Six illus. [8] leaves. Very, very tall 12mo (394 x 73 mm.), printed semi-stiff wrappers, staple-bound. Nice: Villa Arson, 1995.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book/exhibition catalogue, published in conjunction with his Villa Arson exhibition (20 January-19 March 1995). Near fine copy; minor scuffing to the lower wrapper.
❧ H. Ruhé, stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Details on recto, verso blank. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2021.
Posthumous Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition organized by the haubrok foundation at the KW Institute in Berlin. Fine. More
Printed on recto only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2012.
Scarce card made for Brouwn’s 2012 haubrok foundation exhibition. Fine. More
Printed on one side only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, [2018].
Scarce Brouwn exhibition card produced by the haubrok foundation. Fine. More
Printed on one side. Card. Utrecht: 1972.
A scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) invitation card produced by the Utrechtse Kring gallery. Ruhé writes about this exhibition: “On the occasion of the exhibition, the book 1 step – 100000 steps is published. The text is produced on a computer of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam. During the exhibition, the first 42 pages of the computer text are displayed on six narrow tables joined together. In addition there is an explanatory text by Brouwn. Previous publications by Brouwn are displayed on a separate table.”
Near fine; small creases to two corners.
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Printed on both sides. Postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1970.
Postcard invitation to Stanley Brouwn’s debut show at Konrad Fischer’s gallery.
“Stanley Brouwn’s first of five solo exhibitions at Fischer’s gallery, it opened in December 1970. The artist presented works documenting the number of steps he had taken while wearing a pedometer on his walks through several neighborhoods of Düsseldorf prior to the exhibition. The aspect of movement and the site-specific reference, which were key features in the exhibitions at Konrad Fischer’s gallery at the time, were also central here.”–Cloud & Crystal: The Dorothee and Konrad Fischer Collection (2016 exhib. booklet)... More
Artist’s name on recto, details on verso. Postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1978.
Invitation to Brouwn’s 1978 show, it was held at Konrad Fischer’s Platanenstrasse gallery. In fine condition.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 145.
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Details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1976.
Postcard invitation to Brouwn’s third exhibition with Konrad Fischer. A fine copy, mailed to Hermann Kern of Munich.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 115.
Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Printed on one side. Postcard. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1977.
Scarce postcard made for Brouwn’s exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern. Fine.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Artist’s name printed on recto, details on verso. Postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1981.
Postcard made on the occasion of Brouwn’s 1981 solo exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum. Fine.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Printed on recto only. Small postcard. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2014.
Scarce card distributed by the haubrok foundation. It is made to measure 1/2 brouwnfuss x 1/10 m (=13 x 10 cm). Fine. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1973.
A scarce uncorrected example of the postcard invitation for Brouwn’s second show at Konrad Fischer. In excellent condition. Mailed to Judith Cahen (b. 1938).
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 74
H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005).
B. Tonini, ed., Artists’ Invitations 1965-1985 (2019) 174. More
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[15] pp. 4to (270 x 210 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1976.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition catalogue, printed by the artist’s go-to printers Lecturis in an edition of 1000 copies. The Van Abbemuseum show was curated by Coosje van Bruggen, Rudi Fuchs, and Margriet Suren. It succinctly enumerates the 270 works on display. Text in English. A fine copy.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
14 black & white illus. [10] pp. 4to (270 x 215 mm.), printed softcover. 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 twelve this way brouwn drawings from 1964 and 1 m, 1 step (1980). Text in English.
In near fine condition; some minor scuffing to the spine and the lower cover
❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Black & white illus. [32] pp. 4to (270 x 215 mm.), printed semi-stiff wrappers. Amsterdam: Visual Arts Office for Abroad, 1982.
Near fine copy of this scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) catalogue, published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Dutch pavilion (unknown edition size). The catalogue contains reproductions of the work and photographs of Brouwn’s Biennale exhibition installation. With an informative text — in English and Italian — on the artist’s practice by the art historian Jan Debbaut (b. 1949).
Near fine; a few trivial scuffs. With the printed eight-page illustrated insert laid-in.
