World Food Books

Eikon = das Bild / Christliche Ikonen und moderne Kunst

1991, German
Softcover (loose-leaf), unpaginated, 42 x 30 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst / Reutlingen

$140.00 - Out of stock

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Rare, over-sized, loose-leaf catalogue published in the occasion of the exhibition, Eikon = das Bild / Christliche Ikonen und moderne Kunst, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, 1991/1992. Beautifully designed, the entire publication places Christian icon artworks into dialogue with modern artworks by Arman, Bernard Aubertin, Joost Baljeu, Stephen Bambury, Dadamaino, Margarete Dreher, Helmut Federle, Aurelie Nemours, John Nixon, Gerhard Richter, Peter Roehr, Klaus Staudt, Günter Uecker, Günter Wizemann. Ancient and modern face off on each page spread, with occasional full-bleed installation photography of the exhibition. Text by Renate Gebeßler und Gabriele Kübler. Wrap-around cover artwork by John Nixon.

New Fine—As New copy.

File under: Arman Bernard Aubertin Joost Baljeu Stephen Bambury Dadamaino Margarete Dreher Helmut Federle Aurelie Nemours John Nixon Gerhard Richter Peter Roehr Klaus Staudt Günter Uecker Günter Wizemann Renate Gebeßler Gabriele Kübler Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst / Reutlingen Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Out-of-print / Rare Art Painting Arte Povera Arte Informale / Haute Pâte / Tachism Conceptual Art

The Readymade Boomerang: Certain Relations in 20th Century Art
The 8th Biennale of Sydney 1990

1990, English
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 512 pages, 29.5 x 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Biennale of Sydney / Sydney

$120.00 - In stock -

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First edition of the incredible (huge) catalogue published to accompany the 8th Biennale of Sydney 1990 "The Readymade Boomerang: Certain Relations in 20th Century Art", held 11 April-3 June 1990 in Sydney across various venues. The eighth Biennale began from ‘a trio of Dada originators’: Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia. A large number of artists across generations joined these key figures in Artistic Director René Block’s exploration of the ‘readymade’ in twentieth-century art, which aimed to highlight ‘its invention and pure use by Duchamp, to its resurgence in Nouveau Realism, Pop Art, and Fluxus of the 60s, all the way to new versions by young contemporary artists’. Pop, fluxus and conceptual artists such as Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, Marcel Broodthaers, Joseph Beuys, John Cage, Alison Knowles, César, George Brecht, Nam Jun Paik and Piero Manzoni were shown alongside Rosemarie Trockel, John Nixon, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Janet Burchill, Peter Tyndall, Robert Rooney, Rosalie Gascoigne, Cindy Sherman, Bruce Nauman, Hans Haacke, Rebecca Horn, Sophie Calle, Jeff Koons, Allan Kaprow, Jenny Holzer, Robert Gober, Jill Scott, Bill Culbert, Stanley Brouwn, Peter Cripps, Terry Fox, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Fischli & Weiss, KP Brehmer, Sigmar Polke, Dieter Rot, Hanne Darboven, Robert MacPherson, Jackie Redgate, Ed Ruscha, Barbara Bloom, Oyvind Fahlstrom, amongst so many others. The industrial Bond Store at Millers Point featured site-specific works by artists such as Olaf Metzel and Simone Mangos, and several works were created on-site in Sydney, amplifying Block’s notion of the Biennale as a ‘workshop’. A comprehensive satellite program of music, performance, lectures, symposia, workshops and exhibitions at various Sydney venues complemented the exhibition, with Carles Santos’ piano recital on a barge in Sydney Harbour a highlight. Five satellite exhibitions included On Kawara, Joseph Beuys, Alain Fleischer, Fluxus and Broken Record, which featured artist’s experimentations with audio recordings, vinyl and album artwork – from John Cage’s 33 1/3 composition for 12 record players to Milan Knížák’s record-collages.

An incredible Sydney biennale, captured here across over 500 pages conceived and realised by René Block and Jennifer Cook - profusely illustrated with examples of all artists works and accompanying texts throughout by Lynne Cooke, Bernice Murphy, Anne Marie Freybourg, Dick Higgins, René Block and Jennifer Cook. Very Good copy with only general wear/ageing. Bright and clean, includes tanned original dust jacket now preserved under plastic wrap.

Having represented Beuys, Richter and Polke, German gallery owner, art publisher, art collector and curator René Block (born 1942) ranks among the central figures of the 1960s avant-garde.

Very Good copy with original dust jacket. Common tanning to dust jacket spine, now preserved under mylar wrap.

File under: Marcel Duchamp Man Ray Francis Picabia Andy Warhol Richard Hamilton Marcel Broodthaers Joseph Beuys John Cage Alison Knowles César George Brecht Bruce Nauman Hans Haacke Rebecca Horn Sophie Calle Jeff Koons Rosemarie Trockel John Nixon Ian Burn Janet Burchill Peter Tyndall Robert Rooney Allan Kaprow Jenny Holzer Robert Gober Jill Scott Stanley Brouwn Peter Cripps Terry Fox Ian Hamilton Finlay Fischli & Weiss Sigmar Polke Dieter Rot Hanne Darboven Robert MacPherson Ed Ruscha Barbara Bloom Carles Santos Milan Knížák On Kawara Alain Fleischer Öyvind Fahlström K. P. Brehmer Jacky Redgate Nam June Paik Cindy Sherman Piero Manzoni Rosalie Gascoigne Arman Olaf Metzel Shigeko Kubota Allan McCollum Panamarenko Stephen Prina Markus Raetz Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Sarkis Michael Snow Ken Unsworth Ben Vautier Robert Watts Lawrence Weiner David Weiss Emmett Williams Raymond Hains Bill Henson Tony Cragg Stan Douglas Christian Boltanski Dale Frank Jennifer Bolande Bill Culbert Zvi Goldstein Mel Ramsden Anne Zahalka George Maciunas Richard Dunn Milan Knizak Rainer Ruthenbeck Ger van Elk Derek Kreckler Dennis Adams Mimmo Rotella Rémy Zaugg Yoshi Wada Arthur Køpcke Stuart Sherman Henning Christiansen René Block Jennifer Cook Lynne Cooke Bernice Murphy Anne Marie Freybourg Dick Higgins Biennale of Sydney / Sydney Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Australian Art Conceptual Art Fluxus Feminism Film / Video Minimal Art Performance / Dance / Theater Painting Photography Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Surrealism Poetry Dada Curatorial Arte Povera Pop Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Broken Music

1989, English / German / French
Softcover (w. flexi-disc), 280 pages, 26 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Daadgalerie / Berlin Gelbe Musik / Berlin

$280.00 - In stock -

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Rare first 1989 edition of Broken Music, an essential compendium for records created by visual artists. Complete with original flexi-disc. The publication was edited by Ursula Block and Michael Glasmeier and published in 1989 by DAAD and Gelbe Musik, Berlin. Broken Music focuses on recordings, record-objects, artwork for records, and record installations made by thousands of artists between WWII and 1989.

It also includes essays by both editors as well as Theodor W. Adorno, René Block, Jean Dubuffet, Milan Knizak, László Moholy-Nagy, Christiane Seiffert, and Hans Rudolf Zeller, as well as a flexi disc of the Arditti Quartet performing Knizak’s “Broken Music.” The centerpiece of the publication is a nearly 200-page bibliography of artists’ records.

Works chosen for the publication revolved around four criteria: (1) record covers created as original work by visual artists; (2) record or sound-producing objects (multiples/editions/sculptures); (3) books and publications that contain a record or recorded-media object; and (4) records or recorded media that have sound by visual artists.

Artists documented in the volume include Vito Acconci, albrecht/d., Laurie Anderson, Guillaume Apollinaire, Karel Appel, Arman, Hans Arp, Antonin Artaud, John Baldessari, Hugo Ball, Claus van Bebber, John Bender, Harry Bertoia, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Claus Böhmler, Christian Boltanski, KP Brehmer, William Burroughs, John Cage, Henri Chopin, Henning Christiansen, Jean Cocteau, William Copley, Philip Corner, Merce Cunningham, Hanne Darboven, Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Fischli and Weiss, R. Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Jack Goldstein, Peter Gordon, Hans Haacke, Richard Hamilton, Bernard Heidsieck, Holger Hiller, Richard Huelsenbeck, Isidore Isou, Marcel Janco, Servie Janssen, Jasper Johns, Joe Jones, Thomas Kapielski, Allan Kaprow, Martin Kippenberger, Per Kirkeby, Cheri Knight, Milan Knizak, Richard Kriesche, Christina Kubisch, Laibach, John Lennon, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Annea Lockwood, Paul McCarthy, Meredith Monk, Josef Felix Müller, Piotr Nathan, Hermann Nitsch, Albert Oehlen, Frank O’Hara, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, A.R. Penck, Tom Phillips, Robert Rauschenberg, The Red Crayola, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Gerhard Richter, Jim Rosenquist, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Robert Rutman, Sarkis, Thomas Schmit, Conrad Schnitzler, Kurt Schwitters, Selten Gehörte Musik, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Strafe für Rebellion, Jean Tinguely, Moniek Toebosch, Tristan Tzara, Ben Vautier, Yoshi Wada, Emmett Walsh, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, and Lawrence Weiner.

