- Two sm. tears at spine-ends. Otherwise fine. = Rare Fluxus inspired artist book.
= Contains facsimile reprint of Zero 1, 2 and 3.
AND 5 others on the same, i.a. D. PÖRSCHEMANN and M. SCHRAVEMAKER (ed.), Zero (Amst. etc., 2015, num. ills., orig. perforated wr. w. red translucent plastic dustwr., 4to); C. HUIZING and T. VISSER (ed.), nul = o. De nederlandse nul-groep in internationale context (Schiedam, 2011, ills., orig. wr., 4to) and B. TIL (ed.), Zero. Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/ 60er Jahre (Düsseldorf, 2006, num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to).
- Lacks upper pin in hinge.
= Published the same year as Mekas' documentary "Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania," about his return trip to the village where he was born. Very rare Fluxus publication. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VIII.
= Published on the occasion of the exhibitions Modifications Baj - Jorn - Spoerri at the Ronny van de Velde gallery in Antwerp. The vols. on Baj and Spoerri SIGNED by the artist.
- Backstrip sl. sunned.
= Orig. wr. (titled in pencil by the artist on front- and backwr.). The first plate shows a pattern of parallel black lines; on every next plate the same, but (sl.) rotated pattern of lines is added, thus more and more filling the page. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.
AND 2 others on/ by the same, both exhibition catalogues w. (col.) serigraphs by F. MORELLET.
- Aluminum leaf rubbed. Wrapper sl. ruststained around staples; backwrapper loose.
= Catalogue published on the occasion of the group exhibition at the Hessenhuis Antwerpen, March 21 - May 3, 1959 with contributions by the participating artists: Breer, Bury, Klein, Mack, Mari, Munari, Mecker, Rot, Soto, Spoerri, Tinguely, Van Hoeydonck. Contributions to the catalogue by Emmet Williams, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Pol Bury, Dieter Roth, Jean Tinguely, Paul Van Hoeydonck and Heinz Mack. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
- Owner's entry on title of vols. 2 and 3. Backstrips sl. rubbed. Otherwise very fine.
= A very rare complete run of this scarce German avant-garde journal with contributions by Bazon Brock, Peter Hamm, Ferdinand Kriwet, Gisela Neumann, Elisabeth Borchers, Franz Mon, Raoul Hausmann, Georges Schéhadé, Bernard Schultze, Alberto Burri, Claus Bremer, Bernard Buffet, John Cage, Jean Bazaine, Alfred Jarry, Heinz Mack, Dieter Roth, Kurt Schwitters, Daniel Spoerri, Victor Vasarely, Otto Piene, the Noigandres Group and others. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
- Sm. rubbed spot on frontwrapper of 3rd vol.; vol. 5 contents loose.
= Three catalogues of the significant exhibition series Nova Tendencija (New Tendency). It developed into a dynamic platform dedicated to visual research of art and new (computer) technologies. Five shows in total took place between 1961 and 1973. Nouvelle Tendance/ New Tendency was an art movement founded in Yugoslavia in 1961, but soon became international in scope as part of the broader European post-informal art movement in the 1960s and 70s. Participating artists and artists groups included Bruno Munari, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, François Morellet, Otto Piene, Dieter Roth, Günther Uecker, Henk Peeters, Herman de Vries, Julije Knifer, Picelj, Gruppo Di Ricerca Cibernetica, Equipo 57 and Zero. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
- Wrappers sl. worn/ scratched. = Rare first issue of the periodical by the Dutch ZERO group.
Nul = 0. Serie 1, no.2. April 1963. Tijdschrift voor de nieuwe tendenzen in de beeldende kunst. Ed. H. Peeters, H. de Vries. Ibid., idem, 1963, 17-36,(2)p., collage of sm. mounted blue ("Yves Klein blue") square on black leaf, ills., printed in 300 copies, orig. wr. w. ills. of fingerprints of P. MANZONI on frontwr., 4to.
- Wrappers sl. sunned along edges.Otherwise fine.
= Second issue of the periodical by the Dutch ZERO group dedicated to the recently deceased Piero Manzoni and Yves Klein. Rare.
= On the European Zero movement with contributions by i.a. Arman, Pol Bury, Lucio Fontana, Piero Dorazio, Henk Peeters, J.J. Schoonhoven, G. Uecker and J. Verheyen.
De nieuwe stijl. Werk van de internationale avant-garde. Vol. 1 and 2. Ibid., De Bezige Bij, n.d. (1965-1966), 2 vols., 180; 206p., photogr. ills. i.a. by P. MECHANICUS, orig. not unif. wr.
- Frontwrapper lacks sm. portion near foot of spine; sl. nibbled by silverfish along edges.
- Top of spine dustwr. sl. frayed.
= SIGNED by Otto Piene in pencil on htitle. Facsimile reprint of the periodicals Zero 1, Zero 2 and Zero 3, originally published in 1958 and 1961. With the torn page 88 and burned page 94.
= Catalogue for one of the earliest Fluxus events, organised by Radio Télévision Française under the direction of Jean Tardieu, and the ""Domaine Poétique"" competition represented by Jean-Clarence Lambert and Jean-Loup Philippe. Organized by Emmett Williams and Daniel Spoerri. The event was held at the Musee d'Art Moderne and included participations by George Brecht, Terry Brown, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Pat Keene, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas, Jackson Mac Low, Simone Morris, Benjamin Patterson, Terry Riley, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams, and La Monte Young. French translation by Robert Filliou. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
- Wrappers trifle dustsoiled. Frontwr. of no.1 tear in fore-edge margin.
= Containing contributions by i.a. Bernard Aubertin, Constant, Herman Goepfert, Christian Megert, Michel Seuphor, Peter Struyken, Jean Tinguely and Jiri Valoch. No.1 is also the catalogue of the exhibition "Aktuell 65"; no.2/3 w. 13 (lithogr./ stencilled) plates (incl. 1 fold. poster) by i.a. D. Roth, N. Vigo, H. de Vries and W. Ganzevoort; no.9 consists of 5 black lvs. ("zwart" by Ad Reinhardt), 2 gold lvs. w embossed lines ("boodschap" by Mathius Goeritz) and 6 white lvs. ("wit" by Herman de Vries); no.10 is a hommage to i10. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.347ff. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
= Extremely rare hand-made artist's book by Fluxus artist Takako Saito commemorating her days in Devon. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
= SIGNED by the artist and "'85/ 89" in pen on first free endpaper.
Melissen, A. Jan Schoonhoven. Rott., Nai010, 2015, 192p., num. ills., orig. boards, large 4to. Schoemaker-van Weeszenbergh, M. a.o. Jan Schoonhoven Delft. Delft, Stichting Licht op Schoonhoven, 2015, 160p., richly illustr., orig. boards, 4to. - AND 9 others on the same, i.a. JAN J. SCHOONHOVEN. Atelier 5 (Leverkusen, 1981, ills., orig. wr.); K. SCHMIDT (ed.), J.J. Schoonhoven Zeichnungen-Tekeningen 1940-1975 (Düsseldorf etc., 1975, ills., orig. wr., large 4to).
- Each issue folded as usual. Despite some minimal wear, all issues in very fine condition.
= Rare complete set of this periodical published by the London gallery Signals focusing on kinetic art. Although intended as a general forum, each issue focusses on a particular artist and the wider context and repercussions of their oeuvre. The artists discussed in detail are: Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis), Sergio de Camargo, Marcello Salvadori, Lygia Clark, Naum Gabo, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesús-Rafael Soto and Alejandro Otero. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.