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Mail Art and Concrete Poetry: Lots 6300 - 6359

LOT 6300
€250,00 - €500,00
Wolfgang Schmidt, Buch 8, Lilli

Frankfurt am Main, Typos Verlag, 1967. First edition of 75. Spiralbound, transparent plastic covers, 26 x 26 cm, 18 double-folded heavy sheets, 36 pp. Magnificent publication featuring...

LOT 6301
€2500,00 - €3500,00
Poor Old Tired Horse Nos.1-25, near complete set

Missing Nos. 2 and 3, which are included in photocopies. Edinburgh, Wild Hawthorn Press, 1961-1967. Early issues mostly 27 x 21 cm, later numbers in varying (smaller) sizes. A...

LOT 6302
€80,00 - €150,00
Ian Hamilton Finlay, 4 Sails, 1968

Ingeniously designed fold-out card/ paper sculpture, 16.5 x 16.5 cm, black on thick blue paper. Designed and printed with Ed Wright at the Chelsea School of Art, School of Graphics.

LOT 6303
€150,00 - €250,00
Ian Hamilton Finlay, four artists' publications, 1974-1979

published by Finlay’s Wild Hawthorn Press, Dunsyre England. Comprises: (1) Homage to Robert Lax, 1974. Staplebound, 25.5 x 1.5 cm, 12 pp. (2) A Mast of Hankies, 1975. Portfolio...

LOT 6304
€150,00 - €250,00
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Nature, Gardens and Arcadia

Features 26 cards loosely pertaining to this theme, all published by Finlay’s Wild Hawthorn Press, Dunsyre England. Comprises: (1) Butterfly Garden (with George L Thomson), 1979....

LOT 6305
€80,00 - €150,00
Ian Hamilton Finlay, sixteen folded cards

with monochrome coloured covers and interior cards or fold-outs, in various sizes. Mostly text works from the 1980s and 1990s.

LOT 6306
€400,00 - €600,00
Revue OU / Cinquieme Saison No. 36/37

Ingatestone, Henri Chopin, Feb 1970. Printed portfolio with wooden side strips, 27 x 26 cm, with red plastic relief by Gianni Bertini on cover. Handnumbered copy 316 from an edition of 500.

LOT 6307
€200,00 - €400,00
Revue OU / Cinquieme Saison 30/31 and 38/39

(1) Revue OU 30/31. Sceaux / Paris, Henri Chopin, 1967. Printed portfolio with wooden side strips, 26 x 26 cm, cover by Ben Vautier. Numbered copy 142 from an edition of 500. Contains...

LOT 6308
€1000,00 - €1500,00
Ernesto Manuel de Melo e Castro (1932 - 2020), extensive collection

of publications, original works and posters, by the founding father of Experimental Poetry in Portugal, from the 1960s to 1980s. Comprises: (1) Orgasmo, Original drawing, 30 x...

LOT 6309
€100,00 - €200,00
Carrega and Sarenco

(1) Ugo Carrega, Mikrokosmos. Milan, Edizioni Tool, 1968. Artists’ book, 17 thick white cards, 15 x 15 cm, printed in black. Loose in original printed envelope. Numbered 7/800...

LOT 6310
€1000,00 - €1500,00
Geiger 2 and 3, 1968-1969

Two issues of one of the first artists' periodicals of experimental visual poetry ever conceived. Handmade and published by Adriano Spatola, together with his brothers Maurizio...

LOT 6311
€300,00 - €600,00
Geiger 10, Experimental anthology 1996

Torino, Edizioni Geiger, 1996. Edited by Franco Beltrametti, Maurizio Spatola and Arrigo Lora-Totino. Final issue of the experimental visual poetry periodical which started in...

LOT 6312
€500,00 - €700,00
Boxed collection of 50 original visual poetry works assembled by Ugo Carrega

Scrittura attiva. 12 processi artistici di scrittura, (a cura di) Ugo Carrega, 1980. Milano, Mercato del Sale Associazione Culturale, 1980. Cardboard box, with mounted serigraphy,...

LOT 6313
€100,00 - €200,00
Vers Univers 1 and 2

First two issues of the 'evolutionary poetry' periodical, published by Frans Vanderlinde in Rotterdam, edited by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Pierre Garnier and Paul De Vree. Six numbers...

LOT 6314
€100,00 - €200,00
Explosive poems by Paul de Vree and Amenophis 9

(1) Paul de Vree, Explositieven. Antwerp, De Tafelronde/Monas, 1966. Numbered copy 16 from the first edition of 100. With original title band. Softcover, 21 x 21.5 cm, 16 pp. Artists'...

