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1936réf. 892161936. DESIGN Kano Shuho artist. Ukiyoe Monyo KOSODE HYAKUSEN. Kyoto Happodo Showa 11 1936. 36.7 x 27.2 cm. Though this copy has no colophon or textual material it consists of 48 of the 50 woodblock printed sheets each with two designs so 96 of 100 designs. Each design is identified by the original ukiyo-e artist's name. The printings are fine the condition good overall. With the original title page all in a clasped chitsu case. Sold with all faults. unknown books
1937réf. 31077Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1937. First Edition. Folio 41.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 36pp; illus. with three illustrated plates tipped onto thicker stock in-text and three panoramic fold-out plates designed by Es and El Lissitzky; text is in English. Light wear along spine fold and extremities else Near Fine with all plates intact. Well-preserved issue of this landmark Soviet art magazine issued from 1930 to 1941 to celebrate the achievements of the first two Five Year Plans and through various foreign-language editions to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy during this period and the stagnation of Western economies under capitalism. "All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks designed by Lissitsky Rodchenko and others.were developed in USSR in Construction one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century" Parr-Badger The Photobook I:148. The present issue is devoted to the various people groups of the Caucasus region their history industries and accomplishments. A superior copy of a desirable issue. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
1970réf. 84205Los Angeles: Sunset Marketing Inc 1970. Original photographic poster offset printed on white stock measuring 85cm x 58.75cm 33.5" x 23 1/8". A 1cm closed tear to lower margin else Fine unbacked. A striking poster featuring a woman in full gi landing a powerful mid-air strike to the jaw of a suit-clad man. The poster bears the slogan "You've come a long way baby" originally created by the Phillip Morris Company for Virginia Slims cigarettes in 1968 and subsequently appropriated by the women's liberation movement. Uncommon; not found in OCLC though we note a copy held at the Library of Congress. 84205. Sunset Marketing, Inc unknown books
réf. 32547DESIGN AND WORK; A HOME AND SHOP COMPANION. Volume I. London: G. Purkess 1876. 4to. Publisher's blue cloth. xi 476 pages. First edition. This is the first volume of a London weekly periodical with the same name as a Manchester monthly. The London work is not cited by OCLC the NUC or RIBA. Our volume contains the first thirty issues from 13 May through 2 December 1876. Articles cover mechanics construction building design technology and inventions including "Practical Wood-turning" "The Telescope" "Our Steam Velocipede" "Miniature Railroad Train" and "The Megascope." Advertisements appear for each issue. Covers moderately worn. unknown books
1971réf. 166624Koln Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz Museum 1971. Softcover. Fifth and final revised edition. Text in German and English. Published in conjunction with the opening of the Ludwig Collection of Contemporary Art given by renowned collector Peter Ludwig as a permanent loan to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne. Illustrated with over 200 tipped-in plates representing the work of 92 artists including Josef Albers David Hockney Jasper Johns Roy Lichtenstein Claes Oldenburg Pablo Picasso Robert Rauschenberg Andy Warhol and many others. Near Fine in clear plastic wrappers as issued leaves secured with silver bolts to a clear hard plastic spine. In a custom black cloth slipcase. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Wallraf-Richartz Museum unknown books
1994réf. 50267Charlottesville and Harrisonburg VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy and James Madison University 1994. Very Good. Charlottesville and Harrisonburg VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy and James Madison University 1994. Collectors Edition Limited Issue of 300 numbered copies printed by letterpress on Mohawk Superfine Paper this being #90. 34 loose sheets housed in a red printed folder which is in turn housed in a blue folder with conference title mounted on a sticker label; two pamphlets laid in one with the conference itinerary and one for the Friday night banquet. Rubbing and some creasing to edges of sheets; creasing to title folder; heavier wear to outer conference folder; about Very Good. Signed by Elizabeth Alexander Alvin Aubert Toi Derricotte Mari Evans Dolores Kendrick Pinkie Gordon Lane Naomi Long Madgett E. Ethelbert Miller Raymond R. Patterson Eugene B. Redmond Sonia Sanchez Jerry W. Ward Jr. and Sherley Anne Williams at their respective contributions. The 1994 conference Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry was one of the first if not the first academic conference dedicated entirely to Black poetry. Over 30 poets attended and the event was dedicated to the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks. This and subsequent conferences derived their name from Brooks' poem "The Second Sermon on the Warpland" which reads "The time cracks into furious flower / Lifts its face all unashamed / And sways in wicked grace." A notable assemblage of poets from an important moment in Black culture; we find no copies in retail and fewer than ten holdings in OCLC. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy and James Madison University unknown books