Ursula Block is a curator living in Berlin, Germany. From 1981 until 2014, she ran gelbe Musik, a gallery and record shop in Berlin that featured work by artists at the crossroads between music and art. She was married to curator René Block.

Michael Glasmeier is a professor, writer, and editor living in Berlin, Germany. Since the early 1980s, he has curated dozens of shows that explore the intersection between the visual arts, music, film, and language.

Very Good copy all-round, light cover/corner wear.

File under: ×Vito Acconci albrecht/d. Laurie Anderson Karel Appel Arman Antonin Artaud John Baldessari Hugo Ball Claus van Bebber John Bender Harry Bertoia Jean-Pierre Bertrand Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Claus Böhmler Christian Boltanski John Cage Henri Chopin Henning Christiansen Jean Cocteau William Copley Philip Corner Merce Cunningham Hanne Darboven Jim Dine Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Lawrence Ferlinghetti Buckminster Fuller Fischli & Weiss Peter Fischli Peter Fischli & David Weiss David Weiss Allen Ginsberg Philip Glass Jack Goldstein Peter Gordon Hans Haacke Richard Hamilton Bernard Heidsieck Holger Hiller Richard Huelsenbeck Isidore Isou Marcel Janco Servie Janssen Jasper Johns Joe Jones Thomas Kapielski Allan Kaprow Martin Kippenberger Per Kirkeby Cheri Knight Milan Knizak Richard Kriesche Christina Kubisch Laibach John Lennon Sol Lewitt Roy Lichtenstein Annea Lockwood Paul McCarthy Meredith Monk Josef Felix Müller Piotr Nathan Hermann Nitsch Albert Oehlen Frank O’Hara Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Nam June Paik Charlemagne Palestine A.R. Penck Tom Phillips Robert Rauschenberg The Red Crayola Ursula Reuter Christiansen Gerhard Richter Jim Rosenquist Dieter Roth Gerhard Rühm Robert Rutman Sarkis Thomas Schmit Conrad Schnitzler Kurt Schwitters Selten Gehörte Musik Richard Serra Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Strafe für Rebellion Jean Tinguely Moniek Toebosch Tristan Tzara Ben Vautier Yoshi Wada Emmett Walsh Andy Warhol William Wegman Lawrence Weiner Jean Arp (Hans Arp) K. P. Brehmer William S. Burroughs Theodor W. Adorno René Block Jean Dubuffet Milan Knizak László Moholy-Nagy Christiane Seiffert Hans Rudolf Zeller Ursula Block Michael Glasmeier Daadgalerie / Berlin Gelbe Musik / Berlin Art Conceptual Art Performance / Dance / Theater Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Counterculture Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Curatorial Theory / Essay Fluxus Arte Povera Pop Art Sound / Music Dada Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Bauhaus Objects / Ephemera / A/V

Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau
Collection Connaissance des Arts

1973, French
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 288 pages, 25 x 32 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Réalités - Hachette / Paris

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First and only printing of one of the heaviest hitters of interior design books ever, the enormous, lavishly illustrated "Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau" (Collection Connaissance des Arts) published in 1973. Without a doubt one of the most sought after interior design books and now extremely rare.

This heavy, prestigious, cloth-bound volume travels through some of the world's most incredible domestic interiors by the 20th century's top interior designers and decorators, including Francois Catroux, Serge Royaux, Gae Aulenti, Alberto Pinto, Maria Pergay, Charles Sevigny, Martine Dufour, Isabelle Hebey, Michel Boyer, David Mlinaric, Karl Lagerfeld, Quasar Khanh, Marc du Plantier, Yves Vidal, Jacques Grange, Valentino, Aldo Jacober, David Hicks, Piero Pinto, Henri Samuel, Nanda Vigo, John Stefanidis, Paolo Tommasi, and more, including the homes of major architects, fashion designers, art and antiquities collectors, celebrities, and interior designers themselves, showcasing objets d'art, historical artifacts, furniture and decor (from Mies van der Rohe, Lucio Fontana, Nicola L, Cesar, Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Arman, Gae Aulenti, Marcel Breuer, Cy Twombly, Le Corbusier, François-Xavier Lalanne and Claude Lalanne, Quasar Khanh, Roger Tallon, Pierre Jeanneret, Enzo Mari, Pierre Paulin, Carla Venosta, Nanda Vigo, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marcel Breuer, Ruth Francken, Afra + Tobia Scarpa, Charles Eames, Joe Columbo, Verner Panton, Bruno Munari, Mario Bellini, Henri Michaux, Jean Fautrier, Tom Wesselman, Sonia Delaunay, Marimekko, Superstudio, Man Ray... just to name a few) adorning decorated interiors ranging from "Tradition" ("a formula that allows one to integrate older items, furniture and artwork in a contemporary context"); "le Renouveau" (contemporary interiors of the 1970's and "a section dedicated to design of the time offering a selection of the finest furniture, objects and accessories created by top designers"); and "l'Avant-garde" (displaying some of the most experimental, idiosyncratic, and forward-thinking interiors that bring together modern materiality, pop art and space design to create inspired interior living architectural spaces).

"How to reconcile antique furniture and contemporary structures? Can we adapt modern furniture within a traditionally inspired framework? This book, illustrated with beautiful photographs, mostly in color, reproducing the finest achievements of the great contemporary designers, responds to these questions."

Preface by Francis Spar. All texts in French. Hundreds of beautiful photographs in vivid colour and b/w. A must-have for the interior design lover.

Very good, beautifully preserved copy, strong binding, and seldom now seen with original dust jacket (also VG).

File under: Achille Castiglioni Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Anna Castelli Arman Bruno Munari Charles Eames David Hicks De Pas D'Urbino Enzo Mari Gae Aulenti Harry Bertoia Jean Dubuffet Joe Colombo Jorgen Rasmussen Karl Lagerfeld Le Corbusier Lucio Fontana Man Ray Marcel Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Michel Boyer Mies van der Rohe Nanda Vigo Nicola L Pablo Picasso Pierre Jeanneret Pierre Paulin Roger Tallon Sonia Delaunay Tobia Scarpa Tom Wesselmann Verner Panton Paolo Lomazzi Eero Saarinen Jean Fautrier Henri Michaux Serge Royaux Alberto Pinto David Mlinaric Aldo Jacober Fleur Vulliod Piero Pinto Carla Venosta Maria Pergay Martine Dufour Isabelle Hebey Karl Largerfeld Claude and Francoise-Xavier Lalanne Claudio Dini Gunter Sachs Michelangelo Pistoletto Quasar Khanh Superstudio Marimekko Ruth Francken Valentino Charles Sevigny Jacques Grange Marc du Plantier Yves Vidal John Stefanidis Henri Samuel Paolo Tommasi Cy Twombly César Francis Spar Réalités - Hachette / Paris Architecture / Interior Art Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Ceramics / Glass Textiles

L'Utopie du Tout Plastique 1960-1973

1994 / 1998, French
Softcover, 158 pages, 28.7 × 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fondation pour l'Architecture / Brussels

$260.00 - In stock -

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The great "L'Utopie du Tout Plastique 1960-1973", first published in Brussels and France in 1994 by Fondation pour l'Architecture and Norma Editions. Long out of print, this comprehensive volume quickly became an invaluable bible of sorts for plastic collectors of the 1960s, 1970s period. In 1994, on the occasion of a major exhibition in Brussels, editors Philippe Decelle, Diane Hennebert, and Pierre Loze compiled the most detailed printed survey of plastic products to date, from Art, Functional Furniture, Fiberglass, Inflatable PVC, Transparent PMMA, Pop and Radical Design, Cookware, Electronics, Mod Fashions, Utopian Architecture. Heavily researched and lavishly illustrated throughout with close to 200 of the finest examples, L’ Utopie has become the standard reference on 1960s plastic design - an essential aid in identifying the designers, companies and manufacture details of many classic plastic objects from this era.

Includes detailed biographies of the artists, designers, architects, manufacturers, plus a chronology and bibliography.

Translated blurb:
"The sixties are marked by unprecedented prosperity and technological progress. To this optimism corresponds an extraordinary freedom of creation until the oil crisis of 1973 which tempers this enthusiasm. The vogue of plastic is linked to this society of abundance. Yellow, red, orange, soft, hard, inflatable, it identifies with cheap, serial and disposable productions. Starting from a private collection unique in the world, the book offers a selection of plastic objects created between 1960 and 1973. Tupperware box, Kelton watch, Courrèges dress, Ettore Sottsass portable typewriter Valentine for Olivetti, first chair of Verner Panton, Joe Colombo ABS plastic chair, Niki de Saint Phalle's Nana, Caesar's Compression, cupola of the United States Pavilion by Richard Buckminster Fuller at the Montreal World's Fair or Frei Otto and Günter Behnisch overhead roof for the stadium of the Olympic Games in Munich, all show their diversity, their spirit and sometimes their beauty of the inventiveness of the time."

