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Baldessari, John Barry, Robert Baselitz, Georg Beuys, Joseph Black Mountain

Bochner, Mel Boltanski, Christian Brauner, Victor Brooks, Ellen Broodthaers, Marcel

Brouwn, Stanley Burden, Chris Burgy, Donald Burn, Ian

John Baldessari

Note: See Art & Project Bulletins for other BALDESSARI items.

BALDESSARI, John: ARTIST BOOK: Ingres and other Parables, Studio International, Ldn 1972, 270x300mm, (22)pp 10 b/w illus in printed card wrappers. stitch bound. VG First ARTIST BOOK text in English, French, German and Italian. Format as per a calendar that could be hung up on a wall open at one page at a time to view. 'The parables are based on the idea of a textbook for graduate students about what to expect from the art world.
£380 / 532 Euros SOLD

BALDESSARI, John: ARTIST BOOK: The Telephone book, (with Pearls) , Imschoot, Uitgevers for IC, Ghent, Belgium 1988, 210x150mm, 65pp , series of b/b photographs some altered of found images, MINT in card covers with image on front cover. FIRST EDITION of a very small edition.
£85 / 120 Euros

BALDESSARI, John: ARTIST BOOK: Four Events and Reactions, John Baldessari, Centro di Florence, Italy, 1975, 120mmx175mm, unpaginated (52)pages, mostly b/w photographs of events. "This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam from November 21st, 1975 , through January 4th, 1976'.
£85 / 120 Euros

Robert Barry

BARRY, Robert: ARTIST BOOK: Untitled, Art & Project, Amsterdam, September 1974, 210x98mm, 24pp, 5 b/w line illus of trees with some text. MINT in original white card covers. Edition of 300, rare.
£70 / 98 Euros

BARRY, Robert: ARTIST BOOK: Sperone Editore-Editarte, Turin, Italy 1970, hardcover black and white text, wrappers, perfect bound with dustjacket, book is in good condition but some damp staining to dustwrapper and spine and covers, internally OK. 170x115mm unpaginated. Barry is concerned with the limits of language, the silence within language, the ability to stand back, to remove oneself from the imposition of noise.
£40 / 56 Euros

BARRY, Robert: ARTIST BOOK: It is... it isn't, Yvon Lambert, Paris 1972, 170x110mm, 40pp, text only, VG in white boards, slight creasing to rear cover but overall a VG copy. Early Barry artist book.
Price on application

Georg Baselitz

BASELITZ: Georg: Georg Baselitz, Paintings 1960-83' Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1983, 270x210mm, 80pp many b/w and col illus, VG in paper covers. Extensive intro essay by Richard Calvocoressi, + bibliography + biography.
£10 / 14 Euros

Joseph Beuys

BEUYS, Joseph: Joseph Beuys 1957-1978 Edito a Cura di Guilliana de Crescenzo, Roma, February 1979, 245x170mm, 56pp b/w photographic illus and some texts in printed card covers. Mint. Reproduces many texts and drawings by Beuys, text by Achille Bonito Oliva (Italian).
£12 / 16 Euros

See SEVEN EXHIBITIONS under Brit Art for further items.

Mountain, Black

BLACK MOUNTAIN GROUP: Starting at Zero, Black Mountain College 1933-57, Arnolfini Bristol, UK and Kettle's yard, Cambridge, UK, 2006, with essays by Mary Emma Harris, Christopher Benfrey, Eva Diaz, Edmund de Waal, Jed Perl, 230x210mm, 120pp, illus in b/w and some colour, Mint in paper covers. This recent catalogue is a major source on Black Mountain, here five authors explore the history, the ideas and the impact of one of the most unlikely yet remarkable episodes in the arts of the twentieth in America.
£12 / 17 Euros

Mel Bochner

BOCHNER, Mel: ARTIST BOOK: 11 Excerpts 1967-70, Edition Sonnabend, Paris, 1971, 150x130mm, (32)pp text only, Mint in printed card covers. 11 excerpted paragraphs or sentences, a selection of condensed art ideas, French + English.
£35 / 50 Euros

