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Click here to subscribeBlack ink stamped on paper, 29.6 x 21 cm, folded once horizontally. Featured are two black rubber stamp impressions made by stanley brouwn (1935-2017) with the text 'USE THIS LIGHT'. Rare multiple made in an unknown and small edition. This copy originally derives from brouwn's friend Tomas Schmit, who apparently received several copies from the artist meant for generous distribution. A very well-preserved copy.
Een onleesbaar Kwadraat-blad. Hilversum, Steendrukkerij de Jong en Co, 1964. Original wrappers containing red and white sheets cut into geometrical compositions. Housed in the original diagonally cut envelope, printed in green text in eight languages, 25 x 25 cm. First edition of 2000 unnumbered copies. Light browning on wrapper, the fragile envelope flaps are detached, interior in fine condition.
(1) Constant, De New Babylon Informatief No. 4. Edizione Internationale. Speziale per il padiglione Olandese al XXIIIa Biennale di Venezia, 1966. Tabloid, 52.5 x 34 cm, 8 pp. folded twice. Edited by Constant Nieuwenhuijs, R.W.D. Oxenaar and Jurriaan Schröfer. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and New Babylon constructions by Constant Nieuwenhuys at the Venice Biennale. Includes a full-colour map of the artist's New Babylon Town. Texts predominantly in English, with some in French and Dutch. Copy with age-wear, mostly on exterior sheets, colour map in fine state. (2) Poster, for Constant's 1966 exhibition of drawings at Galerie Krikhaar in Amsterdam, which took place around the same time as the Venice Biennale. 52 x 34.5 cm, folded twice. Light rubbing spot along centre fold, else crisp. (total 2)
(1) Light and motion. Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, 1967. Exhibition and catalogue edited by Leon Shulman, 23 x 15 cm, 48 pp. Vibrant cover with die cut holes and lenticular plate designed by Bruno Munari. Featured artists include Gianni Colombo, Julio Le Parc, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Martial Raysse, Takis, Gunther Uecker et al. (2) Lumière et Mouvement. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1967. Softcover, 21 x 21 cm, 110 pp. Kinetic art exhibition catalogue, essay by Frank Popper, text in French. Artists include Carlos Cruz-Diez, Piotr Kowalski, Julio Le Parc, Takis, Tinguely, Soto, Vasarely and many others. (total 2)
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970. Card stock folder containing 74 loose and folded plates printed b/w. 22.5 x 11.5 x 3 cm. Signature design by Crosby / Fletcher / Forbes. Catalogue for the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery documenting the influence of Kinetics in contemporary art. All 67 participants have a separate plate featuring a portrait, statement and artwork. Artists include Martha Boto, Alexander Calder, Liliane Lijn, Piotr Kowalski, Christian Megert, Lily Greenham, Bruno Munari, Nam June Paik, Jean Tinguely, Stephen Willats et al. Enzo Mari's plate states he refuses to participate in the show as the Hayward does not cover his full costs. Light rubbing and age toning to folder, else very good.
Marcel Duchamp: A Retrospective Exhibition. Pasadena CA, Pasadena Art Museum Pasadena, 1963. Exhibition catalogue / artists' book designed by Duchamp, published in conjunction with a survey show held October 8 - November 3, 1963. Staple-bound paperback with printed acetate dustjacket, 28 x 21.5 cm, 56 pp. with 3 tipped-in colour plates. Introduction by Walter Hopps. Edition of 2000. Very light rubbing to top and bottom of paperback cover edges, the acetate wrapper is flawless, generally a very good copy.
Roma, L'Attico, 1967. Edited by Jannis Kounellis and Alberto Boatto. Softcover, staplebound. 30 x 21.5 cm. 16 pp. Text by Boatto in Italian. Profusely ill. in b/w, including fabulous pictures of the artist posing with his work. Light rubbing to extremities, generally in very good condition.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1966. Catalogue issued on occasion of the exhibition focusing on trends in abstract art 1956-1966, with Albers, Judd, Stella, Vasarely, Struycken and others. Decorated slipcase containing card sleeve, housing 27 loose leaves, 27 x 27 cm. Includes 4 original silkscreens in blue and red by Ellsworth, Bonies, Pfahler and Turnbull. Edition of 2200 copies. Light dent to lower left corner, 2 cm tear on lower spine fold. Generally a fine copy.
by the Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo (1935-1990). (1) Tetsumi Kudo. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1972. Designed by Wim Crouwel, 27.5 x 21 cm, 32 pp. Silkscreen by Kudo on cover, various silkscreened pages inside. Light handling wear to cover, interior very good. (2) Kudo. Paris, Galerie Beaubourg and Galerie Vallois, 1977. Softcover, 20.8 × 29.7 cm, 24 pp. Profusely ill. in b/w. Essays and interviews by Haryû, Alain Jouffroy and Kudo, in French. (3) Tetsumi Kudo. Amsterdam/Apeldoorn, Stedelijk Museum/Van Reekum Museum, 1991. Softcover, 23 x 23 cm, 47 pp. Commemorative show guest-curated by Frits Becht, with focus on works from the 1960s to early 1970s in Dutch collections. Texts by Wim Beeren and Alain Jouffroy in Dutch, English and French. (4) Tetsumi Kudo. Tokyo, M. Gallery, 1985. Glossy magazine-type exhibition catalogue, 28 x 21.5 cm, 28 pp. with full colour ills. Text in Japanese and English. Stamp of Brownstone & CIE on first page. (total 4)
avec, en regard, d'inutiles notules par Francois Dufrene. Published by Fluxus special editions as no. B, 1963. First edition. Softcover, 20 x 14 cm, 122 pp. Designed by George Maciunas with text printed in black on orange paper. Each page faces a photo of eyeglasses altered by Daniel Spoerri. Title page and vellum sheet are loose. Light age wear on wrappers, rubbing on spine, top corner of back cover is chipped off (approx. 2 cm), generally a fine copy.
