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  • Francis Picabia, Man Ray portrait photograph, folded exhibition invitation card, Galerie Marzona, Düsseldorf, 1977 Picabia invitation interior, unfolded: blank left panel and German exhibition text right, Galerie Marzona, 1977

    FRANCIS PICABIA — Galerie Marzona Exhibition Invitation, 1977

    FRANCIS PICABIA — Galerie Marzona Exhibition Invitation, 1977

  • Francis Picabia, Dits, Éric Losfeld, Paris, 1960, front cover, mechanomorphic drawing Marie, propeller and belt drive Interior spread: Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia and Béatrice Wood, New York 1917, black-and-white photograph

    FRANCIS PICABIA — Dits, Éric Losfeld / Le Terrain Vague, Paris, 1960

    FRANCIS PICABIA — Dits, Éric Losfeld / Le Terrain Vague, Paris, 1960

  • Elizabeth Peyton, Live Forever, New Museum, 2008, members' invitation card, front, dark portrait with ringed hands Elizabeth Peyton, Live Forever, New Museum, 2008, handout unfolded, exhibition text and membership tiers, Peyton drawing

    ELIZABETH PEYTON — Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, New Museum, New York, 2008

    ELIZABETH PEYTON — Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, New Museum, New York, 2008

  • Raymond Pettibon with Super Session, Torches and Standards, Blast First, 1990, front sleeve, vortex drawing and handwritten text Raymond Pettibon, Torches and Standards, Blast First, 1990, reverse sleeve, handwritten tracklist and credits, FU9

    RAYMOND PETTIBON WITH SUPER SESSION — Torches and Standards, Blast First, London, 1990

    RAYMOND PETTIBON WITH SUPER SESSION — Torches and Standards, Blast First, London, 1990

  • Irving Penn, Photographs in Platinum Metals, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1981, front cover, ceremonial figure kneeling Irving Penn, Chanel Sequined Suit, New York 1974, figure from rear in sequined dress, pearl necklace

    IRVING PENN — Photographs in Platinum Metals: Images 1947–1975, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1981

    IRVING PENN — Photographs in Platinum Metals: Images 1947–1975, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1981

  • Shirin Neshat, Serpentine Gallery exhibition guide, 2000, front cover, Rapture still, chadors on beach Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah series, hand raised to lips, Persian calligraphy covering fingers and palm

    SHIRIN NESHAT — Serpentine Gallery Exhibition Guide, London, 2000

    SHIRIN NESHAT — Serpentine Gallery Exhibition Guide, London, 2000

  • Jonathan Monk, Selected Meetings Selected, Arnolfini, 2008, artist's book, front cover, pale uncoated wrappers Interior spread: Sunset Blvd & Vine, Hollywood, May 2016; Statue of Liberty, New York, February 2012

    JONATHAN MONK — Selected Meetings Selected, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2008

    JONATHAN MONK — Selected Meetings Selected, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2008

  • Duane Michals, A Visit with Magritte, Matrix Publications 1981, Magritte in bowler hat before canvas, studio window, front cove Duane Michals, A Visit with Magritte, Matrix Publications 1981, blue plaster head left, Magritte asleep on sofa right, interior

    DUANE MICHALS — A Visit with Magritte, Matrix Publications, Providence, Rhode Island, 1981

    DUANE MICHALS — A Visit with Magritte, Matrix Publications, Providence, Rhode Island, 1981

  • JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 2, Sternberg Press, New York and Berlin, 2006 JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 2, Sternberg Press, New York and Berlin, 2006

    JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 2, Sternberg Press, New York and Berlin, 2006

    JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 2, Sternberg Press, New York and Berlin, 2006

  • Josephine Meckseper, The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 1, Lukas & Sternberg 2004, two white rabbits, hands on bare skin, front Josephine Meckseper, Catalogue No. 1, Lukas & Sternberg 2004, geometric abstraction left, cosmetics-style portrait right

    JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 1, Lukas & Sternberg, New York, 2004

    JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER — The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 1, Lukas & Sternberg, New York, 2004

  • ): Piero Manzoni catalogue, Galerie Mathias Fels 1969, Achrome kaolin canvas surface, off-white and grey texture, cover Piero Manzoni, Scultura vivente, artist signing model's back, Galerie Mathias Fels 1969, title page spread

