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JAHRESBERICHT 1973. 1973.

paul robertson — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:35:43 +0000

Koln: Paul Maenz, 1973 30 x 21cm, 1pp small poster for an annual group show "Annual Report" at the Koln conceptual art gallery - a montage of images from Askvold, Atkinson, Baldwin, Barry, Burgin, Burn, Feldmann, Haacke, Kawara, Kosuth, Manzoni, Pnenone, Pilkington, Poirier, Ramsden, Roehr, Rushton, Salvo, Wery and Art & Language. Folded for mailing else VG+.

THE FOX. NUMBER 2.

paul robertson — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:20:36 +0000

NYC: Art & Language Foundation, New York.1975 26.5 x 21 cm, Volume Two: 163 pp. The second of three journals of conceptual art was published by the first incarnation of Art & Language when the group included later major figures such as Kosuth, and Piper (before being reduced to a much smaller grouping around Ramsden and Baldwin).

This number contains articles by Eunice Lipton, Ramsden, Terry Smith, Lizzie Borden, Charlesworth, Mark Klienberg, Piper, Menard, Corris, Burn, Bruce Kurtz interview with Robert Smithson, Stefan Morawski, Jean Toche, Robert Horvitz, Paul Kagawa, Annson Kenney, Rushton and Wood, Kosuth, Smith, Menard and White, Atkinson, Beveridge and Burn on Donald Judd, Trevor Pateman.

A VG example apart from a split along the edge of the spine. Priced thus.

CONCEPT – THEORIE. 1970.

paul robertson — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:14:03 +0000

aris: Galerie Daniel Templon, 1970 29 x 21 cm, unpaginated with photocopied typescript in card cover in plastic spine binder. First edition of this exhibition catalogue with contributions by Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, Victor Burgin, Ian Burn, Alain Kirili, Christine Koslow, Joseph Kosuth, Emilio Prini, Mel Ramsden and Bernard Venet - with illustrations throughout in b/w. Minor grubbiness to white covers and one slight but long blue biro ink line down front cover - internally VG. Scarce conceptual art document. 85 uk pounds

FIRST TRANSCRIPT SEPT 8, 1973.

paul robertson — Tue, 06 Nov 1973 09:53:31 +0000

Coventry: s.p. (Art + Language), 1973

30 x 21cm, 9pp (recto only). Vintage xerox, stapled top left. A textual essay circulated within Art & Language for discussion. The text is a later (probably final) variant of this theoretical text believed written by Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden and later circulated publicly at the ICA exhibition of the group's work. The same transcript was later circulated as part of a further (longer) document which also contained the "Second transcript" and "Third Transcript" so predates that. Original staple is missing top left else VG+. Scarce.

THESE THREE TRANSCRIPTS ALL CONCERN RECENT WORK. 1973.

paul robertson — Tue, 06 Nov 1973 09:48:53 +0000

Coventry: s.p. (Art + Language), 1973

33 x 20.5cm, 12pp (recto only). Vintage xerox, stapled top left. A textual essay circulated within Art & Language for discussion. The text is a variant (probably an unedited earlier draft because it reproduces hand-written changes which are retained in later versions) of the “First Transcript” believed written by Ian Burn and Mel Ramsden and later circulated publicly at the ICA exhibition of the groups work. An interesting working document. Staple is very slightly rusted and the last page is cleanly detached from the assemblage else VG+. Scarce.

ART IS WHAT WE DO, CULTURE IS WHAT WE DO TO OTHERS. 1973.

paul robertson — Sun, 04 Nov 1973 11:05:48 +0000

n.p.: S.p. (Burn), n.d. (c. 1973) 30 x 21cm, thirteen xerox pages (all printed recto only). Staple top left. A circulated text for discussion amongst the A+L group. Thoughts and considerations on the art world. Very good.

FIRST TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 1973; SECOND TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 28TH, THIRD TRANSCRIPT, SEPTEMBER 28TH 1973. WITH HAND WRITTEN ANNOTATIONS.

paul robertson — Sun, 04 Nov 1973 11:00:19 +0000

Coventry: s.p. (Art + Language), 1973 10 sheets of 30 x 21cm as issued offset and 5 sheets 32 x 21cm all printed recto. Stapled top left. Relatively unknown Art + Language publication distributed at the ICA show of that year as well as internally amongst the group (with some variation). Very small limitation - the text is by Ian Burn, Michael Corris Preston Heller, Mel Ramsden and Terry Smith and concerns the considerations required in the tasks relating to indexing which reflects A+L's interest in the concept of categorisation which ultimately led to the Lisson Gallery Index Show.Some edge damage to the larger pages at the extremities due to the strangely longer pages employed for the last 4 pages but otherwise very good apart from some browning. This copy has some green felt-tipped ink annotations to the copy by an unknown hand which is almost certainly one of the members of the A+L co-operative. Minor rusting to original staples. Very rare with only a small limitation.

We hold two variants of this publication: one without the second or third transcripts and another without the cover - these seem to have been for internal circulation only although all versions still look somewhat home-made because of the different sizes of the paper. Please enquire if these other two variants are of interest.