N.p., Fluxus Special Editions, 1963. Artists’ book, staple-bound, 9 x 9 cm, 68 unnumbered pp. Features 29 compositions from 1961 with the score ‘Draw a straight line and follow it’. Also includes one page with promotional information about Fluxus Year Boxes and Fluxus Special Editions. Staples rusty, light foxing to cover and interior, generally a very crisp copy.
stanley brouwn, Bazon Brock, Franz Mon, Tomas Schmit, Wolf Vostell. Frankfurt, Galerie Loehr, 1964. Staple-bound, 29.5 x 21 cm, 32 pp. B/w ills. Very rare publication documenting the actions and happenings that took place at Loehr Galerie on June 26, 1964. The booklet was created by cutting the double-sided poster for the event into 16 sheets. Featured are 'a short manifest by stanley brouwn', a collage by Franz Mon, a typewriter poem by Tomas Schmit, text for Nam June Paik's Symphony No.5 and Décollages by Wolf Vostell amongst others. Staples with light rust spot not affecting the paper, generally a near mint copy.
(1) The Four Suits by Alison Knowles, Tomas Schmit, Benjamin Patterson and Philip Corner. New York/ Paris/ Cologne, Something Else Press, 1965. Hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 192 pp. Plastic wrapper with tiny chip (2 mm), else in good condition. (2) Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), 246 Little Clouds. New York/ Cologne/ Paris, Something Else Press, 1968. Hardcover, 23.5 x 16 cm, approx. 176 pp. Introduction by Emmett Williams, text and drawings by Roth. Light scuffing around wrapper edges, else very good. (total 2)
Includes 10 text pieces by Ben, some signed, and 4 publications. Petersen (1931-2021) was curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 1960 until 1990. (1) Tiny envelope, postmarked Nice 21-6-1966 containing 9 text pieces ‘Art=Ben’, 7.5 x 5 cm. (2) Handwritten letter ‘Chere Ad’, on thin pink sheet, signed 1976. (3) Handwritten letter on stationary paper from Ben Vautier and Vicky Remy, dated 5 Aug. 1977, signed Ben. (4) Typed letter dated 5 Aug. 1977, signed. (5) Text piece ‘I accept no limitations’, black marker on white A4 sheet, signed Ben. This work was also part of the publication ‘The Archives’, van Beveren 1981. (6) Two invitation cards Galerie Baudoin Lebon Paris, in original envelope sent to Petersen. One card features the title of Ben’s solo show ‘L’art c’est les autres’, the other card shows only question marks and the exhibition date 5 Oct - 1 Nov 1977. (7) Three small printed text pieces. (8) Ben Vautier, Ecrit pour la Gloire a force de tourner en rond et d'etre jaloux. Nice, self-published, ca. 1970. Black two-hole metal ring binder, 23 x 20 x 3.5 cm. A collection of texts, reproduced drawings and photographs on 96 loose pages with perforation holes. Includes 3 plates with mounted envelopes with printed text works by Ben, and an empty transparent plastic sleeve. Unnumbered copy from a print run of 750. Binder with wear on spine, interior with some pencil notes, else fine. (9) Flash Art No.23, Milan, April 1971. Special issue on Ben, 43 x 31.5 cm, 8 pp, folded once. Text in Italian and English. Small hole in front page, some creasing. (10) Une lettre de la fenetre. N° 1 (Fevrier) 1973. Nice, Self-published by Ben and Annie, 27 x 21 cm, 8 pp. Light toning and creasing of paper. (11) J’aime et j’attaque, Janvier 1976. Printed folder, 29.5 x 21 cm, with 12 loose inlaid stencilled sheets, text in French. Handling wear. (total 14)
(1) Catalogue Art=Ben, signed ‘Rien = tout, Ben 92’, in red pen on front. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1973. 27.5 x 21 cm, 48 pp. Light handling wear. (2) Announcement flyer ‘To be happy in Amsterdam’, Reflex Gallery Amsterdam 1992, plus 3 colour slides and 4 b/w photo prints with reproductions of exhibited works. Also contains a colour negative strip, featuring 5 images of Ben Vautier lying in bed in the gallery during the opening of the show. (total 10)
Arnhem, Self-published, 1961. Second edition, numbered and signed 'herman de vries 1961'. Stapled artists' booklet, 13.7 x 11 cm, 20 pp. Edition of 120, this one is numbered 116/120. Contains 20 blank pages, with text in light grey typography on interior of the covers. Artist's name and address in tiny print on interior of front cover, with hand added edition number, signature and date. Minute printed text on interior of back cover reads: 'wit/ wit is overdaad/ blanc est surabondance/ white is superabundance/ weiss ist übermässig/ wit / wit/ wit is overdaad'. Slight toning to covers, generally very good. Signed copy, scarce. Ref: hdv 1961.081.1.
