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

(MADALENA, BATISTE). Katten, Judith & Anthony Slide. MOVIE POSTERS: THE PAINTINGS OF BATISTE MADALENA. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good. 64pp, 24 color and 16 b&w illustrations + color covers. This is the lovely, oversized monograph on the extraordinary hand painted Silent era movie posters of artist Batiste Madalena. Working for the Rochester-based George Eastman Theatre in the mid-twenties, Madalena was give free reign to create these captivating images promoting the Hollywood fare of the day to fill the popular cinema's huge display windows. A handsome example showing a bit of overall wear and handling. 0-8109-2311-4 Inventory Number: 019372

Mahsun, Carol Anne Runyon. POP ART AND THE CRITICS. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 152pp, 22 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography. Issued as the twenty-third installment of U.M.I. Research Press' "Studies in the Fine Arts: Criticism", this scholarly monograph presents an in-depth examination of the critical response to the Pop Art movement of the sixties, primarily within the context of its New York practitioners. The principal artists covered are Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Tom Wesselmann, and of course, Andy Warhol, while the critics under discussion include Lawrence Alloway, Mario Amaya, Rainer Crone, Umberto Eco, Michael Fried, Henry Geldzahler, Clement Greenberg, Max Kozloff, Hilton Kramer, Lucy Lippard, Barbara Rose, Harold Rosenberg, Alan Solomon, and Susan Sontag. A… Read More

(MAHURIN, MATT). Mahurin, Matt. Maya Ishiwata & Theresa Luisotti, Editors. MATT MAHURIN. Tokyo: RAM (Research Art Media), 1993. First Edition 1/2300. 8vo. Decorative Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 47pp, 40 illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hideyuki Taguchi. Photographer, illustrator, commercial and music video director, Matt Mahurin (known for his atmospheric work with Metallica) brings his keen visual sense and brooding, diffuse style to this collection of both color and b&w photographic images. An elegant object, it is bound in gilt-debossed black velvet-over-boards, and impeccably printed in gravure on heavy paper stock. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's sealed plastic packet, as issued. 4-947671-01-7 Inventory Number: 017379

(MAJERUS, MICHEL). Majerus, Michel. SUPERMALBUCH - AN ARTWORK IN BOOK FORM BY MICHEL MAJERUS. NP: Self-Published, 1993. First Edition Hors Serie. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Multiple. Fine. np (76pp), 75 b&w illustrations - thirty-two of which have been additionally uniquely hand colored. Designed by Michel Majerus. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Supermalbuch" is late Belgian artist Michel Majerus' self-published 1993 decidedly not-for-children coloring book. It reproduces seventy-five crudely drawn depictions of genitalia, masturbation, underage sex, bestiality, and other scatological delights. Produced in a signed and numbered edition of fifty printed paperbound books, it is unclear how many of these were ever actually distributed, and the Estate of Michel Majerus has classified "Supermalbuch" as a unique artwork rather than simply a publication by the artist. A bright, most handsome hors serie example of this exceedingly uncommon item - not a… Read More

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia & Sam Lee. ALIA MALLEY: SOUTHLAND - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed and Numbered by the Photographer. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery, 2010. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. np (12pp), 7 color illustrations. With a biography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with her 2010 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition, this slender yet elegant twelve page catalogue gorgeously illustrates Los Angeles photographer Alia Malley's current body of work - large scale, muted color images of the pastoral local exurban landscape that rest somewhere between Joel Sternfeld, Robert Adams and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. A brand new, pristine example of her first publication limited to five hundred numbered copes additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 021933

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia. ALIA MALLEY: A CAVALIER IN SIGHT OF A VILLAGE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery & Alia Malley, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (32pp), 13 color illustrations. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based Alia Malley's 2011 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition of thirteen recent large scale color landscape photographs. A brand new, pristine example of this exceptionally lovely publication limited to one thousand copies only additionally SIGNEDa"Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 020495

