Search Results: Titles starting with V from Sims Reed Rare Books

New York., 1979.. Tabloid newspaper, folded. 375 s 290 mm.. “MACIUNAS DIES. Hart attack kills him at summer palace.”'The eleventh issue of the Fluxus newspaper. “‘A VTRE EXTRA was edited by the ‘Fluxus Editorial Council,’ in this case, it was Geoffrey Hendricks who initated the project and actually edited it. Sara Seagull was its designer. The newspaper is a posthumous tribute to George Maciunas. Numbered 11, it can be considered the final Fluxus newspaper'. (Fluxus Codex). Contributions by Peter Moore, Robert Watts, Henry Flynt, Wolf Vostell, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier, Milan Knízák, Geoffrey Hendricks, George Brecht, Alison Knowles, Bici Forbes, Daniel Spoerri, Ken Friedman, and others. The rare errata slip is also present containing corrections to Robert Watts’s list of George Maciunas’s vital statistics.[Ref. Fluxus Codex, pp. 100-101; Fluxus etc. The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, no. 608].

Prague.: Stepán Jez., 1934.. Publisher's printed wrappers in blue and white with titles in black.. 12mo. (150 x 95 mm).. Lithograph frontispiece by Toyen. Edition limited to 430 copies on vellum paper; signed by the author to the verso of initial blank.

Bonn.: Deutscher Bundestag., 1995.. Original wrappers.. 4to. (295 x 210 mm).. Official transcript of the meeting of the Deutscher Bundestag on the 25th of February 1994 to discuss Christo's proposal to wrap the Reichstag. The whole debate is recorded and each contributor named with their designation, with list of those present.

Amsterdam.: Stedelijk Museum., 1967.. Original publisher's stapled red wrappers; rear wrapper illustrates Vasarely's print 'Ed. Del Deposito' (No. 101 in the catalogue).. 4to. (184 x 274 mm).. Illustrated throughout with monochrome images detailing each of the 128 works in the exhibition; first page with full page reproduction of screenprint No. 117 (entitled 'Carmi'). A beautifully designed catalogue of Victor Vasarely's lithographs, exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) from 5 January - 19 January 1967.The catalogue (no. 406) is designed by the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel, who produced an iconic range of work for the Stedelijk Museum from 1963 - 1985. In 2011 the Stedelijk Museum launched a retrospective of his work. The catalogue also contains 'Notities van Vasarely.'The first page contains a date stamp and handwritten note 'subscription' in the margins.

Zurich: Gimpel and Hannover., 1969.. Wrappers. . 4to. (240 x 160 mm).. With 3 colour illustrations and illustrated cover. Exhibition catalogue for the Victor Vasarely exhibition held at Gimpel and Hannover 22nd March to 29th April 1969. With biographical outline and Vasarely's 1959 Manifest and list of exhibits.

Paris.: Librairie A. Roquette., 1895.. Original publisher's printed wrappers with colour pictorial title by Louis Morin to front cover.. 8vo. (210 x 140 mm).. Half-title with justification verso, printed title in red and black with publisher's vignette and Vaucaire's verse illustrated throughout with vignettes and caricatures by Louis Morin, each with pochoir colour, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer; also with the additional suite of the illustrations on Chine in monochrome. From the edition limited to 100 numbered copies on Japon Impérial, this copy with an additional suite of the illustrations on Chine in monochrome.Printed at Evreux by Charles Hérissey.

Zurich.: Collection Dada., 1918.. Original card wrappers with pasted-down title label with titles in black and original woodcut by Arp, later morocco-backed chemise and slipcase.. 8vo. (205 x 146 mm).. Leaf with title and woodcut vignette by Arp recto, leaf with presentation recto and Tzara's verse verso, 15 leaves with Tzara's 25 verses recto and verso and eight original woodcuts by Arp, each recto only, final leaf with justification / colophon and woodcut vignette by Arp verso; printed text in French lowercase throughout. First edition of this superb Dada collaboration and Tzara's second collection.A fine copy, completely unsophisticated, and with a presentation in ink: 'hommage / Tristan Tzara / Zurich / Hôtel Seehof Schifflande'.The work is Tzara's second published collection of poetic experiments. Vingt-cinq Poèmes is unquestionably one of the book highlights of the heroic period of the Dada movement, as founded in Zurich (1916).'An important document of the Dada movement by two of its… Read More