Arnhem, Self-published/ sstt, 1960. Limited edition of 20 copies. Staple bound, 25 × 16.5 cm, 14 pp. de vries re-purposed an article he published in the French scientific magazine Mammalia (a biological analysis of the distribution of small mammals in The Netherlands). He turned the original wrapper inside out and typed a new title and new publishing information on it. By retitling/resigning the ‘readymade' he seems to suggest that the scientific description of reality is only part of the truth (a castrated reality). Light toning and handling wear to covers. Extremely rare early artists’ publication. Ref: hdv 1960.081.1.
Tijdschrift voor Letteren en Schoone kunsten. Rare Dutch artists' periodical, tied to surrealism. Edited by herman de vries and Laurens Vancrevel et al. Twelve volumes, all published (1963-1968) by M. Israel in Arnhem, in a small edition of approx. 150. Contains: (1) No. 3/4 Winter 1963/Spring 1964. Original corrugated cardboard wrappers with the title handwritten in black. 28.5 x 23 cm. Approx. 60 pp. of various colours and types. This copy stamped 000325. Texts by Freddy de Vree, Walter Aue (on Tajiri), Simon Vinkenoog, Her de Vries, J.C. van Schagen, Anais Nin and others. Original collages by herman de vries (white paper squares) and Laurens Vancrevel, lithograph by J.H. Moesman, original water colour by Ader-Laudy and a child's drawing signed 'Mirjam'. Also contains a tipped-in booklet 'FilmkringStudio 16'. The fragile cover has some fraying and chipping, else a very good copy. (2) No.5. Summer 1964. Black paper wrapper, 29.7 x 21 cm, with cut-out shapes opening up to the underlying yellow and pink sheets. This copy stamped 000615. Features stencilled and original contributions by writers and artists such as herman de vries, Freddy de Vree, J.C. van Schagen et al. Light scuffing to cover, else very good. (total 2)
Original embossed print on thick white paper, 22.5 x 14.5 cm, with artist's name, title and edition information embossed in lower edge. Text line reads: 'random objectivation / preegdruk / herman de vries / V1968-105'. The prints were added as an artist’s contribution to the exhibition catalogue 'herman de vries toevalsstrukturen', published by the Haags Gemeentemuseum in 1968. Unlimited edition. Faint toning around margins, tiny spot (not on the motif), very light dog ear lower left, generally in fine condition. Ref: hdv 1968.082.7.
Tokyo, Mainichi Newspapers, 1970. Softcovers, 25 x 23.5 cm, approx. 150 pp. profusely ill. in b/w. Text in English and Japanese. Complete set of the 2 volume catalogue published in conjunction with the 10th Tokyo Biennale, which travelled to several museums in Japan starting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery. Curated by Nakahara Yusuke, the show played a major role in the rise of contemporary art in Japan and introduced conceptual and performance art from Europe, America and Japan to a wider audience. (1) Volume 1 contains an introduction by Nakahara and a two-page spread for each artist, featuring biographical information and proposals for the Tokyo project. Artists include: Albrecht, Andre, Buren, Christo, Enokura, Haacke, Horikawa, Inumaki, Kawara, Koike, LeWitt, Matsuzawa, Narita, Nauman, Hitoshi Panamarenko, Penone, Raetz, Sonnier, Tanaka et al. Very good copy. (2) Volume 2 features b/w documentation of the installed works. Light bend on upper right corner, else very good. Particularly rare with both volumes. (total 2)
Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1971. B/w lithograph on Arches paper, 77 x 58 cm. Limited edition of 50, signed in pencil 'Dan Graham' and numbered 17/50 on the sheet bottom right. Also carries a blind stamp of Robert Rogers, who printed the piece at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Lithography Workshop in May 1971. Early significant work by Graham (1942-2022), constituting the artists' second signed and numbered print edition. Light creasing along top right and lower left paper edges, generally a very good copy.
New York, Multiple Inc., 1969. Offset lithograph on paper, accordion-folded, 10.5 x 30.5 cm, 178 x 30.5 cm opened. Limited edition of 1200 copies, produced by Marian Goodman/Multiples Inc. for inclusion in the Artists & Photographs box. Shown are sepia-toned images documenting 12 stages of an installation by Morris (composed of earth, water, grease, plastic, felt, thread, light, photographs, sound) which was modified daily. This copy with toning and moderate scuffing along the edges.
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, 1970. Softcover, 19.4 x 19.6 cm, 48 pp. Artists' book published on the occasion of brouwn's exhibition in which arrows were drawn on the floor, the visitors were invited to walk a few meters in the direction of several cities. The book features 21 directional indications, such as 'walk 95 m in the direction of la paz, walk 11 m in the direction of rangoon, walk 4 m in the direction of madrid'. Light scratches on the black wrappers (only visible with specific light fall), tiny corner bump, else a very good copy.