1990réf. 56006New York: Fashion Institute of Technology 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Quarto. 1 4 wing fold 13 plates 2 double plates 2 plates. Original black cloth clamshell box holding 19 heavy paper leaves 3 of them folding. Published to coincide with FIT's exhibition held from April 24 to May 10 1990 celebrating both Peretti's 50th birthday and her 15th anniversary with Tiffany & Co. With a prosaic text on Peretti's genius and work by Richard Martin Executive Director at the Shirley Goodman Resource Center Fashion Institute of Technology. Beautiful production with calligraphed titles in turquoise in lithography thirteen plates introducing the breadth of Peretti designs including reproductions of her notes and drawings a double plate with photographs of her colleagues plus photos by Richard Avedon Oberto Gili Hiro Horst Helmut Newton among others. Contains plates at rear with photo credits a plate with Elsa Peretti's biographical data another with Peretti quotes published in known magazines and newspapers as well as exhibition credits. Very light wear to clamshell box. Fashion Institute of Technology hardcover books
1977réf. 33967New York: International Center of Photography 1977. Very Good. New York: International Center of Photography 1977. First Edition. Two oversized photo-illustrated posters 148x107cm folded down 37x27cm loose as issued. Rubbing along spine edges margins toned and rather dust-soiled with occasional short closed tears; overall Very Good. Rare exhibition "catalog" issued to coincide with Beard's installation "The End of the Game" at the ICP a series of photographs documenting African wildlife slaughter. OCLC locates just four examples as of August 2025 misdescribed as just one folding poster at the Universities of Arizona Florida Pittsburgh and Texas-Austin. International Center of Photography unknown books
1968réf. 197280Brooklyn N.Y.: Pratt Adlib Press 1968. One of 500 produced. Hardcover. Good Portfolio case is worn/scuffed/smudged; case is warped a bit; bottom portion of the case has been detached at perforations and unattached to access materials by design but is present; leaves are clean and clear; mounted title card on information sheet has light scuffing/smudge. Black and brown folio case with white illustration and mounted color title card; 1 folded informational sheet; four folded leaves of plates two in protective sheets. From informational sheet: "This small box of exploding images of self and world Adlib Number 16 is issued in conjunction with an exhibition of Theater Graphics held in the Amsterdam Gallery of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center during the summer and fall of 1968.Adlib Number 16 has been printed in an edition of 500 copies by James Lanier Master Printer and Allen Lanier. Cleopatra poster by David Palladini; mechanical for poster by Frances Yamashita; Cinegraphics signature by Kenneth Tisa and Anna Pomaska; Experimental photo by Marjorie Wood; Photomontage by Lee Newbury; Xerox-Pantomime by Todd Smith." This is the final edition of the Adlib series to be produced. Pratt Adlib Press hardcover books
1959réf. 32077Wolfsburg: Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H. 1959. Softcover. g. Folio. 24pp. Original spiral bound illustrated wraps. Scarce and delightful advertisement brochure profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone b/w and color photographic reproductions as well as color drawings and b/w sketches of the car. Original price list dated December 1 1959 in its pocket at rear. This work details the available body styles of the Beetle as well as its design accessories and specifications. Minor age-wear along edges of wrappers. Previous owner's stamp at rear. Text in German. Wraps in overall good interior in very good condition. Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H. unknown books
1976réf. 012549Northampton MA: Main Street Press 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine. Only 75 copies this numbered 75/75 by designer Moser and signed by him signed by author Stafford too and especially inscribed by binder Bourbeau "for a most deserving bibliophile and wonderful friend" all on the colophon. Printed at Moser's Main Street Press in Northhampton MA. Papers are Kitakata & Dover. The type is Eric Gill's Perpetua and binder Bourbeau bound it at his Thistle bindery. Short 8vo blue-grey marbleized paper over boards gilt-pressed spine titles unpaginated untrimmed leaves. Fine cooy as new really. Main Street Press hardcover books
