Raoul Dufy, Emil Nolde, Edwin Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Oscar Kokoschka, Max Beckmann, Chaim Soutine, Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger, Robert Delaunay, Roger de la Fresnaye, Henri Laurens, Amédée Ozenfant, Juan Gris, Alexander Archipenko, Jacques Lipchitz, Giacomo Balla, Ardengo Soffici, Carlo Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Francis Picabia, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Piet Mondrian, El Lissitzky, Theo van Doesburg, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Naum Gabo, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Alexander Calder, Charles Despiau, Andre Derain, Maurice Utrillo, Amedeo Modigliani, Otto Dix, Ben Shahn, Marie Laurencin, Constantin Brancusi, Julio Gonzales, Paul Klee, Giorgio de Chirico, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Juan Miró, Andre Masson, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti, Wilfredo Lam, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dali, Sebastian Matta, Henry Moore, Roger Bissière, Jean Bazaine, Maurice Esteve, Alfred Manessier, Nicolas De Staël, Auguste Herbin, Serge Poliafkoff, Victor Pasmore, Barnett Newman, Richard Mortensen, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, Germaine Richier, Francis Bacon, Wols, Asger Jorn, Alberto Burri, Antonio Tapies, Karel Appel, Mark Tobey, Fritz Hundertwasser, Mark Rothko, Archile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sam Francis, Robert Jacobsen, Robert Rauschenberg, Enrico Baj, César, Jasper Johns, Richard Stankiewicz, Jean Tinguely, Arman, and Yves Klein.

All texts in Swedish. The bulk of the reproductions are in black-and-white with several larger, tipped-in images in color.
Ex-library copy with stamps, stickers and covering. Otherwise a good copy.

File under: Henri Matisse Georges Rouault Raoul Dufy Emil Nolde Erich Heckel Max Beckmann Chaim Soutine Wassily Kandinsky Pablo Picasso Georges Braque Jacques Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon Henri Le Fauconnier Fernand Léger Robert Delaunay Roger de la Fresnaye Henri Laurens Amédée Ozenfant Juan Gris Alexander Archipenko Jacques Lipchitz Giacomo Balla Ardengo Soffici Carlo Carrà Umberto Boccioni Gino Severini Francis Picabia Marcel Duchamp Man Ray Kurt Schwitters Piet Mondrian El Lissitzky Theo van Doesburg Antoine Pevsner Georges Vantongerloo Sophie Tauber-Arp Naum Gabo Alexander Calder Germaine Richier Francis Bacon Wols Alberto Burri Antonio Tapies Karel Appel Mark Tobey Fritz Hundertwasser Mark Rothko Willem de Kooning Jackson Pollock Jean-Paul Riopelle Sam Francis Robert Jacobsen Robert Rauschenberg Enrico Baj César Jasper Johns Richard Stankiewicz Jean Tinguely Arman Yves Klein Asger Jorn René Magritte Yves Tanguy Alberto Giacometti Victor Brauner Salvador Dalí Sebastian Matta Henry Moore Roger Bissière Jean Bazaine Maurice Esteve Alfred Manessier Nicolas De Staël Auguste Herbin Victor Pasmore Barnett Newman Richard Mortensen Jean Fautrier Lucio Fontana Henri Michaux Jean Dubuffet Marc Chagall Max Ernst Otto Dix Ben Shahn Marie Laurencin Constantin Brancusi Julio Gonzales Paul Klee Giorgio de Chirico Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Maurice Utrillo Amedeo Modigliani Charles Despiau André Derain Arshile Gorky Oskar Kokoschka André Masson Joan Miró László Moholy-Nagy Wifredo Lam Serge Poliakoff Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Olle Granath K.G. Hulten Ulf Linde Karin Bergqvist Lindegren Gerard Boniier Pontus Hultén Moderna Museet / Stockholm Art Painting Dada Surrealism Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Pop Art Drawing Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

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First, hardcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

Very uncommon hardcover edition, with dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good (light wear to very good book and dust jacket, protected under acid-free plastic wrap. Small ex-library markings, stickers) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Fashion Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Fashion and Surrealism

1996, English
Softcover, 238 pages, 23 x 30.5 cm
Out of print title / used*,
Published by Rizzoli / New York

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"The influence of Surrealism on fashion and its ancillary arts lasted decades longer than the movement itself. This catalog, accompanying a 1987 exhibition at Fashion Institute of Technology, explores the extravagances of visual language as social and political comment, a revolution in perception."--The Library Journal.

