Color illus. throughout. Unpaginated. Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Heidelberg: 1991.

Rare publisher’s catalogue. It lists multiples and books by Beuys, Heerich, Paik, Droese, Mattheuer, Wewerka, Penck, Naegli, K. Staeck, Haacke, Simon, Neumann, Schneider, and Kaden. With stapled price-list at end.

Near fine. More

Color illus + black & white illus. throughout. Ca. [103] pp. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Heidelberg: 1983.

Scarce publisher’s catalogue, containing exclusively Joseph Beuys (1921-86) multiples. Edition Staeck, headed by Klaus and Rolf Staeck, was the principal producer of the artist’s multiples. Each listing is illustrated, with a concise description beneath, making this catalogue a valuable record of Beuys’s fabled and, in many cases, elusive multiples.

In excellent condition, tiny ink stain to the lower wrapper. With the price-list laid-in (two photocopied sheets). More

12 black & white illus. pasted on leaves. 32 unnumbered pages. 8vo (214 x 135 mm.), orig. blue cloth over boards (spine sunned), title in gilt on upper cover & spine. [Manchester: The Cloister Press, Ltd., 1943].

An exceedingly rare Epstein exhibition catalogue, signed by the artist; WorldCat records only the BL copy. As explained on the verso of the title-page, 50 percent of sales from this exhibition were to be given to the Merchant Navy Comforts Service. Epstein writes a brief introduction about the works he has selected: “The works in this collection which date from so early as... More

Two illus. Green coated paper with three folds. [Paris: A L’Etoile Scellée, 1954].

A very rare exhibition announcement from A L’Etoile Scellée, the art gallery directed by André Breton. Located on rue du Pré aux Clercs in the 7th arrondissement, the gallery served as an influential center of Surrealism from 1952 to 1956. Thanks to financing by the gallerist Sophie Babet, Breton was able to launch a bold program, inviting young abstract and Surrealist artists.

This invitation, with a checklist of the 24 works exhibited, advertises Falzoni’s (1925-98) solo show. It also features a text by Robert Benayoun, “L’Oasis,” and... More

Color illus. throughout (some double-page). 74, [1] p. list of works exhibited. Small 4to (223 x 175 mm.), yellow printed wrappers, title on spine. [From final page]: New York: Trying to Press, 2018.

A rare artist’s book produced in conjunction with Spencer Finch’s 2018 exhibition at James Cohan Gallery; signed on the title-page.

Finch writes: “I have been an avid Emily Dickinson fan for almost 20 years. Her prodigious imagination, her complex and idiosyncratic mastery of language, her ability to connect the natural world and human experience with an elevated and precise mental awareness, all thrill me to my core... More

Color illus. throughout. 240 pp. Large & thick 4to, blue cloth over boards, orig. illustrated dust-jacket. Munich: DelMonico Books & Prestel, 2016.

A signed copy of the first monograph to survey Finch’s career. Edited by Susan Cross, the book contains essays by curators Mark Godfrey and James Rondeau. The illustrations depict a large number of his works on paper, photography, sculpture, and installations, including a number of Finch’s earliest pieces. His well known installations at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning), The Morgan Library & Museum (A... More

Color illus. throughout. 220 unnumbered pages. Oblong 4to (222 x 305 mm.), orig. cloth covered boards, title on spine & upper cover. Brooklyn, NY: Trying to Press, 2016.

An uncommon artist’s book based on Finch’s 2015 Marfa Contemporary exhibition of the same name; printed in an edition of 500, and signed by the artist in orange pencil on the first blank leaf.

Referring to Leopold Bloom’s journey around Dublin, Spencer Finch recounts his peregrinations in New York City on 19 September 2014 through a selection of ca. 1400 Pantone color swatches. Each swatch, with adjacent text revealing what is evoked... More

[17] leaves. Square 4to, semi-stiff printed wrappers, metal spiral-bound. Atlanta: 1994.

A wonderfully designed catalogue for the exhibition held at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery from 28 January to 4 March. The exhibition was engineered by Judith Hoffberg and Peter Frank, two keen observers of the artist’s book’s evolution in the United States. The exhibition consisted of loans from the collections of Printed Matter, Tony Zwicker, Granary Books, Nexus Press, Dick Higgins, etc. Most of this volume is taken up by the curators’ essay, which is inventively laid-out. With a bibliography and checklist at the end. The artists featured... More

1 p.l., 20 pp. Small 8vo (185 x 138 mm.), printed paper wrappers, staple-bound. [Helsingfors: Handelstryckeriet, 1904].

The very scarce catalogue of a selling exhibition organized by Durand-Ruel in Helsinki. The artists featured in this show included Degas, Denis, P. Dubois, Alfred William Finch, Forain, Jeanniot, Constantin Meunier, Monet, Pissarro, Puvis de Chavannes, Renoir, van Rysselberghe, Signac, Sisley, Jacob Smits, Henri Thomas, etc. The title of each picture is printed in French, Finnish, and Swedish. All 69 entries are priced in francs.

Fine copy. We locate only one copy in North America. More

Green paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1965.

Card announcing Block’s third soirée, a performance by artist and critic Bazon Brock (b. 1936). Galerie René Block opened at Frobenstraße 18 in September 1964. This is a very early piece of ephemera distributed by the gallery. The card also lists other artists who part of Block’s stable at the beginning: Brehmer, Hödicke, Lueg, Polke, Richter, Vostell, etc.

Fine.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 458. More

Yellow paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1968.

Card distributed by Galere René Block to announce an early show of Diter Rot’s work. Also advertises Rot’s Die gesamte Scheiße for 48 DM.

In fine condition.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 463 (pictured). More

Yellow paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1965.

Rare card for Block’s fourth soirée, an appearance by Vostell (1932-98) to open his exhibition at the gallery. This was Vostell’s first solo show with Block’s fledgling gallery.

Fine.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 458. More