    PIERO MANZONI — Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, Paris, 1969

    PIERO MANZONI — Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Mathias Fels & Cie, Paris, 1969

  • Ulrich Rückriem, Erica Van Horn, Utility Building, Little Critic Pamphlet 6, Coracle 1991, corrugated metal building, curved roof, front cover Ulrich Rückriem, Erica Van Horn, Utility Building, Coracle 1991, open landscape, trees, pamphlet series list, Erica Van Horn photo cred

    ULRICH RÜCKRIEM, ERICA VAN HORN AND DAVID ROBERTSON — Utility Building, Little Critic Pamphlet 6, Coracle Press, London, 1991

    ULRICH RÜCKRIEM, ERICA VAN HORN AND DAVID ROBERTSON — Utility Building, Little Critic Pamphlet 6, Coracle Press, London, 1991

  • Helmut Lang, Selective Memory Series, Purple Book, Purple Institute 2007, red rabbit on grey ground, cream cover, janvier Helmut Lang, Selective Memory Series, Purple Institute HL-ART 2007, plain off-white, 82 Greene Street New York, back cover

    HELMUT LANG — Selective Memory Series: The Helmut Lang Purple Book, Purple Institute / HL-ART, 2007

    HELMUT LANG — Selective Memory Series: The Helmut Lang Purple Book, Purple Institute / HL-ART, 2007

  • Yves Klein, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Karl Flinker Paris 1973, IKB blue facsimile signature on cream, février–mars 1973 Yves Klein, Galerie Karl Flinker 1973, Anthropométrie, female torso in flesh tone against IKB blue sprayed ground, back cover

    YVES KLEIN — Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1973

    YVES KLEIN — Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1973

  • Yves Klein, exhibition invitation, Galerie Karl Flinker Paris 1973, Anthropométrie ANT 66, IKB blue body impressions on cream Yves Klein, Galerie Karl Flinker 1973, invitation interior, vernissage 13 février 1973, gallery address and exhibition dates

    YVES KLEIN — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1973

    YVES KLEIN — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1973

  • Martin Kippenberger, Jacqueline, Metro Pictures New York 2000, sage green card, blue pink orange vertical bands, front cove Martin Kippenberger, Jacqueline, Metro Pictures 2000, David Douglas Duncan photo, Jacqueline Roque with dog, Picasso canvas

    MARTIN KIPPENBERGER — Jacqueline: The Paintings Pablo Couldn’t Paint Anymore, Metro Pictures, New York, 2000

    MARTIN KIPPENBERGER — Jacqueline: The Paintings Pablo Couldn’t Paint Anymore, Metro Pictures, New York, 2000

  • Anselm Kiefer, Transition from Cool to Warm, Gagosian New York 2017, watercolour winter landscape, handwritten German text, cover iAnselm Kiefer, Transition from Cool to Warm, Gagosian 2017, Kiefer–Buck interview left, aller Tage Abend watercolour right

    ANSELM KIEFER — Transition from Cool to Warm, Gagosian, New York, 2017

    ANSELM KIEFER — Transition from Cool to Warm, Gagosian, New York, 2017

  • Tony Kemplen, Kubla Can't, Ring Pull Press Sheffield 1996, yellow card, red serif title and decorative rules, front cover Tony Kemplen, Kubla Can't, Ring Pull Press 1996, tracing-paper leaf with mirror-reversed text, letter sorts detail facing

    TONY KEMPLEN — Kubla Can’t, Ring Pull Press, Sheffield, 1996

    TONY KEMPLEN — Kubla Can’t, Ring Pull Press, Sheffield, 1996

  • Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons, Art of the In-Between, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2017, rotated title, lightweight paper Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons, Art of the In-Between, The Met 2017, isometric gallery plan, nine in-between states numbered

    REI KAWAKUBO / COMME DES GARÇONS — Art of the In-Between, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2017

    REI KAWAKUBO / COMME DES GARÇONS — Art of the In-Between, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2017

  • front cover — same textured off-white card, blind-embossed facsimile signature of Helen Frankenthaler lower centre, no other text or imagery back cover — plain textured off-white card, "Knoedler & Company / 19 East 70 Street New York Telephone (212) 794–0550" in small grey serif type lower centre

