Picabia: First Edition (240 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Volume is bent and curving. [75] p., chiefly consisting of Mr. Elsner's paintings; essay at front and the artist's CV at back. [b 725] Size: 9 1/2 x 6 11/16 Inches.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Condition: FINE. Uncorrected Page Proof. Softcover, 474 pages, 7" x 9". Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use.  Binding is tight and structurally sound.  Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Synopsis: The artist Francis Picabia--notorious dandy, bon vivant, painter, poet, filmmaker, and polemicist--has emerged as the Dadaist with postmodern appeal, and one of the most enigmatic forces behind the enigma that was Dada. In this first book in English to focus on Picabia's work in Paris during the Dada years, art historian and critic George Baker reimagines Dada through Picabia's eyes. Such reimagining involves a new account of the readymade--Marcel Duchamp's anti-art invention, which opened fine art to mass culture and the commodity. But in Picabia's hands, Baker argues, the Dada readymade aimed to reinvent art rather than destroy it. Picabia's readymade opened art not just to the commodity, but to the larger world from which the commodity stems: the fluid sea of capital and money that transforms all objects and experiences in its wake. The book thus tells the story of a set of newly transformed artistic practices, claiming them for art history--and naming them--for the first time: Dada Drawing, Dada Painting, Dada Photography, Dada Abstraction, Dada Cinema, Dada Montage. Along the way, Baker describes a series of nearly forgotten objects and events, from the almost lunatic range of the Paris Dada "manifestations" to Picabia's polemical writings; from a lost work by Picabia in the form of a hole (called, suggestively, The Young Girl) to his "painting" Cacodylic Eye, covered in autographs by luminaries ranging from Ezra Pound to Fatty Arbuckle. Baker ends with readymades in prose: a vast interweaving of citations and quotations that converge to create a heated conversation among Picabia, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and others. Art history has never looked like this before. But then again, Dada has never looked like art history.George Baker is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an editor at October magazine and October Books. He is the editor of James Coleman (MIT Press) and a frequent contributor to Artforum. About the Author: George Baker is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an editor at October magazine and October Books. He is the editor of James Coleman (MIT Press) and a frequent contributor to Artforum. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is rubbed and edge worn with a light scratch to front panel and a deeper scratch to rear panel. Binding firm, unmarked copy.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Como Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Como Nuevo. 1� Edición. Condición: Como nuevo, sin marcas por uso. El libro presenta a Picabia como un creador inclasificable que transita entre el dadaísmo, la abstracción y la figuración con espíritu provocador. Explica cómo su obra evoluciona constantemente, rompiendo normas y desafiando cualquier etiqueta. Analiza su actitud irreverente, su humor y su interés por lo mecánico, lo kitsch y lo experimental. Destaca su papel esencial en las vanguardias y su influencia en el arte contemporáneo.…

Hardcover. Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW. 1st. Cloth, xi, 164 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, November 2, 2011 to January 16, 2012, and at the Muse e Picasso in Antibes, France, from February 16 through May 20, 2012. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "An unlikely episode in the history of European Modernism is the alliance between the avant-garde and the antique forged by artists of impeccable radical credentials. This book focuses on the reinventions and transformations of antiquity in the work of four culturally and politically diverse artists between 1905 and 1935. In distinctly different ways, classicizing creations such as de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Picasso's post-Cubist women, Leger's mechanized nudes, and Picabia's Transparencies reflect what the eyes and minds of these artists found so arresting in the arts of antiquity and how they made those arts modern. Classicism in the modern age has often been condemned as a conservative regression of the avant-garde in light of the totalitarian regimes that formed in Europe during this period. Yet far from being a reactionary language, the "classical" provided a range of elements that were surprisingly in tune with the "modern." Modern Antiquity draws unprecedented attention not only to the aesthetic impact ancient art had on twentieth-century artists but also to the ways in which these artists shaped our contemporary experience of antiquity. The result is a new and more nuanced appreciation of the complex role the classical past has played in western modernity." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good, approaching Near Fine (though New); see scans and description. New York: Condé Nast, 2016. November 28, 2016 issue of The New Yorker magazine. Barry Blitt cover, "Counting". Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 98 pp. Very Good, but very close to Near Fine; corners show micro-curls (scan), and there are sporadic points of wear, light cover crinkle. Nonetheless, new and never read, and internally immaculate. See all scans. Some feature topics: Barack Obama; Freezing Cure; Black Mirror; Fake Art Factory; Robert Coover Fiction, "The Hanging of the Schoolmarm"; Do Robot Lives Matter?; Francis Picabia; Manchester by the Sea; Le Pen. More, of course. See scans of contents pages. All the usual cartoons, reviews, postings, poems, departments, etc of course. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR29.…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 31 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 17, 2005 through January 20, 2006. Foreword by Kathy S. Cottong. Features an essay by Sara Cochran. Includes 17 color illustrations and an artist chronology. A fine copy in wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Oversized full black cloth titled in silver to spine in original dust jacket. A fine clean tight unmarked copy in equally fine unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, much less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Published by Klincksieck, PARIS, 1968. Skinny octavo format, 208 pp., and with 52 illustrations in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. Fabulous illustrations to glossy front covers. Collection le signe de l'art, directed by P. Francastel. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.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.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy, trilingual Italian / French / English catalog from an exhibition of the artist's work held at Galleria Schwarz, 16 September, 1972. Replete with black-and-white and full-color images of the artist's work. A probable First Edition, but not so stated, there having been at least one additional gallery that exhibited these of this works. Beautiful reproduction of the artist's work on the cover, dated to 1915, "De Zayas! De Zayas!: je suis venu sur les rivages du pont-euxin." 80 pp., including Preface by Marcel Duchamp.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.…

