The radical and reform movements of the 19th and 20th centuries produced no end of remarkable graphic works, including the great satirical work of the leftist cartoonists of the Masses era; the Social Realism of the artists, photographers and lithographers of the AAA and WPA; and of course many thousands of visually stunning posters announcing (and denouncing!) everything from sit-down strikes to genocide. This vital aspect of social history is well represented at Lorne Bair Rare Books, with a selective offering of posters, graphics and original artworks from all periods generally in-stock.
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Original pictorial poster (61x45cm.) printed offset in purple on white stock; crease and subsequent wrinkling to right-hand edge, additional edge wear, else Good or better.
Large quarto (27.5cm.); original pictorial boards; 175pp.; illus. throughout. Fine. Text entirely in German. Very attractively produced and illustrated overview of the photomontage works of John Heartfield.
Tall quarto (33cm). Original cream linen boards, lettered in black on spine; 183pp. (chiefly illus). Spine cloth a bit toned, else Near Fine, albeit lacking photo-illustrated slipcase. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front pastedown.
More info about Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words
Offset lithograph in colors, 34" x 22-1/2". Archivally backed on linen; a clean, unrestored copy in Fine condition. Reproduces a painting from Johns's "Target" series.
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in black on thick beige stock, measuring 43cm x 71.5cm (17" x 28"). Light wear and handling to extremities, tiny chip to lower left corner, stray ink mark to left edge, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a longer one (1 9/16") at.....
Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 383pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with original acetate overlay, as issued.
Original illustrated poster (61x43cm.) printed offset in red and black on white stock; light wear to extremities, else Fine. Poster issued by the Vereniging van Dienstplichtige Militairen, one of the organizations protecting the rights of compulsory soldiers in the Dutch Army. The image shows a senior military type trying to.....
Quarto (28.5cm.); original illustrated paper-covered boards; 270pp.; chiefly illus. Very minor shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Bilingual text in Spanish and English.
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![Text in Russian] 50 Let Sovetskogo Iskusstva: Grafika](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34445.jpg?v=1529353767)
Folio (30.25cm.); publisher's tan gilt-lettered cloth; [4],324,[14]pp.; chiefly illus., some in color. Minor wear to cloth extremities, else Near Fine. One of a series of exhibition catalogs, this of Soviet graphics and fine art.
More info about Text in Russian] 50 Let Sovetskogo Iskusstva: Grafika
Oblong quarto (21x27cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 247pp.; color frontispiece, illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn with faint crease at bottom fore-edge corner of upper wrapper, uniformly dust-soiled, old price sticker to upper cover, else Near Very Good, internally fine. Bilingual (Italian and English) exhibition catalog of a large.....
More info about "Monument to a Lost Civilization" / "Monumento alla Civilità Perduta"
Limited to 45 copies of which this is no. 20. Octavo (23cm.); single leaf of card stock folded into 6-panelled pamphlet laid into navy blue chemise printed in gilt; illus. Fine. "False Bay Editions" (rear chemise panel).
More info about The New Rule: A Poem [Limited Edition, Signed by the Publishers
Octavo (24cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; 80pp.;illus. in color. Fine. With bifolium list of the 75 color plates reproduced in this exhibition catalogue to accompany an exhibition of Lipschutz's private collection of war posters, dating from the first World War to the present (1982) day.
Offset lithographed poster, 56cm x 44cm. Printed both sides of sheet; recto in red, verso in black ink. Original folds; mild wear to extremities, still a clean and fresh example, easily Near Fine. Double-sided poster with recto presenting a bold call to action, verso with a large map of the.....
Quarto (29.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.[417]-472; illus. Light shelfwear, toning to spine, with a seminary's embossed stamp to first 4 pages, and small rubber-stamp to upper rear wrapper; Very Good.
More info about Survey Graphic - Vol.XXXII, No.11 (November, 1943
Single quarto issue (29cm x 22cm) in original wrappers; 80pp; illus. Mild wear to wrapper edges and spine; internally clean, fresh and unmarked. Numerous mounted color plates. Contributors include P. Pavlov, V. Kalinin, L. Kouznetsova, others. Front cover reproduces a marble bust of Lenin by N. Tomski. Text entirely in.....
Pen-and-ink on heavy composition paper, ca 18" x 15" (ca 47cm x 39cm). Compositor's marks and notes at margins; light soil; Very Good. Signed "KET" lower left.
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![Poster] Que Viva Tu Recuerdo: Altars and Offerings for the Days of the Dead [Limited Edition, Signed](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/35059.jpg?v=1554414996)
Limited to 190 copies of which this is no. 25. Original poster (76x56cm.) printed silkscreen in colors on white stock. Light wrinkling to corners, else Fine. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right-hand corner. Poster designed by the Venezuelan artist, advertising the exhibition Que Viva Tu Recuerdo at.....
Original pictorial poster (43x30.5cm.) printed offset in red and black on white stock; Near Fine. Poster encourages the reader to steal from large chainstores when wages and standards of living are greatly reduced.
Original silkscreened poster, printed and illustrated in black on white Gaubert Japon stock, measuring 32.5cm x 50cm (12 7/8" x 19 6/8"). Creasing and light wear to extremities, with a single tiny tear to right margin; Very Good+.
