Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:28:15 +0100 From: Paul Robertson <mail-AT-heartfineart.com> Subject: THE COLOUR OF EVERYTHING - Two new lists from Heart Fine Art Ltd. Part One APPARENTLY THE KNOWN UNIVERSE IS NOT IN TURQUOISE AFTER ALL. Aragon, Arp, Artaud, Aubray, Audiberti Bousquet, Breton Bucaille, Caillois, Carrington, Dali, Damme, Dubuffet, Eluard, Heine, Jorn, Kinetisist Movement, Leiris, Oelze, Penrose, Peret, Picasso, Querschnitt, Surrealism, Toyen. and Part Two IN FACT THE COSMORAMA IS CLOTHED IN BEIGE. Acconci, Andre, Art & Language, Barney, Beau Geste, Beuys, Boltanski, Buren, Darboven, Dean, Dine, Export, Fischer, Fluxus, Fulton, Garnier, Gilbert & George, Gonzalez-Torres, Heinisch, Immendorff, Judd, Kantor, Knizak, Kosuth, Kudo, Long, Der Lowe, Nauman, Nonas, Oppenheim, Pezold, Prince, Rae, Rauschenberg, Richter, Rist, Rosenbach, Ruscha, Serra, Smith, Soutter, Spur Group, Turk, Wall, Warhol, Weiner, Whitman and others. ************* APPARENTLY THE KNOWN UNIVERSE IS NOT IN TURQUOISE AFTER ALL Aragon, Louis. LA GRANDE GAITE. Avec 2 dessins d'Yves Tanguy. Paris: Gallimard, 1929. Large 8vo. 126pp. Two full-page b/w illustrations by Tanguy. Original wrappers. First edition of Aragon's last great Surrealist-period work. One of only 75 on velin bouffant lafuma-navarre from a total issue of 351 + 20 h.c. copies. A very good+ example of this elusive title. 575 uk pounds Arp, Hans & Huidobro, Vincente. TROIS NOUVELLES EXEMPLAIRES. Traduction: Rilka Walter. Paris: Fontaine, collection (L'Age d'Or), 1945. 12mo. 30pp. Original pictorial wrappers (designed for the series by Mario Prassinos). First edition of these collaborative experimental tales composed by Arp and the Chilean Dadaist poet and novelist Huidobro. One of 400 numbered examples from a total issue of 475. A very good+ copy. Uncommon. 80 uk pounds Artaud, Antonin. VAN GOGH LE SUICIDE DE LA SOCIETE. Paris: K. Editeur, 1947. 8vo. 76pp. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition of this obsessive discursive work by Artaud. One of 630 numbered examples on Marais Crevecoeur (aside from 30 h.c.). A very good+ copy. Scarce. 265 uk pounds Artaud, Antonin. CI-GIT. Precede de la Culture Indienne. Paris: K. Editeur, 1947. Small 8vo. 50pp. Original wrappers. First edition. One of a series of truly inspired investigations from the author's increasingly dire post-WWII period. One of 435 numbered on velin pur fil du marais, after 15 'du tete' on japon and apart from 35 h.c. examples (total issue). A very good+ example. Scarce. 300 uk pounds Artaud, Antonin. POUR EN FINIR AVEC LE JUGEMENT DE DIEU. Emission radiophonique enregistree le 28 novembre 1947. Texte integral suivi de variantes, extraits de presse et 8 lettres. Paris: K. Editeur, 1948. Small 8vo. 112pp. Original wrappers. First edition of the complete transcription of this compelling dramatic piece for radio by Artaud. Includes variant passages, press reports in wake of the original broadcast and related correspondence. One of 400 numbered on chiffon du marais, after 35 'du tete', apart from 25 h.c. copies. A very good+ example. Scarce. 175 uk pounds Aubray, Therese. DEFENSE DE LA TERRE. Battements III. Preface de Leon-Paul Fargue. Paris: GLM, 1937. 12mo. Original wrappers. First edition of this experimental poetic work by the para-Surrealist author as prefaced by the influential modernist poet Fargue. One of 410 numbered examples on velin. A fine copy of this uncommon GLM imprint. 100 uk pounds Audiberti, Jacques. L'OUVRE-BOITE. Colloque Abhumaniste. Paris: Gallimard, 1952. 8vo. 201pp. Four full-page abstract designs by Camille Bryen. Original wrappers. First edition of this work by the prominent modernist author, as illustrated by the para-Surrealist Bryen. A very good+ example. Scarce. 65 uk pounds Bousquet, Joe. LE FRUIT DE L'OMBRE. Paris: Minuit, 1947. Small 8vo. 42pp. Original wrappers. First edition of this uncommon collection by the intrepid Surrealist poet. Bousquet was serverely (permanently) disabled, owing to injuries suffered in WWI. Nevertheless, his extraordinary poetic and editorial accomplishments spanned some three decades. There were no large paper or 'du tete' copies issued of this title. A close to fine example. 