Along with the limited edition artist's books I will be featuring at the LAABF there will be a selection of rare and out-of-print books, film posters, original artworks, periodicals, photographs and ephemera, from the 1960s to today, all in the areas of my speciality. Click here for details about the fair.
Above and below: two posters for adult films by French director Jose Benazeraf.
Les Filles de Rues and Le Concerto de la Peur, circa 1969/1970
Submission. Jimmy De Sana's, signed, self-published limited edition 1979
Forbidden Photographs. Charles Gatewood, signed, self-published limited edition 1981
Le Muscle du Sommeil. Gilles Berquet. United Dead Artists, 2009
Photograph by John Willie of his wife and muse, Holly. Original photograph mid-1940s. Oversized second generation photograph, circa 1980s. One of three different images available.
Roger Cornaille. Original surreal collages. Paris, circa 1950s
Gene Bilbrew and Eric Stanton. Collection of fetish, female domination publications, mimicking traditional comic book style. Four pages each, published by Peerless Sales New York City, late 1950s/early 1960s.
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Based in New York City, Vasta Images/Books is an international dealer specializing in the body, the nude and the erotic arts. Focus for the fair will be artist's books, photography books, posters, photographs and ephemera, circa 1960s~2000s in our areas of specialty. Additionally featured will be material from the collection of the late John McWhinnie by arrangement with his estate.
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