Seven color illus. [16] pp. Square 4to (181 x 181 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Jerusalem: 1975.

Scarce exhibition catalogue designed by Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) for his exhibition at the Israel Museum in 1975. It is printed in parallel English and Hebrew. The seven illustrations show seven iterations of LeWitt’s concept for the exhibit. With a checklist of works exhibited at the end.

Near fine copy; some inoffensive discoloration to the wrappers. WorldCat: Museum of Modern Art (NY), Stanford, National Gallery of Art (D.C.), Clark Art Institute, and Rhode Island School of Design.

❧ Maffei & de Donno, Sol LeWitt... More

[1] oblong leaf of explanatory text & 4 color woodcut plates (222 x 457 mm.), each signed & numbered by the artist, loose as issued, housed in orig. handmade paper wrapper, orig. publisher’s portfolio. Tokyo: Galerie Watari, 1980.

An extremely rare suite of four woodblock prints, all numbered and signed by Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). These prints were finely executed on Echizen-Kizuki-Hosho paper by the Adachi Institute in an edition of 40 copies (+ 10 A.P.). The same year, Shizuko Watari’s Galerie Watari also published a scarce LeWitt artist’s book with a slightly shortened title, All Four Part Combinations of Six... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [44] pp. Small square 4to (150 x 150 mm.), white printed semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Rome: Ugo Ferranti, 1982.

Scarce artist’s book by Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), published with the gallerist Ugo Ferranti. LeWitt's first exhibition with the gallery was in 1980, and in 1982, he had a show there called Structures. In this book, hand-drawn diagrams of structures on the versos face photographs of the 20 executed structures designed by LeWitt.

Near fine copy; small blue ink mark to upper wrapper and inoffensive crease to one corner. WorldCat records the following institutions with copies... More

Many illus. in the text. [36] pp. Tall 8vo (, semi-stiff pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: 1990].

A rare bookseller’s catalogue describing 201 items, including the publications of Antonin Artaud, Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Robert Filliou, Jean Genet, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, LeWitt, Richard Long, Dennis Oppenheim, Daniel Spoerri, Ania Staristsky, Edmond Jabes, Tristan Tzara, etc. For each item, measurements, publication information, printing method, and edition size are provided, and for some there is a concise description of the content.

Fine copy.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 459. More

Numerous text illus. 64 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo (210 x 100 mm.), orig. semi-stiff pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: 1991].

An uncommon catalogue featuring a close-up portrait by Robert Barry of Florence Loewy on the covers. The catalogue describes 224 items, including the works of Jean-Michel Alberola, Carl Andre, Seth Siegelaub, Enrico Baj, Baldessari, Robert Barry, Beuys, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Sophie Calle, Christo, Jean Degottex, Hans Haacke, Haring, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, LeWitt, Long, Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Prince, Dieter Roth, Edward “Rusha,” James Turrell, Tristan Tzara, Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, etc. For each item, measurements, publication information, printing method, and... More

Full-bleed black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. Oblong 8vo, printed hardcover. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1977.

Uncommon Richard Long (b. 1945) exhibition catalogue/artist’s book. Near fine; a few marks to the covers. More

Black & white illus. throughout. 103 pp. 4to, pictorial wrappers with flaps. Düsseldorf: [ca. 1992].

Scarce bookseller catalogue with a fine selection of post-war art books, catalogues, and multiples; scarce. 748 listings total. Near fine; minor wear to the spine. More

Black & white photocopied illus. throughout. 198 leaves & colophon. Thick 4to, pictorial softcover. Mantua: Assessorato Cultura Comune di Mantova, 1978.

One of 500 copies, this exhibition was organized by Romano Peli and Michaela Versari. It contains essays on mail art by Ken Friedman, Michael Crane, Hervé Fischer, Walter Zanini. G. J. de Rook, Toshinori Saito, Bill Gaglione, Ruedi Schill, Paulo Bruscky, Horacio Zabala, Guillermo Deisler, etc., all translated into Italian. Mailed contributions from practitioners around the world were photocopied and serve as the illustrations in the catalogue.

In fine condition. We find three examples in North American collections. More

Many illus. 61, [1] p. Large 4to, orig. printed semi-stiff covers. Leeds: Wild Pansy Press, 2007.

Scarce catalogue for the wide-ranging exhibition at the University Gallery, Leeds juxtaposing books from across the centuries. Books and publications by Ruscha, Sugimoto, Helen Douglas, Richard Long, Dieter Roth, Boltanski, Lippard, Joan Lyons, Jonathan Monk, etc., were shown alongside Kitao Masayoshi, Hokusai, Sukenobu, Duchamp, and several other antiquarian materials. This volume includes essays by the curators, Ellis Tinios, Gaye Smith, Yann Sérandour, Sharon Kivland, and Chris Sheppard.

In near fine condition; faint wear to the edges.

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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

Many illus. 48 pp. Small 4to, yellow pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997.

Exhibition booklet produced for the seminal exhibition of artists’ books curated by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix at the Bibliothèque nationale, held 29 May-12 October 1997.

A fine copy.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 91. More

Some black & white illus. 588 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover. Marseille: Le mot et le reste, 2006.

An essential reference work; the scarce collection of Anne Moeglin-Delcroix’s writings on artist’s books, some previously unpublished and many re-edited. While this is indeed a valuable book, this title is an unfortunate victim of “book-jackers” on listing sites, where the price has been inflated to ca. $500 (even $1195 as of 26 January 2023).

In excellent condition.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 197. More