World Food Books

Conversations with Artists
by Selden Rodman

1961, English
Softcover, 234 pages, 20.5 x 13 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Capricorn Books / New York

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce first paperback edition of this classic survey of conversations, published by Capricorn Books, New York, in 1961. Selden Rodman, a poet, compiled this lively survey of modern American art, architecture and sculpture at the close of the 1950s - by means of amusing and often revealing interviews with several dozen exponents. These revealing and entertaining conversations, convey the vitality, range and excitement of the art world in America in the 1950s through the words of the artist's themselves.

Artists include: Leonard Baskin, Alexander Calder, Joseph Glasco, Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Graves, David Hare, Edward Hopper, Philip Johnson, James Kearns, Frank Kline, Willem de Kooning, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Kenzo Okada, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Larry Rivers, Mark Rothko, Ben Shahn, David Smith, Saul Steinberg, Mark Tobey, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Andrew Wyeth.

Very Good copy from the collection of American curator and art critic Norman A. Geske, who authored many books on American art, directed the Sheldon Art Gallery in Nebraska (which included his building collaboration with architect Philip Johnson, who is featured herein), and curated the American Pavillion at the Venice Biennale in 1968, amongst other things. Norman A. Geske collection personal stamp to title page.

File under: Leonard Baskin Alexander Calder Joseph Glasco Adolph Gottlieb Morris Graves David Hare Edward Hopper Philip Johnson James Kearns Willem de Kooning Rico Lebrun Jack Levine Jacques Lipchitz Kenzo Okada Jackson Pollock Ad Reinhardt Larry Rivers Mark Rothko Ben Shahn David Smith Saul Steinberg Mark Tobey Frank Lloyd Wright Andrew Wyeth Franz Kline Capricorn Books / New York Art Painting Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Sculpture / Installation Architecture / Interior

The International Design Yearbook 1985/86
Edited by Robert A.M. Stern

1986, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 239 pages, 25 x 31 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$80.00 $20.00 - Out of stock

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Edited by Robert A.M. Stern, one of the world's leading exponents of the Post-Modern movement, "The International Design Yearbook 1985/86" was "the first volume of an important annual review of domestic design in an international context. It shows the best, the most characteristic and the most exciting recent designs in furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, glass and metalware. It illustrates the work not only of such leading figures as Rossi, Hollein, Venturi, Sottsass and Castiglioni, but of hundreds of other contemporary designers around the world, whose work is notable for its topicality and promise, or for its aesthetic or functional excellence."

As well as contemporary design of the mid 1980's, the annual "deals with the reproduction of classic designs by such masters as Eileen Gray, Hoffman, Mackintosh, Rietveld and Le Corbusier." The annual also functioned as a guidebook to the featured designers and the respective companies, manufacturers and retailers of their designs. Biographies for all those designers featured are included, plus texts throughout.

This large book is richly illustrated with wonderful examples of the featured designers in their many forms via 520 illustrations, 382 in colour. Many works rarely (some possibly never) seen documented in any other book.

Includes the work of: Verner Panton, Nathalie du Pasquier, Charlotte Perriand, Paolo Piva, Andrée Putman, Dieter Rams, Gerrit Rietveld, Aldo Rossi, Stanley Tigerman, Brian Faucheux, Jay Stanger, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Hans Gunnarsson, Studio Alchimia, Gabrielle Regondi, John Smith, Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi, Paolo Deganello, Alessio Sarri, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Matteo Thun, Pierre Jeanneret, Memphis, Giuseppe Terragni, Robert George Sowden, SITE, Afra Scarpa, Tobia Scarpa, Robert Venturi, Ugo La Pietra, Le Corbusier, Ettore Sottsass, Adolf Loos, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Richard Meier, Alessando Mendini, Fujiwo Ishimoto, Hans Hollein, Josef Hoffmann, William Morris, Frank Gehry, Robert A.M. Stern, Eileen Gray, Michael Graves, Michele De Lucchi, Joe Colombo, Achille Castiglioni, Mario Bellini, Gae Aulenti, Hans Ansems, Ron Arad, Emilio Ambasz, Alver Aalto, Daniel Weil, Marco Zanini, to name but a few!

Very Good copy with VG dust jacket, light tanning to page edge.

File under: Robert A.M. Stern Verner Panton Nathalie du Pasquier Charlotte Perriand Paolo Piva Andrée Putman Dieter Rams Gerrit Rietveld Aldo Rossi Stanley Tigerman Brian Faucheux Jay Stanger Yrjo Kukkapuro Hans Gunnarsson Studio Alchimia Gabrielle Regondi John Smith Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi Paolo Deganello Alessio Sarri Charles Rennie Mackintosh Matteo Thun Pierre Jeanneret Memphis Giuseppe Terragni Robert George Sowden SITE Afra Scarpa Tobia Scarpa Robert Venturi Ugo La Pietra Le Corbusier Ettore Sottsass Adolf Loos Robert Mallet-Stevens Richard Meier Alessando Mendini Fujiwo Ishimoto Hans Hollein Josef Hoffmann William Morris Frank Gehry Eileen Gray Michael Graves Michele De Lucchi Joe Colombo Achille Castiglioni Mario Bellini Gae Aulenti Hans Ansems Ron Arad Emilio Ambasz Alver Aalto Daniel Weil Marco Zanini Robert A.M. Stern Thames and Hudson / London Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Architecture / Interior Textiles SALE

Isamu Noguchi
Retrospective 1992

1992, English / Japanese
Softcover, 182 pages, 23.5 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Asahi Shimbun / Japan

$120.00 - In stock -

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Scarce major Japanese monograph on the work of prominent and influential Japanese-American sculptor artist, landscape architect, and furniture/lighting designer Isamu Noguchi, published on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition "ISAMU NOGUCHI RETROSPECTIVE 1992", March 14 1992 -May 10 1992 / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and May 26 1992 - July 5 1992 / The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.

