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KONSTRICKCJA W PROCESIE. 1981. FIRST POST SOVIET CONCEPTUAL ART EVENT.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

Lodz: n.p., 1981

28 x 21.5cm, 2pp mimeograph for a conceptual art event which was the first avant garde event in the post soviet era. the vent was supported by Solidarnosc!

Participating artists included Carl Andre, Hartmut Boehm, Michael Craig-Martin, Ad Dekkers, Ger Dekkers. Jan Dibbets. Norman Dilworth, Peter Downsborough, David Dye, Ivan Galeta, Tibor Gayor, Gerhard V. Graevenitz, Dan Graham, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Tim Head, Anthony Hill, Nancy Holt, Patrick Ierland, Servie Janssen, Kazuo Katase, Stanislav Kolibal, Tomasz Konart, Attila Kovacs, Paweł Kwiek, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, Wat een Limura, Richard Long. Peter Lowe. Kenneth Martin. Dora Maurer. Rune Mields, Antoni Mikołajczyk, Manfred Mohr. Francois Morellet, Maurizio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Roman Opałka, Dennis Oppenheim, David Rabinowitch, Józef Robakowski, Ed Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Yoshio Shirakawa, Robert Smithson, Peter Struycken, Günther Uecker, Ken Unsworth, Bernard Venet, Ryszard Waśko, Ryszard Winiarski

ZEICHEN RAUME. 1996.

paul robertson — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 20:52:54 +0000

Krefeld: Museen Haus Lange und Haus Esters, 1996 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for a museum group show with works by Joseph Beuys, John Chamberlain, Richard Deacon, Yves Klein, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Gerhard Richter, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Thomas Schutte, Richard Serra, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle, and Franz Erhard Walther. One work by Mario Meerz "Sei Case" from 1978 on the front in colour. A mailed example with address label and franking. VG.

REINER RUTHEBECK. 2009.

paul robertson — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 20:57:04 +0000

Frankfurt: MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst, 2009 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a photograPh of a up-tipped chair by the artist on the front and on the reverse gallery texts. Fine.

CAREL VISSER. 1977.

paul robertson — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:41:34 +0000

Dusseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1977 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a b/w photograph of a Visser sculptural installation on the front. Verso gallery details. VG+.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1982.

paul robertson — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:39:38 +0000

Dusseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1982 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a minimal design of a diagonal line on both sides of the card (red on oneside, black the other). Verso gallery details. VG+.

EN BLOC. 1969. RARE PAPER OBJECT MULTIPLE.

paul robertson — Wed, 04 May 2022 09:25:25 +0000

Berlin: Rene Block, 1969 21 x 10 x 0.5cm, cardboard die cut outside folder than stands in three-dimensions with a flap that opens to show one of the multiple works (here by Ruthenbeck) inside on a tipped on printed sheet. This was an object multiple issued by the gallery with different artists on the inner sheet. The format of the cardboard reflected the important and large work that the gallery issued with works in a box by Joseph Beuys, Bazon Brock, Dietrich Hodicke, Imi Gliese, , Imi Knoebel, Bernd Lohaus, Konrad Lueg, Binky Palermo, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Gerhard Ruhm, Dieter Roth, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Tomas Schmit, Wolf Vostell, Stefan Wewerka, and Wintersburger. that could be taken out one at a time on drawers. Slightly browned and flattened but with no tears - VG+. Very scarce.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1993.

paul robertson — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:02:02 +0000

Dusseldorf: Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, n.d. (1993) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement postcard for an edition by the minimalist with a photograph of the work on the front in b/w, verso details of the edition. VG+.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1988.

paul robertson — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:46:17 +0000

Bonn: Galerie Klein, 1998 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement car for a solo show with one drawing reproduced on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1970.

paul robertson — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:37:04 +0000

Dusseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1970 21 x 10cm, 6pp announcement card with one drawing for the installation in red and black internally. VG+.

STRATEGY GET ARTS. 1970. FIRST EDITION.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:01:36 +0000

Edinburgh: Demarco Gallery, 1970

First edition. 43 x 29cm, 44 pp plus outer cover. Stapled. The catalogue for the exhibition of Dusseldorf Artists during the 1973 Edinburgh International Festival with original contributions by Beuys, Brecht, Filliou, Knoebel, Palermo, Polke, Richter, Rinke, Roth, Ruthenbeck, Spoerri, Walther and many others in this important vanguard publication.

The (unwieldy) title by Thomkins was chosen because of its palindromic character.

Noted as an artist's book in both Polke's (nr 13) and Richter's catalogue raisonnes the truth is that neither had anything to do with the design of the publication which was entirely created locally from supplied photographs by an Edinburgh designer who worked for the printers, the Lutton Press - nonetheless this exhibition and publication is also notable for it being Beuys' first British exhibition. The cover of this publication is somewhat marked and browned with possible nascent foxing and the staples a little rusted but internally this is VG+.

A scarce document which was later reprinted by Demarco to try to cash in on its scarcity.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1985.

paul robertson — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 16:49:34 +0000

München: Galerie Walter Storms, 1985

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with one wall work in b/w reproduced on the front and verso gallery details. A mailed and posted example with tipped on address label. VG.

REINER RUTHENBECK. 1981.

paul robertson — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 08:51:20 +0000

Bonn: Galerie Klein, 1981 21.3 x 10.8cm, 2pp announcement card with and two images of a sculptural intervention (a circle near to the ceiling attached to a door so that it moves when the door is open). VG+.