Portland, Ore: 2012. First edition. Paperback. One of 500 copies. POEM is the first book form Portland artist Fredrik Averin. It is a beautiful work of concrete poetry which explores duration, narration, book design, and the relationship of the reader to the printed (and unprinted) page. In spirit it recalls... More about Poem
New York: Sonnabend Gallery, 1980. 4 1/4 x 5 5/8" postcard, photographically illustrated at recto. The exhibition announcement postcard for the 1980 exhibition, illustrated with the work "Detail - Fugitive Essay (With Wasp". A couple very faint smudges to verso, else fine. More about Exhibition Announcement for "Fugitive Essays"
Köln: Walther König, 2008. First edition. 4to, 141 pp, wraps. Profusely illustrated in color. Signed by Baldessari on the title page. Fine. More about Music
New York: Sonnabend Gallery, 1981. 4 1/4 x 6" postcard, illustrated on recto with the work "Shape Deriverd from Subject (Snake): IUsed as a framing device to produce new photographs." Near fine with a couple faint creases to tips. More about Postcard for the 1981 Exhibition at Sonnabend
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 about Die Namen der Bäume: Hylaea
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Arnhem: Park Sonsbeek, 1971. 4to, 231 + 96 pp, bound in stiff illustrated card wraps. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Text in English. With index. The 2 catalog set for the 1971 series of exhibitions, which significantly expanded the scope of the series by expanding the array of mediums, including site... More about Sonsbeek 71. Sonsbeek Buiten de Perken. 2 Volumes [Complete
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 about Invitation a la Premiere Conference Internationale du Surréalisme Révolutionnaire
San Francisco: Hansen Fuller Gallery, 1973. 8 3/8 x 10" poster/postcard, illustrated at recto with a photograph by Elliot Schwartz. The announcement for the 1973 exhibition in San Francisco, which featured both paintings and videotapes. Scarce early ephemera. Some minor creasing, and foxing and discoloration to both recto and verso. About very good. More about Exhibition Announcement
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1974. 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 about Art & Project Bulletin 77
Los Angeles: Mermaid Tavern, 1973. 8 3/4 x 10", offset lithograph. Photographically illustrated with a self-portrait of Berman. The poster for Wallace Berman's one day exhibition at the Mermaid Tavern, perhaps the rarest printed item designed by Berman, for one of his most enigmatic shows. The poster is illustrated with... More about EXHIBITION/WALLACE BERMAN
San Francisco: Batman Gallery, 1961. 15 x 20", lithograph in two colors on beige paper. The striking poster designed by Wallace Berman, for an exhibition by George Berms at Batman Gallery in San Francisco. This was the first poster to be designed by Berman, and features a photograph by him... More about Poster for George Herms' 1961 Exhibition at Batman Gallery
Los Angeles: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. Tabloid format, single sheet folded once to make 4 pp, printed in black on thick brown paper. The catalog for the posthumous 1977 exhibition at Timothea Stewart Gallery. It includes a great essay on Berman by his longtime friend and fellow artist George Herms... More about Wallace Berman Exhibition July-August 1977
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 about Wallace Berman: Photographs
San Francisco: Stolen Paper Press, 1966. First edition. 8vo, 65 pp, illustrated card wraps. A superlative anthology, with contributions from Raoul Haussman, Jorgen Nash (on the Situationists), Bruno Munari, Allen Ginsberg, Marshall McLuhan, Diter Rot, William S. Burroughs, Dom Sylvester Houedard et al. Wraps a bit dust-soiled, with some faint... More about Astronauts of Inner-space: An International Collection of Avant-garde Activity. 17 manifestoes,...
Amsterdam: Feministische Uitgeverij Sara, 1982. First edition. 4to, 234 pp, photographically illustrated wraps. A beautifully designed monograph, the first devoted to the work of the great Hungarian-Dutch photographer. It includes work from all stages of her career at that point, including work shot while underground during the German occupation of the... More about 'n Halve Eeuw Werk
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Villefranche: 1936-39. 12mo, first three years each bound marbled green paper over bouards, backed in crushed green morocco raised in five bands at the spine, with gilt titles, and original pictorial wraps preserved, the final nine issues each in the original saddle-stapled illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated photographs strikingly printed by... More about Mieux Vivre: Revue Mensuelle. No. 1 (1936) - No. 9 (1939) [Complete in 37 numbers
Düsseldorf: Organisation für Direkte Demokratie, c. 1971. A substantial collection of eleven pamphlets and six posters and leaflets issued by the group. One of the pamphlets is signed on the cover. Text largely in German, with some English. 1. "Satzung und Politisches Programm." 8vo, 14 pp, offset printed in blue..... More about Collection of Manifestos and Publications from the Organisation für Direkte Demokratie
Black Mountain, NC: 1942. TLS in BMC letterhead, approximately 200 words, signed in ink. Housed in the original mailing envelope, also bearing the printed BLC name, and postmarked from Black Mountain on Oct 25, 1942. BMC faculty member Wunsch writes to thank the photographer for sending prints of photographs taken... More about TLS to Philip Hug on Black Mountain College Stationary
[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 about Two Flyers for Bodily Funktions
New York: Public Illumination, 1983-84. First edition. 32mo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Five whole issues of the pseudonymous downtown artists' periodical, housed in a rigid plastic clamshell box with printed label affixed to cover. Contents fne; plastic box very good with moderate scuffing. More about Public Illumination Magazine Numbers 26-30 Collector's Edition
New York: Angel Hair Press, 1970. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled in photographically illustrated wraps. One of a limited edition of 700 copies. The first publication of the first installation of Brainard's most enduring work, published in three parts by Angel Hair. Wraps rather foxed, light creasing along spine, with some... More about I Remember
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 about C Comics No. 1
New York: Boke Press, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. The second and last issue 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 Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Edwin... More about C Comics No. 2
San Francisco: 1968. 6 1/4 x 7" folder, photographically illustrated, housing 8 seed packets, each letterpress printed with the name of the plant and a poetic text at recto, with planting directions at verso. Illustrated with photographs by Bill Brach. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. A remarkable artist's book by Brautigan... More about Please Plant This Book
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 about Unused Sheet of Stationary for La Brèche: Action Surrealiste