EA. sehr guter Zustand, 152 S., Grossformat, Abb., Klappenbroschur Très bon état, comme neuf. Collection Gramm 600.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight, clean, unopened copy, still in original shrink-wrap. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Christopher Green is the author of Picasso: Architecture and Vertigo and Art in France 1900-1940; Jens M. Daehner is Senior Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. This volume stands as a major exhibition catalogue rather than part of a numbered authorial oeuvre. Cloth, xi, 164 pages, illustrations (some color); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, November 2, 2011 to January 16, 2012, and at the Muse e Picasso in Antibes, France, from February 16 through May 20, 2012.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by UMI Research Press, 1984. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. No dust jacket. Spotting along page ends.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an original art exhibition brochure entitled "Francis Picabia - Transparences 1924-1932: 19 April - 3 June 1989" held at Kent Fine Art Gallery at 41 East 57 Street in New York. The program measures 8-5/8" by 10" and contains four pages, including front and rear covers. The brochure also offers an "Accompanying Monograph" of the same name by Sarah Wilson to be offered at the exhibition. As stated on the rear cover, the front cover art work by Francis Picabia is entitled "Couple au bord de la mer.".…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition /First Printing. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear, clean, no markings, tight binding. appears unused.; english text. an october book.; xvii-476pp., b/w illustrations. among the very few books in english on francis picabia. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A study of the artist's work and dadaism in Paris, fine in fine jacket; a crisp square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; nearly as new, appears unread; first printing with no later statements ; October Books; 476 pages.…

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale.

Wraps. Condition: Good +. First printing. Unpaginated. BW, Color. 66 plates. Texts in French.Some wear at the edges of spine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. A near fine copy in original wraps. Major retrospective. Text in English.Color, b/w Illustrations.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 168 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Texts in English. Wear to the edges, with some curling at the corners and rubbing to the covers. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition. Dozens of illustrations, most in color. Book.…

Editions du Temps. 1964. In-8° broché. Nombreuses illustrations. 175 pages. E.O. Bon état.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 256pp with 150 colour illustrations. Paperback. 27.9x21cms. A litle thumbed.

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 27 through June 18, 2022 in New York and then February 23 through March 30, 2024 in London. Features texts by Sara Cochran and Annabelle Teneze. Includes 49 illustrations and a checklist. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with color plate inset into the front cover. No dust jacket as issued.…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Published in conjunction that ran July 30 through September 4 at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and September 28 through November 5, 1998 at Galerie Neuendorf in Frankfurt am Main. Text in German. Features a foreword by Timothy Clifford, an introduction by Richard Calvocoressi, and essays by Marianne Heinz, Judi Freeman, Sarah Wilson, Robert Rosenblum, and Katharina Hegewisch. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations and biographical information. A very good plus copy in wrappers but with a small circular hole punched to the rear cover with laid in price list and compliments slip and from the library of Lucas Samaras with estate stamp. Still, a nice copy with an interesting provenance.…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog. Text in French with contribitions by Andre Breton, Camille Bryen, Marcel Duchamp, Edouard Jaguer, Jean-Jacques Lebel, and Pierre de Masot. Includes numerous illustrations with many in color. A very good copy in wrappers with some bumping to the corners.…

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2011. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Pristine.

Hardcover. Illustrated dust jacket. First Edition. Clean pages, tight binding, cloth boards and dust jacket clean, nick to dust jacket and spine at mid pointPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, clot.…

1st ed. With colour & B&W illustrations. A tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback exhibition catalogue Used - Very Good. VG paperback exhibition catalogue.