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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

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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

Le Surréalisme en 1947
Exposition Internationale de Surréalisme présentée par André Breton et Marcel Duchamp

1947, French
Softcover, 142 pages, 24 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Maeght Editeur / Paris

$650.00 - Out of stock

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Very scarce copy of the legendary "Le Surréalisme en 1947 : Exposition Internationale de Surréalisme présentée par André Breton et Marcel Duchamp", published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, in conjunction with an important exhibition of Surrealist artists in 1947. Features the cover design by Marcel Duchamp - a photographic reproduction by Rémy Duval of "Prière de toucher (Please touch)", the famous Duchamp rubber breast edition, created with Italian-born painter Enrico Donati, that adorned the first 999 copies of the catalogue. This gorgeous catalogue features the work of artists from 24 countries including Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Jacqueline Lamba, Jacques Hérold, Wilfredo Lam, Joan Miró, Hans Bellmer, Marcel Jean, Maria Martins, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, Hans Arp, Frederick Kiesler, Alberto Giacometti, Hector Hyppolite, Serge Brignoni, Alexander Calder, Bruno Capacci, Elizabeth van Damme, Jacques Halpern, Julio de Diego, Enrico Donati, Francis Bouvet, David Hare, Iaroslav Serpan, Jacqueline Lamba, Taro Okamoto, Roberto Matta, Kay Sage, Toyen, Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, Leonard Baskin, Jindrich Heisler, Jeanne Reynal, Isabelle Waldberg, Roger Brielle, Jindrich Styrsky, Bruno Capacci, Jean Guerin, Isamu Noguchi, Gerome Kamrowski, Frédéric Delanglade, Eugenio Granell, Francis Picabia, Remedios Varo, Hans Richter, Arshile Gorky, and many more, along with the folding sheet catalogue, and newspaper clipping about the show inserted.

Good copy considering age. Tanned edges and wear to corners, edges and spine. Some spine chipping.

File under: Victor Brauner Max Ernst Leonora Carrington Jacqueline Lamba Jacques Hérold Wilfredo Lam Joan Miró Hans Bellmer Marcel Jean Maria Martins Yves Tanguy Hans Arp Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Dorothea Tanning Frederick Kiesler Alberto Giacometti Hector Hyppolite Serge Brignoni Alexander Calder Bruno Capacci Elizabeth van Damme Jacques Halpern Julio de Diego Enrico Donati Francis Bouvet David Hare Iaroslav Serpan Taro Okamoto Roberto Matta Kay Sage Toyen Frédéric Delanglade Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen Jindřich Štyrský Leonard Baskin Jindrich Heisler Jeanne Reynal Isabelle Waldberg Roger Brielle Jean Guerin Isamu Noguchi Gerome Kamrowski Eugenio Granell Francis Picabia Remedios Varo Hans Richter Arshile Gorky Andre Breton Marcel Duchamp Maeght Editeur / Paris Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Curatorial Photography Theory / Essay

Sculpture : Processes and Principles
by Rudolf Wittkower

1979, English
Softcover, 288 pages, 23.5 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Penguin Books / London

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1979 edition of Rudolf Wittkower's Sculpture : Processes and Principles — with the aid of over 180 photographs, this book studies what unites and separates sculptors across the centuries. It looks at the masters of Archaic Greece, the Middle Ages, through the great names of Michelangelo, Cellini and Bernini to Rodin, Brancusi and Henry Moore. By studying their working methods and techniques, the author discloses their artistic ideas and convictions, thereby opening up new avenues of approach for the spectator.

Rudolf Wittkower (1901—1971) was a British art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture.

Good copy with wear to covers, internally VG.