Christian Boltanski

BOLTANSKI, Christian: Christian Boltanski, RECONSTITUTION, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Van Abbemuseum, Holland, Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble1990, brown card box 300x260mm containing various items, some produced in facsimile. This set is complete the items are as follows: 'Christian Boltanski - Reconstitution' catalogue including essay by Lynn Gumpert - The Many faces of Christian Boltanski' - Biography and Bibliography - Christian Boltanski interviewed by Georgia Marsh - 'Reconstitution de gestes effectues par Christian Boltanski entre 1948 et 1954' - '10 portraits photographiques de Christian Boltanski 1946-1964' - 'Recherche et presentation de tout ce qui reste de mon enfance' - 'Inventaire des objects ayant appartenu a une femme de Bois-Colombes' - Christian Boltanski - Saynetes Comiques' - Letter de demande d'aide' - 'Lettre aux conservateurs de Musee proposant le project des Inventaires' - 'Dispersion a l'amiable' - 'Christian Boltanski a l'honneur de vous faire ses offres de service' - 'Christian Boltanski a 5 ans 3 mois de distance' - 'Christian Boltanski et ses freres' - 3 colour postcards - Colour poster - 'L'Ange d'alliance'. All in good condition and as issued.
£170 / 250 Euros

Victor Brauner

BRAUNER, Victor: Victor Brauner, Peintures 1963/64, Alexander Iolas, Paris, New York, Geneve, 1965, 215x170mm, (26)pp, many b/w illus, catalogue of 24 works. A selection of images with a selection of poems on facing pages (Brauner's poems?), VG in heavy paper wraps with design by Brauner.
£20 / 28 Euros

Ellen Brooks

BROOKS, Ellen: Ellen Brooks, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1987, 240x240mm, 24pp, 10 col plates and some b/w illus, introduction by Ronald Jones, in yellow paper covers.
£4/ 6 Euros

Marcel Broodthaers

BROODTHAERS, Marcel: Catalogue: Marcel Broodthaers, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1989, 250x250mm, 224pp heavily illustrated with b/w and colour, in paper covers. Extensive detail, Introduction by Marge Goldwater, Essays by Michael Compton, Douglas Crimp, Bruce Jenkins, Martin Mosebach. Important show establishing Broodthaers on the world stage.
£20 / 28 Euros

Stanley Brouwn

BROUWN, Stanley: ARTIST BOOK 1000mm 879 mm, Art & Project, Amsterdam, February 1978, 150mm square (22)pp text only in white printed paper covers. MINT with original posting envelope (as issued) Edition of 1000 copies.
£60 / 86 Euros

Chris Burden

BURDEN, Chris: Catalogue: Chris Burden, Beyond the Limits, Edited by Peer Noever, MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna 1996, 280x210mm/228pp, numerous b/w and some col illus in pictorial dw. Published in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition at MAK, comprehensive catalogue covering the complete oeuvre of this vanguard Californian Peter Burden's work over a twenty-five year period. Extensive texts in German/English, includes a detailed chronology of exhibitions, performances and filmography.
£110 / 156 Euros

Donald Burgy

BURGY, Donald: ARTIST BOOK: Art Ideas for the year 4000, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Masachusetts 1970, 230mm square (36)pp text only in white card covers. VG , some foxing to rear.
£35 / 50 Euros

BURGY, Donald: ARTIST BOOK: Context Completion Ideas, Schuring Gallerie, Krefeld 1971, 200x210mm (20)pp text only, in white card covers. VG, but with some foxing to white covers.
£24 / 34 Euros

BURGY, Donald: ARTIST BOOK: Donald Burgy in the Center of Art and Communication, December 1973, CAYC, Buenos Aires 1973, 220x160mm (4)pp text only in Spanish/English, spiral bound in black card covers in plastic bag (as issued). Mint.
£24 / 34 Euros

Ian Burn

BURN, Ian: Ian Burn Minimal-Conceptual Work 1965-1970, Art Gallery of Western Australia 1992, 220x240mm, 104pp numerous b/w and col illus, VG in paper wrappers. Extensive reference source on this major Conceptual artist , part of the Art-Language Group and important whilst working in New York during this period, now considered one of Australia's most influential artists.
£24 / 34 Euros