Many black & white illus. 35 pp. 8vo, printed yellow wrappers. Worms: Werner’sche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1986.

Rare publication on Christo’s early large-scale projects. Good copy; second gathering (7 leaves) sprung. More

46 pp. Tall 8vo, self-bound pink wrappers. New York: 1985.

Scarce catalogue issued by Jaap Rietman’s pioneering art bookshop. Opened in 1973, the business issued its first catalogue a year later. Across three locations, Rietman (d. 2016) maintained the store until 1996.

This catalogue lists a few artists’ books and mostly art monographs and exhibition catalogues. In fine condition. More

Black & white illus. throughout. [32] leaves. 12mo, printed wrappers. New York & Berlin: 1976.

One of 1000 copies printed. A profusely illustrated catalogue for the exhibition organized by René Block at his SoHo gallery for the three artists. Each artist with many pictures of their work, short essay, and exhibition history.

Fine. On WorldCat we locate copies at: Museum of Modern Art (NY), Getty, Yale, Iowa, Minnesota, Cincinnati, and Utah State. More

1 p.l., 28 pp. Small 8vo (176 x 109 mm.), disbound, stitched. Antwerp: L. P. Delacroix, 1816.

The scarce, triumphant catalogue of paintings recovered from the French and exhibited in 1816 at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts — now known as the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. The Academy was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger. We locate no copy of this catalogue in North America.

Successive French occupations in the 1790s had led to the confiscation of Antwerp’s greatest cultural treasures from churches, museums, and private cabinets. A number of pictures by Rubens were among the spoliations. In the aftermath of... More

Full-bleed color illus. throughout. [70] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Midlothian, UK: Show & Tell Editions, 2015.

Rare Jonathan Monk (b. 1969) exhibition catalogue. Published in 2015, this catalogue records a peculiar 2012 exhibition of 64 works by the artist. The curator Paul Robertson was given permission to stage a show at Summerhall in a hidden attic. Only 129 people were able to see it. This is basically a thorough photographic bibliography of books and ephemera by the artist.

In fine condition. We locate just two copies in North America: Delaware and Ohio State. More

Full-bleed color illus. throughout. [50] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: Presentation House Gallery & Bywater Bros. Editions, 2007.

Artist’s book by Jonathan Monk (b. 1969); this is the third installment of the Lynn Valley series published by Bywater Bros. Editions (other artists in the series include Richard Prince, Annette Kelm, Zhang Dali, Derek Sullivan, Jack Pierson, etc.). The photographs in this book were taken at a Morrissey concert in Berlin.

Fine copy. More

Full-bleed illus. throughout. [38] leaves. 4to, pictorial hardcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. [Glasgow: Tramway, 2008].

Uncommon artist’s book by Jonathan Monk (b. 1969). Referencing the long-running BBC children’s program, the artist covers the Blue Peter book with exhibition invitations from his impressive collection of art ephemera. It includes scarce materials connected to shows by artists such as Kawara, Nauman, LeWitt, Ader, Merz, Ruscha, Tuttle, Boetti, Barry, Weiner, Twombly, Lamelas, Ian Wilson, Anselmo, etc.

Fine copy. Designed by the British artist Dan Rees. More

Full-bleed black & white illus. throughout. Eight unnumbered leaves. Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Baden, Switzerland]: Kodoji Press, 2017.

A series of photographs focused on the imprints of artists’ books and exhibition catalogues published in New York. A number of the publications are instantly recognizable. It includes books published by Multiples, Inc. (Marian Goodman), Rizzoli, Sperone, Taschen, Skarstedt Gallery, Assouline, Siegelaub and J. Wendler, 38th Street Publishers, etc. The books are by LeWitt, Siegelaub, Tuttle, Prince, Graham, Wool, Judd, S. Levine, Koons, Lawler, Warhol, Halley, etc. A list of the artists featured is found on the inside of the lower wrapper.

One of Jonathan Monk’s rarer books. In fine condition. No stated edition size. More

Color illus. throughout. 44 pp. 8vo, orange printed wrappers, staple-bound. Rome: The British School at Rome, 2005.

Rare and nicely designed catalogue published in conjunction with Jonathan Monk’s ‘”Untitled and Unfinished (Afghanistan)”’ exhibition at the British School at Rome; signed by the artist on the title-page. For this show, Monk (b. 1969), with the help of gallerist Sonia Rosso, sent a video camera to an Afghan named Mustafa Shaibzada in order to film the lakes where Alighiero Boetti had wanted his ashes to be scattered, belatedly fulfilling his wishes. This catalogue is filled with stills from the film, which are accompanied by... More

Many black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. Small 4to, printed wrappers & orig. printed dust-jacket, staple-bound. London: Kettle’s Yard Gallery, 1986.

One of the great exhibition catalogues on artists’ books. This sharply conceived book was published for a 1986 exhibition at Kettle’s Yard Gallery (1 November-7 December). Organized by Pavel Buchler (b. 1952), who also designed and wrote this catalogue, the exhibition included loans from Christian Boltanski, Ulises Carrión, Nigel Greenwood, Richard Hamilton, Kasper Koenig, Annette Messager, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Hansjörg Mayer, Barbara and Gabriele Schmidt-Heins, Michael Werner Galerie, Karsten Schubert, Lawrence Weiner, etc. The exhibition featured the work of Boltanski, Carrión... More

[28] pp. Square 4to, gray printed wrappers, staple-bound. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 1997.

Scarce exhibition catalogue on the work of Jiri Valoch (b. 1946); one of 1000 copies. This is part of an extensive series of shows and accompanying catalogues on artists’ books curated by Guy Schraenen (1941-2018) at the Neues Museum Weserburg. The catalogue contains an essay by Schraenen (“Wort als Wort”), a 10-page work by Valoch, and a biography and bibliography of the artist.

In excellent condition. Volume 18 in the Sammlung der Künstlerbücher. More

Black & white illus. throughout. 23, [1] p. Square 4to, aubergine pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 1996.

Uncommon exhibition catalogue focused on Christian Boltanski’s artist's books. This show was one of many shows put together at the Neues Musuem Weserburg Bremen by curator Guy Schraenen (1941-2018) on the topic of artists’ publications. Boltanski (1944-2021) loaned several works to the exhibition, and the catalogue has several visual reproductions of his work. The catalogue essay, written by Schraenen, is entitled “Gedächtnis des Vergessens” [“Memory of Forgetting”]. This is a most useful reference in the study of Boltanski’s numerous books. With an extensive list of... More