File under: Constantin Brâncuși Michelangelo Auguste Rodin Giovanni Bellini Benvenuto Cellini Henry Moore Alberto Giacometti Umberto Boccioni Alexander Archipenko Jean Arp Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Henri Matisse Adolf von Hildebrand Rudolf Wittkower Penguin Books / London Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Renaissance / Neoclassicism / Romanticism Ancient / Medieval / Gothic

Arp

1988, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 128 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Rizzoli / New York

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First English-language hardcover edition of this major monograph on Jean Arp (1886—1966) published in 1988 by Rizzoli, New York, authored by Serge Fauchereau. Traces the life and career of the Franco-Swiss artist, lavishly illustrated throughout with wonderful colour and b/w reproductions of his collage, graphics, stone and bronze sculptures, and wooden reliefs. Jean Arp, also called Hans Arp, French sculptor, painter, and poet was one of the leaders of the European avant-garde in the arts during the first half of the 20th century, heavily associated with Dada, Surrealism and Abstract art.

Very Good copy in VG dust jacket.

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Jean Arp Serge Fauchereau Rizzoli / New York Surrealism Art Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Dada

Max Ernst
Gemälde und Graphik 1920-1950

1951, German
Softcover, 98 pages, 27.5 x 20 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Self Published / Brühl

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Lovely publication produced in 1951 on the occasion of a special exhibition of Max Ernst held in the Augustusburg Castle, organised by Karl Seibt and the city of Brühl in Germany on the 60th birthday of the artist. Illustrated throughout with many fine examples of Ernst's paintings, collages, frottages, prints and drawings, alongside two essays by Ernst (including "What is Surrealism?"), plus writings on Ernst by fellow Surrealist artists and writers Andre Breton, Nicolas Calas, Hans Arp, and Paul Eluard, amongst others, essay by Lothar Pretzell. All texts in German.

Good-Very Good copy with general wear, tanning.

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Max Ernst Andre Breton Nicolas Calas Paul Eluard Lothar Pretzell Self Published / Brühl Art Painting Drawing Surrealism

DADA
By Kenneth Coutts-Smith

1970, English
Softcover, 168 pages, 18.5 x 12.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Studio Vista / London E P Dutton / New York

$30.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the Dada volume of Studio Vista / Dutton's great paperback series. Published in 1970 and written by Kenneth Coutts-Smith, this heavily illustrated overview spans Dada's activities via central locations and protagonists such as Picabia, Janco, Duchamp, Schwitters, Ernst, Grosz, Man Ray, Arp, etc.
Chapters : "Zürich - the beginning", "Anti-art and the irrational", "The roots of Dada", "New York - Duchamp and philosophical irony", "Berlin - political commitment", "Cologne - Ernst and the hallucinatory vision", "Hanover - Schwitters, freedom through lyricism", "Paris - last fling and obsequies", "Dada is dead-long live Dada", "Book list", "Index".

File under: Francis Picabia Al Hansen Robert Rauschenberg Gino Severini Kurt Schwitters Theo van Doesburg Max Ernst Johannes Theodor Baargeld George Grosz Raoul Hausmann John Heartfield Marcel Duchamp Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Man Ray Henri Chopin Marcel Janco Tristan Tzara El Lissitzky Ed Herring Richard Huelsenbeck Augusto Giacometti Guillaume Apollinaire Tristan Tzara Kenneth Coutts-Smith Studio Vista / London E P Dutton / New York Dada Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Art Painting Drawing

Dawn Ades : Writings on Art and Anti-Art

2015, English
Softcover (french-folds), 608 pages, 24 x 17 cm
Published by Ridinghouse / London

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Art historian and curator Dawn Ades is a leading voice on Dada, Surrealism, abstraction and art from Latin America. Ades addresses themes fundamental to the history of modern art and the avant-garde, across time periods and art movements, from Europe to the Americas. She offers alternative readings and investigates the particular dynamics that affect the ways images and objects are produced, presented and received.

With topics ranging from close-up photography to the female subject in Mexico, and from automatism to photomontage, as well as monographic essays on artists such as Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Hoch, this collection explores major figures of the twentieth century as well as art beyond the canon. The selected writings are divided into sections that correspond to the overarching concerns of gender, identity, the impact of new mediums and the enduring significance of the materials of art.