    HELEN FRANKENTHALER — New Work, Knoedler & Company, New York, 1995

    HELEN FRANKENTHALER — New Work, Knoedler & Company, New York, 1995

  • Anton Henning, Michel Majerus, Viel Spaß, Daniel Templon 1999, fluorescent pink brush-lettered title, artist names, front cover Anton Henning, Michel Majerus, Viel Spaß, Daniel Templon 1999, BEAUCOUP DE PLAISIR in pink brushstroke type, Paul Ricard, back

    ANTON HENNING, ULRICH LAMSFUSS, MICHEL MAJERUS, JONATHAN MEESE, FRANK NITSCHE, ANDREAS SLOMINSKI — Viel Spaß, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, 2001

    ANTON HENNING, ULRICH LAMSFUSS, MICHEL MAJERUS, JONATHAN MEESE, FRANK NITSCHE, ANDREAS SLOMINSKI — Viel Spaß, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, 2001

  • AlphaBête, Kendell Geers, navy ground, crossing white barbed-wire lines radiating from lower left, 2013 AlphaBête catalogue plate: Kendell Geers, turquoise oval bisected vertically, barbed-wire overlay, deep blue ground

    KENDELL GEERS — AlphaBête, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, 2013

    KENDELL GEERS — AlphaBête, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, 2013

  • Front cover: Stop Yelling at Me, Nancy Dwyer, FRIENDS ENEMIES FUCKING repeated red type on red, Josh Baer Meyers/Bloom, 1988 Stop Yelling at Me catalogue plate: Nancy Dwyer, Stay, laminate and leather on wood, 1987, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

    NANCY DWYER — Stop Yelling at Me, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica & Josh Baer Gallery, New York, 1988

    NANCY DWYER — Stop Yelling at Me, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica & Josh Baer Gallery, New York, 1988

  • Front cover: 666 Bibliotheca Crowleyana, J.F.C. Fuller, red textured card, inverted figure, Sure Fire Press, 1989 Interior: catalogue entries, Horos Case, Equinox, Tarot Cards, Holmes Publishing address, Edmonds WA

    J.F.C. FULLER — 666: Bibliotheca Crowleyana, Sure Fire Press & Holmes Publishing, Edmonds, Washington, 1989

    J.F.C. FULLER — 666: Bibliotheca Crowleyana, Sure Fire Press & Holmes Publishing, Edmonds, Washington, 1989

  • Surface / Infinity: Vija Celmins, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin ribbed grey textured card, white italic Surface / Infinity Surface / Infinity: Vija Celmins, Untitled (Ocean with Cross #2) 1972

    VIJA CELMINS, BRICE MARDEN & AGNES MARTIN — Surface / Infinity, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, 2012

    VIJA CELMINS, BRICE MARDEN & AGNES MARTIN — Surface / Infinity, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, 2012

  • Front wrapper: So Who Owns Death TV?, Burroughs Pélieu Weissner, red title on white, Beach Books, 1967 Interior: An Initial Death Copper Version cut-up text above, Liam O'Gallagher TV set with red figures below, 1967

    WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, CLAUDE PÉLIEU & CARL WEISSNER — So Who Owns Death TV?, Beach Books, Texts & Documents, San Francisco, 1967

    WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, CLAUDE PÉLIEU & CARL WEISSNER — So Who Owns Death TV?, Beach Books, Texts & Documents, San Francisco, 1967

  • Ulli Freer, Paul Buck Ulli's Room, Loot 2:2, Spectacular Diseases, Peterborough, 1981, black-and-white cover Back wrapper: Paul Buck Ulli's Room, Loot 2:2, Spectacular Diseases, 1981, plain cream stock, age toning, foxing

    PAUL BUCK — Ulli’s Room (A Radio Piece), Loot 2:2, Spectacular Diseases, Peterborough, 1981

    PAUL BUCK — Ulli’s Room (A Radio Piece), Loot 2:2, Spectacular Diseases, Peterborough, 1981

  • Roberto Cuoghi: full-bleed bold black sans-serif "WAR / IS / OVER!" filling the card, "IF YOU SURRENDER" in smaller caps below. ROBERTO CUOGHI — PEPSIS, Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, 2024

    ROBERTO CUOGHI — PEPSIS, Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, 2024

