Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated paperback cover with a matchbook by Ben Vautier tipped-in to cover. Includes "Ben on Ben" an interview with Ben Vautier, and "Art Total" an article by Vautier. 69 pages, illustrated throughout. Fine copy, as new.
Published by Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, 1983
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
439 pp.; 27.3 x 20.9 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show "Fluxus etc. / The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection," held September 28 - October 30, 1983. Curated by Jon Hendricks. Introduction by Jay Belloi. Includes facsimiles of instruction drawings for fluxus related works by Ay-O, George Brecht, John Cage, Jack Coke's Farmer's Coop, Ken Friedman, Dick Higgins, Milan Knizak, George Maciunas, Larry Miller, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Vautier, Yoshi Wada, and Robert Watts. Also includes catalogue of Fluxus editions and related works in the collection by Arthur Koepcke, Takehisa Kosugi, Larry Miller, Serge Oldenbourg, Peter Moore, Benjamin Patterson, and many, many more. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Includes errata. Front cover by George Maciunas, back cover by Ben Vautier. Good / Very Good. 6.2 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto. Rubbing across covers and cover edges. 1 cm. surface tear to top left corner of verso. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by Koelnischer Kunstverein Cologne, Germany, 1970
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[unpaginated]; 23.2 x 15.3 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November 6, 1970 - January 6, 1971. Curated by Hans Sohm and Harald Szeemann. A definitive chronology of Fluxus performances and events that occurred between 1959 through 1970. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of posters, advertisements, photographs, ephemera and more. Includes contributions by Tadeusz Kantor, Ben Vautier, Ay-o, Nam June Paik, Ken Friedman, Al Hansen, Bici Hendricks, Robert Filliou, George Brecht, Bazon Brock, Tomas Schmit, Red Grooms, Carolee Schneemann, Philip Corner, Joe Jones, Tetsumi Kudo, Claes Oldenburg, Hermann Nitsch, Arthur Koepcke, Otto Muehl, Günter Brus, Geoff Hendricks, Robert Watts, J.J. Lebel, Milan Knizák, Eric Andersen, Robert Whitman, Emmett Williams, and Wolf Vostell. Includes a bibliography and a pre-chronology with parallels between the chronologies of the artists in the exhibition. Text in German. Very Good. Light rubbing of cover edges. 2 mm. of yellow soiling and 1.8 cm. and 7 mm. surface scratching to recto. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size and weight additional shipping charges may be required for international orders.
Published by Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd. London, United Kingdom, 1972
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
48 pp.; 21 x 15.3 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size 800; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue for show of artists' books held September 20 - October 14, 1972. Text by Germano Celant. Exhibition checklist organized chronologically by Celant and Linda Morris. Show included books by Dick Higgins, Claes Oldenburg, Dieter Rot [aka Dieter Roth], Ben, Daniel Spoerri, George Brecht, Yoko Ono, Claus Bremer, John Cage, La Monte Young, Jackson MacLow, Nam June Paik, Emmett Williams, Walter de Maria, Malka Safro, Simone Forti, Richard Maxfield, Christian Wolff, Stanley Brouwn, Piero Manzoni, Edward Ruscha, Robert Filliou, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Eduardo Paolozzi, Gianfranco Baruchello, Mel Bochner, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Ay-o, Oyvind Fahlstrom, John Giorno, Jerome Rothenberg, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Philip Corner, Juan Hidalgo, Mel Ramsden, Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Burn, Merce Cunningham, Terry Riley, Ben Vautier, Stephen Kaltenbach, Walter Marchetti, N.E. Thing Co. LTD., Giulio