Sainte-Yrieix-la Perche, 2021 21 x 15cm, 8pp (self cover). Artist's book with 5 b/w images of Sophie V. and a text detailing Gette's encounters with his muse. One of 250 examples printed. VG+.
Ipswich: Christchurch Mansion, 1990 11 x 15.6cm, 6pp. Folded (asymmetric) announcement card with one image of Gette placing a "Om" sign on the beach. VG+ although a colour underlining of the text "catalogue available" which does not distract.
Lille: Alain Buyse, 1990 10 x 14.5cm, 1pp adhesive sticker with a design by Gette on the front in black (0m - a symbol used often by Gette to indicate touch or closeness) on a printed backing sheet with details of the edition which is rubber-stamped in ink by Gette and dates also in rubber stamp black ink. One of 300 such examples. Scarce. VG+ although slightly browned at edges after 30 years.
Bruxelles: Antichambres, 1990 42 x 32cm, 2pp. Red and black on white exhibition poster and brochure for a museum show where Gette's work was shown in comparison with that of Rene Magritte. Folded as issued for mailing else VG+.
Lille: Galerie Epreuve d'Artiste, 2000 21 x 15ccm, 2pp announcement card with a detail of a (tapestry?) work on the front in colour, verso gallery details. VG+.
Nice: Galerie Pierre Bernard, 1990 21 x 30cm, 2pp large format announcement card with a detail of a Gette photograph on the front in colour, verso gallery details. VG+.
Besancon: Le Pave dans la Mare, 2007 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with P-A Gette's well known 0m sculpture made out of red flower petals in the shape of a (pubic) triangle. Verso museum details as well as mention of a performance by the artist. VG+.
Paris: Galerie Jean Brolly, 2010 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduction of a collage by Gette on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.
Paris: Galerie Mouvements, 2018 21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduction of a card showing the latin name of the plant Ornithogalum umbellatum L. on the front (a plat that is known as garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, and eleven-o'clock lady. verso gallery details. VG+.
Paris: AARP, 1974 21 x 15cm, 4pp in light green printed wrappers. Artist's book which documents the plants found by Gette around Regent's Canal, Chelsea Embankment (Gette spells Chelsea as "Chelsey"), Tower Bridge and Hammersmith (la rive droit!) and "St Pancrase Way" (Pancras Way in E2) in London during a visit to the ICA in 1972. Lists all the plants he found with two b/w images of the landscape. VG+. Scarce early artist's book.
Lund: Galerie St Petri, 1972 21 x 15cm, three 1pp sheets in 4pp outer folder. Artist’s book with two sheets listing the various flora and fauna found on the beach and in the woods near Ringsjon and an introductory sheet. Text in Swedish. Very slight light (sun) damage on the back cover else VG+. Rare.
Cali, Colombia: Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, 2000 23.5 x 16.5cm, 24pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with 9 full colour reproductions of photogrpahs by Gette and two b/w images. Text in Spanish. VG+.
Creast: Galerie Lydie Rekow, 2001 21 x 15cm, 16pp plus card covers. Artist's book and exhibition catalogue with 3 full colour plates of two photographs by Gette and a colour drawing. Texts in French by Lydie Rekow and the artist. One of 250 copies. VG+.
N.p. (Paris): Eter (Gette), 1992 15 x 10.5cm, two 1pp inserts into a 4pp outer sheet. A "special" number of Gette's Eter conceptual art journal that he founded in 1966. One of the internal sheets shows a three b/w photographs of a stool with a piece of cotton placed in the hole left to allow the stool to be easily picked up (shaped to resemble a female sex) and a shot of Gette's hand touching the cotton in close up. A text in french explains the work "La Banquette". A verse scarce hors commerce number of the journal. VG+.
Antibes: Arrocaria Editions, 1976 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a b/w image of a rule placed in the ground next to a plant Artemisia camperstris L. (which is found on beaches in Europe). Typical of early Gette works where he investigates the area around the seaside and merges the practice of science with art. VG+. Scarce.
Berlin: DAAD, 1980 14.7 x 20cm, 48pp. Card covers. Artist's book displaying one colour image and 25 b/w images of invasive plant species found in Berlin from China, Balkans, North and South America. One of the 975 copies aside from the 25 du tete examples. VG+.
Porte Avion: Al Dante, 1999 21 x 15cm, 62pp plus card covers. Artist's book with numberous reproductions of Gette's erotic drawing and photographs along with texts by Gette in French. One of 700 copies released. VG+.
Fukuoka: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Fukuoka, 1997 21 x 21cm, 24pp plus printed card covers. Exhibition catalogue with fouteen colour images of drawings, sculptures, photographs and one of the artist as well as a text by Gette in French and Japanese. VG+.
Temple: Show and Tell Editions, 2022 45 x 42mm red and silver enamel and metal pin broach in 5.7 x 5.7 x 2cm plastic two part box and printed label. The work references both the Greek goddess Diana, the moon cycle and menstruation. The title translates to “ Moondrops”. One of only 100 examples.
Gentilly: Room, 2000 8.5 x 11cm, typographic design by Gette on the front, verso gallery details for a joint show. VG+.
N.P.: Press du Reel, 2022 29 x 20cm, unpaginated c. 280pp plus pictorial wrappers. A major monograph on the work of Paul-Armand Gette covering is interest in classical gods, the landscape and the female form. Many full colour and b/w illustrations of works throughout. Text in french by Marguerite Pilven. This copy is handsigned and dedicated to Paul Robertson using the latter's nickname "pablorobo" by Gette on the first blank inner page. VG+. Not for sale.
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