Pictorial card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1972.

Announcement card for a Beuys (1921-86) performance at Block’s gallery. Fine. More

Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kunstverein Bremerhaven, 1978.

Postcard invitation to Beuys’s solo show at the Kunstverein Bremerhaven. The recto photograph shows one of the artist’s signature Felt Suit pieces installed above a doorway in the museum. Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) not only managed his gallery, the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, but also played an instrumental role in the staging of exhibitions at the Kunstverein Bremerhaven.

In fine condition. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s Total-Designe. More

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

Many black & white illus. [80] pp. Small 4to, printed softcover. Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1973.

Signed copy of this uncommon Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) artist’s book. It not only photographically documents the possessions of the titular Oxonian but also the numerous rejections Boltanski received from museums and cultural institutions around Europe. Text in parallel French, English, German. The photographs were taken by Peter Ibsen, director of Oxford’s Museum of Modern Art.

A fine copy, signed by the artist and numbered with a stamp (no. 280) on the title-page. Unknown edition size, though according to Calle, 50 copies were numbered with a.... More

10 black & white illus. [12] pp. & ads. 12mo, orange printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1913.

Scarce Bonnard (1867-1947) exhibition catalogue published by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. The pictures in the show were executed in 1912 and 1913 and, with the exception of one, were being displayed to the public for the first time. Curiously the illustrations in the catalogue depict Bonnard sketches, which according to the catalogue text “have no connection with the [listed] paintings.”

Near fine; minuscule ink(?) splotches. 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

Printed on one side. Card with orig. mailing envelope. Berlin: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2012.

Announcement card for Brouwn’s 2012-13 show with Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine.

❧ Konrad Fischer Galerie: 2007-2017 (2017) 493. More

Printed on both sides. Card with orig. mailing envelope. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2021.

Announcement card for Brouwn’s 2021 exhibition at Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine. More