1929réf. 53757Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag 1929. First edition 1.-20. Tausend. Hardcover. Very good condition. Small Quarto. 231 5pp. Original boards with embossed photomontage by John Heartfield on front and back cover; protected by modern mylar. Tan endpapers. The book was designed by John Heartfield. "Deutschland Deutschland Über Alles" by German-Jewish writer Kurt Tucholsky 1890-1935 is a work of fierce social criticism of the late 1920's Germany. Tucholsky also a journalist and satirist warned against antidemocratic tendencies and the threat of National Socialism. This is apparent in his choice of Heartfield's anti-Hitler photomontage on the cover of this work. His books were banned blacklisted by the Nazi's as "Entartete Kunst" and burned. Tucholsky also wrote under the pseudonym Kaspar Hauser. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs by Tucholsky W. Nettelbeck Robert Sennecke Hans Schroeder Otto Storch Otto Haeckel R. Horlemann and many others. Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding and two small light stains on front cover. Ever so lightly starting at half-title. Block very lightly age-toned not affecting photographs. Neuer Deutscher Verlag hardcover books
1818réf. 21486Paris: Chez Genty Jean-Baptiste Genty 1818. Very Good Minus. A delightful print depicting a troupe of talent and well-dressed dogs -- not just dancing but doing other stunts such as using a spinning wheel. The multivarious canine act has not just a trainer but several other assistants including a drummer. There are seven spectators none betraying much amusementThe print measures 22.5 by 34 cm. The print is rare -- no copies listed on OCLC First Search. The edges are uneven and overtrimmed. None of the illustration is lost but some of the publication information below the title has its letters partly lost -- enough remains to make out the words. Two pinholes upper right. Moderate soiling on top of age toning. Some corner creasing. Chez Genty (Jean-Baptiste Genty) unknown books
1958réf. 4465New York: Lester Rossin Associates 1958. Very good. 4to 295 x 230 mm. Original 4-flap portfolio of brown pictorial paper containing three folders of bifolium sample illustrations designs and photographs loose as issued collated complete. Portfolio margins and folds with a little wear and creasing contents in excellent state. "MAD MEN" ERA GRAPHIC DESIGN BEING A PROMOTIONAL PORTFOLIO FOR A NOTED NYC ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AGENCY. THE PORTFOLIO IS ITSELF INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED AND THE CONTENTS PRESENT A "STABLE" OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING RAY PROHASKA AND D. STONE MARTIN. Lester Rossin is recognized as being one of the original "Mad Men" an elevated advertising art and marketing firm that thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. Offered here is an original portfolio of design work that was no doubt distributed to potential clients. The portfolio was designed by Clifford Condak and contains three color-coded folders with samples from the firm's three divisions. The folders are: Illustrators blue folder with a circle: 13 samples; Photographers green / square: 4 samples; and Designers red / triangle: 6 samples. Each folder bears the names of the individuals whose work was contained therein. On the front of the portfolio is an extraordinary "raison d'etre" by the firm which bears reprinting: "Design is the basis of a creative illustration. Whatever the medium message or technique only a heightened sense of design will raise the work from craftsmanship to the level of art. This is our belief. It is the basis of our achievement the discipline of our daily work and the guarantee of our future." On the back of the portfolio is a long list of the company's "Distinctions" including "Bests" at the 1957 International Poster Annual and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Here the potential client is informed that "In the past 12 months we have designed and produced art for 2198 advertisers 1561 mailing pieces and 932 point-of-sale units." On the upper cover is the statement that this "First in a series"; no other subsequent portfolio has been located by us and not even this one is listed in WorldCat. Lester Rossin Associates unknown books
2000réf. CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover books
1964réf. 154557N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize design illustration for an embroidered uniform patch worn by Burger Chef employees circa 1964. Sample patch affixed to the top left corner. The first Burger Chef restaurant was opened by Frank and Donald Thomas in Indianapolis in 1957. The chain quickly spread across the United States with 335 locations across the country in 1964. The restaurant gained popularity in the early 1970s for the Funburger and the Funmeal which included packaging decorated with stories about the company mascot Burger Chef his sidekick Jeff and their illustrated friends-predating the McDonald's Happy Meal by a number of years. Patch measuring 4 x 5 inches affixed to poster measuring 27.5 x 31 inches. About Near Fine with light age-toning and pinholes to the corners. Tennyson pp. 68-69 80. N.p. unknown books
1915réf. 857611915. DESIGN Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes. Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects utensils. fabrics rugs architectural elements lacquerware cloisonnee etc. etc. There is a total of approximately 500 plates of which about 100 are color woodblock printed and another dozen or so are color collotypes and color lithographs. The remainder are collotypes and offset. An interesting series from the reference library of the Mitsukoshi Department Store. Two of the volumes are disbound with a few plates missing but they have the original covers. Sold with all faults and priced accordingly. Unusual set. unknown books
