Many color illus. 7 p.l., 45 pp. Large 4to, pictorial wrappers, perfect-bound. London: Open Editions, 1992.

Uncommon and nicely illustrated exhibition catalogue, with the essays printed in Finnish and English parallel text. This travelling exhibition of British artists’ books was held at the National Gallery of Iceland, the Tokyo Gas Shinjuku Showroom, the Malmo Konstal, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Norway), and the Vantaan Kaupunki. Work by Blamey, Büchler, Cutts, Fulton, Finlay, Long, Sackett, Stokes & Douglas, etc.

Near fine; a few scuffs.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 62... More

Several black & white illus. 32 pp. Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: February 1996.

Impressive bookseller catalogue of manuscripts, drawings, exhibition catalogues, posters, etc. There are even original drawings by Polke, Richter, Long, Holzer, and Trockel, as well as letters from Christo, Rot, Higgins, and Fontana concerning exhibitions of theirs. This catalogue was one of two issued by the firm for the 17th Amsterdam European Antiquarian Book and Print Fair.

Fine copy. More

Black & white illus in fine. 30 pp. Small 4to, pictorial photocopied wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 1992.

Scarce bookseller catalogue from the important artist-run Amsterdam bookshop. It lists books by Oey Tjeng Sit, Henriette van Egten, Runa Thorkelsdottir, Jan Voss, and Cornelia Hoedeman. Nearly all of the entries provide bibliographic details and information on the contents of these artists’ books. The artists and various collaborators are depicted on the wrappers.

In fine condition. More

Black & white illus. throughout. [24] pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers. Arles: Le Méjan/Actes Sud, 1989.

Scarce Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) artist’s book published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Eglise Saint-Martin du Méjan d’Arles (3 July-3 September 1989). From the preface (in trans.): “These images were cut out from a 1972 weekly specialized in criminal news stories; they inexorably present the mixed faces, murderers or victims, of these forgotten dramas."

Fine.

❧ Jennifer Flay, ed., Christian Boltanski — Catalogue: Books, Printed Matter, Ephemera 1966-1991 (1992), pp. 186-87.

Bob Calle, ed., Christian Boltanski: Livres d’Artiste, 1969-2007 (2008), p. 61. More

310 black & white illus., on rectos only. [24] leaves. 8vo (210 x 141 mm.), orig. semi-stiff printed wrappers, perfect-bound. Paris: CNAC, 1974.

First edition, an excellent copy of Boltanski’s fifth inventory, documenting all the earthly possessions of a randomly selected person, this time a resident from Bois-Colombes, a suburb of Paris. This book was published for an exhibition (15 October to 2 December 1974) at the Centre national d’art contemporain. Earlier versions of this piece took place in Baden-Baden, Jerusalem, Oxford, and Copenhagen.

Boltanski explains the intention of this work in the Avant-Propos (in trans.): “The inventory of objects... More

101 pp. & colophon. 8vo, illustrated softcover. Montreal: Centre for Expanded Poetics & Anteism, 2021.

First edition, a delightful risograph-printed book edited by Amaranth Borsuk (b. 1981), poet and professor. It includes definitions by Erica Baum, Jen Bervin, Tia Blassingame, Sarah Bodman, Stephen Bury, Steve Clay, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Craig Dworkin, Bhanu Kapil, Janice Lee, Steve McCaffery, Scott McCarney, Bea Nettles, Elika Ortega, Lisa Pearson, Michalis Pichler, Tatiani G. Rapatzikou, Kyle Schlesinger, Tate Shaw, Michael Snow, Buzz Spector, Jan Voss, etc., etc.

As new. First printing of 350 copies. More

Three black & white illus. 9 unnumbered pages. 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. gray printed wrappers (a little sunned), staple-bound. Paris: P. Rosenberg, 1936.

A scarce Braque exhibition catalogue of paintings made since 1931, featuring mostly still lifes along with two nudes. It lists 20 paintings, three of which are illustrated. Rosenberg had lured Braque away from Daniel Henry Kahnweiler and his brother Léonce in 1922. Braque’s first solo exhibition at Paul Rosenberg’s famed gallery on 21, rue la Boëtie took place in 1924. The final page of this catalogue announces future exhibitions for Seurat, Picasso, Monet, Matisse and... More

Printed on both sides. Postcard. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1974.

Invitation card for Broodthaers’s 1974 exhibition with Block’s gallery. Fine. More

Printed on recto only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2012.

Scarce card made for Brouwn’s 2012 haubrok foundation exhibition. Fine. More

[4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1971.

A mailed copy of Brouwn’s third Art & Project bulletin. It opens with the phrase: “the total number of my steps in 1971 in Oslo.” This is repeated with various cities around the world, but they represent trips in future years, through 1985. The cities that Brouwn will visit include: Oslo, Addis Ababa, Tokyo, Dublin, Montevideo, Rome, Reykjavik, Beirut, Port au Prince, Mexico City, Ottawa, Tunis, Canberra, Brasilia, and Moscow.

Near fine; minor paper wrinkling. Addressed to gallerist Albert Waalkens (1920-2007), who operated a notable... More

Printed on one side. Card. Schiedam: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 1970.

Invitation card to Brouwn’s first ever solo museum exhibition, at the Stedelijk Museum in Schiedam. Ruhé writes: “Using parallel lines, Brouwn has set out a number of routes on the floor of the museum. They lead in different directions. Visitors can follow the paths for a limited number of meters in the direction of a certain city on earth…

“In front of the two windows in the rear wall, two high partitions have been erected forming a small room. In this room are two photographs of the view from the... More

Black & white cartographic illus., printed on one side. Illustrated card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1970.

Announcement card for Brouwn’s third solo exhibition with René Block. It adds the opening will take place on Friday 30 October and that “maybe Stanley Brouwn will be present.” Below there is a mention of Brouwn’s artist’s book 100 this-way-brouwn-problems… (1970), published by Gebr. König in an edition of 300 copies, and offered for 15 DM.

In fine condition.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005).

M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend... More