Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Books and art
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
"Pulp Art Book--the multi-media collaboration between photographer Neil Krug and model Joni Harbeck--has become a virtual sensation online, and is now the subject of the artists' first monograph. Pulp Art Book: Volume One is an LP-sized hardcover book, split into several vignettes ranging from a spaghetti western theme to a Bonnie and Clyde revival and to the struggles of a 1950s housewife. These series tell the story of each character, and will be expanded in subsequent volumes. The inspiration for the pulp theme comes from the artists' collective appreciation of societal life and the artistic expressions of the 1960s and 70s. Old LP jackets, Giallo posters, vintage book covers, and B-movie cinema themes have defined their taste for this project. Initially they set out to capture something simple and sexy; as the shoots progressed, however, natural story lines emerged. The resulting work captures the smell of those decades and expresses them in a fresh way"--Publisher's Web site.
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Manuscripts
This series is made up of books, owned by Kenneth Y. Fung and family members, objects that belonged to the Fung family, and Chinese calligraphy art, some of which are dedicated to Kenneth Y. Fung. There are two Chinese-English dictionaries, including Herman A. Giles' English-Chinese dictionary, 2nd edition, 1912, Chinese poetry books, and a copy of The Boy Scout handbook, 1940, that belonged to Herbert Fung, Kenneth Y. Fung's youngest son. The objects include two art brushes and an abacus. The art includes several Chinese calligraphy items, one still framed. Two are dedicated to Kenneth Y. Fung and dated 1946.
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