Black & white illus. 35 pp. Square 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Maastricht: Agora Studio, 1975.

Scarce catalogue for a traveling exhibition undertaken by the artist-run space Agora in three South American locations. With a foreword by Willem K. Coumans in Dutch and English. The exhibition took place at the centro di arte y communication (Buenos Aires), Estudio Actual (Caracas), and Sao Paulo’s Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. The cover was designed by Klaus Groh.

Artists in the catalogue: Peter van Beveren, Michel Cardena, Ulises Carrión, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, Albrecht D., Michael Gibbs, Groh, Raul Marroquin, Yoshio Nakajima, Maurizio Nannucci, Marjo Schumans... More

Printed on both sides. Large card. Antwerp: Wide White Space, 1971.

Announcement card for Andre’s third solo exhibition with Wide White Space. The artist’s handwriting, describing the sculpture, is reproduced on the reverse.

“[Weathering Piece], which by its very definition was meant to be exposed to the elements, was exhibited on the floor of a covered terrace on the first floor of a gallery.”–Wide White Space: Behind the Museum.

In fine condition.

❧ Y. Pettitallot, ed., Wide White Space: Behind the Museum, 1966-1976 (1995) Exhibitions no. 44 (pictured). More

Periodic table printed on recto. Card. New York: Dwan Gallery, 1969.

Announcement card for Virginia Dwan’s second solo presentation of Carl Andre (b. 1935). The artist exhibited: 144 Pieces of Magnesium (1969), 144 Pieces of Lead (1969), and 144 Pieces of Copper (1969).

In excellent condition.

❧ J. Meyer, ed., Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971 (2016), p. 357. More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1971.

Postcard invitation to Carl Andre’s third show with Konrad Fischer. The recto illustration shows the artist’s preparatory sketches of the four works to be shown in Fischer’s famously narrow gallery at Neubrückstrasse 12.

In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938).

❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 53 (pictured).

S. Leiber, curator, Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera, 1960-1999 (2001) 528. More

Large card. Illus. on recto, text on verso. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1965.

Card announcing Arakawa’s third show with Galerie Schmela. Fine. More

[6] leaves, printed on rectos only. 4to, blue color-printed wrappers, stapled. Utrecht: Utrechtse Kring, 1969.

Very rare Armando (1929-2018) exhibition catalogue, we find no example outside of the Netherlands. With text contributions by Carel Blotkamp, Hans Sleutelaar, and Henk Peeters. Begins with a list of the artist’s paintings and exhibitions.

In fine condition. More

14 black & white illus. 36 unnumbered pages. Irregularly shaped small 4to (200 x 200 mm.), die-cut corners (spine faintly rubbed), staple-bound. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Library, 1986.

An important exhibition catalogue as well as reference work on artists’ books. This catalogue was designed by the book artist Buzz Spector (b. 1948), and his pencil notes for the mock-up have been reproduced in this final version. Jeffrey Abt, the organizer of the exhibition, writes in an insightful essay: “The contemporary artist’s book…represents an evolution of the book’s use from a vehicle for text and its illustration to an artistically... More

Illus. throughout and first & last leaves stamped. Unpaginated. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, May 1984.

An uncommon exhibition catalogue, conceived and designed by Craig Dennis, and the books were selected by Kira Obolensky. “Paginations demonstrates the wide diversity of theme and format one finds in bookworks. In addition, the selections represent existing categories for contemporary bookworks (e.g. concrete poetry, political and feminist expression, the flip book, the found object book…). All these works challenge the monetary preciousness usually associated with art objects. Produced in large numbers, they are relatively inexpensive to... More

Single A4 sheet with brown paper seal for mailing, horizontal folds. Amsterdam: 1975.

A famous Beau Geste Press flyer repurposed as a mailed invitation for the group’s 1975 Other Books and So exhibition. Ulises Carrión forged a close relationship with Felipe Ehrenberg and Martha Hellion, co-founders of the Devon-based small artist-run press. In 1973, he published two artist’s books with Beau Geste Press: Arguments and Tras la Poesía. Carrión also learned first-hand about printing processes, in particular mimeography, which he employed frequently in later years. With the opening of Other Books and So in Amsterdam, Carrión soon became one of... More

Printed on recto only. Thick card. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1987.

Card announcing Benglis’s 1987 exhibition with Paula Cooper Gallery. Fine.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Reflective silver recto with printed details, verso blank. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1984.

Memorable piece of exhibition ephemera, produced on the occasion of Benglis’s show at Paula Cooper. Near fine; horizontal crease. Mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Printed on recto only. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1982.

Postcard for Lynda Benglis’s 1982 show at Paula Cooper Gallery. Near fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More