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

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

Color illus. throughout. 109, [1] p. 8vo, gray printed covers, title on spine. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2024.

Bookseller catalogue presenting a complete run of exhibition materials produced by the Art & Project gallery in between their celebrated numbered bulletins from its opening in September 1968 through 1978. As shown through these documents, the gallery proprietors Adriaan van Ravesteijn (1938-2015) and Geert van Beijeren (1933-2005) quickly pivoted from “architectural research” to the championing of conceptual and minimalist art. Although the 156 Art & Project bulletins are celebrated and oft cited, these mailings, cards, etc. recorded herein remain... More

Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Amsterdam: 1971.

A scarce piece of early Art & Project ephemera. The gallery, managed by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren, collaborated with the Openbaar Kunstbezit to screen video works by Ger Van Elk, Peter Struycken, and Stanley Brouwn.

Near fine. Mailed to critic Karel Schippers (1936-2021). More

Designed throughout by Weiner. Unpaginated. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1985.

A very rare Art Metropole catalogue, entirely designed by Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021), and considered a work by the artist. It offers a wide range of artists’ books and publications, including work by Acconci, Andre, Armleder, Beuys, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Byars, Darboven, de Saint-Phalle, Hompson, Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gilbert & George, Higgins, Holzer, Huebler, Ray Johnson, Kawara, Knowles, LeWitt, Nannucci, Nauman, Oldenburg, Paik, Prince, Rainer, Rosler, Rot, Ruscha, Schneemann, Siegelaub, Vautier, Weiner, Emmett Williams, etc., etc. In fine condition, without the Addendum published the same year.

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Many black & white text illus. throughout. 4to (267 x 205 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound, with stamp & postmarked. [Toronto: Spring 1977].

One of the rarest Art Metropole catalogues, this is a landmark catalogue because of its extensive offerings from international artists. Established by the collective General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal) in 1974, Art Metropole was the first large-scale distributor of artists’ books and publications in North America — two years before Printed Matter opened.

On the inside of the upper wrapper, Art Metropole is announced as an “archive/agency established to document, collect, publish... More

Many color illus. 110 pp. 12mo, orig. yellow cloth (a little soiled), title-label to upper cover. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 1994.

An interesting catalogue of artists’ invitations of the 20th century. Edited by Karlheinz Kopanski and Karin Stengel. Near fine; marks to the yellow cloth. More

Black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, illustrated soft cover (extremities a little worn). Amsterdam: Stempelplaats, 1980.

Uncommon and important issue of Rubber. Produced in an edition of 500 copies. Near fine. 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

Four microfiches stored in envelope on inside of lower cover. 140 pp. & colophon. 8vo, blue printed softcover with flaps. Tienen, Belgium: Stedelijk Museum het Toreke, September 1984.

One of the more substantial issues of Commonpress, it also functions as an exhibition catalogue featuring an important examination of mail art and its evolution, a list of previous issues, and a list of the contributors who had ever sent in work to be featured in the magazine. All of the contributors’ works for this issue have been reproduced on the four microfiches. Bleus (b. 1950) is a prolific mail artist and... More

Printed on one side only. Postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1976.

Postcard produced on the occasion of stanley brouwn’s solo Van Abbemuseum exhibition in 1976. Fine.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More