Helio Oiticica. London, Whitechapel Gallery, 1969

Catalogue of an exhibition held on 25 February - 6 April 1969 at the Whitechapel Gallery, edited by Brett Guy and Mark Glazebrook. Original wrappers, 24.5 x 18.5 cm, 32 pp., with one fold-out poster (drawing of The Eden Plan). Profusely ill. with b/w photographic images of performances and installations. Compelling catalogue/artists' book in near mint condition. Scarce.

Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980) was a leading figure in the Brazilian avantgarde in the Sixties and Seventies, known for his participatory works of art, performative environments and the founding of the artistic movement Tropicalismo, which included artists such as Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape and the poet Ferreira Gullar.