Announcement card: Gian Enzo Sperone presenta Dark Shadow, un nuovo libro di Gilbert & George...
Printed on one side. Card. Rome: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1977.
Exhibitions
Exhibition card: Konrad Fischer präsentiert: Dark Shadow, ein neues Buch von Gilbert & George, the...
Printed on one side. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1977.
Announcement card for a presentation of the duo’s latest artists’ book. Near fine; minuscule pinhole.
❧ Not in D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993). More
Exhibition card: art & project presenteert: Dark Shadow, een nieuw boek van Gilbert & George...
Printed on one side. Oblong card. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1977.
Announcement card for the duo’s presentation of their newly published artists’ book Dark Shadow (Nigel Greenwood: 1976). In fine condition. More
Exhibition postcard: Gilbert and George: New Photo-Pieces (20 November-9 December [1972]).
Black & white illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. London: Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd, [1972].
Postcard invitation for the duo’s second exhibition of 1972 with Nigel Greenwood. In fine condition. Mailed, but with the address label carefully removed.
❧ Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd: running a Picture Gallery (CHELSEA space: 2016), p. 2. More
Exhibition postcard: Raimund Girke: Malerei (14 December 1974-15 January 1975).
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1974.
Postcard invitation for Girke’s 1974-5 exhibition with Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. In fine condition.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Exhibition postcard: Jack Goldstein: Filme (30 October-21 November 1976).
Color illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1976.
Postcard invitation to Goldstein’s only exhibition with Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer (1928-2019).
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Exhibition postcard: Dan Graham: video-installaties, foto’s, films, conceptueel werk (opens 26 May [1977]).
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, [1977].
Postcard invitation to Dan Graham’s solo exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. The recto photograph depicts one of the artist’s video installations. In fine condition. More
Luminous Volumes (28 October-27 November 1993).
Illus. 23, [1] p. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1993.
Scarce exhibition catalogue marking the eleventh anniversary of Granary. Contains an essay by Johanna Drucker and a check-list of Granary publications. Fine, with the printed price-list laid-in. More
Announcement postcard: Roy Grayson: Brighton Road, Five Books of Approximately the Same Length (6-24 January...
Details on recto. Postcard, mailed. Amsterdam: 1976.
Mailed announcement for the Other Books and So exhibition of artist Roy Grayson (b. 1936). In fine condition. Addressed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937).
❧ Catalogue 237: Ulises Carrión (2022), p. 180. More
Books by Artists, Tim Guest - Germano Celant.
Many black & white illus. 126, [2] pp. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1981.
An essential reference work on artists’ books. Celant’s seminal essay is republished in English and French. Near fine copy.
❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 145. More
Exhibition card: Business could hold art exhibitions to tell its own story-William B. Renner, President...
Printed on one side. Oblong card. New York: John Weber Gallery, [1979].
Card announcement for Haacke’s 1979 show with John Weber. Fine. More
Exhibition postcard: Hans Haacke: “The Good Will Umbrella” (19 January-5 February [1977]).
Printed on one side. Postcard. New York: John Weber Gallery, [1977].
Postcard invitation to Haacke’s 1977 show with John Weber. Fine. More
![Item ID: 8836 Exhibition postcard: Upstairs at Mobil (7 February-4 March [1981]). Hans HAACKE](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8836.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677607796)
Exhibition postcard: Upstairs at Mobil (7 February-4 March [1981]).
Printed on one side. Postcard, mailed. New York: John Weber Gallery, [1981].
Postcard invitation for Haacke’s 1981 presentation at John Weber Gallery. Fine, mailed to photographer Eve Sonneman. More
Exhibition card: ”Cosmetic Studies” by Richard Hamilton (17 January-14 February 1970).
Photographic illus. Photographic card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1970.
Invitation card to Hamilton’s 1970 show with Block. Fine. More
British Artists’ Books.
Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. London: 1996.
Scarce catalogue. “This catalogue was produced on the occasion of ‘Curved Space: a survey of contemporary British artists’ books’ which took place at ART ‘96 at the Business Design Centre, London at the invitation of The Contemporary Art Society.”
