Search Results: Art & Artists from Ashlar Books

A very good copy with a short closed tear to the top of the dust jacket. Has a bit of grimy/musty feel as well as the subject matter. Signature of the photograher on the front free end paper. Scarce book especially signed.

About fine. one of 800 copies. Nicely printed.

About a fine copy with a small curl to the bottom tip. An illustrated exhibition catalog of this overlooked Afro-American artist. Text by James Baldwin, Joseph Delaney and Henry Miller. Scarce.

Fine copy in patterned wrappers with six loose illustrations of which five are in color.introduction by Walter Muir Whitehill.

Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Brakhage. Fine copy in acetate dust jacket

The controversial essay regarding the photography of Sally Mann's children. Illustrated with a selection of her photographs. Very good condition and rather scarce.

First printing. Evergreen Gallery Book no. 1. Almost fine copy,minor rubbing to edges. Includes 12 tipped in colored plates. Translated by Haakon Chevalier.

Stapled wrapper pamphlet published on on occasion of the exhibition in 2004. Introduction by Carter Ratcliff. Fine.

A very good copy with some age toning to the edges. Introduction by Margaret Sullivan. Thirteen plates and a tipped in portrait of the artist. Presention copy signed by Hoffman.

Very good in wrappers. Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy signed by the author.

Legendary Conceptual Art wordless newsprint tabloid. Folded in two sections.Some damp-staining on edge of first section. Edge tears in a few places. A fragile and very scarce artifact.

Very good in stiff boards with plastic comb binding designed by the artist.Lecture given at the University of Oslo. Illustrated. One of 350 copies, numbered and signed by Pannaggi. Presentation to Professor Reginald Issacs who was a longtime friend of Walter Gropius and wrote the definitive biography of the architect.Pannaggi was an Italian painter & architect of the Futurist movement and was later associated with the Bauhaus. Laid in are 3 postcards depicting Pannaggi's work as well as a printed clipping description of a modernist house in Norway. Scarce signed copy of this monograph and a nice association copy.

Oblong cloth edition in dust jacket with a few minor tears. According to the Frank Bibliography of the Press this is one of 197 copies with Johnson's cutups enclosed in an envelope glued to the inside of the front cover. The glue has dried and the envelope is laid in. A scarce work by this experimental artist known for his "mail" art.

Very good in dust jacket with a tiny tear to back edge.
Presentation copy, nicely inscribed & signed by the artist.

Excellent ( 8 1/2 x 11 ) condition in a spiral comb binding with a stiff card board backing, There is some age toning to the edges of the original envelope. George Petty was an exceptional pin-up artist and the January's Bunny Girl is an iconic image. Complete with all the months present.

Stiff wrappers rubbed on the top edge. Celant was a noted art critic who termed & organized the Arte Povera ( Poor Art ) movement in Italy in the 60's & 70's in which Piero Manzoni was a major influence. Scarce book.

Fine copy in glassine dust jacket enclosed in a slipcase. One of 1800 numbered copies. This copy signed by Williams on the half title page. Nice collection of tipped in portrait photographs.

Decorated wrappers based on a cut-out design by Henri Matisse. Rare magazine, WorldCat showing one holding in the US ( Pierpont Morgan ). Significant content emphasis to Virginia Woolf's Diaries. Very good condition of this fragile magazine with uncut pages. Small nick from top spine. See - https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/matisse-writer-designer

The brochure for the first gallery showing which includedFive Variations Within a Sphere ( for John Cage ). John Cage was a life long friend and collaborator of Lippold's and these geometric sculptures hung in Gage's Lower East apartment. Single sheet folded in thirds. Interesting pencil notes on rear cover of former owner who obiously viewed the objects in person. A rare ephemeral piece by this important and influential artist. Very good condition with just the touch of age toning.

One ( number 74 ) of 100 numbered copies of this fragile stiff wrapper volume of very small tipped in colored illustrations of what Ernst called "Microbes". This does not have the laid in Yves Tanguy etching called for in the colophon. Crease on section of top spine and a bit of slant. Former owner's name and address inside fold of wrapper. Scarce.