More info about Original Poster: "Armee Du Chah Hors D'Oman" ("Shah's Army Out of Oman"
Folio (32cm.); original cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket; 342pp.; illus throughout. Spine and top edges of jacket faded to pale blue, else Fine. Heartfield, aka Helmut Hertzfeld, was an important Berlin Dadaist and among the earliest artists to use the technique of photomontage; his work from the 1930s, much.....
Tabloid (17-1/2" x 12"); 24pp; illus. Horizontal fold (as issued); very mild toning to extremities; a Near Fine example.
Quarto. Gray cloth boards, titled in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket, with clear (unprinted) acetate protector as issued; 179pp. Two original lithographs (including dustwrapper & frontispiece); numerous plates and text illustrations in color and black and white. Minor thumb-soil to front free endpaper; small spot of discoloration at.....
Original silk-screened poster in two colors; 30" x 20". Trivial edge-rubbing; Fine / Grade A.
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Original pictorial poster (57x41cm.) printed offset in colors on glossy white stock; small loss at top left-hand corner not approaching text or image, general rather substantial wrinkling from handling; Good.
Quarto (27cm). Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 93pp; illus. Mild external wear, with some faint surface scratches to covers, else Near Fine. Catalogue for a 1997 exhibition of graphic masterpieces from the collections of the State Library, Moscow. Text entirely in French.
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![Text in Russian] Russkaia Ikonopis': Ot Istokov Do Nachala XVI Veka](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/33438.jpg?v=1529353728)
Folio (34cm.); publisher's brown cloth embossed in brown and gilt, matching cloth slipcase, two large color plates mounted to both sides of slipcase; 536pp.; illus. throughout, including many in color and full-paged. Fine. Massive reference on 16th century Russian icon painting. OCLC locates three copies of this edition as of.....
More info about Text in Russian] Russkaia Ikonopis': Ot Istokov Do Nachala XVI Veka
Broadside, 47cm x 35cm. Printed recto-only, on newsprint. Text in 4 columns beneath woodcut illustration, within decorative border; 8 cuts in text. Illustration signed "beltrán" in type, below image. Old folds; edge-chips; paper moderately browned; about Very Good.
More info about Corrido del Congreso de la Paz [Ballad of the Peace Congress
Limited to 600 copies of which this is no. 428. Small quarto (27.75cm.); original cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaged; photographic endpapers, full-paged color-blocked copper-plate engravings throughout. Jacket a hint shelf-worn and rather dust-soiled with small soil stain to upper panel, else Fine in About Very Good jacket. Signed.....
Folio (30.5cm.); original boards in red pictorial dust jacket; 224pp.; chiefly illus. Near Fine. Text in English, German, and French. Originally published in 1999.
More info about Man Ray, 1890-1976...A Personal Portrait by André Breton
Quarto (29cm). Black cloth, lettered in white on spine and front cover; 226,[12]pp; illus. Tight, straight, Near Fine copy, lacking jacket.
Hand-drawn broadside (43x35.5cm.), accomplished in black ink and pencil. Some light soil and toning to extremities, a few tiny pin-holes at top corners not approaching image, else Very Good or better.
Original photo-illustrated broadsheet poster (71x86cm.) printed offset in black on white stock; features two of the most well-known photographic portraits of Mooney on recto and verso. Previous folds, just a hint of foxing, else Very Good or better.
Original silkscreen poster in black ink on white background; on thick poster stock, 18-1/4" x 25". A clean, unworn copy, very Near Fine (A).
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Original pen-and-ink composition with colored-pencil highlights, 28" x 22" (ca 71cm x 56cm). In hand-made pine frame (likely original); overall dimensions 31" x 25" (ca 79cm x 64cm). General wear, soiling, and age, with surface abrasions, scratches, and old stains to margins; crudely placed in frame, without backing or mat;.....
Original poster, with text and photo offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 28cm x 43.25cm (11" x 17"). Horizontal fold at center, some mild wear and toning to extremities, with holograph date (in ink) on verso; Very Good+.
Brown crayon on paper, 18" x 15". Professionally matted and handsomely framed in walnut, with original gallery label (Signature Galleries, Chicago) on verso of backing-board. A few trivial spots of foxing, else Fine sight condition. Not viewed out of frame.
Original illustrated poster, printed in black on white stock, measuring 44.5cm x 57.5cm (17.5" x 22.5"). Edges a little curled from being rolled, else Fine (unbacked).
Original silk-screened poster in three colors, 23" x 29". Browned at margins, but image area bright and clean. Archivally hinged to acid-free backing, in gallery frame.
Original three-color silkscreen poster, 18" x 21-1/4". Signed in plate, lower right, with type caption describing events in the Watsonville Canning Company strike of 1985. Faint creases at corners, else Fine condition, Grade A/A-.
More info about "For the welfare and future of my children, I fight for justice..."
Folio (33cm.); original black pictorial staplebound card wrappers; unpaged; chiefly illus. Wrapper extremities a bit rubbed, minor dust-soiling to rear wrapper, else Very Good and sound.
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