Cologne/ New York, Verlag Gebr. König, 1971. Softcover, in original glassine wrapper, 24 x 20 cm, 124 pp. Edition of 500 numbered copies, this one stamped 0181. Text in German and English. Artists' book reproducing drawings from the iconic series 'This way brouwn', made up of doodles drawn by passers-by whom brouwn asked for directions in Amsterdam's city centre. The artist then appropriated the itineraries by stamping them with the title of the series. Partial yellowing on covers and spine, very light browning on outer edges of the pages, generally in good condition.
New York, John Weber Gallery, 1974. Softcover, 20.5 x 20.5 cm, approx. 260 pp. First edition. Artists' book featuring a series of b/w photographs and line illustrations of open cube constructions by LeWitt. One page loose (unpaginated sheet, in center of the book featuring a seven part variation). Light wear to both top and bottom edge of spine, else a good crisp copy.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985. Softcover, 30.5 x 26.5 cm, 152 pp., colour and b/w ills. First edition of 5000 copies. Exhibition catalogue with texts by Mary Jane Jacob and Robert Pincus-Witten, interview by Joan Simon. Title page with sticker of MUKHA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, with the date of the Belgian exhibition held June 21- Aug. 15 1987. Light rubbing to covers, very good copy.
(1) Mario Merz, Fibonacci 1202 Mario Merz 1970. Torino, Sperone Editore, 1970. Boards with original printed dustjacket, 16.4 x 9.8 cm, 110 pp. with facsimiles of handwritten texts and sketches. Edited by Germano Celant and Pierluigi Pero. The drawings in the book refer to the Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is equal to the sum of the two numbers that precede it. Light soiling and irregularities to dust-jacket, interior in very good cond. with intact binding. (2) Fibonacci 1202 Mario Merz 1972. Torino, Galleria Sperone, 1972. Staple bound, 12.5 x 17.5 cm, 32 pp. Subtitled 'A real sum is a sum of people'. Features 11 b/w photo spreads by Mussat Pellion (Paolo Mussat Sartor and Paolo Pellion) of a restaurant room filling up with an increasing number of characters, reproducing a Fibonacci numerical sequence. Text in Italian and English. From the unnumbered edition of 1200 copies (with 55 signed and numbered). Striking booklet, light toning on cover, date in pen on verso of front cover, otherwise very good cond. (total 2)
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, 1975. Softcover, two volumes each 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 32 pp. Artists’ book/catalogue published in conjunction with a show held October 2 - November 10, 1975. Text by Pontus Hulten and Marcel Broodthaers in French. Volume 1 features b/w drawings of wallpaper designs and texts by the artist. Light toning to cover, loose glue binding strip on interior of front cover; Volume 2 shows b/w and colour exhibition shots and reproductions of works. Sought-after Broodthaers item, rare set in good state.
Cologne and London, Verlag M. Dumont Schauberg and Petersburg Press, 1973. Softcover, 15 x 17.5 cm, 38 uncut pp. (with a warning from the artist not to cut them). Offset printed in b/w and colour. German version. Artists' book based on a film by Broodthaers, illustrated with the pairing of a late-nineteenth-century amateur painting of an archetypal European ship and a twentieth-century photograph of a pleasure boat against a modern urban backdrop. Second of three language variations of the trade edition (English, German and French). Light trace of sticker on back cover, otherwise a very good copy.
(1) Richard Tuttle, Kunstraum München (aka 11th Paper Octagonal and Paintings for the Wall), 1973. Leitz cardboard folder, 32 x 24 cm. Contains 46 loose leaves and a multiple (on octagonal shaped piece of paper) in a separate, printed envelope. Artists' book which accompanied Tuttle's first European institutional solo exhibition. Edition of 1000 copies. Light corner bumps to folder, interior and multiple mint. (2) Richard Tuttle, Portland Works 1976. Boston and Cologne, Thomas Segal Gallery and Galerie Karsten Greve, 1988. Handmade paper wraps, 26 x 18 cm, 38 pp. printed in colour. Near mint copy. (total 2)
Stuttgart/London, Hansjörg Mayer, 1978. Edited by J.J. Locher and Mark Boyle. Hardcover, 4.5 x 21 cm, 270 pp., in acetate wrapper. Housed in original black cloth publisher’s slipcase. Early monograph on the conceptual work of Mark Boyle and family, illustrated throughout with colour & b/w photos. This deluxe edition has a loosely inserted original b/w photograph, 23.5 x 21 cm, depicting minute animal life from the electron micro photo series, signed by Boyle in black marker on lower right. Slipcase shows moderate shelf wear, edges of dust jacket with light scuffs, photo in very good state.
(1) Two sheepdogs cross in and out of the passing shadows. The clouds drift over the hill with a storm. London, Lisson Publications, 1971. Softcover, 18.5 x 28 cm, 10 pp. Artists’ book featuring eight b/w photographic images taken on Dartmoor in southern England, with short textual statements. First book published by the Lisson Gallery in London. Light creasing on extremities, fine copy. Rare. (2) Richard Long, A Hundred Stones. One mile between first and last. Cornwall England 1977. Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1977. Hardcover, 21 x 15 cm, approx. 100 pp. Artists' book published in conjunction with a show held in Switzerland, featuring full page b/w photographic images of stones found by the artist in Cornwall. Moderate soiling and small corner bump to cover, interior in very good condition.
