Double-page black & white photographic illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1971.

A rare mailed example of Bas Jan Ader’s first Art & Project bulletin, edition of ca. 500-800. This copy is addressed to journalist Lily van Ginneken. In excellent condition.

❧ J. de Goede & L. Pelsers, Art & Project. A History (2023) E053.

Bas Jan Ader: Please don’t leave me (2013 ed.) 44. More

Printed on both sides. Square card, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1971.

Invitation card to Andre’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert’s gallery. The artist’s work is represented on the recto with four squares representing aluminum, magnesium (2x), and zinc. In excellent condition. Mailed to Frits Keers (1936-2000), senior curator at the Stedelijk Museum.

❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 371. More

Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1976.

Mailed example of the postcard invitation to Andre’s 1976 solo exhibition at Yvon Lambert's gallery. The recto bears an installation photograph of the artist's sculptures. In excellent condition. Hand-addressed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000).

❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 372. More

Many illus. 84 pp. Square 4to, pictorial softcover, printed flaps. N.p.: 2011.

A useful reference on the legendary Art & Project bulletins. With an important essay by Clive Phillpot (“‘Everything Just Floating’ – The Art & Project Bulletins”) and an interview with gallerist Adriaan van Ravesteijn conducted by Ton Geerts.

In fine condition. Edited by Louisa Riley-Smith and designed by Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié. More

A4 letterhead, printed on one side, folded for mailing. Amsterdam: 1976.

Rare announcement for Art & Project’s presentation in New York City from October to November. In fine condition. Mailed to journalist Lily van Ginneken.

❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E158. More

A4 sheet, printed on one side, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: 1970.

A scarce and early Art & Project flyer, announcing a group exhibition featuring the work of Barry, Boezem, Brouwn, Buren, Dibbets, Van Elk, Huebler, Ina, Knoebel, Matsuzawa, and Weiner. All of the artist’s works in the show are listed.

Near fine.

❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E037. More

Many black & white text illus. [64] pp. Small 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers (spine worn), staple-bound. Toronto: 1976.

Art Metropole’s very scarce third catalogue of books, periodicals, films, and videotapes. Two years before Printed Matter was established in New York, Art Metropole became the first large-scale distributor of artists’ publications in North America. The collective General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), which had been working with printed matter since the creation of FILE in 1972, founded this artist-run space in 1974.

Expanding greatly on Art Metropole’s previous catalogues, which primarily featured North... More

Black & white illus. (some full-page). 47 pp. Large 4to (277 x 205 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Toronto: 1977].

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—. [From upper wrapper]: Supplement to Catalogue No. 5, Editions by Artists. [10] pp. (incl. inside wrappers). 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1978.

Two rare and early catalogues issued by Art Metropole, the first large-scale distributor of artists’ books and publications in North America; offered with the subsequent Supplement distributed in the summer and featuring artists’ editions. The first catalogue offers dozens of works by European artists such as Abramovic, Beuys, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Buren, Darboven, Dibbets, Ehrenberg, Filliou, Fulton, Graham, Rebecca... More

Black & white illus. throughout. Two large folded newsprint sheets (=8 pp.), loose as issued, mailed. New York: 1978.

The rarest Backworks catalogue, their third and hard to find in good condition. WorldCat locates no examples in North America. Backworks was a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 80s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art... More

[4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1972.

The artist’s third Art & Project bulletin, featuring Barry’s text works. In fine condition.

|| J. de Goede & L. Pelsers, Art & Project. A History (2023) E061. More

Green printed card insert, & printed envelope, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1976.

A distinctive invitation for Baumgarten’s only show at Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. This is one of very few that deviate from the postcard format; Baumgarten’s consists of an envelope with the exhibition dates and a green card with text providing the exhibition’s title: “Der tropische Regen fällt senkrecht von Himmel, es weht kein Wind.”

In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019).

❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More

Black & white illus. [14] pp. 4to, plastic spiral-bound, transparent plastic covers & pictorial front cover sheet. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1992.

Scarce exhibition catalogue about a series of postcards — all reproduced herein — received by Dadaland (a.k.a. Bill Gaglione) from Beuys in the early ‘70s. From the introduction by Gaglione: “In 1972 I invited the German artist Joseph Beuys to send mail art to the Dadaland Post Card Show at the Mostly Flowers Gallery in San Francisco. This was the first mail art exhibition to show the works of Beuys. Twenty years later at the Stamp Art... More