![[From upper wrapper]: Catalogue Number 13, 1989](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/531/893/1357893531.0.l.jpg)
[From upper wrapper]: Catalogue Number 13, 1989
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Unpaginated. 59 pp. & ads. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers designed by Holzer, staple-bound. Toronto: 1989. [bound with]: -. [From first sheet]: Catalogue Update, December 1989. Eight stapled sheets, printed on both sides. Toronto: 1989. All three parts constituting Art Metropole's thirteenth mail-order catalogue, including the "Catalogue Update" and a laid-in sheet of new publications not found in either of the previous. The first catalogue was designed by the artist Jenny Holzer. In this publication, "Artists'... Read More
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Catalogue No. 20, 1998
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Cover artwork by Stephen Ellwood. 71 pp. Large 4to (270 x 212 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1998. [with]: —. Catalogue No. 20 (Wholesale). Cover artwork by S. Ellwood. 11 pp. Large 4to (265 x 211 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1998. Two scarce catalogues of artists’ books, multiples, audio works, video works, and periodicals. The second is a wholesale catalogue, with items offered at a 35% discount. Both in fine condition. ❧... Read More
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Catalogue 10
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Pictorial wrappers designed by Buren & several black & white illus. Unpaginated. Large 4to (268 x 198 mm.), pictorial wrappers (spine sunned), staple-bound. [Toronto: 1983]. A rare catalogue published by Art Metropole, with wrappers designed by Daniel Buren. Art Metropole, founded in 1974 by General Idea, was the first large-scale distributor of artists’ books and publications in North America. Very good copy, a trifle browned. Unrecorded on WorldCat. The previous owner has annotated a number of the... Read More
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Catalogue No. 3: January 1976, Editions by Artists
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Many black & white text illus. [64] pp. Small 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers (spine worn), staple-bound. Toronto: 1976. Art Metropole's very scarce third catalogue of books, periodicals, films, and videotapes. Two years before Printed Matter was established in New York, Art Metropole became the first large-scale distributor of artists' publications in North America. The collective General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), which had been working with printed matter since the... Read More
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Information on Contemporary Art, Catalogue no. 12
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Black & white frontis. Unpaginated. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1986. A scarce bookseller’s catalogue of artists’ books and publications. Founded in 1974 by General Idea, Art Metropole was the first large-scale North American distributor of this kind of material. The present catalogue, printed in an edition of 2500 copies, was designed as a work by the artist Ian Murray (b. 1951), and contains hundreds of entries. The compilers have denoted “bookworks” — their preferred term... Read More
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Catalogue Number 15, 1992
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
68 pp. Large 4to (274 x 214 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1992. A scarce bookseller’s catalogue of artists’ books and publications. Founded in 1974 by General Idea, Art Metropole was the first large-scale North American distributor for this kind of material. The cover was designed by Lise Melhorn-Boe. This catalogue offers the usual array of artists’ publications, many of which are now very scarce. In near fine condition; small tear on the spine around... Read More
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![[From upper cover]: Catalogue No. 6](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/528/835/1295835528.0.l.jpg)
[From upper cover]: Catalogue No. 6
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
46 pp. Large 4to (270 x 210 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. [Toronto: 1979]. A very rare and early catalogue published by Art Metropole; unrecorded on WorldCat. On the inside of the upper wrapper, Art Metropole’s archivist Tim Guest lays out a definition of the artist’s book: “Since the early 1960‘ [sic] artists have been producing bookworks as a completely autonomous artform. Different in that they exist outside the traditions of either the ‘literary text’ or the ‘illustrated... Read More
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Catalogue No. 4 - Spring, 1977: Editions by Artists
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Many black & white text illus. throughout. 4to (267 x 205 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound, with stamp & postmarked. [Toronto: Spring 1977]. One of the rarest Art Metropole catalogues, this is a landmark catalogue because of its extensive offerings from international artists. Established by the collective General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal) in 1974, Art Metropole was the first large-scale distributor of artists' books and publications in North America - two years before Printed... Read More
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Catalogue No. 5 - Fall 1977: Featuring European Books by Artists
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Black & white illus. (some full-page). 47 pp. Large 4to (277 x 205 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Toronto: 1977]. [with]: -. [From upper wrapper]: Supplement to Catalogue No. 5, Editions by Artists. [10] pp. (incl. inside wrappers). 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1978. Two rare and early catalogues issued by Art Metropole, the first large-scale distributor of artists' books and publications in North America; offered with the subsequent Supplement distributed in the summer and featuring artists'... Read More
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Catalogue #19
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
64 pp. Large 4to (275 x 215 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1997. A rare Art Metropole catalogue, with the upper wrapper illustrated by Garry Kennedy. Presents an impressive range of artists’ books, multiples, audio recordings, videotapes, and exhibition catalogues. In excellent condition. The previous owner has marked several listings with yellow highlighter. ❧ See “Art Metropole’s Publications and Events History with Related Ephemera, January 1971 – April 2006,“ on the National Gallery of Canada... Read More
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Catalogue no. 11
by ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Designed throughout by Weiner. Unpaginated. Large 4to, orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1985. A very rare Art Metropole catalogue, entirely designed by Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021), and considered a work by the artist. It offers a wide range of artists' books and publications, including work by Acconci, Andre, Armleder, Beuys, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Byars, Darboven, de Saint-Phalle, Hompson, Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gilbert & George, Higgins, Holzer, Huebler, Ray Johnson, Kawara, Knowles, LeWitt, Nannucci, Nauman, Oldenburg, Paik, Prince, Rainer,... Read More
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Pop Art (15 June-10 July 1965)
by (POP ART)
Many black & white illus. [12] pp. Square 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Zurich: city-galerie Zurich, 1965. Scarce Pop art exhibition catalogue, published by Bruno Bischofberger’s gallery. Works by Rauschenberg, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Wesselmann, Rosenquist, Chamberlain, Oldenburg, and Dine are shown, with a check-list at the end. For each artist a short biography and exhibition list are provided. In fine condition.