(MAN RAY). Ware, Katherine. A PRACTICAL DREAMER: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAN RAY. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New. One 7 ½ x 24 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1998 exhibition of vintage prints by Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 025597

(MAN RAY) (PAOLINI, GIULIO) (BOLAFFIARTE). Man Ray & Giulio Paolini. BOLAFFIARTE N. 31, ANNO IV: GIUGINO-LUGLIO 1973 - WITH ORIGINAL GRAPHICS BY MAN RAY AND GIULIO PAOLINI. Torino, ITALY: Bolaffi & Mondadori Editori, 1973. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Very Good -. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, with two 11 ¾ x 9 ¼" original graphics laid in. Text in Italian. This is the thirty-first installment of the Italian Arts magazine "BolaffiArte". Amongst the more interesting articles here are features on American Land Art (Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson) and Hippie Communes in the Southwest - both with photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni, collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera 1966 - 1969, and a section devoted to Man Ray. For the issue, Man Ray was commissioned to create an original work of art utilizing the letter "R" (as part its "L'Alfabebeto di BolaffiArte"… Read More

(MANDEL, MIKE) (SULTAN, LARRY). Mandel, Mike & Larry Sultan. Introduction by Sandra S. Phillips. Foreword by Robert F. Forth. EVIDENCE - SIGNED BY MIKE MANDEL AND LARRY SULTAN. Signed by the Photographers. New York. 1977 (2003).: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers), First Edition Thus. Small Oblong 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (92pp), 61 duotone and 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Victor Mingovits. Quite simply one of the most innovative, entertaining and thought-provoking photography books yet published, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan's 1977 collection of uncaptioned evidentiary images has rightfully gained a legendary status in the thirty-five years since its initial publication. Now, "Evidence" is available once again in its original format, with the addition of a dust jacket, a new essay by SFMoMA curator Sandra Phillips on the book's impact and significance, and a two page layout of eighteen previously unpublished images… Read More

(MANDEL, MIKE). Mandel, Mike. MIKE MANDEL: PHOTOGRAPHER BASEBALL TRADING CARDS - A COMPLETE SET OF ALL ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE CARDS. Santa Cruz, CA: Self-Published, 1975. First Editions. 16mo. Printed Trading Cards. Artist's Multiples. Near Fine or Better. One hundred and thirty-five 3 ½ x 2 ½" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 134 b&w illustrations. In 3 x 3 archival plastic protective sheets housed in a three-ring binder. This is a full set of Mike Mandel's iconic, self-published 1975 "Photographer Baseball Trading Cards." Included are the following, often switch-hitting luminaries from the seventies photographic scene: 1. Bob Flick, 2. Joel Meyerowitz, 3. Van Deren Coke, 4. Joe Deal, 5. Ron Walker, 6. Lee Witkin, 7. Al Sweetman, 8. Don Drowty, 9. Ellen Brooks, 10. Dennis Hearne, 11. Elaine Mayes, 12. Bart Parker, 13. Larry Sultan, 14. Ed West, 15. Arthur Siegel, 16. Leonard Freed, 17. Margery Mann, 18. Harry Callahan, 19. Gary Metz, 20.… Read More

(MANGOLD, ROBERT). Danoff, I. Michael & Mark Stevens. ROBERT MANGOLD: PAINTINGS 1971-1984. Akron, OH & New York: Akron Art Museum & Paula Cooper Gallery, 1984. First Edition 1/3000. Square 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 24pp, 15 b&w and 5 color illustrations + color cover. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1984 traveling retrospective circulated by the Akron Art Museum of thirty-seven paintings and works on paper executed by Robert Mangold between 1969 and 1984. It includes installation shots of several of the pioneering Minimalist's earlier gallery exhibitions. A handsome copy. Inventory Number: 019685

