Carl André, Mönchengladbach box, 1968

A man climbs a mountain because it is there / a man makes a work of art because it is not there. Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1968. Multiple/catalogue for Andre's solo exhibition. Cardboard box with transparent lid, 21 x 17 cm. Contains a folded linen table runner, which unfolds to 400 x 16 cm, with silkscreened text by Johannes Cladder in German, as well as a booklet, 20.5 x 16.5 cm, 12 pp. with colophon and an interview (by André with André), all printed in the artists' facsimile handwriting.

Numbered edition of 660, this one numbered 624. This box is part of the famous series of cassette catalogues produced by The Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. Cardboard box shows light soiling and creases, the plastic lid has some tearing along the corners (as usual with this item), pristine booklet with some loose pages, cloth in mint condition.