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

Black & white illus. throughout. [32] leaves. 12mo, printed wrappers. New York & Berlin: 1976.

One of 1000 copies printed. A profusely illustrated catalogue for the exhibition organized by René Block at his SoHo gallery for the three artists. Each artist with many pictures of their work, short essay, and exhibition history.

Fine.

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

8 black & white illus. [16] pp. 8vo, beige printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Galerie Kléber, n.d.

Uncommon catalogue for a group exhibition of Gauguin and his contemporaries and friends, including Bonnard, Denis, Pissarro, Redon, Schuffenecker, Serusier, Vuillard, etc. With an introduction by art historian and Gauguin expert Maurice Malingue. 112 works were displayed.

Near fine; spine a trifle worn. Four examples in the US, according to WorldCat (as of September 2022). More

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

Scarce Konrad Fischer exhibition announcement. Fine.

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 192 (p. 204). More

Color illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1980.

Scarce Konrad Fischer invitation. Near fine. Mailed to Heidi & Dieter Witte.

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993), p. 336 More

Illus. 23, [1] p. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1993.

Scarce exhibition catalogue marking the eleventh anniversary of Granary. Contains an essay by Johanna Drucker and a check-list of Granary publications. Fine, with the printed price-list laid-in. More

Many black & white illus. 126, [2] pp. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1981.

An essential reference work on artists’ books. Celant’s seminal essay is republished in English and French. Near fine copy.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 145. More

Printed on one side. Postcard. New York: John Weber Gallery, [1977].

Postcard invitation to Haacke’s 1977 show with John Weber. Fine. More

Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. London: 1996.

Scarce catalogue. “This catalogue was produced on the occasion of ‘Curved Space: a survey of contemporary British artists’ books’ which took place at ART ‘96 at the Business Design Centre, London at the invitation of The Contemporary Art Society.”

Near fine; some minuscule stains to wrappers. Laid-in Hardware Gallery brochure. More

vii, 145 pp. 4to, semi-stiff printed wrappers, black tape over spine & stapled. Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1986.

An essential reference for the study of mail art.

“Over 1300 mail art shows from 1970 to 1985 are listed by theme, organizer, place, number of participants, and resultant documentation…”–John Held, Jr., ed., Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography (1991) 21.

Fine. More

24 pp. 8vo (212 x 135 mm.), orig. green printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Autun: Dejussieu & L. Villedey, 1856.

Scarce critical essay on Ingres’s painting Le Martyre de saint Symphorien, which has been housed in the Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d’Autun since 1834. The painting was originally ordered by Roch-Etienne de Vichy, the bishop of Autun, in 1824. Ingres finally completed it in 1834 and selected it for that year’s Salon, where it was received negatively, leading to Ingres never again participating in the event. The anonymous author of this critique provides the historical context for the picture and meticulously describes... More

34 pp. 8vo (215 x 136 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers (corners a trifle worn), staple-bound. [Paris]: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1951.

The updated French edition of this scarce museum catalogue. The Jeu de Paume was opened in 1947 for the exhibition of Impressionist artworks. Its earliest shows were organized by René Huyghe (1906-97), paintings curator at the Louvre, and one of the figures responsible for the safeguarding of France’s artistic treasures during the German occupation. Huyghe’s assistant curator, Jean Leymarie (1919-2006), edited the present catalogue. It proceeds room by room, updating earlier versions of the catalogue with the new arrangement... More