Cubics, Slothouber and Graatsma, extensive lot
Signature designed books, multiples and documents by Dutch architects and designers Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma, from the collection of Wim Crouwel. Comprises: (1) Kubiese vitrines 67 DSM (Dutch State Mines), 1966-1967. Ill. cardboard folder, 17.5 x 17.5 cm, with a loose inlaid booklet featuring vitrine designs and 7 loose, folded sheets, as well as a stencilled text by Jean Leering and installation images for the exhibition 'kubiese struktuur' at the Van Abbemuseum 1966. With 2 (formerly paper-clipped) name cards from the artists. (2) Three original b/w press photographs featuring the artists at the award ceremony of the Sikkensprijs 1966, with annotations on rear. (3) Catalogue Galerie de Mangelgang Groningen, December 1969, 8 pp. (4) Original printed paper sleeve housing 6 coloured cardboard plates for model making.
(5) Cubics, Cubic Constructions Compendium. Heerlen, Centrum voor Cubische Constructies, 1970. Softcover, 17.5 x 17.5 x 3.5 cm, 428 pp. Publication on the occasion of the XXXV Venice Biennale. Added by Crouwel: 5 affixed post stamps designed by S & G. Various pages loose in spine due to dried glue, regular toning of covers. (6) The same publication as above with a different cover, published in 1971, sheets still attached to binding. (7) Postage stamps, Kinderzegels, 1970. Sheet with 6 stamps (eerste dag van uitgifte 10 November) and folded poster, 70 x 70 cm. (8) 3 Cubic Cell Graphics, booklet printed at Drukkerij Rosbeek, 1970, 20 pp. (9) Kunsthalle Bern, 1972. Exhibition announcement poster, 35 x 35 cm, folded twice. (10) Cubic Cosmic City. Nuth, Rosbeek, undated ca. 1973. Amazing colour printed leporello in printed folder, 160 x 20 cm, folded to 20 x 20 cm. (11) Cubische constructies van Slothouber en Graatsma 1965-1970. Nuth, Rosbeek, 2000. Goodwill Series Rosbeek No.50, ed. 1500. (12) Vivid Vormgeving, Rotterdam, 2003. Exhibition announcement poster, 70 x 70 cm, folded to 17.5 x 17.5 cm. (13) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2006. Exhibition announcement poster/ SM catalogue No.884, 70 x 70 cm, folded to 17.5 x 17.5 cm. (total 13)