WX-Ray: Catch Wave Magazine. Volume 1, Number 0 (All Published).
Tokyo: WXY, Inc. Publishing & Creative Service, 1979. First Edition. Folio. Artist periodical from the cult Japanese graphic designer Heikichi Harata (and his WXY design studio); this first-and-only issue reflecting on the New Wave aesthetic, with contents relating to David Bowie, Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, Elvis Costello, Fiorucci, and WET Magazine. Contents: [52] pages, printed to both glossy white and matte yellow stock, with two fold-out pages. Fully-illustrated in black-and-white, with text in Japanese and some English. To the rear cover, the poetic contents of the proposed next issue were teased: "Clear Light Invention, Floating Stereology, Lunatic Phonetics, Plastic Reality, Contemporary Retail... Coming Soon." Some creasing and scuffing to illustrated wrappers; contents bright and clean. A close to near fine copy of a scarce work, with only a single OCLC record located (Met).
Item #29539
Price: $1,200.00