This book documents a large many works spanning the 1920s-1980s, alongside text by Koji Takahashi, forming an important document and archive of Noguchi's life and work.

Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. One of the greatest 20th-century sculptors, Noguchi is known for his sculpture and public works, creating innovative parks, plazas, playgrounds, fountains, gardens, and stage sets as well as sculpture of stone, metal, wood, and clay, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.

In 1947, Noguchi began a collaboration with the Herman Miller company, when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture ever produced, including the iconic Noguchi table which remains in production today.

Very good copy.

File under: Isamu Noguchi Koji Takahashi Asahi Shimbun / Japan Architecture / Interior Art Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Ceramics / Glass

Isamu Noguchi
Connecting the World Through Sculpture

2006, English / Japanese
Softcover, 146 pages, 24 x 30 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Yokohama Museum of Art / Yokohama

$120.00 - Out of stock

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Wonderful Isamu Noguchi monograph published on the occasion of a major Japanese travelling survey exhibition entitled "Connecting the World Through Sculpture" in 2006. This oversized catalogue is profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with Noguchi's sculptures, reliefs, models, furniture and landscape designs for parks and playgrounds. Includes many pages of his beautiful set designs for Martha Graham's School and Dance Company in New York in the 1940s. Introductory texts in Japanese and English, a chronology, bibliography and list of exhibited artworks.

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was a Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. He was one of the twentieth century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. His varied work was informed by his extensive travels over his lifetime. He worked across many different mediums, including sculptural gardening, set designs and architecture.

Very Good copy with some cover/spine wear.

File under: Isamu Noguchi Yokohama Museum of Art / Yokohama Architecture / Interior Art Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Macquettes…

1981, English
Die cut folded exhibition card, 18 x 14.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Nigel Greenwood Inc. / London

$90.00 - In stock -

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Rare die-cut folded exhibition card produced by Marc Camille Chaimowicz on the occasion of the exhibition Macquettes… at Nigel Greenwood Inc, London, 10 December, 1981—30 January, 1982.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Fine copy.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Nigel Greenwood Inc. / London Objects / Ephemera / A/V Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Architecture / Interior Furniture Art Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Partial Eclipse…

1981, English
Fold-out booklet, 20.4 x 22.6 cm (folded), 72 x 22.6 cm (unfolded)
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by The Tate Gallery / London

$50.00 - In stock -

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Rare 1981 fold-out booklet published to accompany Marc Camille Chaimowicz's performance of Partial Eclipse… at the Tate Gallery, London in September, 1981.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Fine copy.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz The Tate Gallery / London Performance / Dance / Theater Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Painting Drawing Sculpture / Installation

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
12 Décors Textiles

1983, English / French
Softcover (w. 2 fabric swatches tipped in), 21 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Comportement Environnement Performance / Lyon

$240.00 - In stock -

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Rare artist's book and catalogue designed by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, 12 Décors Textiles, published in limited edition in 1983. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and b/w, reproducing the designs of 12 textile patterns created by the artist, including two hand-printed fabric sample swatches tipped in. Accompanied by text by Hubert Besacier in English and French.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Good copy, with general wear/age to edges/spine, moisture stain to bottom corner, at worst on front board, with associated page rippling. Some markings to covers.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Hubert Besacier Comportement Environnement Performance / Lyon Performance / Dance / Theater Art Painting Drawing Furniture Sculpture / Installation Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Chemin de Croix (Stations of the Cross)

1988, French
14 illustrated prints in illustrated cardboard folio, 30 loose leaf pages, 21.5 x 26.5 cm
Ed. of 150,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Pour l’Art Contemporain / Bourbon-Lancy

$800.00 - In stock -

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Exquisite and extremely rare artist's portfolio, Chemin de Croix (Stations of the Cross), 14 drawings made by Marc Camille Chaimowicz at the Leighton Artists Colony, Parish of St Mary’s, Banff, during Easter 1988. Published in an edition of 150 copies and printed in full colour on warm, heavy paper stock, housed in illustrated cardboard folio, printed in Dijon on the presses of l'imprimerie Dips on behalf of the artist and Le Coin du Miroir, Dijon A Priori, Lyon Pour l'art contemporain, Bourbon Lancy. The 14 drawing series was created to be exhibited in the church of Lesme in Saône-et-Loire at the request of the association Pour l’Art Contemporain, Bourbon-Lancy, from July 1988—July 1989.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Very Good copy, with light age and corner/edge wear. Prints beautifully preserved within. Small chipping/closed tear to soft folio corners.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Pour l’Art Contemporain / Bourbon-Lancy Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Posters / Prints Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater Art Architecture / Interior Furniture

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
The World of Interiors

2007, English
Hardcover (pressed cloth w. plastic sleeve), 218 pages, 21 x 26.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by JRP Ringier / Zürich Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst / Zürich

$1000.00 - Out of stock

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One of the great artist books of our time, Marc Camille Chaimowicz's The World of Interiors disappeared from existence immediately after its publication, becoming a book of legend.

