Robert Wilson - Unoriginal Sins

MONUMENTS. 1991. SIGNED & DEDICATED BY WILSON.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:54:56 +0000

Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1991

25 x 25cm, 116pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a major retrospective with essays in German by Carsten Ahrens, Gerhard Ahrens, Louis Aragon, Trevor Fairbrother, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Peter Krumme, Franca Quadri, Robert Wilson and an interview between Robert Wilson and Dorine Mignot along with bio- bibliographical notes and an exhibition list of the 57 exhibited works. A large number of the works are reproduced in colours or b/w throughout.

This bookk is signed and dedicated to a friend "Christian" by Wilson on the first page in black felt-tipped ink. VG+.

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DEATH DESTRUCTION & DETROIT II. 1987. SIGNED & DEDICATED BY WILSON.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:49:18 +0000

Berlin, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, 1987

21 x 14.5cm, 118pp plus pictorial card covers with a reproduced drawings by Wilson. Program booklet including poems, explanatory texts and partial script for the title performance with b/w lithographic illustrations hors text by Wilson.

This example is signed and dedicated by Wilson to a friend "Christian" in black felt tipped ink. VG+.

JOINT AS ISSUED:

HEINER MÜLLER: LETTER TO ROBERT WILSON

Berlin, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, 1987

21 x 14.3cm letter in German by Muller relating to the performance.

JOINT AS ISSUED:

DEATH DESTRUCTION & DETROIT II.

Berlin, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, 1987

19.8 x 12.4cm, 36pp (self cover) booklet with text in German with outlines of the staging for the work. VG+.

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DIE LITHOGRAPHISCHEN ZYKLEN 1984-1986. MEDEA. PARSIFAL. ALCESTE. 1986. SIGNED & DEDICATED BY WILSON.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:27:03 +0000

München, Galerie Fred Jahn, 1986

21 x 16.5cm, 62pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue showing 49 b/w lithographs by Wilson by Robert Wilson with minimal text (titles and short descriptions of the works) and a foreword by Jahn in German. This catalogue is signed and dedicated to "Christian" in black felt tipped pen by Wilson. VG+.

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DIE GOLDENEN FENSTER – THE GOLDEN WINDOWS. EIN STÜCK IN DREI TEILEN – A PLAY IN THREE PARTS. 1986. SIGNED & DATED BY WILSON.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:23:45 +0000

München: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1982

22 x 24cm, 108pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for exhibitions at Lenbachhaus München, Galerie Annemarie Verna Zürich and Multiples, Marian Goodman Gallery New York with essays in German by Michael Wachsmann and Gabriele Lohnert. B/w illustrations throughout along with title script (in English) and related performance documents.

This book examining the work of the experimental theater stage director and playwright as well as artist and fil-maker - is signed and dated by Robert Wilson on first page in black felt tipped pen. VG+.

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PAULA COOPER AT YVON LAMBERT/YVON LAMBERT AT PAULA COOPER. 1980.

paul robertson — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 19:08:09 +0000

Paris/New York: Chantal Crousel-Svennung, 1980

15 x 10.5cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a swap of gallery roster artists between the Paris and New York galleries. Listed are Lynda Benglis, Jon Borofsky, Joel Shapiro, Robert Wilson, Daniel Buren, Douglas Heubler, Jospeh Kosuth, Duane Michals, Giulio Paolini, Cy Twombly and others. VG+.

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SOUNDS FOR 4 CINEMA PIECES. 1968. UNOPENED EXAMPLE.

paul robertson — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:20:42 +0000

Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1968

19 x 19cm square plastic flexi-disc tipped onto a card backing sheet which has a text by Jan van der Marck on it. Pieces on the disc include Window (1963), Shower (1964), Dressing Table (1964) and Sink (1964). Four duotone photographs on the inside of the cover. In original unopened printed mailing envelope.

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OVERTURE. 1972.

paul robertson — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:41:42 +0000

NYC: Byrd Hoffmann School of Byrds, 1972
45 x 21cm, 8pp self cover. Black on cream paper.
Why rewrite this very good summary of Wilson's legendary drama and music company: "The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds was an artist community living and rehearsing in a disused, three storeys warehouse on 147 Spring St, NYC in Lower Manhattan, with a performance space on the ground floor. The School was formed by painter, contemporary artist and stage designer Robert Wilson, born in Waco, Texas in 1941, and named after Texan dancer Byrd Hoffmann, who cured Wilson from a stammer in 1958. Wilson moved to New York in 1961 to study at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute and with choreographers George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham. In 1968, he adopted deaf-mute African American boy Raymond Andrews and, in the early 1970s, autistic teenager Christopher Knowles, born 1959 in New York. In 1968, with these people and other disabled people he met in the streets or Harlem public hospitals, Wilson formed The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds. The troupe was active between 1968 and 1975, producing several ground-breaking plays like The King of Spain or The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud (a 12-hour play), both in 1969, the legendary “silent opera” Deafman Glance in 1971, and the 7-days play KA Mountain and GUARDENIA TERRACE in 1972. In 1975, Wilson started collaborating with Philip Glass to the stage design of Einstein on the Beach, premiered 1976, and The School of Byrds was turned into a foundation.” - from continuo.wordpress.com

Overture was regarded as the forepiece to "Mountain and GUARDENIA TERRACE” (sic) although only three hours long and was performed in April 1972 (the larger longer work was September of that year). This is the programme for the work. Contains lengthy notes by Wilson, full cast list and participants of the Byrd Hoffmann School of Byrds and a cover illustration presumably by Wilson. Rare. Some edge wear at top and very mild marks to blank back sheet but overall VG+.

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EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH. 1979.

paul robertson — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:44:20 +0000

USA:Tomato, 1979
Four 12 inch LPs in two part printed box and 20pp insert. First issue of this seminal experimental minimalist opera, performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble including Glass on organ, Paul Zukofsky on violin, Jon Gibson and Richard Landry on saxes and flutes, Michael Riesman conducting and playing keyboards, etc. This issue is also notable for the cover by designer Milton Glaser, for which this album is listed in the Broken Music catalog of artist records. Fine in like box and with fine brochure.

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ROBERT WILSON. 1980.

paul robertson — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 10:35:11 +0000

Cincinnati: The Contemporary Arts Center, 1980

28 x 21cm, 158 pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a retrospective examining Wilson's minimalist stagings for the theatre. A wealth of b/w photographs illustrate major essays by John Rockwell and Robert Stearns. Slight wear at top and bottom of spine else VG.

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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ROBERT WILSON’S THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC. SIGNED BY ABRAMOVIC, WILSON + HAILAND.

paul robertson — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:44:36 +0000

London: Hailand Books, 2011

Very large format photobook - 38 x 26pp, unpaginated. in 2010 Abramovic approached her friend Robert Wilson to create a biographical drama work about her life. This was then commissioned for the 2011 Manchester International Festival where Abramovic played her mother and Willem Dafoe her. Tim Hailand documented the final dress rehearsal before the opening night and this book is the collation of his many colour and b/w images. This example is signed and dedicated on the first page very clearly by Abramovic, Heiland and, on a tipped in (by Wilson) small piece of paper, the director himself. Fine condition and unique in this format.

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