Oakland, California: Kathan Brown, Crown Point Press. 1975. No. 246 of 1000 copies. The first and by far the scarcest issue. Profusely illustrated. 67 pp. Stiff black paper covers with white lettering and color illustration. 33.7 x 21.9 cm. This remarkably prescient publication includes the following: opening texts by Claes... More about Vision: California. Number one. September 1975
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 about ArtsCanada: the new technology and the arts. February 1967, issue no. 105
New York: New York Cultural Center, 1970. Full-page color gouache on flyleaf; inscribed, "From the archive of Linda Mary Montano." Accompanied by her extensive notes on the subject. 100 pp. Paper covers. 27.7 x 21.4 cm. Covers worn, and front joint separated at top. This is one of a collection... More about Conceptual art and Conceptual aspects, with original gouache
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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 about Annual New York Avant Garde Festival [title varies]. Complete set of 19 vintage posters, 1963-1980
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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 about Van Munster (title from plastic pocket). [25 september… 18 oktober 1970
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 about Museum of Installation
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 about Audio-video underground chamber
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 about Fluxus: Selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection
Barcelona, Espanya: Metrònom, Espai del Centre de Documentació d'Art Actual, 1981. Introduction by Gloria Picazo in parallel Catalan and English. Approximately 476 illustrations on 67 plates. 68 leaves (i.e., 136 pp.) + [9] pp. index, bibliography, etc. 29.8 x 21 cm. White paper covers with red and blue borders in... More about Exposició de tramesa postal / Mail art exhibition. 13 octubre–21 novembre 1980
Vancouver: University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, 1968. 32 illustrations on 15 plates + [40] pp. Decorated front cover & pasteboard rear cover, bound with brass fasteners. 27.9 x 21.5 cm. The first part of the publication reproduces correspondence between Rockman and the curator Alvin Balkind, including various health... More about Random sample, N=42
[Los Angeles[: the artist, 1980. Ruscha's 12th book. Only printing, 4000 copies. 25 plates. 48 pp. White paper covers with black titling and glassine cover. 17.8 x 14 cm. The book is very fine. The glassine is split at the spine, and the back panel is darkened at the spine... More about Real estate opportunities
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. Photos by Jerry McMillan. Ruscha's 15th book. Bright-red paper covers with the title in black. Title leaf and 60 black-and-white plates. 17.8 x 14.1 cm. Some silverfish damage on covers, mainly the leading edge of the front cover. These primitive insects, some 400-million years old... More about Records
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1967. Ed Ruscha's characteristically witty wedding announcement shows him asleep in a large, rumpled bed with two coeds. The full-page photo by Jerry McMillan is on p. 7 of this issue. The contents include: Gothic parallels, by Sidney Tillim; Olitski and shape, by Michael Fried; Manet at... More about Artforum, volume V, number 5, January 1967. "Ed Ruscha says goodbye to college joys"
Warszawa: Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej, 1992. Many illustrations. 120 pp. Black paper covers.. 25.8 x 21 cm. A fabulous book on artists' books and other avant-garde publications, 1919-1992. An artist's book in itself, this beautiful catalogue is printed in black and red on both sides of lightweight paper and bound Japanese... More about Ksiazki i strony: polska ksiazka awangardowa i artystyczna, 1919-1992
New York: Creative Time, 1995. Inscribed by Hope Sandrow and with a duplicate postcard bearing a long, personal note from her. An envelope and flap made of single-sided corrugated cardboard (about 17 x 20 cm) contains 16 (i.e., 17) color postcards 15.2 x 10 cm (oversquare) + 13 grayish-tan sheets... More about Material Matters: art in the Anchorage. Inscribed
Ascoli Piceno, Italy: Galleria Rosati, 1974. 10 plates. 20 pp. Black paper covers. 22 x 18.4 cm. Two large postcards laid in show Scolavino's work, from Venezuela and Mexico. Texts in Italian by the artist, Ciro Ruju, Luigi Castellano, Crispolti, Carlo A. Sitta, and Antonio del Guercio. One copy in... More about I servomecanismi o integrazioni biologiche
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1970. 38 illustrations. [28] pp. Black paper covers decorated in white. 28 x 21.7 cm. An interesting and influential "theme" show of works involving string or rope. It manages to connect most of the major currents of the 1960s and earlier: Dada and Surrealism (Duchamp... More about Exhibition string & rope
Los Angeles & New York: Artforum, 1966–1973. 8 issues with articles by Robert Smithson, as follows: **Volume IV [4], number 10, June 1966. "Entropy and the new monuments." **Volume V [5] Number 10, Summer 1967. "Towards the development of an air terminal site." **Volume VI [6], number 2, October 1967... More about Artforum published 8 major pieces written by Robert Smithson. Here is the complete group
Torino, Italy: Edizioni Geiger, 1969. Wittenborn and Company label on title page. No. 223 of 300 copies. A remarkable assembling of concrete poetry and other work by 40 artists, including Jochen Gerz, Timm Ulrichs, Adriano Spatola, Achille Bonito Oliva, Julien Blaine, Marina Apollonio, Rinaldo Nuzzolese (signed print), and Sandro Beltramo... More about Geiger 3. Antologia a cura di Maurizio Spatola
La Jolla, California: University of California, San Diego, 1968. Catalogue in the the form of a vertical hanging poster folded leporello style. 6 plates. 10 panels. About 19.8 cm square when folded; about 190.5 cm (75 inches). The participants are Peter Alexander, John Baldessari ("How to sell paintings"), Ron Cooper... More about New work / Southern California. Jan. 9 to Feb. 4, 1968
Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984. Postcard, unmailed. Card stock, coated one side, with illustration. 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Produced as part of the exhibition "Automobile and Culture," July 21–January 6, 1985, at theTemporary/Contemporary site of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Gerald Silk wrote a catalogue to... More about "The Winds." Postcard. Automobile and Culture, 1984
New York: 589 Washington Street, April 8–May 18, 1976 (postmark). Sponsored by Dia Art Foundation. Poster. Color offset lithograph printed on two sides of lightly coated paper. 31 x 24 inches / 78.5 x 60.9 cm. Folded in eight. The images on the color front are a sliced-open orange above... More about Robert Whitman theater works 1960–1976 (poster). SALE PRICE through December 31, 2019
