103 - 587 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Owner's entry in pen and ink on title. Wrapper sl. yellowed and soiled; a few creases along spine. Otherwise in fine condition.
= Engbert & Phillpot, B14. The most rare and sought after Ruscha title. Although Octopus published a large edition of 3000 copies, the majority of Dutch Details' print run was mistakenly destroyed in a warehouse, and the remaining copies are now highly sought after. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IV.
- Title w. owner's entry in pen and ink; inner margin sl. yellowed throughout. Spine yellowed and creased; offsetting along spine from glue stains on slipcase; slipcase splitting along edges.
= Parr & Badger 2, no.142; Engbert & Phillpot, B4. The photomontage shows all buildings on both sides of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
= The standard monograph.
Vasarely. Introd. M. Joray. Neuchâtel, Éditions du Griffon, 1965, 1st ed., 194,(1)p., num. (col.) plates/ ills., incl. 5 plates w. accomp. transparant plastic overlays, orig. cl. w. (yellowed) dustwr., 4to. - AND 1 other on CHRISTO (w. inserted special newspaper issue of Der Tages Spiegel on the "Verhüllter Reichstag" (1995) and a piece of original Christo fabric).
= Rare catalogue of the first retrospective exhibition of Issachar Ryback's artistic work. Ryback, an important member of the Jewish modernist movement in Russia, died one day prior to the opening of the exhibition.
= Contains a catalogue raisonné.
Dumas, C. De Rotterdamse landschapstekenaar Gerard van Rossum (1699-1772) en zijn verzameling van voornamelijk zeventiende-eeuwse landschapstekeningen. The Hague, privately publ, 2015, 384p., richly illustrated, orig. boards, 4to. McNeil Kettering, A. Drawings from the Ter Borch Studio Estate. Ibid., Staatsuitgeverij, 1988, 2 vols., XXXII,360; XXIV,361-896p., num. (col.) ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 4 others on i.a. C. van Noorde, Leonaert Bramer and Gerard ter Borch.
= One of 25 copies containing an ORIGINAL DRAWING (pen and ink, signed) and an extra suite of lithographs.
= 1. Lectura sub aqua. 2. Mens sana in corpere sano, Gesundheit; 3. Gnothi se auton. Ken u zelf. 4. Homo Socialis; 5. L'Art: le superflu indispensable; 11. TEKTONIKH das konstruktive.
- Folds (as published).
Appel, K. Sculptuur in Amsterdam. Vondelpark 1865-1965. Introd. W. Sandberg. Amst., n.publ., 1965, 14p., num. photogr. plates/ills., orig. col. lithogr. wr. by K. APPEL, sm. 4to. - AND 3 others w. contributions by Sandberg, i.a. 2 SIGNED new year's wishes by Sanberg (1962).
- Owner's entry on first blank.
= Petersen/ Brattinga p.237 and 103: "Ter gelegenheid van de GKf-prijs die Piet Zwart op zijn tachtigste verjaardag in 1965 - kreeg (...)".
AND 1 other designed by the same.
- Both sl. yellowed; otherwise fine.
= Dutch, French and English text. Petersen/ Brattinga p.201; Broos/ Hefting p.138.
Sandberg, W. Nu. Midden in de XXe eeuw./ Nu 2. Hilv., Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., (1959-1967), 2 vols., 40p./ no pagination, ills., limp boards, text (in French, Dutch, English and German) and design by W. SANDBERG, 4to.
= Kwadraatbladen. Vol. 2 prob. review copy w. loosely inserted press reviews of vol. 1. Petersen/ Brattinga p.226 and 236.
AND 4 others on/ (des.) by W. Sandberg.
- First 3 issues yellowed due to the quality of the paper.
= Rare. (1) Noch einmal Documenta X; (2) Het AICA archief; (3) Kennis van zaken; (5) Fotografie; (6) Lezingen.
- Portrait and title-p. sl. foxed. Spine sl. dam. = Rare.
- Wr. trifle foxed. = Facs. reprint of the ed. Hannover, 1925.
Lissitzky, El. Suprematisch worden van twee kwadraten in 6 constructies. Hilv., De Jong & Co., 1973, (16)p., printed in red and black, orig. wr., obl. 4to.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. The Hague, 1922.