Features the work of Pierre Paulin, Sergio Mazza, Vico Magistretti, César, Studio 65, Nicola L, Piero Gilardi, Verner Panton, Arman, Gianfranco Frattini, Jonathan De Pas, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Gae Aulenti, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Joe Colombo, Enzo Mari, Iseo Hosoe, Mario Bellini, Dorothée Maurer-Becker, Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi, Günter Beltzig, Maurice Calka, Eero Aarnio, Wendell Castle, Alberto Rosselli, Quasar Khanh, Rossi Molinary, Ennio Lucini, Ugo la Pietra, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Archizoom, Roy Adzak, Studio Gruppo 14, Dieter Rams, Reinhold Weiss, Marco Zanuso, Rodolfo Bonetto, Roger Tallon, Pierre Cardin, Courreges, Frei Otto, Buckminster Fuller, Jean Maneval, Paolo Soleri, Archigram, and many more.

Second edition, published in 1998 on the occasion of Plastiques: Matieres e créér at l'lnstitut Claude-Nicolas Ledoux a la Saline Royale de Arc et Senans-France, October 1997—March 1998. Rare and immediately out-of-print. Very good copy with some light tanning, ageing.

File under: Pierre Paulin Sergio Mazza Vico Magistretti César Studio 65 Nicola L Piero Gilardi Verner Panton Arman Gianfranco Frattini Jonathan De Pas Donato d'Urbino Paolo Lomazzi Gae Aulenti Anna Castelli Ferrieri Joe Colombo Enzo Mari Isao Hosoe Mario Bellini Dorothée Maurer-Becker Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi Günter Beltzig Maurice Calka Eero Aarnio Wendell Castle Alberto Rosselli Quasar Khanh Rossi Molinary Ennio Lucini Ugo la Pietra Ettore Sottsass Superstudio Archizoom Roy Adzak Studio Gruppo 14 Dieter Rams Reinhold Weiss Marco Zanuso Rodolfo Bonetto Roger Tallon Pierre Cardin Courreges Frei Otto Buckminster Fuller Jean Benjamin Maneval Paolo Soleri Archigram Philippe Decelle Diane Hennebert Pierre Loze Fondation pour l'Architecture / Brussels Architecture / Interior Art Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Arte Povera Ceramics / Glass Pop Art Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Art of the Sixties / Kunst der sechziger Jahre

1969, English / German
Flexible plastic covers, screw-bound in acrylic spine, multiple stocks throughout, approx 500 pages, 28 x 15 cm
3rd enlarged edition,
Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Ludwig Museum / Cologne

$300.00 - Out of stock

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The extraordinary, definitive 1960s art exhibition catalogue, in it's 3rd expanded and corrected edition, designed by Wolf Vostell for the Ludwig collection in Cologne in 1969. A work of art itself, "Kunst der sechziger Jahre" perfectly embodies the materiality of the pop-era in book form. Housed in thick blind-stamped clear soft plastic covers bound in a hard acrylic plexiglass spine with stainless steel screws, this remarkable book opens with an introductory text and lexicon in German and English, printed on styrofoam pages and graph stock, with contributions by Gert von der Osten, Peter Ludwig, Horst Keller, and Evelyn Weiss. Featuring 92 artists, all part of the private collection of Peter Ludwig, each artist is presented with a portrait on transparent acetate followed by a selection of glossy offset-printed colour artworks tipped-in (often concertina fold-out!) on thick raw kraft paper pages. This enlarged 3rd edition features over 200 objects in total, a vast expansion on the first editions.

Featuring the greats of European-American Pop, Nouveau Réalisme, Fluxus, Art Informel, Abstraction, Minimalism and more, this mighty tome includes the work of Josef Albers, Carl Andre, Horst Antes, Shusaku Arakawa, Allan D'Arcangelo, Arman, Richard Artschwager, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Miguel Berrocal, Joseph Beuys, Peter Blake, Gernot Bubenik, Anthony Caro, John Chamberlain, Dan Christensen, Alex Colville, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ronald Davis, Jim Dine, Jean Dubuffet, Richard Estes, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Domenico Gnoli, Bruno Goller, Robert Graham, Nancy Stevenson Graves, Gunter Haese, Richard Hamilton, Hans Hartung, Erwin Heerich, Eva Hesse, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allen Jones, Donald Judd, Howard Kantovitz, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, R. B. Kitaj, Konrad Klapheck, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Linder, Morris Louis, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Marisol, Malcolm Morley, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Gerhard Richter, Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist, Niki de Saint Phalle, Nicolas Schoffer, Bernhard Schultze, George Segal, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, Pierre Soulages, Daniel Spoerri, Lawrence Stafford, Lewis Stein, Frank Stella, Antoni Tapies, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle, Cy Twombly, Gunther Uecker, Ursula (Schultze-Bluhm), Victor Vasarely, Wolf Vostell, Franz Erhard Walther, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Wols (Wolfgang Schulze).

A Very Good copy of this fragile and collectible catalogue. The usual bowing to pages, some general ageing, with a split to the lower back of plastic spine where the screw hole is, yet all still intact, nothing missing. Complete copy.

File under: Marisol Öyvind Fahlström Josef Albers Carl Andre Horst Antes Shusaku Arakawa Allan D'Arcangelo Arman Richard Artschwager Larry Bell Miguel Berrocal Joseph Beuys Peter Blake Gernot Bubenik Anthony Caro John Chamberlain Dan Christensen Alex Colville Carlos Cruz-Diez Ronald Davis Jim Dine Jean Dubuffet Richard Estes Dan Flavin Lucio Fontana Domenico Gnoli Bruno Goller Robert Graham Nancy Graves Gunter Haese Richard Hamilton Hans Hartung Erwin Heerich Eva Hesse David Hockney Robert Indiana Jasper Johns Allen Jones Donald Judd Howard Kantovitz Ellsworth Kelly Edward Kienholz R. B. Kitaj Konrad Klapheck Yves Klein Yayoi Kusama Sol Lewitt Roy Lichtenstein Richard Linder Morris Louis Heinz Mack Piero Manzoni Malcolm Morley Robert Morris Bruce Nauman Louise Nevelson Kenneth Noland Claes Oldenburg Eduardo Paolozzi Pablo Picasso Michelangelo Pistoletto Robert Rauschenberg Martial Raysse Gerhard Richter Jean-Paul Riopelle James Rosenquist Niki de Saint Phalle Nicolas Schoffer Bernhard Schultze George Segal Richard Serra Keith Sonnier Pierre Soulages Daniel Spoerri Lawrence Stafford Lewis Stein Frank Stella Antoni Tapies Paul Thek Wayne Thiebaud Jean Tinguely Richard Tuttle Cy Twombly Gunther Uecker Ursula (Schultze-Bluhm) Victor Vasarely Wolf Vostell Franz Erhard Walther Andy Warhol Tom Wesselmann Wols Jo Baer Gert von der Osten Peter Ludwig Horst Keller Evelyn Weiss Ludwig Museum / Cologne Arte Informale / Haute Pâte / Tachism Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Pop Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Curatorial Art Minimal Art

domus
No. 466 Settembre 1968

1968, Italian / English
Softcover, 98 pages, 32.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Editoriale Domus / Milan

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Founded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal, distributed in 89 countries. With exuberant style and rigor, it offered energetic up-to-date coverage and analysis of major themes, developments and stylistic movements in product, structure, interior, and industrial design. Called the "Mediterranean Megaphone," domus has always been considered the most concrete published expression of Italian style, documenting generations of radical, practical, and beautiful production, both local and across the world. Amongst a seemingly endless archive of contributions and features, domus frequently covered the works of the protagonists of the Anti and Radical Design movements, modern architecture, new experiments in environmental/spatial/commercial design, international product design, the activities of the Arte Povera, Pop art, Minimal Art and Nouveau Réalisme movements, and much more.

No. 466 Settembre 1968
Editor : Gio Ponti
Editorial committee and contributors include : Cesare Casati, Pierre Restany, Agnoldomenico Pica, Pierre Restany, Carmela Haerdtl, Joseph Rykwert, Ettore Sottsass jr., Charles and Ray Eames,
Kho Liang je, Bernard Rudofsky, George Nelson, Fausto Melotti, Tommaso Trini, Tapio Wirkkalaand, Rut Bryk, Hans Hollein, and more.
features :
Archizoom; Lucio Fontana; "Tatlin" by Agnoldomenico Pica; "Apartment Building in Ramat Gan Tel Aviv" by architects Alfred Neumann, Zvi Hecker, Eldar Sharon, "The 18th Aspen Design Conference" by Hans Hollein; Olivetti store in Buenos Aires by architect Gae Aulenti; XIV Triennial of Milan "Il Grande Numero" (Arata Isozaki); "Venice Biennale 1968: A Failure in Attempted Suicide" by Pierre Restany; "For a New Biennale" by Tommaso Trini; Book reviews; and much more.

