Search Results: Authors starting with B from Arcana: Books on the Arts

(BACHARDY, DON). Wescott, Glenway & Billy Al Bengston. DON BACHARDY: DRAWINGS - AN ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST WITH A SIGNED NOTE LAID IN. With a Note Signed by the Artist. New York: The New York Cultural Center, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (28pp), 22 b&w illustrations + b&w rear cover. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and biography. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1974 exhibition of sixty pencil and ink wash portraits executed between 1964 and 1973 by noted Santa Monica artist Don Bachardy held at The New York Cultural Center. The sitters reproduced are Bachardy's longtime partner Christopher Isherwood, Edward Albert, John Ashbery, Pat Ast, W.H. Auden, Truman Capote, Bette Davis, Charles Eastman, John Houseman, John Houston, Anita Loos, Myrna Loy, Anais Nin, Merle Oberon, Igor and Vera Stravinsky, Virgil Thompson, L. Arnold Weissberger, Monroe Wheeler, and artists Chris… Read More

(BACHARDY, DON). Blum, Irving. DON BACHARDY: DRAWINGS. Los Angeles: Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, 1973. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (24pp), 18 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of one hundred pencil and ink wash portraits executed between 1962 and 1973 by noted Santa Monica artist Don Bachardy held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Included amongst the sitters are Bachardy's longtime partner Christopher Isherwood, Virgil Thompson, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Norton Simon, Mary Astor, W.H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky, Joan Didion and artists Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, Joe Goode, and Peter Alexander. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item that is the first monographic publication on Bachardy. Inventory Number:… Read More

(BACON, FRANCIS). Sylvester, David & Francis Bacon. FRANCIS BACON: INTERVIEWED BY DAVID SYLVESTER - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST. Signed Presentation Copy from the Artist. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 128pp, 94 b&w illustrations + color cover. Originally issued in 1975, this landmark volume of David Sylvester's transcribed interviews with Francis Bacon is notable for the length, detail, and frankness in which the late, great artist discusses his history, influences, and working methods. A most handsome example of the hardbound Pantheon Books first American edition of this oft-reprinted document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Donald / With My Affection / Francis Bacon / New York 15/3/75" in the year of publication in blue marker on the front pastedown showing some trivial brown spotting along the top and foredge. While this supposition… Read More

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. THROWING A BALL ONCE TO GET THREE MELODIES AND FIFTEEN CHORDS. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A bright, most handsome copy showing a thin margin of barely perceptible sunning to the length of the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 020629

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. INGRES AND OTHER PARABLES. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. An internally most handsome example of this fragile, uncommon item that was exhibited as part of the Whitney Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 1990 traveling retrospective showing some mild soiling, creasing, and a bit of foxing to its off-white covers along with a… Read More

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. THROWING A BALL ONCE TO GET THREE MELODIES AND FIFTEEN CHORDS - SIGNED BY JOHN BALDESSARI. Signed by the Artist. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "John Baldessari" in black ink across the bottom of the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform… Read More

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. THROWING A BALL ONCE TO GET THREE MELODIES AND FIFTEEN CHORDS. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. An internally most handsome example showing some mild vertical sunning along the spine and foredge of the front cover along with the ghost of the adhesive from a small label on the rear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021304

Baldwin, Gordon. FAME AND PHOTOGRAPHY. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Near Fine. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Fame and Photography"; a 1993 exhibition of prints by Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen and Man Ray drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025459

(BALLEN, ROGER). Ballen, Roger. ROGER BALLEN: BOYHOOD. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 96pp, 79 b&w illustrations. Art Direction by Susan Lusk. Designed by Joyce C. Weston. "Boyhood is a powerful and perceptive statement. In photographs and stories, Roger Ballen leads us across the continents of Europe, Asia, and North America in search of boyhood. Here, with keen insight and masterly skill, he succeeds in capturing the essence of boyhood in a series of timeless images that transcend social and cultural particularities". If you are knowingly searching for this title, could we add any more insight than the jacket description for "Boyhood"? While Ballen has subsequently become renowned for his sobering portrait images of the denizens of his adopted South Africa, this, his first book from 1979 is where it all began. The back cover features laudatory quotes from Andre Kertesz,… Read More

(BALLEN, ROGER). Ballen, Roger. ROGER BALLEN: OUTLAND. London & New York: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 120pp, 61 duotone illustrations. Designed by SMITH. "Outland" is the culmination of almost twenty years' work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen. After beginning in the early 1980s by documenting the small dorps (or villages) of rural South Africa, by the late 1980s and early 1990s Ballen moved on to photographing their inhabitants: isolated rural whites, scarred by history, in the process of losing the privileges of apartheid which had provided them livelihoods and sustained their identity for a generation. The results were shocking, both powerful social statements and disturbing psychological studies". A brand new, pristine example of the 2001 first printing (cited on page 124 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III"). 0-7148-4058-0 Inventory… Read More

(BALLEN, ROGER). Ballen, Roger. ROGER BALLEN: OUTLAND - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. London & New York. 2001 (2009).: Phaidon Press Ltd., Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 120pp, 61 duotone illustrations. Designed by SMITH. "Outland" is the culmination of almost twenty years' work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen. After beginning in the early 1980s by documenting the small dorps (or villages) of rural South Africa, by the late 1980s and early 1990s Ballen moved on to photographing their inhabitants: isolated rural whites, scarred by history, in the process of losing the privileges of apartheid which had provided them livelihoods and sustained their identity for a generation. The results were shocking, both powerful social statements and disturbing psychological studies". A brand new, pristine example of the 2009 printing (whose first edition is cited on page 124 of Martin Parr and Gerry… Read More

