Cultured Oyster Books

illustrated wrappers, which comprise an original extended colored lithograph by
Corneille measuring 7-1/4 x 21-3/4 inches with two vertical folds. Corneille was a cofounder
of COBRA in Holland in 1948. “We were saturated – even fed up. Mondrian
and geometric art had imprisoned all artistic life in Holland. We were boxed in by
squares. We had only one desire: to get out of this too tight corset and start a gigantic
disorder. We hated the rigidity of it all, especially as everything was so uncritically and
so totally accepted. In our rebellion against it, we proclaimed our love for children’s
drawings and for the work of the insane.” An exhibition catalog for Corneille’s show at
the Lefebre Gallery from December 5 through December 30, 1967 with four additional
monochrome illustrations of Corneille’s work in the text. Quite scarce. $225.00
103. [Eilshemius] Elshemus, Louis M. (Michel.) SONGS OF SPRING AND
BLOSSOMS OF UNREQUITED LOVE. With 20 original illustrations by the author.
Buffalo: The Peter Paul Book Co., 1895. A stunning copy of one of Eilshemius’ earliest
books. This copy has a full-page personal inscription by Eilshemius on the recto of the
frontispiece: “Per mio amico / Carmine Dalecio / best wishes / of the Poet Painter / Louis
M Eilshemius. / 1931.” The combination of the nature lyrics and art might almost put
one in mind of a late 19 th -century American vision akin to Blake’s. $650.00
104. Fischl, Eric. Edited by Martin Hentschel. THE KREFELD PROJECT. Bielefeld,
Gerrmany: Kerber Verlag, 2003. Very fine in dark-green cloth printed in black, in a like
dust jacket. This copy is signed by Eric Fischl on the half-title page. A catalogue to
accompany Fischl’s exhibition, entitled The Krefeld Project, held at the Museum Haus
Esters, Krefeld, from October 12, 2003 to January 24, 2004. The bilingual English-
German text includes an introductory note, Eric Fischl: The Klefeld Project, by Robert
Rosenblum and curatorial notes entitled, Stations of a Drama. Eric Fischl’s Kelfeld
Project, by Martin Hentschel. All of the paintings in the Project are reproduced in fullcolor
plates and there are also three full-page plates of three of Fischl’s iconic paintings
from earlier in his career. $275.00
105. Hadid, Zaha M. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, PROJECTS 1977 – 81. Near fine
in illustrated wrappers. The catalogue consists of numbered sheets loosely inserted into a
folded portfolio. Several of the sheets contain brief introductions to the various projects
by Elia Zenghelis and Rem Koolhaas, which include Malevich’s Tektonik, London
1976/77, Museum of the 19 th Century London, 1977/78, and Extension of the Dutch
Parliament, the Hague, 1978/79. This early Hadid publication is very scarce. $450.00
106. Hodgkin, Howard. TWO EXHIBITION PAMPHLETS. London: Arthur Tooth &
Sons Limited, 1962 & 1964. These are the exhibition catalogues for Hodgkin’s first two
one-man gallery shows in London. For 1962 there were 5 monochrome plates, and for
1964 there were 3 monochrome plates as well as a color plate on the front wrapper. Both
very good in illustrated wrappers. $75.00
Signed by Brice Marden
107. [Marden, Brice] Linda Shearer. BRICE MARDEN. New York: The Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, 1975. About fine in illustrated wrappers showing a photograph of
Marden standing to the left of one of his classic three-panel paintings which made up the
bulk of this exhibition. There is a frontispiece color plate of the painting, Pumpkin Plum,
and many monochrome plates and illustrations throughout the text. With an essay, Brice