(MANGOLD, ROBERT). Carrier, David. ROBERT MANGOLD: CURVED PLANE / FIGURE PAINTINGS. New York: PaceWildenstein, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -. 38pp, 23 color and 1 b&w illustration + cover. Designed by Tomoko Makiura and Paul Pollard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the stylish catalogue published in conjunction with a 1995 PaceWildenstein exhibition of fourteen recent paintings and studies by Minimalist icon Robert Mangold from his "Curved Plane / Figure" series. A most presentable copy from the library of an art consultant that annotated it in pencil throughout with the gallery's asking prices and the client(s) that either bought or reserved pieces, showing a soft crease through a portion of the upper foredge tip. It has been priced accordingly. 1-878283-54-5 Inventory Number: 019704

(MANZONI, PIERO). Codognato, Mario. PIERO MANZONI: WORKS 1957-1961. London: Karsten Schubert Ltd., 1989. First Edition 1/800. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. 16pp, 13 b&w illustrations. Designed by Tamar Burchill. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 London gallery survey of works executed by the late Italian Conceptual artist Piero Manzoni between 1957 and 1961. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to eight hundred unnumbered copies. 1-870590-10-4 Inventory Number: 022317

(MANZONI, PIERO). Kultermann, Udo & Piero Manzoni. Foreword by J. Leering. MANZONI. Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS: Van Abbemueum, 1969. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Dutch and Italian. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the uniquely bound catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1969 survey exhibition of Italian Conceptual artist Piero Manzoni's "Achrome" and related works from the late fifties and early sixties held at the Van Abbemueum, Eindhoven. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item whose wrappers are covered in white synthetic fiber that references the "Achrome" pieces showing just a bit of minor wear and some typical brown staining to the inside covers from the binder's adhesive. Inventory Number: 025762

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT) (LYON, LISA). Mapplethorpe, Robert, Lisa Lyon & Bruce Chatwin. Foreword by Sam Wagstaff . LADY LISA LYON BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM LISA LYON. Signed Presentation Copy from Lisa Lyon. New York: A Studio Book - The Viking Press, 1983. First Hardbound Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Michael Shroyer. "Lady (Lisa Lyon)" is brassy and playful, strong and seductive, discreet and thoroughly uninhibited. Lady is a host of contradictions, and Robert Mapplethorpe's provocative portrait of Lisa Lyon, dynamic personality and first Women's Bodybuilding Champion, entices you to re-examine your ideas and ideals of "female". In these haunting photographs - made over a period of two years - Lyon embodies her concept of Woman of the Eighties, neither masculine nor feminine, but feline. Writer Bruce Chatwin introduces Lyon and Mapplethorpe in… Read More

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (112pp), 93 illustrations in monochrome gravure. Designed by Dimitri Levas. "Mapplethorpe’s portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well-known images, including the self-portraits, as well as lesser-known work. Susan Sontag’s short essay on portraiture adds insight to the "Mapplethorpe mystique". A handsome example of the 1985 Twelvetrees Press first edition of what what was the first mnongraph on… Read More

(MARCKS, GERHARD). Marcks, Gerhard. GERHARD MARCKS: RECENT SCULPTURE. New York: Otto M. Gerson Gallery, 1961. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good. np (16pp), 10 b&w illustrations. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1961 Gerhard Marcks exhibition at Otto Gerson's blue chip New York sculpture gallery of the late '50s & early '60s. A handsome example. Inventory Number: 003697

(MARCLAY, CHRISTIAN). Ferguson, Russell, Miwon Kwon, Douglas Kahn & Alan Licht. Russell Ferguson, Editor. CHRISTIAN MARCLAY - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST. Signed Presentation Copy from the Artist. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: The Hammer Museum & Steidl, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Flexible Boards. Artist Monograph. As New. 202pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Georgianna Stout and Glen Cummings. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography, discography, and performance history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the extensive 2003 Hammer Museum retrospective of works by Christian Marclay, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue is the most comprehensive document to date on the noted Swiss artist and musician. A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Robert, from Marclay / 6-4-03" to a noted art historian… Read More

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. ARI MARCOPOULOS: LIVING IN THE NEW ROME - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #466/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / 2007" in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026841

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. ARI MARCOPOULOS: FLOW (SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS 1982-2006 - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006… Read More