    ROBERTO CUOGHI — PEPSIS, Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, 2024

  • Joseph Cornell box construction above, Jeux jouets et mirages publication announcement below, Galerie 1900-2000, 1989 Joseph Cornell box, newsprint-bordered frame, red sphere, wire rings, found objects on white ground, 1989

    JOSEPH CORNELL — Exhibition Invitation with Jeux, jouets et mirages Publication Announcement, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, 1989

    JOSEPH CORNELL — Exhibition Invitation with Jeux, jouets et mirages Publication Announcement, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, 1989

  • Maurizio. Cattelan, La Rivoluzione siamo noi, 2000, figure hanging from rack, Guggenheim All postcard, 2011 Maurizio Cattelan All, Guggenheim, through January 22, GoCard postcard format, postal field

    MAURIZIO CATTELAN — All, Promotional Postcard, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2011

    MAURIZIO CATTELAN — All, Promotional Postcard, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2011

  • Merlin Carpenter, Business Women exhibition logo, red splat form, yellow shield with black horned figure, Galerie Neu, 2017 Merlin Carpenter, Business Women, 12.06–22.07.2017, Galerie Neu, Linienstrasse 119abc, Berlin

    MERLIN CARPENTER — Business Women, Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Neu, Berlin, 2017

    MERLIN CARPENTER — Business Women, Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Neu, Berlin, 2017

  • Éditions Brunidor invitation, 1973, grey and red typography, Butor, Laude, Bryen, Domela, Hélion, Hérold, Masson unprinted white card stock, light age toning, Brunidor invitation, Paris, 1973

    BUTOR / LAUDE / BRYEN / DOMELA / HÉLION / HÉROLD / MASSON — Estampes et livres illustrés des Éditions Brunidor, Invitation, Paris, 1973

    BUTOR / LAUDE / BRYEN / DOMELA / HÉLION / HÉROLD / MASSON — Estampes et livres illustrés des Éditions Brunidor, Invitation, Paris, 1973

  • William S. Burroughs, black-and-white press portrait, hat and coat, cigarette, Penguin Modern Classics postcard William S. Burroughs, postcard format, credit, Evening Standard / Getty Images, Penguin Modern Classics mark

    William S. Burroughs — Penguin Modern Classics Postcard, Penguin Books, London, c. 2014

    William S. Burroughs — Penguin Modern Classics Postcard, Penguin Books, London, c. 2014

  • Carol Bove — The Plastic Unit, Exhibition Invitation, David Zwirner, London, 2015 Carol Bove — The Plastic Unit, Exhibition Invitation, David Zwirner, London, 2015

    Carol Bove — The Plastic Unit, Exhibition Invitation, David Zwirner, London, 2015

    Carol Bove — The Plastic Unit, Exhibition Invitation, David Zwirner, London, 2015

  • Elisabetta Benassi: folded Arctic Ocean map, offset-printed invitation card, Benassi, Peter Freeman Paris, 2026 Elisabetta Benassi, The Wind from Nowhere, Peter Freeman Inc. Paris, 5 June–25 July 2026

    Elisabetta Benassi — The Wind from Nowhere, Exhibition Invitation, Peter Freeman Inc., Paris, 2026

    Elisabetta Benassi — The Wind from Nowhere, Exhibition Invitation, Peter Freeman Inc., Paris, 2026

  • JANINE ANTONI, CHARLES ATLAS, PIPILOTTI RIST, RACHEL WHITEREAD, CHRISTOPHER WOOL et al.: Luhring Augustine — Artist Representation Card, New York, c. 2015–16 JANINE ANTONI, CHARLES ATLAS, PIPILOTTI RIST, RACHEL WHITEREAD, CHRISTOPHER WOOL et al.: Luhring Augustine — Artist Representation Card, New York, c. 2015–16

    JANINE ANTONI, CHARLES ATLAS, PIPILOTTI RIST, RACHEL WHITEREAD, CHRISTOPHER WOOL et al.: Luhring Augustine — Artist Representation Card, New York, c. 2015–16

    JANINE ANTONI, CHARLES ATLAS, PIPILOTTI RIST, RACHEL WHITEREAD, CHRISTOPHER WOOL et al.: Luhring Augustine — Artist Representation Card, New York, c. 2015–16