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

(CAFFERY, DEBBIE FLEMING). Caffery, Debbie Fleming. With Essays By Pete Daniel & Anne Wilkes Tucker. CARRY ME HOME: LOUISIANA SUGAR COUNTRY PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEBBIE FLEMING CAFFERY. Washington, D.C. & London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 136pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "The subject matter of Debbie Fleming Caffery’s new work shifts from the mysterious and hard life of the Louisiana sugar culture to that of foreign imagery. The style of her photography remains the same. Light is never allowed to blind us to the darkness of human existence and its inexorable limitations. But neither is darkness allowed to swallow the bitter sweet moments of disclosure". A most handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound edition of photographer's first book. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you… Read More

(CAIN, PETER). Nickas, Bob & Carroll Dunham. PETER CAIN: MORE COURAGE AND LESS OIL. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Wrappers in DJ. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the first comprehensive catalogue published on the late New York artist Peter Cain, whose eerie, foreshortened paintings of cars became a staple of the Whitney Biennials of the 1990s. A pristine copy. 1-880146-37-1 Inventory Number: 015187

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. PHOTOGRAPHS: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. Providence, RI: The Photographic Education Society, 1970. First Edition 1/150. Folio. Loose Prints in Clamshell Box. Photographic Portfolio. Near Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jacket - As Issued. iii, twenty (of twenty-three) original b&w photographic prints mounted onto 13 ½ x 11" archival boards; housed in the publisher's unprinted black clamshell box, as issued. This is the fourth in a series of annual portfolios published during this period by the participants of Harry Callahan's photography class at The Rhode Island School of Design. These are all original photographs, not reproductions. Published in an edition of one hundred and fifty copies only, the contributors are Harry Callahan, William (Bill) Burke, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Bert Beaver, Richard Lebowitz, Paul Krot, John Femino, Dicran Derderian, Lee DeJasu, Chester Michalik, Lawson Little, Brian Pelletier, John Benson, David Campbell, Lee… Read More

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. Foreword by Hugo Weber. HARRY CALLAHAN: PHOTOGRAPHS. Santa Barbara, CA: El Mochuelo Gallery, 1964. First Edition 1/1500. Small Folio. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 126 duotone plates. With a bibliography by Bernard Karpel. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in a stated edition of fifteen hundred copies, this exquisite 1964 Harry Callahan monograph is notoriously scarce as it has been widely reported that only half of these were actually ever bound for sale. A tight and bright, most handsome example (cited on pages 202-203 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 160 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 168-169 of "The Book of 101 Books") marred only by the typical browning of the glue binding the endpapers to the boards - as is the case with every copy that we've ever handled - in a well-preserved,… Read More

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. PHOTOGRAPHS: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. Providence, RI: The Photographic Education Society, 1969. First Edition 1/150. Folio. Loose Prints in Clamshell Box. Photographic Portfolio. Near Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jacket - As Issued. iii, twenty-two (of twenty-four) original b&w photographic prints mounted onto 13 ½ x 11" archival boards; housed in the publisher's unprinted black clamshell box, as issued. This is the third in a series of annual portfolios published during this period by the participants of Harry Callahan's photography class at The Rhode Island School of Design. These are all original photographs, not reproductions. Published in an edition of one hundred and fifty copies only, the contributors are Harry Callahan, William (Bill) Burke, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Ed Grazda, Bert Beaver, Richard Lebowitz, Paul Krot, Dicran Derderian, Chester Michalik, Brian Pelletier, John Benson, Steven Liebman, Douglas Sandhage, Walter Rabetz,… Read More

