np: [Arch D. Bunker], c. 1990-91. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset printed in two colors on white paper stock. A leaflet issued during the first Gulf War, likely by Arch D. Bunker - the collective pseudonym used by some members of the Processed World Collective, who issued a series..... More
New York: 1982. 4 1/4 x 6" postcard, printed on both recto and verso. A postcard invitation for two sets by the band on March 14, 1982 at The Underground, as part of the Porous Nights at the Underground series. The invitation was good for complimentary admission for 2. The..... More
New York: ABC No Rio, 1980. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4", offset printed. The poster for the 1980 exhibition at ABC No Rio, curated by Christy Rupp, director of City Wildlife Projects, which followed the first incarnation of the exhibition the year prior at Fashion Moda. Folded three times, else..... More
![Accessibilities [Exhibition Announcement]. Vito Acconci](/pictures/thumb/28112.jpg?v=1569429600)
Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1980. 4 x 8" postcard, photographically illustrated. Verso is blank. The announcement for the 1970 exhibition at NSCAD, in the mezzanine gallery. "A showing of some short Super-8 films and video tapes by Vito Acconci in the autumn of 1970 was, like..... More
New York: 0 to 9, 1969. 4to, unpaginated, mimeographed and offset-printed leaves on various colors and thicknesses of card stock, one of which folds out. Side-stapled. The legendary document for this series of streetworks, published as a supplement to the sixth number of 0 to 9. With contributions from Arakawa..... More
![Works to Be Destroyed [Press Release]. Vito Acconci, Gordon Matta-Clark Laurie Anderson,...](/pictures/thumb/28115.jpg?v=1569067349)
New York: 1977. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset printed. The press release for this series of works, which occured on May 29, 1977 at the West Side Highway. The release includes a short unnatributed text on the nature of the event, and also notes that information on the works..... More
New York: Act Up, 1991. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, bearing six stickers, each printed in color. With backing intact. A sticker sheet issued for the Day of Desperation - the remarkable, coordinated set of protests which took place during Desert Storm, and which was the largest protest to that..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1975. First edition. 4to, single sheet folded once. Bas Jan Ader's final work, published as an Art & Project Bulletin as he departed on his final known voyage. The inner panels are photographically illustrated. The rear panel reproduces the sheet music for "A Life on the..... More
Netherlands: Marion van Wijk & Dalstar Veenman Publishers, 1997. First edition. 4to, 216 pp, xeroxed in b/w and tape bound with black cloth tape into color covers, with color reproductions of maps inside covers. Artists' book with extensive documentation of van Wijk and Koos Dalstra's investigations into the circumstances of..... More
New York: 1985-1997. New York, 1985-1997. A collection of 50 exhibition and event announcements, benefit auction invitations, and other ephemera documenting AIDS advocacy from the mid-1980’s to the mid 1990’s. The collection is a record, not only of events, but also of organizations involved in the struggle, the tactics employed..... More
New York: Dwan Gallery, 1968. 8 7/8 x 12" sheet of thick kraft card stock, printed entirely with flocked sand. The exhibition announcement for this important show devoted to Land Art, which included work by Carl Andre, Konrad Bayer, Walter de Maria, Michael Heizer, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim..... More
New York: 1982. A gathering of 50 items collected by an attendee at the anti-nuclear demonstration in New York City, which remains the largest political demonstration in the history of the United States. On that date approximately 1 million people gathered in the city and converged upon Central Park. The..... More
New York: Limelight, [1986]. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset printed in color on coated paper. Folded once. The invitation flyer for this Tuesday, October 7th show by the avant / No Wave project offering free admission for the recipient and a guest- undated, but likely from 1986. Members pictured..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1976. 4to, single sheet folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these bulletins, in almost..... More
New York: The New Museum, 1981. 8vo, oblong saddle-stitched wraps, 52 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in English. The catalog for the 1981 exhibition at the New Museum, providing an invaluable reference to several downtown alternative arts spaces: Gain Ground, Apple, 98 Greene Street, 112 Greene Street Workshop, 10..... More
Amsterdam: Kosmos, 1938. First edition. 8vo, 227 [1] pp, bound in black cloth decoratively stamped in silver foil. No dust jacket. First edition and only edition of the debut novel by the the Gay Dutch artist Willem Arondeus, remembered today for his heroic actions as a forger and in the..... More
Amsterdam: 1943. Amsterdam: dated 1941 [actually, 1943]. ALS on lined prison stationary, marked 'S.G.S. 8105-1942’. 29 lines, written in pencil. Addressed to “Eep” [Marius Roland Holst], and signed “Tiky.” One line blacked out, likely by a censor. With an accompanying letter by Willem Sandberg to Roland Holst about the damage..... More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1971. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Though unstated, one of 500-1000 copies printed. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. With contributions from Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Stuart Knight, and Graham Howard, Near fine with a small green sticker to back..... More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1972. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Though unstated, one of 500-1000 copies printed. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. With contributions from Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Philip Pilkington, David Rushton, Kevin Lole, and Graham Howard. Near..... More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1972. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Though unstated, one of 500-1000 copies printed. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. With contributions from Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, David Bainbridge, and Victor Burgin. Near fine with..... More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1973. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Though unstated, one of 500-1000 copies printed. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. With typed sticker number correction to issue number, as the issue was accidentally printed with the number of the previous issue..... More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1974. First edition. 4to, 130 pp, printed wraps.. Though unstated, one of 500-1000 copies printed. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. A special issue of the periodical, which collects a series of texts and equations which were produced in conjunction..... More
New York: Dain Gallery, 1971. 8 1/2 x 14" flyer, offset printed at recto. The poster announcement for this exhibition of lectures, by Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, Ian Burn, and Mel Ramsden. Lectures of the recordings were played continuously during the exhibition. Folded once, with toning..... More
np: nd [c. 1991-93]. 8 1/2 x 11" poster, xeroxed in black on yellow paper. The text is unattributed, but is taken from the 1986 English translation of Wolfgang Fritz Haug's Critique of Commodity Aesthetics [1986]. A couple faint indents, else near fine. More
Coventry, UK: Art & Language, 1970. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Though unstated, one of 1000 copies. Though not denoted as such, from the library of Athena Tacha. With contributions from the editors and Frederic Barthelme, Stephen McKenna, Ian Burn, Robert Brown - David Hirons, Michael THompson, and Mel Ramsden..... More