"The love affair between fashion and Surrealism began in the Paris of the 1920s when Surrealist artists plundered fashion's imagery for their art, raising fashion beyond the level of mere style to an important expression of culture. This text reveals the extravagent and ingenious creations resulting from this collaboration. It ranges from the shocking Surrealist dresses of Schiaparelli and Dali, and photographic experiments with Surrealist techniques by Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton and George Hoyningen-Huene to the work of younger fashion designers, including Olivier Guillemin and Vivienne Westwood, who have all brought Surrealist imagery into clothing and accessories."

This bountiful, visually lavish volume, published to accompany a 1987 exhibition at Fashion Institute of Technology, features the garments, paintings, sculptures, illustrations, window displays, fashion advertisements, costume designs and photography of Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, Issey Miyake, Horst P. Horst, Cinzia Ruggeri, Vivienne Westwood, Thierry Mugler, Krizia, Giorgio De Chirico, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, Donatella, Rene Magritte, Comme des Garcons, Enrico Donati, Elsa Schiaparelli, Salvador Dali, Marcel Rochas, Jaques Griffe, Adelle Lutz, Marina Killery, Dominique Lacoustille, Emme, Stephen Jones, Louise Bourbon, Bill Cunningham, Germaine Vittu, Eric Braagaard, Karl Lagerfeld, Candy Pratts Price, Serge Lutens, Antonio, Linda Fargo, Claude Montana, Georgina Godley, Olivier Guillemin, Yves Tanguy, Christian Lacroix, Valentine Hugo, Paul Colin, Francoise Lesage, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean Cocteau, Adam Kurtzman, Herbert Bayer, Mel Odom, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alfa Castaldi, Leo Malet, Jorge Silvetti, Gabriella Giandelli, Givenchy, Marcel Jean, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Michael Roberts, Marcel Vertés, Bert Stern, John Galliano, Danuta Riyder, Paul Delvaux, Manolo Blahnik, Dorothea Tanning, Eileen Agar, Miguel Covarubias, Cristobal Balenciaga, Andre Masson, Leonor Fini, Roman Cieslewicz, Shoji Ueda, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, A. M. Cassandre, Peter Lindbergh, Claude Cahun, Jean Arp, and so many more.

Condition: Good – (some internal stamping/stickers from ex-library, light creasing, otherwise clean, tight throughout) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: A.M. Cassandre Adam Kurtzman Adelle Lutz Alfa Castaldi André Masson Antonio Bert Stern Bill Cunningham Bruce Weber Candy Pratts Price Cecil Beaton Christian Lacroix Cinzia Ruggeri Claude Cahun Claude Montana Comme des Garçons Cristobal Balenciaga Danuta Riyder Dominique Lacoustille Donatella Dorothea Tanning Eileen Agar Elsa Schiaparelli Enrico Donati Eric Braagaard Francoise Lesage Gabriella Giandelli Georgina Godley Germaine Vittu Giorgio de Chirico Givenchy Herbert Bayer Horst P. Horst Issey Miyake Jaques Griffe Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Jean Cocteau Jean-Paul Gaultier John Galliano Jorge Silvetti Karl Lagerfeld Krizia Leo Malet Leonor Fini Linda Fargo Louise Bourbon Louise Dahl-Wolfe Man Ray Manolo Blahnik Marcel Jean Marcel Rochas Marcel Vertés Marina Killery Max Ernst Mel Odom Meret Oppenheim Michael Roberts Olivier Guillemin Paul Colin Paul Delvaux Peter Lindbergh René Magritte Robert Mapplethorpe Salvador Dalí Serge Lutens Shoji Ueda Stephen Jones Thierry Mugler Valentine Hugo Vivienne Westwood Yves Saint Laurent Yves Tanguy Roman Cieślewicz Miguel Covarrubias Richard Martin Rizzoli / New York Art Fashion Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Photography Surrealism Textiles