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. PHOTOGRAPHS: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN - THE FIFTH ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION SOCIETY. Providence, RI: The Photographic Education Society, 1971. First Edition 1/150. Folio. Loose Prints in Clamshell Box. Photographic Portfolio. Near Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jacket - As Issued. iii, twenty-six (of twenty-seven) original b&w photographic prints mounted onto 13 ½ x 11" archival boards; housed in the publisher's gilt-debossed brown clamshell box, as issued. This is the fifth in a series of annual portfolios published during this period by the participants of Harry Callahan's photography class at The Rhode Island School of Design. These are all original photographs, not reproductions. Published in an edition of one hundred and fifty copies only, the contributors are Harry Callahan, Henry Horenstein, Bert Beaver, Richard Lebowitz, Paul Krot, John Femino, Chester Michalik, Alan Metnick, Lee Post, Roy DiTosti, Stephen Frank,… Read More

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. Foreword by Hugo Weber. PHOTOGRAPHS: INTERLAKEN DESIGNER AWARD 1970 - RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. Providence, RI: Arkwright-Interlaken, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Folio. Loose Prints in Clamshell Box. Photographic Portfolio. Fine ii, twenty-three 12 x 10" offset reproductions, printed recto only, of b&w photographs housed in the publisher's unprinted green clamshell box, as issued. A variant of the annual Harry Callahan class portfolios published at RISD during this period, this is slightly smaller in size, and contains offset printed images rather than original photographs. The contributors Harry Callahan ("Eleanor", 1953), William (Bill) Burke, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Bert Beaver, Richard Lebowitz, Paul Krot, John Femino, Dicran Derderian, Lee De Jasu, Chester Michalik, Lawson Little, Brian Pelletier, John Benson, David Campbell, Lee Post, Steven Liebman, Roy Zimmerman, Roy DiTosti, Charles Matter, Stephen Frank, WIlliam Joseph Carner, Roz… Read More

(CALLE, SOPHIE). Calle, Sophie. SOPHIE CALLE: LA FILLE DU DOCTEUR (THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER) - DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Thea Westreich, 1991. First Edition #117/230. 4to. Decorative Boards, Boxed. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 18 b&w illustrations. Text in French and English. The most visually spectacular of her artist's books to date, "La Fille Du Docteur" is yet another exploration of the part autobiographical, part fictional personae of Sophie Calle. The work consists of sixteen facsimile cards of congratulation (purportedly) from colleagues of the artist's father upon the announcement of her birth. This was traditional amongst the French medical profession, and Calle's father was a physician. Or was he? Each of these cards is housed in a glassine envelope that faces a sequential photographic image printed on vellum of the artist performing a drunken striptease. These images conclude with… Read More

(CALLE, SOPHIE). Calle, Sophie, Fred Hoffman, Deborah Irmas. SOPHIE CALLE: A SURVEY. Santa Monica, CA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 60pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Includes exhibition checklist. Issued in conjunction with a 1989 exhibition curated by Deborah Irmas, this is the first major publication on the enigmatic French artist published in English. The pieces documented here are "The Sleepers", "The Bronx", "The Shadow", "The Hotel", "L'Homme au Carnet", "Anatoli" and "The Blind". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-927442-01-9 Inventory Number: 027428

(CAPA, CORNELL). Whelan, Richard. Introduction by Peter Fetterman. Afterword by Cornell Capa. CORNELL CAPA - SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT. Signed by the Photographer - with a b&w Photograph. Santa Monica, CA: Peter Fetterman Gallery, 2002. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, 27 duotone illustrations. "Cornell Capa the photographer has long been overshadowed by Cornell Capa the founder and director of the International Center of Photography, New York, and by Cornell Capa the brother of Robert Capa. This beautiful clothbound book filled with twenty-seven of his most intelligent, compassionate, formally striking images promises to bring the photographer his due. He once told "Camera" magazine, "Single photographs are not what I do best. My most effective work is groups of photographs which hang together and tell stories." Nevertheless, the pictures included here sum up and… Read More