1960réf. 169927N.p.: N.p. 1960. An archive of 43 photographs 3 large format color slide transparencies and a set illustration reproduction totaling 47 items all belonging to art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd. Shot and struck between 1954 and early 1960s. The archive includes 26 set design photographs 8 on-the-set photographs 3 reference photographs and 6 vernacular color photographs. 32 of these are borderless single-weight photographs and 2 are double weight satin-finish photographs. The remainder are bordered photographs. Detailed inventory available upon request. Renowned art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd began his career in television in the early 1950s working as set designer and art director on noted television anthology series such as "Lux Video Theatre" 1950 "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" 1952 and 1954 "Schlitz Playhouse" 1958 and most notably "General Electric Theater" 1954-1959 with examples from eight "General Electric Theater" episodes found in the archive here. By the late 1960s Lloyd began working as a production designer in film most notably "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 "The Boys in the Band" 1970 "The Owl and the Pussycat" 1970 "The Exorcist" 1973 uncredited art director and "Clue" 1985 among many others. The majority of the archive is grouped by production with a half-sheet title page for eight of the nine identified productions with six of the photographs and the three large format color slide transparencies from unidentified productions. Eighteen of the photographs have hand-written labels affixed to the versos identifying the production the set depicted a photograph ID number and the photograph size. The identified productions include: Three set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: The Long Way 'Round" season 3 episode 5 which aired on CBS on October 10 1954. Six set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: I'm A Fool" season 3 episode 8 which aired on CBS on November 14 1954. Two set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: D.P." season 3 episode 16 which aired on CBS on January 9 1955. One set design photograph for "General Electric Theater: Love Is Eternal" season 3 episode 21 which aired on CBS on February 13 1955. Three set design photographs and six vernacular color on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Mr. Blue Ocean" here under the working title "The Courtship of Mr. Blue Ocean" season 3 episode 31 which aired on CBS on May 1 1955. The vernacular photographs depict the actors in the production Boris Karloff Susan Strasberg and Anthony Perkins though not clearly focusing on the set design. Five on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Second Stranger" season 5 episode 7 which aired on CBS on October 28 1956 four featuring actor Burl Ives. Three set design photographs and one on-the-set photograph for "General Electric Theater: The Breach" here under the working title "The Letter" season 5 episode 12 which aired on CBS December 9 1956. The on-the-set photograph depicts actors Betty Field and Marian Seldes though not clearly focusing on the set design. One set design photograph and one set illustration reproduction for "General Electric Theater: A Child Is Born" season 5 episode 14 which aired on CBS on December 23 1956. The set design illustration is affixed to the verso of and folds behind the title card. And six set design photographs for "Suspicion: Diagnosis: Death" season 1 episode 25 which aired on NBC March 31 1958. The remaining six photographs are from unidentified productions and include three reference photographs two on-the-set photographs and one set design photograph all circa late 1950s and early 1960s. The three large format color slide transparencies circa late 1950s are all reference images from unidentified productions likely beer commercials for the anthology television series "Schlitz Playhouse" as two of the slide transparencies and one of the six unidentified photographs whose actors and setting match the third slide transparency prominently feature the beverage in the image. 37 set design on-the-set and reference photographs 7 x 6.5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with cello tape residue to the far left edges. Six vernacular color photographs 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with small patches cello tape residue to one or more of the corners. Three large format color slide transparencies 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Set illustration reproduction 16 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with two vertical folds and cello tape residue to the left edge. N.p. unknown books
