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Beautiful Homes and Gardens in California
Located in New York, NY
Important and lavishly produced survey of postwar California domestic architecture, written by Frank Lloyd Wright-trained California architect Herbert Weisskamp and published by Abrams in 1964. First edition, oblong 4to (10.25” x 7.25”) hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 4 full color photos, 314 black-and-white photos (3/4 of them by Julius Schulman), plus 113 b/w plans, drawings, and elevations. Showcases the work of the following architects and landscape designers: Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mark Mills, Aaron Green...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
ISBN 979-8-9853078-0-1
Art book 328 pages
This mid-career survey of the works of Jacques Jarrige marks the 12th anniversary of my fruitful collaboration with him.
At the heart of...
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2010s Italian Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
Located in New York, NY
76-page catalog from the exhibition "Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism," held at the Lin Weinberg Gallery in 1997. The exhibit helped re-introduce Wormley's work to the mar...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Katsura Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Sumptuously produced treatment of the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of traditional Japanese architecture that resonated with and influenced Western modernism—think the simplicity and abstract beauty of tatami geometry combined with a holistic philosophy of indoor/outdoor living. The book itself is a cynosure of academic and graphic quality, with text by Walter Gropius and Kenzo Tange...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Saara Hopea-Untracht: Life and Work
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on renowned and prolific mid-century Finnish designer Saara Hopea-Untracht, written by her husband, the American metalsmith, educator, and writer...
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1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of (7) Child's Lithographed Alphabet Nesting Blocks, American, Circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a larger set of colorful early 1900's lithographed blocks (seven blocks versus 5 blocks). Considered an early learning device, these turn of the century alphabet blocks...
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1910s American Folk Art Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Andre Lurcat: Projets Et Réalisations
By André Lurcat
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...
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1920s French International Style Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Life of the Late King of France Lewis XIII by James Howell 1st Edition, 1646
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extensive biography of the life of Louis XIII king of France who ruled from 1610-1643. This volume is the first edition of Howell's work and retains its original full calf...
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Mid-17th Century English Louis XIII Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Behind the Picture Window by Bernard Rudofsky
Located in New York, NY
First edition of Bernard Rudofsky’s idiosyncratic and iconoclastic discussion of modern living conditions in postwar America, published by Oxford University Press in 1955. 201 pages, 8vo, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Several black-and-white illustrations. Rudofsky (1905-1988), an Austrian/American architect, curator, critic, industrial designer, exhibition designer, fashion designer, and author is best-known for his controversial exhibitions and accompanying catalogs, including Are Clothes Modern? (MoMA, 1944), Architecture Without Architects (MoMA, 1964), and Now I Lay Me Down to Eat (Cooper-Hewitt, 1980). He is also famous for his mid-century Bernardo sandal designs, which are popular again today. Behind the Picture Window...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hunt Brother Circus & Wild West Show Three-Sheet Broadside, circa 1900-1910
Located in York County, PA
Three-sheet, narrow, vertical broadside, made to advertise Hunt Brothers Circus and Wild West Show ca 1900-1910. With the bold headlines “Buffalo Ranch”...
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Early 20th Century American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Duke of Edinburgh’s World tour 1959 on HM Yacht Britannia
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Duke of Edinburgh’s World tour 1959 on HM Yacht Britannia, a fascinating photographic record of the Duke’s visit to numerous destinations between Rango...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
La Ceramica in Italia
Located in New York, NY
Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
McKenney and Hall Hand-Painted Lithograph "Chippeway Widow", circa 1837
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Chippeway Widow" hand-painted color lithograph on paper depicts a Native American Indian woman lamenting the death of her husband, presum...
