58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! We specialize in primary source materials related to the transformative cultural movements of the 20th-century, modern conflicts, disruptive technologies, music, design, and the visual arts. 1206 Pacific Street 4A Brooklyn, NY 11216 www.arthurforunier.com [email protected] +1 (917) 749-9431 A LIST FOR ATTENDEES OF THE 58TH ANNUAL RBMS CONFERENCE We're pleased to offer institutional clients 10% off and delayed invoicing though August 1 for all orders placed before July 15th, 2017 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS 1. Baldessari, John. A Sentence of Thirteen Parts (with Alternate Verbs) Ending in Fable. Hamburg: Anatol AV und Filmproduktion, 1977. [Cover title: FABLE.] First Edition. Nested concertina bookwork mixing images of television sets and enigmatic texts, folding out to reveal a cruciform structure. Housed in a stiff cardstock portfolio. 4to. Near fine overall in excellent dust jacket. [216] $3850 A beautiful copy of Baldessari's scarcest book, nearly flawless, with only the lightest impression of a spiral binding to the front portfolio wrapper (doubtless corresponding to the artist's Brutus Killed Caesar, next to which it was housed.) Scarce in the marketplace and uncommon in this condition. 1 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 2 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 2. EIDIA House, a.k.a. Paul LaMarre and Melissa Wolf. Starving Artists' Cookbook, The. [cover title: Food, Sex, Art.] New York: EIDIA (idea) Books, 1991. Limited Edition. xiv, 161 pp. artists' cookbook, illustrated, with recipes. Oblong 4to. 117/500 copies (signed) Very good. Ring bound, covers in vinyl menu sleeves. [299] $350 With recipes and original artistic contributions by John Cage, Louise Bourgeois, Gilbert & George, Marilyn Minter, John Sex, Sur Rodney Sur and others. 3. Rifka, Judy and Rene Ricard. Greatest Show on Earth, The. New York: Brooke Alexander, 1983. Limited Edition (stated print run of 600 copies). Unpaginated artists' book consisting of an essay by Rene Ricard printed recto only and grommet bound in brightly colored silkscreened boards covers designed by Rifka. Square 8vo. As new. Housed in the original white paper envelope. [335] $180 A moving tribute to Rifka by her close friend and collaborator Ricard, whose essay The Radiant Child helped define a generation of artists in Downtown New York during the early 1980s. 3 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! COMPLETE RUNS OF TWO CONTEMPORARY FRENCH "GRAPHZINE" MASTERWORKS BY BAZOOKA 4. [BAZOOKA Collectif] Kiki Picasso, Loulou Picasso, Olivia Clavel, T5, Lulu Larsen, Bernard Vidal, etc. Bulletin-Périodique, nos. 1 (May 1976) through 7 (February 1978) (all published). Paris: Almonde, 1976-1978. First Edition. A complete set of the earliest and perhaps most desirable periodical by the Bazooka Collective. In part bilingual, French and English. Small folio. Fine. Illus. self wraps. [286] $3250 Each issue carries its own subtitle, "Bulletinpériodique de l'amateur de plein-air" (no. 1) ; "Catalogue des tendances suicidaires" (no. 2) ; "Connaissance des étoiles" (no. 3) ; "Le plus grand des voyages" (no. 4) ; "Tête de mort" (no. 5/6) ; "Camouflage : dissimulation en ambiances particulières = dissimulation in particular environment" (no. 7). Whereas Bazooka's Un Regard Moderne showcased the group at the height of its powers, Bulletin-Périodique demonstrates its fascinating evolution and development of the course of seven issues in six fascicles. An essential and seminal document of the French underground graphisme movement. 5. [BAZOOKA Collectif] Olivia Télé-Clavel; Loulou Picasso; Kim Bravo, etc. Un Regard sur le Monde, no. 0. (January 1978). [followed by] Un Regard Moderne : l'Actualité du Mois en Images, nos. 1 (March 1978) through 6 (July 1978) (all published). Paris: SARL Société Nouvelle de Presse et du Communication, 1978. A complete set of the revolutionary supplement to French newspaper Libération produced by members of the Bazooka Collective as a monthly deconstruction of cultural and political events. Small folio. Fine. Illus. self wraps. $2850 One of the graphic highpoints of punk and underground publishing globally, Bazooka's Un Regard Moderne remains unmatched for its visual intensity and scathing political commentary. 