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Brassaï Josef Albers Francis Bacon Karl Blossfeldt Claude Cahun Salvador Dali Richard Deacon Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Naum Gabo Georg Grosz John Heartfield Hannah Hoch Frida Kahlo Wilfredo Lam El Lissitzky Fernand Léger René Magritte Kasimir Malevich Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Joan Miro Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Henry Moore Eduardo Paolozzi Man Ray Diego Rivera Melanie Smith John Stezaker Salvador Dalí Dawn Ades Georges Bataille Andre Breton Doro Globus Ridinghouse / London Dada Surrealism Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Bauhaus Photography

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

Man Ray
Photos

1981, Japanese
Hardcover (in foil-printed cardboard slipcase) 31 x 22.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Asahi Shimbun / Japan

$160.00 - Out of stock

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Exquisite and scarce Japanese volume on the (mostly) photographic work of Man Ray, published in 1981 by Asahi Shimbun. Issued only in Japan in hardcover form, wrapped in a foil-stamped/printed black cardboard sleeve, this beautifully designed book features 165 stunningly gravure reproduced images honest to the original photographic works of Man Ray, including his abstract work, portraits, photographs of fellow artists, artworks, studios and living spaces (including many collaborations with Marcel Duchamp). Many of these photographs are rarely documented in other Man Ray publications. Text is entirely in Japanese, although there is very little of it as this is primarily a photo book, and one of the most beautiful on the work of Man Ray.

Very Good in Good slipcase with some wear.

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Man Ray Marcel Duchamp Asahi Shimbun / Japan Art Out-of-print / Rare Photography Surrealism

Max Ernst
Paris 1975

1975, French
Softcover, 170 pages, 27 x 21cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Galeries Nationales du Grand-Palais / Paris

$55.00 - Out of stock

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First printing of this comprehensive and profusely illustrated catalogue produced to accompany the survey major exhibition of the work of German artist Max Ernst, at Galeries Nationales du Grand-Palais, in Paris in 1975.

Designed in landscape form, this curious and very generous catalogue is illustrated throughout with colour and black and white reproductions of Ernst's paintings, drawings, sculptures, collages, frottage, graphics, etchings, etc., running chronologically and featuring columns of autobiographical testimonies and theoretical writings of Max Ernst, memories of friends, poetry, reflections, and correspondences with other artists, their dedicated artworks/portraits, writings by critics, writers or other artists (Tristan Tzara, Hans Bellmer, Robert Motherwell, Hans Arp, Paul Eluard, Patrick Waldberg, Benjamin Péret, André Breton, Louis Aragon, Robert Lebel, Dorothea Tanning, Hans Richter, Georges Bataille, Herny Miler, and many others), etc. set in parallel, relating to reproductions of his work, social photographs, and other imagery. Also features a bibliography, list of works, and texts by Werner Spies and others. Still one of the best catalogues on the artist. All texts are in their original French.

Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism.

Rubbed covers otherwise Very Good throughout.

File under: Dorothea Tanning Hans Richter Max Ernst Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Robert Motherwell Hans Bellmer Andre Breton Louis Aragon Paul Eluard Tristan Tzara Werner Spies Georges Bataille Patrick Waldberg Benjamin Péret Henry Miller Galeries Nationales du Grand-Palais / Paris Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Surrealism Painting Dada Drawing

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

$40.00 - Out of stock

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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

Composing the Space
Sculptures in the Avant-Garde – A Reader

2020, English
Softcover, 264 pages, 27 x 22 cm
Published by Koenig Books / London Museum of Art / Łódź

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This publication follows the experiments in avant-garde sculpture in its dialogue with the space, movement and human body, guided by the theory and practice of Polish artist, Katarzyna Kobro (1898–1951).

For the first time Kobro’s artistic experiments is presented in the context of corresponding sculptural endeavours such artists as Vladimir Tatlin, Naum Gabo, Friedrich Kiesler, and El Lissitzky. In Kobro’s view, the dynamism of our motor skills should be counterbalanced with a carefully measured and organised sequence of plastic (sculptural, architectural) rhythms unfolding in both time and space. According to Kobro, sculpture was becoming a model of the new order to be potentially introduced in our immediate environment based on a psychophysical coordination of human beings leading to a rationalised and purposeful construction of the space of every-day life as well shaping social behaviours.

