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

Gagosian, Larry. INSIGHT?. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563

(GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS). Gainsborough, Thomas. Mary Woodall, Editor. THE LETTERS OF THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH. London. 1961 (1963).: The Cupid Press, First Edition Thus 1/1200. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Marbled Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 183pp, 27 b&w illustrations. This is the limited edition 1963 reprint of this typographic transcription of one hundred and eight letters and assorted writings by the renowned Eighteenth Century British painter Thomas Gainsborough. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 004010

Galassi, Peter. PLEASURES AND TERROR OF DOMESTIC COMFORT. New York: The Museum of Modern Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Survey. Fine. 128pp, 95 color and 58 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Hentges. With an exhibition checklist. "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort" presents a varied and challenging cross-section of contemporary work, all of it devoted to life at home. The current state of the American Dream of domestic happiness is examined in this major photography exhibition, and while it makes no attempt at sociological objectivity, the many voices it assembles have much to say about life in the eighties." The participants in Peter Galassi's landmark 1991 The Museum of Modern Art survey consisted of Robert Adams, Nicolas Africano, Joan Albert, Tom Bamberger, Tina Barney, Mary Berridge, Geoffrey Biddle, Judith Black, Ken Botto, Andrew Brilliant, Ellen Brooks, Peter Brown, Jo Ann Callis, James Casebere,… Read More

(GARCIA, HECTOR). De La Cabada, Juan. HECTOR GARCIA: ESCRIBIR CON LUZ. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 72pp, 46 b&w illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted to the arresting black and white mid-century Mexican images of Hector Garcia - a former student of Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Gabriel Figueroa. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item (cited on page 18 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook"). 968-16-2119-0 Inventory Number: 020385

(GASKELL, ANNA). Gaskell, Anna. ANNA GASKELL. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Ferguson with Anna Gaskell. Published in conjunction with a 2002 Addison Gallery of American Art exhibition, this somewhat creepy catalogue cum artist's book juxtaposes Anna Gaskell's spiky pen and ink drawings of a feminine nature with her golden-hued photographs of female bodies and appendages. A brand new, pristine example. 1-879886-49-9 Inventory Number: 024612

(GEHRY, FRANK O.). Gehry, Frank, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje Van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines & Pilar Viladas. Foreword by Henry N. Cobb. THE ARCHITECTURE OF FRANK GEHRY - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARCHITECT. Signed Presentation Copy from the Architect. New York & Minneapolis, MN: Rizzoli International Publications & The Walker Art Center, 1986. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. Fine/Fine. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Ferguson. This is the nicely appointed catalogue published in conjunction with the Walker Art Museum's substantial 1986 survey exhibition of the work of internationally famed architect Frank Gehry. A bright, most handsome example of the first hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Frank Pierson / F O Gehry" in black ink on the half title page. The late Mr. Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning… Read More

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. SIDE BY SIDE: GILBERT & GEORGE, THE SCULPTORS. Signed and Numbered by the Artists. London, Cologne, GERMANY & New York: Art For All & Konig Brothers, 1972. First Edition 1/600. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to six hundred copies, the beautifully bound "Side by Side" is the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, most handsome example in lovely hand-marbled boards of the 1972 first edition of this exceedingly uncommon item SIGNED "Gilbert &… Read More

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. SIDE BY SIDE: GILBERT & GEORGE, THE SCULPTORS 2012. Signed and Numbered by the Artists. London & Koln, GERMANY: Enitharmon Editions Ltd. & Walther Konig, 2012. Second Edition (First Thus 1/2000). 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artists' Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 b&w illustrations. First published in 1971 in an edition limited to six hundred copies, "Side by Side" was the very first artists' book by British conceptual duo, "the sculptors" Gilbert & George. It contains three chapters entitled "With Us in the Nature", "A Glimpse Into the Abstract World", and "The Reality in Our Living" which alternate pages of text and illustration and that "together represent a contemporary sculpture novel". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 Enitharmon Editions Ltd. facsimile edition limited to two thousand copies each with unique covers hand-marbled linen… Read More