3 British artists’ publications featuring land art projects. Includes: (1) Richard Long, A Walk Past Standing Stones. London, Coracle Press for Anthony d'Offay, 1980. Leporello folded booklet, 10 x 7 cm, 10 pp. B/w photographs taken on Long’s walk on Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall 1978. Very good condition. Rare. (2) Aggie Weston’s No 2, Spring 1973. Derbyshire, Stuart Mills, 1973. Softcover, 25.5 x 20 cm, 12 pp. Features b/w photographs of Stonypath by Stuart Mills. Slight rubbing along spine, back cover soiled, interior very good. (3) Hamish Fulton: 10 Views of Brockmans Mount. A naturally formed hill near Hythe Kent, England. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1973. Catalogue 542. Softcover, 14 x 21 cm, 22 pp. Light dent on back cover, generally a fine clean copy.
Two large format artists’ books. (1) Richard Long, Inca Rock. Campfire Ash. London/Edinburgh, Robert Self/National Gallery of Modern Art, 1974. Softcover, 29 x 44 cm, 28 pp. Illustrated with 12 b/w photographic reproductions and 4 topographic maps. Text and graphic design by Richard Long. Light soiling to covers, fine copy. (2) Hamish Fulton, Skyline Ridge. London, P M J Self & Co Ltd., 1975. Softcover, 26.5 x 35.5 cm, 20 pp. Edition of 1000. B/w photographs and text documenting four connecting walks in southern England taken between 1971 and 1974. Sunning to rear cover, else a mint copy. (total 2)
(1) Hans Haacke Framing and Being Framed: 7 Works 1970-1975. Halifax, The Press of the Nova Scotia College,1975. Softcover, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 154 pp. Artists' book / monograph documenting seven works by Haacke. Edited by Kasper König, text by Jack Burnham, Howard S. Becker and John Walton. Light wear to extremities of the paper wrapper, name of former owner on first page. Fine copy. (2) Hans Haacke. Pasadena, Baxter Art Gallery /California Institute of Technology, 1978. Artists’ book published to accompany an exhibition held from May 25 - July 2, 1978. Black ringbinder with title sticker, housing 48 pp. featuring works by Haacke and an essay by Nan Rosenthal. Back cover of ringbinder and interior sheets slightly bubbled, generally a fine item. Extremely rare. (total 2)
(1) 20 Règles et Techniques utilisées en 1972 par un enfant de 9 ans décrites par Christian Boltanski. 20 regler og teknikker anvendt i 1972 af et barn pa 9 ar skildret af Christian Boltanski. Copenhagen, Berg, 1975. Softcover, 17 x 11 cm, 48 pp. Danish-French text, with numerous small b/w photo ills. First edition of 600, this copy numbered 89 in handwriting. Light toning on rear cover, else near mint. (2) Souvenirs de jeunesse interpretes par Christian Boltanski. Geneva, Adelina Cüberyan, 1975. First edition. Softcover, 22.5 x 15 cm, 24 pp. With ten full page b/w photographic self-portraits of the artist as a ventriloquist. Text in French. Toning to white cover, else very good. (3) Christian Boltanski, Reconstitution (1978). Karlsruhe/Paris, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe/Editions du Chène, 1978. Softcover, 24.5 × 20.8 cm, 124 pp. Profusely illustrated with the artist's work in b/w and colour. Text in German by Andreas Franzke and Michael Schwartz. Light toning and rubbing to spine, else very good. (total 3)
(1) Yayo(i) Kusama, Images with food and sex. Loenersloot, Mickery and Orez gallery, 1968. A4 sheet with printed b/w invitation to a Kusama exhibition presenting 1 iron, 8 dresses, 5 shoes, 1 bra, 3 reliefs, 2 serving trays, 3 boxes, 2 paintings and 4 objects. Folded twice for mailing, light creasing along margins, else fine. (2) Yayoi Kusama, Love Forever. TIQ January 1968 No.14, 25.5 x 31 cm. Dutch magazine with a 4 page Kusama special (plus back cover), including an artists' contribution and (colour) images of polka dot performances executed in The Netherlands. Photos and text Harrie Verstappen and J.J. Frericks. Covers creased, interior fine. Both items very rare. (total 2)
(1) Annette Messager Collectionneuse. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne ARC 2, 1974. Staple-bound, 21 x 15 cm, 24 pp. B/w facsimile printed texts, drawings and photographs organized into scrapbook-type ‘collection albums’. This album centers on Messager’s Paris apartment: the studio (territory of Annette Messager the artist), and the bedroom (Annette Messager collector). Includes a list of album collections from March 1974. Light corner bumps, handwritten date on rear of front cover, otherwise a good copy. 2) Annette Messager, Ma collection de proverbes: annette messager collectionneuse. Milan, Gian Carlo Politi Editore, 1976. Softcover, 12 x 16.5 cm, 110 pp. Edition of 1500. Features a compilation of proverbs consisting of male chauvinist ideas about women, collected by Messager. The proverbs are presented in French, Italian and English. Cover age spotted, with tear in upper left corner. (3) Annette Messager, Die Fortsetzungsromane mit Annette Messager Sammlerin, Annette Messager praktische Hausfrau, Annette Messager trickreiche Frau, Annette Messager Künstlerin. Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, 1978. Softcover, 20 x 20 cm, 127 pp. Exhibition catalogue/artists’ book edited by Messager and Klaus Honnef. Features the various persona used by the artist, such as Annette Messager, the Artist, the Collector, the Trickster, the Peddler, the Cheater, and the Practical Woman. Good copy. (total 3)
