Detail of an image from Takashi Homma's Tokyo Suburbia. See item 10 below. New ArrivalsBelow, our monthly selection of 22 new arrivals at Harper's Books. For additional images, click through to our website, or visit us at our Chelsea bookshop—open 10-6, Tuesday through Saturday at 504 West 22nd Street. 1. Shigeru Akimoto, Saburo Akagi, and Seizo Tashima Poems of Urgency / Kinkyu na shi deatta shishu Tokyo: Akitsu Shoten, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Across 152 pages, Akagi's agitprop poems are interspersed with Akimoto's aggressive photography, portraying scenes of political violence, warfare, and everyday life in blown-out, high-contrast compositions; modern society as fiercely unstable. Some of the images likely rephotographed from press clippings, the printed dot matrix enlarged and amplified. The last third of the book dedicated to Seizo Tashima's drawings, printed on coarse, cream-toned paper. Fresh contents in photo-illustrated wrappers, with some foxing; close to near fine. In publisher's cardboard slipcase, matching the cloud cover design, but in blue; some foxing with moderate edge-wear to cardboard, close to near fine. Complete with obi. A scarce protest-era Japanese photobook. $950.00 2. Ruth Asawa Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain (Inscribed Copy) [San Francisco]: Np., 1973. Stated second printing. Oblong octavo, with photo-illustrated wrappers depicting Asawa sitting next to her fountain. This copy warmly INSCRIBED by Asawa to friends and patrons Jacqueline and Peter Hoefer. Contents: 46 pages, with text from Sally B. Woodbridge; illustrated after b&w photographs by Laurence Cuneo. Mild toning to wrappers; near fine. $750.00 3. Reyner Banham and David Hockney Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First American Edition. Octavo. Reyner Banham's ode to Los Angeles architecture, punctuated with fantastic Hockney-illustrated jacket. A fine copy in blue cloth; minor edge-wear to jacket, else near fine. Sharp copy. $500.00 4. (Jean-Michel Basquiat), Glenn O'Brien, Edo Bertoglio, and Maripol New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81 Tokyo: Petit Grand Publishing. Inc., 2001. First edition. Quarto. This copy INSCRIBED by Glenn O'Brien to half-title page. Handsome publication documenting the production of Downtown 81, director Edo Bertoglio's vibrant depiction of New York's Downtown scene, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat as semi-biographical protagonist. With text by Glenn O'Brien and photographs by Bertoglio and Fiorucci stylist Maripol. Verso of jacket forms a striking vertical poster featuring Basquiat's portrait. Contents: 112 pages; illustrated throughout after photographs, mostly color. Text in both English and Japanese. Minor abrasion to papered boards, as typical, else a near fine copy in fine jacket, with publisher's printed obi. $750.00 5. Herbert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool Hebert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool Prague: Národní Galerie v Praze, 1994. First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue for an exhibition of work by Herbert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool, held at the Prague Castle Riding Hall from September 8 through November 6, 1994. Illustrated with color plates throughout. Text in English, German, and Czech. Minor fraying to jacket and bump to top of spine, else near fine in plain wrappers with jacket. $300.00 6. Bill Brandt New York: Amphoto, 1961. First American Edition, published simultaneously with the British. Quarto. With preface by Lawrence Durrell and introduction by Chapman Mortimer. Contents: 90 black and white plates, elegantly printed. One of the seminal monographs of the second half of the 20th century; Brandt's images of nudes at the British coast are particularly striking. (Parr / Badger, v1, 216; Roth 160-161). Ownership signature of photographer Arnold Crane to front pastedown, else a particularly fine, fresh copy in a near fine jacket, save for a short closed tear to top of spine. Copies this nice have become hard to locate. $1500.00 7. Bruce Conner and [Anna Halprin] San Francisco Dancers' Workshop San Francisco, 1974. Large lithographic poster; 37 x 33.5 inches (framed, 41 x 37.5 in.). More than just a promotion, Conner's mandala-like poster design for Anna Halprin's San Francisco Dancers' Workshop was projected onto the naked bodies of performers during a 1974 event staged in SFMoMA's rotunda. A bright