A4 flyer, black & white illus. on recto, details to verso. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1967.

Flyer for Posenenske’s debut exhibition at Konrad Fischer’s newly established gallery, Fischer paired this show with one for Hanne Darboven (1941-2009) at his Neubrückstrasse address. Both began on 5 December. The recto reproduces a contact sheet of photographs of her work.

“Fischer’s second exhibition was dedicated to two women artists from Europe: Hanne Darboven…presented her Konstruktionen (Constructions, 1966-67), comprising approximately 120 drawings in pencil and ink on blue graph paper, while Posenenske monopolized most of the narrow space with a combination of four-sided cardboard ducts... More

Black & white illus. 24 pp. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1975.

Scarce catalogue for a solo exhibition by Mol (b. 1946); WorldCat records just two examples in North America. Near fine; minor foxing to a few leaves. More

Many black & white illus. 5 p.l., 179 pp. & Notes. 8vo, crimson pictorial softcover, title on spine. New York: Tanam Press, 1983.

First edition, second printing (1st printing: 1982) of Cha’s Dictee. “Published in 1982 by the now defunct Tanam Press, Dictee is about mothers and martyrs, revolutionaries and uprisings. Divided into nine chapters named after the Greek muses, Dictee documents the violence of Korean history through the personal stories of Cha’s mother and the seventeen-year-old martyr Yu Guan Soon, who led the protest against the Japanese occupation of Korea and then died from being tortured by Japanese soldiers... More

Color illus. throughout. 246 pp. & colophon leaf. Large 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Paris: Musée de la Poste, 1993.

Uncommon mail art exhibition catalogue, with a focus on stamps crafted by artists. It contains numerous color reproductions of stamps by Anna Banana, Vittore Baroni, Guy Bleus, Carl T. Chew, Ko de Jonge, H. R. Fricker, Gyorgy Galantai, John Held Jr., Jean-Noel Laszlo, Juergen O. Olbrich, Clemente Padin, Pawel Petasz, Carlo Pittore, Guenther Ruch, Edgardo Antonio Vigo, etc.

With texts by Laszlo (including an interview with Galantai and K. Friedman), Peter Frank, James Warren Felter, Edvin Van Riper Varney... More

Photographic illus. Photographic card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1970.

Invitation card to Hamilton’s 1970 show with Block. Fine. More

Many black & white illus. 45, [2] pp., & ads. Oblong 4to, printed covers, plastic spiral-bound. Paris: 1970.

A very rare exhibition catalogue, organized by the young curators and art historians Jean-Marc Poinsot (b. 1948) and Alfred Pacquement (b. 1948) on political art addressing racism in its many deleterious forms. WorldCat records two copies in France and one in the United States. There are short prefaces by the curators and a lengthy analysis by Poinsot (“Lecture possible”) of the artists and their work. According to the Archives de la critique d’art page for Poinsot, this was his first-ever contribution to... More

Black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. Small 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Zürich: JRP Ringier, 2009.

Artist’s book published for Monk’s curated exhibition Richard Prince and the Revolution (25 June-10 September 2009) at ProjecteSD in Barcelona.

From the publisher’s description: “Monk’s new book ‘Studio Visit’ takes as its starting point a number of Richard Prince’s publications. Visually similar to those iconic artist's book of the 1990s, this publication is also very different from them in many other ways. Jonathan Monk opens the door to his secret studio. For many years Monk has been considered an exemplary post-studio artist, working... More

Illus. throughout. [4] printed sheets, orig. craft paper wrappers, staple-bound. Hou, Denmark: Egmont Højskolen, Feb. 1979.

A scarce exhibition catalogue dedicated to books with rubber-stamped illustrations, curated by Ulises Carrión (1941-89). His introduction is printed in Danish and English: “Time pressures didn’t allow for a wide research, but I believe that the show includes most if not all the significant artists in this field. Some available catalogues and anthologies have been included because they possess a reasonable coherence in character, theme, or intentions. These criteria, rather than dictionary definitions, were also applied when deciding what was to be considered as... More

10 black & white illus. [12] pp. & ads. 12mo, orange printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1913.

Scarce Bonnard (1867-1947) exhibition catalogue published by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. The pictures in the show were executed in 1912 and 1913 and, with the exception of one, were being displayed to the public for the first time. Curiously the illustrations in the catalogue depict Bonnard sketches, which according to the catalogue text “have no connection with the [listed] paintings.”

Near fine; minuscule ink(?) splotches. More

Black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Paris: onestar press, 2014.

One of 250 numbered copies, a scarce artist’s book in which Jonathan Monk (b. 1969) represents his life through pennies minted from 1969 to 1999. In fine condition. More

Many illus. 48 pp. Small 8vo, pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Glasgow: Tramway Visual Arts; FRAC des Pays de la Loire: Nantes, [1996].

Scarce and early publication on the artist Jonathan Monk (b. 1969). With contributions (in English and French) by Judith Findlay and David Perreau, and an entertaining interview between Douglas Gordon and Monk.

As new. More

Color illus. [47] pp. & colophon. Small 8vo, printed softcover, title on spine. [Gussago, Italy]: Tonini Editore, 2022.

Signed copy, the fourth installment in the editor’s Autobiography series. Jonathan Monk (b. 1969) presents images of his large (and growing) collection of 46 copies of Ed Ruscha’s artist’s book Crackers.

As new, edition of 500 copies. Monk has signed on the verso of the colophon leaf. WorldCat records no copy in the United States (as of September 2023) More