This book confronts her ideas with the work of her Modernist contemporaries such as Naum Gabo, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Gustaw Klucis, El Lissitzky, Antoine Pevsner, Jean Arp, Alexander Archipenko, Friedrich Kiesler, Vladimir Tatlin, and Oskar Schlemmer in order to show the full scope of the avant-garde experiment in sculpture. Featuring writings by renowned American art critic Rosalind E. Krauss, and French-American art historian Yve-Alain Bois.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Composing the Space: Sculptures in the Avant-Garde at Museum of Art in Łódź (4 October 2019 – 2 February 2020).

File under: Katarzyna Kobro Naum Gabo Alexander Calder Barbara Hepworth Gustaw Klucis El Lissitzky Antoine Pevsner Alexander Archipenko Friedrich Kiesler Vladimir Tatlin Oskar Schlemmer Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Yve-Alain Bois Rosalind Krauss Naum Gabo Carola Giedion-Welcker Barbara Hepworth Katarzyna Kobro Megan Luke Lazlo Moholy-Nagy Alex Potts Vladimir Tatlin Georges Vantongerloo Malgorzata Jedrzejczyk Katarzyna Sloboda Koenig Books / London Museum of Art / Łódź Sculpture / Installation Group Shows / Collections Art Bauhaus SALE

Le Surréalisme

2011, Japanese / French
Softcover (w. printed plastic jacket over reflective cover), 296 pages
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by National Art Centre / Tokyo

$90.00 - Out of stock

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First printing of this great exhibition catalogue from the National Art Centre Tokyo via Centre Pompidou Paris, on occasion of the most comprehensive Surrealist exhibition ever staged in Japan, “Le Surrealism: Exposition organisee par Le Pompidou a partir de sa Collection” at The National Art Center, Tokyo in 2011.

Housed in mirrored cover and profusely illustrated in colour with the work of André Breton, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, Andre Masson, Francis Picabia, Claude Cahun, Hans Bellmer, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Toyen, Guilaume Apollinaire, Meret Oppenheim, Luis Buñuel, Jindrich Heisler, Andre Masson, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Wilhelm Freddie, and many others, alongside comprehensive documentation of major historical Surrealist exhibitions and documents/publications.

Very Good copy.

File under: André Masson Dorothea Tanning Francis Picabia Giorgio de Chirico Hans Bellmer Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Joan Miro Luis Buñuel Man Ray Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Meret Oppenheim René Magritte Salvador Dalí Yves Tanguy Toyen Victor Brauner Jindrich Heisler Andre Masson Alberto Giacometti Claude Cahun Wilhelm Freddie Andre Breton Guillaume Apollinaire Benjamin Péret National Art Centre / Tokyo Art Dada Fiction / Poetry Out-of-print / Rare Photography Poetry Surrealism Painting

Dada

1968, Japanese / German
Softcover, 80 pages, 21 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Goethe-Instituts / Japan Staalichen Museums für Moderne Kunst / Tokyo

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1st pinting of this publication on Dada, published in Japan in 1968. Features the work of Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Höch, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, George Grosz, Kurt Schwitters, Max Ernst, Josef Albers, Hans Richter, Hans Arp, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Peter Agostini, Jean Tinguely, Karl Gerstner, and more reproduced alongside a collaged history of Dada across the globe (New York, Zürich, Cologne, Italy, Paris, Berlin, Hannover) w. reproductions of texts, illustrations, publications and ephemera.

Very Good copy.

File under: Francis Picabia George Grosz Hannah Höch Hans Richter Jean Tinguely John Heartfield Josef Albers Karl Gerstner Kurt Schwitters Man Ray Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Peter Agostini Raoul Hausmann Sophie Taeuber-Arp Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Goethe-Instituts / Japan Staalichen Museums für Moderne Kunst / Tokyo Art Dada Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Painting Fiction / Poetry Group Shows / Collections

Abstraction Creation Art Non Figuratif 1932

2016, French / English
Softcover (Spiral-bound), 144 pages, 24 x 30 cm
Ed. of 100,
Published by Kunstverein / Amsterdam

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Between 1932 and 1936 five edition of the cahier Abstraction Création: Art non-figuratif was published in Paris by the eponymous association, uniting all movements who worked abstractly. The magazine not only formalised a new tendency for language in visual art, but also became a form of explicit self-promotion and opposition against the growing force of figurative Surrealism, led by André Breton. Two minimal yet clear criteria needed to be fulfilled to become a member of the association: you had to be an artist and work non-figuratively. This resulted in a list of members of long-forgotten artists mingled with names such as Kandinsky, Mondrian, Calder, Delaunay, Van Doesburg, and Brancusi.