100 uk pounds Breton, Andre. LEGITIME DEFENSE. Paris: Editions Surrealistes, 1926. Small 8vo. 28pp. Original wrappers. First edition. Content of a vigorous response to the attacks of Henri Barbusse and the 'L'Humanite' group upon the Surrealist project. A very good+ example. Increasingly scarce. 175 uk pounds (Breton, Andre). Arnim, Achim von. CONTES BIZARRES. Introduction de Andre Breton. Preface et traduction de Theophile Gautier. Paris: Arcanes, 1953. 8vo. 236pp. Three b/w images by Wolfgang Paalen. Original wrappers with pictorial design (also) by Paalen. First edition thus of Gautier's important translation of these darkly humored tales by the visionary German Romantic, as introduced by Breton and pictorially 'signified' by Paalen. Early on, Breton designated Arnim as a Surrealist precursor ('Arnim is Surrealist absolutely, in space and time'). A close to fine copy in like laminated dustwrapper, which repeats Paalen's cover design. Uncommon. 100 uk pounds (Bucaille, Max). MAX BUCAILLES - GOAUCHES. Text: Marcel Bealu. Charleroi: Le Rouge et le Noir (17-30 Oct.), 1959. 25.6 x 30cm. Single sheet printed with text by Bealu & lists of works exhibited. The uncommon catalogue/announcement for this exhibition of works by the Surrealist affiliate Bucaille. Noteworthy for the poetic text by the experimental poet and editor of 'Realities Secretes'. Folded, else a very good example. 35 uk pounds Caillois, Roger. QUATRE ESSAIS DE SOCIOLOGIE CONTEMPORAINE. Paris: Perlin, 1951. 8vo. 156pp. Original decorative wrappers. First edition of this quartet of critical essays on the 'sacred' by the one-time Surrealist, translator & co-founder of the 'College de Sociologie'. A very good+ example of an uncommon title. 80 uk pounds Carrington, Leonora. PIGEON VOLE. Contes Retrouves. Traduction: Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron & Didier Vidal. Cognac: Le Temps qu'i Fait, 1986. Small 8vo. 152pp. Original wrappers. First edition of this uncommon collection of fantastic tales by Carrington. One of 1000 copies issued. A fine example in like pictorial dustwrapper after a design by the author/artist. 55 uk pounds Dali, Salvador MA REVOLUTION CULTURELLE PAR SALVADOR DALI Paris: N.P., 18 Mai 1968 8vo. Card wrappers - a political(if typically self-absorbed text) by the later right-wing surrealist who had notoriously backed Franco and had embraced both the church and the conservative state by the sixties. Unsurprisingly the events of Mai' 68 do not find any great support. An interesting late curiosity. Fine condition. 95 uk pounds (Damme, Suzanne van). Lecomte, Marcel. L'OEUVRE DE SUZANNE VAN DAMME - 1920-1945. Brussels: Editions la Boetie, 1946. 4to. 179pp. + xi. Numerous b/w reproductions + tipped-on plates in color after works by the artist. Original cloth. First edition of this earliest and most extensive monograph (to date) detailing the works of the underlooked Belgian Surrealist van Damme. Text by the poet Lecomte. Some surface soiling and slight bowing to cloth, else a very good example of this uncommon documentation. 70 uk pounds Dubuffet, Jean. NOTICE SUR LA COMPAGNIE DE L'ART BRUT. Paris: Compagnie de l'Art Brut, 1947. 20 x 25cm. single printed sheet. The founding mission-statement of 'Compagnie de l'Art Brut'. This non-profit organization initiated by Dubuffet (with the support of Andre Breton, Michel Tapie, and others) was an ongoing vehicle for the exhibition, and presentation of works by artists in institutionalized circumstances; and thus removed from socio-cultural influences. Printed signatures at end. Formerly folded, else a very good example of this decisive document. Rare. 175 uk pounds Eluard, Paul. A TOUTE EPREUVE. Paris: Editions Surrealistes, 1930. 12mo. Unbound signatures comprising 16pp. Self-wrappers. First edition of this cycle of Surrealist love poems by Eluard. One of only a handful (perhaps six) printed on rose paper, from the total issue of approximately 30 copies. A very good+ example of this exceedingly rare title. 