Harald Szeemann - Unoriginal Sins

LICHT UND BEWEGUNG – KINETISCHE KUNST. 1966.

paul robertson — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:37:25 +0000

Dusseldorf: Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1966

14.8 x 10.4cm, 4pp typographic design for an early manifestation of Zero as curated by Harald Szeemann. The exhibition had previously been in Bern and Brussels. VG+.

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PRESS RELEASE ADMITTING THE FABRICATION OF A LETTER FROM HARALD SZEEMANN. 1972.

paul robertson — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:11:21 +0000

NYC: s.p. (Hendrics/Toche), 1972

30 x 21cm, b/w offset. A press release in which Hendricks and Toche announce publicly that a supposed letter to them from Harald Szeeman in which he hints at a sexist policy for Documenta 5 (which he was curating) was a forgery made by the Guerrilla Art Action Group. They ascribed views to Szeemann that he had not actually made (but they inferred) and mixed in English translations of short passages by Adolf Hitler including "“The whores were at it again. […] I give the orders. Women should make soup, that’s all.”.

The letter by admitting this (actually illegal) act opens an interesting debate as to whether such tactics are reasonable or not. The forged letter was believed by some at first and while it did open a debate about the inclusion of women in Documanta 5 it also maligned Szeemann by exaggerating his real position.

This has some edge damage and browning on the right and small tears where the leaflet was folded but a scarce document indeed.

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MARIO MERZ AVEC LA COLLABORATION DE HARALD SZEEMANN. 1987.

paul robertson — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:40:52 +0000

Paris: Le Festival d’Automne a Paris, 1987

30 x 21cm, 9pp (printed recto only), xerox (as issued), corner stapled exhibition handout with an essay by Demosthenes Davvetas and a foreword by Szeemann. List of works displayed and gallery plan. Mild creases to front cover else VG.

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WEISS AUF WEISS. 1966.

paul robertson — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:30:25 +0000

Bern: Kunstalle Bern, 1966
Large format tabloid newspaper on glossy paper. 48 x 34cm, 24pp (self cover). Exhibition catalogue for a major exhibition curated by Harald Szeemann where the major these was “white on white”. A large number of contributing artists from pop artists like Rosenquist, Zero artists such as Uecker and Klein and some early minimalists such as Dekkers. The broadside is in VG+ condition although folded horizontally for storage and some minor wear and holes as the points of cross fold. Very scarce.

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WHEN ATTITUDES BECOME FORM: LIVE IN YOUR HEAD. 1969. THE RARE SIX PAGE HANDOUT.

paul robertson — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:41:01 +0000

London: Institute of Contemporary Art,, 1969
21 x 15cm, 6pp. Duotone. The exceptionally rare exhibition hand out for this travelling exhibition of concept art. Four images of works including works by Merz, Ruthenbeck and Flanagan and two texts in English by Charles Harrison and Harald Szeemann. A fine example.

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SCHLAU SEIN DABEI SEIN. 1980. KIPPENBERGER’S FOURTH EVER BOOK.

paul robertson — Thu, 10 Apr 1980 14:16:13 +0000

Koln: Merve Verlag, n.d. (180)
34.1 × 24cm, 56pp plus 1 A4 insert by Heiner Muller. A publication released on the publishing house's tenth anniversary (the title decided upon by Kippenberger who also designed the front back back covers and inner lages 34/35. Essays by Walter Seitter, Christian Descamps, Paul Virilio, Jean-François Lyotard,
Harald Szeemann, Gilles Deleuze, Thomas Kapielski, Roland Barthes. VG+. This was Kippenberger’s 4th ever book - in VG+ condition - rare. Kippenberger Bucher Nr. 4.

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JE NOUS W IK J. 1975.

paul robertson — Sun, 05 Jan 1975 22:08:19 +0000

Bruxelles: Mussee d'ixelles, 1975
34.5 x 28cm, unpaginated. Collective artist's book with the intent of creating an "art political circus" in collaboration with the Belgium art magazine Pour. Harald Szeemann curated the show and the artist's contributions as pageworks were assembled into a collaborative book - of which this is an example. Many important conceptual artists of the period took part including Andre, Artswager, Ben, Beuys (front cover), Boltanski, Buren (an extensive plan of the installation in colours), Byars, Christo, Filliou, Huebler, On Kawara, Kienholtz, Ono, Panamarenko, Spoerri, Tuttle and Weiner amongst others. Slight wear to the dark wrappers and one slight unopened slit along the fold at the bottom of the spine but over all very good. Very scarce.

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A 37 90 89 IN DUSSELDORF. 1969.

paul robertson — Wed, 29 Oct 1969 09:04:43 +0000

Antwerpen: A 37 90 89, n.d. (1969)
30 x 21cm, 1pp. b/w mimeograph - a handout produced by Kasper Koenig issued during the LIDL events in Dusseldorf listing the various artists involved in the events - names include Beuys, Cladders, Carl Andre, Jim and Eugenia Butler, Any de Decker, Bernrd Lohaus, Daniel Buren, Niele Torini, Seth Siegelaub, Stanley Brown, Harald Szeemann, Mis Viusser, Palermo, Marcel Broodthaers, Doeothee and Konrad Fischer amongst others. There are two punched holes for the leaflet to be stored in a ring binder but else VG+. Very scarce documentation.

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