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1830s Native American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brueton Catalog 1992
By Brueton
Located in New York, NY
Manufacturer’s ring binder catalog showcasing the 1992 product line for Brueton Furniture, a New York City-based company that produces upscale furniture and accessories for the residential, contract, and hospitality markets. Founded in 1926, Brueton was an early convert to the use of highly crafted stainless steel, still an area of specialty. Along with designs by Stanley Jay Friedman and J. Wade Beam—familiar names in the vintage modern design market—the 1992 catalog includes work by Sergio Orozco, Mark Mascheroni, Mark Goldberg, John Duffy, Mitchell Pickard, Charles Gibilterra, Bert England, Victor Dziekiewicz, Glenn Polinsky, Joseph Gerstman, Bruenu, Richard Thompson, Robert Sonneman, Ed Born, and Ira Grayroff. Stylistically skewed to post-modern, the catalog also features clean-lined international style pieces plus reissues of several classic modern designs by Hans and Wassily Luckhardt...
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1990s American Post-Modern Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Plastic
Art and the Machine Book by Sheldon and Martha Cheney
Located in New York, NY
Seminal early consideration of Machine Age design and architecture in America, tracking the rise of the industrial design profession, written by Sheldon and Martha Cheney and publish...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare French, Early 19th Century Napoleonic Medal Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Rare French early 19th century Napoleonic medal cabinet on four gilt bronze pawfeet, a hinged door to the top and front opening to reveal four drawers containing 184 very fine bronzed plaster medals...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Frederick Chapman: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770, , 50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed ‘F. Ringheim’and one ea...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Russian Silver Jewish Megillah Case and Scroll
Located in London, GB
A large Russian silver Jewish Megillah case and scroll
Russian, 19th century
Measures: height 23cm, diameter 7cm
This remarkable piece is a Russian ...
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19th Century Russian Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver
A Century of Progress Homes and Furnishings
Located in New York, NY
Compendium of model houses constructed for the Home and Industrial Arts Group at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition of 1933-34. Published by M.A. Ring Co. (Chicago) in 1934. Featuring two projects by George Fred Keck--the Crystal House...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
The End Montauk, N.Y. 'Signed'
By Michael Dweck
Located in New York, NY
First edition (stated) photographic essay documenting the surfing subculture on the eastern end of Long Island. Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, in 2004. Tall 4to, unpaginated...
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Early 2000s American Modern Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Portrait Mezzotint of Admiral Viscount Duncan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine impression of the celebrated print engraved by mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a painting by Henry Danloux shows the subject on the deck of a ship in the heat of the Battle Camperdown. It is framed in an ornate giltwood frame with a paper label on the reverse showing a coat of arms flanked by the inscription ‘Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown, is by permission most humbly dedicated to the Hon. Miss Jane Duncan by her most obedient Servant H.P.Danloux London. Published by H. P. Danloux No 11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital...
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Early 1800s English Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Hannah Wilke Retrospective Book with Drawing and Signature
By Hannah Wilke
Located in New York, NY
Hard bound first edition monograph on pioneering feminist artist/performance artist Hannah Wilke. Titled "Hannah Wilke: A Retrospective," it was published in 1989 in conjunction with...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Yankee In King Arthur's Court First Edition by Mark Twain
Located in San Francisco, CA
The first American edition, second issue, of Twain's satirical time travel fantasy where the lead character travels backward in time into Arthurian England. Published by Charles L. W...
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1880s American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Alexandre M.Raymond, I'art Islamique En Orient, Deuxième Partie
Located in London, GB
Alexandre M. Raymond, I'art Islamique en Orient, deuxième partie.
French, 1924.
Measures: height 49cm, width 37cm, depth 2cm.
This important book is the second volume of French architect Alexandre Raymond’s 1924 treatise on Islamic architecture...
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1920s French Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Kenneth Patchen Artist Book with Original Painting
Located in New York, NY
Panels for the Walls of Heaven, a square octavo volume of poems, abstract illustrations (based on paintings by the author) and outre typography, by experimental poet and artist Kenneth Patchen, published by Bern Porter...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Vintage Framed United States Map
Located in New York, NY
Vintage aged paper map of the United States mounted on particle board and framed in a simple wooden frame.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Wood, Paper
The Complete Works of O. Henry, Manuscript Edition Limited to 125 Copies
Located in San Francisco, CA
The complete works of O. Henry, manuscript edition, limited to 125 copies in 12 volumes bound in original half vellum. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City New York, 1...