325 uk pounds Eluard, Paul. AVENIR DE LA POESIE. Conference a la Comedie des Champs-Elysees le Samedi 2 Octobre a 16h15. Exposition Internationale Surrealiste, Paris: 1937. Paris: GLM, 1937. Small 8vo. 20pp. Original wrappers with a pictorial design by Pablo Picasso. First edition. This text was delivered by Eluard at the title seminar, which he organized for the International Surrealist Exhibition of 1937 (Paris). Beyond Eluard's framing contribution, the event consisted of readings from the poetic works of Apollinaire, Breton, Char, Lautreamont, Peret, Michaux, Reverdy, et. al. All examples were printed on velin fort, sans any 'du tete' or large paper issue. This is the Surrealist poet Noel Arnaud's copy and bears his 'stamped' ex-libris as designed by Jacques Herold at the fly-leaf. Some minor wear to back cover, else a very good+ examples of this elusive document. 300 uk pounds Eluard, Paul. LE PHENIX. Avec dix-huit dessins de Valentine Hugo. Paris: GLM, 1951. Small 4to 61pp. 17 full-page b/w illustrations by Valentine Hugo. Original pictorial wrappers (also) designed by Hugo. First edition of this last collaboration between the poet and artist (Eluard died in 1952). Hugo's designs include Surrealist portraits of both Eluard and his wife. One of 1200 numbered examples on velin blanc from a total issue of 1425. A very good+ copy of this attractive livre d'artiste. Scarce. 280 uk pounds Heine, Maurice. LA MORT POSTUME (Fouilles d'Antinoe). N.p.: self-published, 1917. 8vo. Original wrappers. First edition of the author's first book. One of 150 numbered examples on velin blanc de Holland from a total edition of 202. This copy signed. Heine was the acknowledged 'inventor of Sade' in the 20th Century, owing to his passionate and tireless scholarly searching out and subsequent re-contextualization of the latter's oeuvre. Anecdotally, Heine had made a pact of sorts with Apollinaire to carry out a similar project. However, the poet's premature death left Heine to his own devices. Throughout the 20's & 30's (beyond the aforementioned Sadean pursuits), Heine participated in Surrealist group activities and those of the short-lived 'Contre-Attaque' faction. Some minor use to wrappers and intermittent internal foxing, else a very good+ example. Rare. 280 uk pounds (Jorn, Asger). 50 ASGER JORN. Copenhagen: Galerie Birch, 1964. 21 x 29.7cm. 26pp. 26 b/w reproductions after works by Jorn (dating from 1962-63). Original wrappers. First edition of this catalogue issued to celebrate Jorn's 50th birthday. Appropriately, some pages are black and red. One of only 500 numbered copies issued. A very good+ copy of this uncommon documentation. 50 uk pounds (Kineticist manifest). LE MOUVEMENT. Texts by Pontus Hulten, Roger Bordier & Victor Vasarely. Paris: Galerie Denise Rene, 1955. 4to. Single yellow sheet folded to comprise two printed sections. Two diagrammatic designs by Vasarely. The original manifest for this epochal exhibition, which included kinetic experiments by Agam, Bury, Calder, Duchamp, Jacobsen, Soto, Tinguely & Vasarely. A very good example. Folded as issued. Scarce. 85 uk pounds Leiris, Michel. NUIT SANS NUIT. Paris: Fontaine, collection 'L'Age d'Or', 1945. 12mo. 68pp. Original printed wrappers (designed for the series by Mario Prassinos). First edition of this signature immediate post-war work by Leiris. One of 600 numbered examples on velin blanc from a total issue of 625. A very good+ copy. Scarce. 100 uk pounds (Oelze, Richard). Schmied, Wieland. RICHARD OELZE - 1900-1980. Gemalde und Zeichnungen. Berlin: Akademie der Kunst, 1987. 22 x 28cm. 280pp. Reproductions throughout in b/w and color after works by the artist. Pictorial wrappers. First edition. The extensive monograph produced on the occasion of the title retrospective. Oelze's work bridged the new objectivism of the 1930's and Surrealism. Includes an illustrated catalogue raisonne, biography & bibliography. A fine copy. 70 uk pounds Penrose, Valentine. MARTHA'S OPERA. Paris: Fontaine, collection 'L'Age d'Or', 1945. 12mo. 28pp. Pictorial wrappers (designed for the series) by Mario Prassinos. First edition of this short prose work by the Surrealist author and artist. One of 450 numbered examples (after 25 'du tete') issued. A very good+ copy. Scarce. 70 uk pounds Peret, Benjamin. AU PARADIS FANTOMAS. Paris: 'Un Divertissement' (privately printed), 1937. 