Search Results: Authors starting with A from Sims Reed Rare Books

Darmstadt & Neuwied.: Luchterhand Verlag., 1973.. Original publisher's yellow printed wrappers.. 4to. (266 x 212 mm).. A very good copy signed by Achleitner.Part of the 'Neue Texte' series edited by Heimrad Bäcker.Signed by Achleitner on the title page.

Edinburgh / London.: Printed for Adam Black, and J. & J. Robertson ... T. Underwood, and J. Taylor &c., 1730. (c.1730 - 1740 / 1762 / 1811).. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards, later protective box.. Large folio. (550 x 384 mm).. Printed title, two leaves with 'List of the Plans, &c.' in double columns listing 160 plates and 180 engraved plates numbered 1 - 160, including the unnumbered plates 71 and 148 and 20 'bis' plates with duplicate numbers, 20 double-page and one large folding plate on two sheets; plates mounted on paper tabs (from sheets of the same work?) throughout, the title and text leaves on wove paper with the watermark '1809', the plates on laid paper with the watermark 'LLAR' and a fleur-de-lys countermark and others as per RIBA, the sheets retaining deckle edges throughout. Sheet size: c. 534 x 356 mm; double-page plates: c. 534 x 712 mm; title and text: 518 x 358 mm. An excellent unsophisticated copy of the notoriously rare Vitruvius Scoticus.What was to become… Read More

Dusseldorf.: Galerie Schmela., 1969.. Folded card (148 x 212 mm).. 2 black and white illustrations. Card advertising the exhibition Skulpturen von Aeppli at Galerie Schmela from the 2nd to the 29th of April 1969. Two works are illustrated with glossy photographs, the photographs are by C. Niggly.

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (445 x 865 mm).. Monochrome screenprint image and text recto only. The poster for the action 'Das Licht'.Dibbets' action took place on Friday August 21st, 1970 between 3 and 9 p.m.; the documentation of the action continued until August 28th.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on Waltherstrasse. Artists such as Klaus Rinke, HA Schult, Jochen Gerz, Christian Attersee, Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Giuseppe Penone, Braco Dimitrijevic, Ben Vautier, Günter Saree, Luciano… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1969.. Large sheet of white paper. (610 x 860 mm).. Offset lithograph printed in red with blue screenprint text recto only; also with a variant without text. The poster - with a variant without text - for 'Pläne und Projekte als Kunst'.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on Waltherstrasse. Artists such as Klaus Rinke, HA Schult, Jochen Gerz, Christian Attersee, Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Giuseppe Penone, Braco Dimitrijevic, Ben Vautier, Günter Saree, Luciano Fabro, Stanley Brouwn, Gruppe OHO and… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (864 x 615 mm).. Monochrome screenprint image and text recto only. The poster for HA Schult's action.A poster from a photograph of the Kent State shootings in 1970, with photos of three of the four students who were killed and the names of two of them; cut off at the bottom of the sheet is a sentence beginning: 'Blutige Unruhen ... '.The poster refers to a 1970 happening in Monschau, Germany, created by HA Schult, and called: 2 Umfragen, Lautsprecher-Aktion bei 'Umwelt-Akzente' in Monschau.This is the first of two posters produced for this action at Aktionsraum 1.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (863 x 608 mm).. Monochrome screenprint image recto only. Poster for the 'Bewohner' art performance.A poster without text, consisting only of a photograph of a young girl. This was one of the portrait ‘heads’ that appeared in the windows and balconies of the apartment building reproduced on Nemetschek's poster for the 'Bewohner' performance.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on Waltherstrasse. Artists such as Klaus Rinke, HA Schult, Jochen Gerz, Christian… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (865 x 615 mm).. Monochrome screenprint image and text with additional applied red collage label with printed text in black recto only. The poster for '20.000 km'.The printed text for the poster for this action by HA Schult reads as follows: '20.000 Km. : Film und Live [graphic] 5. November 20.15 Uhr im Studienprogramm : eine Aktion von HA Schult : koordinert von Reiner Kallhardt & dem Aktionsraum 1, München : ein Film von Eberhard Hauff & Wolf Fischer. Im Studienprogramm des BR. ... Schlafen wird HA Schultz im Aktionsraum 1, München, & im Kunsthaus, Hamburg.'In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (864 x 615 mm).. Screenprint image in black and grey recto only. The screenprint for HA Schult's action.The poster ffeatures an aerial photograph of the German medieval town of Monschau and refers to a 1970 happening in Monschau, Germany, created by HA Schult, and called: '2 Umfragen, Lautsprecher-Aktion bei “Umwelt-Akzente” in Monschau'.This is the second of two posters produced for this action at Aktionsraum 1.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (860 x 610 mm).. Monochrome screenprint recto only. The poster for 'Prozess Schackstrasse'.The happening, created by Ulrich Herzog, Günter Saree, and HA Schult at Aktionsraum 1, took place March 13th, 1970.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on Waltherstrasse. Artists such as Klaus Rinke, HA Schult, Jochen Gerz, Christian Attersee, Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Giuseppe Penone, Braco Dimitrijevic, Ben Vautier, Günter Saree, Luciano Fabro, Stanley Brouwn, Gruppe OHO… Read More

