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PORTRAIT-PÉTALES. 1973. ONE OF 50 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL COLLAGES (PAPER AIRPLANES) BY BAL.

paul robertson — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:48:00 +0000

Antwerp: Guy Schraenen Éditeur, 1973 38 x 38cm (large format) outer folder with four inserts each 38 x 38cm with applied collage (a folded paper airplane by Baj) in such a way that each consecutive plane appears to be flying over the page. Opposite each collage is a printed concrete text by Heidsieck. Paper is heavy card. One the first inner page of the cover is a paper envelope containing a 7 inch single (45rpm) of the title sound poem Portrait-Petales on one side. This is one of 30 special edition copies which is signed and numbered by both Heidsieck and Baj on a colophon sheet aside from the normal edition of 120 copies without the collages. This copy has some general light marking to the outside white folder and one small mark on the half-title page else VG+. The spine is slightly folded but that is typical of the entire edition. Very scarce.

L’OEUVRE GRAVE & CATALOGUE DE L’OEUVRES GRAPHIQUES ET DES MULTIPLES. 1974.

paul robertson — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:43:38 +0000

Geneva: Muller, 1971/1974. Two volumes, complete. Uniformly 27.2 x 27cm, unpaginated - c. 300pp total over both volumes. Original plain card slipcases. The catalogue raisonne for all works, prints, multiples to 1974 with all items reproduced: many full-page and many in colour along with text descriptions. Several b/w portraits of the artist - as a younger man and middle aged/ The first volume has an original five colour silkscreen print (a General) over two sheets which is bound into the book. VG+. Scarce. Price is for both volumes.

BAJ. 1967.

paul robertson — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:33:57 +0000

Brescia: Galleria Del Minotauro, 1967

23 x 16cm, 12pp plus covers. Exhibition catalogue and invitation to a show of sixteen new works by the Arte Nucleare artist. Seven b/w illustrations from the sixteen works listed (including Baj 'Generals'). Text in Italian and English by Jan van der Marck. Very good.

IL GESTO. Nr 1. (WITH THE FONTANA LITHOGRAPH LAID IN)

paul robertson — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:56:40 +0000

Milano: Movimento Arte Nucleare/E.P.I., 1955

31.8 x 22.2cm. 16 pp. Illustrations in b/w throughout. Wrappers with a pictorial design after a sculpture by Max Ernst. Edited by Enrico Baj and Sergio Dangelo.

The first and scarcest number (of four published) of this journal of the Arte Nucleare group which here has contributions from many involved in the "Bauhaus Imaginista" group and is thus an important document in the development of International Situationism as well as the technophilic arte nucleare movement. Contributions from Sanesi, Jaguer, Izima, Dangelo and original contributions from Fontana, Jorn, Ernst and others.

Fontana's contribution is an original black lithograph on coloured paper which is simply laid in. Some slight fading to wrappers and signs of past water damage to the top and bottom corners which has caused some paper scuffing where pages have in the past been peeled apart, else a vg copy. The Fontana lithograph is very good + with only minor edge soft creases.

STORIE DI UBU POSTCARD. SIGNED BY BAJ

paul robertson — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:17:30 +0000

Perriere: centre Attivita Artistiche, n.d.

14.5 x 10cm, 2pp, full colour gallery postcard illustrating the title painting of Ubi killing the king of Poland has been signed by the artist in blue ink below the image. Very good.

ENRICO BAJ. 1961.

paul robertson — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:15:59 +0000

Milano: Schwarz Galleria d'Arte, 1961
10.5 x 15.5cm, 2pp. Typographic invitation card for a solo show at Schwarz's important Italian gallery space.