Awarded "The Most Beautiful Swiss Book" in 2007, The World of Interiors was conceived and realized by Chaimowicz (b. post-war Paris) on the occasion of his solo exhibition at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich. In the guise of a perfectly reproduced copy of an issue of the famous World Of Interiors magazine, the artist conceived this publication as a reference monograph and a source catalogue, ranging from his first post-Pop scatter installations to works realized in the 1990s. Looking back over nearly 30 years of work, this issue of World Of Interiors is beautifully détourned by Chaimowicz through inserting and collaging his own work (drawings, designs, paintings, photographs of installations, sculptures, his own domestic interiors, furniture, objects), personal writings, clippings from other magazines, references to Cocteau, Proust, Flaubert, Grey, Genet, Giacometti, and texts by contributing writers throughout its glossy pages. Legend has it (and we have this from the best sources) that the publishers received a 'cease and desist' letter from World Of Interiors' publisher Conde Nast immediately after its release and the majority of the print-run was destroyed, making this a very scarce and sought after book. The perfect follow-up Chaimowicz book to his gorgeous "Café du Reve" from 1985.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present. His works are in the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Victoria and Albert Museum collections.

A fine example of a very collectable and special book, wrapped in original rose cloth hardcover, protected under mylar wrap..

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz JRP Ringier / Zürich Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst / Zürich Architecture / Interior Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Textiles Furniture Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Reverie, Its Practice and Means of Display

2022, English
Flexcover (clothbound), 248 pages, 21 x 26 cm
Published by Les Presses Du Reel / Paris

$72.00 - Out of stock

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Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Marc Camille Chaimowicz – Zig Zag and Many Ribbons… at MAMC Saint-Etienne in 2022—2023, this reference monograph revisits the conceptual and sensorial developments pursued by the artist since the 1970s.

Includes a ribbon drawn by the artist as an inserted bookmark. Edited by Marc Camille Chaimowicz and Anna Clifford. Text by Marie Canet. Designed by Zak Kyes.

Born in the aftermath of World War II (in 1947 in Paris) of a Polish father and a French mother, Marc Camille Chaimowicz moved as a child to the United Kingdom. He studied at Ealing, Camberwell, and the Slate School of Art in London. In new artistic times, careful to bring art and life closer, often using performance, the life of Marc Camille Chaimowicz has become a great workshop. Living in the exhibition spaces, he sets up hotels entrances, decorates them with his own artefacts, and serves there some tea to visitors with musical background. When it became an official art practice which was no longer subversive, Chaimowicz abandoned performance art. From 1975 to 1979, he designed the interior of his Approach Road flat. Wallpapers, curtains, videos he made while performing in his own decor: everything had been tailored-imagined, drawn, and conceived to turn his interior into a room conducive to reverie. From the 1980s onwards, decors and furniture set like in a theatre scenography took their place in museums. Since then, hundreds of exhibitions have featured the interiors series of this international artist.

Marie Canet is a French art critic, independent curator and professor of aesthetics at the Villa Arson (Nice).

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Anna Clifford Marie Canet Les Presses Du Reel / Paris Painting Drawing Conceptual Art Performance / Dance / Theater Architecture / Interior Sculpture / Installation Curatorial Textiles Art

Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau
Collection Connaissance des Arts

1973, French
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 288 pages, 25 x 32 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Réalités - Hachette / Paris

$690.00 - In stock -

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First and only printing of one of the heaviest hitters of interior design books ever, the enormous, lavishly illustrated "Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau" (Collection Connaissance des Arts) published in 1973. Without a doubt one of the most sought after interior design books and now extremely rare.