Beautifully printed in Italy and heavily illustrated throughout with vivid colour and black and white photography across multiple paper stocks, page crops and fold-out spreads.

File under: Gae Aulenti Ettore Sottsass Archizoom Lucio Fontana Arata Isozaki Marisol Arman César Cesare Casati Bruno Munari Vico Magistretti Artemide Saul Bass Archizoom Associati Charles Eames Ray Eames Ugo La Pietra Paul Delvaux Bridget Riley Rodolfo Bonetto Ambrogio Pozzi Gino Marotta Enrico Castellani Eero Aarnio Jiro Takamatsu Hans Hollein Alfred Neumann Zvi Hecker Eldar Sharon Agnoldomenico Pica Carmela Haerdtl Kho Liang je George Nelson Fausto Melotti Tapio Wirkkalaand Rut Bryk Phillip King Gio Ponti Ettore Sottsass Pierre Restany Joseph Rykwert Bernard Rudofsky Fausto Melotti Tommaso Trini Hans Hollein Editoriale Domus / Milan Art Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Periodicals Performance / Dance / Theater Minimal Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Out-of-print / Rare Pop Art Textiles

Broken Music

2019, English
Softcover (w. flexi-disc), 280 pages, 26 x 21 cm
Ed. of 2500,
Published by Primary Information / New York

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Broken Music is an essential compendium for records created by visual artists. The publication was edited by Ursula Block and Michael Glasmeier and originally published in 1989 by DAAD. Broken Music focuses on recordings, record-objects, artwork for records, and record installations made by thousands of artists between WWII and 1989.

It also includes essays by both editors as well as Theodor W. Adorno, René Block, Jean Dubuffet, Milan Knizak, László Moholy-Nagy, Christiane Seiffert, and Hans Rudolf Zeller, as well as a flexi disc of the Arditti Quartet performing Knizak’s “Broken Music.” The centerpiece of the publication is a nearly 200-page bibliography of artists’ records.

Works chosen for the publication revolved around four criteria: (1) record covers created as original work by visual artists; (2) record or sound-producing objects (multiples/editions/sculptures); (3) books and publications that contain a record or recorded-media object; and (4) records or recorded media that have sound by visual artists.

Artists documented in the volume include Vito Acconci, albrecht/d., Laurie Anderson, Guillaume Apollinaire, Karel Appel, Arman, Hans Arp, Antonin Artaud, John Baldessari, Hugo Ball, Claus van Bebber, John Bender, Harry Bertoia, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Claus Böhmler, Christian Boltanski, KP Brehmer, William Burroughs, John Cage, Henri Chopin, Henning Christiansen, Jean Cocteau, William Copley, Philip Corner, Merce Cunningham, Hanne Darboven, Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Fischli and Weiss, R. Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Jack Goldstein, Peter Gordon, Hans Haacke, Richard Hamilton, Bernard Heidsieck, Holger Hiller, Richard Huelsenbeck, Isidore Isou, Marcel Janco, Servie Janssen, Jasper Johns, Joe Jones, Thomas Kapielski, Allan Kaprow, Martin Kippenberger, Per Kirkeby, Cheri Knight, Milan Knizak, Richard Kriesche, Christina Kubisch, Laibach, John Lennon, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Annea Lockwood, Paul McCarthy, Meredith Monk, Josef Felix Müller, Piotr Nathan, Hermann Nitsch, Albert Oehlen, Frank O’Hara, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, A.R. Penck, Tom Phillips, Robert Rauschenberg, The Red Crayola, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Gerhard Richter, Jim Rosenquist, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Robert Rutman, Sarkis, Thomas Schmit, Conrad Schnitzler, Kurt Schwitters, Selten Gehörte Musik, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Strafe für Rebellion, Jean Tinguely, Moniek Toebosch, Tristan Tzara, Ben Vautier, Yoshi Wada, Emmett Walsh, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, and Lawrence Weiner.

Ursula Block is a curator living in Berlin, Germany. From 1981 until 2014, she ran gelbe Musik, a gallery and record shop in Berlin that featured work by artists at the crossroads between music and art.

Michael Glasmeier is a professor, writer, and editor living in Berlin, Germany. Since the early 1980s, he has curated dozens of shows that explore the intersection between the visual arts, music, film, and language.

File under: Vito Acconci albrecht/d. Laurie Anderson Karel Appel Arman Antonin Artaud John Baldessari Hugo Ball Claus van Bebber John Bender Harry Bertoia Jean-Pierre Bertrand Joseph Beuys Mel Bochner Claus Böhmler Christian Boltanski John Cage Henri Chopin Henning Christiansen Jean Cocteau William Copley Philip Corner Merce Cunningham Hanne Darboven Jim Dine Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Lawrence Ferlinghetti Buckminster Fuller Fischli & Weiss Peter Fischli Peter Fischli & David Weiss David Weiss Allen Ginsberg Philip Glass Jack Goldstein Peter Gordon Hans Haacke Richard Hamilton Bernard Heidsieck Holger Hiller Richard Huelsenbeck Isidore Isou Marcel Janco Servie Janssen Jasper Johns Joe Jones Thomas Kapielski Allan Kaprow Martin Kippenberger Per Kirkeby Cheri Knight Milan Knizak Richard Kriesche Christina Kubisch Laibach John Lennon Sol Lewitt Roy Lichtenstein Annea Lockwood Paul McCarthy Meredith Monk Josef Felix Müller Piotr Nathan Hermann Nitsch Albert Oehlen Frank O’Hara Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Nam June Paik Charlemagne Palestine A.R. Penck Tom Phillips Robert Rauschenberg The Red Crayola Ursula Reuter Christiansen Gerhard Richter Jim Rosenquist Dieter Roth Gerhard Rühm Robert Rutman Sarkis Thomas Schmit Conrad Schnitzler Kurt Schwitters Selten Gehörte Musik Richard Serra Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Strafe für Rebellion Jean Tinguely Moniek Toebosch Tristan Tzara Ben Vautier Yoshi Wada Emmett Walsh Andy Warhol William Wegman Lawrence Weiner Jean Arp (Hans Arp) K. P. Brehmer William S. Burroughs Ursula Block Michael Glasmeier Theodor W. Adorno René Block Jean Dubuffet Milan Knizak László Moholy-Nagy Christiane Seiffert Hans Rudolf Zeller Guillaume Apollinaire William S. Burroughs Primary Information / New York Art Sound / Music Fluxus Conceptual Art Dada Arte Povera Counterculture Bauhaus Performance / Dance / Theater Minimal Art Pop Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Curatorial Group Shows / Collections Objects / Ephemera / A/V

Boston Collects : Contemporary Painting and Sculpture

1986, English
Softcover, 156 pages, 23 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Museum of Fine Arts / Boston

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Exhibition catalogue published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1986, surveying their collection of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture. Illustrated throughout in full colour with works by Pierre Alechinsky, Miquel Barcelo, Alfonse Borysewicz, Terry Allen, Siah Armajani, Arman, Richard Artschwager, Jennifer Bartlett, Georg Baselitz, Gerry Bergstein, Troy Brauntuch, Jack Bush, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Anthony Caro, Joseph Cornell, Enzo Cucchi, Willem De Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Richard Estes, Roy Deforest, Robert Freeman, Adolph Gottlieb, Al Held, Yves Klein, Michael Lucero, Louise Nevelson, Katherine Porter, Susan Rothenberg, Cy Twombly, Terry Winters, Gilbert & George, Gregory Gillespie, Ralph Goings, Arshile Gorky, Nancy Graves, Philip Guston, Duane Hanson, Jess, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Franz Kline, Joseph Kosuth, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Michael Mazur, John Mcnamara, Catherine Murphy, Alice Neel, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Lucas Samaras, George Segal, David Smith, Kenneth Snelson, Joan Snyder, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, Gary Stephan, Clyfford Still, Tom Wesselmann, William T. Wiley, Bill Woodrow, Robert Yarber, and many more.