Cardinal, Roger. OUTSIDER ART. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972. First American Paperbound Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Art History Monograph. Very Good -. 192pp, profusely illustrated  in b&w + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is Roger Cardinal's groundbreaking 1972 survey of art produced over the preceding Century by the mentally ill and outliers of various stripes. He gave the name for their creations "Outsider Art" - the term that is now commonplace for this genre fifty years later. A number of the artists celebrated here received their first scholarly recognition in these pages. These include Aloise (Corbaz), Karl Brendel (Genzel), Gaston Chaissac, Ferdinand Cheval, Joseph Crepin, Jules Dou, Madge Gill, August Klotz, Johann (Knupfer) Knopf, Augustin Lesage, Peter Moog, Heinrich Anton Muller, August Neter (Natterer),Simon Rodia, Clarence Schmidt, Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern, Scottie Wilson (Louis Freeman), and Adolf Wolfli. A most… Read More

Cardinal, Roger. OUTSIDER ART. London: Studio Vista, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt Stamped Cloth. Art History Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 192pp, profusely illustrated  in b&w + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is Roger Cardinal's groundbreaking 1972 survey of art produced over the preceding Century by the mentally ill and outliers of various stripes. He gave the name for their creations "Outsider Art" - the term that is now commonplace for this genre fifty years later. A number of the artists celebrated here received their first scholarly recognition in these pages. These include Aloise (Corbaz), Karl Brendel (Genzel), Gaston Chaissac, Ferdinand Cheval, Joseph Crepin, Jules Dou, Madge Gill, August Klotz, Johann (Knupfer) Knopf, Augustin Lesage, Peter Moog, Heinrich Anton Muller, August Neter (Natterer),Simon Rodia, Clarence Schmidt, Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern, Scottie Wilson (Louis Freeman), and Adolf Wolfli. An internally bright, handsome… Read More

(CARLSEN, ASGER). Carlsen, Asger. ASGER CARLSEN: HESTER. London: Morel Books, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Debossed Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "If the traditional nude occasionally intends to bare and reveal a final and ideal form through ad hoc stance or sculptural immortality, Asger Carlsen's "Hester" - his honest take on the classic theme of the female nude - revises the study of the female form to ultimately reveal the evolving terrain of photography and its standards of aesthetics and morality". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-907071-31-8 Inventory Number: 024913

(CARNWATH, SQUEAK). Tsujimoto, Karen & John Yau. SQUEAK CARNWATH: PAINTING IS NO ORDINARY OBJECT. Oakland & San Francisco, CA: Oakland Museum of California & Pomegranate Books, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 160pp, profusely Illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology, bibliography, exhibition history, and exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2009 Oakland Museum of California retropsective exhibition of eighty-one paintings executed by the popular Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath between 1979 and 2008. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of the uncommon hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-7649-4888-1 Inventory Number: 025964

(CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI). Cartier-Bresson, Henri. BIBLIOTHEK DER FOTOGRAFIE (SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE) PORTFOLIO NO. 13 (STERN): HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - LANDSCHAFTEN / LANDSCAPES. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Bibliothek Der Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 1997. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this thirteenth installment devoted to Henri Cartier-Bresson was no exception. It contains a comprehensive survey of the late, great French purveyor of "the decisive moment"'s images of landscapes around the world, and was published two years prior to his 2001 book dealing with the same subject. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19168-0 Inventory Number: 017865

Casciani, Stefano, Giannino Malossi, Carlo Romano & Nigel Whiteley. Giannino Malossi, Editor. THIS WAS TOMORROW: POP, FROM STYLE TO REVIVAL - COMPLETE IN TWO SLIPCASED VOLUMES WITH A VIDEO CASSETTE. Milan, ITALY: Electa Editrice, 1990. First English Language Edition. Stout 8vo. Illustrated Boards in Slipcase. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. 210 + 158pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Italo Lupi. This is a totally amazing two volume publication documenting the new art, architecture, cinema, design, fashion, music and popular culture in Europe (with the primary focus on Britain) during the Swingin' Sixties! Issued in conjunction with a 1990 Italian exhibition, everyone who was anyone is here including The Mods, The Rockers, The Situationists, Richard Hamilton and The Independent Group, The Beatles, The Who, Allen Jones, Peter Blake, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Joe Colombo, Archigram, Stanley Kubrick, The Fool, Pierre Cardin,… Read More