Second edition of 100 copies.

File under: Piet Mondrian Wassily Kandinsky Robert Delaunay Constantin Brâncuși Constantin Brancusi Alexander Calder Theo van Doesburg Sonia Delaunay Kurt Schwitters László Moholy-Nagy Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Sophie Taeuber-Arp Ben Nicholson Max Bill Fausto Melotti Jacques Villon Jean Gorin Barbara Hepworth Riet Wijnen Jean Hélion František Kupka Władysław Strzemiński Albert Gleizes Kunstverein / Amsterdam Art Sculpture / Installation Painting Out-of-print / Rare

European Decoration
Creative Contemporary Interiors

1969, English
Hardcover, 186 page, 32 x 24.5 cm
1st US Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Reynal & Company / New York

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First English edition of this wonderful hardcover volume of European interiors from the 1960s, edited by L'ŒIL creators Georges and Rosamond Bernier. Profusely illustrated throughout, all the material in this volume was selected from the pages of France's L'ŒIL magazine. "This book leads the reader into some of the most distinguished and original homes of Europe. Here are glimpses into the lives of gifted, glamorous people whose taste sets style around the globe. Whether Lombard palazzo or Paris roof-top, highly diversified interiors are the source of stimulating ideas that can often be translated into American terms."
L'ŒIL (French: The Eye) is a French magazine created by Rosamond Bernier (née Rosenbaum) and her second husband, Georges Bernier, in 1955 to celebrate and reflect contemporary art creation. It was one of the finest documents of interior design, architecture, fine and applied arts and design in the 1950s-1970s, marrying the historical with the modern and profiling many artists and designers in France for the first time.

Includes large chapters on each of the following: the Villar Perosa villa of Signor & Signora Giovanni (Marella) Agnelli; London apartment of Mr & Mrs Stanley Rubin designed by Jon Bannenberg; a Milanese apartment designed by Marcello Pietrantoni & Carla Venosta; architect J. Anthony Cloughley's London apartment, designed with help from Rubin de C. Albrizzi; Karl Lagerfeld's Paris apartment; a one-story modern country house designed by Martine Dufour and Caumont & Collard for Monsieur & Madame Claude Labouret; The Villa Montecchia; decorator Isabelle Hebey's Marais apartment; Palazzo Brandolini in Venice (Renzo Mongiardino); Saint-Tropez apartment designed by Andree Putman; the Parisian apartment of Marc Bohan (of Christian Dior); The house of David Hicks in the South of France; Prince Bao-Long's Isabelle Hebey-designed apartment; Hugh Chisolm's Paris apartment (designed by Charles Sevigny); the Villa Fiorentina at St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, belonging to Lady Kenmare & her son Roderick Cameron; Leonard Goulandris's London apartment designed by Jon Bannenberg; Van Day Truex's Vaucuse home; Philippe Guibourge's Paris apartment; Eugene Berman's Rome apartment; the Villa La Tana; Jacques Chazot's Paris apartment; Jacques & Andree Putman's Saint-Tropez home.

File under: David Hicks Isabelle Hebey Martine Dufour Karl Lagerfeld Jon Bannenberg Marcello Pietrantoni Carla Venosta Christian Dior Charles Sevigny Renzo Mongiardino Quasar Khanh Verner Panton Charles Eames Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Dubuffet Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Pablo Picasso Joe Colombo Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Eero Saarinen Harry Bertoia Marcel Breuer Olivier Mourgue Carlo Scarpa Jim Dine Kurt Schwitters Jean Fautrier Max Ernst Wassily Kandinsky Joan Miró Lucio Fontana Andrée Putman César Georges Bernier Rosamond Bernier Reynal & Company / New York Furniture Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Art Pop Art

documenta-Dokumente 1955-1968

1972, German
Hardcover, 216 pages, 24.5 x 21.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Georg Wenderoth Verlag / Kassel

