Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. This is a near fine hardcover copy bound in gray illustrated boards, without dust jacket, as issued, with no wear at all. Very clean, one faint small spot to gray cloth spine. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in New York from September 12 to October 19, 2002. Essay by Kirk Varnedoe. Interview with Irving Blum. Illustrated in color and black & white with vintage photographs from back in the day in Los Angeles at the Ferus Gallery. 11" high X 10" wide, 133 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Seller Inventory # 019087
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover exhibition catalog without dustjacket as issued, 146 pages, very good condition except rear cover has about 3 clusters of small brown spots/stains each about 1-2 inches in diameter; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # FeBlGa150
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
First edition. Square 4to. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and color. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Essay by Kirk Varnedoe. Chronology and artist's biographies by Robert Dean. Catalogue editors: Ealan Wingate, Lisa Kim and Erin Wright. This is the original catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition from 12 September 12 to 19 October 2002, not the later mass-market reprint published by Rizzoli in 2009. According to Gagosian Gallery it was "an exhibition celebrating the years of the pioneering Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles (1957-1967). Organized by Irving Blum, the exhibition brings together historical examples of the artists fostered and represented by Ferus during this decade. "During the 1960s, under the direction of Irving Blum, Ferus became one of the most significant galleries on the West Coast. This exhibition will feature twenty-two of the Ferus artists, with many works on loan from international museums and private collections. Some of the highlights of the exhibition will include Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Ed Ruscha's Los Angeles County Museum on Fire from the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC and Ed Kienholz's Walter Hopps, Hopps, Hopps from the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas." Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. With a Ferus Gallery chronology. A few tiny stains on covers, otherwise as-new. Seller Inventory # 400638
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Quarto (28.5x25x2cm); 145pp. One hundred and thirty-one color plates reproducing important modernist art; additional B&W documentary photographs throughout. Photographic boards with sage-green spine, lettered in white. Corners lightly bumped. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Very Good or better. The Ferus Gallery was a Los Angeles hot-spot and high-spot gallery from 1957 to 1966, during which it displayed artists like Josef Albers, Larry Bell, Joseph Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. This is the catalog of the Ferus tribute show presented by Gagosian in New York from 12 September to 19 October 2002. Seller Inventory # 47552
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from September 12 through October 19, 2002, at Gagosian Gallery. With a double-weight invitation to the opening reception laid in. Near Fine, with no dust jacket as issued. Invitation about Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 166752
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white, including some interesting candid photos of great artists. 143 pages. 4to, olive green cloth-backed pictorial boards. New York: Gagosian Gallery, (2002). True first edition. A fine copy, as new. Published on the occasion of the 2002 exhibition. An interesting book about the Los Angeles art scene focused on the Ferus Gallery, which handled artists Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, Donald Judd and others. NOT the 2009 Rizzoli reprint. Seller Inventory # 324991
Seller: Exquisite Corpse Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. 145 pages many illustrations some in color. First Edition. An exhibition celebrating the years of the pioneering Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles (1957-1967). Organized by Irving Blum, the exhibition brings together historical examples of the artists fostered and represented by Ferus during this decade. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from September 12-October 19, 2002 at the Gagosian Gallery in New York City. Publication designed by Bruce Mau. Seller Inventory # 023480