World Food Books

Histoire de l'insolite
par Romi

1964 , French
Hardcover, 192 pages, 30.5 x 24.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Pont Royal Del Duca - Laffont Paris

$100.00 - Out of stock

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First 1964 hardcover edition of Histoire de l'insolite (History of the Unusual) by Romi. Preface by Philippe Soupault, artistic design by Pierre Chapelot. An incredible visual survey of the weird and wonderful from the history of occultism to the absurd, the cabinet of curiosities to the voyages of science fiction, demonology to psychosis, the Fin de siècle, Futurists, Surrealists, Dadaists, Pataphysicians, the visionaries, the mediums, the curios, the macabre, the bizarre. Profusely illustrated in mono and duotone with many pasted-in lush colour plates, this is a beautiful visual reference of the fantastic throughout history. Chapters include (translated from French): The Sources of the Unusual - A Legendary Bestiary - Fantastic Voyages - The Design to Surprise - Unusual Enterprises, featuring Alfred Jarry, Giuseppe Arcimbaldo, P.T. Barnum, Edward Lear, Hélène Smith, Raymond Roussel, Alessandro Cagliostro, Stanislao Lepri, Hieronymus Bosch, Ferdinand Cheval, and hundreds of other artists, poets, mystics and unknowns. With a preface by none other than Surrealist founder, Dadaist, writer, poet, novelist, critic, political activist, Philippe Soupault (1897-1990).

Very Good copy, highly recommended.

File under: René Magritte Hans Bellmer Paul Delvaux Jean Tinguely Daniel Spoerri Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Pierre Chapelot Salvador Dalí Jean Dubuffet Pablo Picasso Francis Picabia Felix Labisse Guy Bourdin Meret Oppenheim Claude Lalanne Claude and Francoise-Xavier Lalanne Francois-Xavier Lalanne Victor Brauner Hieronymus Bosch Man Ray Jean Cocteau Alfred Jarry Edward Lear Ferdinand Cheval Gustave Moreau Alessandro Cagliostro Stanislao Lepri Hélène Smith Gustave Doré Max-Walter Svanberg Pieter Bruegel the Elder Philippe Soupault Alfred Jarry Jean Cocteau Raymond Roussel Jacques Prévert Alessandro Cagliostro Hélène Smith Pont Royal Del Duca - Laffont Paris Surrealism Dada Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Architecture / Interior Bauhaus Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque Occult / Esoterica Photography Renaissance / Neoclassicism / Romanticism Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Drugs / Psychedelia Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées

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

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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

Passages in Modern Sculpture
by Rosalind E. Krauss

1977, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 308 pages, 24 x 16 cm
1st UK Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

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First 1977 hardcover edition of Passages in Modern Sculpture, Rosalind E. Krauss classic study of major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions from nineteenth-century figurative works to the conceptual work of the present.

"...Krauss's book is undoubtedly the best treatment of its subject yet written. As a textbook, it ought to raise the level of discourse in art history classes, for it is the meaning, not the chronology, of sculpture since Rodin that is the book's central concern. Krauss avoids the conventional plodding survey and divides the book into a sequence of 'case studies' that permit sustained attention to specific works and artists. In so doing, she attempts to trace a 'tradition' to stand behind that portion of American sculpture of the past 15 years which she espouses critically."—Art in America

"Distinguished art historian and critic Rosalind Krauss analyzes with exceptional clarity and insight the major works that have led 20th century sculpture from the traditional and figurative to the revolutionary conceptual art of the 1970s—an art which has developed a new 'syntax' that discards 'narrative' for instantaneous impact and boldly breaks new ground. Beginning with a penetrating study of Rodin's modernity in rejecting 'narrative' in his 'The Gates of Hell,' she moves successively through detailed examinations of futurism, constructivism, Duchamps' 'readymades,' Brancusi, David Smith's 'Tanktotem,' sculptural realism, and the introduction of light, motion, and theatrical elements into sculpture by Picabia, Calder, Oldenburg, and others right up to younger sculptors like Carl Andre, Blochner, and others [including Robert Morris, Don Judd, Richard Serra, Sol Le Witt, Robert Smithson, and Michael Heizer]. As critic and theorist, Krauss makes demands that will challenge even the most sophisticated."—Publishers Weekly

Rosalind E. Krauss, editor and cofounder of October magazine, is University Professor at Columbia University. She is the author of The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, The Optical Unconscious, Bachelors, and Perpetual Inventory, all published by the MIT Press.