❧ Harry Ruhé, Stanley Brouwn: a.... More
[40] pp. & colophon. Square 4to (155 x 156 mm.), printed softcover. Geneva: Ecole supérieure d’art visuel, 1994.
A very rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book; WorldCat shows no example outside of Switzerland and France. Brouwn was a visiting professor at the institution in 1994, and had an exhibition there of aluminum pieces 9-30 March. The printed calculations within are a mix of meters, steps, ells, feet and their equivalent in centimeters, decreasing from 400 to 178 cm. Much like the ostensibly incorrect computation on the title and first page, the rest throughout the book do not seem accurate.
In... 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
[104] leaves, printed on rectos only. Square 4to (228 x 228 mm.), printed softcover, exposed spine as issued. Cologne & New York: Verlag Gebr. König, [1970].
One of Stanley Brouwn’s earliest artist’s books; printed in an edition of 300 copies, according to Ruhé. The artist attempted to ask the same question of a computer that he posed to passers-by on the street for his this way brouwn drawings. The book records the artist’s 101 instructions typed on an IBM 360 Model 95 computer.
No. 1: “show brouwn the way in all cities, villages etc. on earth from point x.... More
Line illus. throughout. [104] pp. Square 4to (156 x 161 mm.), printed white softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Gallery MTL, 1975.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book, published by Fernand Spillemaeckers’s MTL gallery in Brussels in an edition of 250 copies. This was the second book that the artist made with the gallery, the first was one step 1x-100x (1971). In the present one there are 100 pages with ten vertical lines and “1000 mm” printed above, which in total amounts to the titular measurement.
In near fine condition; some minor discoloration to the extremities.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed.... More
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Many black & white illus. 168 pp. & ads. 4to, printed semi-stiff wrappers, table of contents on lower wrapper, staple-bound. Amsterdam: Stichting Kunstpublikaties, 1971.
Nice copy of this sought-after issue, with an original work by Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) entitled 1001 stappen. The journal also includes original works by Ger van Elk, Marinus Boezem and Jan Dibbets, in addition to texts by important curators and art historians Rudi Fuchs (b. 1942), Johannes Cladders (1924-2009), and Carel Blotkamp (b. 1945). With useful exhibition lists for the four artists (pp. 160-61). On p. 167, Cladders describes Brouwn’s show going through cosmic rays at... More
[10] leaves, printed on rectos only. Square 4to (150 x 150 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1978.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book marking his exhibition at Geert van Beijeren and Adriaan van Ravesteijn’s celebrated Art & Project gallery in Amsterdam; edition of 1000 copies.
In excellent condition. We find just four recorded examples in American institutions.
❧ Harry Ruhé, Stanley Brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
![Item ID: 8276 a distance of 2444601 feet. [204] pp. Square 4to (157 x 157 mm.), printed...](/pictures/medium/8276.jpg?v=1655074772)
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
![Item ID: 8244 [foot/feet]. [76] pp., printed on rectos and versos. Square 4to (156 x 156...](/pictures/medium/8244.jpg?v=1653082174)
A rare complete set of Brouwn’s first artist’s book “trilogy.” Separately published by the Van Abbemuseum and éditions micheline szwajcer & michèle didier in editions of 600, these three volumes, each presenting their own unit of measurement — feet, ells, and steps — are usually offered individually. Our trio is also presented with the éditions szwajcer & didier announcement card (opening 24 April 1998) for the release of the latter two books.
In 2000, Brouwn created a similar three-part work with the Netherlands’s Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture under the titles: a distance of 336 steps, …2444601 feet... More
One printed diagram. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1969.
Brouwn’s rare second Art & Project Bulletin, it was produced to accompany Prospect 69, an important exhibition convened by the dealers Konrad Fischer (1939-96) and Hans Strelow (b. 1940) and held at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
When the A3 sheet is opened Brouwn’s text instructs the reader: “walk during a few moments very consciously / in a certain direction; / simultaniously an infinite number / of living creatures in the universe / are moving in an infinite number of directions.”
On the final page, below a circle... More