Paolini, Bernard Venet, Franz Erhard Walther, Andy Warhol, Vito Acconci, Stig Brogger, José Luis de Castillejo, Roger Cutforth, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Dan Graham, James Lee Byars, Maloney, Bruce Nauman, Michelangelo Pisteletto, Emilio Prini, Allen Ruppersberg, Richard Tuttle, Harold Hurrell, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christo, Dennis Oppenheim, Mark Boyle, Daniel Buren, Donald Burgy, Gerald Ferguson, Dorothy Iannone, Bejamin Patterson, Gilbert & George, Kathe Gregory, Marilyn Landis, Russell F. Lewis, David Crane, Scott R. Kahn, Lawrence Alloway, Gerard Hemsworth, David Lamelas, Mario Merz, Tom Phillips, Peter Roehr, Klaus Staeck, Art & Language, Derek Boshier, Marcel Broodthaers, Alessandro Carlini, James Collins, Giancarlo Croce, Giorgio Fabbris, Giorgio Spiller, Sandro Greco, Hamish Fulton, Bob Law, Richard Long, Philip Pilkington, David Rushton, Kevin Lole, Peter Smith, Giuseppe Penone, John Stezaker, Athena Tacha, Gérard Titus-Carmel, Vincenzo Agnetti, Giovanni Anselmo, John Baldessari, John Blake, Victor Burgin, Ger van Elk, Richard Hamilton, and Bruce McClean Reference : No. 3 and No. 135 in "The Book on Books on Artists' Books" by Arnaud Desjardin. London, England : The Everyday Press, 2011, pp. 15, 74. Very Good. Very light wear to covers. Name of previous owner in ink on first inside page, and small ink dash next to the names of Alison Knowles, Hanne Darboven, and Athena Tacha in the checklist. Otherwise Fine.
Published by George Maciunas/ Fluxus 1964-70, New York, 1964
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: overall very good +. First Edition. George Maciunas, George Brecht, Fluxus Editorial Council for Fluxus, ccV TRE Fluxus Magazine, New York, 1964-70. All original first edition copies printed by Maciunas in New York in newspaper format. 8 issues of the 11 eleven issues published. Black offsey lithograph, mostly printed on white paper, with some coloured stock. Each issue approc 580 x 440mm, folded to 290 x 440mm, 4pp. Condition: all issues have beens stored folded twice since 1970, some general even toning is apparent, some rubbing to the edges - this has led to some closed tear where they have been folded along the spine area. All 8 issues: (1) Fluxus cc V TRE Fluxus No.1, Jan. 1964. (2) Fluxus cc V TRE Fluxus No.2, Feb. 1964. (3) Fluxus cc Valise eTRanglE No.3, March 1964. (4) Fluxus cc fiVe ThRee No.4, June 1964. (5) Fluxus Vacuum TRapEzoid No.5, March 1965, printed on brown wrapping paper. (6) Fluxus Vaudeville TouRnamEnt No.6, July 1965, printed on yellow stock. (7) Fluxus Vaseline sTREet No.8, May 1966. (8) JOHN YOKO & FLUX No.9, 1970.
Published by [Fluxus Edition] New York, NY, 1965
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[1] pp.; 53.4 x 16.9 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Poster / flyer issued to promote Fluxshop where multiples, editions, games and more made by Fluxus artists were available in unlimited editions and sold at affordable prices. Artists include George Maciunas, Genpei Akasegawa, Eric Andersen, Ay-o, George Brecht, Stanley Brouwn, Anthony Cox, Giuseppe Chiari, Philip Corner, Walter de Maria, Willem de Ridder, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Hi Red Center, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Jiri Kolar, Arthur Kopcke, Takenhisa Kosugi, Shigeko Kubota, Frederic Lieberman, Gyorgi Ligeti, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Barbara Moore, Robert Morris, Ladislav Novak, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, James Riddle, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Takako Saito, Willem Schippers, Tomas Schmit, Chieko Shiomi, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, Robert M. Watts, Emmett Williams, La Monte Young, and others. Reference : "Fluxus Administration : George Maciunas and the Art of Paperwork" by Colby Chamberlain. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2024, pp. 32. Very Good / Fine. Minimal handling wear, otherwise Fine, clean and unmarked with mild curl to sheet.