Very Good in VG dust jacket designed by Krauss with interior architect Alan Buchsbaum!

File under: Marcel Duchamp Rodin Francis Picabia Calder Oldenburg Carl Andre Mel Blochner Robert Morris Don Judd Richard Serra Sol Le Witt Robert Smithson Michael Heizer Seymour Lipton Herbert Ferber David Smith John Chamberlain Isamu Noguchi Beverly Pepper Vladimir Tatlin Naum Gabo Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brâncuși Man Ray Alberto Giacometti Salvador Dalí Joseph Cornell René Magritte Louise Nevelson Barbara Hepworth Eva Hesse Joel Shapiro Alexander Calder Pol Bury Jean Tinguely Hans Haacke Anthony Caro Tim Scott László Moholy-Nagy Pablo Picasso Marcel Jean Rosalind E. Krauss Thames and Hudson / London Sculpture / Installation Conceptual Art Minimal Art Feminism Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Pop Art Surrealism Dada Arte Povera Bauhaus Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

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

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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

Archive of Dreams: Surrealist Impulses, Networks, and Vision

2024, English
Softcover, 328 pages, 21 x 28 cm
Published by Spector Books / Leipzig

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The book Archive of Dreams is published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name that will open the Archiv der Avantgarden. Marking the hundredth anniversary of the first surrealist manifesto and the founding of the Bureau of Surrealist Research in Paris in 1924, the volume is dedicated to the surrealist movement as well as the networks it engendered and the artistic stimuli it provided in the twentieth century. The idea was for the Bureau to collect dream testimonies in whatever form, not only to preserve and analyse them but also to give active expression to them in artistic processes. The publication shows how the practices of the avantgardes blurred the boundaries between dream and reality, between the traditional, passive notion of the archive and the idea of active, innovative artistic experiment — and thus ultimately also between the past, the present, and possible futures.

Works and documents from the period before, during, and after the Second World War shed light on the working methods of international artists and the global network they were involved in. They are complemented by diverse reflections on global protest movements and the traumas of war, thus connecting, too, to everyday experiences in a Europe beset by warfare.

File under: Salvador Dalí Max Ernst Marcel Duchamp Hans Bellmer Yves Tanguy Man Ray Unica Zürn Toyen Kurt Seligmann Carolee Schneeman Carolee Schneemann René Magritte Alexander Calder Diego Giacometti Leonora Carrington Egidio Marzona Marion Ackermann Rudolf Fischer Przemysław Strożek Friederike Fast David Wittinghofer Author Erin McClenathan Kristoffer Noheden Sven Spieker Abigail Susik David Wittinghofer Georges Bataille Marcel Duchamp André Breton Guillaume Apollinaire Michel Leiris Louis Aragon Spector Books / Leipzig Surrealism Dada Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Fiction / Poetry Theory / Essay Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

The Aesthetics of Murder: A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture
by Joel Black

1991, English
Softcover, 304 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by John Hopkins University Press / Baltimore

$45.00 - Out of stock

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First 1991 John Hopkins edition.

What connects the Romantic essays of Thomas De Quincey and the violent cinema of Brian De Palma? Or the "beautiful" suicides of Hedda Gabler and Yukio Mishima? Or the shootings of John Lennon and Ronald Reagan? In The Aesthetics of Murder, Joel Black explores the sometimes gruesome interplay between life and art, between actual violence and images of violence in a variety of literary texts, paintings, and films.

Rather than exclude murder from critical consideration by dismissing it as a crime, Black urges us to ponder the killer's artistic role—and our own experience as audience, witness, or voyeur. Black examines murder as a recurring, obsessive theme in the Romantic tradition, approaching the subject from an aesthetic rather than a moral, psychological, or philosophical perspective. And he brings into his discussion contemporary instances of sensational murders and assassinations, treating these as mimetic or cathartic activities in their own right.

Combining historical documentation with theoretical insights, Black shows that the possibilities of representing violence—and of experiencing it—as art were recognized early in the nineteenth century as logical extensions of Romantic theories of the sublime. Since then, both traditional art forms and the modern mass media have contributed to the growing aestheticization of violence.

Very Good copy, light wear.

