Printed on both sides. Oblong card. New York: Sonnabend Gallery, [1976].
Invitation card for Acconci’s 1976 solo show at Sonnabend in New York. Fine. More
A4 letterhead, printed on one side, folded for mailing. Amsterdam: 1972.
Rare announcement for Bas Jan Ader’s second exhibition at Art & Project. He performed The Boy Who Fell Over Niagara Falls twice a day. In fine condition. Mailed to journalist Lily van Ginneken.
❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E063.
Bas Jan Ader: Please don’t leave me (2013 ed.), p. 167. More
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. to recto. Pictorial card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1969.
Announcement card for Andre’s debut exhibition with Gian Enzo Sperone, bearing a reproduced photograph of the artist preparing for the show. In fine condition.
❧ A. Minola, M. C. Mundici, F. Poli, M. T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000) Vol. I, p. 140 (pictured) & Vol. II, p. 492. More
Printed on one side. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1972.
Invitation to Andre’s fourth show at Fischer’s gallery. Fine.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 66. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1976.
Postcard invitation for Andre’s lone show at Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. The chemical symbols for iron and zinc are printed on the recto. 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 photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975.
Postcard invitation for Anselmo’s debut with Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery in Bremerhaven. Three photographs of the artist’s work are on the recto.
In excellent 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
Printed on one side. Postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1975.
Postcard invitation for Arakawa’s 1975 exhibition with Yvon Lambert. Fine. Mailed to curator Frits Keers. 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
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Black & white illus. Single sheet, folded as issued. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, [1968].
Flyer announcing the artist’s only show with Konrad Fischer. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with Galerie Ricke in Cologne. Printed on one side of the flyer is a disorienting photograph of Fischer’s famously narrow gallery, with some of the artist’s blps.
“In June 1968, Artschwager invaded Konrad Fischer’s gallery space on Neubrückstrasse with his blps, which are black, sometimes white, three-dimensional signs made of wood, artificial turf, or horsehair. blps could be found anywhere, jumping out and surprising viewers in the city, on the street, or... More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1972.
Postcard invitation for Askevold’s only exhibition with Wendler’s gallery. “Some artists made new video work specifically in and for the space of the gallery. Askevold used the window space to make a London version of his video Learning About Cars and Chocolates…”–Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974, p. [7].
In excellent condition.
❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [10]. 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
Printed on both sides. Postcard. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1974.
Postcard invitation for Baldessari’s second exhibition with Wendler. In fine condition.
❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [11]. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1972.
Announcement card for Baldessari’s first exhibition at Wendler’s gallery, for a presentation of the artist’s videos. “…in April 1972, taking advantage of the video equipment at the gallery, Baldessari showed a selection of new video work specifically in and for the space of the gallery.”–Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974, p. [7].
In excellent condition.
❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [10]. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Genoa: samangallery, 1975.
Postcard invitation for Baldessari’s first show with Saman, a gallery run by Ida Gianelli (b. 1944). This copy is addressed to fellow gallerist John Gibson. In fine condition. More
Printed on one side. Card. London: 1972.
Announcement card for Barry’s first exhibition with Wendler. “[Dibbets’ show] was followed by an exhibition of Barry’s slide piece, amongst the most ephemeral and physically insubstantial works of any in Wendler’s programme.”–Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974, p. [7].
In fine condition.
❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [10]. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1974.
Scarce Barry exhibition ephemera, made for his second show with Wendler. Fine.
❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [11]. More
Black & white illus. on recto, details to verso. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1972.
Postcard invitation for Baumgarten’s 1972 show at Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. Fine.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1971.
A nice mailed example of this postcard invitation to Baumgarten’s second exhibition at Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. In excellent condition. Hand-addressed to artist Gerhard (1934-83) and art historian Antje von Graevenitz (b. 1940).
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). 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. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1975.
Postcard invitation made for Baumgarten’s 1975 show with Konrad Fischer. Fine.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 109 (pictured). More
Black & white illus. to recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1973.
Postcard invitation to Beckley’s only show with Fischer. Fine, mailed to artist Jacques Charlier (b. 1939).
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 78. More
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kunstverein Bremerhaven, 1978.
Postcard invitation to Beuys’s solo show at the Kunstverein Bremerhaven. The recto photograph shows one of the artist’s signature Felt Suit pieces installed above a doorway in the museum. Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) not only managed his gallery, the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, but also played an instrumental role in the staging of exhibitions at the Kunstverein Bremerhaven.
In fine condition. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s Total-Designe. More
Black & white illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1983.
Postcard invitation to Beuys’s December 1983-January 1984 exhibition with Konrad Fischer. Fine.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 204 (pictured). More