LOT 6315
€1500,00 - €3000,00
Hansjörg Mayer, Lygia 1965

Letterpress print on paper, 48 x 48 cm. Signed with the artist's initials and dated 'hjm 1965' on the reverse. Framed in passepartout, 60.5 x 60.5 cm. Original print in excellent...

LOT 6316
€70,00 - €100,00
Hansjörg Mayer, publicaties van de en werken van edition hansjörg mayer

/publikationen der und arbeiten von hansjörg mayer/publications by and works by hansjörg mayer. Dusseldorf, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1968. Softcover, 23.5 x 17 cm, 194 pp. Catalogue...

LOT 6317
€60,00 - €90,00
Ferdinand Kriwet, 3 publications

(1) Kriwet : Poem-paintings, buttons, signs, flags. Dusseldorf, Galerie Niepel, 1967. Staple bound, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, 32 pp. Profusely ill. in b/w and colour, text in German. Light...

LOT 6318
€100,00 - €200,00
Ferdinand Kriwet, Sehtext-collage 1970

Colour silkscreen in red, blue, and green on white cardboard, 31.5 x 42.5 cm. Part of the portfolio Kölnischer Kunstmarkt 1970, published in Cologne by the Edition Verein progressiver...

LOT 6319
€100,00 - €200,00
Richard Kostelanetz, two anthologies

(1) Imaged Words & Worded Images. New York, Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1970. Hardcover with printed dust-jacket, 25 x 20.5 cm, 102 pp. Concrete and visual poetry survey edited by...

LOT 6320
€300,00 - €500,00
Richard Kostelanetz, Tabula Rasa: A Constructivist Novel, signed limited edition

New York, RK Editions, 1978. Softcover, 20.8 x 21.3 cm x 5.2 cm, 1000 pp. First edition limited to 12 copies, signed and numbered '9'. Conceptual artists' book consisting of a...

LOT 6321
€150,00 - €250,00
Richard Kostelanetz, four artists' books

(1) Richard Kostelanetz, Accounting. Sacramento, PN Books, 1973. Signed copy. Stapled booklet with numerical poems, 14 x 11 cm, 16 pp. 'This new corrected complete edition supercedes...

LOT 6322
€100,00 - €200,00
Richard Kostelanetz, collection of writings

(1) The end of intelligent writing, Literary Politics in America. Signed on title page. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1974. Hardcover, 23.5 x 16 cm, 480 pp. Minimal tear to paper wrapper,...

LOT 6323
€150,00 - €250,00
Richard Kostelanetz, Truth 1975

Silkscreen, 60 x 102 cm, printed black on thick white stock. Signed and dated '75' in pencil lower right. Numbered 'P.P.' (Printer's Proof) from an edition of 50 copies (with some A.P. and P.P.).

LOT 6324
€150,00 - €250,00
Richard Kostelanetz, Echo 1975

Silkscreen, 60 x 102 cm, printed black on thick white stock. Signed and dated '75' in pencil lower right. Numbered 'P.P.' (Printer's Proof) from an edition of 50 copies (with some A.P. and P.P.).

LOT 6325
€150,00 - €300,00
E pod Nos.1-4 and No.7. Baltimore, 1978-1980

Important and scarce avant garde periodical from Baltimore focused on performance, music and poetry. Cover and design by Ro Malone. Edited by Marshall Reese and Kirby Malone. Stapled...

LOT 6326
€300,00 - €600,00
Shishi, Nos.1-3, 1981

First three issues of the Japanese concrete and visual poetry magazine. Tokyo, Shishi Group/ Shoji Yoshizawa, 1981. Stapled b/w photocopied booklets, 30 x 21 cm (No.1), 26 x 18...

LOT 6327
€80,00 - €150,00
International Concrete and Visual Poetry

Announcements and some catalogues for group exhibitions, mostly in The Netherlands, some in the UK, France, Belgium and Italy.

LOT 6328
€100,00 - €200,00
Oosteuropese konkrete en visuele poëzie Volumes I & II

Den Bosch, Museum Het Kruithuis, 1978. Catalogue for the exhibition focusing on concrete poetry from Eastern Europe, edited by G.J. de Rook.

LOT 6329
€60,00 - €90,00
Word Events, with Jackson Mac Low, Ulises Carrion et al, 1976

Announcement poster for a spoken word and sound event at Het Conglomeraat (Amsterdam, June 9) and 't Hoogt (Utrecht, June 10) featuring Jackson Mac Low, Ulises Carrion, Michael...

