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

Jacobson, Karen, Editor. INTERNATIONAL PAPER: DRAWINGS BY EMERGING ARTISTS. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Today, more and more artists have begun to view drawing as an end in itself rather than as a preparatory phase in service of another medium. "International Paper" demonstrates that the medium of drawing continues to play a fresh and vital role in the practice of a younger generation of artists. The exhibition surveys the range and breadth of contemporary works on paper by a diverse group of twenty-two emerging artists from China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, while highlighting the work of a number of Los Angeles artists for whom drawing plays an important and ongoing role". This is the innovatively designed catalogue published in conjunction with the 2003 Hammer Museum survey of contemporary… Read More

(JAMES, DON). James, Don. PREWAR SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS: DON JAMES - PORTFOLIOS 1,2,3,4 & 5: A COMPLETE SET. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2004. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Five boxes with pastedowns each housing 4 individual b&w prints hinged on archival mat board. Designed by Tom Adler. Published as a labor of love by noted graphic designer Tom Adler, this is a complete set of the five beautifully produced portfolios of pioneering waterman and photographer Don James' nostalgic views of the apparent paradise that was Southern California surf culture in the thirties. It reproduces a series of shots of Bluff Cove surf riders taken by James over the summer of 1937 from a Brownie camera set up in the sand to the rather narrow focal point of the breaking waves. Limited to five hundred copies only, each of the five deluxe editions contains four different 6.8 x 4.6" archival prints reproduced from the… Read More

(JAMES, DON). James, Don. PREWAR SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS: DON JAMES - PORTFOLIO 3. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2004. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Four individual 4 ½ x 6 ¾" black and white photographic reproductions hinged on archival mat board, housed in a box with a pastedown. Designed by Tom Adler. Published as a labor of love by noted graphic designer Tom Adler, this is the beautifully produced third portfolio (of five) of pioneering waterman and photographer Don James' nostalgic views of the apparent paradise that was Southern California surf culture in the thirties. It reproduces a series of shots of Bluff Cove surf riders taken by James over the summer of 1937 from a Brownie camera set up in the sand to the rather narrow focal point of the breaking waves. Limited to five hundred copies only, each of the five deluxe editions contains four different archival prints reproduced from the… Read More

(JAMES, DON). James, Don. PREWAR SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS: DON JAMES - PORTFOLIO 1. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2004. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Four individual 4 ½ x 6 ¾" black and white photographic reproductions hinged on archival mat board, housed in a box with a pastedown. Designed by Tom Adler. Published as a labor of love by noted graphic designer Tom Adler, this is the beautifully produced first portfolio (of five) of pioneering waterman and photographer Don James' nostalgic views of the apparent paradise that was Southern California surf culture in the thirties. It reproduces a series of shots of Bluff Cove surf riders taken by James over the summer of 1937 from a Brownie camera set up in the sand to the rather narrow focal point of the breaking waves. Limited to five hundred copies only, each of the five deluxe editions contains four different archival prints reproduced from the… Read More

(JAMES, DON). James, Don. PREWAR SURFING PHOTOGRAPHS: DON JAMES - PORTFOLIO 4. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2004. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Four individual 4 ½ x 6 ¾" black and white photographic reproductions hinged on archival mat board, housed in a box with a pastedown. Designed by Tom Adler. Published as a labor of love by noted graphic designer Tom Adler, this is the beautifully produced fourth portfolio (of five) of pioneering waterman and photographer Don James' nostalgic views of the apparent paradise that was Southern California surf culture in the thirties. It reproduces a series of shots of Bluff Cove surf riders taken by James over the summer of 1937 from a Brownie camera set up in the sand to the rather narrow focal point of the breaking waves. Limited to five hundred copies only, each of the five deluxe editions contains four different archival prints reproduced from… Read More

(JANSS, EDWIN). Janss, Edwin. EDWIN JANSS: MARINE PORTFOLIO III - SIXTEEN COLOR STUDIES FROM THE WATERS OF WESTERN MEXICO / PORTAPLIEGO MARITOMO III - DIECISIES ESTUDIOS EN COLORES DEL MAR DE MEXICO DEL OESTE. With Sixteen Signed Color Photographs. San Francisco, CA: Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, 1975. First Edition. Folio. Cloth Portfolio in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (4pp) + sixteen 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheets each with a 7 ½ x 9 ½" type-C color photographic print mounted on the recto, 16 color illustrations. "Marine Portfolio III" is the late Los Angeles based underwater photographer and art collector Edwin Janss' spectacular third and final collection of original color photographic prints of fish, corals, and nudibranchs taken during Mr. Janss' many dives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. It features sixteen vivid 7 ½ x 9 ½" color images each mounted on a 13 x… Read More