Paris / Clairvaux.: The Trianon Press., 1959.. Original publisher's pumpkin morocco-backed marbled paper boards, matching marbled paper-covered board slipcase.. Folio. (368 x 266 mm).. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 9 plates of text and illustration, all facsimiles after Blake, leaf with details of the publication, two leaves with 'Bibliographical Statement' by Geoffrey Keynes, final leaf with colophon and justification. The Trianon facsimile of William Blake's 'Visions of the Daughters of Albion' from the collection of Lord Cunliffe. From the edition limited to 446 numbered copies on Arches, with this one of 200 issued for distribution in the United States.'Visions of the Daughters of Albion', one of Blake's prophetic, visionary books was produced first - as per the title - in 1793 and is known in 16 extant examples. The present facsimile was produced from copy 'C', described by Bentley as having colour that 'is particularly clear and lovely', and was very likely produced between 1793 and… Read More

Paris.: Chez l'Auteur., 1949.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with titles in blue and black to front wrapper with vignette, suite loose in separate paper wrapper with flaps, scarlet velour-lined white patterned board chemise with paper label with printed titles to spine and matching slipcase.. Small folio. (338 x 262 mm).. Half-title with justification verso, dry-point engraving as frontispiece, title in blue and black with engraved vignette and Billy's text illustrated throughout with a total of 30 dry-point engravings by Lobel-Riche, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer. A very good copy with additional original drawings, suites and two of the original printing plates.From the edition limited to 210 numbered copies, with this one of 10 numbered in Roman numerals 'destinés aux collaborateurs'; also included is a large amount of additional material.Included is the following material:1. The 30 dry-point engravings as published in the book.2. A suite of the 30 dry-point… Read More

Rome.: Presso Gregorio Settari Librajo al Corso all'Insegna d'Omero con Licenza de Superori., 1772.. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine with gilt decoration and black calf label with gilt title, marbled edges.. 4to.. Engraved title in red with vignette bust of Homer and decorative scrolled border in black by Carloni, editor's dedication to Count Ignazio Accoramboni, leaf with Imprimatur recto, 'Discorso Preliminare' verso, leaf with editor's preface (Giovanni Bottari), leaf with list of subjects, text. Decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces throughout. First edition of Passeri's important collection of lives of 17th-century artists.Passeri's text - continuing Baglione's 1642 'Le vite de'pittori ... ' - details the lives of important artists in the order of their deaths. Commencing with Domenico Zampieri (Il Domenichino) he includes such painters as Petro Wander (Il Mamboccio), Guido Reni, Pietro Testa, Francesco Albani, Poussin, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino), Pietro… Read More

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

Prague.: Borovy., 1945.. Original publisher's photomontage wrappers.. 8vo. (194 x 124 mm).. Title page and typography by Karel Teige, who was also responsible for the photomontage covers.Reedition of Capek's important text that was originally published by Borovy in Prague in 1936.

Hamburg.: Maximilian-Gesellschaft., 1985.. Original publisher's printed boards with illustrations by Sadig, matching endpapers, card slipcase.. Square 8vo. (210 x 185 mm).. Printed text and illustration on doubled leaves in the Japanese manner throughout, with hors-texte colour etchings by Armin Sandig. An excellent copy of this beautifully produced collaboration.From the edition limited to 1,550 copies signed by Armin Sandig in black ink to the justification.

Stuttgart.: Klett-Cotta., 1982.. Original publisher's glossy printed wrappers.. 8vo. (215 x 136 mm)..

Cologne.: The artist., 1967.. Printed sheet (292 x 209 mm).. Vostell was a pioneer of video art, the Fluxus movement and installation. This flyer was produced during a period of political turbulence in Cologne much of it concerning traffic and road schemes. Vostell typically responded with an imaginative scheme centred on the cathedral, an idea he would represent in several mediums.

