Sunday, January 24, 2016

Vasta @ NY PS1 ART BOOK FAIR '16 Artist's Books





The Vasta stand continues its presence in one of the main exhibition spaces, featuring silk screened limited edition artist's books, vintage o/p books, periodicals and ephemera, 1960s to the present in our areas of specialty: the body, the nude and the erotic. Along side the latest limited edition artist's books will be vintage sexpapers and smut including magazines, paperbacks, pulps and euro-'zines. Here's a selection of the recent artist's book arrivals, all of which be available at the NY Art Book Fair.

Postic. Le Dernier Cri silk screened 2013

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Theo. Pascal Doury Le Humanoids Associes 1983


Facetasm. Charles Burns and Gary Panther 2015


Defective Stories. Charles Burns silk screened portfolio A.P.A.A.R. 1990


Sept Peches Capitale. Ichinori silk screened pop-up-book 2013

Concubins. Thierry Guitard Esprit Livres 2003


Coco Bel Oeil #4. Editions CBO silk screened1994


Miam Miam. Pyon silk screened 2014


Apocalypse Mutants. Gwen Tomahawk LDC silk screened 2015


Porcelina. Merieme Mesfioui 2015

Les Robots. Philippe Ug pop-up-book 2013


Fukushima. Philippe UG silk screened pop-up-book 2015



Objectif. Philippe Ug silk screened pop-up-book 2015

Monday, January 18, 2016

Vasta @ LA ART BOOK FAIR '16 Mags Paperbacks 'zines



Upcoming next month, Printed Matter's Los Angeles Art Book Fair at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA located in Little Tokyo. The fourth annual, not to be missed art and artist's book event, takes place February 12,13 and 14th, details here

The Vasta stand continues its presence in one of the main exhibition spaces, featuring silk screened limited edition artist's books, vintage o/p books, periodicals and ephemera, 1960s to the present in our areas of specialty: the body, the nude and the erotic. Along side the latest limited edition artist's books will be vintage sexpapers and smut including magazines, paperbacks, pulps and euro-'zines. 

Aloha Holland 1970s

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Spliff France 1980s


Le Petit Mickey France 1975 and Les Comix de Mainmise
Canadian R.Crumb pirate 1970s



Paris Strip-Teaser Paris 1960s


Satanik French "photo novel" 1967




French post-WWII pulp novels ca.1954







Burlesque A to Z 1963


Naked and Mod Lovers ca.1968



Sadism & Masochism ca. 1965


Bizarre Captured Satellite I & II ca.1964


Teenage Discipline and Captive Wolf late '50s


... gonna keep practicing 'till I get it right

Vasta @ NY ART BOOK FAIR '16 Vintage & Rare



Here's a preview of the recent additions to my inventory available for purchase at the 
NY Art Book Fair in September. As always, I will be presenting vintage and rare material alongside the contemporary limited edition artist's books and sexpapers. I look forward to seeing you there!

LOVE LOVE. Marz Verlag 1973  $225.00

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Parfums Mecaniques. Gilles Berquet Editions Jean-Pierre Faur 1996  $150.00



Cent Photographies Erotique. Pierre Molinier 1976  $125.00



Midi/Minuit Fantastique #20. Le Terrain Vague 1968  $50.00



L'Educatrice Passionnee. Jim Galding (illustrations only) 1936  $250.00



The Strap Returns. Irving Klaw ten plates by Malteste  $125.00



Richard Cerf. Polaroids 1982  $85.00



Jambes #2. Editions Paris-Photos 1933  $175.00



 Liliacees Langoureuses Aux Parfums d’Arabe. Irina Ionesco 1974  $875.00


Saturday, January 9, 2016

PLAYGIRL New York Confidential 1956


    

Clearly torn out of the Hush! Hush! Confidential magazine style book with a pinch of burlesque girls, pin-ups and good old '50s subtle seduction, Playgirl was a short lived title published by Walter Hale.

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Evelyn "Treasure Chest" West

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