(JANSS, EDWIN). Janss, Edwin. Foreword by Giles W. Mead. EDWIN JANSS: MARINE PORTFOLIO II - SEVENTEEN COLOR STUDIES FROM THE EASTERN & WESTERN PACIFIC: THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: THE REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS: THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA: THE PALAU ISLANDS: THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. With Seventeen Signed Color Photographs. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum, 1973. First Edition. Folio. Cloth Portfolio in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (4pp) + seventeen 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheets each with a 7 ½ x 9 ½" type-C color photographic print mounted on the recto, 17 color illustrations. "Marine Portfolio II" is the late Los Angeles based underwater photographer and art collector Edwin Janss' spectacular second - of three total - collection of original color photographic prints of fish, corals, and mostly nudibranchs taken during Mr. Janss' many dives in the Pacific Ocean. It features a brief foreword by the then-director of Los Angeles'… Read More

(JARMAN, DEREK). Jarman, Derek. THE EXHIBITION OF DEREK JARMAN: LUMINOUS DARKNESS. Tokyo: Uplink Co. , 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 51 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the exceedingly elegant, beautifully produced hardbound catalogue for a 1990 Japanese gallery exhibition of the esteemed late British director Derek Jarman's paintings and assemblages entitled "Luminous Darkness". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027431

(JENSEN, ALFRED). Luce III, Henry, and John Wesley Cook. Regina Bogat, Editor. ALFRED J. JENSEN: DECEMBER 11, 1903 - APRIL 4 1981 - A MEMORIAL. Los Angeles: Regina Bogat, 1981. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued.. 32pp, 7 color and 3 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gregory Zarcoff. With a biography and exhibition history. Privately printed and limited to one thousand hors commerce copies, this is the keepsake volume issued to document the 1981 memorial services for the great idiosyncratic, pattern-obsessed New York artist Alfred Jensen. A handsome example of this uncommon item whose matte pale blue covers show some typical light soiling, fading, and a few small indentations. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022966

(JOHANSON, CHRIS). Johanson, Chris. CHRIS JOHANSON: UNTITLED ARTIST'S BOOK (SUN POWER). Bruxelles, BELGIUM & Paris: Baronian-Francey & Daviet-Thery, 2004. First Edition 1/1200. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. "Chris Johanson takes over where Raymond Pettibon leaves off. Less angry and witty than his predecessor, Johanson scribbles colorful, dead-on portraits of street culture and the yuppies, hippies, hipsters, losers, and drunkards who inhabit it". Published in Europe, this is a slender little artist's book of drawings by noted "Beautiful Loser" and Deitch Projects stalwart Chris Johanson. A brand new, pristine example of the first and only printing of this uncommon charming item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 024238

(JOHNS, JASPER).. CHECKLIST OF THE JASPER JOHNS EXHIBITION AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Checklist. Fine. 12pp, 10 b&w + color cover. This is the slender twelve page checklist cum exhibition brochure containing the details of the one hundred and thirty works exhibited at the 1978 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art showing of the massive Whitney Museum circulated Jasper Johns mid-career retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item that is supplemental to, but not to be confused with the actual exhibition catalogue authored by Michael Crichton. Inventory Number: 013015

(JOHNS, JASPER). Ellin, Everett. JASPER JOHNS: RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION - NOVEMBER 19th THROUGH DECEMBER 15th 1962. Los Angeles: Everett Ellin Gallery, 1962. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Folded Printed Paper Sheet. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. One 18 x 23" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in twelfths to make 9 x 4", np (12pp), 14 b&w illustration. This is the uniquely designed brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a November 1962 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of fourteen paintings and works on paper executed by Jasper Johns between 1957 and 1962. The show - billed here as a retrospective - was the artist's first West Coast showing, and this is Johns' very first monographic publication. A most handsome example of this uncommon (only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) ephemeral item showing a small brown spot near the bottom of the front panel. Inventory Number: 027283