(1) Joan Jonas Performance, Documenta 6 Kassel, 1977. B/w printed poster, 30 x 21 cm, announcing a performance on June 23 and June 25 1977 at the Orangerie in Kassel. Light creasing on edges, else a very good copy. Super rare. (2) Joan Jonas, The Juniper Tree. Whitechapel Art Gallery London, 1979. Performances and Videotapes. Colour printed poster, 32 x 42 cm, machine-folded twice for mailing. Crisp copy. (3) Joan Jonas. Promotional sheet published by Performing Arts Services Inc. New York, 1978. Recto with b/w portrait of Jonas by Babette Mangolte, verso list of performances 1976-1978, 28 x 21 cm. (total 3)
(1) Marina Abramovic/Ulay, 3 performances. Innsbruck, Galerie Krinzinger, 1978. Softcover, 16.5 x 24.5 cm, 48 pp. Published in conjunction with the International Performance Festival at the Österreichischer Kunstverein in April 1978. Features b/w photo documentation and descriptions of 3 performances from the Relation/Works series, such as 'Performance 8' where the artists are tied together by their hair for 17 hours. Text in English and German. Includes excerpts from a dialogue between Marina Abramovic, Ulay and Heidi Grundmann. Light toning to covers, very good copy. (2) Two Performances and Detour, Adelaide, Experimental Art Foundation, 1979. Softcover, 16 x 24 cm, 50 pp. Features b/w photographic documentation of the performance pieces 21 (The Brink), 22, and Detour which all took place in Australia. Text in English. Light rubbing to covers, else a fine copy. (total 2)
Two rare catalogues by the Austrian artists and feminist icons, published in conjunction with their solo shows at the Venice Biennale of 1980. (1) Valie Export, Austria Biennale di Venezia 1980. Vienna, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Art, 1980. Softcover, 26.8 x 20.8 cm, 128 pp. (2) Maria Lassnig. Vienna, Austrian Federal Ministery of Education and Art, 1980. Softcover, 26.6 x 20.8 cm, 78 pp. Both ill. in b/w with text in Italian, German and English. Light toning to covers, otherwise very good copies. (total 2)
Cologne, Monika Sprüth, 1985. Softcover, 40 x 26 cm, 64 pp. First issue of a total of three editions of the magazine 'Eau de Cologne' published between 1985 and 1989 by the gallerist Monika Sprüth, focused on a female discourse on art. Although published in conjunction with an all women group show, the magazine presented ’many more young and older female artists, writers, critics and art-dealers’. Exhibited artists included Ina Barfuss, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Rosemarie Trockel. Artists’ contributions and features on Georgia O'Keefe, Edit DeAk, Louise Bourgeois, Annette Messager, Jutta Koether, Maria Lassnig, Susan Hiller, Ulrike Rosenbach, Nancy Spero, Ileana Sonnabend, Ingrid Oppenheim, Helen van der Mey, Iwona Blaswick, Holly Solomon, Marian Goodman, Mary Boone, Pat Hearn, Tanja Grunert, Philomene Magers et al. Light wear to front cover, else very good. Super rare.
Cologne, Galerie Monika Spruth, 1989. Softcover, 30 x 24.5 cm. Third issue of the iconic magazine focused on women in the artworld. Includes text/image featuring Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Barbara Bloom, Jutta Koether, Barbara Kruger, Elaine Sturtevant, Sherrie Levine, Ina Barfuss, Dominique Gonzalez Foerster, Hanne Darboven et al. Text contributions by Rosalind Krauss, Isabelle Graw, Linda Nochlin et al. in German and English. Light wear to cover and spine, interior good. Very rare.
Edited by Jorge Glusberg. Staplebound booklets with signature design, 22 x 16.5 cm, with text in English and Spanish. (1) Fourth International Open Encounter on Video, Video Alternativo: Oct. 31 - Nov. 14 1975. Buenos Aires, CAyC, 1976, 40 pp. Participants included Burgy, Davidovich, Ehrenberg, Export, Fandangos, Geissler, Grupo CAyC, Levine, Matsuzawa, Muntadas, Paik, Pozzi, Rosler and many others. Mint copy. (2) Japan Video Art Festival: 33 Artists at CAYC. Buenos Aires, CAyC, 1978. Participants included Taka Iimura, Shigeko Kubota, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yoshio Nakajima et al. 20 pp. Light rubbing on cover, else very good. (total 2) The Argentinian business man, critic, curator, and artist, Jorge Glusberg, founded the interdisciplinary experimental art center CAyC in Buenos Aires in 1968. In the 1970s it became one of the most prominent promoters of video art, mounting exhibitions in Eastern and Western Europe and Latin America, such as the series 'International Open Encounters on Video'.
