Three mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1977.

Rare list from Nigel Greenwood’s bookselling concern. Includes artists’ books by Atkinson, Breakwell, Brouwn, Buren, Gilbert & George, Long, Oldenburg, Shiomi, etc. and catalogues on Bochner, Brouwn, Dibbets, Judd, A. Martin, Rückriem, Smithson, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More

Three mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1978.

Rare list published by Nigel Greenwood’s bookshop. It offers artists’ books by Aycock, Barry, Buren, Chaimowicz, Cumming, Huebler, Rickaby, Sonneman, Willats, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More

Six mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1979.

Scarce bookseller list. It offers artists’ books by Breakwell, Chaimowicz, Fulton, Gilbert & George, Hamilton & Roth, Hilliard, Lamelas, LeWitt, Renouf, Richter, Ruscha & Weiner, Stezaker, Stokes & Douglas, Tremlett, Willats, etc. and catalogues on Broodthaers, Byars, Christo, Haacke, Hamilton, Rückriem, Serra, Tuttle, Willats, etc. The famous Book as Artwork 1960/1972 catalogue is announced as sold out on the final leaf.

Fine, folded for mailing. The final leaf has been trimmed at the page break. More

Seven mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1980.

Scarce bookseller list. It offers artists’ books by Kostelanetz, Le Gac, LeWitt, Paolini, Stezaker, Stokes, Tremlett, etc. and catalogues on Broodthaers, Darboven, Dibbets, Dimitrijevic, Flanagan, Gerz, Hamilton, Kelly, Marden, M. Merz, Newman, Reinhardt, Tuttle, Twombly, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More

Artist’s portrait & many illus. (all black & white). 40 pp. 4to, printed softcover. Geneva: Musée d’art et d’histoire, 1977.

Scarce Roman Opalka (1931-2011) exhibition catalogue, one of 750 copies. With reproductions of the artist’s sequential drawings and paintings, an exhibition check-list, written contribution by art historian Rainer Michael Mason, and a biography of the artist (with a list of solo exhibitions). Near fine. More

Many black & white full-page illus. Unpaginated. Large 4to, artist portraits on covers, title on spine. Paris: Association Française d’Action Artistique, 1987.

Very rare catalogue made for two exhibitions of Roman Opalka’s work: at the Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (2 October-13 December 1987) and the Centre Culturel de Buenos Aires (3-27 March 1988). The shows were curated by Gérard Guyot. This catalogue contains extensive photographic documentation of the artist’s paintings and drawings, his studio (with the artist at work), and portraits paired with paintings made on the same day. Text in French, Spanish, and English.

In fine condition. WorldCat... More

Several illustrated ads. 30 pp. (incl. inside of wrappers) & ads on lower wrapper. Small 4to (217 x 175 mm.), orig. beige printed wrappers, staple-bound. [Amsterdam: 1976].

The very scarce third mail-order catalogue issued by Ulises Carrión’s bookstore and event space. These catalogues — a total of four were issued — are essential documents relating to the distribution of artists’ books in Europe, as well as Carrión’s life as a prolific artist, bookseller, theorist of the book, and curator.

The present catalogue offers books, periodicals, multiples, records, cassettes, posters, music, and postcards. It includes work by Mirella Bentivoglio, Carrión, Ian... More

Color illus. on inside of covers. [128] pp. Large 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. N.p.: Yvon Lambert, 2006.

Rare artist’s publication, Adam Pendleton’s first. Pendleton (b. 1984) debuted with Yvon Lambert’s gallery in New York the previous year with the exhibition Deeper Down There (22 April-28 May 2005). Contains color reproductions of the four titular paintings and text works by the artist.

In fine condition. WorldCat: Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY) and Clark Art Institute.

From the New York Times review of Deeper Down There (20 May 2005): “Adam Pendleton, a young painter and Conceptualist, takes a coolly intellectual... More

Black & white illus. throughout. 32 pp. 8vo, yellow pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Seattle: Nine One One & The Real Comet Press, 1984.

Very rare exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. Curated by Clive Phillpot, Jill Medvedow, and Laura Millin, the show was simultaneously staged in four public locations around Seattle.

From the Introduction by Medvedow: “It is my experience that people do not go to a gallery to read. So, when Nine One One, a contemporary arts and resource center, received a grant to organize an exhibition of artists’ books, I was determined to find a way to place the books... More

Black & white illus. throughout. 76, [3] pp. with biographies of artists. 12mo, printed softcover. New York: 1977.

Rare exhibition catalogue from René Block’s New York outpost which opened at 409 West Broadway in May 1974. This show (21 May-11 June 1977) was the last to take place at the New York gallery.

Adherents of the “Wiener Aktionismus” were the focus of the present exhibition: Gunter Brus, Otto Muhl, Hermann Nitsch, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Ruhm, and Rudolf Schwarzkogler. There are many pictures of the artists' works within. Curator Peter Weiermair has written the introduction.

Good copy; covers foxed and first... More

Black & white portrait of the artist & 8 color illus. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers (minor soiling), title on spine. Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1993.

Very rare exhibition catalogue, one of 1000 copies produced; WorldCat locates no holdings outside of Germany. Akira Ikeda produced many impressive shows of American and European artists in his Tokyo and Nagoya galleries in the 80s and 90s. For this exhibition, Rosenquist (1933-2017) presented eight paintings from the titular series, each is illustrated within. At the end there is a checklist and a biography and bibliography of the artist.

Near fine. More

Large poster catalogue (445 x 572 mm.) of Ruscha’s first 10 artist’s books, vertical & horizontal folds, ms. prices added in blue ink. Los Angeles: Heavy Industry Publications, [ca. 1970].

Rare catalogue, in poster format, of Ruscha’s photographic artist’s books; WorldCat records just the copy at the RKD in The Hague, although we know of several copies in American institutions. Most examples that we have seen are cut into two horizontal rows, the present is intact as it was originally printed. This copy seems to have been sent to Europe because some of the books have had their prices updated... More