(CASEY, BERNIE). Casey, Bernie. BERNIE CASEY: NEIGHBORS - A 1977 SIGNED LITHOGRAPH IN A CONTEMPORANEOUS FRAME. Numbered and Signed by the Artist. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1977. First Edition #14/130. Folio. Framed Lithographic Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine. One 20 x 15" sheet of textured heavy art paper printed lithographically in colors, recto only. "Neighbors" is a 1977 lithograph by the noted late Los Angeles-based African-American artist, poet, and actor Bernie Casey. An All-American athlete at Bowling Green State University, Casey went on to a standout NFL career as a wide-receiver with the Los Angeles Rams. Following his retirement, he focused on his visual artwork as well as well as featured roles in such varied cinematic fare as "Cleopatra Jones", Black Gunn", "Hit Man", the James Bond film "Never Say Never", and "Revenge of the Nerds." A bright, most handsome example housed in a contemporaneous aluminum sectional… Read More

(CASH FOR YOUR WARHOL). Cash For Your Warhol, dba Geoff Hargadon. CASH FOR YOUR WARHOL ARTWORK: OUR PRICES ARE INSANE!! - FROM THE LIMITED GALLERY EDITION OF TEN EXAMPLES ONLY. Signed and Dated by the Artist. NP (Boston, MA): Cash For Your Warhol, 2019. #5/10 Deluxe. Oblong Folio. Silkscreened Plastic Sign. Artist's Multiple. As New One 12 x 18" corrugated plastic sheet silkscreened with ink, recto only. Originally spawned from the fallout of 2008's Global Economic downturn, "Cash For Your Warhol" is Boston-based Geoff Hargadon's take on art-as-commodity, an ongoing reference to financial crisis and the ubiquitous signage that responds to it. Introduced in 2009, his CFYW signs are screen-printed on corrugated plastic, mirroring the same materials and design principles used by the anonymous forces trying to profit on misfortune in order to acquire your house, car, and diabetic test strips. Hargadon's works bear an ever-evolving variety of wry phrases… Read More

(CASSANDRE, A.M.) (DEBERNY ET PEIGNOT). Cassandre, A.M. Maximilien Vox, Editor. DIVERTISSEMENTS TYPOGRAPHIQUES PAR DEBERNY ET PEIGNOT 1 - 5: COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES. Paris. 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 & 1933.: Fonderies Deberny et Peignot, First Editions. 4to. Loose Contents in Wrappers. Graphic Design Monographs. Very Good. or Better np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. Deberny et Peignot were perhaps the premier modernist type foundry in Art Deco period Paris. Their designer of choice was the renowned French illustrator A.M. Cassandre. To promote Deberny et Peignot's typefaces, the firm published the lavish "Divertissements Typographiques" on an annual basis between 1928 and 1933 - skipping 1932. Thematically entitled "Travaux De Ville", "Publicite", "Edition", "Europe et le Studio", and "Pharoaon", each installment contains several stylish… Read More

(CHAGALL, MARC) (VERVE). Chagall, Marc & Gaston Bachelard. E. Teriade, Editor. VERVE REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE VOL.X, NOS. 37 ET 38: DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE / DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE BY MARC CHAGALL. Paris & New York: Editions De La Revue Verve & Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1960. First American Edition. Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fair/No Jacket. np, 96 monochrome gravure illustrations. Cover by Marc Chagall with twenty-four color lithographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Text in English. This combined thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth number of Teriade's legendary artistic review "Verve" is a monograph devoted solely to the work of Marc Chagall. Realized in 1960 under the direction of Teriade with the master printers Draeger and Mourlot Freres, "Drawings for the Bible" features ninety-six black and white heliogravure reproductions and twenty-four color lithographs of Chagall's old Testament imagery. A presentable example only… Read More