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documenta - Dokumente 1955 - 1968 (Four International Exhibitions of Modern Art), was published by Georg Wenderoth Verlag, Kassel in 1972. This clothbound hardcover book of texts (by Dieter Westecker, Carl Eberth, Werner Lengemann, Erich Müller) and photographs of the first four documenta exhibitions, is quite a unique publication. Written at the suggestion of former students and collaborators of Documenta initiator Arnold Bode, it does not replace a documenta chronicle or a scientific study of individual facts. On the contrary, the textual and pictorial material is selected from a technical point of view, processed and presented in a comprehensible form to stimulate detailed investigations into the exhibition-presentations. The bulk of the photographic documentation is of visitor reception and interaction with the installations of artworks, including those of Hans Arp, Constantin Brancusi, Lee Bontecou, Victor Pasmore, Marino Marini, Jean Dubuffet, Konrad Klapheck, George Segal, Robert Indiana, Claes Oldenburg, Walter de Maria, Eduardo Paolozzi, Phillip King, Erich Hauser, Ernest Trova, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Carl Andre, William Tucker, Peter Brüning, David Smith, Edward Keinholz, Dan Flavin, Morris Louis, Sol Lewitt, Robert Morris, Frank Stella, Tom Wesselmann, James RosenquisThomas Lenck, Francis Bacon, Horst Antes, Shinkichi Tajiri, Christo, Jackson Pollock, Karel Appel, Bernard Schultze, Otto Herbert Hajek, Jacques Lipchitz, Lynn Chadwick, Paul Delvaux, Helen Frankenthaler, Wassily Kandinsky, Fernand Leger, Max Bill, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Giogio de Chirico, Victor Vasarley, Zoran Music, Giuseppe Capogrossi, and many others.

Texts in German. First and only edition.
Vert Good copy with original dust jacket.

File under: Constantin Brancusi Lee Bontecou Victor Pasmore Marino Marini Jean Dubuffet Konrad Klapheck George Segal Robert Indiana Claes Oldenburg Walter de Maria Eduardo Paolozzi Phillip King Erich Hauser Ernest Trova Michelangelo Pistoletto Carl Andre William Tucker Peter Brüning David Smith Edward Keinholz Dan Flavin Morris Louis Sol Lewitt Robert Morris Frank Stella Tom Wesselmann James RosenquisThomas Lenck Francis Bacon Horst Antes Shinkichi Tajiri Christo Jackson Pollock Karel Appel Bernard Schultze Otto Herbert Hajek Jacques Lipchitz Lynn Chadwick Paul Delvaux Helen Frankenthaler Wassily Kandinsky Fernand Leger Max Bill Joan Miro Henry Moore Pablo Picasso Robert Rauschenberg Giogio de Chirico Victor Vasarley Zoran Music Giuseppe Capogrossi Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Georg Wenderoth Verlag / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Painting Arte Povera Pop Art Bauhaus Dada Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic SALE

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Softcover, 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

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Softcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

A Good copy throughout, with cover rubbing and corner bumping. Tightly bound and clean copy internally.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Lynda Benglis Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Poetry Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Le Surréalisme en 1947
Exposition Internationale de Surréalisme présentée par André Breton et Marcel Duchamp

1947, French
Softcover, 142 pages, 24 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Maeght Editeur / Paris

