Color illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Los Angeles: Claire S. Copley Gallery, 1975.

The rare postcard invitation for Ader’s final exhibition. The artist set off from Cape Cod for his fateful cross-Atlantic voyage on 9 July 1975. In excellent condition.

|| Brigitte Kölle, ed., Bas Jan Ader: I’m searching … (2025), pp. 168-69 & 175. More

Diagram & details on recto. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1979.

Announcement card for Allen’s 1979 solo show with John Weber. Fine. More

Woodblock-printed throughout in hangul & Chinese characters of different sizes. 350 woodcut illus. 70; 70; 70; 70; 70 folding leaves. Five kwŏn in five vols. (of six). 8vo (254 x 177 mm.), orig. white paper wrappers with printed title-slips, orig. stitching. [Korea]: [late Chosŏn period].

One of two known copies of this anonymous Korean erotic book, which juxtaposes the vernacularized hagiography of Śākyamuni with hundreds of erotic prints showing all manners of sexual intercourse and masturbation, as well as related scenes of courtship and violence. To our knowledge, this is the only known example of a Korean woodblock-printed erotica. Not... More

Three full-page engraved illus. by Taeuber-Arp. [28] pp. 8vo, orig. printed thick paper wrappers & orig. pictorial dust-jacket (a trifle worn), staple-bound. Grasse, France: Self-published, 1941.

A rare poetic artist’s book jointly created by the Arps, from a numbered edition of 150 (ours is no. 72); according to WorldCat there are only five copies in North America. The couple had escaped Paris before it fell to the Nazis and headed to Vichy France in the South. One of their stops was with Peggy Guggenheim in Veyrier. They settled in Grasse in 1941 and established an artist colony with colleagues Sonia... More

Two half-page woodcut illustrations of Śākyamuni and Avalokiteśvara. Woodblock-printed. [1] (lacking title), 48 folding leaves, red edges. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers (frayed & rubbed), knot-bound with waxed cords. [Hà Nội: Xiển Pháp tự 闡法寺, 1898].

The most popular of Vietnamese apocryphal Buddhist scriptures, the Avalokiteśvara Scripture of Five Hundred Names emblematizes the popularity of Avalokiteśvara (V. Quan thế âm; Ch. Guan shi yin) worship during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945). Early printed copies of this work are very rare: we find no copies outside of Vietnam.

“The total number of apocryphal Buddhist scriptures from Vietnam has not been fully calculated. Among... More

Color illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1986.

Postcard announcement for Baer’s solo show at the Van Abbemuseum. Fine. More

Large illustrated single sheet poster (420 x 300 mm. unfolded). [Lund, Sweden]: Beau Geste Press, 1976.

An extremely rare poster issued by Beau Geste Press for an exhibition at the Galerie S:t Petri in Lund, Sweden; one of 500 copies produced. Managed by Felipe Ehrenberg, Martha Hellion, and David Mayor, Beau Geste Press, based in Devon, UK, was active from 1970 to 1976. The press collaborated with numerous artists and authors, all of whom are listed on this poster: Beuys, Carrión, Filliou, Gibbs, Higgins, Hompson, Kostelanetz, Maciunas, Saito, Schneemann, Shiomi, Valoch, etc., etc. For example, two of Ulises Carrión’s bookworks... More

Many black & white illus. Single folded sheet (262 x 235 mm. folded) forming [8] pp. Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1968.

The scarce catalogue for the Bechers’ first museum exhibition in the Netherlands; WorldCat records two examples in North America. Van Abbemuseum director Jan Leering (1934-2005) organized this show as part of the more experimental programming he launched in 1964. This catalogue contains numerous reproductions of the Bechers’s famous photographs, with essays by Leering and Wend Fischer (both in Dutch).

In near fine condition; minor wear to the extremities. Designed by Walter Nikkels (b. 1940).

|| A. de Beaupré &... More

Illus. & details on recto, printed text on verso. Pictorial card. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1978.

Scarce piece of Lynda Benglis (b. 1941) ephemera from the end of the 1970s. Benglis’s first show with Cooper was held Feb.–March 1970. The text on the verso is excerpted from José Ortega y Gasset’s An Interpretation of Universal History.

In fine condition.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Reflective silver recto with printed details, verso blank. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1984.

Memorable piece of exhibition ephemera, produced on the occasion of Benglis’s show at Paula Cooper. Near fine; horizontal crease. Mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Printed on recto only. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1982.

Postcard for Lynda Benglis’s 1982 show at Paula Cooper Gallery. Near fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

36 detailed hand-drawn scenes throughout, employing many ink washes in various colors. [45] folding leaves, i.e., [90] pp. Large orihon (accordion format: 277 x 199 mm.), blue silk covers over boards (a little rubbed), endpapers decorated with sprinkled golden leaf. Japan: “1855.”

A most remarkable orihon, containing the earliest impressions of Americans and Russians, recorded by a Japanese artist in 1855. This work was created immediately in the aftermath of both countries’ expeditions to forcefully open Japan.

This is the first time we have handled a “Black Ship” item in book format instead of an emaki (picture scroll). All of... More