Red Grooms' Ruckus Rodeo by Barbara Haskell; Illustrator-Red Grooms - 1988-10

UsedGood. This copy has some minor shelf wear. The pages are clean, free of underlining, highlighting or notes. The binding is tight.\r\n

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988. Pictorial boards, [13] pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Published in cooperation with the Whitney Museum of American Art in conjunction with the 1987 Red Grooms' exhibition. A good copy with a section of the 5th pop-up torn off, laid-in. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Contains 6 pop-up illustrations by the artist accompanied by an illustrated essay on Grooms' life and work by Barbara Haskell, Curator at Whitney Museum of American Art.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 4to.

Harry N Abrams Inc, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-. Grooms, Red. Fold-out, pop-up book recreates Grooms' only non-urban "sculpto-pictoramas,'' or walk-through artworks, that he is famous for. Graphically "heir to the illustrated tradition of American Scene painting of the 1920s-1930s," "Ruckus Rodeo: celebrates circuses, carnivals, country western music, cowboys & cowgirls, bucking broncos, & state fairs in 6 pop-up panels. Pop-ups in 5 of the 6 panels are perfect & function fine; the bucking cowboy one has become detached, as has his hat from his hand, but both pieces are still there--nothing missing. Published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition of Grooms' work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Includes a 7-page essay on Grooms by curator Barbara Haskell. Tri-fold hardcover is in VG- condition: generally very clean, binding straight & tight, colors bright, pages bright & unmarked. Flaws: a piece of 1 out of 6 pop-ups is torn & does… Read More

New York: H.N. Abrams, 1988. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Nice copy, barely noticeable fold to one of the pop up pieces else near fine. Red folio; [13] p.: illus (some color); 31 cm. Artists' books -- United States -- Pop-Up -- 3D art -- Rodeo -- Cowboy.

Abrams, NY, 1988. Published in conjunction with 1987 Red Grooms exhibition at Whitney Museum of Art. Six moveable pop ups in Very Good condition. Rubbing at interior edge, light soiling first text page. Unmarked.

Harry N Abrams Inc. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. (toy and moveable books, juvenile fiction, red grooms, exhibitions)

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Text and folding panels with six pop-up "sculpto-pictograms" by Grooms and seven unnumbered pages of text by Haskell, then Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art. . Original pictorial boards. 30 cm. No jacket, presumably as issued.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1988. Very good plus.. First edition of this charming pop-up recreation of one of Red Grooms's "sculpto-pictoramas," interactive artistic experiences that "are the ultimate in participatory art" (essay). 11.5'' x 7.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Six color panels with pop-up elements to one side. Black-and-white pictorial booklet facing pop-ups. Booklet with [7] pages. Rear board with a bit of fading to text. Pop-up panels with mild edgewear, a slight offsetting to essay booklet. Colors vibrant.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [30 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Good condition. The spine is rolled. The covers and pop-up pages are lightly rubbed. Some of the pop-up material and folders are creased. The first page of the text is soiled. Five of the six pop-ups are in wonderful working order. The cowboy is detached in the 5th pop-up. In 1957, when Red Grooms was twenty, he went to Provincetown to enroll in Hans Hoffmann's summer school. This interaction with one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism established the future course of his art. From the rear cover- "Ruckus Rodeo re-creates in book form one of artist Red Grooms' remarkable 'sculpto-pictoramas,' as he has dubbed his endlessly popular walk-through artworks. Six pop-up panels depict the cowboys, cowgirls, Brahma bulls, bucking broncos, and all the rowdy excitement of an American rodeo.