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Edmund De Waal

by Edmund De Waal

Leon Gaspard

Bufano

by Beniamino; Miller, Henry Bufano

Jean Dubuffet

by Jean Dubuffet

Método De Dibujo

by Adolfo Best-Maugard

Proclamation Of the Establishment Of the State Of Israel

by Arthur Szyk

A Preponderance Of Aboriginal Blood

by Judy Watson

Leigh Bowery the Life and Times Of an Icon

by Sue Tilley

Toilet Paper

by Maurizio; Pierpaolo Ferrari Cattelan

Manifestoes Of Surrealism

by Andre - Translated Into English By Richard Seaver and Helen R Lane Breton

Alison Wilding

by Marjorie Allthorpe Guyton

Critical Moss

by Aldobranti

Charles Gaines

by Charles; Naima Keith Gaines

Heart and Soul

by Clint and Anne Wilkes Tucker Willour

Real Art 'A New Modernism' British Reflexive Painters In the 1990's

by Southampton City Art Gallery

Permanent Food No 10

by Maurizio/ Manfrin, Paola Cattelan

Between Earth and Sky

by Stuart Shils

Embossed Linear Constructions

by Josef; Brochure With Text By Kenneth E Tyler Albers

Lee Bontecou

by Elizabeth and Robert Storr, Contributors A T Smith

1234 Most Speedy Drawings

by Dieter Roth

Hanuman Books

by Various

Cy Twombly

by David; Cy Twombly Sylvester

Etchings

by Art Hansen

Tapestries

by Gerhard; Stefan Ratibor Richter

Robert Mangold

by Nancy Princenthal

Contemporary Art Books & Ephemera

Contemporary

by Patrick, Keith

Jean Dubuffet

by Dubuffet, Jean

[POLISH AVANT-GARDE] [Henryk] StaÅ¼ewski. Galeria "Krzywe KoÅo", Warsaw. Exhibition catalog with original goffrage (relief) print on card stock

by StaÅ¼ewski, Henryk, WiesÅaw Borowski, and Anna Ptaszkowska

Important catalog of works from 1960-61 by distinguished Polish artist and representative of both the pre- and post-war avant-gardes, Henryk StaÅ¼ewski (1894-1988). A student of Kazimir Malevich, StaÅ¼ewski was best known as a painter and for his association with all major tendencies, from expressionism and the Formists, to the "Blok" group, and finally Praesens. He also served as editor of the avant-garde journal "Praesens" (1926-1930) and was a champion of so-called elementary (or functional)... Read more about this item

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A$4,150.00

[POLISH UNOFFICIAL ART - PERFORMANCE] Two photographs depicting one of the first performances of the ÅÃ³dÅº Kaliska group in 1979: DziaÅanie 2. Czarna taÅmÄ. BiaÅa szmatÄ [Action 2. Black ribbon. White rag]

by [Åwietlik, Andrzej] and ÅÃ³dÅº Kaliska, including Adam Rzepecki

Two vintage prints documenting one of the first performances of ÅÃ³dÅº Kaliska in 1979 in DarÅowo, titled: "The blocking off of the street with a black ribbon in order to attract attention and cause confusion, with the intention of throwing a white sheet onto those gathered, tying them up, and hitting them on the behind." The mockingly long title captures the absurdist direction in which the group would develop in the coming years, causing scandal and blurring the line between art and jest.... Read more about this item

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A$1,577.00

[POLISH NEO-AVANT-GARDE - CONCEPTUAL BOOK OBJECT] Deka-log

by KozÅowski, JarosÅaw

Rare artist book by KozÅowski, a master of Polish conceptualism and co-founder of the anti-institutional NET initiative. Born 1945, KozÅowski studied painting at the University of Fine Arts in PoznaÅ. His creative output includes drawings, artist books, performances, installations, and experimental institutional structures. In 1971, defying the tight control of national borders - and of art by institutions - KozÅowski and art historian Andrzej Kostolowski (born 1940) formulated and mailed... Read more about this item

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A$1,992.00

David Smith - Drawings

by Janie C. Lee Gallery

Houston, Texas: Janie C. Lee Gallery, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small amount of discoloration on the lower spine, else a fine copy. Eight-page catalog accompanying the 1982 exhibition of David Smith's drawings at the Janie C. Lee Gallery in Houston. Checklist of Exhibition inside the rear cover. David Smith (1906-1965) was primarily known for his influential metal sculptures, having changed his focus to that medium from drawing and painting in 1933. He did, however, continue... Read more about this item

