East Village New York

(1) The East Village Scene. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984. 64 pp. Important eighties exhibition held in the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Includes works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gretchen Bender, Mike Bidlo, Fab Five Freddy, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, Rhonda Zwillinger et al. (2) Neo York, report on a phenomenon. Santa Barbara, University Art Museum, 1984. 56 pp. Includes the supplement Guide to East Village artists. Bend on top right corner, some creasing on cover, interior very good.

(3) Eastvillage 85: A guide. A documentary. New York, Pelham Press, 1985. 118 pp. Edited by Roland Hagenberg. Includes Madonna, Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gracie Mansion, Peter Nagy, Fred Brathwaite, Walter Robinson and many others. (4) New, Used and Improved: Art for the 80's. New York, Abbeville Press, 1987. Edited by Peter Frank. First edition hardback, 160 pp. Cover image by Ronnie Cutrone. (5) Ronnie Cutrone, Watercolors Illumination. Milan/New York, Galleria Salvatore Ala/Tony Shafrazi, 1984. Large format catalogue, 33 x 33 cm, 44 pp. Contains full page reproductions of watercolours by Cutrone. His biography in the back simply states 'Born New York 1948 lives in New York and sleeps with Woody Woodpecker'. Corners bumped, else a fine copy. (total 5)