Munich.: Aktionsraum 1., 1970.. Large sheet of white paper. (860 x 610 mm).. Monochrome screenprint recto only. The poster for 'Kreuzwortfelder'.The action / exhibition was held on April 18th, 1970 and continued until the 26th; the action was subtitled 'vom Publikum frei auszufüllen'. The poster is printed in black and appears to have been intended to include printing faults.In 1969 Eva Madelung (patron), Peter Nemetschek (artist photographer) and Alfred Gulden (theatre studies) established Aktionsraum 1 as an avant-garde collective in Munich. They created a space for young artists in which conventional works and presentational forms from the art-world were to be avoided in favour of providing an effective public platform for the new performative art.Over the next year, 50 projects concerned with actionism, performance, and Arte Povera took place in a rented and empty factory on Waltherstrasse. Artists such as Klaus Rinke, HA Schult, Jochen Gerz, Christian Attersee, Günter Brus, Hermann… Read More

Koln.: Kolnischer Kunstverein., 1992.. Folded card.. Tall 8vo. (210 x 100 mm).. 5 monochrome illustrations. Leaflet accompanying the exhibition of Alber's photography at the Kolnischer Kunstverein on the 10th of May to the 27th of June 1992.

Recklinghausen.: Verlag Aurel Bongers., 1977.. Original publisher's glossy white boards, titles in black to front cover and spine.. Oblong 4to. (232 x 250 mm).. Title with copyright and publication details verso, three leaves with text, 'Homages to the Square als Wechselwirkung der Farbe' and 9 colour silkscreen plates recto only on doubled leaves, three leaves with text, 'Strukturale Konstellationen als Mehrdeutigkeit der Linie' and 5 leaves with 9 reproductions of works by Albers recto and verso, 3 leaves with text 'Josef Albers Gedichte und Statements', leaf with 'Josef Albers Lebensdaten', leaf with 'Ehrungen' recto and 'Verzeichnis der angebildeten Werke' verso and final leaf with folding plate with monochrome reproduction photographs. An excellent copy of this study of Josef Albers illustrated with silkscreen plates.The silkscreen plates, all printed recto only on doubled leaves, are reproductions of works from Albers' famous 'Homage to the Square' series from the collection (with the the… Read More

Paris.: Est en vente chez Jean Budry., 1924.. Stitched as issued in original blue publisher's printed paper wrappers with titles in gilt to front cover, advertisements in black to interior of rear cover.. Small 4to. (250 x 194 mm).. Printed text in French recto and verso throughout. Pierre Albert-Birot's important and very scarce single issue Apollinairean Surrealist review.'Paris', issued in a single number in 1924 by Pierre Albert-Birot, was issued the month after the publication of the first Apollinairean Surrealist manifesto (published on October 1st by Yvan Goll) and the first Bretonian Surrealist manifesto (published on October 15th). 'Paris' took the part of the Apollinairean Surrealists and opens with Roch Grey's analysis and impassioned defence of Apollinaire, his position and most crucially his definition of the term he had coined originally (see below). Roch Grey's contribution is dated 'Paris le 19 Octobre 1924, four days after the publication of Breton's manifesto. Also included are… Read More

