[Wiesbaden, Germany? Manufacturer unknown, circa 1990?]. A stamped aluminum license plate 11.4 x 47.2 cm (oversquare). Jerome and Diane Rothenberg bought this in Wiesbaden, Germany, around 1990, thinking it a multiple, but I have found no trace of another like it. Wiesbaden. where George Maciunas was living in the early..... More
![Ideas at the Idea Warehouse, June 16–July 11, 75 [an Assembling]. Peter Frank](/pictures/thumb/41009.jpg?v=1545185079)
New York: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, 1975. 26 leaves printed one side only, with images, text, drawings, a mounted card, etc. Paper covers, stapled through left edge. 28 x 21.6 cm (standard US letter size). The participating artists are: Kirsten Bates, Bil Beirne, Anthony McCall, Michael McClard, Jim..... More
Artist's book. Profusely illustrated. Approximately 100 pp. 23.4 x 30.4 cm. (oversquare). Bound at the short edge with staples and capped with a sliding black plastic spine.This inventive and alarming catalogue opens with a sheet of heavy, very flexible clear plastic. A clear, sealed polyvinyl envelope follows. It contains a...... More
[San Francisco: the editors? 1982]. [4] pp. of artists exhibited in the show + [19] pp. of plates illustrating works. [28] pp., including paper covers in red and black. 28 x 21.5 cm (standard US letter size). "Men in Black" appears on the rear cover of this catalogue and may..... More
Oceanside, California: Oceanside Museum of Art, 2014. 75 illustrations (mostly color). 63 pp. Decorated paper covers. 21.7 x 28 cm. Dave Hampton's text chronicles the development of avant-garde art in San Diego (and, yes, there was such a thing), through the work of four then-young artists. "Spitting In The Wind"..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1977. Inscribed 9/77 to David and Eleanor Antin. Many monochrome illustrations on 12 leaves (variously, single, double, and triple size; a total of 46 pages), all loose in printed tan paper folder. 22.9 x 20.4 cm (page size). The Harrisons' environmental art is justly..... More
San Francisco 1962-1964; Los Angeles, 1964-1967; New York, 1967-present. 253 fine, original issues in decorated paper covers, as issued. When the first issue of Artforum arrived in the summer of 1962, it seemed hopelessly parochial, with its nearly exclusive emphasis on California exhibitions. Even that issue, however, featured an article..... More
[Sevillle?]: Junta de Andalucia, 1989. ISBN 84-86620-04-X. 2 volumes. Largely illustrations (photographs, drawings, and documents) of elaborately constructed, imaginary animals: a snake with six pairs of legs; a winged elephant; a fanged rabbit; and other marvels. 111 pp. Tan paper covers with titling in dark brown, and plain card slipcase..... More
New York: Kent Fine Art, 1989. Profusely illustrated (including 8 color plates). 108 + [3] pp. Black wrappers with embossed black titling. 25.5 x 20 cm. “This monograph accompanies the exhibition “Paul Laffoley: Structured Singularities” held at Kent Fine Art September 5 to October 7 1989.” Fine. **Free domestic..... More
Paris: the author, 1972. Artists' book [an assembling]. Profusely illustrated. 136 pp. Stiff white paper covers. 27.1 x 21 cm. Apparently published as a 5th-year retrospective of the Yvon Lambert Gallery in lieu of an exhibition at the Festival d'Automne in Paris (and in protest to it?). Contributions by 29..... More
San Francisco & Los Angeles: Charles Cowles, 1965-1966. With volume 4 Artforum came fully of age. This bound volume contains all the year's exceptional issues. September 1965 (4:1) begins with a bang: a whole issue on The New York School, Pollock, Matta, The Club, the Forties, the Fifties, Motherwell, Rothko..... More
![Sol LeWitt / Ace / Dec. 3, 1968–Jan. 11, [1969] (poster). Sol LeWitt](/pictures/thumb/20121.jpg?v=1545184944)
Los Angeles: Ace, 1968. Color offset lithograph. 18 inches / 45.6 cm square. Dark grids printed on process blue background. Folded in four, with soft creases in corners. Near fine. The scan cannot begin to capture the original. Includes original 9.5 x 12.5-inch mailing envelope postmarked November 27, 1968. **Free..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, ©1969. 22 plates (some with multiple images). [36] pp. Pale blue printed acetate wrapper over blue cover with image of the heavens. 21.5 x 28 cm (standard US letter size, oversquare). Six spaces within the museum created by Michael Asher, Larry Bell, Dan Flavin..... More