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![[From upper wrapper]: #14 Artists’ Books…Winter 76/77](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/498/101/1388101498.0.l.jpg)
[From upper wrapper]: #14 Artists’ Books…Winter 76/77
by ART-RITE
Many illus. 77 pp. & ads. 4to, orig. pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper by C. Andre, staple-bound. New York: 1977. A celebrated issue of the intrepid New York newsprint art magazine, which ran from 1973 to 1978. This issue was devoted to the subject of “artists’ books” and introduced many to the then embryonic concept. It opens with an “Idea Poll” that solicited responses to the relevance and potential of artists’ books. Responses from Acker, Baldessari, Carrion, Buren, Denes,... Read More
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![Exhibition flyer: Artschwager Bei Konrad Fischer (18 June-9 July [1968])](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/555/365/1582365555.0.l.jpg)
Exhibition flyer: Artschwager Bei Konrad Fischer (18 June-9 July [1968])
by (ARTSCHWAGER, Richard)
Black & white illus. Single sheet, folded as issued. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, [1968]. Flyer announcing the artist’s only show with Konrad Fischer. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with Galerie Ricke in Cologne. Printed on one side of the flyer is a disorienting photograph of Fischer’s famously narrow gallery, with some of the artist’s blps. “In June 1968, Artschwager invaded Konrad Fischer’s gallery space on Neubrückstrasse with his blps, which are black, sometimes white, three-dimensional... Read More
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![Chiun [or Chion] hen [Treatment of Pestilence]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/897/070/1481070897.0.l.jpg)
Chiun [or Chion] hen [Treatment of Pestilence]
by ASADA, Sohaku
35; 18 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. aubergine patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka: various publishers, Prefaces dated 1859, Afterwords dated 1860. First edition of this very rare work on epidemics and communicable diseases. “Koretsune or Ritsuen or Sohaku Asada (1813-1894) was a famous physician and a prolific writer on a variety of subjects in Japanese medicine…Asada began the study of medicine at the age of 13,... Read More
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![Henjaku Soko retsuden kakkai [Commentary on Bianque Canggong zhuan]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/208/1381208692.0.l.jpg)
Henjaku Soko retsuden kakkai [Commentary on Bianque Canggong zhuan]
by ASAI, Tonan
24; 46 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, & Edo: Kawachiya Kihei et al., 1848. Second edition (1st ed.: 1770); both editions are very rare. This book, in Chinese with Japanese reading marks, is the commentary by Asai (1706-80), the famous painter of bamboo and court physician of the Owari fiefdom, on the biography of Bian Que (active sometime in 5th-3rd centuries B.C.), the... Read More
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Michael Asher (16 October-29 November 1992)
by (ASHER, Michael)
Illus. throughout. 94 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1995. An uncommon Michael Asher (1943-2012) exhibition catalogue, published three years after his famous show at the Kunsthalle Bern. With essays by Dieter Schwarz and Birgit Pelzer, in German, English, and French. Near fine.
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Exhibition postcard: David Askevold (9-23 June 1972)
by (ASKEVOLD, David)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1972. Postcard invitation for Askevold’s only exhibition with Wendler’s gallery. “Some artists made new video work specifically in and for the space of the gallery. Askevold used the window space to make a London version of his video Learning About Cars and Chocolates…”–Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974, p. [7]. In excellent condition. ❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p.... Read More
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Artists’ Books
by ATTWOOD, Martin & PHILLPOT, Clive
Many illus. 96 pp. Tall 8vo, orig. grey covers (upper cover bowed & spine sunned), title on spine. [London]: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. An essential early exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. This was published for a travelling exhibition arranged by the Arts Council. 157 artists’ books, anthologies, catalogues, periodicals, and important reference works were selected by Attwood and Phillpot, who also contributed essays. The catalogue is profusely illustrated with images of the earliest artists’ publications.... Read More
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Catalogue d’une belle Collection de Tableaux, Sculptures, Desseins, Estampes, Livres d’Estampes, & autres Objets de curiosité. Provenants de la succession de M. de ***. Dont la Vente se fera…le Jeudi 19 Octobre 1775, & jours suivans… [Expert: F. C. Joullain]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [LEMPEREUR, —?])