4 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! POST-MODERN PAGE DESIGN IN ROTTERDAM 6. Hard Werken. Nos. 1 (April 1979) - 10 (1982). Rotterdam: Stichting Hard Werken, 1979-1982. Complete run of the legendary Dutch postmodern design and culture magazine. Small folio. Very good. Illus. wraps. [318] $1500 Nos. 1 - 10 comprise a complete run of the serial as such. However, the eponymous design collective (comprised of editors Willem Kars, Gerard Hadders, Rick Vermeulen, Henk Elenga and Ton van den Haspel) later released a catalog called Hard Werken 11 and 11bis / Wild Plakken Ontwerpers. These items are not included with the present offering. As of February 2017, OCLC does not identify a holding of the journal in North America. MUSIC & POP CULTURE 7. [Arthur Russell] A collection of 17 rare items of ephemera, including works by Arthur Russell and Tom Lee. A collection of handmade promotional material, most of it from Russell's own lifetime, as well as key pieces charting his rediscovery by music fans and critics over the past two decades. Highlights include hand silkscreened postcards and original Xerox photocopied fliers made by Russell and his partner Tom Lee to advertise small shows in obscure venues around New York City, ca. 1975-1988. The collection also includes an original 12 in. vinyl copy of the only recording released under Russell's name before his death from HIV/AIDS in 1991, "Tower of Meaning" New York: Open Skylight Music, 1983 [Chatham Square CLS 145], with sleeve designed and executed by Tom Lee in a first edition of only 320 copies. $4500 The present collection of ephemera is comprised entirely of rare print multiples from the Arthur Russell estate, which retained a small quantity of duplicates when the Oskaloosa, Iowa native's archive was acquired by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2016. 5 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 8. [David Bowie] Starzone : The Magazine of David Bowie. Nos. 1 (summer 1981) - 12 (June / July1984) (complete head of series). Watford, Herts., United Kingdom: David Currie and Gina Coyle. First Edition. Head of series run for the amazing Bowie fanzine, comprising a complete set of the original twelve smaller format issues. 8vo. Very good, save for retail price stickers on the front covers. Illus. stiff wraps. [358] $450 Fan art, interviews, and some rare concert photos, all for the love of the thin white duke. 9. [Country, folk, & psychedelic rock] Omaha Rainbow. Nos. 1 (Dec. 1973) through 40 (1988) (all published). Wallington, Hampshire (UK): Peter O'Brien, 1973-1988. Altogether forty regular issues and two supplements, ca. 28-50 pp. each, comprising a complete run of the long-running and influential underground country, rock, and folk music fanzine, illustrated with reproductions of photographs and drawings throughout. 4to. Good to very good. Early issues stab-stapled, later numbers saddle-stapled self wrappers. [153] $1350 Extremely scarce. As of February 2015, OCLC does not locate Omaha Rainbow in North America, with fewer than five incomplete sets housed in institutional collections in the United Kingdom. Named for the song by folk rock pioneer John Stewart, O'Brien's fanzine included interviews, news items, and reviews concerning a who's who of the 1970s and 1980s folk-rock and country revival, with significant features on Stewart, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Bruce Springsteen, Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris, Poco, Kursaal Flyers, and many others. 6 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 10. [Hip Hop] ego trip. New York: ego trip Publications, 19941998. Vol. 1, no. 1 ("Premiere Issue" Summer 1994) through vol. 4, no. 1 (1998) (all published). [Subtitle varies. Vol. 1, no. 1 - vol. 2, no. 3: "New York's Free Guide of Musical Styles." Vol. 2, no. 4 - vol. 4, no. 1: "The Arrogant Voice of Musical Truth."] Thirteen issues comprising a complete run of the influential hip-hop magazine. 