Rombouts Droste. Collection of artists' books and ephemera
Comprising five publications and collection of 13 invitation cards, flyers, posters and photographs: (1) Azart, Rombouts & Droste. Staplebound, 24.5 x 17.5 m, 16 pp. Self-published artists' booklet undated (early 1990s). (2) Droste Rombouts. Hoorn, De Boterhal, undated artists' booklet (early 1990s). Staplebound, 21 x 21 cm, 16 pp. (3) Untitled (Azart text). Diepenheim, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim/the artists, 1993. Softcover, 32.5 x 24 cm, with full-page Azart drawings in black and red. (4) Geschreven en Gedrukt. Brussels, Plaizier, 1998. Softcover artists' book, 27.5 x 21 cm, edition of 1000. (5) Paper portfolio holding approx. 50 loose photocopied sheets with images of works and texts about the artists.
(6-18) Exhibition cards and flyers from the late 1980s to 1990s, by various art spaces including Marie Puck Broodthaers Brussels, Annie Gentils Antwerp, Galerie Jablonka Cologne, and MUKHA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp. Also includes an intricately designed fold-out poster for Par Azart, a 1992 theatre performance in Amsterdam, staged by the All World Azart Writers Association (Rombouts Droste and René Oey) together with two photographs of Guy Rombouts installing an Azart floorpiece at MUKHA Antwerp. (total 18)