London.: Thomas Edlin., 1726.. Full modern speckled calf.. 4 works in 3 vols. Folio.. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, printed title in Italian, printed title in English, leaf with Leoni's dedication in Italian to 'Giorgio, Prencipe di Vallia', two leaves with list of subscribers, four leaves with the life of Alberti and list of his works, four leaves with preface by Leoni, parallel text in English and Italian of books I - V (103 numbered leaves) and 9 engraved hors texte plates; printed title in English for vol. II, printed title in Italian and parallel text of books VI - X (130 numbered leaves) and 58 engraved hors texte plates, 3 double-page and one folding on two sheets; leaf with privilege, printed title to vol. III in English, printed title in Italian, leaf with dedication to Thomas Scawen in Latin, parallel text in English and Italian of Books I - III of 'On Painting' and book I of 'On Statuary' (34 numbered leaves) and 8 engraved hors texte plates; printed title in English for Leoni's… Read More

Paris.: Carlos Rodríguez-Pintos., 1931.. Loose as issued in original publisher's thick Japon printed wrappers with flaps and titles in black to upper cover.. 4to. (210 x 290 mm).. Printed title, quotation printed verso (see below), leaf with poem by Carlos Rodriguez-Pintos ('Nuestra Senora de la Cinta) printed recto and verso followed by Alberti's illustration of the same title, Alberti's poem ('Nuestra Senora de la Buena Leche') printed recto and verso followed by an illustration by Rodriguez-Pintos of the same title, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and illustration of Rodriguez-Pintos at his press. A charming double collaboration between artist and poet, printed on the poet's own press, with each providing a poem and an illustration.From the edition limited to 325 copies, with this unnumbered copy seemingly on Japon; copies were issued on 'papel Holland Pannekoek' and on 'papel Ronsard' and this copy appears to be neither.'Tota pulchra est ... ', from the verso of the title.'Dos… Read More

Milan., 1787 & 1782.. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in six compartments.. Folio. 2 works in one vol.. Engraved title leaf, engraved dedication, one leaf printed text & 23 engraved plates; engraved title, engraved dedication & 24 engraved plates on 22 sheets. The first work consists of large engravings of designs by Albertolli (1742-1839) for interior decoration, ceilings, furniture and metalwork, all in the distinctive neo-classical style which he developed in the 1770's while working under the Milanese state architect Giuseppe Piermarini at the Palazzo Ducale in Milan and the Villa Ducale at Monza. The plates illustrate examples of his work at both places and also at the Belgiojoso Palace in Milan. What makes this, and the second volume presented here (which also contains Albertolli's designs for Vanvitelli's pupil Piermarini) meritorious, is that they are based on his original design drawings for actual commissions, ranging from whole interiors to designs for a sofa and… Read More

Bruxelles.: Editions Cobra., 1950, février.. Original publisher's monochrome printed wrappers with flaps featuring photographs by Roland d'Ursel ('Les ruines de la teinturerie'), title printed in black to spine.. 12mo. (163 x 128 mm).. Leaf with justification verso, half-title, title and Alechinsky's text illustrated with 6 monochrome reproduction photographs with details verso on glossy paper stock, 'Ereskigal / allégorie' by Luc Zangrie and final leaf with achevé d'imprimer. Alechinsky's Surrealist-inspired artist book, his first written work: 'Les Poupées de Dixmude'.From the edition limited to 1,000 copies, this one of 300 numbered copies; 20 hors commerce copies were also issued.Alechinsky's text develops a dream narrative of his experiences in an abandoned chateau outside Brussels, drawing on psychoanalysis through an invented dialogue with his wife, Micky.The evocative photographs by Roland d'Ursel, also used for the wrappers, use imagery of ruins, as often appeared in Surrealist… Read More

Chicago.: The Arts Club., 1965.. Original publisher's lithographic wrappers.. Square 8vo. (200 x 200 mm).. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Catalogue for the travelling exhibition of Alechinksy's works in 1965, shown at The Arts Club of Chicago, The University Gallery Minnesota, and The Jewish Museum New York.'He is an artist who has always kepy himself free of the sterile theories and narrow quarrels of his more sectarian contemporaries.' (From the Introduction). With a complete list of works.

Amsterdam.: Stedelijk Museum., 1963.. Original publisher's lithographic printed wrappers.. 4to.(258 x 190 mm).. Illustrated throughout with monochome reproduction drawings. Exhibition catalogue of Alechinsky's drawings, shown at the Stedelijk Museum, 1963.Contains an interview (in Dutch) between Alechinsky and Jaques Putman, and a list of works exhibited at rear, along with a very brief biography.Elegantly produced, as with all the Stedelijk catalogues from this period, designed by Wim Crouwel.