(GERSTLER, AMY) (LIFFEY, ANYA). Gerstler, Amy. WHITE MARRIAGE & RECOVERY. Los Angeles: Illuminati, 1984. First Edition 1/200. Tall 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Prose Monograph. Very Good. np (24pp), no illustrations. Cover Illustration by Anya Liffey. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "White Marriage & Recovery" is an early collection of two prose works by the noted Los Angeles poet and art critic Amy Gerstler. A handsome example of this uncommon item from the first edition limited to two hundred copies showing some typical browning to the endpapers due to the publisher's less than judicious choice of non-archival glue - with artist Anya Liffey's unique finger-painting in white on the front cover in immaculate shape. 0-89807-104-6 Inventory Number: 012695

(GETTY MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE J. PAUL). Naef, Weston J., Gordon Baldwin, Virginia Dodier, Thomas Weston Fels, Mikka Gee, Michael Hargraves, Eugenia Parry Janis, Judith Keller, Ben Lifson, Katherine Ware, Brett Abbott, Anne Lacoste, et al.. THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A COLLECTION OF SIXTY-ONE EXHIBITION BROCHURES. Malibu & Los Angeles, CA. 1986-2008.: The J. Paul Getty Museum, First Editions. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochures. Very Good - or Better. This is a collection of sixty-one of the informative brochures issued by the J. Paul Getty Museum between 1986 and 2008 to accompany exhibitions curated by its Department of Photographs. These are beautifully printed keepsakes - typically duotone on coated, heavy stock - that were never made commercially available for sale, with most representing the only published documentation for each show. The format of this series is for the most part one cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly… Read More

Ghez, Susanne, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill & Gary Garrels. GEORG HEROLD / ALBERT OEHLEN / CHRISTOPHER WOOL. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New. np (32pp), 21 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool in collaboration with Michael Glass Design, Inc. With an exhibition checklist. This is the engaging, "Windy City"-themed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago exhibition of then-recent works by the kindred trio of Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool. It features a series of brief-but-lively texts by Susanne Ghez, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill, and Gary Garrels along with reproductions of the exhibited pieces that invoke such Chicago icons as Al Capone and Bertrand Goldberg's… Read More

(GIBSON, RALPH). Gibson, Ralph. RALPH GIBSON: DAYS AT SEA - THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIO. Hancock, NH: Lustrum Limited Editions & Colloquium, Inc., 1974. First Edition. 16mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Publisher's Prospectus. Fine. np (12pp), 9 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the pre-publication prospectus for the 1974 Lustrum Limited Editions and Colloquium , Inc. portfolio limited to fifty copies containing ten photographic prints from Ralph Gibson's "Days at Sea". A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, tiny (5 ½ x 4 ¼") ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 025839

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George, Jean-Christophe Ammann & Barbara M. Reise. OH, THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK: GILBERT & GEORGE THE SCULPTORS SPRING 1972. Luzern, SWITZERLAND: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1972. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good -. np (84pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the 1972 Kunstmuseum Luzern exhibition entitled "The Paintings", this is the original appearance of the photographic sequence "Oh, the Grand old Duke of York" by British conceptualists Gilbert & George. Capturing the pair descending an imposing stone staircase accompanied by the repeating phrase "No UP, no DOWN", these same images were reconfigured in the form of a small 1996 flip book published Oktagon Verlag. An internally most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1972 first edition whose white wrappers show age-toning, soiling and spotting along… Read More

(PIERRE ET GILLES). Pierre et Gilles. PIERRE ET GILLES. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1994. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 67 color illustrations. Text in English. From the iridescent silver covers to the glossy pink endpapers, this lushly produced little monograph on everyone's favorite Gallic collaborative photographic duo is as over the top as their campy, glamorous photographs. See Catherine Deneuve, Marc Almond, Thierry Mugler, Jeff Stryker, Julie Delpy, Rossi De Palma, Nina Hagen, and even Saints Pierre et Gilles themselves as idealized, ethereal creatures not quite of this world. A most handsome example of the 1994 first edition issued only in Japan showing a minute amount of surface scuffing to its shiny boards. 4-8457-0888-4 Inventory Number: 023945

