Weinberg Modern

Original 9.5” x 11.5” translucent plastic ring binder stamped in gold “Richard Lippold” and “Lippold” on upper cover and spine respectively. Comprising 22 plastic protector sheets co...

First edition of this documentary record of the inaugural Vision 65 congress, held at the Carbondale campus of Southern Illinois University, October 21–23, 1965—an unusually conseque...

First American edition of this substantial bilingual catalog/academic text devoted to Harald Szeemann’s landmark investigation of the “bachelor machine”—the self-contained, frequentl...

Exhibition catalog/monograph accompanying a retrospective devoted to Danese, the influential Milanese design firm founded in 1957 by Bruno Danese and Jacqueline Vodoz. Held at Lausan...

First edition, first printing of Rem Koolhaas’s foundational book and one of the defining works of late twentieth-century architectural theory. Published in 1978 by Oxford Universit...

First edition of one of the earliest research publications issued by the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies and an important document of its initial attempt to combine arch...

First edition of Volume 1, Number 1 of Express Extra, published in 1982 by Express Newspaper/International Network for Art and Architecture. Oversized 4to (8.5” x 13”), pictorial sta...

A rare surviving document from the formative years of American Pop Art, this original Stable Gallery broadside was issued in conjunction with Andy Warhol's legendary Brillo Boxes ex...

An inventive miniature catalog issued for Rand’s solo exhibition at the A-D Gallery, March 31–May 29, 1947—the same year he published Thoughts on Design. 12mo (3” x 4”), comprising a...

First edition of this guide to the 1939 (and 1940) New York World’s Fair, published jointly by P/M Magazine and the Laboratory School of Industrial Design. 8vo (5.75” x 8”), printed ...

An exceptional signed example of Richard Avedon’s landmark April 1965 “Now” issue of Harper’s Bazaar, retaining the extremely scarce original lenticular eye in fully functional condi...

Second edition of the official visitor's directory for Edgar J. Kaufmann's remarkable International Exposition of Arts & Industries, mounted throughout the Kaufmann's flagship store ...

Original offset lithograph mailer on wove paper, published by Leo Castelli Gallery in conjunction with an exhibition—Warhol’s breakout “Flowers” show—held from November 21-December 1...

First edition of this foundational monograph published in conjunction with an exhibition held in 1938 at the Museum of Modern Art New York marking the tenth anniversary of the end of...

First edition of Eckhard Neumann’s pioneering study of modern graphic design, published in 1967 by Reinhold Publishing Corporation. Square 8vo (8.25” x 8.25”), 96 pages, profusely il...

Second edition, second printing of the trade paperback edition of Reyner Banham’s Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, published in 1970 by Praeger. 8vo, printed wrappers, 338...

Manuscript in Armenian script, dated 1827, with internal reference to Alaghzghats (Elazığ/Mezre, historically associated with Kharpert/Harput in present-day eastern Turkey). Approxim...

Printed portfolio (8.5” × 9.5”) containing eleven original folded graphic works by leading members of AGI Italia—Mimmo Castellano, Bob Noorda, Franco Grignani, Italo Lupi, Pierluigi ...

First edition of Andre Bruyere’s architectural manifesto, published in Paris in 1968 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert. 4to (8.5” x 9.75”), printed boards, 246 pages, illustrated throughout wi...

First edition, first printing of this landmark document in the history of twentieth century graphic design and environmental wayfinding. 4to (8.5” x 11”), printed wrappers, 228 unnum...

Catalog published in conjunction with Gottlieb's landmark November-December 1957 exhibition at The Jewish Museum, documenting the artist's development from the Pictographs through th...

Holiday issue of the experimental, bi-monthly Push Pin Graphic, published in 1962 by Push Pin Studios. Composed of excerpts from the writings of Herman Hesse, Rainer Maria Rilke, and...

Issue number 40 of the experimental, bi-monthly Push Pin Graphic, published in 1962 by Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast’s Push Pin Studios. Composed of an excerpt from Henry David Th...

A bright, well-preserved copy of Werner Hegemann’s monumental visual survey of interwar planning and housing, documenting the evolution of civic design between the City Beautiful era...

‍ First edition of what is ‍widely regarded as the definitive scholarly study of Antonio Sant'Elia, the visionary Italian Futurist architect whose unrealized drawings for La Città Nu...

Landmark catalog for the exhibition widely regarded as the public introduction of Minimalist sculpture in America, held at the Jewish Museum in New York City from April 27-June 12, 1...

First edition, first printing—one of 1,000 copies—of Antonin and Noemi Raymond’s exposition of cross-cultural architectural modernism. Antonin Raymond (1888-1976) was a Czech-American architect and designer who worked on Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building in New York and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial...

First edition of Robert Moses's sprawling and controversial memoir, published four years before Robert Caro's The Power Broker transformed public understanding of the master builder ...

Catalog published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition held at Tokyo’s Minami Gallery. Square 4to (9.75” x 9.75”), pictorial wrappers, 10 pages on stiff paper, color illustrations t...

