14 black & white illus. [10] pp. 4to (270 x 215 mm.), printed wrappers. Eindhoven: prins bernhard fonds, 1980.

Very scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) catalogue, published to mark the artist receiving the David Röell-Prijs from the Prins Bernhard Fonds in 1980; unknown edition size. It contains reproductions of this way brouwn (1964) and 1 m, 1 step (1980). Text in Dutch.

In near fine condition; some minor scuffing to the spine. WorldCat records just three copies in North America.

❧ Stanley Brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

Unpaginated. Square 4to (158 x 162 mm.), printed softcover, title on spine. Frankfurt: Portikus; Rotterdam: Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, 1993.

Rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book co-published by Portikus and the Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art; unknown edition size. We locate only a handful of copies in American institutions.

In this publication, Brouwn multiplies meters, ells, steps, and feet on each page, and converts them to centimeters. It was produced on the occasion of the 1993 Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Very good copy; large diagonal crease to the lower cover and a smaller one to the upper... More

A trio of rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s books published simultaneously, with identical paginations and produced in editions of 700. This joint work was made on the occasion of the artist receiving the 2000 Oeuvreprijs van het Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst.

All three volumes are in fine condition, but for some minor scuffing to the covers. The Clark Art Institute is the only American library with a complete set of all three.

❧ Harry Ruhé, Stanley Brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

Unpaginated, printed on rectos only. Thick 4to (156 x 156 mm.), printed softcover, artist’s name on spine. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum; Barcelona: MACBA, 2005.

Uncommon artist’s book by Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017), jointly published by the Van Abbemuseum and MACBA in an edition of 1400 copies. The exhibition for which this book was printed took place at the Van Abbemuseum (23 January-17 April 2005); MACBA (22 June-25 September 2005); and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (14 December-5 March 2006).

The distances in the book are cyclically recorded from Africa, North America, Europe, South America, Oceania, Antarctica, Asia beginning on 24 January... More

[1] leaf (title-page), 21 leaves, printed on rectos only. Square 4to (194 x 198 mm.), black printed wrappers (trace of spine label), staple-bound. Schiedam: Stedelijk Museum, 1970.

The artist’s first publication produced to mark a solo museum exhibition. For the remainder of his life, Brouwn (1935-2017) generally made square-format artist’s books with minimalist white covers to document (or materialize) his shows with museums and galleries. Based on Harry Ruhé’s exhaustive bibliography and exhibition list of Brouwn, this is very probably the first exhibition catalogue/artist’s book that Brouwn co-published with a museum.

In this book, the artist invites the reader to... More