Amsterdam: 1977.

The blue version of this postcard distributed by Ulises Carrión for his Definitions of art exhibition, held at Other Books and So in March 1977. Recipients were asked to respond with their definition of art on the verso. Carrión received 367 answers.

From the recto: “A show called ‘Definitions of art’ will be held at OTHER BOOKS AND SO Herengracht 227 Amsterdam from 1st March to 26th March 1977. Everybody is invited to participate, regardless of profession, sex, age, etc. […]

“Just write your definition (of what art is) on the back of this card, put it in... More

Several black & white illus. [32] pp. & ads. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: 1937.

Scarce exhibition catalogue on Impressionism and its precursors. It is divided thematically and presents works by Bonington, Delacroix, Isabey, Courbet, Manet, Corot, Jongkind, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Cézanne, Morisot, Cassatt, etc. Preface by André Joubin, director of the Bibliothèque d’Art et d’Archéologie de l’Université de Paris.

Fine copy. More

Black & white illus. 56, [16] pp. Oblong 4to (170 x 201 mm.), green cloth-backed pictorial boards. Groningen: Centrum Beeldende Kunst, 1991.

Scarce catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at Groningen’s Centrum Beeldende Kunst, organized by the bookdealer Johan Deumens. With essays by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix and Deumens, and contributions by Frans Baake, Guy Bleus, Michael Buthe, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sjoerd Hofstra, Christine & Irene Hohenbuchler, Alfred Kocman, Per Jonas, Roland Sips, Corrie van de Vendel/Hayo van Gemerden, Hans Waanders, and Giuseppe Zevola. The texts are all translated into English on the final 16 pages.

In 1980, with Juan J.... More

Unmailed card. Text on recto, verso blank. Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1971.

Exhibition card for Dine’s exhibition at Wies Smals’s gallery. Seriaal was an Amsterdam gallery devoted to accessible and affordable editions, multiples, and prints. A former librarian at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Smals (1939-83) directed the gallery from 1968 until 1975, when she turned it over to gallerist Helen van der Mey.

Near fine. More

Four black & white illus. 7 pp. & ads. Small 4to (144 x 115 mm.), cream printed wrappers, staple-bound. [London: 1933].

An uncommon illustrated exhibition catalogue listing 29 of Epstein’s works in bronze and marble. The show, which took place at the Leicester Galleries, featured busts of Joseph Conrad and Edith Dunn Beatty. Four of the works are reproduced on bound-in plates.

Good copy, staple rusted and as a result, the central bifolium has become loose. Pencil annotations on the upper cover. Only three copies in North America according to WorldCat. More

Color illus. throughout (some double-page). 74, [1] p. list of works exhibited. Small 4to (223 x 175 mm.), yellow printed wrappers, title on spine. [From final page]: New York: Trying to Press, 2018.

A rare artist’s book produced in conjunction with Spencer Finch’s 2018 exhibition at James Cohan Gallery; signed on the title-page.

Finch writes: “I have been an avid Emily Dickinson fan for almost 20 years. Her prodigious imagination, her complex and idiosyncratic mastery of language, her ability to connect the natural world and human experience with an elevated and precise mental awareness, all thrill me to my core... More

[17] leaves. Square 4to, semi-stiff printed wrappers, metal spiral-bound. Atlanta: 1994.

A wonderfully designed catalogue for the exhibition held at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery from 28 January to 4 March. The exhibition was engineered by Judith Hoffberg and Peter Frank, two keen observers of the artist’s book’s evolution in the United States. The exhibition consisted of loans from the collections of Printed Matter, Tony Zwicker, Granary Books, Nexus Press, Dick Higgins, etc. Most of this volume is taken up by the curators’ essay, which is inventively laid-out. With a bibliography and checklist at the end. The artists featured... More

Thick green paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1965.

Scarce René Block announcement card for a Wolf Vostell performance. Near fine; a bit sunned.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 459. More

Beige paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1966.

Scarce card from René Block’s gallery. It announces two evening concerts, the first (fluxus-concert) by Alison Knowles and Dick Higgins in New York, and the second (zaj-concert) by Juan Hidalgo and Tomas Marco in Madrid. The date for the latter has been corrected with a stamp.

Near fine.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 460. More

Beige paper card, printed on recto only. Berlin: 1968.

Scarce card announcing a famous trailblazing exhibition of minimalist art presented by René Block’s gallery in Berlin. Block was one of the earliest gallerists to show American minimalist and conceptual artists in Europe.

Fine.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 462 (pictured). More

Two long folding plates with black & white illus. printed on both sides. [12] pp. 12mo, stiff brown paper boards, spine exposed as issued. Berlin: 1964.

The very scarce and important catalogue for the first exhibition at Galerie René Block. It took place just one month after Block founded his gallery at Frobenstraße 18 in Berlin. At the time, Konrad Lueg (i.e., Fischer), Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter were fresh faces to the art world, and Block’s inclusion and representation of them were instrumental in propelling their careers.

The catalogue opens with a text by La Monte Young, entitled “Piano... More

Black & white illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, printed softcover. Berlin: 1977.

Scarce catalogue for Germany’s DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) program for artists; edition of 2000 copies. Curator and gallerist René Block (b. 1942) selected Dimitrijevic, Graham, Kawara, and Opalka for the 1976-77 term. Thoroughly illustrated with pictures of artworks and earlier exhibitions. Useful biographies and exhibition histories for each artist. In 1982, Block opened the DAAD-Galerie.

Near fine copy.

❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), pp. 471-72 & 474. More