12mo. Unbound signatures comprising 16pp. Self-wrappers. First edition of this work by the Surrealist author and polemicist. Privately printed in an edition of only 100 numbered copies (after 15 'du tete'), 'Au Paradis Fantomas' is undoubtedly one of the most obscure of Peret's bookworks of the 1930's. A fine example preserved (in later) archival card box. Rare. 425 uk pounds Peret, Benjamin. DERNIER MALHEUR, DERNIERE CHANCE. Paris: Fontaine, 1946. 12mo. 40pp. Stiff, pictorial wrappers. First edition of this virulent poetic statement by Peret. Issued in immediate aftermath of his wartime exile in Mexico. One of 750 numbered examples on velin from the total issue of 775. A fine copy of this demure and very uncommon title. 150 uk pounds (Picasso, Pablo). PICASSO. Issued as 'Les Pages Libres de la Main a Plume'. No.12. Collective (uncredited) text. Paris: Editions de la Main a Plume, 1942. 12mo. 16pp. 5 b/w reproductions of works by Picasso. Pictorial wrappers after a drawing by the artist (dated 1941). First edition of this clandestinely published wartime Surrealist publication. Composed of an anonymous, and presumably collective homage to Picasso. This was the last of the pamphlet works issued in the series 'Les Pages Libres de la Main a Plume', which included contributions by Noel Arnaud, Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, Christian Dotremont, et. al. One of 250 examples on papier couche, after 15 'du tete'. A very good copy of this fragile item. Scarce. 125 uk pounds DER QUERSCHNITT. 8th yr., no.1. Herausgebr: H. v. Wedderkop. Berlin: Propylaen Verlag, Jan. 1928. Small 4to. 78pp. B/w drawings by Fernand Leger, George Grosz, E.L. Kirchner, Ottomar Starke, et. al. + many duotone photos as reportage. Original stapled wrappers with cover design by Leger. Single number of this long-lived modernist journal of art and literature. This issue includes textual and/or pictorial contributions from Franz Blei, Fernand Leger, George Grosz, E.L. Kirchner, among others. Typical minor wear to wrappers, else in very good estate. 50 uk pounds (Surrealist tract). MANFESTE DES SURREALISTES-REVOLUTIONNAIRES EN FRANCE. Collective text. Paris: self-published, 1947. Two quarto leaves, comprising four pages. The founding manifest of the short-lived dissident Surrealist faction, as founded by Noel Arnaud (in France) and Christian Dotremont (in Belgium). This statement is (in part) prototypical of Cobra's underlying principles. Within a matter of months both Arnaud and Dotremont would align themselves with the Cobra movement. Co-signed by Arnard, Y. Battistini, E. Jaguer, H. Juin, J. Laude, et. al. A very good+ example of this keynote transitional document. Scarce. 135 uk pounds WITH THE RARE PROSPECTUS (Toyen ne Marie Cerminova). Capek, Jan B. PISEN PISNI. Prague: F.J. Mueller, 1931. 8vo. 44 (xii)pp. Five full-page hand-coloured illustrations by Toyen. Original wrappers. First edition of these poems after 'The Song of Songs', as accompanied by five striking 'Artificialist' hand-coloured compositions by Toyen. One of only 105 examples on japan, of which 25 were not for sale (total edition). Laid into this example is the rare prospectus for this title, content of 4 variant hand-coloured images by Toyen and a holograph notice from the publisher. A remarkably pristine example in like publisher's slipcase of this extremely elusive work. 1,450 uk pounds (Toyen). Breton, Andre. LA LAMPE DANS L'HORLOGE. Paris: Editions Robert Marin, 1948. Small 8vo. 72pp. Frontispiece original lithograph by Toyen + full-page photo-portrait of the author by Elisa Breton. Wrappers with a pictorial design by Toyen. First edition of this important post-WWII work by Breton. One of 350 numbered examples on velin to include the original lithograph by Toyen, apart from 2000 examples. The cover design by Toyen is quite intriguing. A close to fine example. Scarce. 245 uk pounds (Toyen). TOYEN. Aphorismes de Andre Breton, Jean Pierre Duprey, Jindrich Heisler, Ado Kyrou, Benjamin Peret. Paris: A L'etoile Scellee, 1953. Poster/catalogue. 17.9 x 32.9cm. Light pink stock printed on both sides. Recto with cut-out pictorial design by Toyen. Verso, with aphoristic text statements and list of works exhibited. The scarce catalogue in poster format for this major exhibition of works by the emigre Czech Surrealist. The attractive cut-out design by the artist consists of two facing hands with thumbs joined to index fingers. A very good+ example of this ephemeral piece. 