Pfaffe and Vom Bruch, Artists and dealers

photographically portrayed in two artists' books. (1) Wolfgang Pfaffe, 81 Künstler der Documenta 6, Portraits & Signaturen. Kassel, Self-published, 1977. Softcover, 14.5 x 10.5 cm, 160 pp. Humorous booklet featuring 81 b/w full body photos of participants in Documenta 6, with their signature and biographical information on the adjacent page. Among the artists are Abramovic, Acconci, Aycock, Beuys, Christo, Jonas, Kounellis, Kubota, Levine, Matta-Clark, Muntadas, Paik, Pezold, Ulay et al. Scarce good copy.

2) Klaus vom Bruch, Ein Dutzend Kunsthändler/A Dozen Art Dealers. Ein Messeführer. A Fair Guide. Cologne/Bonn, Extra Art/Galerie Magers, 1975. Softcover, 14.5 x 10 cm, approx. 16/30 pp. Artists’ book presenting 12 photo portraits of famous gallerists at Art Cologne 1975, such as René Block, Konrad Fischer, Heiner Friedrich, Paul Maenz, Ileana Sonnabend, Michael Werner, Rudolf Zwirner. Produced in an edition of 500, rare. Fragile glue binding partly loose, else a crisp copy.