4to. Fine. Glossy illus. wraps over newsprint, later issues printed on coated stock. [82] $1350 ego trip began as an important regional music magazine co-founded by Sacha Jenkins and Elliott Wilson with funding from Henry Chalfant (co-edited by Jenkins, Wilson and Jeff Mao) covering the golden age of 1990s hip hop from a brash, opinionated, NYC point of view. Later, the brand went national and evolved to include multimedia projects such as the influential old-school rap compilation The Big Playback (Rawkus, 2000), the essential hip-hop books ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists (St. Martin's Press, 1999) and ego trip's Big Book of Racism! (Regan Books, 2002) as well as several branded television programs for VH1. The original magazine included a manifesto for ghetto consciousness by aerosol-art pioneer Phase II, in-depth articles concerning the mechanics and legalities of sample clearing, the production of rap videos, interviews with and profiles of Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Power, Method Man, Notorious B.I.G., Common, Mike D, Ol' Dirty Bastard, the Beatnuts, Nas, Jeru the Damaja, PMD, KRSOne, Pharcyde, etc., as well as editorials, comics and record reviews (including some indie rock, punk and metal), illustrated throughout with photography by Chalfant, Lisa Leone, Shawn Mortensen, Christian Lantry, Christina Casiano, C+ and others. All in all, the serial provides invaluable documentation of hip-hop’s evolution through the 1990s. 7 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 11. [Indie rock & pop alternatives] OP: Independent Music. Issue "A" (1979) through "Z" (Nov./Dec. 1984) (all published). Olympia, WA: Lost Music Network, 1979-1984. First Edition. Complete run in 26 lettered issues of John Foster's extraordinary project to alphabetically catalog the independents and undergrounds, in the process creating a blueprint for what would become known as "indie" music. 4to. Very good, slight brittleness and age toning, as to be expected. Folded tabloid, issues A-P; Q-Z in glossy wraps, saddle stapled. [337] $1850 Upon request, the set also includes nos. 1-80 of the follow up to OP, a trade glossy called "OPtion," published out of Los Angeles through the mid-1980s and early 1990s. UNDERGROUND POETRY IN THE U.K. 12. All the Poets, They Studied Rules of Verse - and Those Ladies, They Roll Their Eyes. nos. 1 (1979) and 2 (1980) (all published). [London]: Spanish Magic, 1979-1980. First Edition. Both issues of the beautifully printed (by Better Badges) punk poetry fanzine. 4to. Near fine. Illus. self wraps. [287] $600 Drawing its title from the lyrics of The Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane, the magazine features contributions from Mark Schlömburg, John Tottenham and Billy Carless, among others. 8 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! POETRY & PRINT MAKING IN LATIN AMERICA 13. [EDICIONES EMBALAJE.] Pizarro, Agueda, Miguel Pizzaro, Sarah Rayo, et al. Collection of Six Chapbooks. Roldanillo, Valle, Colombia: Museo Rayo, ca. 1986-1990. Limited Edition. Six titles in the Ediciones Embalaje series of the Fundación Museo Rayo / Museo De Dibujo y Grabado Latinoamericano, chiefly poetry, a few illustrated with frontis. portraits. Square 8vo. Present copies inscribed by Agueda Pizarro to "Barbara." Near fine. String tied cardboard, silkscreened in black ink. [367] $750 ON HOLD Featuring striking typographic covers in silkscreens designed by noted artist Omar Rayo. Titles in the present collection: 1. Rayo, Sara, and Omar Rayo. 1990. Soft wilderness: poems. 2. Pizarro, Agueda. 1988. Soy sur. 3. Pizarro, Agueda, and Omar Rayo. 1987. Ver verdes. 4. Pizarro, Miguel. 19?. Teatro no: Auto de los Despatriados. 5. Pizarro Agueda, and Omar Rayo. 1990. Silaba domada. 6. Museo Rayo. 1989. Universos: tercer encuentro de poetas colombianas. 9 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 14. Posada, José Guadalupe and Jean Charlot. 100 Original Wood-cuts by Posada. / 100 Grabados en Madera por Posada. Mexico, D.F. / Colorado Springs: Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo / Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. 