245 uk pounds THE COSMORAMA IS CLOTHED IN BEIGE 23 (33) Images de l'art francais Moscow: Maison Centrale De L'Artiste, 1989 Group show including Boltanski, Buren, Calle, Filliou, Le Gac, Messenger, and others. 4 colour postcards in printed envelope with 2 offset inserts - texts in Russian and French. Four views of the exhibition are reporduced recto in full colour. One closed tear to the envelope, otherwise fine. 35 uk pounds (Acconci, Vito). VITO ACCONCI - PHOTO WORKS, VIDEOS ET FILMS SUPER 8. 1969-72. Texts by Catherine Queloz, Claude Cortinovis, et. al. Geneva: Sous-Sol, 1988. 18cm. sq. folding card box with pasted-down title label. Content of 50 unbound sheets, including ten b/w photo-documents & two long-playing audio cassettes ('Ten Packed Minutes', 1977 & 'Anchors', 1972). First edition of this excellent catalogue assemblage. Composed of text, image & audio documentation of primary performance works by the artist. All elements in fine estate in like box. 110 uk pounds Andre, Carl FOUR MEDITATIONS ON THE YEAR 1960 Dusseldorf: Konrad Fisher, 1971 14.5 x 10.5 cm scarceexhibition invitation card - b/w recto illustration of the instruction drawing for the work. This a mailed copy. Very good. 20 uk pounds ANDRE, Carl. Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1968. Cardboard box with platic lid content of a booklet consisting of 2 folding parts in wrappers with folded 400 x 16 cm white tablecloth. One of only 660 copies. Fine. 450 uk pounds Other boxes from this series including Byars, Long, Richter and Weiner (or even an entire set) may be available - please enquire. ART & LANGUAGE. Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, 1980. 4-tro. 414 pp plus card covers. 133 b/w reproductions of various Art & Language publications and works. Printed in 500 copies. Text in Dutch and English with inserted Dutch publisher's errata slip. Notable is the reprinted discourse on how to display the air conditioning in a gallery as the art work. Scarce. Very good condition apart from some very neat ink marks on the contents page and a neat former owner's name on the inside rear cover. 85 uk pounds (Barney, Matthew) T-SHIRT FOR CREMASTER 2. Minneapolis: Walker Art Centre, 1999. X-Large clothing multiple - black long sleeved heavy cotton t-shirt. A deliberate parody of the current Indie-clothing, this is an artist designed t-shirt sold as ephemera at the showing of Cremaster 2 at the Walker. Front is a full colour skull, hive and flag motif bound in flame. Back is the Cremaster logo over printed with the "tour details" ie the showing of C2 at the Walker. Down each sleeve are the texts: "The drones' exposition" and "Cremaster 2". Hip. 50 uk pounds SIGNED BY BOTH COMPOSER AND ARTIST (Barney, Matthew/ Bepler, Jonathan) MUSIC FOR CREMASTER 2. USA: n.p., 1999. Standard audio cd picture disc in jewel case and with 24pp pictorial artist designed pictorial insert (with lyrics to Bepler's score for Cremaster 2). From an edition of 500 copies, this copy is signed in ink on the picture disc by both Barney and Bepler. The Cremaster series is soon to be completed by Barney with the release of # 3 which is set in an Irish bar seemingly atop of the Chrysler Building and ends at the Giant's Causeway. A masterpiece of art, the entire schema for what Barney insists are sculptures in film should be revealed at last. This is the music from the most recent release - which had Gary Gilmore as Houdini's grandson. Mint condition. 55 uk pounds Beau Geste Press. CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION ANAEROBIC TANK. Collective text. Devon: Beau Geste Press, c. 1974. Small 4to 5pp. Full-page diagrams of the title 'processor'. Stapled self-wrappers. First issue of this uncommon manifest, which begins with a quote by Sitting Bull. The body of the text concerns the preservation of the earth's resources and is interspersed with diagrammatic proposals for the construction and use of the 'Continuous Production Anaerobic Tank'. A close to fine example. 