This heavy, prestigious, cloth-bound volume travels through some of the world's most incredible domestic interiors by the 20th century's top interior designers and decorators, including Francois Catroux, Serge Royaux, Gae Aulenti, Alberto Pinto, Maria Pergay, Charles Sevigny, Martine Dufour, Isabelle Hebey, Michel Boyer, David Mlinaric, Karl Lagerfeld, Quasar Khanh, Marc du Plantier, Yves Vidal, Jacques Grange, Valentino, Aldo Jacober, David Hicks, Piero Pinto, Henri Samuel, Nanda Vigo, John Stefanidis, Paolo Tommasi, and more, including the homes of major architects, fashion designers, art and antiquities collectors, celebrities, and interior designers themselves, showcasing objets d'art, historical artifacts, furniture and decor (from Mies van der Rohe, Lucio Fontana, Nicola L, Cesar, Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Arman, Gae Aulenti, Marcel Breuer, Cy Twombly, Le Corbusier, François-Xavier Lalanne and Claude Lalanne, Quasar Khanh, Roger Tallon, Pierre Jeanneret, Enzo Mari, Pierre Paulin, Carla Venosta, Nanda Vigo, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marcel Breuer, Ruth Francken, Afra + Tobia Scarpa, Charles Eames, Joe Columbo, Verner Panton, Bruno Munari, Mario Bellini, Henri Michaux, Jean Fautrier, Tom Wesselman, Sonia Delaunay, Marimekko, Superstudio, Man Ray... just to name a few) adorning decorated interiors ranging from "Tradition" ("a formula that allows one to integrate older items, furniture and artwork in a contemporary context"); "le Renouveau" (contemporary interiors of the 1970's and "a section dedicated to design of the time offering a selection of the finest furniture, objects and accessories created by top designers"); and "l'Avant-garde" (displaying some of the most experimental, idiosyncratic, and forward-thinking interiors that bring together modern materiality, pop art and space design to create inspired interior living architectural spaces).

"How to reconcile antique furniture and contemporary structures? Can we adapt modern furniture within a traditionally inspired framework? This book, illustrated with beautiful photographs, mostly in color, reproducing the finest achievements of the great contemporary designers, responds to these questions."

Preface by Francis Spar. All texts in French. Hundreds of beautiful photographs in vivid colour and b/w. A must-have for the interior design lover.

Very good, beautifully preserved copy, strong binding, and seldom now seen with original dust jacket (also VG).

File under: Achille Castiglioni Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Anna Castelli Arman Bruno Munari Charles Eames David Hicks De Pas D'Urbino Enzo Mari Gae Aulenti Harry Bertoia Jean Dubuffet Joe Colombo Jorgen Rasmussen Karl Lagerfeld Le Corbusier Lucio Fontana Man Ray Marcel Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Michel Boyer Mies van der Rohe Nanda Vigo Nicola L Pablo Picasso Pierre Jeanneret Pierre Paulin Roger Tallon Sonia Delaunay Tobia Scarpa Tom Wesselmann Verner Panton Paolo Lomazzi Eero Saarinen Jean Fautrier Henri Michaux Serge Royaux Alberto Pinto David Mlinaric Aldo Jacober Fleur Vulliod Piero Pinto Carla Venosta Maria Pergay Martine Dufour Isabelle Hebey Karl Largerfeld Claude and Francoise-Xavier Lalanne Claudio Dini Gunter Sachs Michelangelo Pistoletto Quasar Khanh Superstudio Marimekko Ruth Francken Valentino Charles Sevigny Jacques Grange Marc du Plantier Yves Vidal John Stefanidis Henri Samuel Paolo Tommasi Cy Twombly César Francis Spar Réalités - Hachette / Paris Architecture / Interior Art Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Ceramics / Glass Textiles

Comme des Garçons SIX/Sixth Sense No. 1

1988, English / Japanese
Softcover, oversized, loose-leaf pages, 42 x 29.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$440.00 - Out of stock

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First 1988 edition, first printing of the inaugural issue of the cult, privately distributed Comme des Garçons publication. The incredible first issue of Comme des Garçons' 'Six' magazine (1988) features the work of Hungarian photographer André Kertész, Comme des Garçons by photographer Peter Lindbergh, photography by Sachiko Kuru, features on artist Jean Cocteau, architect Eileen Gray, artist Michel Sauer, and an interview with fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, plus additional photography by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Arthur Elgort, Tony Mendoza, Sachiko Kuru, Shinji Mori, Serge Lido and Gisele Freund. Beautiful first-edition printing of this over-sized magazine vision of Rei Kawakubo, including die-cut features throughout and de-bossed cover title.

Between 1988 and 1991, Comme des Garçons explored the theme of the sixth sense via eight special biannual oversized, unstapled magazines titled 'Six'. These magazines were launched to coincide with Comme des Garçons fashion collections and were privately printed and distributed by Comme. The magazine visually represented the brand in a way that no other fashion company had before. Rei Kawakubo invited Tsuguya Inoue to art direct and Atsuko Kozasu to edit the issues, whilst contributions came from a diverse array of leading designers and artists. Issues of Comme des Garçons 'Six' have become very sought after collectors items.

Very Good / Near Fine copy.

File under: Arthur Elgort Comme des Garçons Eileen Gray Jean Cocteau Peter Lindbergh Rei Kawakubo Sachiko Kuru Yohji Yamamoto Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Art Graphic Design / Typography Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Japanese Photography

Memphis
The New International Style

1981, Italian
Softcover, 67 pages, 29.5 × 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Electa / Milan

$290.00 - Out of stock

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Here it is - the very rare FIRST ever Memphis book, published by Electa in Italy in 1981!
First edition. Wrapped in a fold-out front and back cover design by Marco Zanini, this very early document of Memphis is almost entirely a visual folio of reproductions of the original drawings by Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Shiro Kuramata, Alessandro Mendini, Paola Navone, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass, George Sowden, Matteo Thun, Masanori Umeda and Marco Zanini. Along with an early essay by Barbara Radice (in both Italian and English), this catalogue tells the very beginning of the Memphis story through the original drawings of furniture, objects, lighting and patterns compiled from international architects, artists and designers. The story goes that Ettore Sottsass and his core group encouraged international architects and designers to send their concepts and drawings for new designs for domestic furnishings. In viewing their results through this selection of the drawings, it is clear there was a global design revolution happening and Memphis was about to produce prototypes of these designs that would shock and change the world forever.

