Rectangular card, printed on one side only, mailed. Washington D.C.: Max Protetch, [1974].

Very rare invitation to Buren’s first and only solo presentation with Max Protetch. This example was mailed to the famous Claire S. Copley Gallery on La Cienega Boulevard. The card bears two addresses for Protetch’s gallery, one in D.C. and the other on Spring Street in New York; we believe this exhibition took place at the former.

In excellent condition.

❧ Not in Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005). More

Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 73, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

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—. Reboundings: an essay by Daniel Buren, followed by 7 plates and 7 diagrams. Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 77, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

The scarce French and English editions of Buren’s polemical text, both printed in editions of 530 copies; both in excellent condition. The artist was driven to write this as a pointed critique of museums and curators five years after the controversy surrounding his contribution to... More

168 pp. Small 8vo (164 x 95 mm.), cont. pink paste-paper wrappers (edges worn). Rome: Mordacchini, 1825.

A scarce revised and updated edition (1st ed. under this title: 1819) of this museum catalogue. It describes the institution’s paintings and sculptures, a number of which had been seized by the French during the conquest of Italy and subsequently returned.

A very good copy; some soiling and wear to the wrappers.

❧ For an account of the museum’s establishment see C. Paul, “Capitoline Museum, Rome: Civic Identity and Personal Cultivation,” in The First Modern Museums of Art: The Birth of an Institution... More

Many color illus. 135 pp. Oblong 4to (212 x 300 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers. Buenos Aires: 2013.

First and only edition of the rare Carrión catalogue raisonné. This is an essential book for understanding Carrión’s life and work, not just for its recording of all of his known bookworks (unique and editioned), but also for the insightful essay by Heriberto Yepez, entitled “The Four Periods of Ulises Carrion,” published here for the first time and not reprinted since.

The catalogue records each of the artist’s books with several pictures, beginning with La Muerte de Miss O. (1966), then the final... More

Many black & white illus. 267 pp. Thick 4to, printed softcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2016.

The English edition of this exhibition catalogue, now very scarce. The exhibition took place at the Reina Sofia (16 March-10 October 2016) and Mexico City’s Museo Jumex (9 February-7 May 2017). Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains essays and remembrances by Guy Schraenen, Felipe Ehrenberg, Jan Voss, Joao Fernandes, Heriberto Yepez, Javier Maderuelo, and Maike Aden. An invaluable reference on Ulises Carrión’s life and works.

As new. With the inserted DVD present as issued. More

[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

Illustrated postcard, mailed & postmarked, mailing label on verso. [Maastricht: 1980].

Postcard mailed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937) for Ulises Carrión’s exhibition at Agora in 1980. His bookwork Namen en adressen was published in conjunction with the show.

In fine condition.

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

Many black & white illus. 267 pp. Thick 4to, printed softcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2016.

The Spanish edition of this exhibition catalogue, now very scarce. The exhibition took place at the Reina Sofia (16 March-10 October 2016) and Mexico City’s Museo Jumex (9 February-7 May 2017). Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains essays and remembrances by Guy Schraenen, Felipe Ehrenberg, Jan Voss, Joao Fernandes, Heriberto Yepez, Javier Maderuelo, and Maike Aden. An invaluable reference on Ulises Carrión’s life and works.

Near fine, minimal edgewear. With the inserted DVD present as issued. More

Many black & white illus. Two large folded sheets (299 x 212 mm. folded), unbound. Purmerend: Museum Waterland, [1981].

An uncommon exhibition flyer for a display of bookworks at the Museum Waterland, co-curated by Ulises Carrión and Juan J. Agius. Both featured their own works, along with those of François Bouillon, Axel Heibel, Diderick van Kleef, Federico Sanguinetti, Ben Sleeuwenhoek, Ad Gerritsen, J. H. Kocman, Tom Ockerse, Gèza Perneczky, and Pawel Petasz. Several examples of each artist’s work are pictured. All the works displayed were drawn from Agius’s and Carrión’s personal collections. This catalogue’s text, written by Alex A. M.... More

23, [1] leaves, mimeographed on rectos only. Small folio (288 x 187 mm.), self-bound, stapled. Warsaw: Galeria Remont, 1977.

One of Carrión’s rarest exhibition catalogues. The artist curated this show at the Galeria Remont in Warsaw, a contemporary art space established by the Polish artist and filmmaker Henryk Gajewski (b. 1948) in a dormitory student club at the Warsaw University of Technology. The gallery operated from April 1972 to November 1979, hosting performance art, exhibitions of photography, stamp art, and bookworks, and many other events. Carrión had staged an exhibition called Contents at the gallery the previous December. The present... More

[15] leaves, printed on rectos only. 12mo, lime green printed semi-stiff covers, stitched. Geneva: Boabooks, May 2016.

From the colophon: “(a, b, c) presents a linguistic exercise handwritten in green ink on fifteen pages by Ulises Carrión in 1972.”

As new. WorldCat records only two holding institutions in North America. More

96 unnumbered pages. Thick 8vo (210 x 150 mm.), semi-stiff printed wrappers. Geneva: Editions Héros-Limite, 2005.

The scarce second edition of Ulises Carrión’s famous Arguments (1st ed.: 1973, published by the Beau Geste Press). In the Getty Research Institute exhibition catalogue Artists and Their Books, Books and Their Artists (2018), Zanna Gilbert writes (about the first edition): “Carrión humorously interrogates the structure and content of books and the literary devices used by authors and playwrights. The titular exchanges in Arguments are indicated only by the names of the participants, with no reference to the actual content of their disagreements. The... More