50 uk pounds Beuys, Joseph and Byars James Lee FRAGMENTI VENEZIANI (I - IIIIIIIIII) Verona: Factotum Art, 1980 38.5 x 54cm wooden box containing ten 35 x 50 cm graphite on black wove by Byars and Beuys (5 from each artist). All are black on black and textual in character. Sheets are all numbered I to IIIIIIIIII and a Byars print is then followed by a corresponding Beuys' print next in sequence. printed lower right and inscribed in pencil verso. Each print is framed in pairs (one of Beuys is framed next to the corresponding Byars print in each frame under passporteau) This is number X from XXX copies, a really nice set. (For a partial description see - Schellman 339 - 343) 3,500 uk pounds net Boltanski, Christian Saynetes Comiques Brussels: 1975 4-to lansdscape. 32pp printed b/w recto only. Boltanski re-enacting scenes from his life against painted backgrounds without any attempt at disguise or realism. Original 1st edition. Fine condition. 95 uk pounds Boltanski, Christian Two early b/w postcards LE PAPA BRICOLEUR. and LE "REPAS REFUSE". Antibes: ARROCARIA editions 1975 14.5 x 10.5cm. Boltanski the family man with apuppet. Both scarce documents - Ref:. Konig: Schenkung Christian Boltanski # 107 and #108 respectively. Fine condition. 75 uk pounds for the pair. Boltanski, Christian PASSIE/PASSION Tilburg: De Pont, 1997 38 x 58cm unfolded. 4 sheets of double sided b/w posters folded to create a quasi - tabloid newspaper. The images are of greatly magnified staring eyes. Accusatory. In original (unposted) printed mailing band - as issued. Edition know known. Fine condition except for a slight nick on the mailing band. 25 uk pounds Buren, Daniel. LIMITES CRITIQUES. Paris: Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1970. 21 x 30cm. 16 pp. 15 illustrations, including a foldout tryptych of diagrams printed in colors. Printed wrappers. First edition of this key theoretical work, which details Buren's concepts of 'serial obliteration'. A fine copy. Uncommon. 60 uk pounds Buren, Daniel. ESSAI HETEROCLITE. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1981. 18 x 24.5 cm. 40 pp. 24 illustrations (one in color). Printed wrappers. First edition. One of 850 copies printed. Texts by the artist. A fine copy. 35 uk pounds Byars, James Lee This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling. Los Angeles: Eugenia Butler Gallery, 1969. 15cm dia. (9.5cm approx per side) 5-sided Gold Announcement Card. Offset lithograph text on recto in red "This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling; 615 North la Ceinega; Los Angeles, California, USA." The very scarce invitation card sent out to a small number of invited guests to the one of Byars' "Ghost" performances/installations of 1969 . One performance saw Butler deliberately refused access to her own gallery office thanks to a red wall built by Byars and over the 5 days of the exhibition access to the entire gallery was eventually and gradually restricted to a small hole in another specially constructed red wall across the frontage. Very good condition. 495 uk pounds Byars, James Lee Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1977. 18 x 15 x 8 cm cardboard box made from gold card - content of a giant sheet of black paper with text by Byars printed in gold, crumpled together to fit into the box. Limited Edition of 330 numbered copies. Very good. 850 uk pounds Byars, James Lee >DEVIL<. Temporary Travelling Press Publications # 12. Artists Press Bern, 1978. 21 x 15 cm red card folder (opens to 21 x 30 cm). Gold printed title. On opening a red cord can be seen to be glued into the centerfold of the folder. The total length of cord is 185 cm. At exactly the mid pount of the cord, 3 additional cords of 92cm each are knotted onto the assembly. On one of these cords yet another cord is knotted after exactly 138 cm. Only150 copies were made, each individually numbered. Mint condition. Scarce. 375 uk pounds Creed, Martin WORK No. 88 London: W&P, 1999 297 x 210mm piece of paper (overprinted with the publication data, artist's name and title) crumpled up by the artist. Signed by Creed. A special edition (aside from the impossible to get first edition) of Creed's famous conceptual piece. One of only 100. Scarce. 195 uk pounds Darboven, Hanne UNTITLED T-SHIRT. CAPC Musee, Bordeaux, France, 1986 Artist designed t-shirt (XL) with b/w silkscreen image. One of a number of clothing multiples designed for CAC by the artist and published in an edition of only 500. Darrboven has contributed a design outlining a sequence of numbers in all possible combinations within a series of magic squares. In original cellophane wrapping. 