A rare opportunity to own this important publication of design history.

Note: This book was briefly re-issued in 2009 in a limited edition - this is however the first printing from 1981.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aldo Cibic Alessandro Mendini Andrea Branzi Arata Isozaki Ettore Sottsass George Sowden Hans Hollein Marco Zanini Martine Bedin Masanori Umeda Matteo Thun Memphis Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nathalie Du Pasquier Paola Navone Peter Shire Shiro Kuramata Barbara Radice Electa / Milan Architecture / Interior Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

MEMPHIS
La Collection Karl Lagerfeld, Sotheby's Monaco

1991, English
Hardcover, 60 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Sotheby's / Monaco

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The incredible and now very collectable hardcover catalogue for the important sale of Karl Lagerfeld's collection of Memphis furniture and objects in 1991. Lagerfeld had built one of the most extensive collections of this extraordinary design group during the early 1980s in order to furnish his new modern apartment in Monte Carlo. In his catalogue introduction where he declares his love at first sight for the Memphis group in 1981, he goes on to call Memphis the "Art Deco of the '80s". When he sold the apartment he decided to sell the collection that furnished it from floor to ceiling. Lavishly illustrated in full-colour with 133 lots, all the main Memphis designers are included - Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi, Martine Bedin, Matteo Thun, Marco Zanini, Masanori Umeda, George James Sowden, Peter Shire, Aldo Cibic. The pieces include chairs, tables, cabinets, shelves, lights, teapots, clocks, televisions, etc. Includes texts and quotes from Lagerfeld, Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass and Frederique Huygen, and a bibliography. Still one of the most unique, impressive and informative books on Memphis ever published.

Fine, beautifully preserved copy complete with inserted invitation sheet to the Monaco auction with schedule and hotel booking information (in French). Texts in the book are in French, with some English.

File under: Karl Lagerfeld Memphis Ettore Sottsass Michele De Lucchi Martine Bedin Matteo Thun Marco Zanini Masanori Umeda George James Sowden Peter Shire Aldo Cibic Sotheby's / Monaco Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Textiles

Elogio Del Banale
A Cura di Barbara Radice

1980, Italian
Softcover, 72 pages, 24 x 17 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Studio Forma / Turin Studio Alchymia / Milan

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Very rare, very early volume published on the occasion of the exhibition "Elogio Del Banale" at the Venice Biennale, 1980, as part of the 1st International Architecture Exhibition. Conceived by Alessandro Mendini, Daniela Puppa, Paola Navone, this collection and book (directed by Andrea Branzi and designed by Michele de Lucchi) is heavily illustrated throughout with the work and studies of radical Italian design group Studio Alchimia, including many rarely seen early exhibition designs, interiors, furniture, objects, even catalogue decor for Fiorucci. Accompanying texts are by founding members Alessandro Mendini and Franco Raggi, and with an introduction by Barbara Radice. Includes patterns by Paola Navone and photographic studies by Ettore Sottsass throughout. An exceptional piece of printed radical design history, featuring many future Memphis members, published by Studio forma in Turin and Studio Alchymia in Milan.

Studio Alchimia was an iconoclastic, radical design group founded in Italy in 1976 by the Italian Architect Alessandro Guerriero. The Studio Alchimia was composed of designers, whose aim was to design and manufacture exhibition pieces, rather than consumer orientated products. Their products were to be regarded as prototypes / one-offs, leading the way from the principles of modernist design to a bold, new, experimental design style. This style would lead to the formation and popularity of Italian design groups in the 1980′s such as the Memphis Group and the new directions taken by the Alessi company.

Very Good copy.

File under: Studio Alchimia Alessandro Guerriero Alessandro Mendini Paola Navone Ettore Sottsass Memphis Daniela Puppa Franco Raggi Michele de Lucchi Barbara Radice Studio Forma / Turin Studio Alchymia / Milan Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

$500.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Luigi Ghirri
Versailles

1992, French / Italian
Softcover (staple bound), 12 pages, 28.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Charta / Milan Mois de La Photo / Paris

$80.00 - In stock -

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Very rare Luigi Ghirri French catalogue published in 1992 on the occasion of the exhibition Luigi Ghirri — Versailles, Institut Culturel Italien de Paris, 2 November—18 Decemeber, 1992. Illustrated in colour with Ghirri's photographs of Versailles from his visit in 1985, accompanied by text from Italian writer Beppe Sebaste in French and Italian. Printed in Milan.

Average copy due to light moisture shadow/light ripple to top of publication. Tanning and light wear.

