Three Mönchengladbach boxed catalogues: Beleg, Beleg II and Rationele Spekulationen, 1968-1972

Published by the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. Printed cardboard boxes, each 20.5 x 16.5 cm. (1) Beleg. Kunstwerke der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahre aus dem Besitz der Stadt Mönchengladbach, 1968. Contains four booklets, nine leaves and one newspaper clipping regarding a Joseph Beuys exhibition at the museum. Text in German by Johannes Cladders and Otto Mauer. Artists include Arakawa, Arman, Beuys, Brecht, Calder, Bruning, Duchamp, Fontana, Hamilton, Klein, Lichtenstein, Manzoni, Raysse, Segal, Tinguely, Uecker, Warhol. Sunning to box, else in fine condition.

(2) Beleg II: Neuerwerbungen, 1972. Overview of the acquisitions dating from 1969 to 1972. Contains six leaflets, an introduction by Cladders and 4 loose cards, featuring the work of celebrated contemporary artists such as Beuys, Brecht, Duchamp, Judd, LeWitt, Palermo, Oppenheim, Warhol et al. Mild creasing on one side of box lid, else very good. (3) Rationale Spekulationen. Constructivist Tendencies in European Art between 1915 and 1930. Selected from private German collections, 1972. Contains a title sheet, 18 leaflets with an alphabetically arranged exhibition directory and images of works, and a stencilled opening speech of Cladders in German. Published in a numbered edition of 660, this is copy 369. Featured artists include Albers, Delaunay, van Doesburg, Kandinsky, Lissitzky, Mondrian et al. Light sunning to lids, fine copy. (total 3)