and sharp copy, outside of the hand-numbered series of 100. Archivally-hinged in white lacquer frame with UV plexiglass. $1800.00 8. Nan Goldin I'll be Your Mirror (Signed) First German-language Edition (published at same time as American). Quarto. This copy SIGNED by Goldin to title page and dated Köln, 1998. Published on the occasion of the Whitney exhibition of the same name (Oct. 31, 1996 – Jan. 5, 1997); a retrospective survey of the first 25 years of Goldin's career, a significant number of which had been spent in Berlin. Contents: 492 pages; thoroughly-illustrated, mostly in color. Text in German, with an artist statement by Goldin in English. Fine, in illustrated wrappers. Sold 9. David Hockney David Hockney: A Retrospective: June 18 - August 14, 1988 (Poster) New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988. Large offset poster; 30.5 x 37.5 inches (framed, 33 x 40 in.). First organized at LACMA, where it drew record crowds, this first Hockney retrospective in almost two decades then traveled to New York and London; although Hockney almost cancelled the Tate exhibition in protest of the anti-homosexual agenda of the Thatcher government. This poster for the Met stop was the most striking of the poster designs, so-dramatically capturing the palette of Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures). An impressive print, archivally-hinged in white lacquer frame with UV plexiglass. Sold 10. Takashi Homma Tokyo Suburbia Kyoto: Korinsha Press, 1998. First Edition. Thick quarto. Contents: 60 full-page color photographs of Tokyo and its environs, printed to thick card stock reminiscent of children's board-books. One of the seminal photobooks of the last twenty years, which helped usher in a new wave of popular Japanese photography. (Parr/Badger, v2, 206-307). Accompanied by fluorescent green pamphlet with supplementary text in both Japanese and English. Some rubbing to corners, with faint scuffing to textblock edges, else near fine. Sold 11. Lucy Lippard Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover version of Lucy Lippard's seminal documentation of the emergent Conceptual Art network; an idiosyncratic blend of art history with concrete poetry. Maroon cloth boards with white lettering to spine; fine. In bright example of the iconic manifesto-like jacket, price-clipped, with just a faint stain to the upper edge of the rear panel. A sharp copy of the uncommon hardcover version. $450.00 12. Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley Heidi: Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone (Signed by McCarthy) Vienna: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. Artists' catalogue. This copy SIGNED to title page by McCarthy. Published on the occasion of the 1992 group show LAX (Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna). Building a set in the middle of the gallery, McCarthy and Kelley created a grotesque adaptation of Joanna Spyri's 19th century children's novel Heidi, from which they shot an hour-long video. This catalogue features a chaotic mix of images from the project, both color and black-and-white, along with an essay from Timothy Martin. Fine, in illustrated stapled wrappers. $750.00 13. Henri Matisse and Alfred H. Barr Matisse: His Art and His Public (Deluxe Edition) New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951. Deluxe Edition. Thick quarto. Number 467 of 495 copies SIGNED by Barr, bound with an original lithograph by Matisse. A generously illustrated biography written by the Museum of Modern Art's inaugural Director, prepared in collaboration with Matisse. Fine in boards, with top edge gilt. In the vibrant Matisse-designed jacket with small loss to top edge of rear panel and spine, and two small tape repairs; close to near fine. Housed in publisher's cardboard slipcase. A pleasing copy. $1750.00 14. Daido Moriyama New York: Aperture Foundation, 2011. First Edition. Slim quarto. From an edition of 500 copies, this one un-numbered; SIGNED by Daido Moriyama in both English and Kanji to tipped colophon sheet. Something of a sequel to Moriyama's Another Country in New York—performatively published in Tokyo's Shimizu Gallery in 1974—TKY was published during his Printing Show exhibition at the Aperture Gallery in New York (Nov. 4 and 5, 2011). Each copy being unique; composed of a mix of black-and-white and color xerographic prints of Moriyama's photographs of Tokyo, as selected and sequenced from a menu of images by each buyer/collector. Contents