File under: Luigi Ghirri Beppe Sebaste Charta / Milan Mois de La Photo / Paris Photography Out-of-print / Rare Art Architecture / Interior

Visual Message 1 & 2

1978 / 1979, Japanese
Softcover, 127 pages + 144 pages, 22.5 x 29 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Visual Message / Tokyo

$150.00 - Out of stock

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First (1978) and second (1979) issues of Visual Message, the "comprehensive magazine of the visual age", published in Japan for a short period at the end of the 1970s. This explosive inaugural issue, co-edited by graphic designers Ikko Tanaka and Kazuya Uegami, and copywriter Shinya Nishimura and themed "Visual Scandal" is cover-to-cover packed with leading graphic artists, photographers, architects, textile designers, etc. from Japan and overseas including Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Saito, Harumi Yamaguchi, Masamichi Oikawa, Eiko Ishioka, Shigeo Fukuda, Tomi Ungerer, Masayuki Kurokawa, SITE, Tsunehisa Kimura, Tenmei Kano, Raymond Savignac, Katsumi Asaba, Ken Mori, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Folon, Asai Shinpei, Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, Herb Lubalin, Osamu Nagahama, M.C. Escher, Shiro Tatsumi, Hiroki Hayashi, Masayoshi Nakajo, Hiroshi Yoda, Hipgnosis, and many more.

Second 1979 issue of Visual Message is structured around the themes "Before/After" and "Scale" and again is cover-to-cover packed with leading graphic artists, photographers, architects, textile designers, etc. from Japan and overseas including Tadanori Yokoo, Philip Johnson, Hideo Yamashita, Seiji Takada, Takahisa Kamijō, Haruo Takino, Takenobu Igarashi, Akira Yokoyama, Hisaki Hiramatsu, Takamichi Ito, Tomoya Nakano, Shōji Yamagishi, and many more.

V.M. 1. Good copy. Some cover/spine wear/creases/small closed tear to cover edge.
V.M. 2. Very Good copy. Light general wear, bumping.

File under: Tadanori Yokoo Masao Saito Harumi Yamaguchi Masamichi Oikawa Eiko Ishioka Shigeo Fukuda Tomi Ungerer Masayuki Kurokawa SITE Tsunehisa Kimura Tenmei Kano Raymond Savignac Katsumi Asaba Ken Mori Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Folon Asai Shinpei Marcel Duchamp Rene Magritte Herb Lubalin Osamu Nagahama M.C. Escher Shiro Tatsumi Hiroki Hayashi Masayoshi Nakajo Hiroshi Yoda Hipgnosis Philip Johnson Hideo Yamashita Seiji Takada Takahisa Kamijō Haruo Takino Takenobu Igarashi Akira Yokoyama Hisaki Hiramatsu Takamichi Ito Tomoya Nakano Shōji Yamagishi Visual Message / Tokyo Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Japanese Photography Photography Architecture / Interior Art Graphic Design / Typography Eros

Heat Death Journal No. 1 (New Juche)
Artefact Insulam, November 2023

2023, English
Softcover, 170 pages, 24 x 18 cm
Published by Gallows Fruit / Thailand

$70.00 - In stock -

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Issue 1 of New Juche's journal HEAT DEATH, published by Gallows Fruit, Thailand. Text and image by New Juche; editorial assistance by Steve Finbow and Karolina Ursula Urbaniak; Design by Karolina Ursula Urbaniak and New Juche.

TOPOPHILIA; NOSTALGIA; ARCHITECTURE; LANDSCAPE; ZONE; RUIN; SEX; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; NON-AFFILIATED

"In a room on the top floor I closed the door behind me and took a photo album into the dusty bathtub and lent back with my knees up in front of me and my head on a greasy pillow. Light filtered very pleasantly down through the green vines that laced the unglazed window and the fulsome trees outside. A second shaft of light fell through a space in the torn ceiling. My body felt very still, apart from my heart which I could feel beating and also hear, and it was the only sound in the room apart from birdsong."

New Juche is a writer and artist based in Southeast Asia since 2003. Dennis Cooper has called him "one of the most inspiring, original and groundbreaking artists working today". New Juche's published books include Mountainhead, Bosun, The Devils, and The Worm.

File under: New Juche Karolina Ursula Urbaniak New Juche Steve Finbow Gallows Fruit / Thailand Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Fiction / Poetry Art Photography Periodicals Crime / Violence Architecture / Interior Eros Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque

Purple Fashion No. 2
Fall / Winter 2004 / 05

2004, English
Softcover, 432 pages, 27.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$200.00 - Out of stock

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"ANIMALISTIC, ARROGANT, BLOODY, BIZARRE, CRUEL"

