Color illus. throughout. [20] pp. Oblong 8vo, purple printed wrappers, staple-bound. Exeter: SpaceX; Edinburgh: Morning Star, 2002.

LeWitt’s final artist’s book, scarce; it consists of found postcards picturing Chicago. “Published as part of the SPACEX touring exhibition, Generator, organised in collaboration with STAR and with support from the Arts Council of England.”

Fine copy. Designed by Colin Sackett and printed in an edition of 1000.

❧ Maffei & de Donno, Sol LeWitt: Artist’s Books (2009), pp. 134-35.

Sol LeWitt: Libros, El concepto como arte (2014) 81. More

Facsimile manuscript & diagrams. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project; Brussels: MTL, 1973.

A rare bulletin produced by Art & Project in collaboration with Fernand Spillemaeckers’s MTL gallery for a Sol LeWitt exhibition staged in Antwerp. LeWitt’s handwritten instructions and diagrams are reproduced on the second page and translated into Dutch and French.

In excellent condition.

❧ Sol LeWitt: Libros, El concepto como arte (2014) Libros de Artista 16 (erroneously calling for [6] pp.).

Art & Project. A History (2023) E101. More

16 black & white plates. [32] pp. Square 4to (200 x 200 mm.), orig. illustrated semi-stiff wrappers (extremities a bit worn), staple-bound. London: Studio International, 1969.

An extremely rare signed copy of this early Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) artist’s book, he has inscribed the verso of the final leaf: “For Sid Tillim / Sol LeWitt.” Sidney Tillim (1925-2001) was an influential art critic and artist who wrote for Artforum and Arts Magazine. This is LeWitt’s fifth book, but the third standalone publication not originating from an exhibition or periodical.

“The front cover of Four Basic Kinds of Straight Lines is an... More

Two folded photolithographed plates (both 165 x 124 mm. folded). Two printed leaves (title & hand-numbered limitation statement), folded. Housed in publisher’s printed folder. Torino: Marco Noire Editore, 1986.

A rare publication made for LeWitt’s exhibition at Marco Noire in 1986. It was printed in a small edition of 150 copies by “fratelli Cirone & Donatella Gaydou.” The present work consists of two finely rendered plates of pyramids that were displayed as part of LeWitt’s show. Many of his exhibitions in the mid-80s involved large-scale wall drawings and prints employing the pyramid form.

In fine condition. WorldCat records a single... More

One floorplan & six black & white illus. [16] pp. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. [Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1973].

Scarce Sol LeWitt artist’s book/exhibition catalogue, published for his 1973 solo exhibition at Barbara Cusack’s gallery. LeWitt’s handwritten instructions for the “Wall Drawings” are reproduced in facsimile facing sketches that he made. There is also a diagram of the gallery showing the placement of the drawings.

In near fine condition; minor sunning.

❧ Sol LeWitt: Libros, El concepto como arte (2016) 18 (pictured p. 81).

Maffei & De Donno, eds., Sol LeWitt: Artist’s Books (2009), p. 45. 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

Color illus. throughout. 89 pp. Large 8vo, printed gray hardcover, debossed silver on covers, title on spine. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 2008.

Richly illustrated catalogue published for Glenn Ligon’s 2008 exhibition Glenn Ligon: Figure/Paysage/Marine (21 October-6 December 2008). With an essay (“Figure”) by Wayne Koestenbaum, checklist of plates, exhibition list for the artist, and a bibliography.

In fine condition. More

60 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo (205 x 99 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, upper wrapper covered in braille text, staple-bound. [Paris: 1993].

A scarce catalogue, with a beguiling upper cover bearing braille text. It describes 335 items, including works by Andre, Bloom, Boltanski, Boutin, Broodthaers, Fulton, Gette, Le Gac, LeWitt, Nam June Paik, Nauman, Wegman, Weiner, etc., etc. The braille cover is an original work by Barbara Bloom created for this catalogue, and the text, from Barthes’s “La Chambre Claire,” is translated on the inside wrapper.

In fine condition. The braille text is understandably a bit rubbed. More

Unpaginated. Numerous text illus. Tall 8vo (207 x 101 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: 1991].

A rare bookseller’s catalogue offering important artists’ books and publications. It includes 173 works by Alechinsky, Beuys, Buren, Dubuffet, Filliou, Gilbert & George, Haring, Jenny Holzer, Ilizad, Kaprow, Kounellis, Barbara Kruger, LeWitt, Miró, Nevelson, Paalen, Picasso, Arnulf Rainer, Roth, “Rusha,” Turrell, Warhol, 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.

Near fine copy. Photography by Caroline Duglos from her series Sculptures Imaginaires (1991) adorns the wrappers.

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Many black & white, full-bleed illus. Unpaginated. 4to, printed stiff wrappers, plastic spiral bound. Paris: 2007.

A very rare bookseller-exhibition catalogue. It closely mimics Seth Siegelaub’s 5-31 January, 1969 exhibition catalogue. A fine range of artists’ books and photobooks are offered (without prices), including work by Acconci, Baldessari, Barry, Calle, Christo, Feldmann, Graham, LeWitt, Messager, Monk, Nauman, Pierson, Ruscha, Ulay, Sugimoto, Warhol, Wool, etc. Most of the items are illustrated. “Thanks to sjleib” is printed on the final page, indicating that Steven Leiber played some part in the compilation of this catalogue.

Near fine copy; extremities the slightest bit worn... More

Double-page black & white photographic illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, [1971].

A mailed example of Richard Long’s first Art & Project bulletin, in fine condition.

“The artists most at home with creating pageworks for the format of the Bulletin are Lawrence Weiner and Richard Long, the one primarily with words, the other primarily with photographs…Long tended to bleed a photograph of one of his open air works to fill the entire space of the centrefold, to great effect. The fact that Long’s photographs were also very often overprinted with a.... More

Double-page black & white illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1982.

Long’s penultimate Art & Project bulletin, designed for his January-February 1982 exhibition with the gallery. In fine condition.

❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E213. More