103 - 587 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Fine
= Rare.
= With signed dedication by Jiri Valoch on verso frontwr.: "herzlichst, brno, 30/4/69".
Kolar, J. Básne ticha. Prague, UB, 1965, (12)p., printed by hand by Alois Chvála, loose in orig. wr., sm. 8vo. - AND 1 other similar: TOOL etc. Poesia visiva italiana. Ed. U. Carrega and J. Valoch (Brno, 1969, ills., orig. wr.).
= "A little book of BEN wurde aus einem teil der flug/fluxBLATTzeitung nr.14 und fotos der kölner ausst. happ&flux. zusammengestellt!" [colophon].
AND 10 other small sized artist's books/ publications, i.a. I. HAMILTON FINLAY, Windmills Winding Waters (n.pl., Wild Hawthorn Press, (1985), concertina card); M. BIEFER/ B. ZGRAGGEN, Prophecies (Zürich, Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, 1993) and 4 vols. of the Coll. Les Poquettes volantes (publ. by Daily-Bul, La Louvière, printed in 1000 numb. copies) by J. CORTAZAR (no.24, 1968), R. TOPOR (no.26, 1968), A. CALDERARA (no.29, 1968) and L. DEL PEZZO (no.53, 1976).
= Contains a text by P. ALECHINSKY: "Bram van Velde, le maitre".
AND: Derrière le Miror. No.11/ 12. Bram et Geer van Velde (Paris, 1948, lithogr. wr. by G. VAN VELDE) and a small col. lithograph by P. ALECHINSKY, signed on the stone, printed on p.(1) of a fold. New Year's wish by Galerie Lelong).
= One of 25 numb. copies SIGNED by the artist. With a loosely inserted short manuscript letter by the artist to Liesbeth Brandt Corstius and Kees Broos.
AND 1 other on the same.
- First and last p. and inside wr. browned (as usual). Dustwr sl. soiled, worn/ sl. dam. at extremities and flaps al always mounted onto verso wr.
= Contains contributions by i.a. Vordemberge-Gildewart and W. Sandberg. Helms, Werkverzeichnis, T442. Printed in a small number of copies, rare.
- Rubbed along extremities.
= First large exhibition in the Netherlands after WWII in September/ October 1945. Helms, Werkverzeichnis, T 412.
- Trifle yellowed in outer margins.
= Rare artist's book chronicling the whereabouts and the functioning of lemon geranium shoots taken from a geranium received by the artist's partner Emmy from a colleague at work.
Idem. Handelingen door weersomstandigheden (een jaar-rond). Bussum, Drukkerij Herbi, 1971, (12) thick lvs., photogr. ills., printed in 200 copies signed by the artist, orig. binder w. plastic clamp, folio.
- Front- and backleaf sl. yellowed along margins; front w. sm. waterstain.
= Rare artist's book reporting De Vries's actions and activities around the house during the changing seasons, such as watering the plants in spring and eating kale after the first night of frost.
AND 2 others: IDEM, 't Dooie beestenboek (Amst., n.d., ills., orig. wr., folio) and HERMAN DE VRIES, Looking smelling hearing etc. (n.pl., 2015, 3 letterpress cards, loose in orig. wr.).
- Front- and backleaf sl. yellowed along margins; front w. sm. waterstain.
= Rare artist's book reporting De Vries's actions and activities around the house during the changing seasons, such as watering the plants in spring and eating kale after the first night of frost.
Idem. De geschiedenis van een citroengeranium. The history of the lemon geranium. Gron., n.publ. (the artist), 1973, (23) thick lvs., 1 loosely inserted photogr. plate, ills., bilingual (Dutch and English) text, printed in 500 copies, loose as issued in orig. paper portfolio, folio (fine).
- Trifle yellowed in outer margins.
= Rare artist's book chronicling the whereabouts and the functioning of lemon geranium shoots taken from a geranium received by the artist's partner Emmy from a colleague at work.
AND 1 other similar by the same: 't Dooie beestenboek (Amst., n.d., ills., orig. wr., folio).
- Lower corner bumped; front- and backwr. yellowed along fore-edge.
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 19 (p.114).
Idem. Bibliografie / nieuwe konseptie / zero / 0 / nieuwe tendenzen. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Amst., Sted. Museum, 1964), (16)p., orig. wr., sm. 4to.
- Wrappers sl. yellowed along extremities; upper corner trifle bumped.
= Overdruk Museumjournaal serie 9 no. 5/6.
= Rare; cf. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.293, not listing this offprint.
AND a small stack of sm. exhibition catalogues, announcements, flyers, clippings etc. on or (w. contribution) by the same, i.a. Herman de Vries - Toevallige lijn- en punt raster strukturen (Amst., Galerie Swart, 1947), Herman de Vries - 'From here' (Kunstinformatie 36, year 8, no.1, 1982).
- Loose in lvs. (cloth tape yellowed, dried out and loosening).
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 11 (p.101) as well as www.hermandevries.org list this publication as being produced in 33 unsigned and unnumbered copies; our copy however is signed "Herman de Vries" and numb. "V70-09-6/33" on the inside of the backwrapper, probably unnoticed until now, because it is done with white pencil on white paper!
- Wrappers trifle soiled and sl. yellowed at extremities.
= Backwrapper w. AUTOGRAPH "& see her dance!" in pencil. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.184. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
= Contains numerous facs. plates of leaves, grasses and rubbish found in Bombay, Cairo, Eschenau. With a multiple (small piece of paper) bound in front, signed "Herman de Vries" and "collected:25 4 1981 Eschenau" in pencil. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 57 (p.175).
= "Die Sammlung wurde von 9. März - 12 Mai 1984 ausgestellt in de Galerie D+C Müller-Roth, Stuttgart. Kopie des dazu gehörigen Dossiers is einer auflage von 33 (...) Dieser Text und eine Sammlung von 65 darin beschriebenen Material Mustern gehören zusammen" [colophon]. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 62 (p.179).
- Wrappers sl. yellowed/ soiled.
= Special issue (no.8) of Subvers, tijdschrift voor nieuwe powezie. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 18 (p.109).
Idem. Vijf manifesten over taal - (...) en een gedicht (...). Bern, Artists Press (= Herman de Vries), 1975, (14 [of 15])lvs. (incl. 3 blank lvs.), cyclostyled, printed in 185 numb copies, orig. wr., A4.
- Unnumb. copy, without the leaf w. the mounted grass plant; with pencil annot. "recentie[sic] exemplaar - Liesbeth B.C". on frontwr. Wrapper sl. yellowed along margins.
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 29a (p.130).
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 17 (p.103) and 19 (p.114).
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 12 (p.101).
Boezem, M. As wide as. Eschauer, Herman de Vries, 1975, title-leaf and 4 plates, loose as issued in orig. wr., printed in 150 numb. and signed copies, square 8vo. Buisman, S. Swellings. Ibid., idem, 1976, (12)p. w. full-p. photogr. ill., printed in 150 numb. copies, orig. wr.
= The Eschenau Summer Press Publications, a continuation of the Temporary Travelling Press Publications no.3 and Temporary Travelling Press Publications, a continuation of the Eschenau Summer Press Publications no.4. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.223.
- Wrapper sl. yellowed along margins (backwr. somewhat more and sl. soiled).
= Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications 29a (p.130).
AND 2 catalogues by/ on the same: Toevals-objektiveringen (Rott., 't Venster, 1967) and Random shapes (Amst., Sted. Mus., cat. no.578, 1975).