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

Scarce 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 had worked and... More

Full-page color illus. throughout. 47, [1] p. 4to, semi-stiff yellow printed covers. Saint Louis: Forum for Contemporary Art, 1993.

Uncommon catalogue for the exhibition of works from Martin Kippenberger’s personal collection, held at the Forum for Contemporary Art in St. Louis (now the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis). Introduction by Elizabeth Wright Millard, Executive Director of the institution, and art critic Jan Avgikos. The artist’s collection included works by Werner Büttner, Chérie Samba, Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, Michael Krebber, Albert Oehlen, and Jörg Schlick.

Near fine copy; some trivial marking to the covers.

❧ Uwe Koch, ed., Annotated catalogue raisonné... More

114 black & white photographic illus. Unpaginated. Small 8vo (169 x 120 mm.), geometric softcover, title on spine. Cologne: Walther König, 1988.

Signed copy of this scarce photographic artist’s book by Martin Kippenberger (1953-97). It mimics the recognizable design of books produced by Merve Verlag, which had published Frauen (1980), one of the artist’s earliest books. Kippenberger has inscribed the lower cover, dated “88.”

“Originally, Martin Kippenberger intended to have Psychobuildings published by Merve. When the project was abandoned due to a misunderstanding, he had the book published ‘…in the reversed layout of Merve…and presents, contextually aware, only photographs…The photographs... More

Color and black & white illus. throughout. 36 pp. 8vo, pictorial semi-stiff covers with flaps. [Frankfurt]: Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, 1991.

A very rare exhibition catalogue, designed by Martin Kippenberger to imitate a Baedeker guide. We find just two copies in North America. According to Koch, it was produced in an edition of around 1000 copies.

“In 1991 Martin Kippenberger was teaching at the Städel Art School in Frankfurt. Virtuosen vor dem Berg [Virtuosi Before the Mountain], created in collaboration with the ‘Kippenberger Class’ (Matti Braun, Andreas Höhne, Adam Kuczynski, Martin Liebscher, Tobias Rehberger, Matthias Schaufler, Markus Schneider, Tatjana Steiner, Ronald Wullems... More

36 pp. Square 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Cologne: Walther König, 1994.

“Published as part of the exhibition project The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ at the Museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. It contains a fictitious job interview for a cigarette test.” A fine copy.

❧ Uwe Koch, ed., Annotated Catalogue Raisonné of the books by Martin Kippenberger, 1977-1997 (2003) 130. More

Illus. throughout. 59 pp. & colophon. Small 4to, printed softcover with flaps. Bremen: Kunsthalle Bremen, 2018.

Rare catalogue published in conjunction with the Kunsthalle Bremen’s exhibition on Jürgen Wesseler’s intrepid Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. With most of the gallery’s famous square posters illustrated within, including those by Daniel Buren, Gerhard Richter, Blinky Palermo, Robert Filliou, Isa Genzken, Sol LeWitt, On Kawara, Stanley Brouwn, Jack Goldstein, Sigmar Polke, Hanne Darboven, Bas Jan Ader, Lawrence Weiner, Robert Barry, etc.

In excellent condition. More

Pink plastic comb coated in varnish(?), housed in folded & stapled envelope. [Czech Republic]: "1970."

Very rare multiple conceived by Kocman (b. 1947), produced in an edition of 25. The comb’s teeth have been coated with some kind of varnish so as to render the comb useless. Signed and dated by the artist on the inside of the envelope.

Near fine. From the collection of Ted Purves (1964-2017), artist, professor at California College of the Arts, and editor of the anthology What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art. More

Illus. (one in color & several full- or double-page). [20] pp. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Hannover: galerie h, 1966.

A rare exhibition catalogue on the Czech painter and poet Jirí Kolár (1914-2002). We find no institutional example outside of Germany. It has a thorough exhibition list, an essay by critic Jiri Padrta, and sharp reproductions of Kolar’s work. Kolar has also contributed text (in German) and several poems.

In fine condition. More

Text in red on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Brussels: Paul Maenz, [1973].

Postcard invitation for Kosuth’s 1973 exhibition with Paul Maenz in Brussels. Kosuth presented Art as Idea as Idea (1967/68). This card was mailed to another gallery, Wide White Space, managed by Anny de Decker and Bernd Lohaus. Near fine, date corrected by hand.

❧ Gerd de Vries, ed., Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst der Zeit: Paul Maenz Köln, 1970 – 1980 – 1990, p. 42. More

Color illus. Unpaginated. Small 4to, printed softcover. [Berlin]: Self-published, 2015.

Signed by Kregenow on the title-page, edition of 100 copies. A series of photographs documenting buildings in Berlin which once housed movie theaters. From the final page: “Nowadays, most traces of the past history have been razed by time and even those who still remember, often overlook the remaining details. Most chain stores have abandoned these locations in recent years, making room thereby, for the currently booming chains of organic food stores…”

In fine condition. One copy in North America. More

Black & white illus, printed on recto only. Single illustrated sheet, two horizontal folds as mailed. Amsterdam: 1977.

Flyer announcement for the presentation of a book by Harrie de Kroon (b. 1948) at Other Books and So. Appearances at Stichting De Appel and Harry Ruhé’s Galerie A are also listed.

Fine. More

3 p.l., 155 pp. 8vo (171 x 102 mm.), cont. mottled calf (joints a little rubbed and cracked at head & tail, but strong), spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece on spine. The Hague: J. Neaulme, 1747.

First edition of this groundbreaking work on the arts in France, composed by the “father of modern art criticism” (Oxford Art online, by A. McClellan). La Font (1688-1771) was employed at Versailles as Gentilhomme de la Reine to Marie Leczinska, and befriended the painter F. Lemoyne. He anonymously wrote several other well-regarded books on the arts.

The present work, in addition to his Sentimens... More