31 pp. Spanish / English booklet accompanying [1], 12, [1] leaves (title page and text) and 100 plates of woodcuts struck from the original blocks carved by Posada. 8vo. Booklet (illus. wrpps., saddle-stapled), text and plates housed loose as issued in the scarce original portfolio designed by Herbert Bayer. One of 450 copies. Overall a very nice copy of this fragile work, booklet and plates in good condition with conservation-grade repair to small tears at head and base of wraps. [6] $1500 Scarce and sought-after collation of original woodcuts printed on color badges in a layout designed by Herbert Bayer. From the work’s introduction: “Posada’s principal techniques for his larger works were engraving on type-metal and relief etching, by which he is principally known. His woodcuts are mostly small and mostly were made for vignettes. Almost all of the surviving blocks are published here for the first time since Posada’s day. Many either never have been published before or the original broadsides in which they appeared have been destroyed, as was their nature. Many are portraits; many are caricatures." 10 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! TAROT & ESOTERIC MAGIC 15. Ancien Tarot De Marseille. Paris: B.P. Grimaud, ca. 19301932. First thus (presumed 2nd printing). Complete set of 78 cards designed by Paul Marteau, measuring 119 mm X 62 mm each. Cards near flawless. [310] $1200 Includes original rare original B.P. Grimaud card-box with the front cover Masonic triangle & circle paper paste-down, slightly age-toned and soiled. Printed on sturdy pasteboard card-stock. Lithographic colors appear as though they are hand-painted stencils. Cards are amazingly wellpreserved and almost like new. 16. Hermandad H. de M. 2 vols. occult manuscript: Primer Grado. El Vestibulo ; untitled. N.p. [Mexico?] : N.d., [1917] ; N.p. [Mexico?] : 1917. Manuscript. Vol. 1: 2 pp. typescript and 42 pp. manuscript in a careful hand describing masonic rituals and Egyptian tarot symbolism according to the “Hermandad H. de M. Primer Grado. El Vestibulo,” with 23 original illustrations in blue and black ink - one of a sphinx in profile, and the other 22 showing the major arcana of the tarot deck in an Egyptian motif, after Comte C. de Saint-Germain, each one accompanied by a detailed description. Vol. 2: ca. 150 pp. manuscript, followed by several blank pages and an additional ca. 72 pp. manuscript in a different hand, both dealing with astrology, with a hand-drawn illustration of a sphinx affixed to the front pastedown, and dozens of text figures and diagrams throughout. The work begins with a chart entitled: “Tabla que manifiesta los días de la semana con expresión de los planetas que gobiernan las 12 horas del día y de la noche en cada uno.” Small folio. Good. Tape backed boards covers, extensively rubbed, vol. 2, hinges starting. Seemingly complete. [312] $2500 ON HOLD A remarkable and uncommon 2 vol. manuscript demonstrating the pedagogy of a Rosicrucian order in Mexico [presumed] in the early 20th century, through the expressions of an unnamed acolyte. 11 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 12 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 13 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA 17. Tactics : The Only Professional "PSYWAR" Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 20, 1964) through vol. 13, no. 12 (Dec. 20, 1976) (headof-series run). Arlington, Va.: Edward Hunter, 1964-1978. First Edition. Thirteen bound annual vols. of the monthly "PSYWAR" (i.e. fake news) journal for American conservatives interested in manipulating popular opinion to support anti-communist and promilitary points of view among members of the general public. Illustrated throughout with conservative leaning caricatures and political cartoons. 4to. Near fine. Cloth. [365] $1250 Several vols. inscribed by Edward Hunter to Otto Otepka, Deputy Director of the United States State Department in the late 1950s, later, a Richard Nixon appointee to the Subversive Activities Control Board. Lacks only vol. 14, nos. 1-12 (1977 : Feb. 20 - 1977 : Dec. 20) and vol. 15, nos. 1-6 (1978 : Jan. 20 - 1978 : June 20), else complete and accompanied by the publisher's index to articles and topics. Individual issues and scattered runs are available, but bound sets are uncommon. 