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Félix González-Torres exhibition catalogue with a dark green abstract cover image resembling a cosmic field or atmospheric surface. Soft-focus light effects and deep green tonal variations create a minimal, contemplative appearance.

Félix González-Torres — Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., 1994

£120.00

Original 1998 Francis Bacon: The Human Body exhibition guide, Hayward Gallery, London — front cover in large bold serif and light grey typography on off-white stock; Hayward Gallery in small sans-serif at upper left; FRANCIS BACON in large black serif capitals; THE HUMAN BODY in large light grey serif capitals below; no imagery; typography functions as cover image.

Francis Bacon: The Human Body — Exhibition Guide, Hayward Gallery, London, 1998

£55.00

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Original 2014 GAY exhibition announcement card, Bronx Council on the Arts and Longwood Arts Project, New York, featuring a lush green woodland stream and fallen tree with large thin white lowercase typography spelling 'gay' across the full-colour landscape image.

GAY — Bronx Council on the Arts / Longwood Arts Project, New York, 2014

£45.00

Georg Baselitz, Auerbach (yellow), 2018. Etching with sugar lift aquatint and relief printing on Somerset White Satin 350gsm paper. Inverted figure in dark gestural marks on ochre ground. Reproduced on interior of Devotion exhibition invitation, Alan Cristea Gallery, 2019.

Georg Baselitz — Devotion — Exhibition Invitation, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 2019

£20.00

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Original 1983 Hans Bellmer exhibition invitation, Galerie François Petit, Paris — recto reproducing a black-and-white photograph of a doll's face partially obscured by a large hand pressing across the eyes and forehead, a cross-shaped object visible at left margin; from the series of doll photographs for which Bellmer is known.

Hans Bellmer — 67 photographies inédites — Galerie François Petit — 1983–84

£100.00

Original 1971 Hans Bellmer exhibition invitation card, Centre national d'art contemporain (CNAC), Paris — recto printed in white and black on pink-to-cream gradient card stock; CNAC in large white serif type at top; text reading le centre national d'art contemporain 11 rue berryer paris 8 / présente / du 30 novembre 1971 au 17 janvier 1972 / bellmer in large bold black type / ouvert tous les jours sauf le mardi de 12 h à 19 h entrée 3 f / vernissage le mardi 30 novembre 1971 de 18 h à 20 h.

Hans Bellmer — CNAC Exhibition Invitation, Centre national d’art contemporain, Paris, 1971–72

£125.00

Hans Bellmer Dessins, œuvre gravée exhibition announcement Galerie 3+2 Paris 1971–72

Hans Bellmer — Dessins, œuvre gravée — Galerie 3+2, Paris, 1971–72

£150.00

Original 1972 Hans Bellmer New Year postcard, Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris — recto reproducing Bellmer's Les mains immobiles, 1971: dark-ground photographic image of a bronze sculpture showing a crouching figure with multiple articulated mechanical arms and hands, cast by Ateliers Godard in an edition of 21, height 28 cm. Surface rubbing and scuffing consistent with postal handling.

Hans Bellmer — Les mains immobiles / Galerie Suzanne Visat New Year Card, Paris, 1972

£150.00

Original 1968 Hans Bellmer exhibition catalogue, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm — cover reproducing a Bellmer line drawing of a female figure tightly bound and folded, contour lines describing compressed flesh and limbs in a crouching posture; HANS BELLMER in spaced serif capitals below; SVENSK-FRANSKA / KONSTGALLERIET in two lines at foot.

Hans Bellmer — Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 1968

£150.00

Original 1967 Harry Callahan exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cream softcover with a black-and-white photograph of a standing female figure seen from behind, torso bare, seated on a stool before a window with venetian blinds, interior domestic space visible around her. 'HARRY CALLAHAN' in sans-serif type below the image.

Harry Callahan — Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967

£45.00

Heated Words: Initial Research — House of Vans, London, 2015

£85.00

Henrik Olesen — Some Faggy Gestures, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, 2008

£95.00

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Original 2011 In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art catalogue, ed. Hapgood & Lauf. Salmon-pink cover with title in bold black serif type left, artist list right. Spine repeating 'deed' in red.

In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art, ed. Hapgood & Lauf, ROMA Publications, 2011

£300.00

Inverted Odysseys — Claude Cahun / Maya Deren / Cindy Sherman

£55.00

Isa Genzken — Filmprogramm

£40.00

Original 2006 Isa Genzken monograph, Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series. Front cover showing Rose II, a tall slender steel rose sculpture with a single bud, photographed against a pale sky in front of a modernist glass-and-steel institutional building. Title 'ISA GENZKEN' in black sans-serif type upper right, with author names Alex Farquharson, Diedrich Diederichsen, Sabine Breitwieser. Phaidon imprint lower left. Laminated ex-library copy.

Isa Genzken — Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series, 2006

£60.00

Isa Genzken — Verlag Silke Schreiber — 1988

£100.00

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Isa Genzken — Window

£40.00

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Original James Brown Salt exhibition invitation booklet from Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1990, featuring a reproduced painting with a bold ultramarine blue abstract totem-like figure against a pale dotted background in an ornate frame.

