Lalanne(s)
Flammarion, 2008. Folio. 352 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of this definitive study of the Lalannes.
Art Monographs
Walk Through Walls
New York: Crown Archetype, 2016. 8vo. 370 pages. Pictorial boards; die-cut slipcase. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE MIMITED EDITION, number 275 of 1,970 numbered copies, signed by the artist on the front cover.
Recital
Saratoga Springs, NY: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, 2017. Folio. 300 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Original pictorial boards. TRUE FIRST EDITION, released prior to the trade edition released the same year by Prestel. "This first career-spanning volume of dynamic artist/musician Terry Adkins surveys three decades of multimedia.....
Terry Adkins: The Smooth, The Cut, and The Assembled
New York: Lévy Gorvy, 2018. 8vo. 96 pages. Color illustrations. Printed boards. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held 10 January to 17 February 2018.
Henry Van de Velde: Passion, Function, Beauty 1863-1957
Berlin: Lannoo Publishers, 2014. 4to. 304 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Few artists have been as versatile as Henry van de Velde (1863-1957). Trained initially as a painter, he then developed as an architect, interior designer, designer and art advisor. He created a highly impressive oeuvre; with his furniture, silverware.....
Lucien Angier
New York: International Center for Photography, 1979. Small 4to. 127 pages. Black-and-white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Agnier on the title-page: "To Irwin Block / Lucien Aignier / 4/13/80." Includes an introduction by Cornell Capa, an essay by A.D. Coleman, and Aigner's essay "A Life with the Camera.".....
Fulco Di Verdura: Gioielli
Spain: Novecento, 1999. In Spanish. 8vo. 127 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Monograph on Fulco di Verdura.
Poems
Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2014. Text in English and German. 4to (10.5 x 10.5 inches). 144 pages. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION, published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum zu Allerheilgen Schaffhausen, curated by Lynn Kost. A well-illustrated survey of Andre's work.
Henri Matisse a novel
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Two volumes, 4to. Profusely illustrated, some plates folding. Original cloth; dust jackets; red cloth slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Georges Geffroy (1905 - 1971): Une Legende Du Grand Decor Francais
Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2014. In French. 4to. 240 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "A monograph on a pivotal fifties interior designer, considered one of the most talented and inspired designers of his generation, whose work generated an unrivalled atmosphere in the grand classical style - this book.....
Claudia Aronow
New York: Gerald Peters Gallery, 2014. Oblong. 120 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, signed by Aronow on the half-title. One of 1000 copies. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Gerald Peters Gallery, 10 December 2014 to 10 January 2015.
Joseph Stashkevetch, Drawings
Colorado: Baldwin Gallery, 2014. 4to. 96 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies.
Howard Hodgkin Painting
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Folio. 216 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
Aldo Bakker
Netherlands: Nai010 Publishers, 2016. 4to. 192 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Dutch designer Aldo Bakker (born 1971) is famous for the creation of experimental shapes that blur the boundaries between art and design. Bakker established his international reputation in 2010 with the Copper Collection, a series of everyday.....
Eilshemius: Peer of Poet-Painters
JRP / Ringier, 2015. Folio. 768 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, signed by Banz on the title. "Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864-1941) was practically unknown to the general public until Marcel Duchamp discovered him in the famous first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists at the Grand Central.....
Horst: Patterns from Nature
London: Merrell, 2014. Folio. 104 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) was one of the twentieth century's master photographers. A revered figure in the world of fashion image making, he charted sixty years of style for Vogue and House and Garden.....
Jean-Michel Basquiat
New York: Mary Boone / Michael Werner, 1985. Text by Robert Farris Thompson. 4to. Unpaginated, 5 color plates. Original printed wrappers. Published in cooperation with the Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich, 1985. Scarce.
Peter Beard. Fifty Years of Portraits
Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 1999. 8vo. 205, [1] pages. Boards, image mounted on cover. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND WITH AN INKED FOOTPRINT in green by Beard on the half-title: "Greetings! Peter Beard NYC." Curated by Peter T. Tunney and with an essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Wonder
London: GILES, 2016. 4to. Original black cloth boards. FIRST EDITION.
Studies for Sunsets
New York: Karma, 2014. 8vo. Blue cloth. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.
Max Bill
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1977. 4to. 255 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A study of Max Bill's works up until 1977.
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
New York: Museum for African Art, 2010. Folio. 170 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION.
Liv Blavarp: Smykker; 1984-2001
South Norway: Art Museum of South Norway, 2001. 4to. 119 pages. Color illustrations and photographs. Cloth; pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. Lavishly illustrated with illustrations and photographs of Liv Blåvarps' works.
Ross Bleckner 6 April to 27 April 1991
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, [1991]. First edition. 4to. 11 full-page reproductions of Bleckner's paintings. Original patterned cloth. Includes a list of exhibitions and a bibliography.
Ross Bleckner
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1995. Folio (13 x 12 in.). 217, [2] pages. Original cloth; dust jacket; original acetate jacket. FIRST EDITION, with essays by Thomas Crow and Simon Watney.