File under: Terry Allen Siah Armajani Arman Richard Artschwager Jennifer Bartlett Georg Baselitz Gerry Bergstein Troy Brauntuch Jack Bush Pier Paolo Calzolari Anthony Caro Joseph Cornell Enzo Cucchi Willem De Kooning Jean Dubuffet Richard Estes Roy Deforest Robert Freeman Adolph Gottlieb Al Held Yves Klein Michael Lucero Louise Nevelson Katherine Porter Susan Rothenberg Cy Twombly Terry Winters Gilbert & George Gregory Gillespie Ralph Goings Arshile Gorky Nancy Graves Philip Guston Duane Hanson Jess Jasper Johns Ellsworth Kelly Franz Kline Joseph Kosuth Roy Lichtenstein Morris Louis Michael Mazur John Mcnamara Catherine Murphy Alice Neel A.R. Penck Sigmar Polke Robert Rauschenberg Gerhard Richter Mark Rothko Lucas Samaras George Segal David Smith Kenneth Snelson Joan Snyder Pat Steir Frank Stella Gary Stephan Clyfford Still Tom Wesselmann William T. Wiley Bill Woodrow Robert Yarber Pierre Alechinsky Miquel Barcelo Alfonse Borysewicz Museum of Fine Arts / Boston Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation Pop Art Painting Art Out-of-print / Rare SALE

Bildwerke und Objekte : Neuzugänge seit 1965

1973, German
Softcover, 138 pages, 24 x 16.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Wallraf-Richartz-Museum / Cologne

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Lovely catalogue published by Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Köln, in 1973 to document the museums extensive collection of international contemporary sculpture. Profusely illustrated in black and white with the works of Jean Arp, Paul Thek, Nancy Graves, John Chamberlain, Larry Bell, Carl Andre, Christo, Eva Hesse, Joachim Bandau, Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Nevelson, Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Germaine Richier, Schöffer, Bernard Schultze, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ursula (Schultze-Bluhm), John Tweed, Franz Erhard Walther, Hanns Gasser, Merdardo Rosso, Joseph Beuys, Günter Haese, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, Jesús Rafael Soto, Richard Tuttle, Helmut Moos, Bruce Nauman, Ansgar Nierhoff, Jim Dine, Gary Indiana, Karl Zeno Rudolf Schadow, Julio Le Parc, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, G. F. Ris, George Segal, Nicolas Schöffer, Anthony Caro, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jean Tinguely, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Arman, Claes Oldenburg, Marisol Escobar, Niki Saint-Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack, Wolf Vostell, Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Pol Bury, Erwin Heerich, Horst-Egon Kalinowski, Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Honoré Daumier, Gasser, Adolf von Hildebrand, Max Klinger, Rosso, Aristide Maillol, Tweed, Julio González, Pablo Picasso, Henri Laurens, and many more... Texts in German.

Very Good copy.

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Paul Thek Nancy Graves John Chamberlain Larry Bell Carl Andre Christo Eva Hesse Joachim Bandau Jacques Lipchitz Louise Nevelson Joseph Cornell Jean Dubuffet Germaine Richier Schöffer Bernard Schultze Carlos Cruz-Diez Ursula (Schultze-Bluhm) John Tweed Franz Erhard Walther Hanns Gasser Merdardo Rosso Joseph Beuys Günter Haese Roy Lichtenstein Richard Serra Keith Sonnier Jesus Raphael Soto Richard Tuttle Helmut Moos Bruce Nauman Marisol Robert Rauschenberg Ansgar Nierhoff Karl Zeno Rudolf Schadow Julio Le Parc Jim Dine Gary Indiana Eduardo Paolozzi Arman Anthony Caro George Segal Man Ray Nicolas Schoffer Claes Oldenburg Jean Tinguely G. F. Ris Arnaldo Pomodoro Daniel Spoerri Heinz Mack Wolf Vostell Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Pol Bury Erwin Heerich Horst-Egon Kalinowski Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff Johann Gottfried Schadow Honoré Daumier Gasser Adolf von Hildebrand Max Klinger Rosso Aristide Maillol Pablo Picasso Henri Laurens Günter Uecker Niki de Saint-Phalle Julio Gonzalez Wallraf-Richartz-Museum / Cologne Art Sculpture / Installation Conceptual Art Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Out-of-print / Rare Fluxus Dada

Neo-Avantgarde and Culture Industry : Essays on European and American Art from 1955 to 1975
By Benjamin H. D. Buchloh

2003, English
Softcover, 632 pages, 17.8 x 22.9 cm
Published by The MIT Press / Massachusetts October Books / New York

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Eighteen essays written by Buchloh over the last twenty years, each looking at a single artist within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions.

Some critics view the postwar avant-garde as the empty recycling of forms and strategies from the first two decades of the twentieth century. Others view it, more positively, as a new articulation of the specific conditions of cultural production in the postwar period. Benjamin Buchloh, one of the most insightful art critics and theoreticians of recent decades, argues for a dialectical approach to these positions.This collection contains eighteen essays written by Buchloh over the last twenty years. Each looks at a single artist within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions. The art movements covered include Nouveau Realisme in France (Arman, Yves Klein, Jacques de la Villegle) art in postwar Germany (Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter), American Fluxus and pop art (Robert Watts and Andy Warhol), minimalism and postminimal art (Michael Asher and Richard Serra), and European and American conceptual art (Daniel Buren, Dan Graham). Buchloh addresses some artists in terms of their oppositional approaches to language and painting, for example, Nancy Spero and Lawrence Weiner. About others, he asks more general questions concerning the development of models of institutional critique (Hans Haacke) and the theorization of the museum (Marcel Broodthaers); or he addresses the formation of historical memory in postconceptual art (James Coleman). One of the book's strengths is its systematic, interconnected account of the key issues of American and European artistic practice during two decades of postwar art. Another is Buchloh's method, which integrates formalist and socio-historical approaches specific to each subject.

File under: Arman Yves Klein Jacques de la Villegle Joseph Beuys Sigmar Polke Gerhard Richter Robert Watts Andy Warhol Michael Asher Richard Serra Daniel Buren Dan Graham Nancy Spero Lawrence Weiner Marcel Broodthaers James Coleman Hans Haacke Benjamin H. D. Buchloh The MIT Press / Massachusetts October Books / New York Theory / Essay Painting Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Art Sculpture / Installation Pop Art Fluxus Minimal Art Conceptual Art

VINYL : Records & Covers by Artists
Edited by Guy Schraenen

2005, English / German
Softcover, 270 pages, 19 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen / Bremen

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This large, detailed catalogue forms a unique and important document, which was produced to accompany an exhibition at Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, 21.8. - 27.11.2005 and Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 16.5. - 1.10.2006 showcasing a selection of some 800 pieces from the collection of Guy Schraenen. The main of this collection comprises vinyl records and covers by artists, musicians and poets in LP, single and other formats, alongside other sound media (tapes and CDs). Posters and books are also included. The exhibition shows artists (such as Hanne Darboven, Jean Dubuffet, Dieter Roth, Joseph Beuys, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Yoko Ono, Yves Klein, Roman Opalka, Lawrence Weiner, Mike Kelley, Öyvind Fahlström, Art & Language and Hermann Nitsch) and artistic movements of the second half of the twentieth century through this complex medium of the vinyl cover, with its dual visual and audible components. Here Guy Schraenen has edited together an extensive visual catalogue of these historical objects.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in the history of modern sound art and the artistic medium of the vinyl sleeve, especially in the fields of Avantgarde, Electro-Acoustic, Modern Classical, Musique Concrète, Sound-Poetry, Art Rock, Industrial, Power-Electronics....

Henri Chopin, A.R. Penck, Brion Gysin, George Brecht, Marcel Duchamp, Arman, Karel Appel, Öyvind Fahlström, Pierre Henry, Art & Language, Peter Brötzmann, Red Krayola, Ernst Jandl, Vito Acconci, Hanne Darboven, Jean Dubuffet, Dieter Roth, Joseph Beuys, Laurie Anderson, Yves Klein, Roman Opalka, Hermann Nitsch, Yoko Ono, Tony Conrad, Andy Warhol, John Cage, Pierre Schaeffer, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Jean Tinguely, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Terry Fox, Terry Riley, Sun Ra, Pandit Pran Nath, Albrecht/d., Robert Ashley, Bob Cobbing, Lawrence Weiner, Philip Glass, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Poly Bury, Charlemagne Palestine, Carl Andre, Brian Eno, Mike Kelley, Sonic Youth, Henry Flynt, Jon Gibson, Michael Snow, Roland Topor, Michael Nyman, Harold Budd, Robert Filliou, Nam June Paik ... just the tip of the iceberg.

Very Good copy of the rare first printing from Bremen.

File under: A.R. Penck Albrecht/d. Andy Warhol Arman Bob Cobbing Brian Eno Brion Gysin Carl Andre Charlemagne Palestine Derek Bailey Dieter Roth Ernst Jandl George Brecht Han Bennink Hanne Darboven Harold Budd Henri Chopin Henry Flynt Hermann Nitsch Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely John Cage Jon Gibson Joseph Beuys Karel Appel La Monte Young Laurie Anderson Lawrence Weiner Marcel Duchamp Marian Zazeela Meredith Monk Michael Nyman Michael Snow Mike Kelley Nam June Paik Pandit Pran Nath Peter Brötzmann Philip Glass Pierre Henry Pierre Schaeffer Pol Bury Red Krayola Robert Ashley Robert Filliou Roland Topor Roman Opalka Sonic Youth Steve Reich Sun Ra Terry Fox Terry Riley Tony Conrad Vito Acconci Yoko Ono Yves Klein Öyvind Fahlström Art & Language Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen / Bremen Art Dada Graphic Design / Typography Fiction / Poetry Fluxus Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Poetry Pop Art Sound / Music Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

ZERO

2015, English / German / Dutch
Softcover, 560 pages, 25cm x 25cm
Published by Walther König / Köln

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Fire, light, movement, space, demonstrations, and performances: this major publication forms a historic survey of the innovative, international avant-garde artists’ group, ZERO.