James Brown — Salt, Peintures récentes — Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1990

£75.00

Jean Clareboudt, Oblique Haute, exhibition invitation recto. CREDAC Centre d'Art Contemporain, Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry-sur-Seine, 1990. Black-and-white photograph: a large irregular dark mass — a boulder or raw stone — suspended from a crane arm against a pale overcast sky. The crane extends diagonally from the upper left; industrial steel structures, scaffolding, and a brick building are visible below and behind. Low-angle shot emphasising the weight and scale of the suspended object. 'CLAREBOUDT' in l

Jean Clareboudt — Oblique Haute, CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, 1990

£90.00

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Jenny Holzer — Private Property Created Crime — 1984

£60.00

Jiří Georg Dokoupil — Exhibition Catalogue, 1987

£60.00

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Jochen Gerz — Griechische Stücke, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 1978

£85.00

Front cover: Jochen Gerz — Le Dépôt · Kulchur Pièce 4, 1979 — original exhibition invitation, deep burgundy card with white letterpress text, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris

Jochen Gerz — Le Dépôt · Kulchur Pièce, 4 — Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, 1979

£75.00

Joël Hubaut and Michel Sohier, Epidemik-Box, c. 1979 — recto: exhibition invitation card printed in dark brown ink on orange-brown card stock, with boxed typography listing artist names, venue Galerie Galea Caen, and exhibition dates 14 November to 4 December

Joël Hubaut / Michel Sohier — Epidemik-Box, Galerie Galea, Caen, c. 1979

£100.00

Original 1994 Jürgen Klauke Prosecuritas exhibition catalogue. Front cover showing a black-and-white scanned or photocopied image: two small dog silhouettes walk across a pale ground trailing long curved lines, while large dark shadowy forms — a vertical pole left and a crouching figure lower right — dominate the foreground. Title 'JÜRGEN KLAUKE »PROSECURITAS«' in small spaced sans-serif type upper centre. Square format, cloth-bound hardcover with clear plastic dust jacket.

Jürgen Klauke — Prosecuritas, Cantz / Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1994

£45.00

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Katerina Jebb — Deus ex Machina, Musée Réattu / Skira, 2017

£55.00

Front of a small 1973 Katharina Sieverding artist card showing a black-and-white double portrait of the artist in a tight hood and gloves, one figure facing down and the other holding a round mirror over the face, printed within a wide cream border.

Katharina Sieverding — Portuguese-Language Artist Card, c. 1973

£160.00

Kathy Acker — Algeria (French edition), Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV, Paris, 1988

£100.00

Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, New York, 1984

£100.00

Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1992 (Japanese edition)

£100.00

Original 1982 Kathy Acker Great Expectations paperback, Open Book Publications, San Francisco. Front cover with title in bold serif type above a black-and-white woodcut illustration of a hunched long-haired figure leaning over a bed with a cane. Printed wrappers with toning and wear to spine.

Kathy Acker — Great Expectations (1982)

£105.00

Original 1991 Kathy Acker Hannibal Lecter, My Father paperback, Semiotext(e) Native Agents Series, New York. Front cover in vivid pink with repeating text pattern in lighter pink forming the background, overlaid with bold black title lettering and author name. Printed wrappers in good condition with minor shelf wear.

Kathy Acker — Hannibal Lecter, My Father (1991)

£100.00

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Kathy Acker — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

£80.00

Original 1978 Kathy Acker The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec paperback, TVRT Press and Printed Matter, New York. Front cover with black-and-white photographic image of two pairs of legs, one in stockings raised in the air, the other bare and low. Title in lowercase serif type: all she wants is love... Publisher imprints PM and TVRT Press at foot with ISBN 0-931106-21-4. Original price $4.50 at top left. Covers with age toning and surface wear.

Kathy Acker — The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec (1978)

£200.00

`Keizō Kitajima — 東京 No. 2 (Tokyo No. 2), Photo Express Tokyo, February 1979. Front cover. High-contrast black and white photograph of two figures in close proximity, faces partially obscured, one in a leather jacket, set against a dark ground with diagonal structural elements. Title in teal kanji and Latin type upper centre: 東京 No 2. Date and price: 1979. FEBRUARY · 200 YEN. Green circular stamps along foot reading: 写真特急便〒北島敬三 (Photo Express Mail, Kitajima Keizō).`

Keizō Kitajima — Photo Express Tokyo No. 2, February 1979

£50.00

`Kunst uit Nieuw Guinea — exhibition catalogue front cover, 1963. Cream wraps with orange letterpress title lower right: "kunst uit nieuw guinea". Left: black and white photograph of a tall carved wooden ancestor figure (bis pole or similar), with a stylised face, open-work body, and flame-like projections at the crown. Age toning and handling wear throughout.

Kunst uit Nieuw Guinea — Museum Fodor / Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1963

£45.00

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Original 1970 Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London, 5–31 May 1970. Plain pale yellow square-format cover, unprinted, with visible age toning and light surface wear consistent with period exhibition material.