File under: Brian De Palma René Magritte Thomas de Quincey Yukio Mishima John Hopkins University Press / Baltimore Surrealism Crime / Violence Theory / Essay Literary Theory / Semiotics / Language Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Out-of-print / Rare Philosophy Film / Video Fiction / Poetry Art Performance / Dance / Theater Sociology / Politics

Art of Eroticism

1968, Japanese
Hardcover in hard slipcase, unpaginated, 19 x 13.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Futami Shobo / Japan

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Scarce hardcover, slipcased volume on the "Art of Eroticism", published only in Japan in 1968. An amazing history of humanity that collects erotic masterpieces from around the world. With illustrated slipcase by Japanese artist Kuniyoshi Kaneko, this book functions as a separate visual volume to Ove Brussendorf and Poul Henningsen's celebrated History of Eroticism, depicting sexual customs from ancient times to the present day with 700 illustrations reproduced on glossy stock.

Very Good copy with general age and some wear to slipcase. Book well-preserved!

File under: Hans Bellmer Pierre Molinier René Magritte Kuniyoshi Kaneko Futami Shobo / Japan Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque Eros Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Painting Drawing Surrealism Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Art Fetishism / BDSM LGBTQ+

The Postmodern Scene: Excremental Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics
Edited by Arthur Kroker and David Cook

1986 / 1988, English
Softcover, 320 pages, 23 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by St. Martin's Press / New York

$35.00 - Out of stock

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"What is the postmodern scene? Baudrillard's vision of excremental culture par excellence or a final coming home to a mediascape which even as a 'body without organs' (Deleuze and Guattari), a 'negative space' (Krauss), a 'pure implosion' (Lyotard) or 'a symbolic experience' (Kristeva) is now first nature, and thus the terrain of a new political refusal?"

THE POSTMODERN SCENE is a series of major theorisations about key artistic and intellectual tendencies in the postmodern condition. A variety of texts, ranging from Nietzsche's The Will to Power, Serres' Hermes, Baudrillard's Precession of Simulacra, the visual art of Fischl, Hopper, Colville, and Magritte and recent performance art are used as probes of the human fate in the contemporary century. Here, theoretical reflection is viewed as a privileged artistic act: simultaneously a critical encounter with the 'shock of the real', and a meditation in the form of a lament over the 'intimations of deprival' which speak to us now of postmodern culture, art, and philosophy in ruins.

Arthur Kroker is the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory. He teaches political science and the humanities at Concordia University, Montreal.

David Cook teaches political theory at Erindale College, University of Toronto.

Good copy, Second 1988 expanded edition. Light general wear, tanning to spine edge.

File under: Alex Colville René Magritte Edward Hopper Eric Fischl Giorgio de Chirico Arthur Kroker David Cook Jean Baudrillard Jean-François Lyotard Gilles Deleuze Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari Félix Guattari Rosalind E. Krauss Julia Kristeva St. Martin's Press / New York Theory / Essay Philosophy Out-of-print / Rare

1970-1980 : Dal Design Al Post-Design
Edited by Isa Vercelloni

1980, Italian
Hardcover, 50 pages, 32 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Casa Vogue / Milan Edizioni Condé Nast / Milan

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First edition, published in 1980 by Edizioni Condé Nast / Casa Vogue (Milan), of this little known furniture book, edited by Casa Vogue editor Isa Vercelloni, who brought us the 1985 classic “Styles of Living: The Best of Casa Vogue”.

This fantastic hardcover book, the first in Casa Vogue's book library, is dedicated entirely to showcasing furniture by (amongst many other deisgners) Aldo Rossi, Gaetano Pesce, Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Toshiyuki Kita, Achille Castiglioni, Alchimia, Paolo Nava, Antonio Citterio, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, B&B Italia, Cassina, Flos, Poltronova, Vico Magistretti, Artemide, Stilnovo, Mario Bellini, Josef Hoffman, Studio Driade, Poltronova, Carlo Scarpa, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Eileen Grey, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gerrit T. Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, , Pierre Jeanneret, C&B Italia, Mario Ceroli, Cini Boeri, Arflex, Zanotta, Superstudio, Archizoom, Knoll, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Jonathan de Pas, De. Pas + D'urbino + Lomazzi, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Gufram, Giani Ruffi, Piero Gilardi, Joe Columbo, Sergio Asti, Hans Hollein...

