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MICHAEL LAIRD Rare Books & Manuscripts ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P.O. Box 299 Lockhart, TX 78644 (512) 668-‐4621 [email protected]
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ONE HUNDRED PIECES OF CONCRETE ART / VISUAL POETRY
South and Central America, United States, Germany, Spain Japan, France, Italy, etc.
FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF A SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTOR
PART TWO
All items are in near-fine to fine condition.
49. Matteo D'Ambrosio, Collegio Raffaello. / Parola Immagine e Scrittura / Collegio Raffaello, Urbino. Aug. 1978. / original wrappers. "2a Esposizione Nazionale -‐ Collegio Raffaello -‐ dal 24 luglio al 12 agosto 1978. 1o seminario internazionale di studi. In collaborazione con il centro internazionale di semiotica e linguistica dell'università di Urbino, l'archivio 't. denza' di poesia visiva internazionale di Rezzato (Brescia)" / Illustrated exhibition catalog. $65
50. Common Press (a.k.a. Comm On Press) / Elblag, Poland. (Issue No. 2) March 1978 / original wrappers + glassine / Collaborative mail art periodical with wide-‐range of contributors and content. From the statement of justification in Issue No. 1: "Commonpress, magazine of art, is the periodical edited by common effort. Apart from providing materials for the particular edition ... each of the participants is obliged once to collect materials, to edit, and print as well as to distribute edition among other participants -‐-‐ artists taking part in his edition -‐-‐ at ones [sic] own charge." Very scarce. We have been unable to locate a complete set of this journal. $300
51. Mario Rolle / Il Torchio / Gastaldi, Milano. 1970. / original wrappers / some pages loose / Interesting catalog of avant-‐garde printmakers. $250
52. [Carl Fernbach-‐Flarsheim] / St Spo[xu]sa / United States, 1970. / original wrappers / Vol. 1 No. 1 / First and only issue of this artist magazine apparently intended as a single, undated, and anonymous issue by Carl Fernbach-‐Flarsheim. Fernbach-‐Flarsheim is best known as the creator of the Boolean Image/Conceptual Typewriter which was featured at the 1970 art installation Software. $225
53. Tarot de Quinze / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1973. / original folder / 13 loose pages / Poems and illustrations on individual sheets in playfully illustrated folder. $45
54. Fernando Millán; Jesús García Sánchez / La Escritura en libertad : antología de poesía experimental / Alianza Editorial, Madrid. 1975. / original wrappers + glassine / Program with participants for a multi-‐day conference on experimental poetry. $100
55. Juan Luis Castillejo / La escritura no escrita / Facultad de Bellas Artes de Cuenca. Cuenca, 1996 / original wrappers + glassine / Castillejo, a member of the experimental music and performance art group ZAJ, wrote extensively on the subject of authorship and the conventions of modern media. $100
56. Ernst Jandl, Bob Cobbing, et al / Sprechgedichte (Writers Forum Poets – 15)/ London Writers Forum. Sept. 1965 / original printed wrappers / Number 15 in the Writers Forum Poets series. / "To accompany Writers Forum record one," of which the only example located by us is preserved at the Poetry Collection of SUNY Buffalo) $200
57. Henri Chopin, Paul Zumthor / Petit livre des riches heures signistes et sonores d'henri chopin / Galarie J&J Donguy 1987 / original wrappers + glassine / includes 45 vinyl record / Published on the occasion of the Donguy Gallery exhibition of the poet. $750
58. Henri Chopin / ironic vision / Fulham Gallery, London. 1968[?] / one page folded twice, printed both sides / Not in OCLC $100
59. Dom Silvester Houedard / Kinkon DSH / Op and kinkon poems, and some non-‐kinkon (Writers Forum Poets – 14) / London Writers Forum. 1965 / original wrappers / one loose page, "poem blanc." Presentation copy, inscribed by the author (as "Pierre" Sylvester), apparently to Raoul Hausmann, a key figure in Berlin's Dada movement. Hausmann served as a link with the young writers in the 50s and 60s who were involved in the concrete and Fluxus movements. $800
60. Matteo D'Ambrosio; Collegio Raffaello. / Parola immagine e scrittura / Collegio Raffaello, Urbino. Aug. 1978 / original wrappers / 2nd copy in collection, see item #49 $65
61. Sarenco; Jochen Gerz / Le mois thermographique / Agentzia, Paris. 1970 / original wrappers / Visual poetry by the founder of “Gruppo 70,” the Florence-‐centered avant-‐garde art and political movement. $50
