Art from the collection of Waiting for Godot Books

Art from the collection of Waiting for Godot Books

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a list of art from the collection of Waiting for Godot Books, which as many of you now know we bought in partnership with Between the Covers Rare Books. For more than forty years Gary Oleson and Francine Ness operated privately as Waiting for Godot Books, specializing, as the name may indicate, in literature, but also in various other fields. They were also serious collectors of art and photography. This list – one of many to come, including a list of Hogarth Press, and one of Jorge Luis Borges – is filled with excellent material in 20th Century art and avant-garde, including good holdings in Dada, Surrealism, and post-war art and photography, as well as a complete run of Aspen magazine, and a portfolio of photos by the American modernist David Hare, a run of Ed Ruscha books, and a section devoted to the Société Anonyme.
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Item #333156 Archipenko: An Appreciation. Translated from the french by Mary Knoblauch. Alexander...

Archipenko: An Appreciation. Translated from the french by Mary Knoblauch.

New York: Société Anonyme, Inc, [1921]. First edition. Published in conjunction with the Archipenko exhibition held at the galleries of the Société Anonyme, Feb. 1-Mar. 15, 1921. Includes a translation of portion of Blaise Cendrar's La Tête, which was inspired by Archipenko and names him, describing his work as "Held..... Read More about Archipenko: An Appreciation. Translated from the french by Mary Knoblauch

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Item #325586 Poėziia Davida Burliuka. David Burliuk, Ė F. Gollerbakh

Poėziia Davida Burliuka.

New York: Izdanie M.N. Burliuk [The Robitnyk Publishing and Printing Co., Inc., 15 East 3rd Street], 1931. David Burliuk (1882-1967), the so-called Father of Russian Futurism, Ukrainian emigré painter and poet. Beginning with his early association with friends such as Vladimir Maiakovsky and Livshits, D. Burliuk was a part of..... Read More about Poėziia Davida Burliuka

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Item #332665 The Europeans. Henri Cartier-Bresson

Elia Kazan's Copy

The Europeans.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First English edition, printed in France by Draeger. Elia Kazan's Copy. This copy of Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Europeans bears the unique provenance of being gifted from director and actor Eli Wallach to director Elia Kazan. Wallach, known for his roles as Silva Vacarro in..... Read More about The Europeans

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Item #329699 Sound Texts Concrete Poetry Visual Texts / Klankteksten Konkrete Poezie Visuele...

Sound Texts Concrete Poetry Visual Texts / Klankteksten Konkrete Poezie Visuele Teksten / Akustische Texte Konkrete Poesie Visuelle Texte.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1971. First edition. Catalog of the 1971 exhibition of concrete and visual poets at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, printed in English, Dutch and German. Read More about Sound Texts Concrete Poetry Visual Texts / Klankteksten Konkrete Poezie Visuele Teksten /...

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Item #333350 Société Anonyme, Inc. Membership Report. Katherine S. Dreier

Société Anonyme, Inc. Membership Report.

[New York]: Société Anonyme, Inc, [ca. 1927]. With a two-page introduction SIGNED "Katherine S. Dreier, President," detailing underutilized aspects of the collection, and petitioning help for expanding the Société's ventures, as well as a four-page report detailing all receipts and of expenses from the 1924-5, 1925-6, and 1926-7 seasons. Scarce..... Read More about Société Anonyme, Inc. Membership Report

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Item #324565 Société Anonyme, Inc. (Museum of Modern Art). Report 1920 – 1921. Katherine...

First report of the Société Anonyme – Duchamp, Stella, Hartley, Man Ray, et al

Société Anonyme, Inc. (Museum of Modern Art). Report 1920 – 1921.

[New York]: Societé Anonyme, Inc, [1921]. First edition. First report of the Société Anonyme – Duchamp, Stella, Hartley, Man Ray, et al. The first annual report of the Société Anonyme, founded in 1920 by Katherine S. Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Henry Hudson and Andrew McLaren, listing members (including Duchamp..... Read More about Société Anonyme, Inc. (Museum of Modern Art). Report 1920 – 1921

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Item #333209 Zero. An Introduction into Seeing. Hans Fleischner, Bepe Lagadu

Scarce photobook of Harlem in 1969, inscribed

Zero. An Introduction into Seeing.