A very rare copy of the second issue of Purple Fashion, edited by Olivier Zahm, featuring Richard Prince, Mark Borthwick, Corinne Day, Juergen Teller, Imitation of Christ, Camille Vivier, Gus Van Sant, Anders Edström, Dominique Gonzales Foerster, Jeff Rian, Rita Ackermann, Heinz Peter Knes, Terry Richardson, Dike Blair, Elizabeth Peyton, Susan Cianciolo, Kim Gordon, Hermés, Giasco Bertoli, Junya Watanabe, Matthieu Orléan, Richard Kern, Maison Martin Margiela, Anuschka Blommers, François Laruelle, Niels Schumm, Comme des Garçons, Slavoj Zizek, Balenciaga, Maurizio Cattelan, Bless, Andrea Zittel, Gordon Matta-Clark, Thomas Hirschorn, Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle, Annette Aurell, Masafumi Sanai, Katja Rahlwes, Bettina Komenda, Mike Kelley, John Galliano, Kirsten Owen, Helmut Lang, Lutz, Issey Miyake, Rick Owens, Ann Demeuelemeester, Vava Ribeiro, Jean Leclercq, Maria Cornejo, Martine Sitbon, Cosmic Wonder, Justine Kurland, Wendy and Jim, John Armelder, Tim Griffin, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Ola Rindal, Yan Céh, David Armstrong, Fabien Baron, Lewis Baltz, Takashi Homma, Drew Jarett, Anne-Sofie Back, Marc Upson, Bettina Komenda, Alain Séchas, Gary Indiana, Justine Kurland, Christopher Wool, and many more... Art directed by Christophe Brunnquell.

In 1992, Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm started the magazine Purple Prose as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980s; much as a part of the global counterculture at the time, inspired by magazines like Interview, Ray Gun, Nova, and Helmut Newton's Illustrated, but with the aesthetics of what usually is referred to as anti-fashion. Based on their personal interests and views; Purple was, and in a sense still is, made much in the same spirit of the fanzine. Started "without any means, and without any experience, because we wanted to make a magazine that was radically different. We wanted to support the artists around us that no one else supported, much less talked about."—Olivier Zahm. The magazine became associated with the "realism" of the new fashion photography of the 1990s, with names like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Borthwick, Corinne Day, and Mario Sorrenti. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications such as les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion, in which Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art. Now one of the most iconic and influential fashion magazines in history.

Very Good copy.

File under: Purple Institute / Paris Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography Architecture / Interior Fiction / Poetry Art Painting

DECORATIVE ART AND MODERN INTERIORS 1967/68

1968, English / German / French
Hardcover (cloth-bound), 166 pages, 22 x 28.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by Studio Vista / London

$40.00 $20.00 - Out of stock

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1967/68 edition of Decorative Art and Modern Interiors, one of the finest book series from Studio Vista (UK).

Each handsomely designed volume showcases a selection of the finest examples of new architecture, interior design, environmental design, textiles, furniture and product design, including profiles on highlighted architectural projects that are documented through beautiful colour and b&w photography, descriptive texts, and axonometric, plan and section drawings, plus "Trends in Furnishings and in the Decorative Arts", which gives fine examples of new design in furniture, lighting, ceramics, glassware, silverware, textiles, etc.

This 1967/68 edition includes work by architects, designers, manufacturers : Bruno Munari, Stig Lindberg, Sergio Asti, Enzo Mari, Gillian Lowndes, Raili Konttinen, Alexander Girard, Bent Severin, Sigurd Persson, Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Cassina, Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Vico Magistretti, Eero Aarnio, Helmut Jacoby, George Ciancimino, Roberto Menghi, Rolf Middelboe, Jørn Utzon, Leo Venchiarutti, Lanfranco Bombelli, John C. Parkin, Esko Pajamies, Toivo Korhonen, Arflex, Raija Tuumi, Lucie Rie, Robert Welch, Arne Jacobsen, Børge Mogensen, Marco Zanuso, Claudio Salocchi, Cesare Casati, Tecno, Sormani, Gino Sarfatti, Robert Welch, Jo Hammerborg, Pierre Paulin, Ilmari Lappalainen, Marcel Breuer, Beisl leuchten, Bruno Morassutti, Anna Castelli, Vicke Lindstrand, Oiva Toikka, Bjørn Wiinblad, Annikki Hovisaari, Nanny Still, Josef Hurka, Kartell, Artemide, Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Mosuke Yoshitake, Søren Georg Jensen, Timo Sarpaneva, Danese, Emma Schweinberger, Carl Pott, and so many more; plus an introduction by editor Ella Moody. Translated from English to additional German and French.

An invaluable series of books on architecture, interior and product design from the 1960s-1980s.

Good copy, missing dust jacket, ex-library with usual stamps/markings, otherwise clean, good throughout.

File under: Bruno Munari Stig Lindberg Sergio Asti Enzo Mari Gillian Lowndes Raili Konttinen Alexander Girard Bent Severin Sigurd Persson Joe Colombo Angelo Mangiarotti Afra and Tobia Scarpa Cassina Emma Gismondi Schweinberger Vico Magistretti Eero Aarnio Helmut Jacoby George Ciancimino Roberto Menghi Rolf Middelboe Jørn Utzon Leo Venchiarutti Lanfranco Bombelli John C. Parkin Esko Pajamies Arflex Raija Tuumi Lucie Rie Robert Welch Arne Jacobsen Børge Mogensen Marco Zanuso Claudio Salocchi Cesare Casati Tecno Sormani Gino Sarfatti Jo Hammerborg Pierre Paulin Ilmari Lappalainen Marcel Breuer Beisl leuchten Bruno Morassutti Anna Castelli Vicke Lindstrand Oiva Toikka Bjørn Wiinblad Annikki Hovisaari Nanny Still Josef Hurka Kartell Artemide Hans-Agne Jakobsson Mosuke Yoshitake Søren Georg Jensen Timo Sarpaneva Danese Emma Schweinberger Carl Pott Ella Moody Studio Vista / London Architecture / Interior Furniture Ceramics / Glass Textiles Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism SALE

