Many illus. throughout. 265 pp. 8vo, printed yellow covers, orig. printed dust-jacket perforated at joints, title on spine. Cantabria, Spain: Ediciones La Bahía, 2014.

Uncommon book on five of Carrión’s public art projects in the 80’s, including Gossip, Scandal, and Good Manners, Trios & Boleros, Love Story, and Lilia Prado Superstar Film Festival. A fascinating examination of the artist’s later years, when he was engrossed in social experiments and video art.

As new. More

45 (of 51) black & white photographic postcards constituting the artist’s famed mail art piece; photographs by Philip (Phel) Steinmetz. Photographic postcards, all stamped & postmarked. N.p.: Self-published, 9 February 1971-9 July 1973.

An impressive near-complete collection of Eleanor Antin’s postcards, all mailed on, or in one case before, the designated mailing dates noted in the eponymous 1999 monograph on the piece. All of these serially mailed photographic postcards, except for one (100 Boots in the Market, no. 4), were sent to the movie and stage actress Ruth Ford (1911-2009), the host of legendary salons at her apartment in the... More

[Japan]: ca. 1898-1912.

Copper mining at Ashio in Tochigi Prefecture began about 1600 and production continued until 1973; in the late 19th century, it produced 39 percent of Japan’s copper output. At the end of that century, it was decided to build a railway connecting the mine to major rail lines to facilitate transportation of the outbound copper ore and inbound supplies (horses had carried or pulled everything before). The engineering problems were considerable: the line runs along the Watarase River through a deep valley subject to frequent flooding. The railway was finished in 1911-12.

The collection contains a series... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [30] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). 4to (274 x 214 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1976.

Scarce and essential early documentation of Fluxus materials and artists’ books. This is the first catalogue issued by Backworks, a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 1980s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern... More

Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1988.

Postcard invitation to the Becher’s 1988 exhibition with Konrad Fischer. A fine reproduction of one of their photographs is on the recto. In fine condition. Mailed to Margaret Raspé of Berlin.

❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 253. More

Many black & white illus. [80] pp. Small 4to, printed softcover. Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1973.

Signed copy of this uncommon Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) artist’s book. It not only photographically documents the possessions of the titular Oxonian but also the numerous rejections Boltanski received from museums and cultural institutions around Europe. Text in parallel French, English, German. The photographs were taken by Peter Ibsen, director of Oxford’s Museum of Modern Art.

A fine copy, signed by the artist and numbered with a stamp (no. 280) on the title-page. Unknown edition size, though according to Calle, 50 copies were numbered with a.... More

[Klein-Schwechat: 1881].

An elaborate album of photographs of drawings of the celebrated brewery at Klein-Schwechat, founded in 1632, and today one of the leading breweries of Austria, producing a lager, a light smooth premium beer called Hopfenperle, and a super-premium called Steffl. The album was prepared for the renowned Viennese brewer August Deiglmayer (1827-83), who was at that time, managing director of the brewery and one of the great innovators of 19th century brewing. Deiglmayer spent much of his professional career at the Klein-Schwechat brewery.

The drawings were executed at the request of Georg Wieninger (1832-87), scion of the Schärding... More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso with printed address label. Photographic postcard, mailed. Munich: Rüdiger Schöttle, 1980.

Scarce postcard for Buren’s second solo presentation with Schöttle. Part of the installation for Buren’s first exhibition with the gallery (3-31 May 1977) is shown on the recto. Fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.

❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More

Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 73, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

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—. Reboundings: an essay by Daniel Buren, followed by 7 plates and 7 diagrams. Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 77, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

The scarce French and English editions of Buren’s polemical text, both printed in editions of 530 copies; both in excellent condition. The artist was driven to write this as a pointed critique of museums and curators five years after the controversy surrounding his contribution to... More

Fine color illus. throughout. 176 pp. Large 4to, translucent dust-jacket, pictorial hardcover. Hartford, CT: 2008.

A beautifully printed collection catalogue, published on the occasion of collector Mickey Cartin’s 60th birthday. With contributions by Carlos Basualdo, Nicholas Baume, Steven Holmes, and James Rondeau.

The catalogue highlights works by: Josef Albers, Francis Alÿs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Forrest Bess, Joe Coleman, Joseph Cornell, Wim Delvoye, Spencer Finch, Walton Ford, David Hammons, On Kawara, Paul Lafolley, Laura Lancaster, Charles Ledray, Sol LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Wes Mills, Jonathan Monk, Giorgio Morandi, Roman Opalka, Kathy Prendergast, Martin Puryear, Martín Ramirez, Tom Sachs, Fred Sandback... More

Black & white photographic illus. on glossy recto, details to verso. Square card. New York: Bykert Gallery, 1971.

The large square photographic card announcing Dibbets’s debut solo show in North America. On the recto is one of the artist’s photographic works depicting the gallery entrance, taken with fragmented exposure times. Bykert Gallery was managed by Klaus Kertess and Jeff Byers from 1966 to 1975.

In excellent condition. The name of museum director Rudi Fuchs (b. 1942) has been written on the verso. More

Printed on one side. Card. London: Hester van Royen Gallery, 1977.

Announcement card for Dibbets’s 1977 show with Hester van Royen. Near fine. More