LOT 6330
€200,00 - €400,00
Ulises Carrión, manifesto and two artists' postcards

(1) E.A.M.I.S. (Erratic Art Mail International System). Amsterdam, Other Books And So, 1977. Grey A4 sheet, mimeographed in green ink, with a rubber stamped addition in red. Press...

LOT 6331
€300,00 - €500,00
Ulises Carrión, original stationary for Other Books and So (Archive), 1975-1980

Signature stationary designed by Carrión (1941-1989), a prolific artist, bookseller, theorist of the book, and curator. He founded the legendary bookshop and gallery Other Books...

LOT 6332
€500,00 - €800,00
Martha Hellion and Jan Hendrix, Other Books And So poster, 1976

Colour silkcreen poster on thick off-white stock, 64 x 48 cm, designed and printed by Jan Hendrix and Martha Hellion. Announces the move from Ulises Carrión's Amsterdam based gallery/bookstore...

LOT 6333
€300,00 - €600,00
Ulises Carrión, five postcards

published by Other Books And So Archive Amsterdam in 1979 and 1980. Each 14.8 x 10.5 cm, offset printed both sides in black on white stock, with publisher information on verso.

LOT 6334
€200,00 - €400,00
G.J. de Rook, Stamp Art

Amsterdam, Daylight Press, April 1976. Comprehensive stamp art survey edited by the Dutch concrete and visual poet G. J. de Rook. Published on the occasion of the Stamp Art Show...

LOT 6335
€100,00 - €200,00
Stamp Art cards

(1) Original rubber stamped invitation card for the Stamp Art show held from 27 April to 15 May 1976 at Other Books and So in Amsterdam, the artists' bookstore and gallery ran...

LOT 6336
€150,00 - €250,00
Other Books And So (OBAS) and Stempelplaats documents

(1-8) Seven pamphlets (A4 size) and one postcard announcing events at OBAS, the bookstore and gallery run by Ulises Carrion in Amsterdam in the late 1970s. Incl.: Horacio Zabala...

LOT 6337
€60,00 - €90,00
Ray di Palma, stamp art publications and ephemera

(1) Ray Di Palma, Rubber No.9, September 1978. Amsterdam, Stempelplaats, 1978. Edited by Aart van Barneveld. 23.5 x 16 cm, 8 pp. (2) Invitation card for Di Palma's exhibition 'Works...

LOT 6338
€400,00 - €600,00
Stamp Out Stamping newspaper

Dusseldorf, Verlaggalerie Leaman, 1978. Extremely rare Stamp Art assembling publication, in newspaper format. Housed in a cellophane covered original cardboard poster tube, 80...

LOT 6339
€100,00 - €200,00
Davi Det Hompson, An International Cyclopedia of plans and occurrences, 1973

Exhibition catalogue/poster for a huge mail art exhibition curated by Davi Det Hompson at Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA, March 15 to April 10, 1973. Offset sheet, 96 x 60 cm, folded to 24 x 15 cm.

LOT 6340
€150,00 - €300,00
Ephemera from Image Bank, Vincent Trasov and Ray Johnson

(1) Image Bank stationary sheet, with printed peanut-tree drawing by Trasov and address information. Undated, 'Canadada' 1970s. (2) Ray Johnson and Vincent Trasov, Art's Birthday,...

LOT 6341
€100,00 - €200,00
Post Documents: '75 fall with/in Nagoya: concept - work

Nagoya, FAIN (Final Art Institute Nagoya), 1976. Staple bound, paper taped spine, 32.5 x 23.5 cm, 90 pp. Catalogue for an international mail art exhibition and conference held...

LOT 6342
€60,00 - €90,00
Endre Tót, 1/2 Dozen Berliner Gladness Postcards (1973–1978)

Berlin, Edition Herta, 1979. Six b/w artists' postcards, 10.4 x 14.7 cm, printed b/w.

LOT 6343
€150,00 - €300,00
Endre Tót, Ten Documents and Gladness Writings

(1) Ten documents 1973-1980. Amsterdam, Stempelplaats, 1980. Ten loose offset printed and hand- stamped cards, 14.5 x 20.5 cm. Contained in an illustrated folded wrapper. Features...

LOT 6344
€200,00 - €300,00
Endre Tót, Nulled Dialogue

Bern/Hinwil, Artists Press/ Edition Howeg, 1975. Staplebound, original paper dustjacket, 21 x 14.8 cm, 14 pp.

