American Artists

Andy Warhol: Faurschou Beijing, Sports, Stars, and Society Exhibition Catalog 2008. Softcover; 47 pg. Gift inscription on first page. Short introductory essay by J. Vorbach and L. and J. Faurschou in both Chinese and English. Full-page color plates with captions in both languages. Light cover and edge wear; text is clean and unmarked.
Catalogue of the first commercial exhibition of Andy Warhol paintings in mainland China. Warhol's silkscreen and acrylic "Athletes" and portraits in an exhibition that was to take place at the Faurschou Beijing gallery during the 2008 Olympics in China. Government censors at first banned this show; not clear to me if it was postponed or canceled entirely. Catalog includes Warhol portraits of Wilie Shoemaker, Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus, Chris Evert, Tom Seaver, Dorothy Hamill, and more. Jennifer Vorbach curated the show.

Seattle / New Haven: Henry Art Gallery / Yale, 2006 Signed on the title page by Maya Lin and dated 2006. Additionally signed by Lawrence Weschler, who contributed the Foreword. First edition / First printing. Off White cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The catalogue of Maya Lin's 2006 exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery. An attractive production. The cover is embossed with the artist's "Waterline.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books Llc Original publisher's promotional poster, 24" w x 17 1/2" h, for the book published 1991, the poster with a wonderful Wyeth painting of Pilgrims with a Native American chief seated at the dinner table, an image different than the original dust jacket. Fine, as issued. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1991. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 24" w x 17 1/2" h.

Girard, KS: E. Haldeman-Julius Publications. 4to. With Introductions by Maria-Theresa, Carl Van Vechten, Mary Fanton Roberts, Shaemas O'Sheel, and Arnold Genthe. Included are Dance Sequence Drawings of Ballet, Agna Enters, Martha Graham, a Group of Pupils of Isadora, and Drawings Against War and Fascism by Walkowitz, with an Introduction by Konrad Bercovici. Unpag. (32pp.), 19 full-page plates with numerous sketches by Walkowitz. Stapled Wraps (covers and pages yellowed; small tear front endpaper; very small bump, bottom crease, otherwise VG. Signed by Walkowitz on the cover and, also, inscribed to the American sculptor, Hannah Small, by him, front endpaper.

New York: Rizzoli, 1989. SIGNED BY AUTHORS artist jack Levine and Milton W. Bron, publisher's promotional poster for the 1989 book, the poster featuring Levine's "Medicine Show IV:, oil on canvas, 1958. Near Fine, faint crease. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" w x 30" h.

(Pawtuxet Cove, RI): Dale Chihuly, 1982 Signed in pencil at the bottom of the front free end-paper by Dale Chihuly. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy with an early signature. Vellum sheet bound in before the title page with the exhibition schedule for 1982 show at Tucson Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, and the St. Louis Art Museum. The first monograph on the artist, preceded only by by an exhibition catalogue for the Renwick Museum (1978).

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author Ansel Adams on title page.
* Stated First Edition 1983.
* Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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The distinguished photographer shares his experiences and details the circumstances, methods, and technical and aesthetic problems surrounding the creation of forty of his most famous photographs.

SHREK! By William Steig. 1990 Stated First Edition, Farrar, Straux Giroux. QUITE RARE IN A STATED FIRST. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NONE AS ISSUED. ISBN 0374368775. Swamp creatures back panel. Unpaginated. 8 5/8 X 10 7/8. Summary: Original source material for the beloved film of the same name. Summary: "Shrek, a horrid, ugly, little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!" About the artist/author William Steig: "He created his masterpiece character, Shrek, in 1990, at the age of 83."

Steig, William. 1990 Stated First Edition, Farrar, Straux Giroux. QUITE RARE IN A STATED FIRST. Used. VERY GOOD- CONDITION/ NONE AS ISSUED. Top of boards a bit sunned, priced accordingly. ISBN 0374368775. Swamp creatures back panel. Unpaginated. 8 5/8 X 10 7/8. Summary: Original source material for the beloved film of the same name. Summary: "Shrek, a horrid, ugly, little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!" About the artist/author William Steig: "He created his masterpiece character, Shrek, in 1990, at the age of 83."

Amsterdam / Montreal: Oog and Blik / Drawn and Quarterly, 2003. Signed by Chris Ware. First edition / First printing, with "FIRST (and last) EDITION July, 2003 A.D." on the CIP (publication) page. Red cloth spine, illustrated paper-covered boards. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket, Mylar jacket supplied.

Bellingham, WA: Bellingham High School, 1943. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 92pp, textured boards. The senior high school yearbook of artist, filmmaker, folk music anthologist, and Thelemic Saint Harry Everett Smith. A youthful Smith is pictured amongst the senior class ("Ambition—Composer of symphonic music"), as well as in a cast photo of the senior play and in photos of the yearbook staff and the Art Club. A well-preserved copy with typical yearbook signatures and inscriptions.

New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 14 leaves, stapled wrappers. A peak-period collection of odd putative quotations from Joe Brainard. Unmarked copy, a bit of staple rust.

New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 19 leaves, stapled front wrapper. A peak-period amalgam of banana-focused content from Joe Brainard. Unmarked copy, a bit of spotting, wear and staple rust.

Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, ~250pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1979 installment of this collaborative magazine of experimental writing, a time capsule of the avant-garde. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations, a bit of reading wear.

Santa Fe: Santa Fe Fine Arts, 1992 Signed on the half-title pge by R. C. Gorman. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. In a review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Masterworks from the Museum of the American Indian" exhibition, the New York Times referred to Gorman as the Picasso of American-Indian Art.