Detail of photographs from one of Malick Sidibé's charming "chemises," documenting partygoers on a Sunday night in Bamako, Mali (May 26, 1973). See number 15 below.
Harper's Books: October Selections
Below, our 22 monthly selections; a range of books, ephemera, and other printed matter relating to art, photography, modern literature, and design. Click the links for additional images and purchasing options. To browse similar materials, visit our Chelsea bookshop at 504 West 22nd Street (Tuesday through Saturday, 10–6).
1. Mark Borthwick
New York: Self-published, 1997. First Edition. Small quarto. Post-fashion photographer Mark Borthwick's first bookwork; a dynamic collage of black-and-white photographs, drawings, and poetic text. Save for minor stress at front hinge, a near fine copy in illustrated wrappers. Scarce, with only one OCLC record located (MoMA); a facsimile was published circa 2002.
$450.00
2. Andrea Branzi, et al.
Milan: Idea Books, 1976. First Edition. Tall quarto. The first of two volumes from the Italian research and design firm Centro Design Montefibre, spearheaded by Andrea Branzi, Clino Trini Castelli, and Massimo Morozzi. A survey of innovative textile design focused on amorphous textures, as well as patterns of geometric shapes rendered to give the illusion of space, here called "UFO decoration." Numerous illustrations in color and black-and-white. Text in both Italian and English. Minor wear to foot of spine, with some scuffing to rear panel of illustrated laminate boards; close to near fine.
$275.00
3. Ed Clark
For the Sake of the Search (Inscribed)
Belleville Lake, MI: Belleville Lake Press, 1997. First Edition. Square quarto. INSCRIBED by Clark to half-title page: "To my dear friend April / Best wishes / Ed Clark 1-19-98." A monograph on the work of Ed Clark, designed by Barbara Cavaliere and George R. N'Namdi. Chronologically illustrated with 53 color plates; accompanied by texts from Anita Feldman and Ted Joans, and an interview of Clark by Quincy Troupe. Near fine copy in red cloth boards, with minor stain to endpaper. Illustrated jacket with chip at foot of spine; better than very good.
$550.00
4. Robert Crumb
R. Crumb's The Yum Yum Book (Signed)
San Francisco: The Scrimshaw Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Crumb to bottom of front endpaper. First publication of Crumb's 1963 Oggie and the Beanstalk narrative; "I just want to explain to the reader that I drew this story when I was nineteen years old and still a virgin... now I'm thirty years old and the book seems somewhat adolescent and immature to me." A near fine copy with some edge-wear to illustrated boards. In matching illustrated jacket, with minor rubbing to corners; also near fine.
$300.00
5. Larry Fink
Social Graces: Photographs by Larry Fink (with Signed Print)
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1984. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. Hand-numbered as 182 of 250 copies; SIGNED by Fink to colophon. A photobook featuring two contrasting series of social photography from Larry Fink—both black-tie and rural—with an introduction from the photographer on his aesthetic; charged more with empathy than satire. This deluxe edition from Aperture features an original gelatin silver print, SIGNED by Fink to verso, along with inscribed title: "Tavern on the Green, N.Y.C., 1976;" print laid loose into cloth portfolio with gilt titles to front panel, matching the cloth binding of the photobook. All elements fine; housed in cloth slipcase.
$1500.00
6. Nan Goldin and Yukio Kobayashi
Tokyo: Nicole Times Publisher Mitsuhiro Matsuda, 1996. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Number 966 of 3500 hand-numbered copies. Nan Goldin's brilliant lookbook for the Autumn/Winter 1996 Matsuda collection designed by Yukio Kobayashi; the clothes worn by Goldin's friends over a weekend in-and-around her Bowery studio. As Goldin writes in her introduction: "No more heroin chic with numbness.... instead these pictures are about the revolution of androgyny, but lived with joy." Typical rubbing to black wrappers, with short crease to the bottom corner of front cover; close to near fine. Uncommon, with only 2 OCLC records located in North America.
$400.00
7. Wade Guyton
Zeichnungen für ein kleines Zimmer / Drawings for a Small Room
Vienna: Wiener Secession / Revolver Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue published for one of three related European exhibitions of Wade Guyton's post-digital drawings (2010-2013); this middle exhibition mounted at Secession (Vienna, May 27–Aug. 21, 2011). Illustrated with dozens of full bleed color installation images, a number of them fold-outs. Accompanied by brief interview with Guyton and an essay from Michael Sanchez, printed in both English and German, exploring the artist's "flirtatious" aesthetic. Minor rubbing to photo-illustrated wrappers; near fine.
