23 mounted illus. (all but one in color). 86 pp., one leaf with colophon. 4to, green printed boards, title on spine. Cologne: Galerie Max Hetzler, 1991.

Scarce Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) exhibition catalogue, produced in an edition of ca. 500-800 examples, according to Koch.

“[The catalogue] contains 23 pasted-in reproductions of a series of oil paintings on the theme of ‘Fred the frog on the artist’s cross.’ The first painting, reproduced in black and white, was created in 1988 in Seville, the others in 1989-90 in Venice, California. The book also contains 39 thirteenth- to nineteenth-century English poems with a German... More

Black & white and color illus. throughout. 104 pp. 8vo, printed semi-stiff covers. St. Georgen: Thomas Grässlin; Stuttgart: Max-Ulrich Hetzler, 1982.

A rare and early Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) exhibition catalogue, in near fine condition. Produced in an edition of 500-800 copies, according to Koch.

“Der Kippenberger [The Kippenberger] was published to accompany the exhibition Das Leben ist hart und ungerecht [Life is hard and unfair] which was shown at the Forum Kunst in Rottweil from 27 February to 26 March 1982 and at the studio f in Ulm from 31 October to 28 November 1982…

“The catalogue contains reproductions of... More

Many black & white illus. (most full-page). 144 pp. 4to, semi-stiff wrappers, pictorial dust-jacket. Graz: Forum Stadtpark, 1987.

A near fine copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue designed by Kippenberger and Jörg Schlick. Text is in German and English.

“Broken Neon was published to accompany the group exhibition of the same name at the Forum Stadtpark in Graz from 21 September to 11 October 1987, curated by Kippenberger. The catalogue contains contributions by Joseph Beuys, Werner Büttner, Fischli & Weiss, Georg Herold, Hubert Kiecol, Jutta Koether, Michael Krebber, Albert Oehlen, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig and others. Martin Kippenberger and Jörg... More

57 black & white illus. [64] pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Cologne: Galerie Gisela Capitain, 1989.

Scarce Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) artist’s book, from an edition of ca. 500-800 copies. It was published in conjunction with the artist’s exhibition Die Hamburger Hängung. Umzüge 1957-1988. Fallende Flüge [Hamburger Hanging. Removals 1957-1988. Falling Flights] (20 January-18 February 1989).

“This artist book contains reproductions of drawings (oil crayon, lead pencil, ballpoint pen and Tipp-ex on invoices of the Bahia Othon Palace Hotel, Salvador BA, from the years 1986-1988) of the floor plans of all the premises in which Martin Kippenberger had worked and... More

68 blue illus. on yellow paper. [72] pp. 12mo (145 x 104 mm.), beige patterned wrappers, staple-bound. [Hamburg: Galerie Ascan Crone, 1986].

Scarce Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) exhibition catalogue, designed by the artist; printed in an edition of ca. 1000 copies, according to Koch. It contains reproductions of Kippenberger’s unpolished drawings mimicking dramatic comic book illustrations.

“The artist book 14.000.000, - für ein Hallöchen [14,000,000, - for a Little ‘Hi there’] (dedicated to Hubert Kiecol) was published to accompany the exhibition of the same name from 15 May to 21 June 1986 at the Galerie Ascan Crone in Hamburg, and contains... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [22] large yellow-tinted folded newsprint sheets. [Berlin: Self-published, 1979].

The very rare anthology conceived by Kippenberger (1953-97) early in his career as an artist, soon after he had given up on acting. According to Koch, it was published in an edition of ca. 1000 copies. WorldCat records just two examples in North America: Museum of Modern Art (NY) and SF-MoMA, there is also one at Princeton.

“sehr gut/very good is an anthology compiled and published by Martin Kippenberger with contributions by Tabea Blumenschein, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Meuser, Joachim Krüger, Lydia Lunch, Eric Mitchell, Tom Otterness and... More

Single folded sheet with inkjet color illus., and printed text on both sides (277 x 102 mm. folded), laid in original plastic cassette case (a little worn), and original audio cassette. [From the folded sheet]: San Francisco: April 1998.

A very rare Leiber catalogue (no. 32), and one of his most ingenious vehicles for offering materials. The catalogue consists of an audio cassette, its case, and a list laid-in the case. “Artists, curators, art librarians, and others associated with the art world were faxed catalog entries with instructions to call and read the entry aloud over Steven Leiber’s answering machine... More

Nine stapled & folded sheets (298 x 199 mm. unfolded), printed on both sides & 16 cards (191 x 149 mm.), with black & white illus. and facsimile ms. on reverse, both housed in the orig. cardstock box (205 x 161 x 24 mm.), with text on lid, sides, and bottom (lid a trifle soiled). Black & white illus. on inside of lid & floor of box. San Francisco: 2007.

Leiber’s rare 47th catalogue, which was issued for the second annual New York Art Book Fair, in 2007. It imitates Giulio Paolini’s boxed publication accompanying his 1977 exhibition at the... More

Many black & white photocopied illus. 18 unnumbered leaves. 8vo (215 x 143 mm.), printed pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [San Francisco: 2005].

A rare catalogue (no. 44) issued by Leiber in zine form that offers 39 works by Raymond Pettibon, including drawings, artist’s books, ephemera, and a collaborative piece with Ed Ruscha. These were all shown at 871 Fine Arts in an exhibition assembled by Adrienne Fish and Leiber. This catalogue is modeled after Pettibon’s zine Tripping Corpse, published by SST Records from 1981 to 1985.

In near fine condition, small stain to bottom of lower wrapper.

❧Steven Leiber Catalogs (2019)... More

188 mostly numbered photocopied leaves, printed on one side only. Housed in a portfolio with lithographed text and two pockets to hold the printed sheets. San Francisco: S. Leiber, [1996].

The rare 23rd catalogue issued by Leiber, which he modeled after Correspondence, the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name, presenting the letters of Ray Johnson at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (October 31-December 5, 1976). The present catalogue offers dadazines, artists’ stamps, mail art, publications by mail artists, and other primary documents related to North American mail art.

This copy is in remarkably fine condition... More

16 color lithographs (two double-page). [20] leaves. Large 8vo, black cloth spine & pictorial boards. title on spine. Paris: Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1987.

Luxuriously printed exhibition catalogue/artist’s book; one of 1000 copies printed in Rome by F. Begliomini. This book is filled with exquisite photolithography rendered on thick Tiontoretto G 200 paper. LeWitt’s exhibition was organized by Suzanne Pagé and Juliette Laffon, and the Wall Drawings were realized by David Higginbotham, Claude Picard, Anthony Sansotta, Marien Schouten, and Jo Watanabe.

A beautiful LeWitt catalogue, in excellent condition and now scarce on the market.

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Details and illus. on recto, verso blank. Pictorial card. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1980.

Invitation distributed by John Weber Gallery for an exhibition of Sol LeWitt photographs. These photographs were eventually used in LeWitt’s 1982 artist’s book under the same title, published by Texas Gallery.

Fine.

❧ Not in P. Credi, ed., An Invitation to Sol LeWitt (2016). More