In 1957, Heinz Mack and Otto Piene devised the name ZERO for a new art movement and magazine. The brevity of the term ZERO and the fact that it retained its meaning in many languages helped the group to become an international “brand” in the ‘60s. After the Second World War and the grim years of post-war reconstruction, the term ZERO marked the coming of a new, optimistic, experimental, and pioneering kind of art. Piene described it as “a zone of silence and of pure possibilities for a new beginning.” While the ZERO movement was under formation, Dutch artists Armando, Jan Henderikse, Henk Peeters, Jan Schoonhoven, and herman de vries established the Nul group in the Netherlands. Like-minded artists in France, Italy, and Belgium – such as Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri, Jesús Rafael Soto, Lucio Fontana, Pierre Manzoni, Dadamaino, and Christian Megert – were also formulating similar artistic strategies - many affiliated with other movements such as Nouveau réalisme, Arte Povera, Minimalism, Op Art, Land Art and Kinetic art. They joined up with the trio of artists from Dusseldorf: Mack, Piene, and Günther Uecker. Together, the artists began to organize exhibitions in galleries, museums, and in their own studios. They also co-created artworks, experimenting with the most innovative materials and media, as well as gave performances and happenings, produced multiples, and published magazines and other publications. In 1962, the Stedelijk Museum staged the first museum presentation of ZERO. A few years later, a more comprehensive survey, Nul 1965, followed, a presentation widely considered as one of the movement’s highlights. Precisely fifty years later, in 2015, the Stedelijk presented an historical survey that sheds light on how the network’s artists redefined the meaning and form of art forever.

This extensive, deeply researched and richly illustrated (over 900 plates) publication, edited by curator Margriet Schavemaker, and Dirk Poerschmann, academic staff member of the ZERO Foundation, includes essays by Antoon Melissen, Johan Pas, Francesca Pola & Thekla Zell, and the transcript of a conversation between Mattijs Visser and Daniel Birnbaum. Organized by the ZERO foundation and including some 200 objects, ZERO is one of the most comprehensive resources available on this self-consciously avant-gardist international movement.

Includes the work of Arman, Armando, Bernard Aubertin, Pol Bury, Enrico Castellani, Gianni Colombo, Dadamaino, Lucio Fontana, Hermann Goepfert, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Gotthard Graubner, Hans Haacke, Jan Henderikse, Paul van Hoeydock, Oskar Holweck, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Walter Leblanc, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Almir Mavignier, Christian Megert, François Morellet, Saboro Murakami, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Uli Pohl, George Rickey, Dieter Roth, Hans Salentin, Jan Schoonhoven, Jesús Raphael Soto, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, Gunther Uecker, Jef Verheyen, Nanda Vigo, herman de vries.

File under: Arman Armando Bernard Aubertin Pol Bury Enrico Castellani Gianni Colombo Dadamaino Lucio Fontana Hermann Goepfert Gerhard von Graevenitz Gotthard Graubner Hans Haacke Jan Henderikse Paul van Hoeydock Oskar Holweck Yves Klein Yayoi Kusama Walter Leblanc Adolf Luther Heinz Mack Piero Manzoni Almir Mavignier Christian Megert François Morellet Henk Peeters Otto Piene Uli Pohl George Rickey Dieter Roth Hans Salentin Jan Schoonhoven Daniel Spoerri Jean Tinguely Gunther Uecker Jef Verheyen Nanda Vigo herman de vries Jesus Raphael Soto Saburo Murakami Margriet Schavemaker Dirk Pörschmann Antoon Melissen Johan Pas Francesca Pola Thekla Zell Daniel Birnbaum Walther König / Köln Art Minimal Art Arte Povera Sculpture / Installation Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Conceptual Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

L'Utopie du Tout Plastique 1960-1973

1994, French
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 158 pages, 28.7 × 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Norma Editions / Paris

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Very rare first French edition of "L'Utopie du Tout Plastique 1960-1973", published in 1994 by the great Norma Editions. Long out of print, this comprehensive volume quickly became an invaluable bible of sorts for plastic collectors of the 1960s, 1970s period. In 1994, on the occasion of a major exhibition in Brussels, editors Philippe Decelle, Diane Hennebert, and Pierre Loze compiled the most detailed printed survey of plastic products to date, from Art, Functional Furniture, Fiberglass, Inflatable PVC, Transparent PMMA, Pop and Radical Design, Cookware, Electronics, Mod Fashions, Utopian Architecture. Heavily researched and lavishly illustrated throughout with close to 200 of the finest examples, L’ Utopie has become the standard reference on 1960s plastic design - an essential aid in identifying the designers, companies and manufacture details of many classic plastic objects from this era.

Includes detailed biographies of the artists, designers, architects, manufacturers, plus a chronology and bibliography.

Translated blurb:
"The sixties are marked by unprecedented prosperity and technological progress. To this optimism corresponds an extraordinary freedom of creation until the oil crisis of 1973 which tempers this enthusiasm. The vogue of plastic is linked to this society of abundance. Yellow, red, orange, soft, hard, inflatable, it identifies with cheap, serial and disposable productions. Starting from a private collection unique in the world, the book offers a selection of plastic objects created between 1960 and 1973. Tupperware box, Kelton watch, Courrèges dress, Ettore Sottsass portable typewriter Valentine for Olivetti, first chair of Verner Panton, Joe Colombo ABS plastic chair, Niki de Saint Phalle's Nana, Caesar's Compression, cupola of the United States Pavilion by Richard Buckminster Fuller at the Montreal World's Fair or Frei Otto and Günter Behnisch overhead roof for the stadium of the Olympic Games in Munich, all show their diversity, their spirit and sometimes their beauty of the inventiveness of the time."

Features the work of Pierre Paulin, Sergio Mazza, Vico Magistretti, César, Studio 65, Nicola L, Piero Gilardi, Verner Panton, Arman, Gianfranco Frattini, Jonathan De Pas, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Gae Aulenti, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Joe Colombo, Enzo Mari, Iseo Hosoe, Mario Bellini, Dorothée Maurer-Becker, Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi, Günter Beltzig, Maurice Calka, Eero Aarnio, Wendell Castle, Alberto Rosselli, Quasar Khanh, Rossi Molinary, Ennio Lucini, Ugo la Pietra, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Archizoom, Roy Adzak, Studio Gruppo 14, Dieter Rams, Reinhold Weiss, Marco Zanuso, Rodolfo Bonetto, Roger Tallon, Pierre Cardin, Courreges, Frei Otto, Buckminster Fuller, Jean Maneval, Paolo Soleri, Archigram, and many more.

Fine copy!

File under: Pierre Paulin Sergio Mazza Vico Magistretti César Studio 65 Nicola L Piero Gilardi Verner Panton Arman Gianfranco Frattini Jonathan De Pas Donato d'Urbino Paolo Lomazzi Gae Aulenti Anna Castelli Ferrieri Joe Colombo Enzo Mari Isao Hosoe Mario Bellini Dorothée Maurer-Becker Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi Günter Beltzig Maurice Calka Eero Aarnio Wendell Castle Alberto Rosselli Quasar Khanh Rossi Molinary Ennio Lucini Ugo la Pietra Ettore Sottsass Superstudio Archizoom Roy Adzak Studio Gruppo 14 Dieter Rams Reinhold Weiss Marco Zanuso Rodolfo Bonetto Roger Tallon Pierre Cardin Courreges Frei Otto Buckminster Fuller Jean Benjamin Maneval Paolo Soleri Archigram Norma Editions / Paris Architecture / Interior Art Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Arte Povera Pop Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Arman
Accumulations Renault

1969, German
Softcover, 80 pages, 19 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen / Dusseldorf

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Catalogue published on the occasion of the solo exhibition of Arman, 16 December 1969 to 8 February 1970 at the Kunstverein for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Dusseldorf, Germany. Largely illustrated throughout with Arman's great body of accumulation works that made up this exhibition - assemblage sculpture and relief works using dizzying repeated elements from Renault automobiles. Photography in colour and black and white, drawings by the artist, texts in German (by Karl-Heinz Hering and Arman) and a biography and list of exhibited works.

Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist.[1] Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave ("cachet", "allures d'objet") to using them as the painting itself. He is best known for his "accumulations" and destruction/recomposition of objects.

In October 1960, Arman, Yves Klein, François Dufrêne, Raymond Hains, Martial Raysse, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely and Jacques Villeglé, and art critic and philosopher Pierre Restany founded the Nouveau réalisme group. Joined later by Cesar, Mimmo Rotella, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Christo, the group of young artists defined themselves as bearing in common their "new perspective approaches of reality." They were reassessing the concept of art and the artist for a 20th-century consumer society by reasserting the humanistic ideals in the face of industrial expansion.

