John Whitman Ray (3 results)

Condition: Good. Good; Softcover; Moderate wear to the covers; Light foxing to the textblock edges; Handwriting and ink stamps to the endpapers and inside the back cover; Text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Dark blue covers with title in gold lettering; 1990, John Whitman Ray Publishing; 438 pages; "Logic in Sequence, Book One, The Laws of Perfection," by John Whitman Ray.…

36 pp.; 22.9 x 15.2 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November 12 - December 23, 1987. Organized by Jimmie Durham and Jean Fisher, featuring artwork by Pena Bonita, Jimmie Durham, Harry Fonseca, Marsha Gomez, Tom Huff, G. Peter Jemison, Jean LaMarr, Alan Michelson, Joe Nevaquaya, Jolene Rickard, Susana Santos, Kay Walkingstick, and Richard Ray (Whitman). Video program organized by Emilia Seubert and Dan Walworth featuring films by Arlene Bowman, Victor Masayesva, Jr., Chris Spotted Eagle, Asiba Tupahache, The Ute Indian Tribe, and a film directed by Rick Weise, written by Gerald Vizenor, and produced by Gail Johnson. Texts by Susan Wyatt, Jean Fisher, Jimmie Durham, Paul Smith, Emilia Seubert, Arlene Bowman, Chris Spotted Eagle, Asiba Tupahache, Larry Cesspooch, and Gerald Vizenor. Includes artist and filmmaker biographies and visual artist's exhibition histories. Good. Rubbing and scratching of covers with 2 mm. loss to top left corner of verso and light bumping of top right corner of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.…

Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara, Sammy Davis Jr., Broderick Crawford, Vincent Price, Roland LaStarza, Timothy Carey, Ray Walston and others, also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. "Convicts 4," here under the working title, and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based, Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" (as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time) which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo, most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. John Resko (Gazzara) is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison, he ignites a passion for art, an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes, among others, Sammy Davis Jr., Rod Steiger, Vincent Price, Ray Walson, Jack Albertson, Timothy Carey, pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza. Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, some light edgewear and light curling, 2 with creasing.…