[in]: Revista de Bellas Artes, No. 8 (March-April 1966), pp. 41-56. Black & white illus. throughout. 102 pp. & ads. 4to, pink pictorial wrappers, title on spine. Mexico City: 1966.

Unrecorded by Guy Schraenen; a little-known Ulises Carrión (1941-89) contribution to one of Mexico’s literary journals. Foreshadowing his permanent move to Amsterdam, he contributed this short story about a visit to the city, with illustrations by Vicente Rojo (1932-2021). In the mid-1960s Carrión was studying in Paris or Achenmühle, Germany.

Near fine copy.

❧ Not in G. Schraenen, Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016). More

Illus. throughout and first & last leaves stamped. Unpaginated. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, May 1984.

An uncommon exhibition catalogue, conceived and designed by Craig Dennis, and the books were selected by Kira Obolensky. “Paginations demonstrates the wide diversity of theme and format one finds in bookworks. In addition, the selections represent existing categories for contemporary bookworks (e.g. concrete poetry, political and feminist expression, the flip book, the found object book…). All these works challenge the monetary preciousness usually associated with art objects. Produced in large numbers, they are relatively inexpensive to... More

Author port. to inside of upper cover & two illus. 103 pp. Small 8vo (170 x 120 mm.), geometric covers. Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1985,

Scarce Merve Verlag publication, it contains articles and interviews by Lyotard, Derrida, Burkhardt, Daghini, and Blistène. In fine condition. More

23 black & white illus. 239 pp. 12mo (169 x 120 mm.), gold geometric covers. Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1981.

First printing of this essential Harald Szeemann (1933-2005) anthology. Later printings can be identified by the lack of a price on the upper cover.

“In the summer of 1980, [Peter] Gente travelled on short notice to Ascona, where Szeemann had taken up residence during his research for the exhibition because he found the magnetic anomalies personally stimulating. Szeemann readily agreed to publish a book of collected occasional texts, supplied his visitor with ‘towers of manuscripts,’ and handed him the house keys... 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.

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

Color photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1975.

Scarce postcard invitation made for Richter’s third solo presentation at Konrad Fischer. This was the first time the artist’s surreal portraits of Gilbert & George were shown. Richter based them on photographs of the duo, from which he executed eight paintings. Gilbert & George had asked Richter to paint them during their March 1974 exhibition with Fischer. The recto illustration depicts the painting Gilbert & George (1975) [cat. raisonné no. 383].

In fine condition.

❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992... More

Five black & white illus. Illustrated flyer, folded for mailing. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1970.

Flyer distributed for Richter’s debut presentation with Konrad Fischer’s gallery. The two had a difficult friendship stretching back to their time as students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With Sigmar Polke, the three then started the Capitalist Realism movement in 1963. Richter (b. 1932) went on to have six exhibitions with Fischer.

The flyer has five small images of the artist's paintings and a complete listing of the pictures selected for the show, with their catalogue raisonné numbers. Printed on Fischer’s letterhead, it also lists the other... More

13 black & white illus. 77 pp. Small 8vo (175 x 126 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Philadelphia: 1973].

The landmark exhibition catalogue for a pioneering show of artists’ books. It was held at both Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, and the University Art Museum, Berkeley. Vanderlip, later a museum curator at the Denver Art Museum, writes in the Foreword: “This exhibition attempts to survey the many different types of books made by artists from 1960 to the present. For the purpose of this Exhibition the definition of ‘book’ is very flexible. If the artist conceived his work as a.... More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1969.

Rare postcard invitation to LeWitt’s second presentation with Fischer. Their first collaboration had taken place 6 January-3 February 1968 – the gallerist’s fourth exhibition and the artist’s debut show in Europe. LeWitt’s preliminary sketch for one of the two wall drawings shown, A square divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with a different direction of lines (1969) is reproduced on the recto.

“Konrad Fischer most likely saw Sol LeWitt’s work for the first time in 1967 in the exhibition Serielle Formationen in... More

Black & white photographic illus. with caption on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, [1968].

Very scarce and early postcard invitation produced by Konrad Fischer. This was Ryman’s second exhibition in Europe and first with Fischer’s gallery. Ryman’s first European show, with Galerie Heiner Friedrich (19 November-December 10), began two days before the present one. The Fischer exhibition presented the artist’s “Classico” series (nos. 1-6). The illustration shows a detail of J. Green (1968).

“Konrad Fischer and the Munich-based gallerist Heiner Friedrich, at whose gallery Konrad Lueg had had a solo exhibition in 1967, became partners... More

Black text on green recto, details on verso. Postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1977.

Postcard invitation for the artist’s fifth presentation with Konrad Fischer. Dibbets showed several series of color photos. In fine condition.

❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 125. More