18. New Freeman, The. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 15, 1930) - vol. 3 no. 9 (May 13, 1931) (all published). New York: Publishers of the New Freeman, 1930-1931. First Edition. A complete run of the libertarian, feminist-leaning monthly published by Suzanne La Follette, chiefly original texts by contributors including Edwin Muir, James Rorty, and Lewis Mumford, as well as a handful of striking illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton, John Sloan, Edmund Duffy, Adolf Dehn, and José Clemente Orozco. 4to. Very good. Black cloth embossed with the publication title in silver. [366] SOLD Suzanne La Follette was a noted figure among the New York intellectual and society circles of her era. Poet, editor, and social critic, her early interest in Soviet Marxism transformed into a rejection of communism in any form, and a championship of the rights of free women in a capitalist society. 14 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! DANSE MACABRE IN THE 20TH CENTURY 19. Draesner, Walter. Ein Totentanz : nach Scherenschnitten von Walter Draesner mit Geleitwort von Max von Boehn. Berlin: B. Behrs, 1922. Vorzugsausgabe (Limited Edition). 9 pp. text preceding a selection of 22 silhouettes reproduced after intricate paper cuttings by Draesner, each one showing a macabre, yet modern, mode of decease. Oblong 4to. Limited edition on laid paper, hand numbered and signed by the artist. This copy no. 139 of 200. Very good. 1/2 leather over illus. boards. [354] $1750 An excellent copy of the superior vorzugsausgabe, Draesner's Totentanz shows haunting vignettes of those about to die, from suicides to soldiers, and lovers both young and old. 20. [DYL] Mac Orlan, Pierre. Danse Macabre, La : Vingt Dessins de Yan B. Dyl. Texte de Pierre Mac Orlan. [Title from cover]. Paris: Simon Kra, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Unpaginated (ca. 48 pp.) livre d'artiste consisting of letterpress texts by Mac Orlan describing moral hazards and ways to die in the modern city paired with 20 sinister art deco watercolors by Dyl reproduced in brilliant pochoir by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet. 4to. Limited to 325 copes. Good copy, endemic minor spotting throughout, rubbed at head of spine with slight loss of material. Illus. stiff wraps, sewn binding. [1] $3000 OH HOLD Among the forms of mortality described and illustrated by the work are cocaine (niege), prostitution (celle de la rue), hot jazz (dancing), automobile accidents (vitesse) and suicidal depression (lassitude). 15 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 16 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! COLOR THEORY & APPLICATION 21. Simons, James E. ; Elvera C. Hustead. Colorology : A Comprehensive Treatise on the Science of Color and Its Correct Use. Portland, OR: Pacific College of Chromatics, Interior Decorating and the Arts, 1929. First Edition. [Half-title: Colorology According to the Simon-Hustead Theory of Color Mathematics.] Fifteen booklets, successively paginated, comprising 241 pp. of text, black and white illustrations and diagrams. 8vo. Near fine. Original colored stiff wraps in scarce cardstock box mailer. [323] $450 ON HOLD A strangely pseudo-scientific guide, seemingly designed to provide a technical vocabulary for interior designers. Fascinating, nonetheless, in its mix of physiology, mathematics, and spiritual speculation. 