7a Biennale di Parigi / 7e Biennale de Paris / 7th Paris Biennale

1971, English / Italian / French
Softcover, 150 pages, 24.5 x 24.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Cento Di / Florence

$190.00 - Out of stock

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Rare exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the 7th Paris Biennale held at the Parc Floral de Paris, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France, September 24 — November 1, 1971, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. An important volume representing the Italian avant-garde of the various sectors of art (including music and architecture) in this critical period in history, including the work of Alighiero Boetti, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Gino De Dominicis, Luciano Fabro, Mimmo Germanà, Giuseppe Penone, Emilio Prini, Gilberto Zorio, Jannis Kounellis, Giulio Paolini, Giorgio Pressburger, Achille Bonito Oliva, Mario Franco, Umberto Silva, Paolo Mussat Sartor, Frederic Rzewski, Marcello Panni, Archizoom, Superstudio, and Ufo. Illustrated throughout with many examples by each artist, alongside artists' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies, and essay by Achille Bonito Oliva. Text in English, Italian, and French.

Achille Bonito Oliva (born 1939) is an Italian art critic and historian of contemporary art. Since 1968 he has taught history of contemporary art at La Sapienza, the university of Rome. He has written extensively on contemporary art and contemporary artists; he originated the term Transavanguardia to describe the new direction taken in the late 1970s by artists such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino. He has organised or curated numerous contemporary art events and exhibitions; in 1993 he was artistic director of the Biennale di Venezia.

Good copy w. light wear/tanning/spotting.

File under: UFO UFO Group Lapo Binazzi Alighiero Boetti Pierpaolo Calzolari Gino De Dominicis Luciano Fabro Mimmo Germanà Giuseppe Penone Emilio Prini Gilberto Zorio Jannis Kounellis Giulio Paolini Giorgio Pressburger Achille Bonito Oliva Mario Franco Umberto Silva Paolo Mussat Sartor Frederic Rzewski Marcello Panni Archizoom Superstudio Achille Bonito Oliva Cento Di / Florence Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater Conceptual Art Curatorial Art Arte Povera Furniture Architecture / Interior

The Portrait of Eccentricity : Arcimboldo and the Mannerist Grotesque
by Giancarlo Maiorino

1991, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 184 pages, 22.23 x 14.61 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Penn State University / Pennsylvania

$50.00 - Out of stock

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“In many ways, like its subject, marvelously idiosyncratic and playful, this book will make an important contribution to our understanding of the rhetoric of mannerism.”—Ernest B. Gilman New York University

First 1991 hardcover edition of Giancarlo Maiorino's The Portrait of Eccentricity : Arcimboldo and the Mannerist Grotesque. In this companion to his The Cornucopian Mind and the Baroque Unity of the Arts, Maiorino examines the links between Renaissance and the modern versions of the Groteseque.

In this interdisciplinary study, the term "eccentricity" refers to styles of playful extravagance. Maiorino focuses on the rhetorical figures of excess employed by a critic-historian (Giorgio Vasari), on the willful artificiality of a painter (Giuseppe Arcimboldo), and on the programmatic and interpretive commentary of a theorist (Gregorio Comanini).

Maiorino draws subtle and persuasive connections between the images he discusses and the grotesque "face" of sixteenth-century poetics and rhetoric. He sets the mannerist and the grotesque against the philosophical seriousness of Renaissance humanism, interpreting them as a celebration of the ludic and fantastic possibilities of art itself. Aiming at pleasure rather than instruction, this art plays on the boundaries of the natural and the artificial, the credible and the impossible, taking delight in parody, excess, disjunction, and exaggeration.

Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket.

File under: Giuseppe Arcimboldo Giorgio de Chirico Gian Lorenzo Bernini Michelangelo Federico Zuccari Giulio Romano Giorgio Vasari Giancarlo Maiorino Giorgio Vasari Gregorio Comanini Penn State University / Pennsylvania Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Painting Theory / Essay Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Renaissance / Neoclassicism / Romanticism Art Surrealism Architecture / Interior

Design and Form : The Basic Course at the Bauhaus (Revised Edition)
by Johannes Itten

1975 / 1983, English
Softcover, 135 pages, 20.5 x 20.5 cm
Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Design and Form is the most complete document of one of the landmarks of modern education in art — the famous Basic Course at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Itten was the teacher who organized it at the invitation of Walter Gropius. First published in 1963 when Itten was still alive, the book has been revised and updated by Itten's widow, Anneliese Itten, and includes new material fro the basic course at the Bauhaus, as well as visual examples and descriptions of the refinements made by Itten in later courses in Berlin (1926—1932), Krefeld (1932—1938), and Zurich (1938—1960)."—publisher

Revised 1975 edition, 1983 printing.
Very Good copy. Small bump to back cover lower corner.

File under: Marcel Breuer Walter Gropius Johannes Itten Thames and Hudson / London Bauhaus Out-of-print / Rare Painting Drawing Sculpture / Installation Ceramics / Glass Art Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater Architecture / Interior