Scarce, wonderfully compiled Italian title of 1970's-1980's furniture design and its influences.

Very Good copy.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Alessandro Mendini Angelo Mangiarotti Antonio Citterio Archizoom Arflex Artemide Carlo Scarpa Cassina Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charlotte Perriand Cini Boeri De Pas Donato d'Urbino D'Urbino Eileen Gray Enzo Mari Gae Aulenti Gerrit Rietveld Giani Ruffi Gufram Hans Hollein Joe Colombo Jonathan de Pas Josef Hoffmann Le Corbusier Mario Bellini Mario Ceroli Max Ernst Meret Oppenheim Paolo Lomazzi Paolo Nava Piero Gilardi Pierre Jeanneret Poltronova René Magritte Sergio Asti Stilnovo Studio 65 Studio Driade Superstudio Toshiyuki Kita Vico Magistretti Zanotta B&B Italia Isa Vercelloni Casa Vogue / Milan Edizioni Condé Nast / Milan Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Ceramics / Glass Pop Art Arte Povera Sculpture / Installation

Styles of Living
The Best of Casa Vogue

1985, English
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 224 pages, 30 x 22.6 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Rizzoli / New York

$200.00 - Out of stock

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First edition, published by Rizzoli in 1985, of this classic interior design book, "Styles of Living: The Best of Casa Vogue"

Making appearances in these rooms: Gae Aulenti, Man Ray, Enzo Mari, Carlo Scarpa, Pablo Picasso, Josef Hoffman, Cinzia Ruggeri, Max Ernst, Wols, Matteo Thun, Ettore Sottsass, Le Corbusier, Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Lucio Fontana, Eileen Grey, Daniel Buren, Gaetano Pesce, Charles Eames, Verner Panton, Massimo Vignelli, Andy Warhol, Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Tàpies, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alver Aalto.....

"Ever since the end of the Second World War, Italian style, design and decoration have maintained an unprecedented predominance in the Western World. It was in the early 1950s that a great surge of decorative talent welled up in Italy, and this resulted in the 'Italian look' in clothes and in homes - a new standard of chic inventiveness.

The Italian view of interior design has been most enterprisingly expressed in the magazine Casa Vogue, which was founded in 1968 and has consistently been one of the most admired publications of Condé Nast International.

This book, garnered from the many issues of Casa Vogue, has been written and produced under the guidance of Isa Vercellonim who has been its editor ever since its inception. The choice of picture-stories is intended to reflect the unusual and distinctive diversity of the magazine - ranging from traditional decoration to the more advance examples of minimal design, most the most significant of contemporary buildings to the spectacular reconstructions and reconversions of old palazzi and coachhouses, from the 'post modern' to the 'anti-modern' and any other 'moderns' that may have been advocated recently. Italian trends naturally provide the main focus, but Casa Vogue also includes developments in the United States, France, Switzerland - indeed, wherever unusual and meaningful designs are being created."

Very good copy in Good dust-jacket, protected under mylar wrap.

File under: Andy Warhol Antoni Tàpies Carlo Scarpa Charles Eames Cinzia Ruggeri Daniel Buren Eileen Gray Enzo Mari Ettore Sottsass Frank Lloyd Wright Gae Aulenti Gaetano Pesce Josef Hoffmann Le Corbusier Lucio Fontana Man Ray Massimo Vignelli Matteo Thun Max Ernst Michelangelo Pistoletto Pablo Picasso René Magritte Salvador Dalí Verner Panton Wols Alvar Aalto Rizzoli / New York Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Pop Art Ceramics / Glass Arte Povera

Die truglosen Bilder René Magritte — Bioskop und Photographie

1976, German
Softcover, 96 pages, 19 x14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Walther König / Köln Edition Lebeer Hossmann / Brüssels

$40.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of this rare collection of the photographs of Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte (1898—1967). German language edition issued by Walther Koenig in Cologne and Edition Lebeer Hossmann in Brüssels, on the occasion of the traveling exhibition La fidélité des images — René Magritte: Cinématograph et photographie. With 111 photos and film images by Rene Magritte.

René François Ghislain Magritte (1898—1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.

Good copy with some marking and tanning to covers.