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Early 20th Century American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paul Poiret's Two Editions de Luxe
By Paul Poiret
Located in New York, NY
Paul Poiret's career began in the Belle Epoque, when fashion was defined by imprisoning corsets, restrictive tailoring, and ethereal colors. Opening his own fashion house in 1904, he...
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’
By George Ashdown Audsley & James Lord Bowes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’, Liverpool and London, Henry Sotheran, 1875. 2 volumes, first edition hardback folio including 41 coloured an...
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1870s English Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Mid-Century Remote Control Model Airplane
Located in New York, NY
American (1950s) hand made model airplane with working engine and remote control.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Week-End Library Issue of 1930
By Walt Whitman
Located in New York, NY
Anthology of literary works published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in 1930. Features stories and snippets by "many of the most distinguished literary figures of the day," including W. Somerset Maugham, Christopher Morley, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, Helen Keller...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pierre Chareau: Un Inventeur, l'architecte
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on celebrated modernist architect and designer Pierre Chareau, published by Editions du Salon des Arts Managers in Paris, 1954. With text by Rene Herbst, preface by Francis...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Works of F. Crawford in 5 Volumes Bound in Blue Morocco Leather with Gilt Spines
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Victorian period American author F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) an erudite novelist born in Italy, the son of a sculptor. The set includes some of his better known works...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
America's Best Small Houses Inscribed by William J. Hennessey
Located in New York, NY
1949 survey of small modernist houses in America, compiled and edited by William J. Hennessey based on selections by a jury of architectural photographers in...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Jesus Rafael Soto Book Inscribed to Dore Ashton
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Large format first edition monograph on blue-chip Kinetic artist Jesus Rafael Soto, published by Editions du Griffon in 1984. Inscribed in a bold han...
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1980s Swiss Kinetic Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Silver Megillah with Filigree Work by Bezalel Academy
Located in London, GB
Silver Megillah with filigree work by Bezalel Academy
Jerusalem, c. 1920
Measures: Height 22cm, diameter 4cm
This beautiful silver megillah was crafted in the early 20th century by the prestigious Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. The item contains the Megillah Esther (Scroll of Esther...
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Early 20th Century Palestinian Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver
Emma, Lady Hamilton’s ‘Orange Blossom’ Box for Her Wedding Flowers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This charming keepsake comprises an oval paper lined wooden box and lid, formally a pill or pantry box, held together with a pink ribbon, inscribed on the lid The Lady Hamilton’s Orange blossom. Lord Nelsons. Lady Hamilton. Given to me by my cousin Nellies husband, nee Nellie Harwood. Given to her by her cousin Sarah Woodrow. Alice M. Eastwood. In a domed glass case with later fabric wedding favors...
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1790s English Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pierre Mendell LTD ED Heart Portfolio Inscribed to Massimo Vignelli
Located in New York, NY
A portfolio of 12 offset-printed heart designs by noted German graphic designer Pierre Mendell (1929-2008) assembled from his work at Mendell & Oberer -...
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1990s German Minimalist Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paul Laszlo Catalog from 1947
By Paul Laszlo
Located in New York, NY
Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Extraordinary and Unique Model of a Japanese Tea House
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful Japanese model of a traditional tea house, each room with latticework sliding doors, tatami mats and miniature decorations hanging on the walls,...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Straw, Wood, Paper
"Rally Freemen!..." Civil War Recruitment Broadside
Located in York County, PA
"RALLY FREEMEN! …COME ONE! COME ALL! AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE...
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1860s American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Large Civil War recruitment Broadside for the 53rd New York Volunteer Infantry
Located in York County, PA
LARGE CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE 53RD NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 5th REGIMENT, "EAGLE BRIGADE," WITH AN ATTRACTIVE AND COMPELLING ...
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1860s American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
"Austrian Applied Arts" Book
Located in New York, NY
One-volume survey of "Austrian Applied Arts", primarily Secession, with an introduction by Josef Hoffmann. Published in 1930 by Heinz & Co. Organized by t...
