Illustrated postcard, mailed & postmarked, mailing label on verso. [Maastricht: 1980].

Postcard mailed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937) for Ulises Carrión’s exhibition at Agora in 1980. His bookwork Namen en adressen was published in conjunction with the show.

In fine condition.

❧ Not in Guy Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016). More

Amsterdam: 1977.

The black version of this postcard distributed by Ulises Carrión for his Definitions of art exhibition, held at Other Books and So in March 1977. Recipients were asked to respond with their definition of art on the verso. Carrión received 367 answers, which were all displayed in the artist’s bookshop.

From the recto: “A show called ‘Definitions of art’ will be held at OTHER BOOKS AND SO Herengracht 227 Amsterdam from 1st March to 26th March 1977. Everybody is invited to participate, regardless of profession, sex, age, etc. […]

“Just write your definition (of what art is) on... More

Two large folded newsprint sheets [=8 pp.], [5] pp. rubber-stamped, rest blank. Illustrated with stamps pressed with red, blue, purple, brown, green, black, and yellow ink. [Amsterdam: Other Books and So Archive, 1980].

Rare Ulises Carrión stamp art project that was never fully realized.

“The objective of this mail project was the production of a rubber stamp tabloid. Carrión sent an invitation the size of a newspaper page (479 x 330 mm.). The contributor had to mail back the design for his rubber stamp (to be produced at the Posthumus BV Stempel Factory) together with the page indicating the place... More

Color illus. throughout. 50 pp. & plates. Large 4to, cloth-covered boards, pictorial dust-jacket, title on spine. Köln: Lenbachhaus München & Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2000.

An important and richly illustrated On Kawara exhibition catalogue that is now rather scarce. This show was devoted to Kawara’s I Got Up postcards. With texts by Ulrich Wilmes and Michel Butor in German, French, and English. More

36 color photographs, film negatives, and a printed price-list. San Francisco: 2000.

An extremely rare and complete example of Steven Leiber’s 38th catalogue, of which only approximately 47 copies were made and sent to his clientele. Each copy is unique. The catalogue was modeled after Dinos and Jake Chapman’s multiple Aygotic Exposure (1996). Leiber’s clients received a roll of film that they had to develop in order to view the catalogue’s offerings. The original roll is not present for obvious reasons. Leiber took the photographs in his grandmother’s home, casually staging the artworks around the house; his office and inventory... More

Single sheet, printed on recto only, rubber-stamped date correction, horizontal & vertical folds. Amsterdam: 1977.

Scarce Other Books and So flyer for an exhibition by the Argentine artist Horacio Zabala (b. 1943). On this sheet, Zabala asks that anyone looking to collaborate on his next project write their name on the flyer and return it. Those who had already volunteered are listed here, among them: Paulo Brusky, Ulises Carrión, Guglielmo Cavellini, Robin Crozier, Guillermo Deisler, Robert Filliou, Hervé Fischer, Carlos Ginzburg, Les Levine, Clemente Padin, G. J. de Rook, Ben Vautier, etc. Zabala writes at the bottom: “So far I.... More