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HOSTAGES. 1988. SIGNED BY CHARLES HARRISON.

paul robertson — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:11:25 +0000

London: Lisson Gallery, 1988 21 x 15cm, 12pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of paintings by the now reduced in size conceptual art group. Essay by Charles Harrison and four b/w images of the paintings. Slight rust to staples else This copy is signed in black ink by Charles Harrison on the title page. VG. Scarce.

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

BALDWIN’S HABITS OF LANGUAGE 1.

paul robertson — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:11:48 +0000

N.p.: n.p., n.d. 30 x 21cm, 5pp (recto only). Vintage xerox. A curious document analysing Michael Baldwin's Planms and Procedures from Art- Language Vol1. No. 2. Found in Charles Harrison's archive the text looks at the article by Baldwin and carries out word counts, checks the most popular words utilised by the author, alliteration, and other less common methods of analysing a text. The article appeaars to be by a "Paul Lapworski" if the handwritten name on the documennt is correct. Three rusted staples on left else VG. Date and purpose unknown.

ART-LANGUAGE. NEW SERIES NUMBER 1. 1994.

paul robertson — Wed, 23 Mar 1994 14:57:21 +0000

Banbury: Art & Language, 1994 21 x 15cm, 72pp- plus card covers. Single number of this continuation of the Art-Language journal which had ceased production in 1985. Edited by Harrison there are two essays - "Mistaken Identities" by Paul Wood and "On Conceptual Art and Painting" by Baldwin, Harrison and Ramsden. Surprisingly scarce given it was the last of the series. VG+.

HOSTAGES. 1988.

paul robertson — Wed, 23 Mar 1988 19:55:27 +0000

(PROVISIONAL) ART & LANGUAGE. 1976.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Nov 1976 13:36:03 +0000

Paris: Galerie Eric Fabre, 1976.

30 x 21cm, 9pp Xeroxed (as issued) pages with a text in French relating to cultural debates in the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives and the resulting votes. Written by Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, David Bainbridge, Harold Hurrell and Charles Harrison this was the first edition thus of this very scarce document. Very good condition.

‘THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE RULING CLASS GETS ITS APOTHEOSIS IN A WORLD OF DORIS DAYS”. 1975.

paul robertson — Tue, 29 Apr 1975 18:59:55 +0000

N.p. (Coventry): n.p. (Art-Language Press), n.d. (1975) 21 x 21cm, 8pp (self cover). Artist's book with a text by Michael Baldwin discussing the art market. Relatively unknown A&L publication. Minor browning at spine but overall VG+. JOINT (AS ISSUED): UNTITLED N.p. (Coventry): n.p. (Art-Language Press), n.d. (1975) 13 x 13cm, 1pp red and black offset lithograph with a minimalist design (presumably by Baldwin). VG+.

ART & LANGUAGE. 1974.

paul robertson — Wed, 16 Jan 1974 08:50:22 +0000

Luzern: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1974 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (40pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with a long text - "Proceedings I - VI" - in both English and a German translation. The Proceedings were based on original conversations between Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Charles Harrison, Graham Howard, Harold Hurrell, Philip Pilkington, and David Rushton. Slight marks to mostly white wrappers else VG+. Scarce.

ART LANGUAGE TERRY ATKINSON MICHAEL BALDWIN PHILIP PILKINGTON DAVID RUSHTON IAN BURNS MEL RAMSDEN. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 03 Nov 1973 12:55:39 +0000

London: Lisson Gallery, 1973 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp postcard (typographic with the artist’s names on recto) for this the last of the group’s collective exhibitions before the split of late 1973 when the internal contradictions of the the active members meant that only Ramsden and Baldwin would be active members under the title of A+L. Scarce. Fine condition.

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).

TALKING TO MICHAEL BALDWIN: A COMPLETE INDEX. 1973. ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES.

paul robertson — Sat, 03 Nov 1973 11:59:26 +0000

N.p.: S.p. (Harrison), 2000 (1973)

30 x 21cm, 87pp colour xerox pages in original A4 file. A record of conversations between Harrison and Baldwin that took place in 1973. The edition was only published 27 years later and is signed by both Baldwin and Harrison and is numbered 1/3.

JOINT

A folder of working notes and papers related to the book which are not included in the final work

2,950 uk pounds

UNTITLED TEXT ON PRAGMATIC-SEMANTIC DUALISM. FIRST DRAFT IN XEROX FORM OF AN UNPUBLISHED TEXT. (c. 1971)

paul robertson — Sat, 06 Nov 1971 09:34:24 +0000

Coventry: s.p. (Baldwin), n.d.(probably 1971 - 1972) 33 x 22cm, 5pp (recto only) consisting of xeroxed pages the originals torn from Baldwin’s notebook and then each line hand-numbered in red by the artist down the page. A text which was prepared for printing but to the best of our knowledge not completed. Paper a bit browned.