File under: René Magritte Walther König / Köln Edition Lebeer Hossmann / Brüssels Photography Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Painting

René Magritte
1948: La Période Vache

2008, English / German
Hardcover, 176 pages, 21.5 x 30.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Schirn Kunsthalle / Frankfurt

$190.00 - Out of stock

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Now out-of-print and collectible, this wonderful hardcover monograph is entirely dedicated to the exceptional, radical and nearly unknown period of paintings from famed Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte known as the Période Vache, from 1948.

René Magritte numbers not only among the most important, but also among the most popular twentieth-century artists. Often against the grain of the artistic tendencies of his time, the Belgian Surrealist painter developed a unique and unmistakable pictorial language. His work’s continuing crucial influence on later generations of artists and his impact on today’s visual culture are almost without par. Many of his enigmatic and equally hard-to-forget solutions have been reproduced in the millions and become famous icons far beyond the world of art.

However, a fascinating period of the artist’s landmark oeuvre has remained nearly unknown: his so-called Période vache. In 1948, Magritte made a group of paintings and gouaches distinctly different from the rest of his work for his first solo exhibition in Paris. Relying on a new, fast and aggressive style of painting – and particularly inspired by popular sources such as caricatures and comics, but also interspersing his works with stylistic quotations from artists like James Ensor or Henri Matisse – Magritte, within only a few weeks, produced about thirty entirely uncharacteristic works that caused an outrage in Paris. The artist deliberately conceived the exhibition as a provocation of and an assault on the Parisian public. Painting in an unexpectedly crude, playful, and intentionally “bad” manner, he reflected his own work and painting in general.

The fact that Magritte’s first solo presentation in Paris did not take place before 1948 is of crucial relevance for the genesis of his Période vache. Paris was not only the center of the art world, but also the capital of the Surrealist movement, and Magritte, as the central figure of Belgian Surrealism, had been in close contact with the circle around André Breton since the 1920s. Yet, it was not only his attempt to establish himself in the French metropolis that failed after only a three-year stay (1927–1930); even after his international recognition had grown in the 1930s, he was denied an adequate appreciation of his work in Paris. In addition, Magritte came into direct conflict with Paris after the war when his redefinition of Surrealism met with the disapproval of the Surrealist group’s protagonists returning home from exile.

This was the context in which Magritte regarded his invitation to Paris in 1948 less as an overdue chance of success in the French metropolis but rather as an opportunity for taking revenge – for the arrogance of the capital’s art scene and the ossified attitude of a Surrealism that had outlived itself and become far too socially acceptable – by pulling off a surprising coup.

The term “vache” used by Magritte for his new group of works is mostly understood as an ironical allusion to the historical movement of the Fauves, whose exaggerated coloring Magritte’s works parodied as much as their decoratively pleasing character. Yet in French, “vache” does not only mean “cow,” but also as much as “mean” or “nasty”; “vacherie” signifies a mean trick. Thus, the term hints at the aggressive and deliberately crude quality characteristic of the pictures.

The exhibition in Paris turned out the expected failure. Not one picture was sold. The press reacted frostily. The public was appalled. The Paris Surrealists kept their distance. Only one of the vache works was exhibited again during Magritte’s lifetime, i.e. until 1967. For exhibition makers as well as art dealers and art historians, this group of works constituted an alien element in an otherwise extraordinarily consistent oeuvre. In addition, it did not fit in with the image of an artist who had, above all, been presented as a pioneer of Pop art and Concept art since the 1960s. It was not before thirty years after their making that these hitherto forgotten works began to be gradually reevaluated and appreciated starting with the “Westkunst” exhibition in Cologne. In the context of the 1980s’ Post-Conceptual painting, the strategies Magritte had relied on for subverting the prevailing standards of painting in the medium itself appeared both exemplary and highly topical. Today, about forty years after Magritte’s death, contemporary artists such as John Currin or Sean Landers often come to understand his oeuvre by making themselves familiar with the works of his Période vache at first. The works’ humor, spontaneous style, and daring bad taste provide an example for a form of painting deriving its momentum from the apparent meaningless of its subjects in order to refute the clichés of today’s world of images. With his manifesto-like protest against all varieties of arrogance and reprimands in the arts, Magritte has become a model for the artist’s triumph over the workings of an art scene that seem to be more overpowering today than they ever were.

