Catalogue nr. 27, October, 2006: Editions and Artists’ Books
Illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 2006.
Scarce bookseller catalogue. Fine. More
Illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 2006.
Scarce bookseller catalogue. Fine. More
Color illus. Unpaginated. Small 4to, pictorial softcover. N.p.: Multinational Enterprises, 2013.
First edition of 500 copies. All of the images of Los Angeles apartments are taken from Google Maps. In fine condition. WorldCat: Yale only. More
Photographic illus. with text in red. Pictorial card. New York: [1969].
Announcement card for Gibson’s 1969 group exhibition. Fine, ms. notes to verso. More
Details on recto, verso blank. Printed card. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1972.
Scarce and early exhibition ephemera distributed by John Weber Gallery. Shortly after the closure of Virginia Dwan’s New York gallery on West 57th Street where he was director, Weber opened his own space at 420 West Broadway in September 1971. Many of Dwan’s artists joined Weber’s new gallery and several were part of the present exhibition.
In excellent condition. More
Black & white illus. Pictorial card. New York: René Block Gallery, [1974].
Invitation card for Ray Johnson’s event at Block’s New York Gallery. Fine. More
Printed on one side. Card. Rome: Sperone & Fischer, 1973.
Announcement card for Judd’s 1973 exhibition at Gian Enzo Sperone and Konrad Fischer’s gallery in Rome. Judd had shown with the latter in July 1970 in Düsseldorf, but this was the first time he worked with Sperone.
In excellent condition.
❧ A. Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino-Roma-New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, pp. 224-25 & 492. More
Illus. throughout. 104 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Bremen: Neuen Museum Weserburg Bremen, 1992.
An invaluable and rare exhibition catalogue on Jürgen Wesseler’s intrepid Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, a non-commercial gallery in northern Germany that was active from 1967 to the early 2000s. There are installation photographs for many of its most famous exhibitions and interviews with artists who had exhibited there, including Lawrence Weiner, Franz Erhard Walther, and Andreas Slominski. With essays by Claudia Meier (“Zwischen Kunst und Publikum”) and Hanne Zech (“Vorhut aus dem Hinterland”).
A fine copy. More
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: 1977.
Postcard invitation to the ten-year celebration of Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. The recto photograph is a street-view of the legendary storefront with its floor-to-ceiling windows.
In excellent condition. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s Total-Designe. More
Single sheet, printed on recto only, two black & white illus., horizontal & vertical folds. Amsterdam: 1977.
Rare Other Books and So flyer for an Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) exhibition. The items displayed were supplied by Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks’s dealership Backworks. The flyer bears two slightly unsettling found images from a medical textbook. The present show was one of several held concurrently early on at the bookstore’s new premises at Herengracht 259. Tom Ockerse’s exhibition had the same dates.
Fine. From the collection of Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937), the collector and Fluxus adherent.
❧ Guy Schraenen, ed., “We have... More
White text on blue on recto, details on verso. Card. Düsseldorf: NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, 2002.
Scarce card announcing a CD recording of One Million Years. Fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 158. More
Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial card. Antwerp: Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier, 1999.
Card announcing the publication of Kawara’s artist’s book One Million Years (1999). In fine condition.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 157. More
Color illus. throughout. 125 pp. & colophon. 8vo, blue printed covers, date stamped on lower cover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2023.
Bookseller catalogue on the artist On Kawara (29,771 days) offering a selection of artist’s books, exhibition catalogues and ephemera, monographs, etc. Each copy is stamped on the lower cover with the date it is sent.
Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA. Edition of 500 copies.
N.B. International shipping by Fedex starts at $25.00. More
Black and white & color illus. [18] pp. Large 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Nagoya: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 2002.
A very rare On Kawara exhibition catalogue, published by one of his main Japanese dealers. Six "Date Paintings" (from 1967 to 2001) were shown, all of which are illustrated within.
In near fine condition; some marks to the lower wrappers. In WorldCat we locate just the copy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Printed in an edition of 1000. More
Several color illus. 63 pp. Small 4to (223 x 169 mm.), pictorial boards, title on spine, pictorial endpapers. Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein & Japanisches Kulturinstitut, 1997.
Scarce catalogue for an exhibition jointly organized by the Kölnischer Kunstverein Japanisches Kulturinstitut in Cologne (26 August-8 October 1995). It was published two years after the exhibition took place.
The catalogue contains installation views, a diagram of the exhibition space, and lists of the rotating display of On Kawara’s Date Paintings. Each week the paintings were rotated with new ones. On the facing wall copies of the newspapers which the artist used to construct the... More
Black & white illus. 13, [1] p. Small 8vo, printed wrappers, stitched. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2006.
Uncommon exhibition catalogue for On Kawara’s solo presentation at Ikon Gallery. From the foreword by curator Jonathan Watkins: “This exhibition consists entirely of Date Paintings. They are part of On Kawara’s Today Series, an ongoing project begun in 1966, a series of paintings, each made in a day, bearing the inscribed date on which they were made. Each painting in this selection was made on a Sunday, one selected per year since the inception of the Today Series, thus conveying the idea ironically of... More
Printed on both sides. Card. Tokyo: Art Agency Co., Ltd., 1981.
Announcement card for Kawara’s solo exhibition in Tokyo. Near fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 150. More
Details on verso. Large card. Bordeaux: capcMusée d’art contemporain, 1993.
Oversize card announcement for Kawara’s solo exhibition at Bordeaux’s capcMusée d'art contemporain. 247 paintings of the Today series from 247 different months were shown. In fine condition.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 155. More
White text on blue. Large card. New York: Sperone Westwater, 1990.
Card announcing Kawara’s 1990 exhibition at Sperone Westwater. Fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 154.
A. Minola, M.C. Mundici, F. Poli, M.T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, p. 495. More
Color photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Large photographic card. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1991.
Card announcing Kawara’s solo museum exhibition in Rotterdam at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. The recto photograph shows 6 Mrt. 1991 with its box and newspaper clipping. Fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 154. More
Printed on both sides. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2006.
Invitation card for Kawara’s 2006 solo show of six paintings from the Today series, held at Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine.
❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer/Konrad Fischer Galerie Düsseldorf, November 1992-October 2007 (Navado Press: 2017 ed.) 423 (pictured). More
[4] pp. Folding card. London: Lisson Gallery, 1985.
Invitation card to Kawara’s second solo exhibition at Lisson. All of the “Date Paintings” that were displayed are listed on the inside of the card. Fine.
❧ Not in On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002).
Artist | Work | Lisson (2017), p. 650. More
Color photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic card. Hamburg: Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 1992.
Invitation to the vernissage of the Hamburg leg of Kawara’s date paintings in 89 cities exhibition, held at the Deichtorhallen. The photograph on the recto captures Kawara’s 6 Oct. 68 painting with its box and newspaper clipping.
Fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 154. More
Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial card. New York: David Zwirner, 1999.
Invitation card to Kawara’s solo debut with David Zwirner, the exhibition centered around the artist’s I Read series. Fine.
❧ On Kawara (Phaidon: 2002), p. 157. More
Printed on both sides. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2002.
Invitation card for Kawara’s 2002 solo show at Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine.
❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer/Konrad Fischer Galerie Düsseldorf, November 1992-October 2007 (Navado Press: 2017 ed.) 392 (pictured). More