First edition of this now-canonical self-published artist's book. 8vo (6” x 9”), stapled printed wrappers, 12 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photograph...

A highly elusive piece of late twentieth-century modernist design ephemera documenting the American reassessment of Charlotte Perriand’s contributions to architecture and interior de...

Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of De Kooning oils held at the famed Martha Jackson Gallery in New York from November 9-December 3, 1955. Small 8vo (4.75” x 6.75”...

Invitation card for “Wink,” Takashi Murakami’s landmark installation held at Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, from March 14-April 13, 2001. 5” x 7”. Published by Creative Tim...

Catalog for the exhibition of work by Michelangelo Pistoletto held at Milan’s esteemed Galleria Dell’Ariete in June, 1973. 8vo (6.25” x 8.75”)), orange printed portfolio wrappers co...

First edition, stated first printing of R. Buckminster Fuller’s landmark synthesis of geometry, systems theory, design, architecture, and cosmological speculation, written in collabo...

Goup of two distinct contemporary issues of Tom Weigel’s scarce insider memoir-biography of Warhol superstar, playwright, poet, and Play-House of the Ridiculous icon Jackie Curtis, b...

Catalog published in conjunction with John Chamberlain's 1964 exhibition at Galerie Ileana Sonnabend in Paris, among the artist's earliest important European gallery presentations, c...

First edition of this mid-career monograph on legendary American dancer, teacher, and choreographer Martha Graham, published in 1966 by Alfred A. Knopf. Includes images from iconic ...

Large folding sales brochure (12" x 9", opening to 36" x 24"), printed in color and black-and-white, published by The Widdicomb Furniture Company circa 1950 and distributed through M...

First edition of this architectural guide book, published in 1974 by the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce. 4to (7.75” x 11”), pictorial wrappers, 100 pages. Illustrated throughout w...

First edition monograph published by Matsudo City Cultural Foundation in conjunction with the major 2004–2005 traveling retrospective devoted to Isamu Kenmochi (1912–1971), one of th...

Two original black-and-white snapshot photographs depicting Tom Harmon (1919–1990), the 1940 Heisman Trophy winner, during his service as a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in China. One ...

Original exhibition catalog accompanying An Exhibition of “Unpopular” Art, held November 7 to December 29, 1940 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN and issued under the late ...

Catalog of Serge Mouille lighting designs edited (produced) by Alan Grizot in 1993, following the success of his landmark 1991 L’Regard d’Alan auction with Binoche et Godeau, which h...

First edition monograph on the renowned Brazilian design team of Humberto and Fernando Campana, produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, and...

Promotional literature for American retailer, curator, author, and impresario George Beylerian’s Scarabaeus, an avant-garde design emporium located on E 60th Street in NYC that opene...

Survey of trends in modern architecture, furniture, and decorative arts, principally from Britain, Europe, the U.S., Latin America, and Japan, covering the years 1959-1960. Contains ...

Academic treatment of the innovative video sculptures by Israeli/British artist Buky Schwartz, created over a 12 year period from the late 1970’s to early 1990’s. Published in 1992 ...

Thick volume in looseleaf format containing “information on the training and performance of over 70 craftsmen living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, who have expre...

First comprehensive survey of the life and work of renowned American artist/craftsman Paul Evans, documenting four decades of his distinctive, experimental, and sculpturally expressi...

Special edition in Bruno Munari’s “unreadable book” series designed for the Museum of Modern Art, and published by MoMA in 1967 in an edition of 2000, of which this example is hand-n...

Catalog accompanying an exhibition of works by acclaimed Italian modernist designer and architect Angelo Mangiarotti, held at Tokyo’s Gallery Ma from September 10-November 13, 2004. ...

Monograph on the artistic output, primarily in ceramics, of Mary and Edwin Scheier, published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, New ...

Catalog accompanying an exhibition held at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography in the Cooper Union School of Art from February 24 to April 5, 2003. Widmer (1929-20...

Monograph about the building at 80 Wooster Street and its inhabitants, weaving together first-person interviews with archival documents and photographs. The first of 16 artist coops ...

First edition of this landmark photography book by Richard Avedon with text by Truman Capote, featuring portraits of cultural figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Alfred ...

First edition, first printing of this “monograph-meets-manifesto” documenting the work product and philosophy of American graphic design icon Paul Rand (1914-1996). Published in 1985...

Poster advertising the 1982 International Design Conference held in Aspen, Colorado from June 13-18, 1982 with the tile The Prepared Professional. An iconic Paul Rand design in which...

1970 Artemide catalog, showcasing progressive lighting, furniture, and accessory designs in plastic, glass, and metal by a roster of design luminaries, almost all Italian, many of them trained architects. Founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the company produced such icons of Italian Rational...

First edition of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s final book, posthumously published in 1947 in Chicago by Paul Theobald. A landmark work of modern design theory, the book presents Moholy-Nagy’s...