Exhibition card: Joseph Beuys: Ausfegen (1 May 1972).
Pictorial card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1972.
Announcement card for a Beuys (1921-86) performance at Block’s gallery. Fine. More
Pictorial card. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1972.
Announcement card for a Beuys (1921-86) performance at Block’s gallery. Fine. More
Pictorial card. New York: [1974].
Card announcement for this landmark exhibition to inaugurate Block’s newly opened gallery in New York. For three straight days the artist was locked in the gallery with a coyote. Caroline Tisdall documented the performance.
In fine condition. 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
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. New York: 1990.
Postcard invitation for a group show of Conceptual artists. Near fine. Mailed to lawyer Jerald Ordover (1927-2008). 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 illus. iv, 60 pp. 4to, printed softcover, title on spine. Bristol: Impact Press, 1999.
Uncommon exhibition catalogue, a useful resource on British artists’ books and their makers in the 90s. The catalogue was published for the Impact International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference and the exhibition took place at the University of the West of England, Bristol. With text contributions by Sarah Bodman, Chris Taylor, Colin Sackett, Deirdre Kelly, Stephen Bury, Iain Biggs, Carinna Parraman, and Meg Duff.
In fine condition. Edition of 1000.
❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 172. 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
310 black & white illus., on rectos only. [24] leaves. 8vo (210 x 141 mm.), orig. semi-stiff printed wrappers, perfect-bound. Paris: CNAC, 1974.
First edition, an excellent copy of Boltanski’s fifth inventory, documenting all the earthly possessions of a randomly selected person, this time a resident from Bois-Colombes, a suburb of Paris. This book was published for an exhibition (15 October to 2 December 1974) at the Centre national d’art contemporain. Earlier versions of this piece took place in Baden-Baden, Jerusalem, Oxford, and Copenhagen.
Boltanski explains the intention of this work in the Avant-Propos (in trans.): “The inventory of objects... 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
Three black & white illus. 9 unnumbered pages. 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. gray printed wrappers (a little sunned), staple-bound. Paris: P. Rosenberg, 1936.
A scarce Braque exhibition catalogue of paintings made since 1931, featuring mostly still lifes along with two nudes. It lists 20 paintings, three of which are illustrated. Rosenberg had lured Braque away from Daniel Henry Kahnweiler and his brother Léonce in 1922. Braque’s first solo exhibition at Paul Rosenberg’s famed gallery on 21, rue la Boëtie took place in 1924. The final page of this catalogue announces future exhibitions for Seurat, Picasso, Monet, Matisse and... More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1974.
Invitation card for Broodthaers’s 1974 exhibition with Block’s gallery. Fine. More
Details on recto, verso blank. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2021.
Posthumous Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition organized by the haubrok foundation at the KW Institute in Berlin. Fine. More
Printed on recto only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2012.
Scarce card made for Brouwn’s 2012 haubrok foundation exhibition. Fine. More
Printed on one side only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, [2018].
Scarce Brouwn exhibition card produced by the haubrok foundation. 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 with orig. mailing envelope. Berlin: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2018.
Announcement card for the 2018 Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition at Konrad Fischer Galerie’s Berlin space. In excellent condition. 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
Printed on one side. Card. Milan: Françoise Lambert, 1971.
Invitation card for Brouwn’s first solo show with Françoise Lambert, the artist’s second solo exhibition in Italy. In fine condition.
❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005).
Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 369. 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. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1989.
Card announcing Brouwn’s 1989 presentation with Konrad Fischer. Fine.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 272. 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. Postcard with orig. mailing envelope. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2016.
Announcement card for the last Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition held at Konrad Fischer Galerie during his lifetime. In excellent condition, with the original mailing envelope.
❧ Konrad Fischer Galerie: 2007-2017 (2017) 536. 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
Printed on one side. Card. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1977.
Announcement card for Brouwn’s show at Whitechapel. Ruhé suggests that it was held at the same time as one for Richard Long. An untitled catalogue/artist’s book was published by Whitechapel for Brouwn’s exhibition.
Near fine; several pin-holes.
❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More