Unfolding by Held: First Edition (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover exhibition catalogue in publisher's illustrated dust jacket in Very Good condition. Book shows minimal edge and corner wear; binding is sound and interior pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket shows light rubbing, surface scuffing, and minor edge, corner, and fold wear. Illustrated with full-page and double-page color reproductions of Al Held's paintings, with an essay by David S. Rubin, plate list, extensive biography and exhibition chronology, public collections, awards, murals, and bibliography. Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale. Illustrated exhibition catalogue documenting Al Held's late paintings and their place within the development of his postwar American abstraction, published for the artist's 2000 exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery in New York. The large color compositions extend Held's earlier geometric abstraction into complex, brightly colored, illusionistic spaces built from interlocking architectural and geometric forms. Curator David S. Rubin's accompanying essay places these works within Held's artistic development and discusses his working methods, drawing in part on a conversation with the artist. Rubin describes Held's labor-intensive process of developing ideas through watercolors, taping and painting the canvases in successive stages, and sanding away evidence of the artist's hand. Full-page and double-page color reproductions are accompanied by a detailed plate list, biography and exhibition chronology, public collections, awards, murals, and an extensive bibliography, providing substantial reference material on Held's career and late work.…

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Condition is Very Good, bound in wraps; with a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear to jacket. No markings to interior. Illustrated in color throughout. Oblong 8vo, 11"w x 9"h.

Paperback. First edition, 2000, first printing. Fine paperback in a Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the extremities. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The catalogue for an exhibition of Al Held's large-scale, hard edged, geometric abstract paintings; held at the Robert Miller Gallery, NYC, October 21 - November 25, 2000. Essay by David Rubin. 44 pages; 14 full-page color plates; 11 x 9 inches. Exhibition history, bibliography, collections list. From an unnumbered edition limited to 1000 copies. LAID IN is the illustrated gallery exhibition announcement card and press release.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 2000, first printing, limited to 1000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition by Robert Miller Gallery. Large softcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, spine not creased, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ fine, couple of tiny tears at upper edge. Oblong 4to, 40 pages, illustrated throughout. …