Signed Books, Catalogs, Calendars, Ephemera
This collection pertaining to Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist and film director Masuo Ikeda (1934-1997), includes 9 books and catalogs with text primarily in Japanese, seven of which are inscribed by the artist, with four inscriptions including Ikeda drawings. The collection includes four calendars, two of which measure 8” x 9” and are signed, and another measuring 4” x 4” printed with 12 small original etchings. It also includes Ikeda-related ephemera, such as exhibition brochures and correspondence. The following publications are included in this lot:
Masuo Ikeda Prints, quarto in dust jacket, offsetting from book mark to bronze metallic paper on front pastedowns and front free fly, with cardboard slipcase
Masuo Ikeda Isetan department store exhibition catalog, paperback quarto inscribed “For Dear Mr. and Mrs. Helen and Felix Juda Love Masuo Ikeda ‘77”
A second thinner paperback quarto catalog with same cover but title in Japanese inscribed “For Dear Helen and Felix Juda” followed by a drawing of a woman “with Love Masuo ’77 Oct 20 in Los Angeles”
Masuo Ikeda Ceramic Works, paperback octavo inscribed “For Dear Mr. and Mrs. Helen and Felix Juda with Love Masuo ‘84”
Masuo Ikeda, paperback small quarto Parco department store exhibition catalog inscribed with drawing of reclining woman “For Dear Mr. and Mrs. Helen and Felix Judas with love ’77 Oct. 20 in Los Angeles”
Mixed Fruit, poetry with tipped in illustrations by Masuo Ikeda, text in English and Japanese, title page is inscribed with drawing of two women “For Dear Felix and Helen Juda with Love Masuo 1977 Feb 3 in East Hampton,” oblong hardback octavo
Masuo Ikeda, My Autobiography, small octavo with flexible boards in dust jacket, inscribed “For dear Mr. and Mrs. Helen and Felix Juda Masuo Ikeda in Tokyo”, Oshita Ton, Bijustsu Publishing Co., Tokyo: 1968, 272 pages covering the first 34 years of the artist’s life, 11 photos and 16 color plates, text in Japanese
Masuo Ikeda, Imitation and Creation: a Narrow View of Japanese Contemporary Art, paperback small octavo with plastic covering, inscribed with Japanese writing (not translated here) and the words “dear Helen and Felix Juda Masuo Ikeda in Los Angeles 1969.10.17,” published by Chuoko in 1969, 186 pages discussing art and prejudice, imitation and creation, art and reality, the artist and the spirit of criticism and art versus non art, text in Japanese
Ikeda Masuo: Woodblock Print Collection, paperback octavo in glassine cover and cardboard slipcase, inscribed with drawing on splattered ink next to Japanese writing (not translated here) and the words “For dear Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda 1968 March in San Francisco Masuo Ikeda,” published by Bijutsu Co., Tokyo: 1967, approx. 100 pages of color and black & white prints, text in Japanese and English
The ephemera includes a 1969 New Year’s card written and signed by Masuo and his partner Li-Lan to Helen and Felix Juda, eight exhibition catalogs, ten brochures, 7 cards, 20 mimeographed pages from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop describing in detail the technique used for various Ikeda lithos they produced for the artist, a checklist on Museum of Modern Art letterhead for the 1965 Ikeda exhibition, a 1970 press release from Collectors Press and two Nantenshi Gallery brochures for exhibitions of the art of Ikeda’s friend Li-Lan.
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Condition of publications: Masuo Ikeda Prints is very good, bumping to corners of slipcase otherwise very good; Masuo Ikeda Isetan Exhibition Catalog, light shelf wear, 1” tear at foot of spine otherwise very good; second thinner paperback quarto inscribed catalog is lightly soiled otherwise very good; Masuo Ikeda Ceramic Works is very good; Masuo Ikeda, paperback small quarto Parco exhibition catalog has light shelf wear with edges rubbed otherwise very good; Mixed Fruit has moderate rubbing to edges otherwise very good; My Autobiography, dust jacket has 3 closed tears otherwise very good; Imitation and Creation front cover is curled from plastic cover shrinking; Woodblock Print Collection glassine is age toned and torn but underlying book looks clean, very good, slipcase is soiled, bumped and torn hence poor.
Condition of two 1970 signed desk calendars: One calendar has lower right corner bumped, very good; second calendar is bumped along bottom edge and corners and closed tears along top edge of paper front cover. Condition of small calendar: Plastic sleeve has shelf wear, calendar pages are clean and very good.
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