In 1961, Arman made his debut in the United States, the country which was to become his second home. During this period, he explored creation via destruction. The "Coupes" and the "Colères" featured sliced, burned, or smashed objects arranged on canvas, often using objects with a strong "identity" such as musical instruments (mainly violins and saxophones) or bronze statues.

Condition: Very Good (only very light wear and tanning, otherwise tight and clean) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Arman Karl-Heinz Hering Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen / Dusseldorf Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Art International
Vol. XIV/5 May 20, 1970

1970, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIV/5 May 20, 1970
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons

Features: Sam Gilliam, Rockne Krebs, Ed McGowin, Enio Iommi, Rogelio Polesello, Lorser Feitelson, Alberto Lilloni, Ernest Trova, David Hockney, Paul Nash, Valeriano Trubbiani, Cynthia Carlson, Pablo Palazuelo, Victor Vasarely, Larry Bell, Jim Dine, Gustav Klimt, Milton Avery, Willliam Pye, Morris Louis, Arman, Brice Marden, Alfred Jensen, Daniel LaRue Johnson, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Gustav Klimt Sam Gilliam Rockne Krebs Ed McGowin Enio Iommi Rogelio Polesello Lorser Feitelson Alberto Lilloni Ernest Trova David Hockney Paul Nash Valeriano Trubbiani Cynthia Carlson Pablo Palazuelo Victor Vasarely Larry Bell Jim Dine Milton Avery Willliam Pye Morris Louis Arman Brice Marden Alfred Jensen Daniel LaRue Johnson James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Theory / Essay Minimal Art Pop Art

Art International
Vol. XI/7 September 20, 1967

1967, English / French / Italian
Softcover, 64 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XI/7 September 20, 1967
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
Advisory Editors: Umbro Apollonio, Jorge Romero Brest, Lucy R. Lippard, James Mellow.

Features: Helen Frankenthaler, Expo '67, Jean Tinguely, Alexander Calder, Max Bill, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Otto Frei, James Rosenquist, Claude Viseux, Henri Michaux, César, Antonio Saura, Piero Gilardi, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Arman, Pol Bury, Paul de Lussanet, Henry Moore, Luis Alberto Wells, Peter Schmidt, Erwin Heerich, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Kenneth Martin, Tim Scott, Allen Jones, Tess Jaray, Jean Dubuffet, Brassai, Tetsumi Kudo, Louise Nevelson, Marcel Duchamp, Raphael Jesus Soto, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

Condition: Good-Very good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Alexander Calder Allen Jones Andy Warhol Antonio Saura Arman Brassaï Claes Oldenburg Claude Viseux Erwin Heerich Frei Otto Helen Frankenthaler Henri Michaux Henry Moore James Rosenquist Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Kenneth Martin Louise Nevelson Luis Alberto Wells Marcel Duchamp Max Bill Michelangelo Pistoletto Niki de Saint-Phalle Paul de Lussanet Peter Schmidt Piero Gilardi Pol Bury Raphael Jesus Soto Roy Lichtenstein Tess Jaray Tetsumi Kudo Tim Scott César James Fitzsimmons James Mellow Jorge Romero Brest Lucy R. Lippard Umbro Apollonio James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Conceptual Art Drawing Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Periodicals Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay

Art International
Vol. XI/4 April 20, 1967

1967, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XI/4 April 20, 1967
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
Advisory Editors: Umbro Apollonio, Jorge Romero Brest, Lucy R. Lippard, James Mellow.

Features: Jacques Kaplan, Clement Greenberg, Anne Truitt, Anthony Caro, Carl Andre, Ronald Bladen, Robert Smithson, Lucy R. Lippard, Larry Poons, Colin Self, Eli Bornstein, Bridget Riley, Maurice de Sansmarez, Nanda Vigo, Victor Vasarely, Marcel Broodthaers, Arman, Roberto Crippa, Richard Smith, Howard Hodgkin, Avinash Chandra, Mary Preminger, Dan Flavin, Steve Kaltenbach, DeWain Valentine, Leonard Esbensen, Craig Kauffman, Kenneth Snelson, Morris Louis, Franz Kline, Aubrey Beardsley, Sam Francis, Richard Tuttle, Paul Klee, Gary Kuehn, Tony Smith, John Wesley, Jack Beal, Antonin Artuad, Nicholas Krushenick, Colin Self, Lucio del Pezzo, Peter Voulkos, Leonard da Vinci, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Ludwig Sander, Yves Klein, Edward Kienholz, Adolph Gottlieb, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

File under: Adolph Gottlieb Anne Truitt Anthony Caro Arman Aubrey Beardsley Avinash Chandra Bridget Riley Carl Andre Colin Self Craig Kauffman Dan Flavin DeWain Valentine Edward Kienholz Eli Bornstein Franz Kline Gary Kuehn Howard Hodgkin Jack Beal Jacques Kaplan John Wesley Jules Olitski Kenneth Noland Kenneth Snelson Larry Poons Leonard da Vinci Leonard Esbensen Lucio del Pezzo Ludwig Sander Marcel Broodthaers Mary Preminger Morris Louis Nanda Vigo Nicholas Krushenick Paul Klee Peter Voulkos Richard Smith Richard Tuttle Robert Smithson Roberto Crippa Ronald Bladen Sam Francis Steve Kaltenbach Tony Smith Victor Vasarely Yves Klein Antonin Artuad Clement Greenberg James Fitzsimmons James Mellow Jorge Romero Brest Lucy R. Lippard Maurice de Sansmarez Umbro Apollonio James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Conceptual Art Drawing Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Periodicals Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay

Reliefs
Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert

1981, German
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 286 pages, 22 x 28 cm
Out of print title / used / average
Published by Benteli Verlag / Bern

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Large hardcover exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in Switzerland in 1980. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, with many examples of artists from the exhibition. Artists included in the exhibition: Josef Albers, Cuno Amiet, Carl Andre, Jurij Annenkow, Alexander Archipeno, Arman, Gerd Arntz, Hans Arp, Richard Artschwager, Giacomo Balla, Ernst Barlach, Willi Baumeister, Bodo Baumgarten, Walter Bodmer, Lee Bontecou, Carl Buchheister, Erich Buchholz, Alexander Calder, Anthony Caro, Carlo Carrà, John Chamberlain, Eduardo Chillida, Christo, Joseph Cornell, Joseph Csaky, Robert Delaunay, Jim Dine, Theo van Doesburg, César Domela, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Max Ernst, Dan Flavin, Adolf Fleischmann, Lucio Fontana, Otto Freundlich, Naum Gabo, Paul Gaugin, Julio Gonzalez, Jean Gorin, Gotthard Graubner, Oto Gutfreund, Nigel Hall, August Herbin, Adolf von Hildebrand, Robert Irwin, Robert Jacobsen, Marcel Janco, Jasper Johns, Paul Joostens, Donald Judd, Zoltan Kemény, Edward Kienholz, Yves Klein, Käthe Kollwitz, Norbert Kricke, Gary Kuehn, Berto Lardera, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Sol LeWitt, Jacques Lipchitz, El Lissitzky, Vilhelm Lundstrøm, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Manolo, Man Ray, Piero Manzoni, Henri Matisse, Gordon Matta-Clark, Joan Miró, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, François Morellet, Henry Moore, Robert Morris, Louise Nevelson, Ben Nicholson, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Victor Pasmore, Laszlo Peri, Antoine Pevsner, Jean Peyrissac, Pablo Picasso, Anne und Patrick Poirier, Iwan Puni, David Rabinowitch, Robert Rauschenberg, James Reineking, Erich Reusch, August Renoir, George Rickey, Auguste Rodin, Ulrich Rückriem, Christian Schad, Oskar Schlemmer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Jan Schoonhoven, Emil Schumacher, Kurt Schwitters, Arthur Segal, George Segal, Richard Serra, Gino Severini, Joel Shapiro, Richard Smith, Jesus Raphael Soto, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Daniel Spoerri, Henryk Stazewski, Frank Stella, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Antonio Tàpies, Wladimir Tatlin, Jean Tinguely, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Ilya Tschaschnik, Leon Tutundjan, Günter Uecker, Bernar Venet, Friedrich Vordemberger-Gildewart, Fritz Wotruba.

Written contributions by Felix A. Baumann, Sabine Kricke-Güse, Ernst Gerhard-Güse, Carola Giedion-Welcker, Sigrid Braunfels-Esche, Margit Rowell, Wulf Herzogenrath, Willy Rotzler, Eduard Trier, and Thomas Deecke. Text in German.

Ex library copy with usual stamps and general wear, bumping, wrinkling, in good original dust jacket.

