Objects from Harper's Books, Inc.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Graphic Arts, 1995. A fine copy in cream cloth boards, with publisher's plexiglass slipcase; all elements housed within the scarce foam-lined mailing box, with titles printed directly to front panel. Box lightly worn with a few small stains, but well-preserved. A beautiful copy of an evocation of mid-90s L.A. by two of its foremost artists..… Read more about this item

Roma: Galleria La Tartaruga, 1959. Save for pinholes to upper corners, a fine copy of this scarce announcement, with no OCLC records located.. Boldly designed, screenprinted poster (11.75 x 13.5 in.) for Robert Rauschenberg's first solo exhibition in Europe, at Rome's Galleria La Tartaruga (opening May 30, 1959). With brief artist biography printed to the verso of this Dada-inspired… Read more about this item

Roma: Ugo Ferranti, 1978. Minor edge-wear, else near fine.. Announcement card (4 x 6 inches) for the exhibition "Cinque Giovani Artisti" at Rome's Ugo Ferranti gallery (opening Wed. June 18, 1978), in which Francesca Woodman's photographs were exhibited alongside the paintings and sculptures of four of her Italian contemporaries: Bruno Ceccobelli, Gianni Dessi, Giuseppe Gallo, and Angelo Ségneri.… Read more about this item

New York: Art Matters, [1995]. Minor signs of handling to stamps, else close to fine.. A set of 10 stamps featuring Jenny Holzer's Truisms boldly-printed on reflective silver sheet (3.5 x 8.25 inches). Holzer produced the stamps as a fundraiser for the organization Art Matters, in their mission to supply grants to artists pushing aesthetic and social boundaries. Accompanied… Read more about this item

N.p.: Privately produced, circa 1978. A near fine copy, without the typical toning to margins. Archivally-hinged in white lacquer frame with UV plexiglass (13 x 11 inches).. Single sheet (11 x 8.5 inches). An artist's print from Richard Prince's None series. An appropriation of the introductory "Etymology" page of Herman Melville's Moby Dick; Prince having cancelled all the… Read more about this item

New York: AREA, 1985. Minor surface wear to card-stock, with minor toning to upper margins of verso (not showing through); a near fine copy of this celebrated relic of the New York art scene.. Invitation card (10 x 8 inches) for the opening of the "ART" themed exhibition at Area nightclub. For this iconic image, Michael Halsband was… Read more about this item

[New York: Indianakatz], 1967. Archivally-hinged in wooden frame (11.75 x 8.75 inches).. Rubber stamps to cream sheet (9.25 x 6.5 inches), SIGNED by Saul in pencil. One of 15 sheets from the famous 1967 stamp-art portfolio Stamped Indelibly, published in an edition of 225 by William Katz.

New York: Gering & López Gallery, 2008. Archivally-hinged with UV plexiglass in white lacquer frame (21 x 25.5 inches).. Color offset on matte paper (18 x 22 inches). Exhibition poster for the artist's solo exhibition at New York's Gering & López Gallery, illustrated after one of the exhibited paintings.

Paris: Galerie La Pochade, 1968. Minor spot of discoloration to left-side; else a bright, near fine copy; archivally-hinged, with UV plexiglass in black lacquer frame (28.25 x 22.75 inches).. Large lithograph (24.5 x 19 inches), printed in three colors. A striking poster designed for Dubuffet's 1968 exhibition at Galerie La Pochade, where he and Max Loreau would launch… Read more about this item

Detroit: The End is Here Productions, 1996-2002. Both packs (7.5 inches square) still sealed, with baggies stapled to printed toppers; near fine.. Two separately issued sticker/ephemera packs from the art-rock band Destroy All Monsters. Approximately two dozen items in each pack.

New York, 1989. Slight bump to top corner; otherwise fine.. Memorial announcement card (8 x 5.5 in.); printed recto/verso. Poetic memorial card for Jack Smith: "legendary filmmaker, theatrical genius, and exotic art consultant;" complete with penguins, Lola Montez, and one last assault on the Landlords. With service to be held at the East Village's Performance Space 122. … Read more about this item

New York: The Pace Gallery, 1970. Some light rubbing to portfolio, with minor toning to margins of sheets, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Catalogue produced on the occasion of a Pace Gallery exhibition (Nov. 7 - 25, 1970), provoking New York minimalism with California color. With thirteen artists represented by loose glossy sheets, featuring black-and-white portraits, exhibition… Read more about this item

Essen: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, 1961. Minor rubbing to edges of yellow cardstock, else fine. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Köln).. First Edition. Octavo. Bifolium invitation to an exhibition of Cy Twombly's gouaches and drawings; his first solo show in Germany, curated by Rudolf Zwirner at the Folkwang-Museum in Essen. Illustrated with b&w reproduction of a Twombly work… Read more about this item

Berlin: Studiogalerie, [1977]. Print is bright and clean, with short closed tear to bottom left edge, else near fine.. Large screenprint poster on thick stock (33 x 23.5 inches), announcing Dorothy Iannone's exhibition at Mike Steiner's Studiogalerie (Feb. 24 - Mar. 19); one of her first shows in Berlin, after arriving on a DAAD scholarship in 1976. The… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Self-published, [1981]. Handbill in fine condition, with purple handstamp to verso: "For deposit only to the account of Bruce Conner.. Handbill (3 x 6 inches), printed recto-only to textured paper. On February 5, 1981, Bruce Conner appeared before the American Arbitration Association to seek restitution from the Braunstein/Quay Gallery for failure to pay him for works… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1964. Minor bumping to corners, else near fine.. Oversized announcement card (9 x 11.5 inches), printed red-and-blue to stiff cream card. Striking bit of ephemera from Virginia Dwan's L.A. gallery, here offering Rosenquist his first West Coast show.

Monchengladbach: Stadtisches Museum Monchengladbach, 1971. Very faint toning to the cream paper and a hint of edge-wear, else near fine.. First Edition. Offset lithographic poster. 18 1/16 x 24 inches. Poster for an exhibition of pop-graphics from the Etzold collection owned by the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. Reproduces Roy Lichtenstein's Foot Medication.

Beverly Hills: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. Fine.. Poster for Richard Prince's exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, February 25 - April 9, 2005. 19 1/2 x 32 inches.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1971. Sculpture tested, but not working, otherwise appears near fine. Box with long, closed tear at the top fold, some creases, and overall signs of light wear. Scarce.. Limited Edition, number 9/10. Motorized plastic sculpture in stenciled and spray-painted cardboard box. SIGNED and numbered on the battery case door at the… Read more about this item

Circa 1973-1995. Photographs are uniformly near fine with some notations to verso; organized into 97 packets.. Archive of 418 original snapshots, 5 x 3 1/2 inches, many with notations to verso, documenting 97 racetracks, primarily in the American Midwest, but also stretching from New York State to California. The photographer, one George A. Koyt (1938-2010), apparently spent over… Read more about this item