Koln: Galerie Heinz Holtman, 2014

15 x 10.5cm, 4pp announcement card for a retrospective show of artists affiliated with the Zero movement including Bernard Aubertin, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Jean Tinguely, Gunter Uecker, Piero Dora-Zio, and Arman. Two works reproduced in colour on front and back, internally gallery details. VG+.

Zero,

21 x 30cm, 16pp stapled offset b/w programme for the 1980 show. The programme notes a huge number of participants exhibiting art at the New York's Passenger Ship Terminal including Eric Andersen, Ay-o, John Cage, Christo, Philip Corner, Yoko Ono, Ben Patterson, Knud Petersen, Otto Piene, Klaus Groh, Geoffrey Hendricks, Ray Johnson, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Richard Kostelanetz, Takehisa Kosugi, Carolee Schneemann, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier and details of a "Group Hologram Show" and a "Group Audio Show" which included David Tudor, John Giorno, Takehisa Kosugi, Yoshi Wada and others.

Also there was "Six Sure Cycles of Poetry Performances" which included Jackson Mac Low and Opal L. Nations, and "Two Continuous 12 =-Hour Video Tape Shows" which included works by Jeff Byrd, Nancy Holt, Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman (Guadalcanal Requiem), Shigeko Kubota, and Les Levine.

These are just a percentage of the huge number of artists who were involved in the Festival and one has to be impressed by Moorman's organisation of such an event. VG+.

30 x 21cm, 8pp (self cover). Publisher's catalogue announcing a number of books about Uecker, Goepfert, Schoonhoven and the Zero movement. Large images of works (and of Schoonhoven) in b/w and small images of 7 works internally inlcuding one by Fonatana and another by Piene and texts in German, English and French. Formerly stored in a ring binder so there are two punched holes on the left. Priced thus.

15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduced colour image of a wall mounted ceramic on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.

44 x 27cm, 2pp programme and promotional brochure for a 5 day conference on "Sky Art"  organised by Oto Piene. Lists various seminars and meetings.

JOINT:

30 x 21cm, 1pp signed handwritten letter by Piene on the conference stationery. Folded once else VG.

30 x 21cm, 2pp hand typed letter from Otto Piene dated 31.7.1961 on a poorly reproduced but original Zero letterhead responding to a request for copies of ZERO nr 3 and noting that some are sold out. Folded and with some creases but a very scarce period item on the cheap stationery the group used.

JOINT:

Original signed typed letter from Eckhard Neunann to Otto Piene with a text thanking Piene for an earlier invite to an opening and asking for 25 copies of the ZERO 3 publication for the writer's antiquarian bookshop. Some creases and marks.

PRICE IS FOR BOTH DOCUMENTS AS A PAIR.

30 x 21cm, 1pp mimeographed leaflet with a text to promote the immediate publication of the second number of the NUL=0 journal. The short text is repeated are in Dutch, French, English and German as befit the international nature of the grouping.

Along the left side the leaflet lists the contents of the issue and the artists taking part  or who contributed to the journal . Folded for mailing with soft handling creases, otherwise fine.<br ><br>

30 x 21cm, 1pp mimeographed leaflet with a text to promote the immediate publication of the first numbers of the NUL=0 journal. The short text is repeated are in Dutch, French, English and German as befit the international nature of the grouping.

Along the left side the leaflet lists the contents of the issue and the artists taking part  or who contributed to the journal . This leaflet promoting nr 1 of the journal has a bookshop promotion rubber stamping in green at bottom right and is folded for mailing, otherwise fine.<br ><br>

15 x 10cm, 2pp printed black on tan card. The announcement card for the very first gallery exhibition of the newly collectivised German Zero Group where Mach, Piene and Uecker exhibited under that collaborative title for the first time - although all three artists had been working individually and together prior to that date. For example, Gunter Uecker had shown as a solo artist at the Galleria Azimuth in 1960 thanks to the personal intervention of Manzoni just prior to another solo exhibition in Schmela in 1960 also) but by 1961 Uecker was prepared to work under an agreed joint manifesto.

On this invited occasion (5 July 1961) Uecker elected to perform a street action where he painted the pavement of the Hunsreuckestrasse, outside the gallery, white in front of a small invited crowd of art lovers.

After this event Uecker became more committed to the group and introduced aspects of light and movement into his hitherto somewhat static nail works. Recto to this card is a rough typographic design and verso: gallery details overprinted in purple. The Schmela Gallery had simply over printed commercially purchased blank postcards with the exhibition design. A rare document in fine, never mailed state and an essential addition to any Zero collection.

21 x 30cm 4pp stapled offset b/w programme for the 1972 show. A schematic map of the boat allowed each artist's participation to be easily found.  Eighty-nine artists are noted. VG+.

80 x 20cm, black on white offset exhibition poster for this group show based on the monochrome, achromic and kenetic works of some of the most important of early 60s artists. This was one of the more important exhibitions of Zero (and allied artists) organised by Galerie d (formerly known as Dato). Folded into eight sections as issued otherwise fine.

27 x 21cm, 82pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a gallery retrospective with many colour illustrations of paintings, ceramics, light ballets and inflatables. Interview in English by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Piene. VG+.