01 May

Posted at 23:25h in Proposals

Leeds: New Arcadians, 1981 21 x 29.8cm, 28pp plus wrappers. The first publication by the New Arcadian's imprint released to correspond with the exhibition "Mr Aislabie’s Gardens" at Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Art Gallery however the book is notable for being the first and only publishing of Finlay's The Monteviot Proposal (1979) - a facsimile of Nicholas Sloan's drawings and text for a large scale renewal of the Lothian Estates in Monteviot. The nine page proposal not only calls for the reclamation of a woodland pool, but the planting of trees and various pillar-flutes and provision of picnic-sites in the form of glades. A scarce publication. JOINT: 30 x 21cm, 1pp mimeograph subscription form for the New Arcadians journal. Slight edge wear. ...

10 Apr

Posted at 16:03h in Invitation Cards

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1981
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a solo show of small stone works by Finlay.and also the launch of the book of the same name. One work ZENO-IS HERE is reproduced on the front.

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07 Apr

Posted at 17:45h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1981
13.8 x 90cm, 1pp. Gardner's drawing of the titular pillar box (a defensive position made usually of concrete in the second world war) suggests such a structure is needed as a posting box for the letters sent by Finlay and others during the Little Sparta War and other disputes.
On the reverse, there is a handwritten note from Sue Finlay to Harry Warschauer thanking him for putting her in touch with "NK" at Duck Soup, and for his gifts. She mentions that she (they?) are very busy due to changing an exhibition but also because of the "devastated garden'. A stamped and mailed copy but VG+.

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03 Apr

Posted at 14:56h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

München: Kunstraum München, 1981 10.5 x 14.7cm, 2pp exhibition announcement card for a joint exhibition of works by Jonas Hafner and Joseph Beuys created in memoriam for a 19 year old student of Beuys' who had been killed in April 1980. Typographic design only. VG+. JOINT: 30 x 21cm, 1pp press release from the gallery with price details of one work. Text only. Folded twice and with punched holes for storage. Else VG. ...

20 Mar

Posted at 09:34h in James Lee Byars

NYC: Michael Werner, 1981 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (24pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with ten tipped on colour images of works (mostly sculptures). VG. ...

19 Mar

Posted at 21:40h in James Lee Byars

Munster: Westfalischen Kunstwerein, 1981 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp (horizontal fold). Announcement card printed in black on white for three performances by Byars in the Botanical Gardens - The Perfect Kiss, The Perfect Cheek and The Perfect Fragrance. B/w image of the Botanical Garden's greenhouse on the front. One yellow stain to inside of card else VG. This design and typography of the card is very similar to that of an earlier announcement by Byars in 1975 in Amsterdam’s Der Appel. ...

18 Mar

Posted at 18:27h in Jud Yalkut

Dayton, OH: University of Dayton Rike Center Gallery, 1981 27 x 21.5cm, 2pp black on white announcement card/mailer with a typographic design for a group show which included Jud Yalkut, Arthur Chaffee, Judith Miller, Ken Nevadomi and Thomas Silver. Folded as issued - an unmailed example....

12 Mar

Posted at 16:52h in James Lee Byars

Munster: Westfalischen Kunstwerein, 1981 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp (horizontal fold). Announcement card printed in black on white for three performances by Byars in the Botanical Gardens - The Perfect Kiss, The Perfect Cheek and The Perfect Fragrance. B/w image of the Botanical Garden's greenhouse on the front. One yellow stain to inside of card else VG. ...

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