(JOHNSON, JAY MARK). Finch, Christopher, Shana Nys Dambrot & Jay Mark Johnson. VENICE SPACEWALK: THE SPACETIME PHOTOGRAPHY OF JAY MARK JOHNSON: VOLUME ONE - LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Venice, CA: Venice Family Clinic & Jay Mark Johnson, 2010. First Edition. Oblong Narrow 4to. Linen Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Hsuan-ying Chou and Jay Mark Johnson with Lorraine Wild and Victor Hu, Green Dragon Office. This lavishly produced volume is the first monograph on the space-time photography of Jay Mark Johnson. "Coming across Jay Mark Johnson's photographs for the first time, a viewer may well be reminded of the photo finish images used to determine winners at track meets, horse races, and other sporting events. In Johnson's work, as in photo finish imagery, people, animals and moving objects are frozen against a background that has been… Read More

(JOHNSON, RAY). Wilson, William S., Charles Stuckey, Ellen Levy & Frances Beatty. RAY JOHNSON: A GROUP OF FIVE RICHARD L. FEIGEN & CO. EXHIBITION CATALOGUES. New York. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 & 2011.: Richard L. Feigen & Co., First Editions. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monographs. Fine. np (14pp) + np (14pp) + np (14pp) + np (22pp) + 22pp, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With chronologies. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is a set of the monographic catalogues issued in conjunction with the five Richard L. Feigen & Co. exhibitions of work from the Estate of Ray Johnson held between 2006 and 2011. They are titled "Ray Johnson: En Rapport" (2006), "Ray Johnson: The Early Years" (2007), "Ray Johnson: Challenging Rectangles" (2008), "Dear Ray Johnson" (2010), and "Ray Johnson: What's in a Name?" (2011), and feature texts about the Fluxus and Correspondence Art titan by William S. Wilson,… Read More

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. JOE JOHNSON: THREE SELF-PUBLISHED 1960s MALE NUDE GREETING CARDS. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (Circa Late 1960s).: Self-Published, First Edition. 8vo. Printed Paper. Greeting Cards. Near Fine. Three individual 8 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, machine-folded vertically in half to make 8 ½ x 5 ½", 3 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a group of three individual cards issued by the artist each… Read More

(JOHNSON, RAY). Johnson, Ray & William S. Wilson. RAY JOHNSON / RAY JOHNSON. New York: Between Books, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (20pp), 17 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. This is the charming twenty page catalogue issued in 1977 by Manhattan's Between Books that documents writings by and about the late, beloved Fluxus and Correspondence artist Ray Johnson. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025809

(JOHNSON, RAY). Wilson, William S. & Mary Emma Harris. Foreword by Mary Holden. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE DOSSIERS NO. 4: RAY JOHNSON. Asheville, NC: Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. v + 83pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by John Jicha. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1997 survey exhibition of collages and works on paper by the idiosyncratic late Fluxus and Correspondence Art titan - not to mention the enigmatic subject of the great documentary film "How to Draw a Bunny" - Ray Johnson. A most andsome example of the 1997 first printing of this co-publication of the Black Mountain College (Johnson's Alma Mater) Museum and Arts Center and the Asheville Art Museum. 0-9649020-4-4 Inventory Number: 027538

(JOHNSON, WILLIAM H.). Taylor, Joshua C., Adelyn D. Breeskin & Jan K. Muhlert. WILLIAM H. JOHNSON: 1901-1970. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 208pp, 161 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography, exhibition checklist, and index of titles. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1971 exhibition of one hundred and sixty works by the pioneering African-American artist William H. Johnson held at Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution. A bright, most handsome example of this vital document published on the occasion of Johnson's first Museum retrospective. LC 70-172991 Inventory Number: 026087

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. JOE JOHNSON: A SELF-PUBLISHED 1967 PRINT PORTFOLIO OF EIGHT MALE NUDES - EACH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Signed by the Artist. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (1967).: Self-Published, First Edition. Folio. Loose Prints in a Portfolio. Print Portfolio. Fine. Eight individual 17 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, 8 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a set of eight of these prints issued in 1967 by the artist each depicting a… Read More

Jones, Ruth. AFRICA BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES: ETHNOGRAPHY, SOCIOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND RELATED SUBJECTS (BASED ON THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CARD INDEX OF THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE): SOUTH-EAST CENTRAL AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR. London: International African Institute, 1961. Later Printing. 4to. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Good +. 61pp, no illustrations. Devoted entirely to South-East Central Africa and Madagascar, this is one of a series of four bibliographies compiled by librarian Ruth Jones from the comprehensive card indexes of London's International African Institute. A most presentable example of this important reference showing some overall wear and soft creases to its cardstock covers as well as some typical slight discoloration to the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 005398