Larry Bell / Robert Irwin / Doug Wheeler — Tate Gallery, London, 1970

£110.00

Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas — Insights

£300.00

Laylah Ali — Projects 75, MoMA, 2002

£30.00

Leopoldo Maler — Mortal Issues: A Sanctuary with Flames & Figures. Exhibition publication cover, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1976. Black-and-white photograph of Maler standing before a monumental archway, arms crossed. Bold typographic title below.

Leopoldo Maler — Mortal Issues: A Sanctuary with Flames & Figures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1976

£150.00

Louise Bourgeois, Papillons Noirs, exhibition announcement front cover. Hauser & Wirth, St. Moritz, 2018–2019. White card cover. 'HAUSER & WIRTH' in small spaced sans-serif caps at top centre. Centred below in large serif type, mixed roman and italic: 'Louise / Bourgeois / Papillons / Noirs'. Minimal, typographic design on plain white ground. Light handling marks and minor surface wear.

Louise Bourgeois — Papillons Noirs, Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, 2018–2019

£60.00

Lovecat: The Model Fanzine, Issue 3 — The Art Issue

£50.00

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Recto (front):

Maciunas' Learning Machines, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, c. 2003. Recto: book cover reproduction showing Maciunas' handwritten charts and flow diagrams on curling paper sheets; title in black and red type, author Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt above, publisher and collection credit below.

Maciunas' Learning Machines — Vice Versa Verlag / Silverman Fluxus Collection, Berlin, c. 2003

£35.00

Man Ray — Kunsthalle Basel, 1980

£60.00

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A–Z Catalogue

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Félix González-Torres — Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., 1994

Francis Bacon: The Human Body — Exhibition Guide, Hayward Gallery, London, 1998

G

GAY — Bronx Council on the Arts / Longwood Arts Project, New York, 2014

Georg Baselitz — Devotion — Exhibition Invitation, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 2019

Gianni Piacentino, Stampe — Galleria Plura, Milan, 1980

Gilles Brenta — F.M.R., Brussels, 1989

Giovanni Anselmo — Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, 1989

Gregor Schneider, Die Familie Schneider — Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, 2014

Gustave Courbet — Visage–Visages — Musée Maison Natale, Ornans, 1984

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Hans Bellmer — 67 photographies inédites — Galerie François Petit — 1983–84

Hans Bellmer — CNAC Exhibition Invitation, Centre national d’art contemporain, Paris, 1971–72

Hans Bellmer — Dessins, œuvre gravée — Galerie 3+2, Paris, 1971–72

Hans Bellmer — Les mains immobiles / Galerie Suzanne Visat New Year Card, Paris, 1972

Hans Bellmer — Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 1968

Harry Callahan — Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967

Heated Words: Initial Research — House of Vans, London, 2015

Henrik Olesen — Some Faggy Gestures, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, 2008

I

In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art, ed. Hapgood & Lauf, ROMA Publications, 2011

Inverted Odysseys — Claude Cahun / Maya Deren / Cindy Sherman

Isa Genzken — Filmprogramm

Isa Genzken — Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series, 2006

Isa Genzken — Verlag Silke Schreiber — 1988

Isa Genzken — Window

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James Brown — Salt, Peintures récentes — Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1990

Jean Clareboudt — Oblique Haute, CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, 1990

Jenny Holzer — Private Property Created Crime — 1984

Jiří Georg Dokoupil — Exhibition Catalogue, 1987

Jochen Gerz — Griechische Stücke, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 1978

Jochen Gerz — Le Dépôt · Kulchur Pièce, 4 — Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, 1979

Joël Hubaut / Michel Sohier — Epidemik-Box, Galerie Galea, Caen, c. 1979

Jürgen Klauke — Prosecuritas, Cantz / Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1994

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Katerina Jebb — Deus ex Machina, Musée Réattu / Skira, 2017

Katharina Sieverding — Portuguese-Language Artist Card, c. 1973

Kathy Acker — Algeria (French edition), Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV, Paris, 1988

Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, New York, 1984

Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1992 (Japanese edition)

Kathy Acker — Great Expectations (1982)

Kathy Acker — Hannibal Lecter, My Father (1991)

Kathy Acker — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

Kathy Acker — The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec (1978)

Keizō Kitajima — Photo Express Tokyo No. 2, February 1979

Kunst uit Nieuw Guinea — Museum Fodor / Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1963

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Larry Bell / Robert Irwin / Doug Wheeler — Tate Gallery, London, 1970

Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas — Insights

Laylah Ali — Projects 75, MoMA, 2002

Leopoldo Maler — Mortal Issues: A Sanctuary with Flames & Figures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1976

Louise Bourgeois — Papillons Noirs, Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, 2018–2019

Lovecat: The Model Fanzine, Issue 3 — The Art Issue

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Maciunas' Learning Machines — Vice Versa Verlag / Silverman Fluxus Collection, Berlin, c. 2003

Man Ray — Kunsthalle Basel, 1980

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