Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, Numbered, Limited Edition XXL Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All Hail the King of Fantasy Art. Frank Frazetta finally gets the big beautiful book he deserves. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his...
Aluminum, Foil
Frank Frazetta XXL Book by TASCHEN: Fantastic Worlds in Fabric & Paper
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
All Hail the King of Fantasy Art. Frank Frazetta finally gets the big beautiful book he deserves. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his...
Fabric, Paper
Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings XL Book by TASCHEN
By TASCHEN, Frida Kahlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring ph...
Fabric, Paper
Annie Leibovitz SUMO XXL Edition: Iconic Photography Collection
By Annie Leibovitz, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format. Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling S...
Paper
Nobuyoshi Araki Limited Edition Signed Book, Paper, XXL Format, 2002
By TASCHEN, Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“This book reveals everything about me. It’s been a 60-year contract.
Paper
$65 / item
Us Is More: INC Architecture & Design
Located in New York, NY
Organized into eight chapters – XXXS, XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, and XXL – the book invites readers to engage with the firm’s ethos of inclusivity, specificity, and intimacy.
Paper
Tom of Finland XXL Book
By Tom of Finland, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In 1998, TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that, Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, enjoyed an intense c...
Paper
The Marvel Comics Library, Spider-Man, Vol. 1, 1962–1964. XXL Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This XXL-sized collector’s dream, close in size to the original artworks, features the first 21 stories of the world’s favorite web slinger from 1962–1964. Rather than recolor the or...
Faux Leather, Paper
$500 / item
H 18.7 in W 13.2 in D 3 in
Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings, Facsimile Book Set with Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...
Foil
Sothebys Catalogue Mexican Paintings and Drawings
By Sotheby's
Located in Mexico City, MX
Auction catalog with outstanding works of Latin American Art. Ideal for collectors, galleries and art lovers. Illustrated editions, reference piece for collectors.
Paper
$850
H 11 in W 10.5 in D 1.75 in
Andy Warhol by David Bourdon Collectible Poster Art Book Vintage, 1989
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Andy Warhol by David BourdonVintage 1989, Abrams Book, Harry Schunk 1965 Photo Collector's Pop Art poster. This Andy Warhol rare vintage 1989 iconic David Bourdon Abrams book harry ...
Paper
$10,000
H 20 in W 20 in
Annie Leibovitz, Art Edition, SUMO book, Marc Newson stand
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Annie’s Big Book Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz weighs in with her own SUMO Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) Archival pigment print Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986...
Archival Pigment
$4,600
H 19 in W 13 in D 0.01 in
Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
By Nickolas Muray
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo, New York is a limited edition color portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image depicts the woman artist leaning against a wall, with ...
Archival Pigment
$750 / item
H 15.6 in W 11 in D 4 in
Marvel Comics Library, Avengers, Vol 1. 1963–1965, Limited Collector's Ed Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Assembling the definitive Marvel Age Avengers anthology By early 1963 the foundations of the Marvel Universe had been laid. Following the introduction of t...
Aluminum
$150
H 33 in W 23.25 in D 0.1 in
Helmut Newton Big Nude Offset Print, Contemporary Unframed Art
By Helmut Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original exhibition poster featuring Helmut Newton's iconic photograph "Big Nude with Black High Heels." The poster was printed for the exhibition at Galerie Bodo Nieman, ...
Offset
Walton Ford Pancha Tantra, Signed Collector's Edition Book
By Walton Ford, Bill Buford
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walton's world. The beautifully savage beasts and birds of Walton Ford. Collector’s edition (No. 101–1,600). Limited to 1,500 individually numbered copies, each signed by Wa...
Paper
Bettina Rheims, Limited Edition, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unclassifiable Rheims 35 years of daring, defiant photography Since her first photographs in the late ’70s, Bettina Rheims has defied the predictable. From her series on Pigalle str...
Paper
$2,500Sale Price|41% Off
H 7.82 in W 6 in D 2.38 in
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. First trade edition (thus). Octavo. Original publisher’s pictorial black front cloth board, s...
Fabric, Paper
Siegfried and Fafnir
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "2010 WM Stout" on bottom right. Description Siegfried and Fafnir was painted by William Stout in 2010 as part of...
Ink, Watercolor
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber, 1st Limited Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber. Published by Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1983. Stated 1st Limited Edition (1/5000) hardcover with dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 fu...
Paper
The Figurative Artist’s Handbook
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
An authoritative, comprehensive guide for contemporary figurative artists. At a time when renewed interest in figurative art is surging throughout the art world, author Robert Ze...
Paper
Jean-Michel Frank by Leopald Diego Sanchez (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a copy of the first edition from 1980 which was produced in a limited edition of only 4,000 copies. Frank was an interior decorator and furniture designer who worked in the f...
Paper
$395
H 14.75 in W 11.25 in D 1.5 in
Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work by Helga Prignitz-Poda (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Frida Kahlo is now regarded as one of the foremost artists of the 20th century. Her reputation grew late in her life and more so, posthumously. During her life she was more famous fo...
Paper
$350
H 27.5 in W 21.5 in
Poster for "Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990" at National Portrait Gallery
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Framed poster for "Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990" at the National Portrait Gallery. Depicts Leibovitz's iconic image of a nude John Lennon with his arms and legs wrapped arou...
Lithograph
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