Seth Siegelaub - Unoriginal Sins

CONTRATTO DI TRASFERIMENTO DI OPERE D’ARTE. 1971., SIGNED BY SETH SIEGELAUB.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:34:46 +0000

Milan: Marina Le Noci, n.d. (1971)
29.5 x 21cm, 8pp single folded sheet which opens to 42 x 59cm. This is the first Italian edition of the famous conceptual documents "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement". This example is signed by Seth Siegelaub in blue ink on an inner page. VG+. Very rare.

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CONTRAT. PRESERVATION DES DROITS DE L’ARTIST. 1972. SIGNED BY SETH SIEGELAUB.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:32:06 +0000

NYC: s.p. (Siegelaub), 1972
The French language variant of this famous legal document. First edition. 30 x 22cm, 8pp folded contract (opens to 60 x 44cm, 2pp) designed to improve the rights of artist's and give them certain rights - including a 15% cut of any future monetary exchange involving their work. Siegelaub's wish was to diminish the role of dealers (hmmph!) and give art back some of its purity outside of the tawdry matter of monetary value. The failure of the venture lead indirectly, and in part, to his decision to retire as a major influence in the world of contemporary art and deal in books about Chinese crockery (and nowadays theoretical physics). This copy is signed in ink by Siegelaub and is a very fine copy of this now scarce document. Other copies were produced in English and German. It is not lost on us that the contract states:"Cette feullille n'est pas a vendre".

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DOUGLAS HEUBLER. NOVEMBER 1968.

paul robertson — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:34:41 +0000

NYC: Seth Siegelaub, 1968
21 x 21cm, 20pp plus card covers. First edition of this important conceptual exhibition catalogue displaying 15 works by Heubler in b/w. Short artist's text explaining his conceptual credo which is interesting when compared with Weiner's more famous conceptual dictum: "the artist may construct the piece, etc."- here Heubler indicates the conceptual essence of the works by denoting that the "the existence of each sculpture is denoted by its documentation”. Fine and now scarce.

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JULY/AUGUST EXHIBITION BOOK. SPECIAL EDITION OF STUDIO INTERNATIONAL 1970.

paul robertson — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:40:16 +0000

London, Studio International, 1970
Hardbound, cloth, 31 x 21.5 48 pp. Many b/w illustrations. A limited number of this magazine was published as a hardcover book without advertising, backmatter, etc. Texts in English, French, German. A magazine exhibition in which six critics were asked to fill an 8 pp. section each, without writing anything themselves; each critic chose any number of artists to fill their space: David Antin (Graham, Cohen,Baldessari, Serra, E. Antin, Lonidier, Nicoaides, Sonnier); Germano Celant (Anselmo, Boetti, Calzolari, Merz, Penone, Prini, Pistoletto, Zorio); Michel Claura (Buren); C. Harrison (Arnatt, Art + Language, Burgin, Flanagan, Kosuth, Latham, Louw); Lucy Lippard ( Barry, Kaltenbach, Weiner, Kawara, LeWit, Huebler, NETCo, Barthelme; each artist was asked to pass on to the next ; Hans Strelow Ref:. Lippard / Six years: page 179. Very good condition. Rare. Inserted: Subscription card to Studio International.

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WHEN ATTITUDES BECOME FORM: LIVE IN YOUR HEAD. 1969. THE RARE SIX PAGE HANDOUT.

paul robertson — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:41:01 +0000

London: Institute of Contemporary Art,, 1969
21 x 15cm, 6pp. Duotone. The exceptionally rare exhibition hand out for this travelling exhibition of concept art. Four images of works including works by Merz, Ruthenbeck and Flanagan and two texts in English by Charles Harrison and Harald Szeemann. A fine example.

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18 PARIS IV 70. 1970.

paul robertson — Tue, 10 Mar 1970 16:23:56 +0000

New York: Seth Siegelaub & International General, 1970
16 x 11cm, 66 pp.important conceptual catalogue/artist's book which WAS the exhibition. Consists of proposals for works by 18 artists - Ian Wilson, Niele Toroni, Robert Ryman, David Lamelas, Douglas Huebler, Francois Guinochet, Jean-Pierre Djian, Lawrence Weiner, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Edward Ruscha, On Kawara, Gilbert & George, Jan Dibbets, Daniel Buren, Stanley Brouwn, Marcel Broodthaers, & Robert Barry, plus texts in parallel French/English/German by Michel Claura. Very good although some scratches to black card boards.

245 uk pounds

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A 37 90 89 IN DUSSELDORF. 1969.

paul robertson — Wed, 29 Oct 1969 09:04:43 +0000

Antwerpen: A 37 90 89, n.d. (1969)
30 x 21cm, 1pp. b/w mimeograph - a handout produced by Kasper Koenig issued during the LIDL events in Dusseldorf listing the various artists involved in the events - names include Beuys, Cladders, Carl Andre, Jim and Eugenia Butler, Any de Decker, Bernrd Lohaus, Daniel Buren, Niele Torini, Seth Siegelaub, Stanley Brown, Harald Szeemann, Mis Viusser, Palermo, Marcel Broodthaers, Doeothee and Konrad Fischer amongst others. There are two punched holes for the leaflet to be stored in a ring binder but else VG+. Very scarce documentation.

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JANUARY 5 – 21, 1969.

paul robertson — Wed, 02 Apr 1969 20:45:48 +0000

New York: Seth Siegelaub, 1969
21 x 18cm, 24pp plus thick board covers. Plastic spiral binding. First edition of this famous conceptual artist book with each of Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner having a double page to display the work. The famous exhibition by Seth Siegelaub. Some slight soiling to thick white boards (as ever) and all but one of the white plastic comb binding are present (one is snapped off - see photographs) Scarce item.

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PROSPECT 69. 1969.

paul robertson — Wed, 02 Apr 1969 20:18:08 +0000

Dussedorf: Stadtische Kunsthalle, 1969
36 x 26cm, 56pp. Tabloid newspaper. The exceptionally important exhibition catalogue for the defining exhibition of conceptual art in Europe - as curated and edited by Fishcher and Strelow although many other German and US galleries participated in the event. The catalogue is written in three languages - German, English and French and has black and white images as well as the original stripe pagework by Daniel Buren in blue across the centre fold. The galleries who took part included Ace (Los Angeles), Art & Project (Amsterdam), L'attico (Rome), Eugenia Butler (Los Angeles), Bykert (New York), Dwan (New York), Fischbach (New York), Toni Gerber (Bern), Yvon Lambert (Paris), Mickery (Loenersloot), Seiquer (Madrid), Ileana Sonnabend (Paris), Sperone (Torino), Wide White Space (Antwerpen), Howard Wise (New York) and Seth Siegelaub (New York). There is also an important text by Seth Siegelaub who interviewed Robert Barry, Douglas Heubler, Lawrence Weiner and Joe Kosuth as his own contribution to the show. This copy is in very good condition with (as always) general wear and small cuts to the cheap newsprint employed throughout and along the spine and some yellowing of the paper due to the passing of over 40 years. As almost always found it has also been folded for storage - but very few pristine copies of this rare document are found.

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JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 1969 / JUILLET, AOUT, SEPTEMBRE 1969 – CATALOG OF THE EXHIBITION: CARL ANDRE, ROBERT BARRY, DANIEL BUREN, JAN DIBBETS, DOUGLAS HUEBLER, JOSEPH KOSUTH, SOL LEWITT, RICHARD LONG, N.E. THING CO. LTD., ROBERT SMITHSON, LAWRENCE WEINER. 1969.

paul robertson — Mon, 10 Mar 1969 15:12:30 +0000

NYC: Seth Siegelaub & Verlag Gebr. Koenig, 1969
27 x 21.5cm, 26pp, card covers. Text in English, French and German. "July, August, September 1969" is one of Seth Siegelaub's seminal Conceptual Art exhibition documents whose participants were Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Robert Smithson, and Lawrence Weiner. A very good example this is now uncommon.

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REMOVAL 36 X 36. 1969.

paul robertson — Sun, 05 Jan 1969 10:58:13 +0000

N.p.: n.p., 1989<BR>
5 x 5cm, b/w transparency with a photograph of Weiner's famous installation at Seth Siegelaub's gallery during the exhibition 5-31, 1969 where he removed a 36 x 36 inch section of plaster from the wall. Hand written legend on the plastic. VG+.<BR><BR>

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