Near fine; some minuscule stains to wrappers. Laid-in Hardware Gallery brochure. More
Illustrated flyer for Richard Hartwell ‘recent works’ (29 March-16 April 1977).
Single sheet, printed on recto only, horizontal & vertical folds. Amsterdam: 1977.
Rare Other Books and So flyer for the British painter and photographer Richard Hartwell’s (b. 1946) exhibition. Carrión opened Other Books and So in April 1975 and immediately began to host exhibitions and performances by a vast array of artists and publishers, such as Jiri Valoch, Raul Marroquin, Klaus Groh, Maurizio Nannucci, Dick Higgins, Guy Schraenen, Richard Kostelanetz, Jackson Mac Low, Steve McCaffery, Allan Kaprow, Tom Ockerse, Takako Saito, Mirtha Dermisache, Bernard Villers, Bill Gaglione, Anna Banana, etc.
Fine. From the collection of Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937), the... More
International Artist Cooperation: Mail Art Shows, 1970-1985.
vii, 145 pp. 4to, semi-stiff printed wrappers, black tape over spine & stapled. Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1986.
An essential reference for the study of mail art.
“Over 1300 mail art shows from 1970 to 1985 are listed by theme, organizer, place, number of participants, and resultant documentation…”–John Held, Jr., ed., Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography (1991) 21.
Fine. More
Exhibition postcard: Gerard Hemsworth: Leda und der Schwan (29 October-27 November 1983).
Blue text on recto, details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1983.
Postcard invitation to Hemsworth’s 1983 exhibition at Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. Fine. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019).
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Announcement card: 30 nieuwe tekeningen (July-August 1972).
Black & white illus. on recto, text on verso. Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1972.
Announcement for Henneman’s 1972 summer exhibition at Seriaal. Very good copy. More
Exhibition card: Douglas Huebler (opens 21 March 1973).
Black & white photographic illus. on verso, details to recto. Photographic card. Rome: Sperone & Fischer, 1973.
Announcement card for Huebler’s 1973 exhibition at Gian Enzo Sperone and Konrad Fischer’s gallery in Rome. The photographic illustration is from one of the artist’s Variable Pieces; this one documents a recreation basketball team assembled for a team photo.
In fine condition.
❧ A. Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino-Roma-New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, pp. 226 & 492. More
Exhibition postcard: Texas Works (opens 6 December 1975).
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1975.
The postcard invitation for Huebler’s 1975 Cusack Gallery show mailed to Huebler(!). The best possible copy of this invitation. In very good condition; small stain to recto. Mailed to Huebler’s Truro, Massachusetts PO box. More
![Item ID: 9284 Exhibition card: Peter Hutchinson (15 March-11 April [1969]). Peter HUTCHINSON](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9284.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687385185)
Exhibition card: Peter Hutchinson (15 March-11 April [1969]).
Black & white photographic illus. to recto. Photographic card, mailed. New York: John Gibson Gallery, [1969].
Illustrated invitation card for Hutchinson’s 1969 show with John Gibson. In fine condition. Mailed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. More
Notice sur le Tableau du Martyre de Saint Symphorien, par M. Ingres.
24 pp. 8vo (212 x 135 mm.), orig. green printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Autun: Dejussieu & L. Villedey, 1856.
Scarce critical essay on Ingres’s painting Le Martyre de saint Symphorien, which has been housed in the Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d’Autun since 1834. The painting was originally ordered by Roch-Etienne de Vichy, the bishop of Autun, in 1824. Ingres finally completed it in 1834 and selected it for that year’s Salon, where it was received negatively, leading to Ingres never again participating in the event. The anonymous author of this critique provides the historical context for the picture and meticulously describes... More
art/book/art.
16 pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers (spine a little worn), staple-bound. [Detroit]: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1980.
Scarce catalogue for a travelling exhibition of artists’ books that took place in several locations around Michigan.
Very good copy. Price sticker on upper wrapper. More