for this copy: 23 gatefold leaves, with the A version of the screen-printed wrappers (purple); absent the accompanying selection card. A near fine copy, with only minor surface wear to screen-printed wrappers, which feature double-printed titles. $650.00 15. Nam June Paik A Tribute to John Cage by Nam June Paik (Poster) New York: WNET TV Lab, 1976. Offset mailer poster; 19 x 13 inches (framed, 22 x 16 in.). After attending John Cage's scandalous 1958 concert in Darmstadt, Nam June Paik announced himself a "new man;" 1957 would thus be re-labelled 1 B.C. (Before Cage). After years of mentorship, rivalry, and friendship, Paik assembled this video tribute—featuring Cage performances, interviews with colleagues and friends, and samples from Paik's own Cage-inspired oeuvre. The project having started in 1973, it would air on WNET's Channel Thirteen on November 3, 1976. Faint fold-lines, else near fine; archivally-hinged in white lacquer frame with UV plexiglass. $850.00 16. Raymond Pettibon Captive Chains (Inscribed Copy) Lawndale: CA: SST Publications, 1978. First Edition. Slim quarto. A remarkable copy of Pettibon's first publication; SIGNED by Pettibon to verso of front wrapper, where he also cancels the erroneous "e" in his author attribution (i.e. "Raymond Pettibone"). Pettibon further inscribes a virtuosic subtitle to the work on the first page: "[Captive Chains]: A Story of Passion, Peoria, Petronia, Petrock, Patagonia, and Paterson, Indiana, USA." Contents: 32 fully-illustrated leaves printed on newsprint. Staple-bound illustrated wrappers; minor rusting to staples, else near fine. $1500.00 17. Francis Picabia and Maria Llusïa Borràs New York: Rizzoli, 1985. First American Edition. Thick quarto. Comprehensive and exhaustive biography and monograph on Francis Picabia. Contents: 549 pages, with 1153 illustrations; 226 in color. Fine in a fine jacket. Beautiful copy. $500.00 18. Richard Prince Bettie Kline New York: Gagosian, 2009. First Edition. Folio. Prince pairs Irving Klaw photos of Bettie Page with Franz Kline abstractions. The question of whether one artist may have inspired the other misses the point; the real art here is Prince's uncanny comparison. "I love making books. This is my favorite. I'd been thinking about it for like twenty years. When I finally did it, it took me an hour to put together. Kind of like when Roy Orbison wrote Pretty Woman." Fine in laminated boards. Sold 19. James Rosenquist Rosenquist. Oct. 27 – Nov. 24 (Announcement Card) Los Angleles: Dwan Gallery, 1964. 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. Minor bumping to corners, else near fine. $350.00 20. Cy Twombly Souvenirs of D'Arros and Gaeta Zurich: Thomas Ammann Fine Art, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. Number 486 of 1000 press-numbered copies. A lovely collection of Twombly's drawings created on the island of D'Arros (Seychelles) and in Gaeta (Italy) in 1990. This copy INSCRIBED by the Swiss art dealer Doris Ammann to a museum curator; in an accompanying note, Doris thanks the curator for a visit that was also attended by Twombly. Fine in a fine French-folded jacket. An exemplary copy. $1500.00 21. Andy Warhol Warhol (First European Catalogue) Paris: Ileana Sonnabend, 1964. First Edition. Slim quarto. Exhibition catalogue for Warhol's first European show at Ileana Sonnabend's Paris gallery (Jan. – Feb. 1964). Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a monochrome fold-out poster of Warhol's iconic electric chair in blue. Warhol wanted to call the Sonnabend show "Death in America," with all but one of the exhibited paintings directly portraying death. Catalogue includes essays in French by Jean-Jacques Lebel, Alain Jouffrey, and John Ashbery. Typical toning to wrappers, with faint stain; contents crisp and bright. A close to near fine copy of this landmark catalogue. $1200.00 22. David Wojnarowicz London: Aloe Books, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. David Wojnarowicz's first published book; a series of fictional monologues written by the artist loosely based on his travels around America as an outsider. Cover photograph by Wojnarowicz, with blurb to rear cover from William S. Burroughs. Slight soiling and sticker mark on back cover, else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell case. Uncommon, with only 7 OCLC records located in North America. $3000.00 HARPER'S BOOKS HARPER'S CHELSEA 512 HARPER'S CHELSEA 534 HARPER'S APARTMENT HARPER'S EAST HAMPTON HARPER'S LOS ANGELES |