LOT 6345
€100,00 - €200,00
Endre Tót, Dirty Rains, 1977

Lund, Edition Sellem, 1979. Stapled artists' book in glossy wraps, 21 x 14.5 cm, 20 pp. Printed black on beige stock. Edition of 1000.

LOT 6346
€300,00 - €500,00
Jiri Valoch, Drawing 4, 1978

Original typo poem, 5 6 7 8 9 10. Typewriting on wove white paper, 29 x 21 cm. Signed 'Jiri Valoch 1978' and titled 'drawing 4' on rear in pencil.

LOT 6347
€800,00 - €1200,00
Jiri Valoch, Art 1, 1990

Series of four original typo poems, typewriting on wove white paper, each 30 x 21 cm. Each signed 'Jiri Valoch 1990' on rear in pencil.

LOT 6348
€300,00 - €600,00
Henri Chopin, letters to Guy Schraenen

(1-2) Two signed letters from Henri Chopin to the publisher Guy Schraenen in Antwerp. One typed, 29.5 x 21 cm, dated 5/3/74 and one autographed, 22.5 x 17.5 cm, dated 12/4/74....

LOT 6349
€70,00 - €100,00
Henri Chopin, 29 novembre 74 Portrait des 9

Antwerp, Guy Schraenen, 1975. Softcover, staple bound, 30 x 21 cm, 8 pp. Remarkable artists' book, printed red and black on white stock.

LOT 6350
€80,00 - €150,00
Axe 3. Antwerp, Guy Schraenen, 1976

Portfolio, 30 x 21.5 cm, holding loose-leaf artists' contributions, collages, booklets and a vinyl record with sound poems. Cover by Brion Gysin. Record by Sten Hanson. This copy numbered 173/500.

LOT 6351
€200,00 - €400,00
Horus, Llys Dana Post. Mail art assembling

Beaugency, Hieroglyphes & Co. 1982. Rubberstamped cardboard portfolio, 9.5 x 15 cm x 1.5 cm. Contains 38 postcards (numbered 0-37) with original mail art pieces featuring collages,...

LOT 6352
€150,00 - €300,00
Guy Bleus, World Art Atlas, Mail eArth Project

Brussels, Commissariaat-generaal voor de Internationale Culturele Samenwerking, 1983. Softcover, 10 x 16.5 cm, 298 pp. Published in a limited edition of 800, this copy numbered...

LOT 6353
€450,00 - €600,00
Galántai, AL (Artpool Letter/ Actual Letter/ Alternative Letter), 1983- 1984

Comprises the first 8 issues of the Artpool Letters, a clandestine (mail) art magazine about art events and artists in Hungary and abroad, published in 1983-1985 (of 11, all issued)....

LOT 6354
€150,00 - €300,00
Waclaw Ropiecki, collection of nine items

(1) Original b/w photographic selfportrait of the artist, with rubberstamp addition, 9 x 14 cm, verso with stamped address of Ropiecki in Wroclaw, Poland. (2) Colour printed A4...

LOT 6355
€500,00 - €750,00
Kunoldstrasse 34 Kassel, 1980-1981

Extensive collection of documentation and artworks compiled by Jürgen O. Olbrich. Two cardboard file boxes, 32 x 24 x 7 cm, with an assembling of artists' works and documents pertaining...

LOT 6356
€150,00 - €300,00
Care One, a new mail-art magazine, March 1982

First issue of this rare mail art assembling magazine, founded by Bart Boumans and produced at the Enschede Art Academy (NL), six issues were published between 1982-1985. Features...

LOT 6357
€500,00 - €800,00
Ryosuke Cohen: Brain Cell, Mail Art portfolio

Ashiya, Ryosuke Cohen, 1994. Contains 24 loose sheets, each 31 x 43 cm, kept between two boards, comprising 20 original mixed media collages on paper (rubber stamps, stickers,...

LOT 6358
€600,00 - €1000,00
Generator Nos.1-10, 12 (all published), 1988-2000

Complete run of this uncommon 'international anthology of visual & language materials' edited by John Byrum in Mentor/Cleveland Ohio. Features a wide array of visual art and poetry...

LOT 6359
€60,00 - €90,00
Billy Childish, Deaths Head Moth, 2004

Signed broadside, 43 x 17.5 cm, printed black and red on yellow stock, featuring a poem and woodcut by the British artist, musician and poet.

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