16 color lithographs (two double-page). [20] leaves. Large 8vo, cloth spine & pictorial boards. Paris: Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1987.

Luxuriously printed exhibition catalogue/artist’s book; one of 1000 copies printed in Rome by F. Begliomini. This book is filled with exquisite photolithography rendered on thick Tiontoretto G 200 paper. LeWitt’s exhibition was organized by Suzanne Pagé and Juliette Laffon, and the Wall Drawings were realized by David Higginbotham, Claude Picard, Anthony Sansotta, Marien Schouten, and Jo Watanabe.

A beautiful LeWitt catalogue, in excellent condition and now scarce on the market. More

Printed on both sides. Mailed postcard. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1978.

Rare exhibition invitation for On Kawara’s famous show with René Block. The verso of the postcard mentions the forthcoming publication of I Am Still Alive, a compendium of Kawara’s “Suicide Telegrams.”

In fine condition. Mailed to Susanne Hermanns. More

61; 49 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [Shenyang]: Liao hai shu she, Preface dated 1908.

[with]: WU, Tingxie. Xuande bie lu [Separate Records of the Xuande Reign]. 67; 69 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [Shenyang]: Liao hai shu she, Preface dated 1917.

First editions. Wu (1865-1947), a late Qing, early Republican government official, was one of the most indefatigable compilers of chronological tables of office holders. The son of a Qing official, Wu himself served as an official both under the Qing and in several of the regimes that controlled China in the early Republican period. He participated... More

Unpaginated. 8vo, buff pictorial wrappers, perfect-bound. London: 1998.

Wide-ranging bookseller’s catalogue compiled by Peter Gidal, scarce. Presents a total of 753 items (antiquarian & modern books, photographs, artworks, etc.), including the work of Avedon, Becher, Beckett, Beuys, Broodthaers, Duchamp, Ginsberg, Haring, Hirst, Hockney, Holzer, Johns, Joyce, Kafka, Koons, Ono, Picasso, Polke, Richter, Roth, Ruscha, Warhol (lots!), etc., etc.

Fine. More

Unpaginated. 8vo, blue pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. London: 1994.

Rare bookseller catalogue issued by Peter Gidal. With 507 items listed, including books and artwork by the Bechers, Beckett, Beuys, Cage, Duchamp, Kafka, Klein, Lippard, Polke, Rauschenberg, Roth, Ruscha, Schneemann, Twombly, Warhol (lots!), etc., etc.

Fine. More

Unpaginated. Small 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Los Angeles: n.d.

Catalogue issued from Art Catalogues's Museum of Contemporary Art premises. Vast offerings of art monographs and exhibition catalogues (1404 items). Near fine; pencil annotation to upper wrapper and spine a trifle sunned. More

Many illus. 131, [1] p. Small 4to, orig. semi-stiff pictorial covers, title on spine, perfect-bound. London: British Council, 1975.

The uncommon catalogue for this important exhibition hosted by the British Council, with the essays printed in parallel English and German text. Somewhat overshadowed by the exhibition Artists’ Books of a year later, this show consisted of an impressive presented 120 bookworks and reference books. As is explained on pp. 18-23 (and shown by several illustrations of the exhibition space), each book was displayed on a book shelf and could be handled by visitors. “Art works” were denoted with red stickers and “reference works”... More

57 black & white illus. [64] pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Cologne: Galerie Gisela Capitain, 1989.

Rare Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) artist’s book, from an edition of ca. 500-800 copies. It was published in conjunction with the artist’s exhibition Die Hamburger Hängung. Umzüge 1957-1988. Fallende Flüge [Hamburger Hanging. Removals 1957-1988. Falling Flights] (20 January-18 February 1989).

“This artist book contains reproductions of drawings (oil crayon, lead pencil, ballpoint pen and Tipp-ex on invoices of the Bahia Othon Palace Hotel, Salvador BA, from the years 1986-1988) of the floor plans of all the premises in which Martin Kippenberger... More

Woodcut headpiece on leaf Ai. 8, 64 pp. 8vo, late 19th-cent. red cloth-backed marbled boards, title on spine. Paris: A. J. Paillet, 1786.

A rare sale catalogue describing the collection of Watelet (1718-86), the writer, voracious collector, and amateur engraver. Our copy is fully priced in a contemporary hand and with many buyers’ names, including that of Paillet, this sale’s expert, who was making purchases on behalf of Louis XVI. Benefitting from his inherited status as the fermier-général (tax collector) of Orléans, Watelet wholeheartedly pursued studies of engraving, gardens, and the fine arts. He was also the principal contributor to the Encyclopédie for... More

Several black & white illus. [32] pp. & ads. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: 1937.

Scarce exhibition catalogue on Impressionism and its precursors. It is divided thematically and presents works by Bonington, Delacroix, Isabey, Courbet, Manet, Corot, Jongkind, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Cézanne, Morisot, Cassatt, etc. Preface by André Joubin, director of the Bibliothèque d’Art et d’Archéologie de l’Université de Paris.

Fine copy. More

Full-bleed color illus. throughout. [25] leaves. 12mo, printed softcover. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 2011.

Rare artist’s book by Jonathan Monk (b. 1969); from an edition of 500 copies and ten cover color variants. Co-published with Yvon Lambert, the book documents the production of the artist’s posters at KRASTS, a small printing company in Riga, Latvia.

As new. WorldCat records just the New York Public Library copy among North American institutions. Please let us know if you have a preference of cover color. More

Black & white illus. (one double-page). 18 pp. Small 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Palestine: Alpha Studio, 2007.

The very rare booklet published in conjunction with the Bethlehem leg of Kawara’s traveling exhibition Pure Consciousness which began in Sydney in 1998. For the exhibition, seven “Date Paintings” from the Today series (1966-2013) are displayed in a kindergarten classroom. These paintings have traveled around the world to cities and towns such as Sydney; Tongyeong, South Korea; Reykjavik; Istanbul; Goa; Inari, Finland; Thimphu, Bhutan; Abidjan, Ulaanbaatar; Toliara, Madagascar, etc. The photographs in the booklet focus on the students with the paintings only blurry or in the... More