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FIVE FRENCH ARTISTS. 1982.

paul robertson — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:12:25 +0000

NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1982 15 x 10cm, 1pp announcement card. Fine condition - hand addition (as issued) on the date.

SELECTED WORKS 1968 – 1978. 1979.

paul robertson — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:12:39 +0000

NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1979 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for a minor retrospective with a detail of one work "Le Decor" on the front in colour, verso gallery details. VG+.

THIS CHILDISH MAN …. 1974.

paul robertson — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:57:07 +0000

NYC: John Gibson Gallery, n.d. (1974) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for one of Le Gac's earliest exhibitions in the USA. The front of the card shows a typical narrative work - a photograph of a man with a slingshot and an invented text "This childish man is making a little boy believ e that he is going to shoot at a giant with a slingshot". Verso gallery details. Hard to find. VG+.

JEAN LE GAC. 1994.

paul robertson — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:09:01 +0000

Saint-Paul-de-Vence: Galerie Catherine Issdert, 1994 21 x 15cm, 1pp typographic design announcement card for a solo show. Unmailed example - VG+.

USOPHOTO. 1980.

paul robertson — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:53:39 +0000

Firenze: Piramide, 1980 15.8 x 10.7cm, 2pp printed red on thick cream card. Announcement for a large scale group show of photography curated by Alessandro Vezzosi. Included works by Giovanni Anselmo, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Giuseppe Chiari, James Coleman, James Collins, Jan Dibbets, Gilberrt & George, Dan Graham, Douglas Heubler, Peter Hutchison, Jiri Kolar, Jan (sic) Le Gac, Sol Lewitt, Irs Luthi, Naurizio Nannucci, Dennis Oppenheim, Giulio Paolini, Giuseppe Penone, Arnulf Rainer, Ulrike Rosenbach, Allen Kaprow and others. The card has a horizontal crease and a brown mark on the top right of the card else VG.

EN PLEIN AIR. 2022.

paul robertson — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 11:24:29 +0000

Chaumont-sur-Loire: DOmaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2022 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with with one painting Le Gac on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.

LE GAC. 1974.

paul robertson — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:01:49 +0000

Rotterdam: Galerie 't Venster, 1975 62 x 44cm, b/w offset lithographic exhibition poster with a design by the artist. Folded for storage with a small tear along the fold line on the left of the sheet else VG.

ART INFORMATION OF JEAN LE GAC. ART INFORMATION No. 6. 1972. SIGNED & STAMPED: ONE OF 200.

paul robertson — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 14:26:04 +0000

Dusseldorf: Art Information/Media Contact, 1972 30 x 21cm, 12pp (printed recto only) with 4 reproductions of photographs by the artist and a number of "personal messages" sent to friends by Le Gac in various languages as well as a lengthy story (in French) about his beloved car which he had crashed into a tree. Edited by Dietmar Kirves - who along with Boris Lurie founded and developed No Art. Cover with rubber stamping and ink signature from Le Gac. VG+ although two punch holes for ring- binder storage. Very scarce - one of only 200 examples.

LES VISAGES DU PEINTER/DIE GESICHTER DES MALERS. 1989.

paul robertson — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:06:45 +0000

Stuttgart: Brigitte March Gallerie, 189 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a show of paintings, verso gallery details. This is a mailed example with a glued on address label and franked stamp. VG+.

LA VOITURE DU PEINTRE. 1977.

paul robertson — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 09:37:03 +0000

Firenze: Renzo Spagnoli, 1977 66 x 44cm, b/w offset lithographic artist's poster displaying Le Gac's car after a road trip to England (Dartmoor) in front of the restaurant "Aux Tamaris" in Paris . A text below the image reads: "La voiture du Peintre photographiee devant le restaurant "Aux Tamaris" a Paris le jour ou il etait revenu sur le continent, quitant Postbridge un coin perdu de la lande de Dartmoor ou il s'etait fixe, sur la simple indication que ce restaurant, tenu par de vagues cousins croyait-il, s'appelait Tamaris comme la localite du Midi de la France ou il etait ne Bien qu'il se trompat du tout au tout il avait ete heureux que ce nom de lieu (la Jerusalem celeste pour lui) se trouvat associe comme autrefois a des senteurs meridionales h'huile chaide et de sardine grilles." which roughly translates to: " The Painter's car photographed in front of the restaurant "Aux Tamaris" in Paris the day he returned to the continent, leaving Postbridge, a lost corner of the Dartmoor moor where he had settled, on the simple indication that this restaurant, held by vague cousins, he believed, was called Tamaris after the locality in the South of France where he was born Although he was totally wrong, he had been happy that this place name (heavenly Jerusalem for him) found itself associated, as in the past, with southern scents of hot oil and grilled sardines." A work about homecoming after exile. And decent french food. Folded and slightly browned with minor tears along fold lines but else VG. A scarce artwork in the form of a poster.

LE PAYSAGE EN RAMPANT, EN LISANT, EN DORMANT. 1993.

paul robertson — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:54:46 +0000

Chateaugiron: Galerie du domaine Départemental de Dourven, 1993 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for a solo show with a photograph of the artist lying on the ground reproduced in colour on the front. Verso galley details. VG+.

NARRATIVE ART. 1974.

paul robertson — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:25:52 +0000

Bruxelles: Palais des Baeux-Arts, 1974

30 x 21cm, 60pp plus card covers. An exhibition of works by conceptual artists who were all represented by the NYC John Gibson Gallery. Texts and b/w images of works by David Askevold, Didier Bay, Bill Beckley, Robert Cumming, Peter Hutchinson, Jean le Gac and Roger Welsh with a preface by James Collins. Some grubbiness to wrappers but else VG. A lesser known conceptual show.