$250.00
8. Richard Hambleton
Richard Hambleton: 6. Juni bis 20. Juli 1985
Berlin: Zellermayer Galerie, 1985. First Edition. Slim quarto. Published on the occasion of an early European exhibition for Richard Hambleton in Berlin (Jun. 6–Jul. 20, 1985); the year prior, the same Zellermayer Galerie had organized the show "East Village Art in Berlin." A handsome catalogue, featuring an insightful interview with the artist, printed in both German and English, and illustrated after a dozen reproductions of his recent paintings, mostly in color. A fine copy in printed wrappers. Uncommon.
$650.00
9. Keith Haring
Köln: Paul Maenz Gallery, 1984. First Edition. Slim quarto. A stylish catalogue published on the occasion of Keith Haring's 1984 exhibition at Paul Maenz's gallery in Cologne (May 3–30). Contents: [8] pages, fully illustrated with installation shots and photos documenting Haring painting and socializing; printed black-and-white on variously colored paper stock. Minor rubbing to illustrated staple-bound wrappers; near fine.
$350.00
10. Keith Haring and William Burroughs
New York: George Mulder Fine Arts, 1988. First Edition. Square quarto. Catalogue published on the occasion of the first collaboration between Keith Haring and William S. Burroughs—as though Titian and Dante had come together, as Timoty Leary would phrase it; an apocalyptic portfolio, with 10 thematic screenprints and accompanying texts. Each of the print-and-text pairs reproduced here, in color, along with three color photographs of Haring at work. Cover illustrated after the famed portrait of the duo by Tseng Kwong Chi. A near fine copy in textured blue wrappers, in illustrated jacket with minor scuffing, also near fine.
$450.00
11. Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, et al
New York: Scott Hanson Gallery, 1988. First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue published on the occasion of this all-women group show at Scott Hanson Gallery (Jan. 6–Feb. 9, 1988), as inspired by Roberto Longo's contribution to the documenta 8 catalogue, which inventoried the absence of exhibited women artists. With lengthy essay from curators Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo on the exhibition's theme of media art; illustrated by color plates that reproduce a work from each of the 19 exhibiting artists, including Barbara Ess, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, Cindy Sherman, and Rosemarie Trockel. Minor edge-wear to wrappers; near fine. Uncommon in the trade.
$250.00
12. Rashid Johnson and Cheryl Johnson-Odim
New York: The Drawing Center, 2015. Published on the occasion of Rashid Johnson's site-specific installation at The Drawing Center (Oct. 20–Dec. 20, 2015), curated by Claire Gilman. Illustrated with reproductions of Johnson's soap-and-wax-on-tile portraits of "anxious men," which are accompanied by poetic texts from his mother, Cheryl Johnson-Odim. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers.
$200.00
13. Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik: Sculpture: Electronic Super Highway
[Korea]: Gallery Meegun / Gallery Hyundai, [1993]. First Edition. Square quarto. Scarce catalogue published to accompany Nam June Paik's installation of antique cars on the grounds of Expo '93 in Daejeon, South Korea; Paik would revisit the theme in 1997 with 32 Cars for the 20th Century Play Mozart's Requiem Quietly. Catalogue introduced with artist statement from Paik—on the automobile as symbolic counterpart to our electronic future—and interpretive text from art historian Yongwoo Lee. Illustrated with color images of the exhibited car-sculptures, along with interior shots and an overview of the outdoor installation. Text in Korean. Minor rounding to corners of illustrated wrappers; near fine. Scarce, with no OCLC records located.
$250.00
14. Jason Rhoades
Kunsthalle Basel: Jason Rhoades: 4/1996
Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Published on the occasion of Jason Rhoades' maximalist installation for Kunsthalle Basel: "Uno Momento / The Theater in My Dick / A Look to the Physical / Ephemeral." Illustrated with color installation photos, accompanied by a text by Robert Fleck, printed in both German and English. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
$150.00
15. Malick Sidibé
[Bamako, Mali], 1973. A group of 22 gelatin silver print proof photographs (3.25 x 2 inches, or the reverse), affixed to peach-colored folder with manuscript title to front panel (Nuit du 27/5/73) and ink index captions beneath photos. A late example of one of Malick Sidibé's "chemises;" the idiosyncratic form through which the Malian photographer would catalogue the results of his nightly social photography in the vibrant capital of Bamako, often venturing back to his studio late at night to develop the negatives for display to prospective customers the next morning. Here, for the night of Sunday, May 27, 1973, Sidibé captures 22 candid photographs of partygoers at a youth club event; on some nights, Sidibé would produce up to 5 such chemises. Faint dampstaining to verso of folder, not affecting photographs. Archivally hinged in wooden frame with UV plexiglass (16 x 22.5 inches).