36 pp. Small 8vo (170 x 105 mm.), late 19th-century brown morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: Chariot & Joullain, 1775. A scarce priced auction catalogue, which is, according to the Getty Provenance database, incorrectly attributed by Lugt (and the inscription on the present book’s title-page) to Lempereur (1701-79), a Parisian jeweler — not to be confused with his son, the collector Jean Baptiste Denis (1726-96). This anonymous sale very probably consisted of the estate of a man... Read More
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Catalogue d’une Collection de Tableaux composant le Cabinet de… La Vente… s’en fera les Mercredi 21, et Jeudi 22 Septembre…[Expert: H. Delaroche]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: ANDRIEL, –)
24 pp. 8vo (202 x 127 mm.), disbound, orig. stitching strengthened with scotch tape. Paris: Delaroche & Gendron, 1814. A scarce catalogue with nearly all prices provided in contemporary manuscript. 81 lots of paintings in total, including the works of Cuyp, van Dyck, Giordano, I. van Ostade, Potter, Raphael, Rubens, D. Teniers, J. Weenix, Wouwerman, etc. Good copy, with a half-title fashioned in manuscript. The copy at the Frick has only a few prices recorded. Stamp of... Read More
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![Catalogue des Tableaux et autres Objets de curiosité provenant du Cabinet de feu… Dont la Vente se fera…le Vendredi 28 Novembre 1783…[Expert: J. Foliot]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/444/971/1326971444.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue des Tableaux et autres Objets de curiosité provenant du Cabinet de feu… Dont la Vente se fera…le Vendredi 28 Novembre 1783…[Expert: J. Foliot]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: TONNELIER, –)
20 pp. 8vo (184 x 125 mm.), late 19th-cent. red pebbled cloth-backed marbled boards (spine a little worn), spine gilt. Paris: Foliot & Gaubert, [1783]. A scarce sale catalogue, fully priced in a contemporary hand, describing a choice collection of pictures; this copy belonged to a buyer at the sale who has marked in pencil that they purchased lot 28. Beyond “Tonnelier” the identity of the seller is unknown. The expert was probably Julien Foliot, a painter and... Read More
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Catalogue d’Estampes en feuilles, des Ecoles d’Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France. Oeuvres & Recueils d’Albert Durer, Bloëmart; les Sadeler, Bosse, Callot, la Belle, Perelle, Silvestre, & autres Maîtres; Livres d’Estampes, dont la Gallerie du Luxembourg, le Cabinet Crozat; divers Livres de Sciences & Arts, &c. Nombreuse suite de Portraits, Estampes encadrées, & autres Objets de ce genre, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu M. Michel, Avocat au Parlement. Par P. Remy et F. Delalande. Dont la Vente commencera le lundi 23 Mars 1789…& jours suivans, en sa maison quai de Bourbon, no. 6…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: MICHEL, —)
63 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled boards, paper lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Remy & Delalande, 1789. A very rare catalogue describing a vast collection of mostly prints and albums of prints. The 328 lots, many of which consist of more than a dozen items, include the work of Ammon, Visscher, Bourdon, Audran, Poilly, G. Edelinck, Dürer, Bloemart, Goltzius, Bosse, Callot, Lebas, Choffard, etc. The prints are generally after pieces by famous artists such as Rubens, Hollar, Raphael, Rembrandt,... Read More
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Bibliotheca Dalmanniana, distrahenda per Abr. de Hondt, Die 22. Novb. & seqq. 1723…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: DALMANN, —)
2 p.l., 385, [1] pp. Small 8vo, disbound (some pale dampstaining & browning), uncut. The Hague: A. de Hondt, 1723. The uncommon sale catalogue of the library of Dalmann; this is one of the “meritorious catalogues recommended by J.G. Schelhorn.”–Taylor, Book Catalogues, p. 225. Taylor states that he was tempted to include all the catalogues from Schelhorn’s list found in his Anleitung, including the Dalmann, to his own list of catalogues of private libraries recommended for reference use... Read More
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Notice de Tableaux de différentes Ecoles, et autres Objets, Après le Décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera le Jeudi 23 Septembre…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: DAGUILAN, –)
16 pp. 8vo (199 x 125 mm.), modern aubergine cloth, title on upper cover. Paris: Potier & Regnault-Delalande, 1819. A very rare auction catalogue of primarily paintings, issued by the prolific expert François Léandre Regnault-Delalande (1762-1824); we locate no example of this volume in North America. This was Regnault-Delalande’s 300th public sale catalogue The seller’s first name is unknown, but Daguilan was secretary-general of the prefecture of the department of Deux-Nèthes, which comprised parts of present-day Belgium and... Read More
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