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A$38.74

[CROATIAN CONCEPTUALIST ART] Original flyer announcing the famous installation work by Mladen StilinoviÄ, "Eksploatacija mrtvih 1984-1988" (The Exploitation of the Dead), on January 25-30, 1988, at Hdluz Galerija ProÅ¡irenih medija

by Mladen StilinoviÄ (1947-2016)

Scarce flyer announcing the second exhibition of a famous installation by StilinoviÄ, the Belgrade-born neo-avantgarde artist active in Zagreb, and associated with the "Group of Six Artists" (Grupa Å¡estorice autora) from 1975 to 1979. He was involved in experimental film, co-founded the self-administered Podroom Gallery, and is perhaps best known for the series "Exploitation of the Dead," begun in 1984 and continued beyond 1988. It was first shown in 1986 in Germany, and this appears to have been... Read more about this item

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A$415.00

Galeria "Na Plebanii" 1986 [Gallery "At the Parsonage" 1986]

by Ciesielski, Andrzej (editor)

A kind of yearbook of the Polish independent art movement in 1986, this catalog of the Na Plebanii Gallery in Koszalin documents seven exhibitions held in the gallery's first year. Founded by artist and curator Andrzej Ciesielski (b. 1946), this 'pop up' gallery operated 1986-1990 in a variety of institutions, capturing the last period of independent artistic movement in Communist Poland. In this first year, the gallery hosted six individual exhibitions Antoni MikoÅajczyk's "Wyzwalanie swiatla"... Read more about this item

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A$581.00

[MILAN GRYGAR DESIGN - GRUPPE 47] VÃ¡rovnÃ¡ znamenÃ [Warngedichte; Warning signs]

by Fried, Erich and Milan Grygar, designer

First editon of these translations into Czech by JiÅÃ GruÅ¡a of poems by Erich Fried (1921-1988), the Austrian poet and essayist, who lived in London and was a member of the Gruppe 47. The texts are taken from his collections Warngedichte, Ãberlegungen, und Vietnam und, and Anfechtungen. Front and rear cover, as well as front flap and frontispiece designed by Milan Grygar (born 1926) during his "rhythmic compositions" phase, in which he often combined visual with sound elements. Grygar also... Read more about this item

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A$332.00

[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] SpielplÃ¤ne: materiale poesie, 4. Folge zur Ausstellung Immagini e testi visuali (Visuelle Texte + Bilder) [Game plans: material poetry, 4th installment of the exhibition Immagini e testi visuali (Visual texts + images)]. Wrapper title: WÃ¼rfel [cubes]

by Ulrichs, Timm

Ulrichs. Complete copy of the first and only edition of the very rare artist's book. As of January 2024, OCLC lists 2 copies in North America. Complete copy of the first and only edition of the very rare artist's book. As of January 2024, OCLC lists 2 copies in North America.

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A$2,490.00

Michael Lucero, Italo Scanga, James Surls [Art Exibit Catalog]

by Zimmer, William

Houston, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. A trace of rubbing along the upper portion of the spine. Small orange sticker near tail of the spine. 750 copies of this art exhibit catalog were printed on the occasion of simultaneous exhibitions at Texas Gallery, Houston and Delahunty Gallery, Dallas in September 1982. 18 pages, stiff covers, stapled..

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A$23.24

[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] Eight publications by and about the artist and twenty minor additions

by Ulrichs, Timm

Ulrichs. I: Timm Ulrichs. Was ist Kunst [What is art]. Wrapper title: Totalkunst - das neue mass aller dinge [Total art - the new measure of all things]. Hannover: self-published, [1964]. Quarto (32 Ã 22.5 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; 7 hectographed leaves. As of February 2024, OCLC lists two copies worldwide, one of which is in North America. II: Worksandwordsandworlds. Turin: Studio di informazione estetica, 1968. Octavo (17 Ã 21.2 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers, 10 leaves... Read more about this item

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A$1,577.00

Thomas Gilcrease and His National Treasure

by Myers, Fred A

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Thomas Gilcrease museum Association, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 11 X 12 Inches Oblong. Just a trace of wear, barely detectable to the book, and some light scratches to the rear panel of the dust jacket. 144 pages with Index to Artworks and Artifacts and Index to Makers. Introductory essay by Fred A. Myers (Director of the Gilcrease Museum at publication), who has also signed the book on the title page. Also contributing text for accompanying artwork are... Read more about this item

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A$46.48

Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection

by Conrads, Maragaret C. (Editor)

Kansas City, Missouri: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 9 X 11 Inches, Oblong. A trace of wear. Clean solid copy. Presentation plate from Ban of America pasted inside the front cover. 136-page exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition, Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection. Essays on Miller and his art, followed by the catalogue entries (30), with color images..

