American Artists

Exhibition publications, artist's books, and printed matter by American artists. A curated archive of printed residue from the American art scene.

  • Laylah Ali, Projects 75, MoMA, 2002 — cover. Two Greenhead figures on a blue ground; one tall with a polka-dot shirt, one small with a spiked head. Offset-printed artist's book. Laylah Ali, Projects 75, MoMA, 2002 — interior spread. Left: five dark spherical heads with elongated shadows. Right: three tall Greenhead figures with spiked crowns and a small figure clinging to one.

    Laylah Ali — Projects 75, MoMA, 2002

    Laylah Ali — Projects 75, MoMA, 2002

  • Richard Prince — New Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2014. Front cover. Black staple-bound booklet, white centred text: Richard Prince / New Portraits. Exhibition catalogue, edition of 500. Appropriation art, printed matter. Richard Prince — New Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, 2014. Interior spread: Instagram screenshot @pamelaanderson, 46 weeks. Woman in white t-shirt bathing suit reclining on sand. 480 likes. Prince's comment: 'T-Shirt bathing suit! Nice. Let's hook up next week. Lunch, Smiles. R'. Appropriation art, found image.

    Richard Prince — New Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, 2014

    Richard Prince — New Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, 2014

  • Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983. Front cover. Black ground, title in spaced white capitals: 'Robert Mapplethorpe fotografie'. Centre: black-and-white photograph of a male torso in a white swimsuit, cropped at shoulders and thighs, high-contrast studio lighting. Lower text: 'Intervista con R. Mapplethorpe a cura di Germano Celant'. ISBN 88-7017-032-2. Original yellow N.P.G. price sticker lower right: 19.95. Photography monograph, Italian edition. Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983. Back cover. Black ground with white border rule. Black-and-white photograph: a young Black woman in profile, nude to the waist, holding a white draped cloth across her body, rings on her fingers, eyes downcast. Title in white block capitals along lower edge: 'ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE'. Photography monograph, Italian edition.

    Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983

    Robert Mapplethorpe — Fotografie, Idea Books Edizioni, Milan, 1983

  • East Village '85: A Guide. A Documentary, Roland Hagenberg et al., Pelham Press, New York, 1985. Front cover. Solid red ground. Cream outline illustration by Mark Kostabi: five schematic figures seated and standing around a table, two figures exchanging a rectangular object labelled '85'. Title in large cream block capitals: 'EASTVILLAGE'. Below in smaller type: 'Roland Hagenberg, Alan Jones, Michael Kohn, Carlo McCormick, Nicolas Moufarrege'. Lower centre: 'A guide. A documentary.' Publisher: Pelham Press. East Village '85: A Guide. A Documentary, Pelham Press, 1985. Interior spread: essay opening. Left: full-page black-and-white portrait photograph — Knut Swane of Eastman-Wahmendorf, mouth open wide in an expression of anguish or ecstasy, gold teeth visible, head tilted back, wearing a dark jacket. Right: essay text column beginning 'When th[e]...' discussing the East Village art scene, media attention, and the conditions of downtown New York art life. Downtown New York, 1980s art scene.

    Roland Hagenberg et al. — East Village ’85: A Guide. A Documentary., New York: Pelham Press, 1985

    Roland Hagenberg et al. — East Village ’85: A Guide. A Documentary., New York: Pelham Press, 1985

  • David Diao — Lying 2, Postmasters Gallery, New York, 2000. Exhibition announcement card, recto. Teal ground with central yellow rectangle. Orange-red silkscreen-style reproduction of Lying 2, 2000 — a figure reclining in a chair against a gestural painted ground. Offset print on semi-gloss card, 18 × 12.7 cm. Exhibition ephemera. David Diao — Lying 2, Postmasters Gallery, New York, 2000. Exhibition announcement card, verso. White ground, black typography in alternating bold and reversed-out bands. Text: 'DAVID DIAO / postmasters gallery / october 14 – november 11 / reception saturday 6–8 / 212 727 3323 / POSTMASTERS / 459 w 19 street nyc 10011 / www.postmastersart.com / postmasters@thing.net'. Vertical text right edge: 'Lying 2, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 79 × 115 inches'. Lower line: 'hole in the floor: Jennifer and Kevin McCoy "PINK

    David Diao — Lying 2, Postmasters Gallery, New York, 2000

    David Diao — Lying 2, Postmasters Gallery, New York, 2000

  • Exhibition catalogue cover, Roy Lichtenstein, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Full-bleed Benday-dot pattern in blue and black across cream wrappers; artist name ROY LICHTENSTEIN set diagonally in bold black serif capitals from lower-left to upper-right. Age toning and foxing visible at lower corners. Stapled binding. `Two-page colour spread, Landscape, 1965, by Roy Lichtenstein. Horizontal bands of blue Benday dots separated by white cloud and ground forms; dark black dot band across the middle ground. Title and date captioned in small type at upper left: LANDSCAPE / 1965. Vertical use fold visible through centre of spread. Catalogue open flat, printed on cream paper.`

    Roy Lichtenstein — Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965

    Roy Lichtenstein — Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965