2010réf. 41065Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Very Good . Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Limited Edition. Suite of 12 graphic prints on heavy paper stock approx. 28x35.5cm Lotus Bed I & II and Lotus I - X printed digital ink-jet each with additional title sheets printed on tissue paper; title and publisher on additional tissue sheets 29 printed sheets total. Also includes oblong quarto sting-bound booklet 16ll. with essays on Rauschenberg by Mimi Thompson and Judith Goldman. Text in Chinese followed by English translations. Housed in original decorated silk-covered case with string ties which is in turn housed in the rather worn original white Styrofoam shipping box. Minor creasing and folds along edges of sheets and booklet; rubbing to case; Very Good and sound. Colophon notes that this work was presented to Holding Capital Company and Global China Holdings to commemorate the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. We note the 2008 Lotus Series Da Feng Gallery Exhibition Catalog is rather uncommon with only one holding at The Whitney Museum in OCLC. We find no record of this slightly later and rather neat production. Universal Limited Art Editions unknown books
1901réf. 891941901. DESIGN KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu designers. DAI NIHON BIJUTSU ZUFU 4 vols. Tokyo Yoshikawa Hanshichi Meiji 34 1901. 4 plate volumes orihon folding albums illustrated with 154 pages of color woodcut. 25.1 x 18.5 cm Complete as such BUT not including the 4 text volumes. A lovely compendium of traditional design. Very good colors impression and condition. Volume 4 is split at one fold; its rear cover is detached and its front cover attached with a tissue repair. unknown books
1961réf. 83851New York: Atheneum 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; bright red topstain; yellow endpapers; dustjacket; xii23-3675pp. Faint foxing to fore-edge of textblock else Near Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Bill English with photograph by Jean Hollyman unclipped priced $4.95 with trivial surface wear else Near Fine. A strikingly fresh copy with no loss of color to spine panel of dustjacket. Contents include Book the First Education for the Citizen and Book the Second The Citizen and the World and follows high school student "Mollymauk" as he navigates karate hypnosis and meeting the wishes of his dream girl. Its satirical film adaptation 1966 was produced directed and co-written by George Axelrod and starred Roddy McDowall Tuesday Weld and Lola Albright. Hine coauthored projects with his wife Sesyle Joslin and the pair also published works with the pseudonym G. B. Kirtland. 83851. Atheneum unknown books
1959réf. 43760Gouda: Drukkerij v/h Koch & Knuttel 1959. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Large quarto 11 3/4 x 8". Unpaginated. 24pp 3 transparent colored acetate pages. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Illustrated title page. This splendidly produced booklet was intended as a promotional New Year's gift of publisher Koch & Knuttel in Gouda Holland the hometown of photographer and designer Piet Marée who designed the said booklet. This work contains 9 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of artwork by Belgian Avant-gardist artist Pierre Toebente 1919-1997 whose entire oeuvre addresses only one major theme namely the human being of which he chose three aspects: the female body the child and the mask. Eight of the nine artworks featured in this booklet are wooden masks and the last one depicts a female torso also executed in wood. Photographs and book design by the famed Dutch graphic designer Piet Marée 1903-1999. Minor shelf wear along edges of wrappers. Little discoloration spot at upper margin of half-title. Text in Dutch. Wrappers in overall good to good interior in very good condition. Drukkerij v/h Koch & Knuttel unknown books
2015réf. 1973First Edition. Artists' book 136 pp. : illustrations in color. Small 4to. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps with unique collage element on the front cover. 1973 Winant's first major artists' book which includes texts by Matthew Brannon Moyra Davey Courtney Fiske Jim Fletcher Kenneth Goldsmith Jonathan Griffin Geoffrey Hilsabeck Michael Ned Holte Sarah McMenimen Anna Livia Alexander Provan Ross Simonini and John Yau. Per the 2016 review by PhotoEye the work is named after the 1974 Phillip Roth book of the same title yet "My Life as a Man makes no apparent contextual reference to Roth's book but the cover does appear as a small image multiple times in Winant's book. From the opening sequence which groups an image of a naked woman laying face down on a table under the watchful eyes of a team of male doctors with various other images of men gazing at woman it's clear the work offers a pointed critique of the ways in which the female form and gestures are controlled and imaged." Though the edition size is unstated the work is very rare and each copy comes with a unique collaged image on the cover and a folded poster of nearly completed New York Times crossword puzzles by Winant's mother. Horses Think Press books
1963réf. 167273New York: Self published 1963. Vintage subscription advertisement for the seminal proto-Fluxus manifesto utilizing George Maciunas' eye-catching designs and advertising a price of $2.98. INSCRIBED and dated by editor La Monte Young in manuscript pencil: "To - / 97 XII 19 5:03:31 PM NYC / La Monte Young." La Monte Young is one of the most influential experimental composers of the modernist era and is primarily remembered today as one of the originators of minimalist drone music. Several of Young's compositions were collected in various Fluxus editions beginning in the early 1960s including "Trio for Strings" from the "FLUXUS 1" anthology. Single card measuring 2.5 x 10.25 inches glued at the ends and folded to form an open cube. Faint rubbing else about Fine. Self published unknown books