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A$30.99

Arnulf Rainer at the Abbazia Di San Gregorio, Venice 1986

by Fuchs, R. H. (Curated by)

Vienna: Ulysses, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Slight wear, wrinkling along edges of printed wrapper. Interior clean and bright. Selected works of the Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer. Includes essays in either Italian, English, or both by Rainer and Fuchs; a listing of selected one-man exhibitions by the artist; a brief bio of the artist; and 26 color plates of mixed media, including mixed media on photos, oil on photos, and oil on wood..

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A$46.48

Alina Szapocznikow 1968. WITH: exhibition announcement: "Cogeime S. A. 4, rue J.-B. Meunier, Bruxelles-18... prÃ©sente ... les sculptures de Alina Szapocznikow. Laurette et Ivan Lechien espÃ¨rent votre prÃ©sence au cocktail du vernissage, qu'ils donnent le mardi 12 novembre 1968 dÃ¨s heures."

by Szapocznikow, Alina and Pierre Restany

Catalog of an important exhibition of works by Szapocznikow held by Galerie Cogeime, Brussels, on November 12 - December 3, 1968. With texts by Pierre Restany and Giuseppe Marchiori. With a short bibliography and list of exhibitions by the artist. One of 1500 copies printed. Design by Szapocznikow's second husband, and sometime collaborator, Polish graphic designer and artist Roman CieÅlewicz (1930-1996). Also included is the ephemeral invitation leaf. As of January 2024, we cannot trace the... Read more about this item

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A$498.00

VÃ½tvarnÃ© dÃlo. DÅ¯m kultury OrlovÃ¡ 4. Äerven 1980 [The work of Eduard OvÄÃ¡Äek. Culture House OrlovÃ¡ 4. June 1980]

by Eduard OvÄÃ¡Äek

Scarce provincial catalog of an exhibition of OvÄÃ¡Äek's visual works at OrlovÃ¡ near Ostrova, including graphic art, painting, and sculpture, structured around letters and words. Held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in June 1980. With a detailed and very useful chronology of the artist's work and exhibitions. As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC show only a copy in Germany. Scarce provincial catalog of an exhibition of OvÄÃ¡Äek's visual works at OrlovÃ¡ near Ostrova, including graphic art,... Read more about this item

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A$249.00

[POLISH UNOFFICIAL ART - CONCEPTUALISM - PHOTOGRAPHY] Krzysztof Wodiczko: references

by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Foksal Gallery

Early catalog of Krzysztof Wodiczko (b. 1943), a photographer and video artist best known for his large-scale projections onto monuments and public buildings. This was one of several exhibitions installed at the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw, (est. 1966), one of a handful of galleries that succeeded in showing work with avant-garde and conceptualist leanings throughout the communist era. Indicative of its efforts to promote Polish unofficial art abroad and to maintain international networks, the texts are in... Read more about this item

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A$332.00

Bez tytulu" [Untitled, vols. 1-2]

Two issues (all published) of a composite art publication by WÅodzimierz Adamiak, Zbigniew Libera, and Zbyszko Trzeciakowski. A complex art object similar to underground compilations such as Tango and Fabryka, the two issues were issued in a print run of 100 each, each volume being a unique assemblage of multiples. With original works signed by Trzeciakowski, Libera, Aleksandra Trzeciakowska, Anna Goebel, and Marek Bocian. A splintering within the Kultura Zrzuty group led to an explosion of new group... Read more about this item

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A$9,960.00

[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY AND LETTRISM] PF 1988 [New year's greeting for 1988]

by OvÄÃ¡Äek, Eduard

OvÄÃ¡Äek was one of the foremost practitioners of concrete poetry and lettrism in Czechoslovakia. "OvÄÃ¡Äek endeavoured to achieve a revitalization of the language, based on a mythology of script, ideograms, hieroglyphs, pictograms and calligrams, as well as on a bilingual expression of writing as image" (Piorecky, "Before a poem is written: Czech concrete poetry," 325). OvÄÃ¡Äek was one of the foremost practitioners of concrete poetry and lettrism in Czechoslovakia.... Read more about this item

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A$249.00

[POLISH UNOFFICIAL ART - PERFORMANCE] Galeria 80 "akademia ruchu" [Gallery 80 "Academy of Movement"]

A richly-illustrated catalogue of the activities of "akademia ruchu," an experimental performance group that was a pioneer in public performance in Poland. Founded by Wojciech Krukowski in 1973, the group's activities combined visual arts, film, and performance to comment on the most basic social situations such as riding the bus or standing in a queue, working with gestures, printed word, or conversation fragments to defamiliarize everyday life. The catalog includes a list of fifteen members of the... Read more about this item

