American Artists

Albuquerque: Mark Attwood, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st and only edition: "This book is no. 41 in a limited edition of 50. Printed from linocuts on Rives heavyweight paper, using a Dufa flat-bed offset press." On the next page, preceding the title page: "Another Day in Paradise is a collection of images by a group of people from different countries and backgrounds. Artists, printers, students, curators, a director and a doctor participated. Each person was invited to make a linocut on the theme of 'Another Day in Paradise'. No images were edited. One book was printed for each participant." The book is lg. 8vo, bound in coarse linen with no titles, untrimmed edges. Condition vg+; the binding has been slightly distorted by the laying in of a linocut, described below. No text in the book other than that quoted above.. Attwood, whose blindstamped chop-mark appears on the above-quoted limitation page, was certified a master printer by Albuquerque's… Read More

Seattle: Experience Music Project, 2000. Signed by Frank O. Gehry. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Uncommon signed. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

San Francisco: Circle Gallery Corp, 1978. Exhibition poster, (Ruby). 22" w x 28" h. Near Fine, light creases at edges, small faint spot of soiling. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" w x 28" h..

Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Art Club, 1916 32 x 26 inches, oil on canvas. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary on the bottom right corner.

Wellesley, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1931 20 x 24 inches, oil on canvas.
Mary Brewster Hazelton (November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953) was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor.

Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896.

Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society.

Signed by Mary Hazelton on upper corner. Small area repaired and a slight puncture to canvas, else fine.

Pittsburg, PA: Carnegie Institute, 1943 25 x 30 inches unframed, 28.5 x 33.5 framed; oil on canvas board. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary along with thumb print on the bottom left corner. In very good conditon.

New York:: Sara Garden Armstrong,, 2011.. Edition of 40. 11" x 4.5" (27.94 x 11.43cm); 18 pages. Interior pages of digital prints on translucent paper and Japanese paper. Bound in transparency film and metallic board. Signed and numbered by the artist Jon Coffelt, Sara Garden Armstrong Threads and Layers: "Inkjet-printed pages of the artist's work are juxtaposed with her photographs. words are layered throughout on both tanslucent and opaque pages. As the pages are turned, images and words are superimposed so that new meanings emerge."

Tokyo: , 1991. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 128pp, printed wrappers. Text in Japanese. Rare exhibition catalogue from a 1991 retrospective of Henry Miller's watercolors. Extensively illustrated in color. Unmarked copy, a bit of edge wear.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Cloth, x, 324 pages, [20] leaves of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by artist Robert Rauschenberg, with a personalized inscription to Joan and Paul. A fine copy of the first printing. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. This monograph remains the most well-known biography of the mercurial artist Robert Rauschenberg, who bridged the gap between art and life with his combine paintings and performance works.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Sandra Wilson's Fine Arts Gallery, 1972. Signed. Limited Edition #213/250. As New. Slipcase still in publisher's shrink wrap (only opened for artist to write inscription). Photos are of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Taos, New Mexico, USA: LHarper Publishing, 2006. Book. Like New. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Artist. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Oversize hardcover with dustjacket : like new / very good minus. Jacket is glassine-type material; 3 or 4 short tears; slight soil on back by spine. Inscribed and signed on ffep: "For Paul, it was great to hear form you--Ray;" also his full signature with a self-portrait illustration. Will require extra for shipping..

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. Signed by Lawrence on the title page. Newly designed edition containing the full complement of Lawrence's illustrations, 18 of which were published in the Windmill Books in 1970. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Seattle, Portland Press / Abrams, 2011. Signed on the first black page following the end-paper by Dale Chihuly. First edition / First printing. Deluxe Signed Edition in custom slipcase. Green cloth, with green cloth slipcase. Very fine in fine slipcase. Heavy book will require additional shipping charge. Not available for international sale.

Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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The Art of Richard Mayhew Published in conjunction with the Museum of the African Diaspora s retrospective, The Art of Richard Mayhew chronicles the life s work of this important American painter. Four critical essays discuss his beginnings as a painter, his early body of work in New York during the height of Abstract Expressionism, his activist role in a community of African American artists, and the spiritual and philosophical inspiration for his signature moodscape paintings. Art historian and scholar Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins introduces the volume with reflections on Mayhew s life gleaned from interviews with the artist conducted over the course of several years. The exhibition s curator, Bridget R. Cooks, chronicles the development… Read More

Artist book in the "International mail art event and simultaneous exhibitions in three cities--NYC, Denver, Seattle." Presented in 1990 with Women's Studio Workshop (NY) in an edition of 60, "distributed to 50 people around the world in the fields of politics, art, the media, science, education, and religion who held positions on both sides" (Sollod Studio, 2023).
A unique and provocative piece of American political history, art activism, third-wave feminism, and the continued struggle for human rights and reproductive freedom. Owned by a selection of world leaders and policy and public-opinion influencers* (see the complete distribution list below), this artifact is scarcely offered for purchase. As relevant now as ever, this exceptionally rare volume is an exhilarating addition to any collection.
This is the signed artist's proof. Twenty-four accordion-fold leaves bound in cloth cover boards. Lithography, relief, and hand-coloring printing methods with Bembo typeface on Rives heavyweight paper.
27 x… Read More