Printed on both sides. Square card, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1971.

Invitation card to Andre’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert’s gallery. The artist’s work is represented on the recto with four squares representing aluminum, magnesium (2x), and zinc. In excellent condition. Mailed to Frits Keers (1936-2000), senior curator at the Stedelijk Museum.

❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 371. 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

Black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, illustrated soft cover (extremities a little worn). Amsterdam: Stempelplaats, 1980.

Uncommon and important issue of Rubber. Produced in an edition of 500 copies. Near fine. More

[4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1971.

A mailed copy of Brouwn’s third Art & Project bulletin. It opens with the phrase: “the total number of my steps in 1971 in Oslo.” This is repeated with various cities around the world, but they represent trips in future years, through 1985. The cities that Brouwn will visit include: Oslo, Addis Ababa, Tokyo, Dublin, Montevideo, Rome, Reykjavik, Beirut, Port au Prince, Mexico City, Ottawa, Tunis, Canberra, Brasilia, and Moscow.

Near fine; minor paper wrinkling. Addressed to gallerist Albert Waalkens (1920-2007), who operated a notable... More

Many color illus. 183 pp. & colophon. 8vo, green rubber-stamped softcover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2022.

Our catalogue on the Mexican artist Ulises Carrión (1941-89). Offered 92 items for sale, followed by lists of the artist’s editioned bookworks, exhibitions at Other Books and So, and a bibliography.

As new, each example is rubber-stamped on the front and back covers. Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA (Lithuania).

OCLC Accession No.: 1295641351. More

Black & white illus. 51 pp. & colophon. 4to, stamped softcover, stapled with black cloth tape over spine. London: Royal College of Art, 2010.

A rare exhibition catalogue published for a innovative presentation of Carrión’s work at the Showroom (12-26 June 2010). Supervised by Clare Carolin, it was organized by first-year MA Curating Contemporary Art students at the Royal College of Art. This was a fascinating retrospective of the artist’s work, staged with the help of Martha Hellion.

In fine condition. Edition of 500(?) copies. More

Illus. throughout. [4] printed sheets, orig. craft paper wrappers, staple-bound. Hou, Denmark: Egmont Højskolen, Feb. 1979.

A scarce exhibition catalogue dedicated to books with rubber-stamped illustrations, curated by Ulises Carrión (1941-89). His introduction is printed in Danish and English: “Time pressures didn’t allow for a wide research, but I believe that the show includes most if not all the significant artists in this field. Some available catalogues and anthologies have been included because they possess a reasonable coherence in character, theme, or intentions. These criteria, rather than dictionary definitions, were also applied when deciding what was to be considered as... More

Single sheet exhibition invitation torn into ca. two dozen pieces. Amsterdam: Pieter Brattinga Gallery, 1981.

One of Ulises Carrión’s rarest mail art projects, with the original mailed envelope sent to the collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937). As the artist intended (explained below), a small torn portion is not present.

“In 1981, when the Print Gallery Pieter Brattinga invited Carrión to exhibit his work there, Carrión thought of a response project in which he instructed participants to reconstruct, in any way they desired, the bottom half of an invitation, which had been shredded. They were then to sign it and mail... More

Many black & white illus. [15] leaves, printed on rectos only (except for one leaf). Small folio (295 x 210 mm.), pictorial wrappers, fastened with black plastic clasps. [From verso of the first leaf]: Amsterdam: Agora Studio, Sept. 1980.

A rare exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 200. Carrión (1941-89) devised this as a retrospective of his works and communications with his collaborators, for which he investigated the use of names and addresses.

This catalogue, with the introduction in parallel Dutch and English, is fully illustrated with reproductions of Carrión’s earlier works and performances, including pieces such as... More

Amsterdam: 1977.

The blue 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.

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 the back of this card, put it in... More

Amsterdam: ca. 1979.

An original collage made by Ulises Carrión (1941-89) and gifted to Maurizio Nannucci (b. 1939) in support of Zona’s non-profit mission, following the Zona Parolo & Suono festival (11-19 June 1979). Near fine; faint foxing.

❧ See G. Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016), pp. 120-23, for similar works by Carrión employing graph paper. 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