Works, Propositions and Projects, Writings 1970-1978. Halifax/New York, The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design / New York University Press, 1979. Softcover, 21.5 x 28 cm, 89 pp. Artists' book featuring writings by Dan Graham on his video works illustrated with drawings and photographs. Edited by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, contributions by Michael Asher and Dara Birnbaum. Light rubbing to covers, else a crisp copy.
(1) Sound. An exhibition of sound sculpture, instrument building and acoustically tuned spaces. Los Angeles/New York, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art and Project Studios 1, 1979. Softcover, 21.5 x 21.5 cm, 68 pp. Catalogue published in conjunction with the significant 1979 exhibition curated by Robert Smith and Bob Wilhite who travelled from the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art to New York's PS 1. It presented electronic, electro-acoustic, and microtonal instruments in a gallery setting accompanied by music performances. Participants included Terry Fox, Mike Kelley, Alvin Lucier, Tom Marioni, Yoshimasa Wada et al. Light toning to spine, otherwise very good. (2) Stapled set of sheets with scores, annotations and more information about the exhibition at PS1, including a floor plan. (3) Folded poster for the PS1 exhibition, printed in bright orange and red, 61 x 46 cm. Great collection of ephemera with the hard to find catalogue. (total 3)
Paris, Association Française d’Action Artistique, 1985. Comprises a 33 RPM vinyl disc in original printed record sleeve, 26 x 26 cm, with inserted booklet. The album contains audio recordings by the five French participants in the Sao Paulo Biennale of 1985, curated by Michel Nuridsany. Among the sound works is a beautiful contribution by Boltanski, 'Reconstitution de chansons qui ont été chantées à Christian Boltanski entre 1944 et 1946', in which the artist is humming children's songs. The record sleeve is richly illustrated on exterior and interior, with photo portraits of the artists and a contents list. The vinyl disc has an exquisitely designed printed label on both sides. The staple bound booklet, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, 16 pp. features text by Nuridsany in French, English and Portuguese, and colour reproductions. Very light scuffing to corners of the sleeve, else a very good copy. Scarce.
Oak Park MI, Book Beat Gallery, 1997. Softcover, 27.5 x 21.5 cm. This is the 3rd revised edition with a cover printed in silver metallic ink on fluorescent pink stock. Edition of 2000 copies. Artists' book featuring photographs, artworks and images from Destroy All Monsters zines, the band/art collective founded by artists Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw, Niagara and Cary Loren. With inserts, poster, interviews, news-clippings and an original black plastic flexi-disk (Typical Girl & Attack of the Chiggers). Each book contains one original hand-made psychedelic splatter painting. A total of three editions of 'Geisha This' were produced, each version was printed in different colours and collated in a different sequence with varying content. Light bump on lower right corner, else a very crisp copy.
First three issues of the periodical published by the legendary collective Art & Language. Edited in Coventry by Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, and Joseph Kosuth (from No.2 onwards). Softcover, 21.5 x 13.5 cm, 32/88/36 pp. Comprises: (1) Art-Language, Vol.1 No.1, May 1969. Light spotting on cover, else very good. (2) Vol.1 No.2, February 1970. Brown stain on front cover, seeping unto the first 4 pp., otherwise clean. (3) Vol.1 No.3, June 1970. Light staining on cover, otherwise crisp. Contributions by Sol Lewitt, Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Stephen McKenna, Roger Cutforth et al. Rare copies. (total 3)
Firenze, Stiav, 1977. Rare catalogue released for the first exhibition dedicated to the artists' book in Italy. curated by Luciano Caruso, Eugenio Miccini, and Maurizio Nannucci, held at Comune di Firenze, Fortezza da Basso in Florence from 7 to 15 January 1978. Edition of 1000 copies. Exquisitely designed booklet in the shape of a Kraft envelope, closed with a red ribbon and two red plastic disks. The front cover has a pocket housing an invitation card for the exhibition. Softcover, 18 x 10.8 cm, 64 pp. printed b/w with numerous ills. Artists presented at the exhibition included Vincenzo Agnetti, Luciano Bartolini, Mirella Bentivoglio, Irma Blank, Ugo Carrega, Giuseppe Chiari, Gianni Kounellis, Ugo La Pietra, Mario Merz, Bruno Munari, Giulio Paolini, Emilio Villa et al. Very light creasing on front cover, generally a very good copy.
Special issue of Reflection Press (No.26) edited by Albrecht D. in Stuttgart. Comprises 12 postcards, 15 x 10.5 cm, printed violet on white recto, titles in black on verso. Also contains one sheet with publisher information. Housed in the original envelope with stamped title. Light corner creases to envelope, the cards are mint.
Zurich, Annemarie Verna, 1979. Signed and numbered copy. Colour ill. portfolio, 30 x 30 cm, 24 pp. Artists' book containing 6 double-page thick plates illustrated with drawings and collages by the artist in b/w. Introduction on the covers in Italian and German. Edition of 500. This copy is from the limited edition of 20, numbered 3/20 and signed in pencil by Paolini in pencil. Faint crease on front cover, light bends to 3 sheets on lower left corner. Fine copy.
