Unpaginated, printed on rectos only. Square 4to (154 x 155 mm), white printed softcover (faint dampstain to upper cover), title on spine. Luxembourg: Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain; Dijon: L’Office, Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de dijon, 2001.

Very rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book, published with the Casino Luxembourg. Measured in an “old foot of Luxembourg” (= 295 mm.), each recto repeats, in English and French, the number of feet Brouwn will walk on a given day, from 2 March to 29 April 2001.

Near fine. Edition of 700 copies. WorldCat: Art Institute Chicago.

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[15] pp. Large 4to (270 x 210 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1977.

Scarce catalogue for Stanley Brouwn’s exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern. Curated by Coosje van Bruggen, Rudi Fuchs, and Margriet Suren, this exhibition was first held at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Nov.-Dec. 1976, and presented 270 of Brouwn’s works. The present catalogue lists 271. Text in German.

Near fine. Printed by Stämpfli in an edition of 800.

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

49 black & white illus. [62] leaves, printed on rectos only. 4to (240 x 203 mm.), printed softcover, orig. publisher’s glassine jacket (a little soiled). Köln & New York: Verlag Gebr. König, 1971.

A Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) publication that is now quite scarce; printed in an edition of 500 numbered copies. This book serves as an introduction to the artist’s famed this way brouwn series — initiated in 1960 — in which Brouwn solicited passers-by to draw directions on a sheet of paper, which he then stamped "this way brouwn" and labeled his own work. Reproductions of 49 drawings are... More

Black & white floor plan on recto, details on verso. Pictorial card. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1982.

Scarce Daniel Buren exhibition announcement. Held concurrently with a show by Ludger Gerdes. In fine condition.

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 191 (p. 203). More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso with printed address label. Photographic postcard, mailed. Munich: Rüdiger Schöttle, 1980.

Scarce postcard for Buren’s second solo presentation with Schöttle. Part of the installation for Buren’s first exhibition with the gallery (3-31 May 1977) is shown on the recto. Fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on reverse with printed address label. Photographic postcard, mailed. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1976.

Scarce postcard invitation to Buren’s 1976 solo presentation with John Weber. The postcard’s recto depicts the artist’s subtle interventions in the windows of the gallery at 420 West Broadway. In excellent condition; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More

Color cover illus. & illus. throughout. [24] pp. 8vo, printed softcover. Lucerne, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1980.

Scarce Daniel Buren (b. 1938) exhibition catalogue, published in conjunction with his exhibition-installation at the Kunstmuseum Luzern. Buren reprised his use of striped sails, a medium he had first employed on Wannsee Lake outside of Berlin in 1975. An exhibition at the Akademie der Künste followed that installation. The present 1980 show was preceded by a work in situ on Lake Lucerne (3 May).

The catalogue is printed in parallel German and French and contains diagrams and photographs of the sails and the exhibition... More

Four black & white illus. on folding sheet pasted to the inside lower wrapper. [12] pp. Small 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Geneva: Centre d’art contemporain, 1976.

A booklet published in conjunction with Buren’s exhibition at Geneva’s Centre d’art contemporain (11 February-6 March 1976). This text was originally published in English in Studio International (Vol. 190, no. 977, September-October 1975) under the title “Notes on work in connection with the places where it is installed, taken between 1967 and 1975, some of which are specially summarized here.” This is the text’s first printed appearance in French. The artist’s polemical essay is... More

42 photographic plates pasted-on & poster laid-in. Unpaginated. Large 8vo, orig. boards & orig. printed dust-jacket, perfect-bound. London: The British Council, 2001.

Scarce catalogue for the British Council’s exhibition of artists’ multiples. It begins with an insightful survey of the medium by Bury, then Head of the Modern English division at the British Library. Many of the items exhibited are illustrated, and there is a check-list at the end of the catalogue. The contents of the exhibition were selected by Diana Eccles, Brett Rogers, and Sarah Staton.

A handsomely designed and important catalogue, in fine condition (slightly warped due to... More

4 black & white illus. [12] pp. & ads. 12mo, orange printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1920.

A rare Carrière (1849-1906) exhibition catalogue, with illustrations of four paintings and drawings. Check-list of 56 items total. We locate just three copies in North America. Near fine; scuffing to spine. More

Many black & white illus. 267 pp. Thick 4to, printed softcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2016.

The English edition of this exhibition catalogue, now very scarce. The exhibition took place at the Reina Sofia (16 March-10 October 2016) and Mexico City’s Museo Jumex (9 February-7 May 2017). Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains essays and remembrances by Guy Schraenen, Felipe Ehrenberg, Jan Voss, Joao Fernandes, Heriberto Yepez, Javier Maderuelo, and Maike Aden. An invaluable reference on Ulises Carrión’s life and works.

As new. With the inserted DVD present as issued. More

Illustrated postcard, mailed & postmarked, mailing label on verso. [Maastricht: 1980].

Postcard mailed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937) for Ulises Carrión’s exhibition at Agora in 1980. His bookwork Namen en adressen was published in conjunction with the show.

In fine condition.

❧ Not in Guy Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016). More