Edited by Esther Schlicht and Max Hollein. With a preface by Max Hollein and texts by Michel Draguet, Robert Fleck, Florence Hespel, and Esther Schlicht.

Very Good copy, with knock to top of back boards (not effecting contents)

File under: René Magritte Esther Schlicht Florence Hespel Max Hollein Michel Draguet Robert Fleck Schirn Kunsthalle / Frankfurt Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Surrealism

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

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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

Surrealism in Belgium - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
by Xavier Canonne

2015, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 160 pages, 27 x 31 cm
Published by Marot / Brussels

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From the start, the Belgian Surrealists—among them René Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Paul Nougé, E.L.T. Mesens and Marcel Mariën—distinguished themselves from their Parisian counterparts with their dry wit, brilliant conceptualism and knack for combining the fantastical and the everyday (e.g., Magritte's bowler-hatted men, or Marcel Mariën's iconic single-lensed spectacle), and their disinclination to issue Breton-style manifestos.

This revelatory volume celebrates the Surrealist movement in Belgium through a group of more than 250 paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and books by artists such as Rachel Baes, Paul Delvaux, Camille Goemans, Jane Graverol, Tom Gutt, Jacques Lacomblez, René Magritte, Marcel Mariën, Jacques Matton, Edouard (E.L.T.) Mesens, Paul Nougé, Gilbert Senecaut, Louis Scutenaire, Max Servais, Armand Simon, André Stas Raoul Ubac, Louis Van de Spiegele, Rogier Van de Wouwer and Robert Willems.

File under: Rachel Baes Paul Delvaux Camille Goemans Jane Graverol Tom Gutt Jacques Lacomblez René Magritte Marcel Mariën Jacques Matton Edouard (E.L.T.) Mesens Paul Nougé Gilbert Senecaut Louis Scutenaire Max Servais Armand Simon André Stas Raoul Ubac Louis Van de Spiegele Rogier Van de Wouwer Robert Willems Xavier Canonne Marot / Brussels Surrealism Painting Drawing Fiction / Poetry Art Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections

Night Vision No. 13 (Surrealism)

1984, Japanese
Softcover, 224 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Night Vision / Japan

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First 1984 edition of cult Japanese underground magazine Night Vision, a special edition dedicated to Surrealism. Packed with content, including many important Surrealist texts translated to Japanese, this heavily illustrated book includes features on Hans Bellmer and Unica Zürn, Yves Tanguy, Remedios Varo, Max Ernst, Belgian Surrealism, female Surrealist artists and poets (Remedios Varo, Mimi Parent, Valentine Penrose, Gisèle Prassinos, Dorothea Tanning, Bona de Mandiargues, Isabelle Walberg, Lise Deharme, Leonora Carrington, Dora Maar, Aube Elléouët, Jane Graverol, Nelly Kaplan (Belen), Joyce Mansour, Nora Mitrani, Unica Zürn, Valentine Hugo, Marianne Van Hirtum, Leonora Fini, Marie-Laure de Noailles, Kay Sage, Toyen, Annie Le Brun, Meret Oppenheim), Latin American Surrealism and Frida Kahlo-Diego Rivera, Surrealist literature and activities (Artaud, Picabia, Apollinaire, Bataille, Duchamp, Satie, Breton, etc.) plus much more, text contributions by Georges Bataille, Paul Eluard, Midori Wakakuwa, Kuniharu Akiyama, Takashi Tanyuya, Shigeo Goto, Takahiko Okada, Octavio Paz, André Breton, Kunio Iwaya, Gonzalo Cerorio, Yuichi Konno, Satoshi Takamura, and much more. Illustrated in b/w throughout (with many more artists than mentioned above) in that great Night Vision semi-fanzine/cheap reader quality.

Very Good - Fine copy.