(1) Traces. Florence, Zona, 1976. Signed and numbered 105/250 in pencil on last page, with a dedication. Sewn, 22 x 16 cm. No text except for title and publisher's information on covers. Contains 16 pages of recycled kraft paper with 8 sheets featuring applied transparent glue traces. Inserted is a typewritten letter with explanatory text by the artist on stationary of Zona editions. Light foxing to covers, unidentified light pen drawing on front cover, generally very good. (2) Traces d’un rêve élaboré avec des éléments antérieurs. Brussels, Michèle Lachowsky, 1979. Softcover, 23 x 16.5 cm, 32 pp. Artists' book printed on blue paper, containing 1 original white gauze collage by Luigi Bartolini, plus text and photographic images. Light toning to cover, else very good. (3) Sogni, Ombre. Munich, Ottenhausen Verlag, 1979. Softcover, 23 x 16.5 cm, 32 pp. Very good copy. With loose inlaid signed letter by Bartolini, and promotional card for the multiple 'Asterterione', printed gold and black on thick handmade paper. (4) The Pearl Mosque. Cologne, Paul Maenz, 1978. Leporello booklet, 14.5 x 17.5 cm, 16 pp. Edition of 200. Tear on fold of one page, else fine. (5) Arianna. Geneva, Edition Centre d'Art Contemporain / Adelina von Fürstenberg, 1979. Softcover, 23.5 x 17 cm, 32 pp. Photographic images by Bartolini, text by Fulvio Salvadori in Italian and French. Fine copy. (total 5)
Cardboard cover bound with metallic clip, 22 x 20.5 cm. Contains 10 full page original b/w photographs. Signed, numbered and dated by the artist in pencil on interior of back cover, 'Krijn Giezen 5/5/ Jan 1977'. Features a reportage of the creation of a dome shaped structure with straw roofing. No text. With rubber stamp of Stichting Kunst en Bedrijf on verso cover. Minor age spotting to covers, light toning to margins of the first photo, generally in very good condition.
Vernon Fisher/ Keith Haring. Rotterdam, Galerie 't Venster/Rotterdam Arts Council, 1982. Softcover, 20 x 20 cm, 72 pp. The catalogue presents two exhibitions held March 26 - April 28, 1982 (Fisher) and April 30 - June 2, 1982 (Haring) which was the latter's first European solo exhibition. Pages 40-71 are dedicated to Haring. Text by Richard Flood in Dutch and English. Light foxing to cover, good copy. Rare item.
Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery, 1984. Softcover, 29.5 x 22 cm, 48 pp. Rare catalogue for Basquiat's first European solo exhibition which premiered at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh (1984), then travelled to ICA London and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (1985). Light rubbing to spine, else near mint.
Vom Einfachsten nach Hause. Cologne / Munich, Martin Kippenberger / Galerie Dany Keller, 1983. Softcover, 29.7 x 21 cm, with 50 full-page blue on white illustrations. Edition of 600 copies, published on the occasion of Kippenberger’s 30th birthday. Light shelf wear on exterior, generally in good condition.
(1) Jan Schoonhoven retrospectief: tekeningen en reliefs, Jan Schoonhoven Retrospektiv: Zeichnungen und Reliefs. The Hague/Nürnberg, Haags Gemeentemuseum/ Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 1984. Hardcover, 30 x 21 cm, 144 pp. Texts in Dutch and German by Flip Bool, Wim Beeren, Henk Peeters, et al. Overview of drawings and reliefs, profusely ill. in b/w and colour. Some sunning to cover, else very good. (2) Centraal Museum Utrecht Mededelingen No.6, May 1974. Tabloid, 44 x 31 cm, 12 pp. folded twice. This issue designed by Schoonhoven, comprising a grid-drawing on the cover sheet, and a continuous text in typescript, divided in columns all through the magazine. Stunning artists' intervention, in good condition. (3) nul negentienhonderd vijf en zestig, Vol. I: Texts & Vol. II: Photos. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1965. Silver wrappers, 27.5 x 18.5 cm, 60 pp. Catalogue published on the occasion of the international ZERO exhibition featuring Schoonhoven, Peeters, Fontana, Kusama, Manzoni and many others. Text in English, French, Italian and Dutch with b/w illustrations. Designed by Wim Crouwel. Light age wear to covers, name of former owner in both volumes, pages are still bound (unusual with this glue binding). (total 3)
Five posters, 58 x 73 cm. Four copies printed with different images and one blank (light blue) as issued. All in very good condition. Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957 -1996) was a Cuban-born American conceptual artist working in a variety of media. His work addresses issues of identity, desire, originality, loss, and the private versus the public domain. In 1989 Gonzalez-Torres began making his famous stack pieces: blocklike piles of paper printed with content related to his private life, from which the viewer is invited to take a sheet, hence interact with the work. These sheets were hand picked from his exhibition at the Sprengel Museum Hannover held in 1997.
Arnhem, Sonsbeek, 1993. Softcover, 24 x 17 cm, 124 pp., ill. in b/w. Influential catalogue published in conjunction with 'The Uncanny', a now mythical exhibition staged at the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, as part of Sonsbeek 93. Curated by Kelley, who also edited and provided text for the catalogue. This is the scarce first (and only) edition. Light toning and rubbing to cover edges, else in great shape.
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