1935réf. 55920Berlin: Gemeinnützige Berliner Ausstellungs- Messe- und Fremdenverkahrs-G.m.b.H. 1935. First edition. Softcover. vg. Protected by modern mylar. Being educated at the Bauhaus in Weimar from 1921-1925 among others by Johannes Itten Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky Herbert Bayer had been appointed the head of the Bauhaus workshop Print and Advertising in Dessau in 1925. After the takeover by the Nazis in 1933 Bayer and his staff dorland studio worked for the Nazis designing exhibition literature as well as propaganda material. His first design of an exhibition and its catalog was for the groundbreaking NS-Exhibition "Die Kamera - Ausstellung für Fotografie The Camera - Exhibition for Photography." The second major project was the 1934 exhibition "Deutsches Volk - Deutsche Arbeit German People - German Work." Again he and his "dorland studio" designed the exhibition catalog. And in 1935 the third exhibition "Das Wunder des Lebens" followed by the exhibition "Deutschland" on the occasion of the Summer Olympics in 1936. This collection of three items relate to the exhibition "Das Wunder des Lebens" propaganda for the racial ideology of the National socialists. It was shown in Berlin at the Kaiserdamm and the Deutsche Hygiene-Museum Dresden in 1935 and traveled to other locations e.g. Vienna and Krakow. The exhibition was another step into the direction taken with the exhibition "Deutsches Volk - Deutsche Arbeit" in Berlin 1934. The exhibition "Das Wunder des Lebens" introduced new exhibition techniques around the theme "Der Mensch The Human." The major themes of this extensive exhibition were "Die Lehre vom Leben The Teachings of Life" with its hightlight sculpture "The Vitreous Human" produced of "Cellon" a cellulose acetate "Träger des Lebens Bearer of Life" featuring the German family and finally the "Erhaltung des Lebens The Preservation of Life" exhibiting facts about the health system in Germany. One of the highlights of the exhibition was the so-called Mikrovivarium a collection of small life-forms visible only through a microscope. Next to the thematic description of the exhibition the leaflet contains general information about the exhibition and two maps with information on transportation to the location within and from outside Berlin. Extremely scarce leaflet for the exhibition in near fine condition. 1. Amtlicher Führer durch die Ausstellung Das Wunder des Lebens. Berlin 1935 Kaiserdamm. Octavo. 160 viii 32pp. Original wraps with photomontage cover by Herbert Bayer. Official guide for the exhibition "The Miracle of Life." An important work by Bayer who designed both the exhibition "The Miracle of Life" and the exhibition catalog. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Laid in two b/w postcards of the exhibition one of the the "Honor Hall" at the exhibition. Light weaar along edges of wraps minor chips and creasing and 0.5" closed tear at tail of spine. Wraps in overall good interior in very good condition. 2. Octavo. 20pp. Original color-illustrated stapled booklet. Elaborate avant-garde design incorporating various styles e.g. photomontage surrealist and constructivist elements. Designed by Herbert Bayer. The booklet with its modern visual aesthetics propagates the Nazi utopia of an Aryan society. The text is a romanticized though detailed version of the exhibition themes "Die Lehre vom Leben The Teachings of Life Träger des Lebens Bearer of Life and Erhaltung des Lebens The Preservation of Life" with an extraordinay visual display reproduced in high-quality color offset. Missing the cover. Light wear along edges. Overall in very good condition. 3. Three photo-postcards announcing the 1935 exhibition "Wunder des Lebens" in Berlin one featuring a photograph of the sculpture "Der gläserne Mensch" another showing one of the galleries of the exhibition in Berlin both in b/w and printed by Industrie-Fotografen Klinke & Co. Berlin. The third b/w photo-postcard features the "Ehrenhalle Honor Hall" of the exhibiton "Das Wunder des Lebesn" without photo credit. Dr. Herbert Michel department supervisor at the museum emphasized health as the great treasure of the individual and therefore the people at large. He strikes the typically nationalistic cords in depicting "the human as the highest organism a living example of the leadership principle. as part of the people he is obligated to develop his body to its highest capacity to acquire all inherited assets. The purpose of this exhibition is to help understand this concept." The guide contains chapters elaborating on the various functions of the body supported by b/w reproductions of photographs from the exhibition including a photograph of the Museum. There are no references to originators of exhibited works. Front cover with minor creasing. Some age toning of block. Wraps and interior in overall very good condition. Gemeinnützige Berliner Ausstellungs-, Messe- und Fremdenverkahrs-G.m.b.H. unknown books
