48 - 556 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Frontwrapper lacks sm. portion near foot of spine; sl. nibbled by silverfish along edges.
- Top of spine dustwr. sl. frayed.
= SIGNED by Otto Piene in pencil on htitle. Facsimile reprint of the periodicals Zero 1, Zero 2 and Zero 3, originally published in 1958 and 1961. With the torn page 88 and burned page 94.
= Catalogue for one of the earliest Fluxus events, organised by Radio Télévision Française under the direction of Jean Tardieu, and the ""Domaine Poétique"" competition represented by Jean-Clarence Lambert and Jean-Loup Philippe. Organized by Emmett Williams and Daniel Spoerri. The event was held at the Musee d'Art Moderne and included participations by George Brecht, Terry Brown, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Pat Keene, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas, Jackson Mac Low, Simone Morris, Benjamin Patterson, Terry Riley, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams, and La Monte Young. French translation by Robert Filliou. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
- Wrappers trifle dustsoiled. Frontwr. of no.1 tear in fore-edge margin.
= Containing contributions by i.a. Bernard Aubertin, Constant, Herman Goepfert, Christian Megert, Michel Seuphor, Peter Struyken, Jean Tinguely and Jiri Valoch. No.1 is also the catalogue of the exhibition "Aktuell 65"; no.2/3 w. 13 (lithogr./ stencilled) plates (incl. 1 fold. poster) by i.a. D. Roth, N. Vigo, H. de Vries and W. Ganzevoort; no.9 consists of 5 black lvs. ("zwart" by Ad Reinhardt), 2 gold lvs. w embossed lines ("boodschap" by Mathius Goeritz) and 6 white lvs. ("wit" by Herman de Vries); no.10 is a hommage to i10. Herman de Vries, Les livres et les publications p.347ff. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
= Extremely rare hand-made artist's book by Fluxus artist Takako Saito commemorating her days in Devon. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
= SIGNED by the artist and "'85/ 89" in pen on first free endpaper.
Melissen, A. Jan Schoonhoven. Rott., Nai010, 2015, 192p., num. ills., orig. boards, large 4to. Schoemaker-van Weeszenbergh, M. a.o. Jan Schoonhoven Delft. Delft, Stichting Licht op Schoonhoven, 2015, 160p., richly illustr., orig. boards, 4to. - AND 9 others on the same, i.a. JAN J. SCHOONHOVEN. Atelier 5 (Leverkusen, 1981, ills., orig. wr.); K. SCHMIDT (ed.), J.J. Schoonhoven Zeichnungen-Tekeningen 1940-1975 (Düsseldorf etc., 1975, ills., orig. wr., large 4to).
- Each issue folded as usual. Despite some minimal wear, all issues in very fine condition.
= Rare complete set of this periodical published by the London gallery Signals focusing on kinetic art. Although intended as a general forum, each issue focusses on a particular artist and the wider context and repercussions of their oeuvre. The artists discussed in detail are: Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis), Sergio de Camargo, Marcello Salvadori, Lygia Clark, Naum Gabo, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesús-Rafael Soto and Alejandro Otero. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
- Mint. = International Parisian edition.
- Second vol. w. "1972" in ballpoint on first leaf.
= Extremely rare early conceptual art exhibition catalogues.
- Wr. vaguely discoloured along edges.
= On the European Zero movement with contributions by i.a. Arman, Pol Bury, Lucio Fontana, Piero Dorazio, Henk Peeters, J.J. Schoonhoven, G. Uecker and J. Verheyen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
- All formerly folded as issued; no.0 w. sm. waterstain in lower corner.
= A rare complete set in near mint condition. No.1 with the attached manifest "Ein Künstler ist ein Erfinder" and no.8 with the poster (identical to the frontwr.) for the exhibition "Uecker und seine Schüle".
- Owner's entry on frontwrapper. Otherwise fine.
= Rare catalogue of the Rotterdam exhibition on the Dutch avant-garde movement Zero with small biographies of its members: Van Bohemen, Dahmen, Manzoni, Pieters, Romijn, Sanders, Schoonhoven, Schumacher, Tajiri and Wagemakers.
- Vol. 1 w. 2 vertical folds; owner's entry in ballpoint in upper outer corner frontwrapper of 2nd vol. All vols. trifle rubbed along extremities. Otherwise fine copies.
= First vol. with red leaf in center "Zur 7. Abendausstellung "Das Rote Bild". Bilder, deren bestimmende Farbe Rot ist." and the third vol. w. the sunflower-pith by Jean Tinguely, the mounted matchstick by Daniel Spoerri. No. 1 with contributions by John Anthony Thwaites (Wohin geht die Farbe?), Yves Klein (Meine Stellung im Kampf zwischen Linie und Farbe), Heinz Mack (Die neue Dynamische Struktur), Otto Piene (Die Farbe in unterschiedlichen Wertbereichen), Hans Platschek (Notiz zur Farbe im informel), Michel Seuphor, Fritz Seitz. No. 2. with contributions by Fritz Seitz (Bewegung), Arnold Gehlen (Wechsel der Identität des Bildes), K.F.Ertel, Holweck, Max Bense, Mavignioer, Zillmann, Mack, Otto Piene, Klaus J. Fischer, John Anthony Thwaites, Hans Platschek. No. 3 with contributions by Yves Klein (a burnt page), Otto Piene (hole in white sheet), photogr. ills. by L. Fontana, Castellani, Arman, Rainer, Mack, Kage, Tinguely, Aubertin, Manzoni and Pol Bury. A very rare complete set of the publication by the ZERO group. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
- Lacks 1 plate and descr. text of several plates. All vols. (sl.) foxed; 1 vol. partly sl. wormholed; 1 vol. partly sl. waterst. in margin. Bindings sl. worn at backstrips and edges.
= Annual journal on the use of wood in carpentry and furniture (esp. house, school and church), published for (at least) 16 years between 1882 and 1897.
- Plates occas. (sl.) frayed; title sl. browned. Portfolio covers soiled/ stained/ sl. worn; spine-ends dam.
- Sl. yellowed; backwr. and last leaf some sm. tears in lower blank margin.
= Special issue of Poesia, "Rassegna Internationale, Anno V, N. 3-4-5-6" (April-July 1909). Contains i.a. the futurist manifest in English, French and Italian (the first publication of the manifest after its publication in French in La Figaro, Feb. 20th), "Les premières Victoires du Futurisme. Interview de M. Marinetti", "Adhésions et objections" and "Le Futurisme et la presse internationale".