Eric Orr James Lee Byars (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Eric Orr: A Twenty-year Survey. University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, April 14--May 12, 1984. Orr, Eric & Thomas McEvilley & James Lee Byars. San Diego State University Art Gallery. 1984. 457p. Trade paperback, front cover detached, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked70.00.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Artist Book is by Eric Orr and with a multiple made of clay by James Lee Byars; 8. 320 pp.; Dimensions: 28x29.5x8.5 cm.; the front and back boards are made of blue steel; the binding: sewn bound process; Limited Edition of 1000 unnumbered copies; it is not singed; "A wildly deluxe edition consisting of a handmade clay multiple by James Lee Byars, titled "The Sphere of Generosity," and a blue steel covered book by Eric Orr and Byars. Book contains "The Matter of O," a rubber-stamped stain of Orr's blood; "Skull Page," made of handmade paper using Kozo fibers and a powdered mummy skull with red screenprinting. NOTE NOTE: on pages 25 / 26 were hand-torn by the artist. The book, a monograph / catalogue raisonné by Orr with interventions by Byars, and multiple are housed in a large polystyrene box and slipcase in a screenprinted cardboard box. An overwhelmingly well produced project that sets a high standard for both artists' publications and artist designed monographs."; OF INTEREST: when handling the steel boards one needs to be careful not to put finger prints on it; some rubbing to the thin cardboard slipcase; the blue steel boards have a little rubbing handlinon the spine's joints is rusting off, otherwise the rest of interior of the book and the multiple are in VERY GOOD COND. substantial postage for international purchase is necessary.…

8-320 pp. + handmade clay multiple by James Lee Byars, titled "The Sphere of Generosity". Richly illustrated. Publisher's blue steel covered boards, together with the multiple in a styrofoam box, all in original slip-case. A very good set. Orr's work "The Matter of O" (p. 15) where the artist has applied his own blood to the book, via a rubber stamp. Pages 25/26 are blank, with a vertical tear (as issued) specified by the artist. The "skull page" (p. 163/164) features monochromatic red paper pages handmade by Yoshio Ikezaki.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine Copy in the original slipcase.

55 pp.; 35.5 x 25 cm.; loose leaves; duotone; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with Prospect 69 held September 30 - October 12, 1969. Conceived of and organized by Konrad Fischer and Hans Strelow. Edited section by Seth Siegelaub incorporates interviews with Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, and Lawrence Weiner conducted individually by themselves. rovides an overview of participating galleries and their artists. Additionally includes "in unabhängiger Präsentation, da von Auswahlkomitee eingeladen, aber nicht von den PROSPECT 69 vertretenen Galerien in der Kunstalle gezeight" [in an independent presentation, as invited by the selection committee, but not shown by the galleries represented by PROSPECT 69 in the Kunsthalle]. Artists include Bernd & Hilla Becher, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Bruno Gronen, Michael Heizer, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Reiner Ruthenbeck, and Niele Toroni. Additionally includes full-page images or projects by Robert Smithson (Mirror Displacement, Portland Isle, England, 1969), Charles Ross, Markus Raetz, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Jannis Kounellis, Eliseo Mattiacci, Stanley Brouwn, Alighero Bottti (1/2 page), Emilio Prini (1/2 page), Giuseppe Penone (1/2 page), Pier Paolo, Calzolari (1/2 page), E.P. Butler (1/2 page), Eric Orr (1/2 page), James Lee Byars (1/2 page), Paul Cotton (1/2 page), Hans Haacke, Lynda Benglis, Ron Cooper, Doug Wheeler, Giorgio Griffa, David Prentice, a double-page centerfold of blue stripes by Daniel Buren, Dennis Oppenheim, ZAJ-Gruppe, Dick Higgins, Joseph Beuys (photo by Ute Klophaus), David Lamelas, and 13 "Information" pages with advertising.Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with Prospect 69 held September 30 - October 12, 1969. Conceived of and organized by Konrad Fischer and Hans Strelow. Edited by Seth Siegelaub. Provides an overview of participating galleries and their artists and includes interviews with Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, and Lawrence Weiner. References : "Seth Siegelaub : Beyond Conceptual Art" by Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti, Marja Bloem, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jo Melvin, Götz Langkau, Matilda McQuaid, Alan Kennedy, Seth Siegelaub. Köln and Amsterdam, Germany / Netherlands : Verlag der Buchandlung Walther König / Stedelijk Museum, 2016, pp. 176-179. "Six Years, The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 : A Cross-Reference Book of Information on Some Esthetic Boundaries . / edited and annotated by Lucy R. Lippard." by Lucy R. Lippard. Praeger Publishers Inc., NY / DC : Praeger Publishers Inc., 1973, pp. 113 - 115. Very Good. Light overall aging to paper, few very small chips to lower edge of recto cover, pale time staining to verso cover. Contents clean and unmarked. An outstandingly well preserved copy of a otherwise typically fragile publication.…

San Diego; University Art Gallery, 1984. 18x12,5 cm. (1, 1 blank), 457, (1 blank) pp. Illustrated. Original black wrappers. A fine copy. Contains texts and depicted art works by Orr, chronology and bibliography, as well as texts on Orr by McEvilley, Byars, and Marv Friedenn. Inscribed by Orr on the title page to gallery owner Anders Tornberg, who exhibited Orr's works in 1990: "To Anders / thank you much. Love / Eric".…

Lund; AB Propexus, 1990. First edition. 24x18 cm. 320 pp. Blue steel binding with black edges. The book is contained in a cushion package, together with "The Sphere of Generosity", a multiple in fired clay by James Lee Byars, and housed in the original printed card slipcase. Very fine. The book was published on the occasion of Orr's exhibition at Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund in an edition of 1000 copies, and designed by Gert Fors, John Melin, and Anders Tornberg. The art critic Thomas McEvilley has contributed with a series of texts. The "Skull Page" paper was handmade by Yoshio Ikezaki, Los Angeles, using kozo fibers and a powdered mummy skull. "The Matter of O" was rubber-stamped with Eric Orr's blood. Pp. 25-26 are blank with a vertical tear deliberately made by Orr. The copy was inscribed by Eric Orr, James Lee Byars, and Thomas McEvilley at an Opening of the book at the University in Lund. From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the slipcase.…