07 May

Posted at 14:03h in EPHEMERA

Paris: Editions du Chene, n.d. (1978)
30 x 21cm, 2pp, b/w offset for the first of Boltanski's "reconstitution" artist's books which reprinted a number of earlier works made since 1969 and with two essays by Andreas Franze and Michael Schwartz. Also notes the deluxe version of the book which is signed and numbered with an original work included from an edition of 20 copies. Slight paper damage to the bottom of the leaflet elss VG. Scarce ephemera.

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23 Mar

Posted at 22:12h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Achberg: Free International University 1978
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp b/w announcement card for a lecture by Beuys with an image of the artist in full flow on the front, verso details of the event and documentation by R. Rappmann and J. Stuttgen. VG+ but this card has been previously framed and there are paper hinges still present in the corners of the card. This is signed in red ink on the front of the card over the image.

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19 Mar

Posted at 21:08h in James Lee Byars

Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern 1978 24.5 x 24.5cm, unpaginated - approx 80pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue and artist's book designed by the artist - b/w images are alternated with text by the artist. Covers a bit grubby (as almost always found) and a little fading to rear covers but otherwise very good. The first of the "white books" by the artist which coincided with this major retrospective where many sculptural objects were displayed for the first time since the artist's early career when he displayed stones alongside a walk in his parents' home....

19 Mar

Posted at 19:55h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Warsaw: Galerie Foksal PSP, 1978
15 x 21cm, 16pp (self cover) exhibition catalogue but also artist's book displaying the 14 b/w large photographs of everyday objects which could have been from the artist's past such as a toy cowboy or a jigsaw.
An important exhibition which is on the cusp of Boltanski's change of direction - thereafter for a number of years much of his publicly shown artworks were posed photographs of model or meals or diaoramas. This show both relates to the earlier archiving of his past life (truthful or not) and the future deliberately forged pictures. VG+ although some rusting to the staples.
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18 Mar

Posted at 18:02h in Jud Yalkut

Dayton, OH: Modern Times Books, n.d. (1978?) 28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w leaflet for a benefit evening of underground film and "cheap beer!". The films including Aquarian Rushes - Yalkut's film of Woodstock. Also starring " Ritey, M. Frant & Priscilla": a soft rock band. VG. ...

18 Mar

Posted at 17:59h in Jud Yalkut

Dayton, OH: Contemporary Media Study Center, n.d. (1978) 28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w leaflet for a talk and screening of works. VG....

18 Mar

Posted at 17:56h in Jud Yalkut

Dayton, OH: Sinclair Community College and the Ohio Arts Council, 1978 28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w press release announcing a series of multimedia workshops led by Yalkut along with a biography of the artist. VG....

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