62. Sarenco;Jochen Gerz / Le mois thermographique / Il mese termografico / Galleria S. Chiara, Brescia. 1970 [?]. / original wrappers + glassine / Not in OCLC / One illustration and chronological listing of Sarenco works and exhibitions. $35
63. Intuiciones y realizaciones formales / Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, 1964. / original wrappers / No. 19. Exhibition of works selected by Michel Tapié. Tapié was an active critic, curator, and collector of art who popularized the concept of Art Informal in his 1952 book Un Art autre. $40
64. Lionello Venturi / Coleccion Torcuato Di Tella / Museo de Artes Visuales, Institutio Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires. 1963 / original wrappers / No. 11 $40
65. Jorge Romero Brest / Más allá de la geometría, extensión del lenguaje artístico-‐visual en nuestros días / Centro de Artes Visuales, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, 1967. / original wrappers / Profusely illustrated with short overviews of dozens of artists. $150
66. Jorge López Anaya / Novisima Poesia / 69 / Ministerio de Educación, Subsecretaría de Cultura, Dirección de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. 1969. / original wrappers + glassine. Not to be confused with "Expo/internacional de novísima poesía/69." Illustrated collection of visual poetry with introduction by Argentine painter and critic Anaya. Scarce. $250
67. Carlos Cruz Diez; Mario Abreu / IX bienal de São Paulo/1967, Venezuela / Instituto Nacional de Cultura y Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1967. / original wrappers / Catalog of Venezuelan artists including Abreu (the “master of magic objects”) and sculptor Harry Abend. $100
68. Materiales, nuevas técnicas, nuevas expresiones / Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1968 / original wrappers / Catalog, photographically illustrated. $100
69. Jiří Valoch / Hommage a webern / 1967 / original photographic print / Inscription on verso (by Valoch?) / Early work by Valoch, a Czech-‐based visual poet. $100
70. Jiří Valoch / "e" et "alphabet" / 1966 / original photographic print / Inscription on verso (by Valoch?) / Another early work by Valoch. $100
71.
Christian Gabriel Guez Ricord / La tombée des nues / Rimbaud Cavaillon, France, n.d. / prospectus for a limited edition book, apparently unpublished (?), one quarter page folded in half. The publication described herein is not to be confused with the posthumous "Le cantique qui est à Gabriel-‐le" (2005) edited by Bernar Mialet. / Ricord was a prolific and troubled French "poète maudit." $100
72. Association for the Study of Arts / Spatialisme / concrete poetry / Association for the Study of the Arts, Tokyo. 1973 [?] / original wrappers / No. 73 / International selection of concrete and visual poetry. $125
73. Ugo Carrega / Mikrokosmos / Tool, Milan, 1968 / original envelope with some browning and creasing / 17 cards. Not in OCLC / Scarce work by Carrega, an Italian visual poet and proponent of “New Writing,” an experimental form that combined signs of different extraction to make a complete work. $125
74. Franco Vaccari / Per un trattamento completo / Modena, Italy. 1971 / original wrappers + glassine / Scarce work by Italian visual poet. Limited to 400 copies. $250
75. Carlo A. Sitta / in/finito / Geiger, Torino, Italy. 1968. / original wrappers / inscribed by Sitta, Nov. 1968 $250
76. Giuseppe Addamo / Ossimori & Tautologie / Erigraf, Carpi, Italy. 1972 / original wrappers / stamped with Addamo's seal. Not in OCLC $150
77. John Giorno, editor / Dial-‐a-‐Poem / The Architectural League of New York, New York City, 1969 [?] / quarter page postcard / Color illustration by Les Levine. Not in OCLC $125
78. Mathias Goeritz / Futura 1 / die goldene botschaft / Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart. 1965. / original wrappers + glassine / one poster, folded four times, printed on verso only. $150
79. Dieter Hülsmanns / Les braguettes de la crapaudine ou saint-‐just et moi-‐même / Christian Butterbach, Luxemburg. 1962 / original wrappers / Early work by German writer influenced by French Surrealists. $125
80. Michele Perfetti, curator / Poesia Pubblica, Festival de l'Unita / Brizio, Taranto, Italy. 1972. / broadside, folded once / Announcement of poetry event organized by the Italian leader of visual poetry, Michele Perfetti. $175
