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Japanese Colour-Prints and their Designers: A lecture delivered before the Japan Society of New York, April 19, 1911, to which is appended a catalogue of a loan collection of Japanese colour-prints exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Building, April 19 to May 19, 1911, together with reproductions of representative prints included in the exhibition
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New York: The Japan Society, 1913. Hardcover. 52p., profusely illus. with tipped in color reproductions, ex-library with ownership stamps on title page, top and bottom edges of textblock, and last page, else very good condition. No 642 of an edition of 1,000. No dust jacket.
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Secret Splendors of the Chinese Court: Qing Dynasty Costume from the Charlotte Hill Grant Collection

Secret Splendors of the Chinese Court: Qing Dynasty Costume from the Charlotte Hill Grant Collection

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1981
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9780914738251
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Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1981. Paperback. 80p., wraps, profusely illus. with b&w and color photos, wraps shelfworn, old price sticker on front blank, else very good condition.
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Guardians of Russian Art Museums

Guardians of Russian Art Museums

by Freeberg, Andy, photographs; introduction by Clifford J. Levy

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2009
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Hardcover
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9781934334089
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Portland, OR: Photolucida, 2009. Hardcover. Unpaginated, chiefly illus.,old price sticker on rear board, else very good condition in pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Text in English and Russian. Photos of museum guards, who in Russia are generally retired women.
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Sōsaku Hanga: Creative Prints, 1913-1976

Sōsaku Hanga: Creative Prints, 1913-1976

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1978
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New York: Ronin Gallery, 1978. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus. with b&w photos, wraps lightly edgeworn, else very good exhibition catalog.
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Questions 1977-1982

Questions 1977-1982

by Stiles, Kristine

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1982
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San Francisco: KronOscope Press, 1982. Paperback. 99, [11]p., illustrations, wraps. 8.75 x 6 in. Author's presentation inscription. Very Good. Artist's book with experimental texts on art criticism. Anti-copyright statement on title page verso. Co-editor & design, J.C. Garrett.
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In these great times February 22 - April 27, 2014. Katalog nr. 576

In these great times February 22 - April 27, 2014. Katalog nr. 576

by Piron, François (curator)

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2014
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Oslo: Kunstnernes Hus, 2014. Pamphlet. 30, [2]p., illustrations, wraps. 8.75 x 7 in. Very Good. Exhibition catalog containing a list of shown works followed by e-mail correspondence between the artists and curators. The show's theme was on quotation in times of political crisis. Translations by Harry Zohn. Artists: Thomas Bayrle, Victor Boullet, Paul Chan, Ane Hjort Guttu, Jenny Holzer,… Read more about this item
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Untitled (Knighterrant's Excalibur)
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Untitled (Knighterrant's Excalibur)

by Maenak, Kim

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1996
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[Place of publication not identified]: Kim Maenak, 1996. Hardcover. 1 volume (20 prints), boards. 7.25 x 5 in. Original photographs mounted on one side of a continuous strip, folded accordion style and attached at its ends to separate boards. Title page laid in. Ornamental steel dagger mounted on front cover. 9 of 100 copies. Very Good. Artist's book. Original… Read more about this item
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Haunting Tales from Japan

Haunting Tales from Japan

by Kendall, Carol

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1985
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9780913689226
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Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1985. Pamphlet. 39p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly shelfworn, else very good condition. Supernatural folk tales for children, illustrated with prints from the museum's exhibit "Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural.
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Chrysalis. The pocket revue of the arts. Vol. 9, Nos. 9-10. Feininger, Lyonel and Lux

Chrysalis. The pocket revue of the arts. Vol. 9, Nos. 9-10. Feininger, Lyonel and Lux

by Hastings, Lily and Baird Hastings (editors)

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1956
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Boston: Chrysalis, 1956. Pamphlet. 18, [2]p., illustrations, wraps. 8 x 5.25 in. Very Good. Essay originally prepared for presentation at joint exhibition of the two artists, but canceled due to the death of Lyonel.
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Eva Hesse: Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné

Eva Hesse: Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné

by Barrette, Bill

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1989
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Hardcover
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9780943221021
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New York: Timken Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. 274p., profusely illus., very good condition in an unclipped and lightly edgeworn dj.
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India-Ink Drawings by the Famous Zen Priest Sengai

India-Ink Drawings by the Famous Zen Priest Sengai

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1956
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Oakland: Japan Cultural Festival, 1956. Paperback. 23p., string-bound wraps, 7x10 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn, else very good exhibition catalog.
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Gloves Off! The ABCo Book Show; January 25

Gloves Off! The ABCo Book Show; January 25

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2003
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[Oakland]: ABCo, 2003. 7.5x7.5 inch envelope containing 15 sheets printed on stiff paper, very good condition. Catalog for an exhibition of book art, each sheet is made by a different artist in the show.
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There must be a simple way

There must be a simple way

by Bolink, Merijn O.; text by K. Schippers

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1998
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Paperback
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9789075380118
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Amsterdam: Idea Books, 1998. Paperback. Unpaginated, wraps, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Text in Dutch and English.
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Foyer d'Art Brut

Foyer d'Art Brut

by Brett, James

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2016
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London: Gallery of Everything, 2016. Pamphlet. 36p., illustrations, wraps. 8.25 x 5.75 in. Very Good. Homage to Jean Dubuffet's 1947 exhibition of the same name. With a long essay on outsider and amateur art by Déborah Couette and Céline Delavaux.
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Internationale Nexialiste 2. Detournement

Internationale Nexialiste 2. Detournement

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1977
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Toulouse, France: Internationale Nexialiste, 1977. Magazine. 100. [xxiv]p., wraps, very good condition, illus., 8x10.5 inches. Text in French. Situationist influenced magazine, this was the last issue. As of 4/2024 two holdings found in OCLC.
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Abolish the Tiki Bar

Abolish the Tiki Bar

by Burke, Sarah

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2019
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[San Francisco?]: Irrelevant Press, 2019. Pamphlet. [6]p., illustrations, wraps. 4 x 5.25 in. Very Good. Zine edition of an essay published on SFMOMA's Open Space, an online arts magazine. The author discusses cultural appropriation and stereotypes of Pacific Islander life, inspired by a high school trip to San Francisco's Tonga Room.
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Skullpture

Skullpture

by Schouten, Marien; essay by Ernst van Alphen

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2004
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Hardcover
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9789090183251
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Amsterdam / Tilburg: Marien Schouten / De Pont stichting voor hedendaagse kunst, 2004. Hardcover. 87p., illus., very good exhibition catalog in like dust jacket. Text in English and Dutch.
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Jonathan Lasker: Gemälde / Paintings, 1977-1997

Jonathan Lasker: Gemälde / Paintings, 1977-1997

by Herzog, Hans-Michael, editor

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1997
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Hardcover
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9783893229437
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Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz Verlag, 1997. Hardcover. 119p., pictorial boards, profusely illus., boards lightly edgeworn, else very good exhibition catalog. Text in English and German.
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[Three original limited edition prints, signed & numbered]

[Three original limited edition prints, signed & numbered]

by Werz, Michael S., illustrator

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2003
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Oakland: Self-published by the artist, 2003. Three 5x8 inch prints of nude men in very Day-Glo colors, titled, numbered and initialed at bottom by the artist. Business card as well. Love Is Blue, #9/35; It's All Greek to Me #2/35; A World of Good #4/43.
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The Woman Artist in Lebanon. Prepared under grant in 1975-76 for the Istitute [sic] for Women's Studies in the Arab World
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The Woman Artist in Lebanon. Prepared under grant in 1975-76 for the Istitute [sic] for Women's Studies in the Arab World

by Khal, Helen

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1987
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Beirut: Beirut University College, 1987. Hardcover. 197p., profuse exhibit photography mingled with backstories and biography, color and b&w reproductions, oversize hardbound book in 11x8.5 inch grey boards titled purple and enclosed in a color-decorated dust jacket. Front free endsheet bears a lengthy presentation inscription signed by Betsy Mayfield (University staffer). The sole intrusive flaw we see is a clumsily… Read more about this item
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