[Tokyo: Self-published, 1977]. First edition, one of 200. Scarce photobook of Harlem in 1969, inscribed. Scarce self-published photobook capturing youth culture in Greenwich Village and Harlem in 1969, by Austrian photographer Hans Fleischner (1948– ), and inscribed by him. Fleischner, who studied photography in Vienna in the mid-60s before coming..... Read More about Zero. An Introduction into Seeing

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Item #324554 Photographs of Flowers. Lee Friedlander

Photographs of Flowers.

Tampa, Florida: Graphicstudio; New York: Haywire Press, 1975 [printed December 1974 and January 1975]. No. 63/70 from a total edition of 100, each image signed and numbered by Friedlander. The plates are as follows: Wall of Potted Plants, and Trees / Putney, Vermont 1972 Roses in Vase / New York..... Read More about Photographs of Flowers

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Item #333349 Dorothea Adelheid Dreier. Zur Wanderausstellung Ihrer Werke. Hans Hildebrand

Dorothea Adelheid Dreier. Zur Wanderausstellung Ihrer Werke.

[Germany]: [Société Anonyme, Inc.], [ca. 1926-1929]. First edition. From The Collection of the Société Anonyme (1950): "In 1926 twenty of the forty-two paintings in the Memorial Exhibition were sent to Germany and exhibited at the museums of Cologne, Krefeld, Bremen, and finally at the Kunstverein, Cologne, under the direction of..... Read More about Dorothea Adelheid Dreier. Zur Wanderausstellung Ihrer Werke

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Item #333171 Paille noire des étables. Illustré par Valentine Hugo. Valentine Hugo, Louis Parrot

ONE OF 12

Paille noire des étables. Illustré par Valentine Hugo.

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1945. Hugo, Valentine. Exemplaire H of 12 copies. ONE OF 12. Published under the pseudonym Margeride, Paille noire des étables was given by Minuit by Paul Eluard before it was published by Trois Collines in Geneva in 1944. This edition, illustrated by the surrealist artist Valentine Hugo..... Read More about Paille noire des étables. Illustré par Valentine Hugo

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Item #332753 89 Clouds. [Monotypes by] Wendy Mark. [Aphorisms by] Mark Strand. Wendy Mark, Mark...

20 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY WENDY MARK AND MARK STRAND, AND WITH AN ORIGINAL MONOTYPE, SIGNED BY WENDY MARK

89 Clouds. [Monotypes by] Wendy Mark. [Aphorisms by] Mark Strand.

New York: ACA Galleries, 1999. First edition of this collaboration between artist, Wendy Mark, and poet, Mark Strand, specially bound issue, limited to 20 copies, signed by Wendy Mark and Mark Strand, and with an original monoprint, signed and dated by Wendy Mark. 20 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY WENDY..... Read More about 89 Clouds. [Monotypes by] Wendy Mark. [Aphorisms by] Mark Strand

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Item #324924 José Clemente Orozco. Forma e Idea. José Clemente Orozco, Justino...

Inscribed

José Clemente Orozco. Forma e Idea.

Mexico, D.F: Libreria de Porrua Hnos. y Cia. Argentina y Justo Sierra, 1942. First edition, one of 2,025. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half-title to Cecile Starr (1921-), New York based filmmaker and educator in February 6, 1946. Additional signature by Orozco tipped in to ffep. New School Bulletin announcing Orozco's..... Read More about José Clemente Orozco. Forma e Idea

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Item #333169 The 21 Balloons. William Pène du Bois

WITH WATERCOLOUR DRAWING

The 21 Balloons.

New York: Viking, [April], 1947. First Edition. WITH WATERCOLOUR DRAWING. With a fine watercolour on ffep "To Barbar & Leonard (with them in a balloon seated with a bottle of wine) William Pène du Bois, March, 1947 (pre-publication)" Read More about The 21 Balloons

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Item #329384 Book AC. Dieter Roth

Book AC.

New Haven: Ives-Sillman, 1958-1964. Number 82 of 250 copies signed. "Each page of the book features a series of cut slots: thick and thin, single and multiple, at various angles. Turning the page is a distinctly kinetic experience as one cut sheet piles on top of another, with the patterned..... Read More about Book AC

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Item #325644 Crackers. Edward Ruscha

Crackers.

Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First edition, edition of 5000. Stills taken from a film based on Mason Williams’ essay How To Derive The Maximum Enjoyment from Eating Crackers in Bed. Read More about Crackers

Price: $900

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