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

Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book co-published by Portikus and the Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art; unknown edition size.

Near fine.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

One calligraphic title-page; one color-printed lithographic plate, printed on both sides; & six pages of illus. with 18 figures. 30 leaves of text. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Seoul]: Chosen Sotokufu Senbaikyoku, 1933.

First edition of this scholarly work on Korean ginseng and its cultivation and uses in medicine. Imamura (1870-1943), studied in Korea for many years and served there during the Japanese occupation. The lithographic plate, printed on both sides in color, depicts the ginseng plant (including flowers and leaves), its roots, and the final products (red and white ginseng).

Fine... More

13 folding leaves. 8vo (248 x 168 mm.), orig. wrappers, stitched as issued. [Japan]: Meiji era.

A very comprehensive and detailed work on the cultivation of ginseng and processing of its roots. The anonymous author describes how to fertilize the soil with sardine juice, harvest the ginseng after several years of growth, process the ginseng roots (including drying, steaming, and soaking in sake), increase the medicinal potency of the roots, store and ship the ginseng, as well as when to plant seedlings, etc.

There are many references throughout to Chinese works on ginseng.

Fine copy. On the inside of the... More

Many black & white text illus. [64] pp. Small 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers (spine worn), staple-bound. Toronto: 1976.

Art Metropole’s very scarce third catalogue of books, periodicals, films, and videotapes. Two years before Printed Matter was established in New York, Art Metropole became the first large-scale distributor of artists’ publications in North America. The collective General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), which had been working with printed matter since the creation of FILE in 1972, founded this artist-run space in 1974.

Expanding greatly on Art Metropole’s previous catalogues, which primarily featured North... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [12] pp. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Washington D.C.: 1976.

Uncommon and early exhibition catalogue devoted to artists’ books. Begins with an essay by Daniel Fendrick, who with his wife Barbara, founded Fendrick Gallery (Georgetown) in 1970. The show included works by Burden, Duchamp, Frankenthaler, Minsky, Motherwell, Oldenburg, Ruscha, Samaras, Twombly, Warhol, Cage, etc.

Near fine copy. With price-list laid-in. More

Black & white illus. on rectos. [104] pp. & colophon. Small 4to, printed softcover, title on spine. Paris: Florence Loewy, 2021.

A brilliantly designed bibliography of Jonathan Monk’s books and catalogues, WorldCat finds no example in North American libraries. This catalogue was published for an exhibition of the same name (1 February-14 March 2020) held at Loewy’s gallery. The illustrations are printed on the rectos and the text on versos, but the text cleverly bleeds through the thin paper used.

As new. Edition of 500 copies. Designed by Théophile Calot. More

Single sheet, printed on both sides. Amsterdam: Museum Fodor, 1980.

Flyer for Brouwn’s 1980 exhibition at the Museum Fodor in Amsterdam. From the text on the reverse (in trans.): “during a period of three weeks (from 29-1 – 18-2-80) stanley brouwn measured the length of x steps and y meters from day to day…”

In fine condition.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

Printed on one side. Perforated card, right portion lacking. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1975.

Invitation card to Cadere’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert. The text explains that the right side (“volet droit”) of the perforation was to be given to attendees by Cadere himself, a possible inducement to attend the exhibition?

In fine condition.

❧ S. Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 372. More

Black & white photographic illus. tipped in. Folding card, printed on fine paper. Torino: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1975.

Illustrated invitation card for LeWitt’s 1975 solo exhibition at Sperone’s gallery in Torino. It includes a tipped-in photograph of one of the artist’s cube sculptures. Near fine; very faint spotting.

❧ A. Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino-Roma-New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, pp. 258 (installation photographs) & 493. More

Printed on one side. Card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1970.

Invitation card for LeWitt’s solo debut with Gian Enzo Sperone, in Torino. In excellent condition.

❧ A. Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino-Roma-New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. I, pp. 168-69 (installation photographs) & Vol. II, p. 492. More

22 juan plus two juan of addenda in 11 vols. Large 8vo (290 x 186 mm.), orig. patterned wrappers, new stitching. [Korea: 1898].

Second edition, enlarged, and printed with movable wooden type, of the writings of a prominent Neo-Confucian thinker of the 19th century; it is one of the most important collections (chip) published in Korea during the final years of the Chosŏn dynasty. Our edition contains Ki’s writings in various genres, ranging from political manifestos to poetry, and is supplemented by a detailed biography and an essay on Ki’s philosophy by one of his disciples.

According to the Digital... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [12] leaves. Small 8vo, stiff printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1974.

Rare Annette Messager (b. 1943) exhibition catalogue, published for her exhibition Messager Collectionneuse. This was her first solo show at a major French museum, and the first of many at the Musée d’art moderne in Paris. The book presents her “collections” of “babies with eyes crossed out,” “how my friends would draw my portrait,” “voluntary torture,” “bodyguards,” “my jealousy,” “my needlework,” “my clichés temoins,” “collection to find my best signature,” with a list of further collections assembled... More