Many small brush & black ink drawings in the margins throughout. 111 folding leaves. 8vo (232 x 157 mm.), later patterned wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: (in trans.): “copied by Tanaka on 29 January 1830.”

The index on the first two pages describes the arrangement of the manuscript: by sections of the body. These include the upper section (head, eyes, nose, teeth, throat, and lungs), middle section (heart, abdomen, hips), and lower section (urinary tract, large intestine, rectum, and legs). This is followed by one page describing treatments, which are either fast-acting or long-term. There is a further division of treatments... More

Periodic table printed on recto. Card. New York: Dwan Gallery, 1969.

Announcement card for Virginia Dwan’s second solo presentation of Carl Andre (b. 1935). The artist exhibited: 144 Pieces of Magnesium (1969), 144 Pieces of Lead (1969), and 144 Pieces of Copper (1969).

In excellent condition.

❧ J. Meyer, ed., Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971 (2016), p. 357. More

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

Illus. & details on recto, printed text on verso. Pictorial card. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1978.

Scarce piece of Lynda Benglis (b. 1941) ephemera from the end of the 1970s. Benglis’s first show with Cooper was held Feb.–March 1970. The text on the verso is excerpted from José Ortega y Gasset’s An Interpretation of Universal History.

In fine condition.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Reflective silver recto with printed details, verso blank. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1984.

Memorable piece of exhibition ephemera, produced on the occasion of Benglis’s show at Paula Cooper. Near fine; horizontal crease. Mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

Printed on recto only. Postcard, mailed. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1982.

Postcard for Lynda Benglis’s 1982 show at Paula Cooper Gallery. Near fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ See Paula Cooper Gallery’s website for several installation photographs. More

101 pp. & colophon. 8vo, illustrated softcover. Montreal: Centre for Expanded Poetics & Anteism, 2021.

First edition, a delightful risograph-printed book edited by Amaranth Borsuk (b. 1981), poet and professor. It includes definitions by Erica Baum, Jen Bervin, Tia Blassingame, Sarah Bodman, Stephen Bury, Steve Clay, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Craig Dworkin, Bhanu Kapil, Janice Lee, Steve McCaffery, Scott McCarney, Bea Nettles, Elika Ortega, Lisa Pearson, Michalis Pichler, Tatiani G. Rapatzikou, Kyle Schlesinger, Tate Shaw, Michael Snow, Buzz Spector, Jan Voss, etc., etc.

As new. First printing of 350 copies. More

70 pp. Small 4to (210 x 160 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Amsterdam: VOID distributors, 1980.

The essential compendium of Ulises Carrión’s polemical essays; printed in an edition of 500 by Hetty Huisman’s VOID Distributors. His trailblazing theories and beliefs about artists’ books and mail art remain influential to this day. “The New Art of Making Books,” first published in Plural no. 41 (1975), is frequently cited by contemporary book artists.

The book includes his most important essays: “The New Art of Making Books,” “From Bookworks to Mailworks,” “Rubber Stamp Theory and Praxis,” “Rubber Stamp Art,” “Mail Art... More

Printed on one side. Large card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1970.

Card announcement for Darboven’s first show in Italy, with Gian Enzo Sperone. The recto has a facsimile of a drawing by the artist. Very good copy; minor foxing.

❧ 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. 176 (pictured) & Vol. II, p. 492. More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Large pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, [1968].

Invitation to Darboven’s true solo debut at Konrad Fischer’s gallery; the previous year Darboven (1941-2009) and Charlotte Posenenske (1930-85) had concurrent exhibitions at the gallery (5 December-2 January). The recto illustration reproduces one of Darboven’s drawings. On the verso there is a list of the artist’s previous exhibitions. She presented a series of drawings, five with a vertical orientation and five horizontal. One of Fischer’s most important and early clients, the Dutch collector couple Martin and Mia Visser likely purchased two drawings from... More

Facsimile illus. on recto, details on verso. Oblong postcard, mailed. Cologne: Galerie Michael Werner, 1970.

Postcard invitation to an early solo Darboven (1941-2009) exhibition. The recto illustration reproduces one of the artist’s drawings.

A fine mailed copy. Sent to Galerie Borgmann in Cologne. More

Black & white illus. on recto, exhibition details on verso. Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1971.

Rare card produced by Wies Smals’s gallery Seriaal for a Niki de Saint Phalle exhibition. In fine condition. More