Tallahassee: Florida State University, 1988. 24 illustrations. 28 pp. Dark-blue paper covers. 21.6 x 28 cm (standard US letter size, oversquare). Work by Lynda Barry, Steve Durland, Robert Heinecken, Raw Magazine/Art Spiegelman, and others. Small area rubbed at upper corner of spine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art [LAICA], 1983. 3 separate items in a vinyl envelope printed "Collaborations" in red. 1983. 1) Art & Language. 27 illustrations. 48 pp. 20. 8 x 15 cm. Yellow paper covers.. 1000 copies. 2) Abhasa, image-bearing light: Lita Albuquerque, Robert Kramer, Harold Budd; a collaboration..... More
Fluxus cv V TRE Number 7. 4 pp. Printed in black on pale green paper. 56 x 43.4 cm / 22 x 17 in. Folded in eighths to letter size for mailing. The front page, shown in 2 scans, features photographs of the Fluxorchestra concert at Carnegie Recital Hall, 1965..... More
![Proof sheet of Maciunas designs for Fluxus labels.] Poster. George . Fluxus Maciunas, 19311978](/pictures/thumb/40613.jpg?v=1603570742)
New York: Fluxus, [probably 1969]. Poster. Proof sheet of 23 to 25 Fluxus labels, flat, unfolded & uncut. White paper printed in black on one side. 44.5 x 57.1 / 17.5 x 22.5 in. Some designs identified here with Fluxus Codex page references: Brecht, Games & puzzles, pp. 197ff (1964);..... More
New York: ReFlux Editions for Ubu Gallery, 1996. Die-cut mask of the late, lamented founder of Fluxus, with eyeholes and fold-out nose; elastic strap. About 25 x 19.5 cm. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Toronto: Society for Art Publication, 1967. Periodical with 7-inch Flexidisc and tabloid insert ("Artscan"). Profusely illustrated (color centerfold). 22 pp. Contents: "Technology and environment,": by Marshall McLuhan;"The sensory dynamics of new technology," by Arnold Rockman; "Severini's abstract rhythm of Madame S.," by Joshua C. Taylor; "Velvet Underground in Hamilton," by..... More
![Annual New York Avant Garde Festival [title varies]. Complete set of 19 vintage posters,...](/pictures/thumb/50601-2.jpg?v=1545185100)
Between 1963 and 1980 the cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman (known mostly for her work with Nam June Paik) organized fifteen increasingly elaborate festivals featuring a wide variety of performances in various locations. The first three were at Judson Hall, a small recital hall across from Carnegie Hall (not..... More
![Van Munster (title from plastic pocket). [25 september… 18 oktober 1970.]. Jan van Munster](/pictures/thumb/24451.jpg?v=1545184980)
Eindhoven, Netherlands: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1970. A most interesting multiple. This mint copy is sealed inside a white plastic pocket with the title, dtes, and publisher silkscreened in pale, nearly invisible pink ink on the front. 27 x 23.8 cm (overall). According to two OCLC records, the catalogue inside is..... More
London: Museum of Installation, [1994?]. Many illustrations. 26 leaves photocopied on one side only + a few pp. laid in. Commercial binder with clear polyester front and rear cover of white card stock; bound as issued with white cloth tape. 30 x 21 cm overall. After an introductory page, the..... More
Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst, 2005. 1200 copies. Many illustrations. 158 pp. Stiff, white glossy covers printed in black with illustration. Parallel German & English. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Elblag, [Poland]: the artist, 1979. Artist's book. 27(?)/30 copies "unfinished but illustrated by himself (Arriergarde)." A small superscript "2" follows "theses" in the title. I presume "Arriergarde" is the converse of "avantgarde." The entire text consists of hand-cut linocuts and rubber stamps printed with colors blending into one another. [26]..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988. 45 plates & illustrations (2 double & 1 sextuple on a 5-panel gatefold and adjoining page). 64 pp. + gatefold. Decorated paper covers.. 20.5 cm square (8 x 8 in.). 2nd printing; the front cover of the first printing extends around the front..... More
