48 - 556 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
= Catalogue of exhibitions varying on the theme "Eagle" held in the Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from May 16-July 9, 1972.
- TIny stain at foot of fore-edge.
= Facsimile reprint. Apparently some issues (perhaps no.3, 8 and 9) of this reprint set are from the leftovers of the original edition.
= Entertaining 'artified' baseball cards: recto of each card showing a baseball player with his face replaced by the portrait of an artist; w. on verso a col. picture of an artwork by the artist. The cards i.a. show M. Chagall, J. Dubuffet, W. De Kooning, E. Manet, H. Matisse, P. Mondrian, H. Moore, P. Picasso, J. Pollock, R. Rauschenburg [sic], M. Rothko, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec and A. Warhol. Provenance: the collection of the Dutch artist Gust Romijn (1922-2010).
- Box trifle soiled; name in ballpoint on bottom of the box.
= Recto of each card showing a religious figure (saint, bishop, clergyman etc.) with his face replaced by the portrait of an artist, critic or gallery owner; w. on verso a quote that refers to the artist, his work, ideology, or a related art theory concept. Includes i.a. cards of i.a. F. Bacon, A. Calder, M. Chagall, J. Dine, J. Dubuffet, J. Johns, D. Judd, W. De Kooning, H. Moore, C. Oldenburg, P. Picasso, C. Twombly, V. Vasarely and A. Warhol. Provenance: the collection of the Dutch artist Gust Romijn (1922-2010).
- Occas. sl. age-toned. Without no.3.
= 1. Otto PIENE, Sensibilité Prussienne; 2. Arnulf RAINER. With text by Monsig. Otto Mauer (Gal. St.Stephan, Vienna); 4. Oskar HOLWECK. With text by K.P. Ertel; 5. Hermann BARTHELS. With text by Georges Peillex; 6. Hermann GOEPFERT. With text by Rochus Kowallek. Rare.
Piene, O. Texte. Frankf./ Dusseldorf, Dato/ Nota, 1961, 48p., orig. wr.
- Wrappers trifle foxed. = Published with the first Dato Bulletin.
WITH: three invitation cards for Galerie Dato exhibitions, 1961-1963, (3) lvs., recto only, 10x21 cm. - AND WITH an exhibition catalogue: "9 Aspekte Ausstellung der Galerie d, 7.Dez.1962-11.Jan.1963", three stapled cyclo-styled lvs., recto only.
- Upper corner of backwrapper w. repaired tear (±6 cm.) and w. rubbed spot.
= The first issue of Vostells magazine Décoll/age, printed in June 1962 during the formation of the Fluxus movement and before the Fluxus Festspiele in Wiesbaden in October. Contributions by Arthur Köpcke, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson, Braun, Nam June Paik, Pera, Wolf Vostell and La Monte Young.
= With contributions by C. Caspari, Christo, Jed Curtis, Henry Flint, Dick Higgins, György Ligeti, Franz Mon, Nam June Paik, Pera, Frank Trowbridge, Jan Voss, Vostell and Jean-Pierrre Wilhelm.
- Top of spine rubbed; lower half of wrapper sl. sunned.
= With contributions by C. Caspari, Christo, Jed Curtis, Henry Flint, Dick Higgins, György Ligeti, Franz Mon, Nam June Paik, Pera, Frank Trowbridge, Jan Voss, Vostell and Jean-Pierrre Wilhelm.
- Backstrip of wrapper repaired on verso w. tape (causing some moulding) and tape shining through on frontwrapper.
= Special issue "Happenings". Contains contributions by i.a. George Brecht, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Wolf Vostell and Nam June Paik.
= Contains contributions by i.a. D. Higgins, A. Kaprow, G. Metzger, F. Mon, D. Rot, B. Vautier and W. Vostell.
- First leaf loose; otherwise fine.
= One of 300 numb. and signed copies (280). With the loosely inserted invitation, with a text by Pierre Restany, for the opening of the exhibition on which occasion the book was published.
Buren, D. Limites critiques. Paris, Y. Lambert, 1970, (10)p., fold. col. plate, orig. wr. (fine). Balth, C. Perception of the line. Vreeland, the artists, 1975, without pagination, printed in 500 numb. and signed copies, orig. wr., 4to.
- Front- and backwr. w. sm. fold in upper corner. Fine.
- Very fine copy.
= Rare and important Fluxus publication by Armin Hundertmark consisting of 44 multiples and artworks, all but two signed by the contributing artists. Some contributions: E. ANDERSEN, "In case of emergency: push red button. Empty lighter in approximately 33 min. 14 sec." (plastic lighter w. printed text); C.L. ATTERSEE, "Sektjolle" (drawing, signed, dated and numb. by the artist); R. FILLIOU, "Eins. Un. One..." (col. dice, not signed); G. MACUNIAS, four photographs (not signed); A. RAINER, "Face Farce" (photograph, numb.); TAKAKO SAITO, "Klammen an... wo man will" (printed leaf w. wooden clothespin, signed and numb. by the artist) and BEN VAUTIER, "Parti du tout à Ben" (a page from an encyclopedia, stamped signed and numb.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IX.
- Sm. waterstain on foot of spine; trifle yellowed along edges.
= Exhibition catalogue. Contributing artists: Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Raimund Girke, Gotthard Graubner, Oskar Holweck, Yves Klein, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Otto Piene, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, J. R. Soto, Günther Uecker.
= Comprises: 12 Bilder (Airplanes, 1968); 11 Bilder (Women's knees, 1969, photogr. by WOLFGANG BREUERS); 1 Bild (Coat, 1970); 3 Bilder (Two girls, 1970); 7 Bilder (Group portraits, 1970); 9 Bilder (Cyclists, 1971); 45 Bilder (Shoes, 1971); 1 Bild (Pyramids, 1971); 14 Bilder (Mountains, 1971); 11 Bilder (Clouds, 1971); 6 Bilder (Football players, 1971); 152 Bilder (Portraits of women, 1971); 3 Bilder (Chairs, 1972); 1 Bild (Palms, 1972); 5 Bilder (Trees covered with snow, 1972); 15 Bilder (Trees, 1972); 9 Bilder (Streets with cars, 1972); 8 Bilder (Ambulances, 1972); 11 Bilder (Chambermaid, 1972); 11 Bilder (Seascapes, 1972-1973); 7 Bilder (Tools, 1973); 1 Bild (Volcano, 1973); 3 Bilder (Paintings of trees, 1973). Rare. Parr/ Badger II, p.158-161: "The small artist's books simple entitled either Bild (Picture) of Bilder (Pictures) that Hans Peter Feldmann made between 1968 and 1976, constitute one of the most important bodies of artist's bookworks in the twentieth century, along with those of Ruscha and Boltanski (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
- Vol. 7 w. sm. brown stain on backstrip. Otherwise fine.
= Rare complete collection of all flipbooks as artists' books published by Alecto. The artists are: Fancois Dallegret, Chic Taylor, Eduardo Paolozzi, Patrick Procktor, Malcolm Carder, Liliane Lijn, Peter Schmidt, Roy Grayson and Derek Boshier. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
- Some vols. w. some imperfections such as pinholes, some sl. sunned.
= Some artists: Fritz Kötze,Hermann Goepfert, Jef Verheyen, Kuno Gonschior, Oskar Holweck and Jan Schoonhoven.
ADDED: a publication by galerie D.
- Plastic dam., lacking pieces at corner/ edges. Contents mint.
- All outer corners of wrappers torn off.
= The extremely rare second issue of the periodical published by the Japanese art group Gutai. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.