Assemblage Environments and Happenings by Allan Kaprow, First Edition (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large hardcover. Folio(12 x 12.25 in.). Burlap covered boards with stamped pink-beige lettering on front and spine. The burlap is in good shape but with a 1/4" split at top of the front spine ridge. Some fading on the spine and adjacent space on front. Binding is strong. The original clear vinyl jacket cover is present. It has "fogged" with age but is still flexible and in one piece. There is very light wear at the spine/top and some rippling on the front and spine. The binding is solid, very little play. Pages are excellent. This is a time capsule of the mid-sixties progressive art movement, showcasing a group of artists who went on to expand their profiles. A difficult book to describe except to say it is engaging and, occasionally, fascinating. The copyright page, title page, contents page and Kaprow essay are in the middle of the book, printed on tan pages. Pushing those boundaries, just like its subject. AT OVER 6 LB. THIS BOOK WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Photo presentations, with notes, ex-lib, with card sleeve on rear fr e.p., with 5 rubber "withdrawn: stamp marks at fr and rear, black marker line through h.s. library stamp, marker lines on top and fore- & bottom edges through library stamps else clean, unmarked brown paper text and white page photos, very light wear to bottom spine cloth tip. 12" x 12" brown burlap-like cloth baords x 1.75" thick, light brown cover letters, in glassine polyester sleeve. Size: Square Folio. Book.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [1966]. Square 4to. First edition. Mild shaking to binding. Slight cracking to gutter. Faint creasing to top forecorner of f.f.e.p. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Oversized. Covers shelfworn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. heavy burlap with lettering to spine and cover, hard cover in original clear, heavy vinyl dust wrapper., front hinge weakening. owner signature. star stamp to bottom edge. else, clean, no other markings. no bumps or insults. large, heavy book.; illustrated throughout in b/w. features documentation and photos of numerous works and events by an international roster of artists. apprx. 340pp. Size: Square Folio.

hardcover. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. Large 4to, 343 pp. Fine copy in the original acetate wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Oversized. Mild shelfwear, but very uncommon to find an unfaded cover.

IT WAS ALWAYS HAPPENING Take the book and place it on a flat surface and start turning the pages slowly, the grainy black and white images setting a course of action as disturbing as a dream unfixed from the dreamer. Was it really then or now, the book exclaims, in a mire of events built on when it was happening. In this moment, entering the book, nothing is clear but that art is timeless, boundless, fearless. Step. Right. In. Thanks to the publisher, Harry Abrams, we have an art document that preserves a truly ephemeral American movement that resisted form, defied space, and transformed the expectant eye of the audience. Kaprow's book design allows space for entering and contemplation before jarring you back to the moment. His text is clear and easy, should you accept the premise. Before you know it, connections come to light: Schwitters, Duchamp, Pollock, art brut, a sixties babel of motion in creation. Vertical surface creases to some sections not marring text or photographs in any way, spine barely sunned a shade, a tight and clean copy of a scarce book lacking the original clear jacket, in custom mylar cover. Solid square hardcover, 12.25 x 12.25 inches, bound in brown burlap, text pages on kraft paper.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4° Ob. - 341pp - B/w Photo-reproductions. First edition Text and designa by Allan Kaprow - With selection of Scenarios by. 9 Japanese of the Gutai Group - Jean-Jacques Lebel - Wolf Vostell - George Brecht - Kenneth Dewey - Milan Knizak. Text in English. Original wrappers. In Very good condtion.

Condition: Very good. Inscribed first edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art the first such work by a major publisher, Abrams. A founding document of performance and environmental art, and the first by a major publisher, Kaprow's ASSEMBLAGE, ENVIRONMENTS & HAPPENINGS was originally planned as an official Fluxus publication (see CODEX p. 288), but eventually evolved into this broader book. Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Red Grooms, and George Segal, with contributions from Wolf Vostell, George Brecht, Kaprow and others. The recipient is almost certainly photojournalist Paul Berg, whose photos are included in this volume and fall roughly where Kaprow suggests they should (though there is no such plate 164). Berg photographed and covered Kaprow's happening "Push and Pull" for the ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH in 1963. The uncommon hardcover issue of this important resource, it is scarce signed, especially with any kind of association. 12'' x 12''. Original brown burlap covered boards. Lacking original clear vinyl jacket. Black endpapers. 341, [3] pages. Inscribed by Kaprow to early preliminary: "For Paul on / his birthday - / A nostalgic / time in which / you played a / part (see pl. / 164 somewhere / deep inside!) / - in friendship / Allan K." Sunning to lower edges, spine faded. Else clean and sound throughout.

Illus. 343pp. 4to. Condition: Heavy brown burlap. Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Illus. 343pp. 4to.

13. Condition: Near Fine. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1966]. 1st ed. 343 pp. Publisher's brown burlap with printed title on spine and front board. With a Selection of Scenarios by: 9 Japanese of the Gutai Group, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Wolf Vostell, George Brecht, Kenneth Dewey, Milan Knízák, Allan Kaprow. Good copy, but shows some scuffing on spine extremities. Inscription of part title.

New York; Harry N. Abrams, [1966]. First edition. 31,5x31,5 cm. 341, (1, 2 blanks) pp. Illustrated. Original brown burlap with title on spine and front board. Spine and a small portion of front board are slightly faded. A fine copy. A textual and photographical documentation of Kaprow's happenings, a term he coined already in 1959, and of the contemporary avant-garde. In the preface he states: "This book is an introduction to a recent development in the arts. It concentrates on the background, the theory, and some of the implications of these developments. The book, furthermore, is not intented to be a summary after the fact. It has been written in the midst of a young activity, with an interest that was both observant and highly biased. Being part of the activity, I was inclined to look at and judge an art-in-the-making as well as influence its course. Artists, like critics and historians, make the history they reflect, even with the best intentions to remain objective. I thought, when I began writing, that I should try both to observe and to influence as much as possible." From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.