[Art] Group of 12 Titles on Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Etc.

1. Bertini, Gianni. Identikit. (Milan): Edizioni Castelli e Rosati, (1969). First edition. 4to. With mounted and folding illustrations by Bertini. Publisher's corrugated cardboard binding; in original dust-jacket.

2. Burckhardt, Rudolph. An Afternoon in Astoria. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002). First edition. Oblong 4to, with accompanying 8vo booklet. Photographic reproductions by Burckhardt. Together in publisher's fall-down-back box.

3. Burgess, Lowry. Fragments a way of seeing a way of seeking. Newton, Massachusetts, ca. 1968. Comprising 150 printed cards on various colored cardstock; loose as issued; in supplied archival box.

4. Bury, Pol. Decalcomanies. (Belgium): Published by [La Louviere) Le Daily-Bul (1970). First edition, #239/500 numbered copies (from a total of 537). With illustrations. Publisher's stiff illustrated wrappers and glassine.

5. Dion, Mark. The Marvelous Museum... San Francisco: Chronicle Books for the Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, (2010). First edition. Folio. Publisher's boards and dust-jacket; publisher's printed fall-down-back box.

6. Essense I. Menlo Park, California: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971. Revised edition. Comprising square 8vo booklet, 51 square printed cards, and 26 smaller oblong cards; old cataloguer's note indicates that five square cards are lacking; together in publisher's printed cardboard clamshell box.

7. Foster, Elena, and Rowan Watson. Blood on Paper. London: Ivory Press and the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2008. First edition. Folio. Comprising 41 folding sheets on multi-colored cardstock with photographic reproductions and illustrations. Loose as issued in publisher's box with gauze wrapping.

8. Gorny, Anthony-Petr. Re-Creation-Al Yves Peintuers. First edition. 8vo. Preface by Pascal Claude. Complete suite of 10 color screen-prints. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers and chemise.

9. Gregory, Albert. Numbers of Colors. Cambridge, Massachusetts: (The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University), 1966. First and limited edition, #9/24 numbered copies signed by Gregory. Square 4to. With 10 color screen-prints. Loose as issued in bifolium sheets; in publisher's red cloth portfolio, with mirror in inner front pocket.

10. Hirst, Damien. I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. (London: other criteria, 2005). Reduced edition. Square 8vo. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's red cloth.

11. Jansma, Rein. Stairs. Amsterdam: Rein Jansma, 1982. Fourth edition. 8vo. With nine pop-ups. Additional pop-up "Donghia" laid in. Publisher's cream cloth; in original slip case.

12. Ruhe, Harry. Fluxus, the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties. Amsterdam: Published by 'A', 1979. First edition. 4to. Publisher's black ring binder.

Condition varies. Scattered library labels, ink and blind stamps. Sold with all faults and not subject to return.

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Darren Winston, Senior Vice President at Freeman’s, has served as Head of Department for Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, since 2018. He has been a trustee of the Rosenbach Museum and Library since 2022, is a member of The Manuscript Society, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Philadelphia’s Philobiblon Club.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

The Collected Library

[Art] Group of 12 Titles on Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Etc.

The Collected Library

[Art] Group of 12 Titles on Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Etc.

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