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Lot 221

Lot of 17 Contemporary Art Coffee Table Books

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

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Lot includes 17 books on various artists, art collections, and museum shows throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics include sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, and installation works. Publishers include various museums and institutions known for making comprehensive art books with detailed contexts and high resolution images. Books range in size from 12.75 in H x 10.75 in W x 1.5 in D to 9.25 in H x 8.5 in W x 0.25 in D. Total weight is approximately 50 lbs. Ships throughout the US as media mail.

From top to bottom:

  1. (LA Louver catalogue — title partially illegible)
  2. Extended Ecstasy: Tony Berlant (LA Louver)
  3. Louisiana at 40: The Collection Today (Louisiana Revy)
  4. David Smith: The Sculptor and His Work — Stanley E. Marcus (Cornell)
  5. Gems and Gemstones — Lance Grande & Allison Augustyn (Chicago)
  6. The Eunice and Hal David Collection of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Works on Paper (UCLA / Grunwald / Hammer)
  7. Peter Shelton: bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet — Euel (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
  8. "Don't Look" (Davis Museum and Cultural Center / Wellesley College)
  9. Ed Ruscha / Now Then — Cherix (MoMA)
  10. Clyfford Still — O'Neill (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  11. Robert Therrien (LACMA)
  12. Air: 24 Hours — Jennifer Bartlett — Eisenberg (Abrams)
  13. 560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991–2006
  14. Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology (Guggenheim Museum / National Gallery of Art)
  15. Dan Graham: Beyond — Simpson and Iles, editors (MOCA)
  16. John Chamberlain: Catalogue Raisonné — Sylvester (MOCA)
  17. This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Condition

Good condition. Scuffs and scratches throughout. Some books have cracked spines and some have foxing. Book jackets may have small tears and light water damage.

 

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Provenance

Private Estate, Los Angeles, California

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