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Published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Oakland Museum; Chronicle Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. Titled "Billy II" because it is Bengston's second retrospective, the first ("Billy") published twenty years earlier. Back hinge is starting, holding well. 144 p. Published in 1988 at $18.95. Contents: Preface with acknowledgments / Linda L. Cathcart and Christina Orr-Cahall -- Billy Al Bengston : some retrospective thoughts / Jane Livingston -- Painting as a visual diary / Karen Tsujimoto -- A remembrance of the emerging Los Angeles art scene / Henry T. Hopkins -- The installation of Billy Al Bengston at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968 / Maurice Tuchman. Oversize [otob: 56r].
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Published by Oakland Museum, Chronicle Books, 1987
ISBN 10: 0877014450ISBN 13: 9780877014454
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.25.
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Published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Oakland Museum; Chronicle Books LLC, Houston, TX, 1995
ISBN 10: 0936080345ISBN 13: 9780936080345
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st. 79 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Exhibition held November 19, 1994 to January 22, 1995. Withdrawn from library collection, with usual markings, otherwise very good. No writing in text. Includes an interview with the artist. Size: 8vo.
Published by Oakland Museum Art Dept./Chronicle Books, 1984
ISBN 10: 0877013470ISBN 13: 9780877013471
Seller: janet smith, Wheeling, WV, U.S.A.
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Selected Works from the collection of the Oakland Museum. Cover shows some edge scuffs. No markings. Size: 4to - over 9ž" - 12" tall.
Published by Oakland Museum/Chronicle Books, 1989
ISBN 10: 0877015880ISBN 13: 9780877015888
Seller: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Over 100 Color & B/w Photographs (illustrator). GOOD. Head and heel of spine and corners bumped; wrappers shelfworn, sticker residue on back; smudge on bottom edge. 149 pp., color and b/w plates. Photographs from the Collection of the Oakland Museum. [deV] Size: Oblong 8vo.
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Published by Chronicle Books/Oakland Museum, 1986
ISBN 10: 0877013861ISBN 13: 9780877013860
Seller: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. VERY GOOD. Wrappers sunned, handled, edgeworn, lightly bumped at corners, with a couple of small spots on front. 158 pp., color illus. Size: 4to.
Published by Oakland & San Francisco: Oakland Museum/Chronicle Books (1987)., 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. xiii + 82 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Contributions by Kenneth Baker and Wayne Thiebaud.
Published by Contemporary Arts Museum / The Oakland Museum / Chronicle Books, 1988, 1988
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright gatefold wraps with crisp bright text throughout. Glossy. Photographs many in color and full page size detailing the artist's work. Informative essays.
Published by Chronicle Books / The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1992
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy but for creased upper tip, unobtrusive, else with tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Contributions by the editor, Christina Orr-Cahall, and by Harvey L. Jones, Terry St. John, Therese Thau Heyman, Hazel V. Bray, and then with artists' biographies and illustrations, an appendix of the artists represented in the collection, select biography, and an index to the illustrated artists. A fine and expansive catalogue of California artists from 1815 to 1983, arranged in chronological categories and then alphabetically, one page per artist, including a brief biography, education, their exhibitions, references about them, their works in the collection, and one representative work each. 199 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by Contempory Arts Museum, The Oakland Museum, and Chronicle Books, Houston, TX & Oakland and San Francisco, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). First edition. Oblong softcover. 143 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition Preface and acknowledgements by Linda L. Cathcart and Christiana Orr-Cahall. Features text contributions by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins, and Maurice Tuchman. Includes numerous illustrations, chronology, checklist, list of previous exhibitions, and a selected bibliography. A fine copy in French style wrappers.
Published by The Oakland Museum Art Department and Chronicle Books, Oakland, CA, 1984
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Paper. Condition: Good. Good copy paper, 199 pp, 1 pp preface, 1 pp ack, 4 pp intro, text throughout, B/W illus throughout with some 4/C illus, 5 pp appendix of artists represented in the collection, 3 pp further references and bilbiography.
Published by Chronicle Books; Oakland Museum, San Francisco and Oakland, CA, 1989
ISBN 10: 087701664XISBN 13: 9780877016649
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 151 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition California landscape photography from the collection of the Oakland Museum, organized by the Oakland Museum. Exhibition held at the the Oakland Museum, Oakland, August 26 to November 5, 1989. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Published by [Oakland]: The Oakland Museum & [San Francisco:] Chronicle Books, [1987]., 1987
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
4to. pp. xiii, [1], 82. 54 illus. (most colour). biblio. wrs. Exhib. Cat. review copy.
Published by Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum/Chronicle Books., 1987
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster
Condition: Good. 4to. 82 pp. Soft cover with extended inner flaps. Very Good. Color plates throughout.From the Library of Pasquale Iannetti with book loan card.
Published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, The Oakland Museum, and Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Houston, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated French-fold wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins and Maurice Tuchman. Includes a chronology, exhibition checklist, selected exhibitions and a selected bibliography. Designed by Dana Levy. 144 pp. (including two 2-page gatefolds), with 60 four-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. 9-5/8 x 10 inches. This first edition was limited to 7,500 copies. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and The Oakland Museum. Near Fine (light wear and sunning to the extremities, else Fine).
Published by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (for Billy) and The Contemporary Arts Museum, The Oakland Museum and Chronicle Books (for Billy II), Los Angeles (Billy) and Houston, Oakland and San Francisco (Billy II), 1968
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1968/1988. Set of two books (Billy and Billy II), each signed, inscribed and dated 2003 on acetate dust jackets. Billy: First edition, first printing (1968). Inscribed and signed by Bengston, "For the sweetest of Malibu kooks / Billy Al Bengston / AKA Moondoggie." Soft cover. Sandpaper wrappers with the title "Billy" in pink flocking on cover, bound with machine screws and nuts, with a pink satin ribbon page marker. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by James Monte. Includes a list of plates, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Ed Ruscha. Unpaginated (64 pp.), with 10 four-color and 36 black and white plates and additional illustrations printed in Los Angeles by Toyo Press. 9 x 11 inches. This first edition was limited to 2,500 copies. Published on the occasion of the 1968 exhibition "Billy Al Bengston" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (installation designed by Frank Gehry). No ISBN. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004).] Very scarce. Billy II: (Paintings of Three Decades): First edition, first printing (1988). Inscribed and signed by Bengston, "To the cool Malibu kooks / Billy Al Bengston / AKA Moondoggie." Soft cover. Photographically illustrated French-fold wrappers. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins and Maurice Tuchman. Includes a chronology, exhibition checklist, selected exhibitions and a selected bibliography. Designed by Dana Levy. 144 pp. (including two 2-page gatefolds), with 60 four-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. 9-5/8 x 10 inches. This first edition was limited to 7,500 copies. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and The Oakland Museum. ISBN: 0877014736. Billy: Near Fine (moderate wear to the extremities, front cover slightly curled, 1/8-inch chip to upper edge of front cover, 1/8-inch closed tear to upper edge of front cover, pin hole at lower right front corner [affecting all pages]). Billy II: (Paintings of Three Decades): Near Fine (moderate surface wear and wear to the extremities, faint crease to back cover, first two pages stuck together, sticker residue on first page, pin hole at lower right corner [affecting all pages]). Featuring one of Ruscha's most inventive book designs, with the front cover being a sheet of 100-grit sandpaper and the back cover a coarser 50-grit sheet. The contrasting pink flocked title provides yet another witty articulation of Ruscha's and Bengston's collaborative sensibilities as demonstrated in their book Business Cards, published the same year. Signed by Author.