Illus. throughout. 96 pp. 4to, orig. hardcover, orig. pictorial dust-jacket. Amsterdam: Stichting Openbaar kunstbezit, 1988.
The scarce hardcover version of the first authoritative monograph on Ader (1942-75), edited by Paul Andriesse, the influential gallerist and collector. Text in Dutch and English. In fine condition, but for a minuscule tear to the dust-jacket. 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
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
A4 flyer, printed on one side, folded for mailing. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1971.
Flyer announcing Andre's second solo show with Heiner Friedrich. In fine condition.
❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 382. 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
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
A4 letterhead, printed on both sides, folded for mailing, postmarked. Amsterdam: May 1971.
The very rare first booklist sent out by the Art & Project gallery. Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren, founders of the space, had formed Art & Project not only as a traditional gallery but more as an “information center” purveying the latest printed matter related to contemporary art. In the early ‘70s there were a small handful of galleries and stores that in a focused manner stocked artists’ books, magazines, and exhibition catalogues by contemporary artists; this vacuum would be partially filled mid-decade by Art... 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
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. [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
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
Black & white illus. (some full-page). 47 pp. Large 4to (277 x 205 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Toronto: 1977].
[with]:
—. [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
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Unpaginated. 59 pp. & ads. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers designed by Holzer, staple-bound. Toronto: 1989.
[bound with]:
—. [From first sheet]: Catalogue Update, December 1989. Eight stapled sheets, printed on both sides. Toronto: 1989.
All three parts constituting Art Metropole’s thirteenth mail-order catalogue, including the “Catalogue Update” and a laid-in sheet of new publications not found in either of the previous. The first catalogue was designed by the artist Jenny Holzer. In this publication, “Artists’ bookworks” are denoted, this time with a triangle. The catalogues presents an impressive and vast range of materials, including video and audio works.
Fine copy... More
Illus. throughout. 94 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1995.
An uncommon Michael Asher (1943-2012) exhibition catalogue, published three years after his famous show at the Kunsthalle Bern. With essays by Dieter Schwarz and Birgit Pelzer, in German, English, and French. Near fine. 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
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
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. throughout. [15] leaves & ads. Square 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Aachen: 1971.
Rare and early Becher exhibition catalogue; we locate only a handful of copies in North American institutions. Much of the publication features the couple’s photographs. It concludes with brief biographies of the artists, and a list of exhibitions and publications. Near fine. More