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A$498.00

[CZECH CONCEPTUAL ART] ZÃ¡znamy z pÅÃrody [Records based on nature]. WITH: "TÃ¡nÃ dvou kouskÅ¯ ledu" (The thawing of two pieces of ice). Separate folded leaf of card stock with a silk-screen printed drawing and text commemorating an earlier action art event (Plzen, 1985)

by Maur, Milan and JiÅÃ Valoch, preface

First edition of this scarce book documenting the conceptualist action art of Milan Maur (born 1950), one of the earliest and most consistent practitioners of action art in Czechoslovakia. "Since 1983, he has mapped the most subtle events in nature, such as the movement of shadows, the flight of a bug, the movement of wind, the melting of ice, etc. The records of these events are created as part of individual, very intimately concentrated actions that examine problems of order and chaos. Most of these... Read more about this item

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A$996.00

[SURREALISM] Gradiva: symbolisme, surrealisme, poesie, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-7 (lacking nos. 5 and 8)

Substantial run of the uncommon Brussels-based journal of surrealist poetry, art, and theory, edited by BudÃk, Helena FoitlovÃ¡, Jacqueline Hondermarcq, and Jacques Izoard. With contributions by J. F. Aranda, K. Baron, M. S. Baciu, M. Bloch, M. Butor, J. Carion, H. Delabarre, P. Dhainaut, P. Gabriel, J. Izoard, P. Kral, C. Lejeune, A. Marencin, A. Marinkovich, J. Poels, P. Reznicek, R. Sauwens, M. Simian and many others. Texts in French. A deluxe edition was also issued, with illustrations by the... Read more about this item

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A$249.00

[CONCEPTUAL ART - CONCRETE POETRY - FLUXUS] Beschriebene BlÃ¤tter: kurze Prozesse totaler Poesie & totalen Theaters. Ludistische Texte, 2. Folge 10 Jahre Centre - junges Theater, GÃ¶ttingen, 24.6.1967 [Inscribed leaves: short processes of total poetry & total theater. Ludistic texts, 2nd episode 10 years Centre - junges Theater, GÃ¶ttingen, 24.6.1967]. Wrapper title: Vorsicht KunstblÃ¤tter! Nicht knicken! [Attention art leaves! Do not fold!]

by Ulrichs, Timm

Ulrichs. Complete and signed copy of the first and only edition of the rare artist's book. As of January 2024, OCLC lists only one copy in North America. Complete and signed copy of the first and only edition of the rare artist's book. As of January 2024, OCLC lists only one copy in North America.

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A$1,079.00

[KINETIC ART AND POP ART IN BRASIL] Arte cinÃ©tica e pop arte [Kinetic art and pop art]

by Motta, FlÃ¡vio (FlÃ¡vio Lichtenfels)

Standalone edition, the first to be illustrated, of an essay by the Brazilian art critic FlÃ¡vio Motta (1923-2016), first published in "Jornal do Brasil" (November 1967). Motta presents an analysis of the works chosen for the IX SÃ£o Paulo Biennial, by artists including Julio Le Parc, Hopper, George Segal, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Steinberg, Paul Harris, Richard Smith, Oldenburg, Malcolm Morley, Jaspers Johns, Pistoletto, Alain Jacquet. The IX SÃ£o Paulo Biennial - also known as the Pop Art Biennial... Read more about this item

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A$1,245.00

[CONCEPTUAL ART IN POLAND - CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAWRENCE WEINER AND SOL LEWITT] Konstrukcja w procesie. ÅÃ³dÅº 26X-15XI 81 [Construction in Process]. Documentation on the 1981 art festival in ÅÃ³dÅº

by WaÅko, Ryszard, editor

A collection of bound correspondence, drafts, drawings, and other documentation (in xerox copies) with participants of the international art festival "Konstrukcja w procesie" (Construction in process), held in ÅÃ³dÅº in 1981. The festival, and its resulting publication, FABRYKA, included works by major contemporary international artists, such as Sol Lewitt, Richard Nonas, Les Levine, Lawrence Weiner, and Paul Sharits. Curated by the artist and critic Ryszard WaÅko (born 1947), the exhibit's... Read more about this item

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A$1,660.00

Lee Waisler, Human-Landscape: Exhibition Catalog for Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, January 17 - March 22, 1976

1976. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Preface by Carl Schlosberg. Includes autobiographical statements and views of the artist by others--Norman Rosten and Betje Howell. The Magnes Museum was the first Jewish Museum of the West. Includes 27 plates from the exhibit..