(BALTZ, LEWIS) (PERKOVIC, SLAVICA). Baltz, Lewis & Slavica Perkovic. GESCHICHTEN VON VERLANGEN UND MACHT (STORIES OF DESIRE AND POWER). Braunschweig, GERMANY: Museum Fur Photographie Braunschweig & Scalo, 1995. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Cloth Spine Over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monographs. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp + 48pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German with English translations laid in. This unusual title is actually two separate exhibition catalogues in the form of artists' books - Lewis Baltz's "Die Toten Von Newport Beach" ("The Deaths in Newport"), and Slavica Perkovic's "Seche Geschichten Fur Vier Manner" ("Six Stories for Four Men") - housed in a printed chipboard box. Each is illustrated with photographs and text - in Baltz's case, the photos all appear to be found images relating to a murder and trial in California in the 1940s. A most handsome example of this unusual collaborative undertaking… Read More

(BANIER, FRANCOIS-MARIE). Appelt, Dieter. FRANCOIS-MARIE BANIER. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (16pp), 10 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Designed by Vincent Lecocq and Martin d'Orgeval. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with the 2007 L'Oreal-sponsored exhibition of photographs by Francois-Marie Banier held at Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills. A pristine copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 020436

(BANKS, STEVE) (JOPLIN, JANIS). Banks, Steve. JANIS' GARDEN PARTY - SIGNED BY STEVE BANKS. Signed and Dated by the Photographer. Los Angeles: Bugiganga Press, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (33 pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. With a biography, bibliography, discography, and videography. This is handsomely produced, photographic documentation of Janis Joplin's concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday, December 19th, 1969. Shot less than a year before her untimely demise, this features Janis, Janis, and more Janis, with brief appearances by guests Johnny Winter and Paul Butterfield. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by photographer Steve banks in felt-tip pen on the first preliminary. 0-9658205-0-5 Inventory Number: 026631

(BANKSY). Leverton, Marc. BANKSY: MYTHS AND LEGENDS - A COLLECTION OF THE UNBELIEVABLE AND INCREDIBLE BY MARC LEVERTON. London: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2011. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Nick Law. "No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. In his home town of Bristol, almost everyone seems to have a Banksy story. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Compiled between 2009 and 2011, some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, while others are more questionable and can best be described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. You be the judge". A brand new, pristine example of the 2011 first edition of this well-illustrated, charming little gem.… Read More

(BARNEY, MATTHEW). Barney, Matthew, Neville Wakefield & Richard Flood. Karel Schampers, Editor. MATTHEW BARNEY: PACE CAR FOR THE HUBRIS PILL. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen & Cantz Verlag, 1995. First Edition 1/2500. 8vo. Wrappers in Plastic Sleeve. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Dutch. Designed by Matthew Barney and Gracia Lebbink. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue documenting Matthew Barney's 1995 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen exhibition that presented elements of his "Cremaster" 1 and 4, "Facility of INCLINE", "OTTOshaft", "Facility of DECLINE", and "Drawing Restraint 7" series. It was designed by the artist and features several folding plates - perfect for that rowdy yet discerning Al Davis fan in your life. A handsome example in… Read More

(BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE AGE MAGAZINE). Skelley, Jack, Editor. BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE-AGE MAGAZINE: NUMBER 1. Venice, CA: Fred & Barney Press, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Literary Journal. Near Fine. 57pp, 8 b&w illustrations + monochrome cover. Designed by Jack Skelley and Michael Jacomella. This first installment (of four total) of Jack Skelley's Venice-based eighties literary anthology "Barney: The Modern Stone-Age Magazine" features contributions by Skelley, Bob Flanagan, Tim Dlugos, Michael Lally, Donald Britton, Dennis Cooper, David Trinidad, Peter Schjeldahl, Elaine Equi, Jerome Sala, Rick Lawndale, Kenward Elmslie, Robert Peters Ron Koertge, Amy Gerstler, Bernard Welt, Tom Clark, Ron Padgett, Michael Silverblatt and Benjamin Weissman, Eric Fisher, Wayne Bertoia, Marc Jacobs, and Michael Jacomella. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025264

(BARON, HANNELORE). Forgacs, Eva & Wolfgang Birk. HANNELORE BARON: COLLAGEN UND SCHAUKASTEN / KOLLAZSOK ES DOBOZOK (COLLAGES AND BOX CONSTRUCTIONS). Saarbrucken, GERMANY: Farbklang Kulturverein e.v., 1996. First Edition 1/3000. Tall Narrow 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 12pp + np (4pp), 10 color and 2 b&w illustrations + color cover. Text in German and Hungarian. With a biography. This is the slender yet stylish ten page brochure cum catalogue issued in conjunction with a traveling 1996 German and Hungarian exhibition of boxes and collages created by Hannelore Baron between 1970 and 1986. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027583

(BARON, HANNELORE). Krens, Thomas. HANNELORE BARON. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1989. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine. One 8 ½ x 15" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half to make 4pp, 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the brochure issued in conjunction with a 1989 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibition of nineteen boxes and mixed media collages by Hannelore Baron. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027382

(BARON, HANNELORE). Schaffner, Ingrid. HANNELORE BARON: JUNE 5 - JULY 17, 2004 - EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine. One 11 ¾ x 19 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. This is the announcement cum brochure issued in conjunction with a 2004 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of boxes and works on paper by Hannelore Baron. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027587