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1930s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Boutiques 1929 Book, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio of Art Deco and early modernist Paris shops and boutiques, showing both interiors and exteriors, edited by Roger Poulain and published by Vincent Freal et Cie (Paris) in 1929. 72 (of 72) loose plates plus checklist enclosed in graphically striking printed paper-covered boards with ribbon ties. Includes projects by Eugene Printz, Claude Levy...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Die Neue Raumkunst in Europa und Amerika Book
Located in New York, NY
Important and brilliantly edited survey of early modernist furniture and interiors. Written by Herbert Hoffmann and published by Julius Hoffmann in Stuttgart in 1930. Features work by a who's who of the period's top designers, including Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Donald Deskey, Maurice Dufresne, Paul Laszlo, Jaques Adnet, Rene Herbst, Eugene Printz, Fritz Brehaus, Andre Lurcat...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Jean Prouve Book
Located in New York, NY
Rare Jean Prouve book, Jousse /Seguin-Enrico Navarra, 1998.
Perfect condition.
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Late 20th Century French Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Late 19th Century American Jewish Themed Caricature
Located in New York, NY
American cartoon, USA, 1895.
Caption reads: 'A Natural Mistake. Ikenstein: "I vould like to ged a cheap drunk." Salesman: "Next door.'"
The cartoon is framed with American frame of...
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1890s American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Early 20th Century Eastern European Paper Cut Ketubah, Jewish Marriage Contract
Located in New York, NY
An Eastern European Kethubah Strikingly Decorated in Papercut Form, and with the Central Traditional Hebrew Text of a Most Uncommon Petite Appearance.
Uni...
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Early 1900s European Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Charles Dixon R.A. for King George V, Royal Yacht Britannia
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This ‘en grisaille’ watercolour on paper is Charles Dixon’s preparatory sketch for a proposed but apparently uncompleted painting of the royal racing yacht Britannia...
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1930s English Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Auction Catalogues
Located in Bridgewater, CT
For sale about 500 auction catalogues from 1980s to present, about Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 20th century decorative arts.
Auction houses: Sotheby's, ...
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Einzelmöbel und Neuzeitliche Raumkunst Book
By Ludwig Kozma
Located in New York, NY
Seminal 1930 survey of early modernist furniture and interior design projects by known German and other European designers. Approximately 200 different designs featuring about 70 designs by Ludwig Kozma, who designed the striking red and black cover of the hardbound volume. Designers include Augenfeld, Brehaus, Hoffmann, Jeanneret, an early Paul Laszlo in Budapest, Le Corbusier, Sobotka, and Josef Frank, along with a host of lesser-known names. 196 pages, most filled with black and white plates...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sculpture, 1960-1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnaldo Pomodoro House of Cards by ; 18 die-cut interlockable cards, notched on all sides that can be arranged into many ways to create your own Pomodoro sculpture. Cards are lettered from A-X. Cards for the first half of the alphabet have B/W photos of Pomodoro sculptures on one side, backed by text on silver background: "An Exchange of Letters: Arnaldo Pomodor and Tom L...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Five Mechanical Bank Trade Cards in Frame, circa 1880s
By J. & E. Steven's Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Five mechanical bank trade cards are displayed in two separate frames. In one frame are three polychrome trade cards, which the salesmen typically carrie...
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Architectural Paper Model with Wood Frame and Glass Top, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1960s architectural model with wood frame and glass top.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper, Glass, Wood
Collection Lescure Extremely Rare Portfolios About Lace
Located in Encino, CA
For collector of lace, embroidery and dentelle.
Extremely rare set of two complete portfolios consecrated to the Lescure collection.
The portfolio titled "Mouchoirs brodés" is complete with the 40 plates depicting embroidered handkerchiefs...
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1920s French Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pocahontas and John Smith, Chromo-Lithograph, Dated 1870, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Pocahontas Saving The Life of Captain John Smith" is a chromo-lithograph made by the "New Eng. Chromo Lith. Co. Boston" (printed on the lower left border). It is dated 1870...
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paper
F. Lanier Graham Chess Set for MoMA
By Josef Hartwig
Located in New York, NY
Minimalist chess set in walnut and korina (white limba) wood by American sculptor, museum curator, art historian, and chess aficionado F. Lanier G...
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1960s American Minimalist Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Plastic, Wood, Paper
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