$4500.00
16. Oliver Sieber
Imaginary Club 1 (Limited Edition)
Düsseldorf: Böhm/Kobayashi publishers, 2008. Limited Edition. Slim quarto. Hand-numbered as copy 14 of 150. First iteration of Oliver Sieber's street photography project, Imaginary Club, juxtaposing subcultural scenes from Germany and Japan. As Markus Schaden commented on the final cut of the project, which won the 2014 Paris Photo-Aperture award: "it is a contemporary photographic landmark based on the work of August Sander and Daido Moriyama." Matte illustrated self-wrappers; [24] pages in loose gatherings. A fine copy.
$450.00
17. (Tattoos) / Plinio Martelli
Il Tatuaggio come Arte / The Tattoo as Art
Padova: Mastrogiacomo Editore / Images 70, 1980. First Edition. Square octavo. A thoroughly illustrated historical survey of the tattoo as art form by Italian artist Plinio Martelli, positioned outside of the reactionary contexts of more traditional anthropological and criminological studies. Text in both Italian and English; illustrated with 114 photographs, some in color, indexed at rear. Minor foxing to versos of illustrated wrappers; near fine. Uncommon, with only 3 OCLC records located in North America.
$450.00
18. Massimo Vignelli
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. First Edition. Square quarto. Landmark survey of the graphic, interior, and product design work from Vignelli Associates; designed by Massimo Vignelli and introduced by a series of short essays from Germano Celant, Mildred Constantine, David Revere McFadden, and Joseph Rykwert. Thoroughly illustrated in color. This copy INSCRIBED by Massimo and Lella Vignelli to architect/designer Kenneth Walker, founder of WalkerGroup/Designs: "NYC '99 / To our good friend / Ken Walker who / we love and respected / for many years / past and future. / With appreciation / Massimo + Lella." Walker's personal blind-stamp beneath inscription to front endpaper. A fine copy in cloth, with vibrant printed jacket, also fine.
$650.00
19. Andy Warhol
Van Nuys, CA: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, 1986. First Edition. Square quarto. Catalogue for Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Boxes" exhibition at Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles. The show marked Warhol's return to the Campbell's Soup motif, and occasioned two essays and an interview of Warhol by Martin Blinder and Michael Kohn. Illustrated throughout with color reproductions of the paintings, including a grid reproducing thumbnails of all 98 variations from the exhibited series. Minor bump to upper corner of illustrated wrappers, with some scuffing; close to near fine. One of the last catalogues produced during Warhol's lifetime; uncommon.
$250.00
20. Gillian Wearing
London: Maureen Paley, Interim Art, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by the artist to colophon and dated in the year of publication. Photobook revisiting Gillian Wearing's classic subversion of documentary photography (1992-1993), in which she asked over 500 strangers in London streets to write their inner thoughts on blank sheets of paper; the subjects engineering their own representation to sometimes hilarious, sometimes serious effect. A sort of YBA update to Jim Goldberg's Rich and Poor; the commentaries now inside the pictures themselves. Minor rubbing to illustrated wrappers; near fine.
$850.00
21. Garry Winogrand
Women are Beautiful (Hardcover)
New York: Light Gallery / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. First Edition. Small oblong quarto. Hardcover issue of Garry Winogrand's most sought after photobook, with the pioneering street photographer training his lens on public expressions of femininity at the height of the sexual revolution. Winogrand's 85 black-and-white portraits accompanied by essay from Helen Gary Bishop ("First Person, Feminine"). Curiously, both Roth and Parr omitted this title in favor of Winogrand's first book, The Animals. Fine in cloth boards. Illustrated jacket with only minor toning; near fine. A sharp copy.
$850.00
22. Jonas Wood
Racquet: Issue No. 12 (Signed)
New York: Racquet Publishing, 2019. First Edition. Small quarto. Reminiscent of Wayne Thiebaud's 1967 Wimbledon commission for Sports Illustrated, Jonas Wood here supplies one of his tennis court drawings for the cover of the Winter 2019/20 issue of the tennis lifestyle quarterly Racquet. This copy SIGNED by Wood to lower margin; dated 2020. The drawing would be reworked as one of four paintings exhibited by Gagosian as "Four Tennis Courts" (2021). Minor rubbing to illustrated wrappers; near fine.
$250.00
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