81. Michele Perfetti, curator / Poesia in Piazza / Grottaglie, Taranto, Italy. 1972 / broadside, folded once. DADABASE does not list this broadside. / Not in OCLC. $175
82. Association for the Study of Arts / Spatialisme / concrete poetry / Tokyo Yarakasukan Co., Tokyo. 1971. / original wrappers + glassine / International selection of concrete and visual poetry, with black & white illustrations and interesting ads. $150
83. Premio Nacional e Internacional Instituto Torcuato Di Tella / Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires. 1965 / original wrappers $100
84. Edgardo Antonio Vigo / Expo/Internacional de Novísima Poesía/69 / Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires. 1969 / original wrappers / Introductory text by Argentinean critic Jorge Romero Brest. $150
85. Palabra e imagen / Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. May-‐June 1975. / original wrappers / Not in OCLC $175
86. Objetos útiles e inútiles con acrílicopaolini / Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires. 1970. / original wrappers / Catalog. Scarce in commerce. $200
87. Dietrich Mahlow; Arrigo Lora-‐Totino / Poesia concreta : indirizzi concreti, visuali e fonetici / [Venezia], Stamperia di Venezia, 1969 / original wrappers / Well-‐illustrated catalog of concrete poetry with introductory and biographical material in Italian. $125
88. Eugenio Miccini / Poesie Visive 1962 1970 / Techne, Firenze. 1970. / original wrappers + glassine / Beautiful collection by one of the founders of Gruppo ’70 and one of Italy’s leading proponents of visual poetry. $100
89. Hayden Murphy, editor / Broadsheet No. 4 [Limited Edition] / The Poetry Workshop University College, Dublin. 1968. / original envelope / 5 broadside pages folded twice. Number 734 of 1000 / Poets include Timms Ulrichs, Derek Mahon, Seamus Heaney, and many others. $125
90. "Ne Coupez pas" [rare Meta-‐Art mimeograph journal, ca. 1969, about which almost nothing is known] / No. 3 (and No. 1?), apparently of 4 (?) issues / Edited by Jean-‐Claude Moineau / Original wrappers (faded and worn) containing 31 sheets. Avant-‐garde and visual poetry, gorilla theater, performance art, and more. In French and English. Includes work by Tom Phillips, Graham Stevens, Joaquim Branco, Claude Alliot, Dick Higgins, Edwin Morgan, Lygia Clark, Timm Ulrichs, Brian Lane, Atelier Critique, Tool 68, and others. Not in Worldcat or CCFr. $500
91. Henri Chopin / Chronique 1974 / Collection OU, Essex. 1974 / original wrapping / Limited edition (#159 of 500) / Text in French and English. $75
92. Emilio Isgrò / Il Cristo cancellatore / Apollinaire, Milan. 1968 / original folder / one sheet folded once / Scarce promotional item for release of Isgrò’s limited edition work. $100
93. Bewegung = mouvement = movement = Bewengung / Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich. 1964. / original wrapping + glassine $200
94. Pierre Garnier / I microcosmique / Ganglia, Toronto. 1967. / original wrapping + glassine / Collection of visual poetry by the founder of the Spacialist Movement. $50
95. Super-‐Vision (SuperVision) / Correspondence / KAA, Toronto. June 1975. / original wrapping / Not in OCLC. “The only North American magazine focused entirely onto [sic] the experimental research of the environmental avant-‐garde...” $450
96. Året 1968, den 28. november kl. 15. 30, indledtes dette byggeprojekt, der er udført af kunstnerne Eric Andersen , George Brecht , Arthur Køpcke… / Harlang & Toksvig, Copenhagen. 1970. / original wrapping / Experimental architectural project with construction to “take place in 284 years and 201 days’ time.” $250
97. Sphinx (No. 14/15). Beaugency: [s.n.], 1981. / original wrapping / ISSN: 0181-‐6160. French concrete poetry and mail art magazine, edited by Patrick Mounier. Scarce: MOMA has only a single issue (No. 12/13). $200
98. Roberto Musto, Riccardo Vianello / Arte come comunicazione / Studio di informazione estetica, Italy. 1966. / original folding envelope, addressed / 8 pages. Not in OCLC $350
99. Herman de Vries / On language / Heijden-‐Mooikind, Ijmuiden. 1972. / original wrapper / Art work [herbs] attached to single page. Limited to 600 copies. $100
100. Jose Luis Castillejo / Tlalaatala / [Italy]: Alga Marghen, 2001. / original hardback binding + glassine / includes CD (sound disc containing the text read by Fernando Millán). $350
For Items 1-48 please refer to our
Concrete Art - Visual Poetry Part 1
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