London.: Petersburg Press., 1973.. Original publisher's glossy white wrappers, titles and vignette in black to front and rear covers, printed text (see below) to inner front cover, title and vignette photograph to inner rear cover.. Oblong 12mo. (151 x 177 mm).. Leaf with title with monochrome photographic vignette, 38 leaves with 77 colour or monochrome plates or vignettes recto and verso, final leaf verso with Broodthaers' warning against cutting; text and images printed on unopened doubled leaves with pagination to the interior, unopened and otherwise blank pages. Some tiny marks to front cover and a small tear to top of spine. A good copy of the English edition of Marcel Broodthaers' legendary artist book.From the English language edition limited to 1,100 copies (including 100 édition de tête examples).This artist book, published to accompany a film of the same name, combines details from a 19th century painting of a fleet of fishing vessels and a photograph of a 20th century sailing boat,… Read More

Paris.: Chez Bulla et Che Aubert., (1830).. Loose as issued with the original lithograph cover.. Oblong small folio. (272 x 364 mm).. Lithograph title / wrapper with monochrome vignette by Grandville on pink wove paper (348 x 268 mm) and nine monochrome lithographs on cream wove paper with printed caption / title beneath and numbered at upper right, each with additional colouring by hand and heightened with gum arabic, all the lithographs, save the first, are signed J. Grandville. The complete series of Grandville's very scarce unfinished suite of satirical and moralistic hand-coloured lithographs.Planned originally to have 23 plates, the publisher, Bulla, stopped publication after the ninth plate because of the political events of July 1830. As noted by CLive Getty: 'Comme dans 'Les Métamorphoses du Jour', Grandville a probablement glissé quelques caricatures politiques parmi les planches moralisantes du 'Voyage pour l'Eternité, où apparaissent vraisemblablement des personnages du… Read More

Moscow.: Komitet Poligraficheskoi Vystavki., 1927.. Original letterpress printed boards with a design in red, grey and black by El Lissitzky, with rear folding printed flap as issued.. 8vo. (175 x 110 mm).. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs, some advertisements to the rear are printed in colour. [PROVENANCE: The copy of Georgii Echeistov and Lidia Zholtkevich with their ownership signatures to front cover and flap, pink / brown paper 'E' to rear cover and additional annotation (see below) within]. A superb copy, with an important association, of this iconic work of typography / book design: the handbook for The Union Printing and Graphic Arts Exhibition held in Moscow in 1927.From the edition limited to 5,000 copies. The Union Printing and Graphic Arts Exhibition opened in Moscow on September 15th, 1927. Covering all aspects of print (typography, book design, engineering and new colour printing processes) and showcasing the work of 58 artist / designers, this extraordinary… Read More

St Petersburg.: N. E. Dobychina Art Salon., 1914.. Original publisher's cream stapled wrappers, titles in black to front cover.. 8vo. (165 x 185 mm).. Title page with printer's credit verso, 4 leaves with the list of paintings followed by 15 leaves of monochrome images printed recto only. The scarce catalogue of Natalia Goncharova's major retrospective - her second solo exhibition - at Nadezhda Dobychina's salon in St. Petersburg, 1914.The catalogue lists an impressive 249 works produced between 1900 - 1913. The current exhibition, together with her solo show of 1913 in Moscow (which exhibited over 700 works!), were the first in Russia to promote a 'new' artist by an independent gallery, and significantly the first to hold a public one-woman show. Goncharova took her inspiration from primitivist art, icon painting and Cubist and Futurist styles, in 1911 developing 'Rayonism' with her partner Mikhail Larionov. In the context of pre-revolutionary Russian attitudes, namely strict reverence towards… Read More

Moscow.: Gosudarstvennaia Tret'iakovskaia Gallereia., 1929.. Original publisher's printed wrappers stapled as issued, titles to front cover in black, publisher's vignette and credits to rear cover.. Small 8vo. (176 x 130 mm).. Publication details to inner front wrapper, leaf with monochrome reproduction of Malevich's Na Senokose' (Haymaking) as frontispiece verso and three leaves with Fedorov-Davydov's text recto and verso. An excellent copy of the catalogue for the exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery intended to rehabilitate Malevich.From the edition limited to 1,000 copies.Malevich's 1929 exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery (the foremost museum for Russian art in Moscow at the time) was an attempt, after his Suprematist work had been banned from exhibition in 1926, to reposition the artist as an adherent to peasant-inclined orthodoxy. To that end, the director of the modern department at the gallery, Aleksei Fedorov-Davydov, included an image of Malevich's 'Na Senokose' (Haymaking) alongside… Read More