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Avant-Garde & Protest : Postwar Avant-Garde

Books and ephemera from the postwar avant-garde, including Fluxus, concrete poetry and conceptual art.

See: Archival Collections, Artists' Books & Ephemera, Artworks, Avant-Garde & Protest, European Modernism & the Avant-Garde, Graphic Design & Typography, Late 20th Century, Protest & Civil Rights, Serial Publications, The Long Sixties

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  • The scarcer issue bound in cloth, issued to accompany an exhibition of Donald Judd's furniture at Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
    The scarcer issue bound in cloth, issued to accompany an exhibition of Donald Judd's furniture at Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

    [JUDD, Donald.]
    Donald Judd Furniture Retrospective. 1993.
    £975.00

  • First edition of Wolfgang Tillmans first book, issued in conjunction an exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich
    First edition of Wolfgang Tillmans first book, issued in conjunction an exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich

    [TILLMANS, Wolfgang].
    Wolfgang Tillmans. 1995.
    £1,125.00

  • Scrapbook 3.
    Scrapbook 3.

    BURROUGHS, William S.
    Scrapbook 3. 1979.
    £20,000.00

  • First edition of Ghost of Chance by William Burroughs and George Condo, inscribed by Condo to Hilary Gerrard.
    First edition of Ghost of Chance by William Burroughs and George Condo, inscribed by Condo to Hilary Gerrard.

    BURROUGHS, William S.; George Condo.
    Ghost of Chance... 1991.
    £7,500.00

  • Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.
    Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.

    FORD, Charles Henri.
    Spare Parts. 1966.
    £1,500.00

  • James Joyce 1882–1941. Wednesday, 14th June, to Wednesday, 12th July, 1950. Institute of Contemporary Arts 17-18 Dover Street Piccadilly W.1.

    [HAMILTON, Richard].
    James Joyce 1882–1941. Wednesday, 14th June, to Wednesday, 12th July, 1950. Institute of Contemporary Arts 17-18 Dover Street Piccadilly W.1. 1950.
    £8,750.00

  • Five texts.

    ACCONCI, Vito.
    Five texts. 1984-1988.
    £625.00

  • The Western Lands.
    The Western Lands.

    [BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.] BURROUGHS, William S.
    The Western Lands. 1987.
    £18,750.00

  • An exhibited copy of this highlight among 1970s conceptual artists' books. In the introduction, John Baldessari explains that Choosing Green Beans documents a game devised for two players.
    An exhibited copy of this highlight among 1970s conceptual artists' books. In the introduction, John Baldessari explains that Choosing Green Beans documents a game devised for two players.

    BALDESSARI, John.
    Choosing: Green Beans. 1972.
    £750.00

  • Splitting.
    Splitting.

    MATTA-CLARK, Gordon.
    Splitting. 1973.
    £1,250.00

  • This Artists' multiple was produced as an ephemeral item for use during Barbara Kruger's 1990 exhibition at Kölnischer Kunstverein.

    KRUGER, Barbara.
    I Shop Therefore I Am. [1990].
    £900.00

  • First edition of Mythologiques by Claude Levis-Strauss, inscribed by the author to Georges Th. Guilbaud and Rene Leibowitz.
    First edition of Mythologiques by Claude Levis-Strauss, inscribed by the author to Georges Th. Guilbaud and Rene Leibowitz.

    LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
    Mythologiques. 1964, 1967, 1968 & 1971.
    £4,500.00

  • 955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
    955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

    LIPPARD, Lucy.
    955,000. 1970.
    £1,250.00

  • This is Tomorrow is the scarce catalogue for the landmark exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956 which signalled the birth of British Pop Art.
    This is Tomorrow is the scarce catalogue for the landmark exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956 which signalled the birth of British Pop Art.

    [THIS IS TOMORROW.] CROSBY, Theo (editor).
    This is Tomorrow. 1956.
    £2,500.00

  • Learning from Las Vegas.
    Learning from Las Vegas.

    VENTURI, Robert; BROWN, Denise Scott; IZENOUR, Steven; COOPER, Muriel (designer).
    Learning from Las Vegas. 1972.
    £4,000.00

  • An inscribed presentation copy of Jo Spence's autobiography.
    An inscribed presentation copy of Jo Spence's autobiography.

    SPENCE, Jo.
    Putting Myself in the Picture. 1986.
    £200.00

  • Photographs by David Crosswaite of Carolee Schneemann's 'Thames Crawling' performance at the 1970  International Underground Film Festival at the National Film Theatre, London.
    Photographs by David Crosswaite of Carolee Schneemann's 'Thames Crawling' performance at the 1970  International Underground Film Festival at the National Film Theatre, London.

    [SCHNEEMANN, Carolee]. CROSSWAITE, David.
    Small archive relating to Carolee Schneeman's 'Thames Calling' performance at the Underground Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London, 14th to 20th Sept 1970. [With:] the 'low cost edition' of Schneeman's Parts of a Body House Book. 17 September 1970.
    £7,500.00

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