File under: Remedios Varo Dorothea Tanning Leonora Carrington René Magritte Unica Zürn Hans Bellmer Erik Satie Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Francis Picabia Yves Tanguy Man Ray Victor Brauner Joan Miro Andre Masson Claude Cahun Salvador Dali Toyen Meret Oppenheim Bona (Bona de Mandiargues) Mimi Parent Valentine Penrose Gisèle Prassinos Isabelle Walberg Dora Maar Jane Graverol Valentine Hugo Kay Sage Aline Gagnaire Aube Elléouët Paul Eluard Octavio Paz Midori Wakakuwa Kuniharu Akiyama Takashi Tanyuya Shigeo Goto Takahiko Okada André Breton Kunio Iwaya Gonzalo Cerorio Yuichi Konno Satoshi Takamura Erik Satie Antonin Artaud Francis Picabia Guillaume Apollinaire Octabio Paz Valentine Penrose Gisèle Prassinos Lise Deharme Joyce Mansour Nora Mitrani Marianne Van Hirtum Annie Le Brun Georges Bataille Night Vision / Japan Photography Surrealism Dada Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Painting Fiction / Poetry Art Drawing

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

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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

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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

$30.00 - Out of stock

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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

Graphis Annual '72/73

1973, English / German / French
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 232 pages, 24 x 30.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by The Graphis Press / Zürich

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1972/1973 edition (with Massimo Vignelli cover design) of the mighty hardcover Graphis Annuals collection, published by The Graphis Press in Zürich. Designed and edited by Swiss graphic designer Walter Herdeg, this profusely illustrated volume continues one of the world's leading design showcases. Each "International Annual of Advertising Graphics" profiles in colour and black and white the best design of everything from book jackets to record covers to television commercials to trade marks and letterheads. All texts are in English, German and French. This edition features the works of Herb Lubalin, Tomi Ungerer, Domenico Gnoli, Les Mason, Ettore Sottsass, Massimo Vignelli, Edward Gorey, Jean-Michel Folon, Max Ernst, Willy Fleckhaus, Seymour Chwast, Saul Steinberg, Roman Cieslewicz, Milton Glaser, Tadashi Ohashi, Paul Davis, Mort Drucker, Paul Rand, Ernest Trova, Roland Topor, Etienne Delessert, Enzo Mari, Ronald Searle, René Magritte, Tetsuo Iwashima, Olaf Leu, Edward C. Kozlowski, Push Pin Studio, and hundreds more.

Good copy in good dust jacket (tanning and ageing). Preserved under mylar wrap.

File under: Walter Herdeg Massimo Vignelli Herb Lubalin Tomi Ungerer Domenico Gnoli Les Mason Ettore Sottsass Edward Gorey Jean-Michel Folon Max Ernst Willy Fleckhaus Seymour Chwast Saul Steinberg Roman Cieślewicz Milton Glaser Tadashi Ohashi Paul Davis Mort Drucker Paul Rand Ernest Trova Roland Topor Etienne Delessert Enzo Mari Ronald Searle René Magritte Tetsuo Iwashima Olaf Leu Edward C. Kozlowski Push Pin Studio The Graphis Press / Zürich Graphic Design / Typography Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare

Studio International (Belgian Issue)
October 1974, Vol. 188, No. 974

1974, English
Softcover, 152 pages, 30.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Studio International / Studio International / London

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The special "Belgian Issue" of Studio International, with famous front and back covers designed by Marcel Broodthaers, with text by Broodthaers on page 114 ("Wiertz Museum"). Also includes a long and rich essay entitled "'Incredible' Belgium : Impressions" by Barbara Reise, focussing on the years 1973-1974 and reviews the important events that marked the contemporary art scene in galleries or private collections, plus articles on Pol Bury and André Balthazar's "The Daily Bul" by André Balthazar, "Museums, Collectors, Policies" by Karl Geirlandt, "Some Notes on Hyper-realists" by Karl Geirlandt and Jean-Pierre van Tieghem, Panamarenko by Irmaline Lebeer, "Construction and Structure in Form and Colour" by Phil Mertens, "Aspects of the Avant-Garde in Belgium" by Michael Baudson and Yves Gevaert, and much more. Artist pages by Younger Belgian Artists: Paul De Gobert, Guy Mees, Maurice Roquet, Malcolm Lauder, Krokus, Jan Dries, Group Cap. Belgian comics. Reviews section.

A now very collectable issue from the great Peter Townsend as editor years.

As editor of Studio International magazine from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Peter Townsend oversaw its transformation from a mainstream Britain-centric publication into a vanguard journal chronicling some of the most radical artistic endeavours in the UK and internationally.

Marcel Broodthaers (28 January 1924 – 28 January 1976) was a Belgian a polymorphic artist, poet, visual artist, filmmaker, photographer, who anticipated the reflection on the relationship between the artwork, the museum and the public.

