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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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

Black & white illus. to recto. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Recife, Brazil: [1986].

Postcard created by Bruscky (b. 1949), a Brazilian mail artist linked with Fluxus; it was sent to American artist John Held, Jr. (b. 1947). Bruscky has written the addresses of two other Brazilian correspondence artists. In fine condition. More

Many color illus. 183 pp. & colophon. 8vo, green rubber-stamped softcover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2022.

Our catalogue on the Mexican artist Ulises Carrión (1941-89). Offered 92 items for sale, followed by lists of the artist’s editioned bookworks, exhibitions at Other Books and So, and a bibliography.

As new, each example is rubber-stamped on the front and back covers. Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA (Lithuania).

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OCLC Accession No.: 1295641351. More

Many black & white illus. 267 pp. Thick 4to, printed softcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2015.

The English edition of this exhibition catalogue, now very scarce. The exhibition took place at the Reina Sofia (16 March-10 October 2016) and Mexico City’s Museo Jumex (9 February-7 May 2017). Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains essays and remembrances by Guy Schraenen, Felipe Ehrenberg, Jan Voss, Joao Fernandes, Heriberto Yepez, Javier Maderuelo, and Maike Aden. An invaluable reference on Ulises Carrión’s life and works.

As new. With the inserted DVD present as issued. More

Illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Maastricht: Stichting Agora, 1980.

Postcard invitation for the artist’s 1980 presentation in Maastricht, mailed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937). Fine. More

Many black & white illus. 267 pp. Thick 4to, printed softcover, title on spine, illustrated endpapers. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2015.

The Spanish edition of this exhibition catalogue, now very scarce. The exhibition took place at the Reina Sofia (16 March-10 October 2016) and Mexico City’s Museo Jumex (9 February-7 May 2017). Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains essays and remembrances by Guy Schraenen, Felipe Ehrenberg, Jan Voss, Joao Fernandes, Heriberto Yepez, Javier Maderuelo, and Maike Aden. An invaluable reference on Ulises Carrión’s life and works.

Near fine, minimal edgewear. With the inserted DVD present as issued. More

[15] leaves, printed on rectos only. 12mo, lime green printed semi-stiff covers, stitched. Geneva: Boabooks, May 2016.

From the colophon: “(a, b, c) presents a linguistic exercise handwritten in green ink on fifteen pages by Ulises Carrión in 1972.” Printed and bound by Che Huber and Alexis Dos Santos and designed by Izet Sheshivari. As new. More

Black & white illus. throughout. [16] pp. (incl. wrappers). 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Warsaw: Galeria Remont, 1976.

An extremely scarce exhibition catalogue published for Carrión’s first exhibition at Henryk Gajewski’s Galeria Remont. Gajewski (b. 1948), the Polish artist and filmmaker, founded this contemporary art space in a dormitory student club at the Warsaw University of Technology. The gallery operated from April 1972 to November 1979, hosting performance art, exhibitions of photography, stamp art, and bookworks, and many other events.

This catalogue contains the artist’s celebrated manifesto “The New Art of Making Books,” which had been published for the first time... More

Two torn pieces of watermarked paper, typewritten(?) text, mounted on black craft paper, signed. [Amsterdam]: n.d.

A signed “structure work” by Ulises Carrión. Fine; adhesive bleeding through the corners. Initialed in the bottom left corner of the left sheet.

❧ G. Schraenen, Dear reader. Don’t read. (2015), pp. 110 & 116 (pictured). More

Two torn pieces of watermarked paper, typewritten(?) text, mounted on black craft paper, signed. [Amsterdam]: n.d.

A signed “structure work” by Ulises Carrión. Fine; adhesive bleeding through the corners. The artist has initialed the bottom left corner of the left sheet.

❧ G. Schraenen, Dear reader. Don’t read. (2015), pp. 110 & 117 (pictured). More

105, [6] pp. Small 4to (200 x 146 mm.), orig. printed pictorial softcover (minor wear to spine), title on spine. [Mexico]: Ediciones Era, 1966.

First and only edition of Carrión’s first published book. In 1966, Carrión (1941-89) was one of Mexico’s emerging literary talents. A number of his short stories had been published in leading journals, and his first play, El Gran Espectáculo, was performed at the Casa de la Cultura de Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, to rave reviews. Following his studies in philosophy and letters at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, he spent time in France and Germany (1964-65) learning... More