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No. 11 of 15 copies; folio 31 pp.
A series of short, illustrated vignettes about famous people and their relationships with cats -- – Tsar Peter, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and others. Sayenko's works are in private collections and institutions around the world including the Russian National Library Staatsbibliotheck, Grolior Club.
Bound accordion style with printing on one side only and with the final leaf tipped onto the back of sturdy caeboard, quarter-bound in natural thick linen, the sides covered in decorated paper with printing by Sayenko. Top and bottom edges uncut, pastedowns of grey paper, title page in red and black with a small cut of a cat, most of the text in black with some phrases in red, cuts throughout in multiple colors. Unpaginated, with two additional fold-out leaves tipped in.
Enclosed in publisher's cardboard slipcase covered with white paper.
Fine; as new, signed by the artist.

1st ed., small 4to. Hand-pulled silkscreen on cardboard covers, [52] pp. 15 color plates. Limited to 1000 copies. "Exhibition of works by one of the most outstanding representatives of Uruguayan painting, carried out under the auspices of Praxis International Art, from February 18 to April 3, 1993." Texts : Belgium Rodríguez. Bilingual English-Spanish edition. Presentation : João Clemente Baena Soares.

1st ed., small 4to. Hand-pulled silkscreen on cardboard covers with metal bolts, [48] pp. 15 color plates. Limited to 1000 copies. Appreciation by José Luis Cuevas; introduction, "Anverso y Reverso en la Obra de Ignacio Iturria / The Obverse and the Reverse in the Work of Ignacio Iturria" by Damián Bayón; title essay, "Soñar con los Ojos Abiertos / Dreaming with Your Eyes Open" by Hugo Achugar; exhibitions; bibliography. Text in Spanish & English. Published in conjunction with exhibition of paintings by Uruguayan artist Ignacio Iturria at the Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City.
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Iturria, who represented his country at the 1995 Venice Biennale, was trained in commercial art and graphic design before turning to painting full time. His palette is dominated by muddy browns and earth tones that reflect the colors of the Plate River and the southern Atlantic Ocean, which formed the backdrop to his childhood in Montevideo. He merges representation and surrealism concentrating on the domestic… Read More

1st ed., small 4to, illustrated boards. 128 pp. Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, and educator art has been widey exhibited in the United States as well as in Canada, and Europe. Kitty City is a book of blended art and writing about her and her husband's house full of cats. Each cat that Chicago ever had is depicted and a story unfolds about that cat's life in the Chicago household.
A pristine copy; inscribed by Chicago to Los Angeles Bookseller Joan Perkal. With Judy Chicago's printed business card and publisher's card laid inside.