File under: Josef Albers Cuno Amiet Carl Andre Arman Gerd Arntz Richard Artschwager Giacomo Balla Ernst Barlach Willi Baumeister Bodo Baumgarten Walter Bodmer Lee Bontecou Carl Buchheister Erich Buchholz Alexander Calder Anthony Caro Carlo Carrà John Chamberlain Eduardo Chillida Christo Joseph Cornell Joseph Csaky Robert Delaunay Jim Dine Theo van Doesburg César Domela Jean Dubuffet Marcel Duchamp Raymond Duchamp-Villon Max Ernst Dan Flavin Adolf Fleischmann Lucio Fontana Otto Freundlich Naum Gabo Paul Gaugin Julio Gonzalez Jean Gorin Gotthard Graubner Oto Gutfreund Nigel Hall Adolf von Hildebrand Robert Irwin Robert Jacobsen Marcel Janco Jasper Johns Paul Joostens Donald Judd Zoltan Kemény Edward Kienholz Yves Klein Käthe Kollwitz Norbert Kricke Gary Kuehn Berto Lardera Henri Laurens Fernand Léger Wilhelm Lehmbruck Sol LeWitt Jacques Lipchitz El Lissitzky Vilhelm Lundstrøm René Magritte Aristide Maillol Manolo Man Ray Piero Manzoni Henri Matisse Gordon Matta-Clark Joan Miró László Moholy-Nagy François Morellet Henry Moore Robert Morris Louise Nevelson Ben Nicholson Claes Oldenburg Eduardo Paolozzi Victor Pasmore Laszlo Peri Antoine Pevsner Jean Peyrissac Pablo Picasso Anne und Patrick Poirier Iwan Puni David Rabinowitch Robert Rauschenberg James Reineking Erich Reusch August Renoir George Rickey Auguste Rodin Ulrich Rückriem Christian Schad Oskar Schlemmer Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Jan Schoonhoven Emil Schumacher Kurt Schwitters Arthur Segal George Segal Richard Serra Gino Severini Joel Shapiro Richard Smith Jesus Raphael Soto Giuseppe Spagnulo Daniel Spoerri Henryk Stazewski Frank Stella Sophie Taeuber-Arp Wladimir Tatlin Jean Tinguely Joaquin Torres-Garcia Ilya Tschaschnik Leon Tutundjan Günter Uecker Bernar Venet Friedrich Vordemberger-Gildewart Fritz Wotruba Antoni Tàpies Yuri Annenkov Alexander Archipenko Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Auguste Herbin Benteli Verlag / Bern Art Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Surrealism Dada Minimal Art Pop Art Sculpture / Installation

Assemblage

1987, English
Softcover, 44 pages, 25.4 X 17.8 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Kent Fine Art Inc. / New York

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Long out of print catalogue published to accompany the exhibition "Assemblage", at Kent Fine Art, New York, May 12-July 2,1987.

Assemblage is an attempt to explore and address the development of assemblage from its beginnings in Dada, with an eye towards the future in a historical climate of developing interest in minimalism and conceptualism. Addressing the West Coast propensity to recycle emotionally-charged detritus, the works in this exhibition reveal an ongoing relevancy of the synthesized by-product, which continues to shape different artist’s personal languages. Including works by: Edward Kienholtz, Bruce Conner, Llyn Foulkes, Arman, Jean Arp, Wallace Berman, Louis Bourgeois, Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Max Erst, Eva Hesse, Ed & Nancy Keinholz, Jannis Kounellis, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Dorothea Tanning, Tom Wesselmann, and others. Works selected and compiled by D.K. Walla. Includes full page bio, plus double-page plate spread in full-colour for each artist.

First, only edition.

File under: Arman Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Wallace Berman Louise Bourgeois Joseph Cornell Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Eva Hesse Jess Edward Kienholz Nancy Reddin Kienholz Jannis Kounellis Man Ray Robert Rauschenberg Tom Wesselmann Kurt Schwitters Dorothea Tanning H.C. Westermann Llyn Foulkes Alfonso Ossorio George Herms Kent Fine Art Inc. / New York Art Sculpture / Installation Fluxus Dada Surrealism Group Shows / Collections Pop Art Out-of-print / Rare Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic

Önskemuseet : The Museum of Our Wishes

1963, Swedish
Softcover, 76 pages, 16.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Moderna Museet / Stockholm

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Önskemuseet: The Museum of Our Wishes (December 26, 1963 - February 16, 1964), was a unique and very ambitious exhibition initiated by director Pontus Hultén and Moderna Museet staff that gathered together a collection of modernist art from private owners, in order to present to the public and political administration their vision of what a museum collection could actually be. The exhibition featured works from private collections alongside a “wish list” of works that were still available on the market, calling for the government to allocate funds for purchasing new works for the museum. The request was acknowledged and the Museum received a one-off allocation of five million kronor, a substantial amount in today’s currency, which enabled the purchase of several works that now constitute the core of the collection, positioning Moderna Museet as one of the most dynamic and committed contemporary art institutions of the 1960s.

This is a copy of the first and only edition of the catalogue for the exhibition, which makes up a visual checklist of the artworks and artists featured in this enormous exhibit, taking it's form from art history guides that had started to be created after the war.
Includes introduction by Gerard Boniier as well as additional text by Olle Granath, K.G. Hulten, Ulf Linde and Karin Bergqvist Lindegren. Features works by Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Raoul Dufy, Emil Nolde, Edwin Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Oscar Kokoschka, Max Beckmann, Chaim Soutine, Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger, Robert Delaunay, Roger de la Fresnaye, Henri Laurens, Amédée Ozenfant, Juan Gris, Alexander Archipenko, Jacques Lipchitz, Giacomo Balla, Ardengo Soffici, Carlo Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Francis Picabia, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Piet Mondrian, El Lissitzky, Theo van Doesburg, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Naum Gabo, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Alexander Calder, Charles Despiau, Andre Derain, Maurice Utrillo, Amedeo Modigliani, Otto Dix, Ben Shahn, Marie Laurencin, Constantin Brancusi, Julio Gonzales, Paul Klee, Giorgio de Chirico, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Juan Miró, Andre Masson, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti, Wilfredo Lam, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dali, Sebastian Matta, Henry Moore, Roger Bissière, Jean Bazaine, Maurice Esteve, Alfred Manessier, Nicolas De Staël, Auguste Herbin, Serge Poliafkoff, Victor Pasmore, Barnett Newman, Richard Mortensen, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, Germaine Richier, Francis Bacon, Wols, Asger Jorn, Alberto Burri, Antonio Tapies, Karel Appel, Mark Tobey, Fritz Hundertwasser, Mark Rothko, Archile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sam Francis, Robert Jacobsen, Robert Rauschenberg, Enrico Baj, César, Jasper Johns, Richard Stankiewicz, Jean Tinguely, Arman, and Yves Klein.

All texts in Swedish. The bulk of the reproductions are in black-and-white with several larger, tipped-in images in color.
Ex-library copy with stamps, stickers and covering. Otherwise a good copy.

File under: Henri Matisse Georges Rouault Raoul Dufy Emil Nolde Erich Heckel Max Beckmann Chaim Soutine Wassily Kandinsky Pablo Picasso Georges Braque Jacques Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon Henri Le Fauconnier Fernand Léger Robert Delaunay Roger de la Fresnaye Henri Laurens Amédée Ozenfant Juan Gris Alexander Archipenko Jacques Lipchitz Giacomo Balla Ardengo Soffici Carlo Carrà Umberto Boccioni Gino Severini Francis Picabia Marcel Duchamp Man Ray Kurt Schwitters Piet Mondrian El Lissitzky Theo van Doesburg Antoine Pevsner Georges Vantongerloo Sophie Tauber-Arp Naum Gabo Alexander Calder Germaine Richier Francis Bacon Wols Alberto Burri Antonio Tapies Karel Appel Mark Tobey Fritz Hundertwasser Mark Rothko Willem de Kooning Jackson Pollock Jean-Paul Riopelle Sam Francis Robert Jacobsen Robert Rauschenberg Enrico Baj César Jasper Johns Richard Stankiewicz Jean Tinguely Arman Yves Klein Asger Jorn René Magritte Yves Tanguy Alberto Giacometti Victor Brauner Salvador Dalí Sebastian Matta Henry Moore Roger Bissière Jean Bazaine Maurice Esteve Alfred Manessier Nicolas De Staël Auguste Herbin Victor Pasmore Barnett Newman Richard Mortensen Jean Fautrier Lucio Fontana Henri Michaux Jean Dubuffet Marc Chagall Max Ernst Otto Dix Ben Shahn Marie Laurencin Constantin Brancusi Julio Gonzales Paul Klee Giorgio de Chirico Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Maurice Utrillo Amedeo Modigliani Charles Despiau André Derain Arshile Gorky Oskar Kokoschka André Masson Joan Miró László Moholy-Nagy Wifredo Lam Serge Poliakoff Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Olle Granath K.G. Hulten Ulf Linde Karin Bergqvist Lindegren Gerard Boniier Pontus Hultén Moderna Museet / Stockholm Art Painting Dada Surrealism Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Pop Art Drawing Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic