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Gilbert & George.

Worlds and Windows.

London/New York: Anthony d’Offay/ Robert Miller, n.d..

Thick quarto, numerous colored photographic plates. Blue gold printed cloth.

- First edition. The colored plates are composed of numerous small photographs, thus creating a rather decorative impression. Each plate has an associative title, that either refers to the form, color, or the representation itself.

euro 150

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Gilbert & George.

for AIDS Exhibition.

London: Anthony d’Offay Gallery, 1989.

Small quarto, 25 pages, 25 colored illustrations, illustrated wrappers.

- First edition.

euro 30

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Gilbert & George.

Oh, the grand old Duke of York.

Koln: Oktagon, 1996.

- Reprint from the 1972 edition.

This copy one of 900 numbered and signed copies. Signed in red felt both by Gilbert & George on first free endpaper.

Gilbert & George.

Lost Day.

Koln: Oktagon, 1996.

Small oblong flip book, unpaginated, numerous photographic illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

- Reprint from the 1972 edition. This copy one of 900 numbered and signed copies. Signed in red felt both by Gilbert & George on first free endpaper.

Gilbert & George.

Somerset House.

Koln: Walther Konig, 2002.

Small flip book, unpaginated, numerous photographic illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

- Reprint from the 1971 edition. This copy one of 800 numbered and signed copies. Signed in red felt both by Gilbert & George on first free endpaper.

euro 200 (the set)

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Graham, Dan.

Two Parallel Essays. Photographs of motion. Two related projects for slide projectors.

New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970.

Quarto, 8 pages, 7 text illustrations. Illustrated front wrapper.

- First edition. With article ' Photography in Motion. Item included in Artists & Photographs, published by Multiples Inc., 1970.

euro 120

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Gudmundsson, Kristján.

Circles. circles made by throwing a stone of equal weight as sheet.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1974.

Square octavo, 6 pages, 3 photographic reproductions on right hand side. Printed boards.

- First edition. The three sheets printed in this book have indeed all three a different weight. catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition held in the stedelijk museum form november 1973 - january 1974. catalogus nr. 550.

euro 180

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Hagenberg, Helfried.

Das Auge des Gedankens. 7 portraits mit montierten spieglen.

Bielefeld: Galerie Marzona, 1975.

Quarto, 12 pages, 7 photographic illustrations. Printed wrappers with pasted on mirror on which the title is written in white ink. Light soiling to front cover.

- First edition. One of 250 copies. A catalogue of an exhibition showing 7 photographic portraits (among which Sartre, Apollinaire, Picabia...) of which the eyes are covered with a piece of mirror. Another work on vision, face, identity..., similar to the books of Ciam, Hamilton, Megert, Penone...

euro 150

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Hamilton, Richard.

Polaroid Portraits. Volume 1.

Stuttgart / London / Reykjavik: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1972.

Duodecimo, 78 pages with 32 photographic illustrations in black and white and color.

- First edition. (Anne Moeglin-Delcroix 221)

euro 70

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Hamilton, Richard.

Polaroid Portraits. Volume 2.

Stuttgart: Editions Hansjorg Mayer. (1977).

Duodecimo, 72 pages, 32 photographic illustrations. Gray cloth.Grey printed wrappers.

- First edition. With portraits taken of Richard Hamilton by his friends. Among them: Arakawa, Ay-O, Boyle, Broodthaers, Cage, Chaimowicz, Ernst, francis, Iannone, Lennon, Nitzsch, Spoerri, Shioni, Wiener....

euro 70

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Hamilton, Richard.

Polaroid Portraits. Volume 3.

Stuttgart: Editions Hansjorg Mayer. (1983).

Duodecimo, 72 pages, 32 photographic illustrations. Gray cloth. Printed wrappers.

- First edition. The third in the series of four volumes of portraits taken of Richard Hamilton by his friends. Among them: Calvin Thomkins, Bob Watts, Gunther Brus, Allan Kaprow, Jan Dibbets, Robert Filiou, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Robert Rauschenburg, Hannah Wilke, etc.

euro 70

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Huebler, Douglas.

Location Piece #2, New York, City Seattle, Washington.

New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. Printed squarish envelope containtin 1 printed sheet and 18 sheets with reproduced image on one side.

- First edition. Item included in Artists & Photographs, published by Multiples Inc., 1970.

euro 100

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Le Gac, Jean.

Messages Personnels. Art Information of ...No. 6.

Duesseldorf: Mediacontact - Dietmar Kirves, 1971.

Folio, 12 pages, 4 photographic illustrations. Printed stapled wrappers.

- First edition. One of 200 numbered and signed copies.A very interesting and early publication, preceding Les Cahiers and Le Récit. It is highly probable also that this publication, published in Germany, is a t the origin of Le Gac’s invitation to participate at the 1972 Documenta in Kassel. The theme of these ’messages personnels’, anticipates the ‘narrative’ aspects of Les Cahiers and Le Récit. Two of the photographs in the Art information...., will be reproduced in Le Récit as well as the French text of the ‘messages personnels’.

euro 260

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Le Gac, Jean.

Le Récit.

Hamburg: Edition Hosmann, 1972.

Quarto, 16 pages, numerous illustrations + 5 inserted 'added pieces'. Light brown printed wrappers. Fine.

- First edition. One of 30 numbered, signed and inscribed copies with 5 'added pieces':
1. a handwritten postcard with two original stamps and twice post stamped (Paris). The card is addressed to Le Gac himself, his name striked through and addressed to Edition Hossmann. The reverse shows Le Gac's installation: Les manches á air du monde végétal ricana-t-il.
2. One original color photograph (8 x 8 cm), stamped on the rear, representing the cabin that is referred to in the article Les activités Mystérieuses de Florent Max.
3. A silk screened and folded bag, signed, numbered and stamped by Le Gac. The bag used for 'the camouflage des cailloux' was published in an edition of 60 copies.
4. One folded page printed on one side with 24 messages personnels, posted on October 1970 and sent to 200 addressees.
5. Invitation card for the exhibition Jean le Gac/ Florent Max, Paris, December 1971. An exhibition where the name Florent Max appeared for the first time.
Some words and part of the reproduced texts are whitened out and replaced by the handwritten name Florent Max. In the texts there is constant reference to the 'added pieces' (postcard, invitation for exhibitions, the cloth bag....) elements 'avant la lettre' of what later would become 'le recit'. (Moeglin-Delcroix 278, 280)

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Le Gac, Jean.

Der Maler. Introduction and translation Günter Metken.

Bruxelles : Edition Lebeer Hossmann, 1977.

Octavo, 133 pages, numerous illustrations Illustrated wrappers.

- First edition. Published on the occasion of exhibtions in the Kunstverein Hamburg, Städtische Galerie Lenbachhaus in Munchen and in the Neue Galerie Aachen.

euro 60

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LeWitt, Sol.

Schematic Drawing for Muybridge II, 1964/Sol Lewitt 7/69

New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. Oblong quarto card, printed on recto with ten images. In narrwo printed envelope.

- First edition. With tiny images of a female nude approaching the camera. Item included in Artists & Photographs, published by Multiples Inc., 1970

euro 200

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Lewitt, Sol.

From Monteluco to Spoleto.

Eindhoven/Weesp: Van Abbemuseum/Openbaar kunstbezit, 1976.

Square quarto, 36 illustrated pages. illustrated wrappers. Near mint copy.

- First edition. (moeglin-delcroix 243, 244)

euro 120

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Lewitt, Sol.

Photogrids.

New York: Paul David Press/Rizzoli, 1977.

Square quarto, 52 pages, 414 color illustrations. White printed wrappers. Light dent to top of spine.

- First edition. (moeglin-delcroix 239, 243)

euro 250

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Lewitt, Sol.

Cock fight dance.

New York: Rizzolli, 1980.

Small duodecimo, 48 color photographs. Printed wrappers. Near mint copy

- First edition.

euro 100

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Locci, Bruno.

Archivio. (text in Italian and English)

Milano:Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1982.

Large folio, unpaginated, 52 photographic plates. printed wrappers and original printed glassine.

- First edition. One of 150 numbered and signed copies. A remarkable artists’ book using photographs from the archive or Mr. Roberto Pavese. With these photographs short mini fictions are created, each introduced with a short catching sentence.(dematteis - maffei nr. 1546).

euro 200

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Long, Richard.

Sculpture by Richard Long made for Martin & Mia Visser Bergeijk.

(Berlin): Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, (1969).Thin oblong quarto, unpaginated, 7 photographic plates, Illustrated wrappers.

- First edition. One of 500 copies of this early publication by Richard Long. The rear prints the following very interesting text: “Richard Long’s ‘sculpture for Martin and Mia Visser’ was conceived for the purpose of photographic reproduction. Richard Long made a system of trenches, which was created according to special camera views. Seen from these camera views relations become evident between marks in the landscape such as stone-walls, water-falls, lanes and Long’s trenches. The collectors Martin and Mia Visser aquired Richard Long’s work as a photographic reproduction for publication in an edition of 500 issues. According to Richard L,ong’s idea the photographs in hand do not have the function of adocumentation: It is the ‘sculpture made for Martin and Mia Visser’.”

It is interesting again to read Anne Moeglin Delcroix (Sur le Livre d’artiste pages 300-301) about this book and the controversy that exists around this book. Moeglin writes: ”…Dans un entretien tardif (1994), Long, dont les réticences à l’égard de ce livre sont connues, admet seulement qu’il est une “oeuvre de contrebande (bootlegged work)”!... Et si l’on en croit Long, il a été fait sans son accord. Pourtant, force est de reconnaître qu’il est bien plus convaincant qu’une partie des livres ultérieurs de Richard Long,... De plus, Long n’a-t-il pas lui-même déclaré : L’art peut être un pas ou une pierre. Une sculpture, une carte, un texte, une photographie : toutes les formes de mon travail sont égales et complémentaires. Même s’il lui a été en quelque sorte imposé, ce livre est à juste titre l’un des plus célèbres de l’artiste.”

If Ruscha’s Twenty Six Gasoline Stations (1963) stands at the beginning of the history of the artist’s book, is it this book, not only the first artists’ book by Richard Long, but also the first artists’ book that is declared to be a work of art in itself.

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Long, Richard.

"Rain Dance". August 24, 1969. The Rift Valley, East Africa.

New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. Oblong quarto with 4 photographic images on printed on heavy stock.

- First edition. Item included in Artists & Photographs, published by Multiples Inc., 1970.

euro 60

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Long, Richard.

Richard Long. A straightforward walk across Dartmoor.

In: Aggie Weston's. No. 16. Winter 1979. Edited by Stuart Mills. London: Coracle Press, (1979).

Small quarto, un paginated, 12 pages, 3 photographic plates of which one on a double page. Illustrated wrappers.

- First edition. The inside of the front wrapper prints; ‘The name of the magazine comes indirectly from a work by Kurt Schwitters: 'A Small Home for seamen'. I have been told that it was one Agnes Weston who founded the seamen's homes in this country and I hope this magazine will likewise provide some sort of refuge.’

euro 50

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Long, Richard.

The North Woods.

London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1977.

Oblong quarto, un-paginated (16 pages), 5 photographic plates. Printed wrappers. Tiny knick to top right corner.

- First edition, One of 2500 copies. Published on the occasion of Long's exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

euro 50

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Long, Richard.

River to River.

Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne, 1993.

Small oblong quarto, un-paginated (48 pages), 26 photographic plates. Printed paper over boards.

- First edition. published on the occasion of an exhibition held in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris from mars 25 – mai 29 1993.

euro 60

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Long, Richard.

Richard Long.

Düsseldorf: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1994.

Oblong quarto, unpaginated, (60 pages), frontispiece and 28 plates, most of which in color. Brown blind stamped cloth.

- First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. This copy signed by Richard Long on the title page.

euro 100

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Long, Richard.

Richard Long: Skulpturen, Fotos, Texte, Bucher. Texts by Thomas Deecke, Peter Friese, Guy Schraenen.

Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 1994.

Oblong quarto, 73 pages, numerous plates and text illustrations. Colored illustrated wrappers.

- First edition of this exhibition catalogue. This copy signed by Richard Long on title page.

euro 100

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Matta-Clark, Gordon.

Walls paper.

N.p.: Buffalo Press, 1973.

Quarto, 160 horizontally split pages with colored reproductions of wall papers found in demolished houses. Illustrated wrappers.

- First edition. One of 500 copies. (moeglin-delcroix 220, 226)

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Merz, Mario.

Fibonacci. Torino: Sperone, 1972.

Small oblong octavo, 32 pages, 11 photographic pates. Printed wrappers.

- First edition. One of 1200 copies. The booklet prints the epigraph: ‘a real sum is a sum of people", what follows is a series of 11 photographs taken from a dining room that slowly fills up with people. (for a not so positive judgement about this book see moeglin-delcroix 261, 262)

euro 125

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Messager, Annette.

Nos Témoignages. Edited by Hans Ulrich-Obrist.

Stuttgart: Annette messager and Oktagon Verlag, 1995.

Duodecimo, 56 unpaginated pages with 43 illustrations and four tabs that separate the four themes this artists' book. Blue printed paper over boards. Mint copy.

- First edition. One of 900 signed copies. Each chapter reproduces in the center of the page small images, drawings in the chapter: nos pénétrations (Annette Messager penetrante 1993-1994) and in the other chapters images that have a photographic origin; nos tortures volontaires (Annette Messager Femme Pratique 1972); nos clichés témoins (Annette Messager Femme Colporteuse 1972)and nos masques (Annette Messager Collectioneuse 1993-1994)

euro 80

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Minkoff, Gerald.

Grazia Ricevuta.

Genève: Miss Understanding for All, 1976.

Oblong quarto, 26 pages with 48 photographic illustrations. Printed wrappers.

- First edition. One of 300(330) numbered copies. An interesting artists’ book that makes a relation between the photographic and the filmic image. On the left hand page we see film stills from films by Stanley and Hardy, while on the right hand page we see images of the artist in front of church statues imitating poses and gestures from the actors on the left hand page.

euro 100

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Mussio, Magdalo - Bonito Oliva Achille – Calvesi, Maurizio.

Teatro delle mostre.

Roma: Lerici Editore,1968.

Octavo, unpaginated, numerous photographic illustrations printed in black and brown. Typographic wrappers.

- First edition of this book, that does not present itself as an exhibition space but as an exhibition theatre. Magdalo Mussio created a wonderful artists’ book, documenting the happenings that took place in mai 1968 in the ‘La Tartaruga’ gallery in Rome. The participating artists were: Balestrini, Mauri, Boetti, Tacchi, Bussotti, Grisi, Mambor, Marotta, Ceroli, Scheggi, Castellani, Angeli, Calzolari, Prini, Icaro and Prini, Calzolari , Soro, Innocente, Paolini, Fioroni, Ciriacono, Parise.

euro 150

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Nannucci, Maurizio.

To Cut A Long Story Short. (text in English and Italian)

Middelburg: De Vleeshal, 1972.

Octavo, 125 pages, numerous photographic illustrations of which some in color: Illustrated stiff wrappers.

- First edition. One of 1000 copies. This copy inscribed in pencil by Nannucci on the last page. A wonderfully produced monograph published on the occasion of the exhibition in De Vleeshal. With exhibition list and extensive bibliography.

euro 200

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Nannuci, Maurizio.

Poem - Poesie. Scritture 1964-1974.

N.p.: Visual Art Center, 1975. 8,5 x 6,5 cm, 40 pages, 16 illustrations. Printed wrappers. A fine copy.

- First edition. One of 200 numbered copies. 8 of the images reproduced in 'Poem -Poesie' are photographic and refer to writing or the written or printed word, except for two pictures in which there is no apparent reference to a text.

euro 180

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