Nikolaus Urban, Five Postcards, Performance catalogues and a record

(1) Nikolaus Urban, Five Postcards. Transparent envelope containing 5 postcards and a title sheet. Published and printed at the Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht in 1976. With printed statements suggesting aggressive actions including 'Be Dangerous!; Grab a Knife and Go for a Walk in the Crowd!; War is Beautiful !; Kill at least One Man in your Life!; Hitlerina.' The first two statements were actually executed as performances by the artist.

(2) Nikolaus Urban: Performances 1975. Maastricht, Agora Studio/Jan Van Eyck Academie, 1975. Softcover, 26 x 20.5 cm, 48 pp. Edition of 500. Documentation of performances including ‘Milk Event’, ‘Concert for Stringed Violins with the participation of a musician’, ‘Invalid Chair’, ‘Blind & Deaf Event’ and ‘Camera Event’. Photos by Jos Niën, Klaus Groh and Angela Puckey. (3) Nikolaus Urban. Amsterdam, Cres Publishers, 1979. Stitched, 28 x 21.5 cm, 14 pp. Text and b/w photo documentation of a performance in Arnhem, 7.6.1977. (4) Nikolaus Urban: Principle and Material Force, Song for Elephants. Amsterdam, De Appel, 1983. Single 45 rpm record in fabulous sleeve designed by the artist, 18.5 x 18 cm. Features deliberately anti-melodic sound scapes, described by Michael Gibbs in the magazine 'Artzien' as ‘what one might imagine elephants with absolutely no sense of rhythm would sound like were they are able to sing’. All items in mint or near mint condition. (total 4)