(GINSBERG, ALLEN) (SNYDER, GARY). Ginsberg, Allen, Gary Snyder, Peter Orlovsky & Nanao Sakaki. POSTER FOR "TRUE GOLD IS OF THE HEART" BENEFIT POETRY READING - SIGNED BY GARY SNYDER, ALLEN GINSBERG, PETER ORLOVSKY, AND NANAO SAKAKI . Signed by the Four Poets. Nevada County, CA. ND (circa 1975): Nevada City Taxpayers Association, First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Poetry Reading Poster. Near Fine. One 14 x 8 ½" sheet of goldenrod bond paper printed offset recto only, one illustration. This is the poster for a September 14th - assumed to be 1975 - benefit reading by poets Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Nanao Sakaki held at the American Victorian Museum in Nevada City, California. Entitled "True Gold is of the Heart" in a nod to the locale's Gold Rush heritage, the four appeared in support of the San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association. "The roots of the Taxpayers Association go back to 1972 when a few dozen local residents founded the San… Read More

Glenn, Constance W. & The CSULB Museum Studies Program. A VIEW THROUGH. Long Beach, CA: The Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, 1975. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Comb-Bound Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With artist biographies and exhibition histories. "A View Through" was an influential 1975 exhibition organized by California State University, Long Beach Art Galleries director Constance W. Glenn and the students of the CSULB Museum Studies Program that featured work by nine Southern California artists working independently within the loosely unified Light and Space movement. The participants were Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, Guy Dill, Laddie John Dill, Dr. Who?, Doug Edge, Robert Irwin, and Terry O'Shea. A serviceable example only of this uncommon item - only eleven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - whose fragile plastic comb-binding is complete and unbroken, but is… Read More

(GOBER, ROBERT). Simon, Joan & Catherine David. ROBERT GOBER. Paris: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and French. With an exhibition checklist, history, bibliography and biography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1991 Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume exhibition in Paris of sculptural and installation works by idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober that later traveled to Spain's Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia. A brand new, most handsome example. 2-908901-04-8 Inventory Number: 025387

(GOBER, ROBERT). Gober, Robert, Ulrich Loock, Karel Schampers & Trevor Fairbrother. ROBERT GOBER. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Bern, SWITZERLAND: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen & Kunsthalle Bern, 1990. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by 8vo. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 touring European Museum retrospective, this informative catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of ninety-one sculptural objects created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1980 and 1990, as well as copious photographic documentation of installation works. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-6918-054-5 Inventory Number: 018848

(GOBER, ROBERT). Sussman, Elisabeth. Theodora Vischer, Editor. ROBERT GOBER: SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS 1979-2007. Basel, SWITZERLAND & Gottingen, GERMANY: Schaulager Basel & Steidl, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 520pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Claas Moller at Steidl Design. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2007 Schaulager Basel exhibition, this massive hardbound catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of sculptural objects and installations created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1979 and 2007. A brand new, most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-86521-473-8 Inventory Number: 027524

Gold, Jeff, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Robin Givhan, Jason Moran & Dan Morgenstern. SITTIN' IN: JAZZ CLUBS OF THE 1940s AND 1950s - SIGNED BY AUTHOR JEFF GOLD. Signed by the Author. New York: Harper Design, 2020. Second Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Music Monograph. As New/As New. pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s" is a visual history of jazz clubs during these crucial decades when some of the greatest names in in the genre - Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and many others - were headlining acts across the country. In many of the clubs, black and white musicians played together and more significantly, people of all races gathered together to enjoy an evening’s entertainment. House photographers roamed the floor and for a dollar, took picture of patrons that were developed on site and could be taken home in… Read More