Rare books from Diatrope Books

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 1993. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Corner crease on back cover. Text in Japanese. Beautiful color plates. Maps. Illustrated chronology (in B/W). Measures 8.25x11 inches. Loose postcard "They are the Future." Akino Fuku (1908-2001) first gained notoriety before World War II as a prizewinning female artist, a rarity in the hoary Nihonga tradition. However, the work for which she is best known came later in life, after she was invited at age 53 to teach Nihonga at a university in India.

Imprenta Glorias, 2000. Sewn Binding. Very Good. Unmarked. Small tear on edge of first page. 4-pages. Measures 10.5x9.25 inches. Cockerell paper marbled cover, with a stamp: Cockerell, Letchworth, England 1954. This book was prepared as a keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamorano fiesta in San Francisco, 2000. Allywn O'Mara bound it.The drawings on the inside were inspired by paraphernalia of Lillian Marks, Plantin Press. Imprenta Glorias is the imprint of film and television actress Gloria Stuart (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938; My Favorite Year, 1982; Titanic, 1997). In 1983, when she was in her seventies, the master printer Ward Ritchie taught her to print. Stuart started a fresh career as a respected designer of hand-printed artists’ books and broadsides. She produced illustrated books and broadsides under her own imprint, Imprenta Glorias, from 1984-2006. Her print work is in the collections of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the… Read More

Letter, 1990. Letter. Very Good. Unmarked. Signed letter from the artist Gordon Onslow Ford (1912-2003) to writer/artist Amy Ione in response to an article about his work. Folded into four panels. Includes comments on his view of art theories. British-born painter Gordon Onslow Ford was the youngest and last surviving member of the original Surrealist artistic group, led by the poet André Breton. Also included in the group were Matta, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, and Salvador Dali.

Fuller Museum of Art, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked. Catalog for exhibition at the Fuller Museum of Art, Brown University, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Beautifully illustrated. This exhibit, based on Dion's strong ecological concerns, was culled from a series of pseudo-archaeological digs undertaken in Providence, Brockton and New Bedford. Contributions from Gregory Volk, Leah Rosenmeier, Denise Markonish, Antone G. Souza, Jr., and Murney Gerlach. Photography by Bob Braine. 49p.

San Diego Museum of Art, 2008. Paperback. Like New. Shrink-wrapped. The essays and catalogue entries present a full view of Nandalal's works, life, and the vital times of ferment during which he lived. Introduction by John M. Rosenfield. Contributions from Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, Pramod Chandra, A. Ramachandran, Debashish Banerji, Kumamoto Kenjiro, R. Siva Kumar, K. G. Subramanyan, and Sugata Bose. 245 pages. Color images throughout.

Detroit Institute of Arts, 2013. Hardcover. Like New. 12x8x0. Factory sealed. Catalog for a mid-career retrospective at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Includes insightful essays and in-depth treatment of eight video installations and two series of art photography. Shirin Neshat, an Iranian American artist living in New York City, is widely acclaimed for her extraordinary video installations and art photography.

Roads Publishing, 2014. Paperback. Like New. Unmarked. Factory sealed. Color illustrations. 165p. Fernando Vicente (b. 1963) is widely known for his illustrative work. This book of paintings features three series: Atlas, Anatomies, and Vanitas.