55 uk pounds Dean, Tacita. A BREATH. London: XX Gallery, 1997. 6 x 20cm. gray card box content of one video tape loop and hand added transfer lettering title. Signed and numbered by the artist. First issue of this scarce boxed multiple by the YBA affiliate. An excerpted video segment from an exploration of 'breath catching'. Edition of only 20 examples signed and numbered by Dean. Fine estate in like box. 125 uk pounds Dean, Tacita. A KISS. London: XX Gallery, 1997. 6 x 15cm. gray card box content of one video tape loop and hand added transfer lettering title. Signed and numbered by the artist. As above. This time, the video segment records the title act in perpetuity (sic). Edition of only 20 examples signed and numbered by Dean. Fine estate in like box. 125 uk pounds Dine, Jim SHOES A - F n.p., 1970 45 x 60cm colour litho on super fine cover paper . Signed and numbered by the artist from a small edition of 75. Many of Dine's early works concerned themselves with clothing and work tools - reflecting his roots in American working class culture, his links with Claes Oldenberg and his influential role in early pop art (later repudiated by Dine). Fine condition. Unframed. 650 uk pounds net (Export, Valie & Rosenbach, Ulrike). VALIE EXPORT/ULRIKE ROSENBACH. Texts by the artist, et. al. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1980. 20.5 x 27.5cm. 32pp. 47 b/w photo-documents + diagram. Reversible format (per artist). Wrappers. First edition of this dual catalogue retrospective, which documents selected actions and performances by Export and Rosenbach. Divided in two equal (reversible) sections. A very good+ example. 45 uk pounds Filliou, Robert 10 Arbeiten von 1961 1 Arbeit von 1961 /1971 Koln: Galerie Michael Werner 1971 15 x 10.5cm invitation card (to "Art Intermedia, Koln") for the show "Robert Filliou ". Recto is an illustration of "Self Defence". Very good + condition - slight marks from the mailing. 45 uk pounds Filliou, Robert Raining Cats and Dogs Unique work, 1969 50 x 50 x 43 cm approx. unique assemblage by Filliou . Consisting of two doll's chairs, two small cloth, stuffed toys (cats and dog) and umbrella on custom made wooden plinth with titled brass plate. Signed and dated by the artist ("1964 -1969") Full. In very good condition. Price on application. Filliou, Robert HANDSHOW Germany: Ursula Bruner-Schwer, 1967. Wooden box with perspex lid inclusive of 24 single-sided photographic b/w reproductions of various Fluxus affilated artist's hands (including Ayo, Cage, Williams). The transparent perspex cover is over-screenprinted in red to display palmistry marks allowing (theoretically) the viewer to read the future for the 24 participants. One of 30 numbered and signed boxes. Fine. 1,250 uk pounds Filliou, Robert TELEPATHIC MUSIC No. 5,4,3,2,1. Invitation card. New York John Gibson Gallery, (May 1-29), 1972. 15.2 x 10.6mm. Offset in black, red and blue on one side only of a vellum coloured card to create the impression of standard index card filled with the show's details and with "principle of equivalence permanent creation" stamp (offset not hand stamped). A very fine example of this emphemeral document. 60 uk pounds (Fischer, Lili). LILI FISCHER - HAUSGEISTER. Installationen, Objekte, Zeichnungen. Texts by Hanna Hohl, Lothar Romain, et. al. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Kunstverein, 1988. 21 x 30cm. 68pp. 70 b/w photo-documents. Original wrappers. First edition. The superb catalogue documentation of Fischer's thematically-related performance and installation work of the title. One of only 500 copies printed. A very good+ example. Uncommon. 40 uk pounds A further email will soon arrive to complete this latest list. To enquire or purchase any item on this list then please reply to this list or use "mail-AT-heartfineart.com" To unsubscribe from this newsletter contact "unsubscribe-AT-heartfineart.com" or reply with a "Remove" in the subject line and we will remove you as soon as possible. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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