22. [Color in textile manufacturing.] Brühlmeier, Hans. Zürcherische Seidenwebschule. Kurs 1930/31. Theorie. Zurich: 1931. Unpaginated manuscript [ca. 400 pp.] preceding 131 pp. mimeographed typescript and an additional 68 pp. manuscript, altogether comprising a student's work meticulous through a series of intensive courses on the dyeing, printing, and patterning of woven fabrics, particularly silk, illustrated throughout with approximately 115 plates showing technical illustrations and machine diagrams; 8 tipped-in trade catalogs and brochures for textile manufacturing equipment produced by Schweiter, Benninger, Brügger and other firms; historical images of work in the silk trade; and 36 manuscript pages with 92 individually hand-painted color exercises illustrating the student's grasp of contemporary color theory, with manuscript text references to Isaac Newton, Tobias Meyer, Wilhelm Ostwald, Goethe, Schopenhauer, and others. Small folio. Good. Appears to be complete and fully intact. Interior clean and bright, pages browned at the margins with some chipping to extremities. 3/4 leather boards over an additive metal binder (front hinge is cracked and reinforced canvas tape). [270] $1500 ON HOLD The Zurich Silk-Weaving School was established in 1881 by a consortium of Swiss manufacturers worried by the competition posed by Chinese silk exporters. This text is a student's transcription of one of the school's lecture courses on the theory of color and patterning in textile manufacture, among other topics. The title page lists entries for sections on I.Textilmaterlien; 2.Färben, Drucken und Ausrusten; 3.Vorbereitungsmaschinen; 4.Mechanische Webstuhle; 5.Jacquardweberei; 6.Farbenlehre und Schaftgewebemusterung. 17 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 18 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! POCHOIR 23. Mille, Pierre ; illustrated by J. Touchet. Merveilleuses histoires de Nasr’Eddine. Paris: R. Kieffer, 1924. Limited Edition. 184 pp. book of tales concerning the Sufi wanderer, beautifully illustrated in pochoir by Touchet. 8vo. Copy 414 of 500. Near fine ; pages untrimmed. Illus. stiff wraps. [311] $450 An exceptionally charming production in jewel like color AVANT-GARDE CHILDREN'S BOOK 24. S. Marshak, V. Lebedev. Tsirk. [Leningrad]: Raduga, 1925. First Edition. Unpaginated (ca. 12 pp.) illustrated children's book about the circus, pairing texts pairing humorous texts by Marshak with brilliantly inventive constructivist illustrations by Vladimir Vasilevich Lebedev. 8vo. Very good, with only the slightest age toning and edge wear. Self wraps. [368] $2850 Considered by many to be a highpoint of Constructivist picture books. When Lebedev showed his pictures for Tsirk to Marshak, he immediately offered to write the captions. Mayakovsky was particularly fond of Marshak's contribution to the book. This is a remarkably fresh copy. 19 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! COMPUTER ART 25. Willsberger, Johann (editor). Computer Graphics. Cologne, Germany: Johann Willsberger, 1972. First Edition. 180 pp. text in German and English, illustrated throughout with offset reproductions of computer graphics by Frank Boettger, Sylvia Roubaud, Aaron Warszawski, Gerold Weiss, and Rolf Woelk, accompanied by ten 13 x 13 in. computer graphic prints executed in a variety of inks on variously colored card stock. Square small folio. Very good, corners slightly bumped. One of the laid-in prints is creased at the margins. Glossy boards. [185] $1000 Printed as a cultural contribution to the 1972 Munich Olympics, Willsberger's book was sponsored by both Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (MBB) and International Business Machines (IBM). A rare work, particularly with the complete set of called for prints intact, and one of the more lavish early books on computer graphics. 20 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! IMPORTANT DIEGO RVIERA MURAL DOCUMENTATION, SIGNED BY HIM 26. Moulin, Gabriel (photographer). Unique photograph of the Diego Rivera mural at the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition (boldly signed at the lower right margin by Rivera). San Francisco : 1940. Print is large, approx. 26 x 8 in. [framed thus it measures 32 x 14 in.] and in near fine condition. $3850 Our source explains that this print was executed to produce a visitor's pamphlet for the exhibition. The pamphlet's designer kept the photograph and asked Rivera to autograph it for him. A copy of the booklet, which was retained with the image, is included. 21 58th Annual RBMS Conference June 2017 ! 22
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