Good copy, but with previous owner inscription on cover and decent age/rubbing to covers.

File under: Marcel Broodthaers Paul De Gobert Guy Mees Maurice Roquet Malcolm Lauder Krokus Jan Dries Group Cap Raoul De Keyser René Magritte Panamarenko Karl Geirlandt Barbara Reise Frank Whitford André Balthazar Jean-Pierre van Tieghem Irmaline Lebeer Phil Mertens Francis Strauven Michael Baudson Yves Gevaert Micheline van Lier Peter Townsend Studio International / Studio International / London Art Conceptual Art Sculpture / Installation Painting Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Minimal Art

Z
Lagerkatalog 1970

1970, German
Softcover, 92 pages, 11 x 17 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Galerie Rudolph Zwirner / Köln

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"Z" is a great, unsuspecting pocketbook from Galerie Rudolph Zwirner in 1970, collecting together a wonderful group of works by 78 artists (Yves Klein, Richard Tuttle, Donald Judd, Cy Twombly, René Magritte, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Kenneth Noland, Daniel Spoerri, Frank Stella, Jean Tinguely, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Linder, Jasper Johns, Martial Raysse, Dieter Rot, Franz Erhart Walther, Bruno Goller, Morris Louis, Jim Dine, Otto Dix, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Konrad Klapheck, Lucio Fontana, Blinky Palermo, Hundertwasser, Gerhard Richter, Antoni Tapies, Andy Warhol, George Grosz, Robert Graham, Allen Jones, Henri Michaux, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Oskar Schlemmer, Yves Tanguy, Louis Soutter, Tom Wesselmann, Toyen, Wols, Larry Bell, Dan Flavin, Panamarenko, Sol Lewitt, etc.) across painting, sculpture, drawings, collage and multiples, all reproduced in black and white across this almost entirely visual volume.

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

File under: Allen Jones Andy Warhol Antoni Tàpies Blinky Palermo Bruno Goller Cy Twombly Dan Flavin Daniel Spoerri Dieter Roth Donald Judd Frank Stella Franz Erhard Walther George Grosz Gerhard Richter Henri Michaux Hundertwasser Jasper Johns Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jim Dine Kenneth Noland Konrad Klapheck Larry Bell László Moholy-Nagy Louis Soutter Lucio Fontana Martial Raysse Max Ernst Morris Louis Oskar Schlemmer Otto Dix Panamarenko René Magritte Richard Linder Richard Tuttle Robert Graham Robert Rauschenberg Roy Lichtenstein Salvador Dalí Sol Lewitt Tom Wesselmann Toyen Wols Yves Klein Yves Tanguy Claes Oldenburg Galerie Rudolph Zwirner / Köln Art Drawing Out-of-print / Rare Painting Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Pop Art Surrealism Fluxus Minimal Art Dada

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

Art International
Vol. XIV/9 November 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/9 November 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
cover: Eugenio Carmi

Features: Henry Moore, Anthony Caro, Aristide Maillol, Clement Meadmore, Lee Bontecou, George Grosz, Hannah Höch, R. B. Kitaj, Kurt Schwitters, Ross Woodman, Harry Soviak, The Israel Museum, James Rosati, Frances Picabia, Raffael Ferrer, Alexander Archipenko, Paolo Soleri, Ralph Goings, Alex Katz, René Magritte, Roberto Matta, Hans Bellmer, Frank Stella, David Aspden, John Armstrong, Gunter Christmann, Ken Reinhard, Jorge Camacho, Tetsumi Kudo, Michael Heizer, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Pol Bury, Raoul Ubac, Antoni Tàpies, Llyn Foulkes, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Henry Moore Anthony Caro Aristide Maillol Clement Meadmore Lee Bontecou George Grosz Hannah Höch Kurt Schwitters Ross Woodman Harry Soviak James Rosati Alexander Archipenko Paolo Soleri Ralph Goings Alex Katz René Magritte Roberto Matta Hans Bellmer Frank Stella David Aspden John Armstrong Gunter Christmann Ken Reinhard Jorge Camacho Tetsumi Kudo Michael Heizer Jean-Pierre Raynaud Pol Bury Raoul Ubac Antoni Tàpies Llyn Foulkes Rafael Ferrer R.B. Kitaj Francis Picabia James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Minimal Art Theory / Essay Dada Pop Art Australian Art