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Very scarce copy of the legendary "Le Surréalisme en 1947 : Exposition Internationale de Surréalisme présentée par André Breton et Marcel Duchamp", published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, in conjunction with an important exhibition of Surrealist artists in 1947. Features the cover design by Marcel Duchamp - a photographic reproduction by Rémy Duval of "Prière de toucher (Please touch)", the famous Duchamp rubber breast edition, created with Italian-born painter Enrico Donati, that adorned the first 999 copies of the catalogue. This gorgeous catalogue features the work of artists from 24 countries including Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Jacqueline Lamba, Jacques Hérold, Wilfredo Lam, Joan Miró, Hans Bellmer, Marcel Jean, Maria Martins, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, Hans Arp, Hector Hyppolite, Serge Brignoni, Alexander Calder, Bruno Capacci, Elizabeth van Damme, Jacques Halpern, Julio de Diego, Enrico Donati, Francis Bouvet , David Hare, Iaroslav Serpan, Jacqueline Lamba, Taro Okamoto, Roberto Matta, Kay Sage, Toyen, Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, Leonard Baskin, Jindrich Heisler, Jeanne Reynal, Roger Brielle, Jindrich Styrsky, Bruno Capacci, Jean Guerin, Isamu Noguchi, Gerome Kamrowski, Eugenio Granell, Francis Picabia, Remedios Varo, Hans Richter, Arshile Gorky, and many more,, along with the folding sheet catalogue loosely inserted.

Good copy considering age. Very tanned edges and wear to corners, edges and spine.

File under: Victor Brauner Max Ernst Jacques Hérold Joan Miró Hans Bellmer Marcel Jean Maria Martins Yves Tanguy Dorothea Tanning Serge Brignoni Alexander Calder Bruno Capacci Elizabeth van Damme Julio de Diego Enrico Donati David Hare Jacqueline Lamba Roberto Matta Kay Sage Toyen Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Wifredo Lam Leonora Carrington Hector Hyppolite Jacques Halpern Francis Bouvet Iaroslav Serpan Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen Leonard Baskin Jeanne Reynal Roger Brielle Jean Guerin Isamu Noguchi Gerome Kamrowski Eugenio Granell Francis Picabia Remedios Varo Hans Richter Arshile Gorky Marcel Duchamp Jindrich Heisler Jindřich Štyrský Tarō Okamoto Andre Breton Marcel Duchamp Maeght Editeur / Paris Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Curatorial Photography Theory / Essay

Arp & Mondrian

1960, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 50 pages, 22 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Sidney Janis Gallery / New York

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1st printing of 1960 catalogue produced for a two-person exhibition of Piet Mondrian and Jean Arp at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York.
Very handsomely designed publication of this incredible coupling of De Stijl and Dada, heavily illustrated across 52 pages, including 8 gallery installation views of earlier exhibitions by both artists, a catalogue of 38 works exhibited in the 1960 exhibit (paintings and reliefs - 18 by Mondrian, 22 by Arp), and a printed acetate title divider page. Includes and introduction by Michel Seuphor.

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

File under: Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Piet Mondrian Michel Seuphor Sidney Janis Gallery / New York Art Out-of-print / Rare

Art International
Vol. XIII/5 May 20, 1968

1968, English / French / German / Italian
Softcover, 64 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIII/5 May 20, 1968
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
Advisory Editors: Umbro Apollonio, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Lucy R. Lippard, James Mellow.

Features: Jean Arp, Kaspar-Thomas Lenk, Eugenio Carmi, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Paul Thek, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Joe Brainard, Fernando Botero, David Carr, Helio Oiticica, Alexander Calder, Victor Pasmore, Phillip Sutton, Joe Perlman, Michael Kenney, Ritzi Jacobi, Roy Adzak, George Segal, Berrocal, John McCracken, Richard Serra, Jan Dibbets, Mario Merz, Markus Raetz, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, Antonio Calderara, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pieter Engels, Ger van Elk, David Smith, Kenzo Okada, Umberto Eco, 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 Antonio Calderara David Carr David Smith Eugenio Carmi Fernando Botero George Segal Ger van Elk Hélio Oiticica Jackson Pollock Jan Dibbets Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Joe Brainard Joe Perlman John McCracken Kaspar-Thomas Lenk Kenzo Okada Mario Merz Markus Raetz Michael Heizer Michael Kenney Michelangelo Pistoletto Paul Thek Phillip Sutton Pieter Engels Richard Serra Ritzi Jacobi Robert Morris Roy Adzak Victor Pasmore Willem de Kooning Öyvind Fahlström Miguel Berrocal James Fitzsimmons James Mellow Jean-Christophe Ammann Lucy R. Lippard Umberto Eco Umbro Apollonio James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Arte Povera 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