New York: ABC No Rio, [1983]. 11 x 17", offsep printed. Illustrated with a drawing by Rebecca Howland. Addressed and postmarked [September 12, 1983] to Martha Wilson. A poster advertising ABC No Rio's installation Fountain Cafe, the sculpture garden installed in the back of the building. The poster was designed... 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 fine. 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
Stuttgart: The Artist, 1977. 8vo, [24] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated in b/w. Artists' book addressing torture, sadism and violence, some of it re-documenting earlier work. Some light creasing and a touch of fading along spine. Very good. More
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Paris: Comite de Lutte Anti-Nucleaire, 1958. Square 8vo, single sheet folded once. With papillon [3 1/8 x 5 1/4", offset printed on cream gummer paper] laid in. A powerful manifesto by the Surrealist Group against nuclear science and proliferation at the close of the 1950's. The text was written by... 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
np: 1976. Three altered commercial postcards, addressed to Robert Buck. Three postcards sent by the Greek sculptor to Robert Buck when he was at the Albright Knox Gallery. One of the postcards bore a reproduction of a painting by Kasimir Malewitch. Another is of the twin towers at the World... 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
Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1982. First edition. 8vo, 422 pp, bound in brown buckram with the title stamped in black at the spine. Illustrated with b/w and color plates. Of a total edition of 740 copies, this is one of 240 numbered copies with a signed and dated photograph housed... More
Bruxelles: Le Groupe Surréaliste-revolutionnaire en Belgique, 1947. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2", printed in red on beige paper. Important manifesto by the group announcing the landmark conference, and distancing themselves from Breton, which was probably penned by Dotremont. As well as marking the split from the Breton Surrealists, this document... More
Santa Monica: Rose Gallery, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 4to., 151 [1] pp. Bound in pictorial boards; no dust jacket as issued. A generous selection of Wallace Berman's photographs, including images of Henry Miller, Dennis Hopper, Warhol and the filming of Tarzan and Jane, Cameron, Semina Gallery, etc. Recommended. A fine... More
New York: [1964]. 8 1/2 x 11", mimeographed from stencil drawing and holograph. Poster designed by Joe Brainard. The poster for this very early reading at the famed downtown poetry venue Le Metro. According to the Poetry Project website, Ted Berrigan, in his diaries, notes that this was the first... More
[Austin, TX]: c. [1980]. Two 8 1/2 x 11" flyers, original photocopy from cut-up collage on rectos only. Two flyers issued for the nonexistent "poster band", probably made by John Slate - i. e. Control Rat X, who also edited the great zine Xiphoid Process. Bodily Funktions never played a.... More
Dresden: Bommas Verlag, 1991. 4to, 42 pp, offset printed, saddle-stapled in printed wraps. Text in German. Eighth issue of the German periodical, this issue with a lot of great content (in German) including a rare interview with La Monte Young, as well as articles on Gerard Malanga, Maureen Tucker &... More
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. First, and much scarcer issue of the two issues of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill... More
Np: nd. 11 1/2 x 17", printed in silver ink with a purple tint on textured cream paper paper. Folded once, with a horizontal crease, and toning to margins and fold line; small 1/2" diameter circular stain to upper margin, affecting image. Worn, but about very good. An untitled poster... More
Manchester, UK: Factory Records, 1988. First edition. Oblong 12mo. [31] leaves.Offset printed on thick card stock and bound with thick plastic screws. Catalog number: FAC 235. A flipbook consisting of drawings of William Wegman's Weimaraner Fay by the great Robert Breer, issued as a christmas gift and mailed to friends... More
Paris: Le Terrain Vague, c. 1961. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset litho in two colors. An unused sheet of stationary for the Surrealist periodical, edited by Breton. Brilliantly designed - the verso is printed with Breton's name and the address of Le Terrain Vague printed in reverse, so that... More
[Rio de Janeiro]: 1967. 8vo, 22 pp, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and stapled inside thick card wraps. Cover a serigraph print in several colors by Adriano d'Aquino. One of 60 numbered copies. This example is signed on the cover by d'Aquino, and is signed by Ronaldo Brito at... More
Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1974. 4 1/8 x 5 13/16" inch card, offset printed in two colors on recto, and in black on verso. Designed by Broodthaers. The announcement for the first exhibition of Broodthaer's editioned multiple, inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same title. Fine. More
Knokke-Zoute: Ronny Van de Velde, 2012. First edition. 4to, 104 pp, bound in black boards with photographically illustrated pastedown in color to front panel. Text in English, French, and Dutch. The beautifully produced bibliography issued in conjunction with the 2012 exhibition, an essential reference. Some faint rubbing to boards, else fine. More
Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 1987. First edition. 4to, 248 pp, bound in printed French wraps. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions. The hefty catalog for the 1987 exhibition in Maastricht, which prints an astonishing number of photographs from the 1960's. With a foreward by Alexandre van Grevenstein, and texts by MB and Ian... More
Bruxelles: 1947. Single sheet folded once to make a 4 pp. booklet. printed by letterpress. A manifesto originating from the Belgian Revolutionary Surrealist group, attacking the perceived slowness of the larger Surrealist movement to engage with political identity in the postwar period. It is notable for being signed by a.... More
Knokke-Duinbergen: Galerie Jos Jamar, 1989. First edition. 4to, 127 pp, profusely illustrated (some in color). Text in Dutch, English, French, and German. Copy no. 843 of an unspecified edition. Essential, beautifully produced reference issued in conjunction with the 1989 exhibition. Very good with some light toning to wraps. More
Milan: Francoise Lambert, 1970. First edition. 5 3/4" by 7 1/2", offset lithograph. Exhibition announcement for the 1970 exhibition at Fronçoise Lambert in Milan, printing a monochrome work at recto, with brief text at verso. Near fine with some light toning and a faint touch of rubbing to extremities. More