ART LANGUAGE: TERRY ATKINSON, MICHAEL BALDWIN, IAN BURN, CHARLES HARRISON, GRAHAM HOWARD, HAROLD HURRELL, Lynn LEMASTER, DAVID RUSHTON, MEL RAMSDEN, PHILIP PILKINGTON. PROCEEDINGS 1972/3 ON PERMANENT MICROFILM INSTALLATION. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 03 Nov 1973 12:43:36 +0000

Art + Language. ART LANGUAGE: TERRY ATKINSON, MICHAEL BALDWIN, IAN BURN, CHARLES HARRISON, GRAHAM HOWARD, HAROLD HURRELL, Lynn LEMASTER, DAVID RUSHTON, MEL RAMSDEN, PHILIP PILKINGTON. PROCEEDINGS 1972/3 ON PERNAMENT MICROFILM INSTALLATION London: Lisson Gallery, n.d. (1973) 10.5 x 15 cm, 1pp. Typographic announcement postcard printed red on white. One of the last Art & Language initiatives as a group was the creation of an index of all of their works on microfilm. This work has since been "lost" according to the gallery. Some heavy marking to the card and one paper scuff slightly affecting text but a very scarce A+L card relating to a forgotten work. (We would be grateful for any information on this work - do contact us should you know more about it).

ART & LANGUAGE, MEL RAMSDEN, IAN BURN 23. OKTOBER. 1973.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Oct 1973 19:22:11 +0000

Köln: Paul Maenz, n.d. (1973) 10.4 x 14.7 cm, 2pp. Typographic announcement card in Maenz’s usual bold style. On reverse gallery details. Fine.

BLURTING IN A&L. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 28 Apr 1973 18:01:04 +0000

NYC: Art & Language Press, New York, USA & The Mezzanine, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1973 21 x 15cm, unpaginated, card covers. Artist’s book published with contributions from Ian Burn, Michael Corris, Preston Heller, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden and Terry Smith between January and July 1973. Michael Corris and Mel Ramsden chose terms as headlines for the annotations after which the first letters of the headlines were used for an alphabetical ordering. In this order the annotations were numbered. References to other annotations were notated under each annotation with the intent to provoke a cross-reading or browsing. Typical of the self-referential period of the mid-70s this is a scarce and often overlooked A+L book. Fine.

IAN BURN. MEL RAMSDEN. 1971

paul robertson — Wed, 03 Nov 1971 17:05:59 +0000

Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, October 1971 10.5 x 14.9 cm1pp. Typographic announcement postcard.. On the blank reverse there are some contemporary notes by an unknown hand in blue ink which references the titles of works by Rasmden and Burn as well as the "Xerox Book (no 3)”. VG if one ignores the notes but we would suggest they are of use to art historians.

ART-LANGUAGE. 1970 – 1978. A CONTINUOUS RUN OF 9 NUMBERS

paul robertson — Fri, 04 Dec 1970 08:56:34 +0000

Art + Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 1 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1970 21.5 x 13.5cm, 32pp. Original card covers. First edition of this inaugural number of the important conceptual art journal with articles by Sol LeWitt, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner, David Bainbridge and Michael Baldwin. LeWitt's Sentences on conceptual art. Graham's Poem-Schema and Weiner's Statements had all been previously published elsewhere but being in a single journal allowed their views to be compared - LeWitt's 10th sentence is "Ideas alone can be works of art: they are in a chian of development that may eventually find other form. All ideas may not be made physical." - compare that with Weiner's more famous and more readily quoted dictum regarding the requirement that "1. an artist may construct a work 2. a work may be fabricated 3. a work need not be built. A reasonable assumption is that each being equal and consistant with the intent of an artist the decision as to condition rests within the needs of the receiver upon the occasion of receivership." A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art + Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 2 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1970 21.5 x 13.5cm, 88pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Joseph Kosuth, David Bainbridge, Frederic Barthelme, Stephen McKenna, Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Terry Atkinson, Harold Hurrell, Michael Thompson and Mel Ramsden. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art + Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 3 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, June 1970 21.5 x 13.5cm, 36pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Ramsden, Bihari, Graham Howard, Ian Burn and Roger Cutford. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 4 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, November 1971 21.5 x 13.5cm, 72pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Terry Atkinson, Stuart Knight, Michael Baldwin and Graham Howard. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 1
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1972
21.5 x 13.5cm, 58pp. Original card covers. A single number from the
conceptual art journal with articles by Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Terry
Atkinson, David Rushton, Kevin Lole, Philip Pilkington and Graham Howard. A
VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 2 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, November 1971 21.5 x 13.5cm, 36pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Ian Burn, Mel Ramadan, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, David Bainbridge and Victor Burgin. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 3 (Mis-numbered by editors as Vol 2 Nr 2) Lemington Spa: Art & Language, September 1973 21.5 x 13.5cm, 78pp. Original card covers. A single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, David Rushton, Philip Pilkington, Michael Corris, Mel Ramsden, David Bainbridge, John F. Hemmings and Graham Howard. A VG + to near fine copy. The designers mis-numbered this particular issue and the cover has the correct number tipped on as issued. JOINT WITH Art & Language HANDBOOK(S) TO GOING ON. ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 4 Chipping Norton: Art & Language, June 1974 30 x 21cm, 130pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with for the first time anonymous articles. A VG + to near fine copy. Very scarce. JOINT WITH

(Burn, Ian, Mel Ramsden and Terry Smith) Art + Language DRAFT FOR AN ANTI-TEXTBOOK ART-LANGUAGE Volume 3 Number 1 Leamington Spa: Art-Language Press, September 1974: 30 x 21cm, 110pp plus card wrappers. Single number of this conceptual art journal with contributions solely by Burn, Ramsden and Smith. Very minot marks to white wrappers else VG+.

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