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Irving Klaw Model Joan "Eve" Rydell 1950s
Prior to her extensive modeling career with Irving and Paula Klaw, Joan "Eve" Rydell, a local New York City girl, began selling her photographs via mail order. She worked with a very competent...
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Female Domination: Bondage S/M Magazines 1970s
A selection of American, German and English full-size, bondage, fem/dom, s/m, fetish magazines circa 1970s. Once this genre started appearing in adult book stores, with little resistance, there came a...
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Kiki de Montparnasse Surreal Film Montage 1923
Kiki de Montparnasse in Ballet Mécanique. Created by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger, cinematography by Man Ray 1923~1924. vasta@earthlink.net
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DANISH Female Nudes 1960s Unretouched Beauties
Rarely seen, vintage late 1960s Danish unretouched nudes in a medium format featuring trim models, always posed in garter belts and stockings. Stylistically reminiscent of the work of the great French...
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VASTA EDITIONS: Hide And Seek Artist's Book Launch ~ NY Art Book Fair Sept...
It is with great pleasure that I announce the publication of Hide And Seek, the book that will launch Vasta Editions, the publishing outgrowth of my antiquarian business. A natural, long anticipated...
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Vasta @ New York Art Book Fair 2014 MoMA PS1
Vasta Images/Books and Vasta Editions, presenting our first publication Hide And Seek, had an incredible fours days at Printed Matter's NYABF @ MoMA PS1 in Long Island City. Thanks to everyone who came...
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MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair ~ Scene at the Fair 2014
Four incredible days in Long Island City where an amazing variety of international artists, antiquarians, 'zinesters, publishers and booksellers once again descended on MoMA PS1. The New York Art Book...
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Vasta PARIS October '14 Book Launch + Paper Show
Three Kats In Glasses: Gilles, Mirka and me, Paris 2013With the success of the New York Art Book Fair last weekend just beginning to recede in my rear view mirror, I'm reworking some materiel for my...
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Paris...MERCI A TOUS!
Thank you Paris for the wonderful reception you gave Hide And Seek. Gilles and Mirka at dinner after the launch party.More Paris notes soon... vasta@earthlink.net
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HIDE AND SEEK Paris Book Launch Photos October 30th
Paris...Merci a tous for making the launch of Hide And Seek a special evening! The response to the book has been overwhelming and I was very happy to see so many familiar faces from the worlds of both...
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Post Card Show: NEW YORK CITY November 14 & 15th
My next show is the New York City Postcard Show, this weekend, November 14 and 15th. Details are here. Check back tomorrow for "the recent arrivals".vasta@earthlink.net
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'ZINE FESTIVAL Paris October '14 Artist's Books
An unexpected and wonderful surprise was the Festival Fanzines happening on the weekend I arrived in Paris. After making believe I was sleeping the night after my arrival, I was up early and headed to...
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Snapshot Boutique PHOTOGRAPHIES rue Charlot Paris
Finally made my way to Photographies, a great shop on the rue Charlot. I had heard about it from a number of people, but no one ever described the wonderfully eclectic "photo shop" interior filled with...
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Arts Factory STEPHANE BLANQUET Show Paris Oct '14
Excellent exhibition by Stephan Blanquet at the Arts Factory gallery in the Bastille on the rue Charonne. The show covers various aspects of Blanquet's career as artist and publisher, including...
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Paris WINE TASTING + La Coupole Gala + FIAC
During my two weeks in Paris there were a lot of activities in between the Paper Show and the launch party for Hide And Seek, including...a wine tasting on the sidewalk out front of the 165 year old...
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Seen: COMIC ARTS BROOKLYN Artist's Books Posters
Annual CAB fair in Williamsburg is always fun and I came away with a handful of really nice limited edition artist's book including a few by David Sandlin. The show is held in the Lady of Mount Carmel...
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The Latest: Limited Edition ARTIST'S BOOKS
Disgorging bags full of books after a day of Paris shops and galleries resulted in a colorful miscellany of artist's books including some long out-of-print rarities from Le Dernier Cri and Bon Gout....
View ArticleHappy New Year 2015
It's been a great year and I wish you all, friends known and unknown, the best for the holidays and 2015. I could not have gotten by without you.RIP Joe...
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Paris MOULIN ROUGE Programs 1920s ~ 1930s
Images from souvenir and commemorative programs for the legendary Parisian music-hall, the Moulin Rouge. In it's earliest days, an important destination for Parisian denizens of the night, a mecca for...
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Artist PETER DRIBEN ~ American Pin-Ups Part Two
Robert Harrison's publications started in 1939 picking up where the great American pulps (Stolen Sweets, Spicy Stories, Gay Paree, etc.) left off with their seductive pin-up covers, many created by the...
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