Extensive collection of artists' publications and original work from Poland
(1) Lech Mrozek, ‘Czy jeszcze istnieje sztuka ?, 1979. Poster, 60 x 42 cm, folded twice. Announcement for Mrozek's famous series 'Does Art Still Exist?' shown at Akademickie centrum Kultury-Palacyk Wroclaw, Poland. Browning of paper, creasing and small tears along edges. (2) Lech Mrozek ‘Czy jeszcze istnieje sztuka?’, 1979. Original b/w photograph, 40 x 30 cm, with handwritten text on recto reading: ‘It is most difficult to free oneself from being entangled in the tradition of the subject discussed here, signed Lech Mrozek. Verso with mounted label of Centrum Sztuki featuring Mrozek's address. Horizontal fold in centre. (3) Zbigniew Gostomski, Z powodu ‘Odczytu o niczym’. Exhibition brochure for an event entitled ‘On Nothing’ inspired by John Cage's lecture, and held at Galeria Foksal in Warsaw, Poland. 1976. Poster, 60 x 42 cm, printed b/w and grey, folded twice.
(4) Tomasz Sikorski, Theses, October 1978. Single sheet, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, printed b/w, one side in English and one side in Polish. (5) Tomasz Sikorski, Text, January/February 1979. Stapled catalogue, 30 x 21 cm, 8 pp. ills b/w, text in Polish and English. Published by Gallery P.O. Box 17 in an edition of 500. The Warsaw based gallery was run by Tomasz Sikorski and Tomasz Konart from Jan-Nov 1979. Mild horizontal fold and some rubbing to edges. (6) Tomasz Konart, Fotografia 1977-1979. Warsaw, Galeria P.O. Box 17, 1979. Staplebound, 30 x 21 cm, 8 pp. With an original b/w photo stapled to the rear, and collaged square, signed 459/500. (6) Prezentacja, Listopad 1978. Wroclaw, Seminarium Markisizm w Kulturze Polskiej, 1978. Stapled catalogue, 24 x 17 cm, 16 pp. ills. b/w. Features work by Witold Liszkowski, Zdzislas Sosnowski, Lech Mroz?ek, Natalia Lach-Lachowicz, Andrzej Lachowicz, Anna Kutera, and Romuald Kutera. (7) Sztuka I Teoria, Akademickie Centrum Kultury Palacyk, 1979. Three stapled booklets (each 16 pp.) in wrapper, 21 x 15 cm. Published in an edition of 800, edited by Witold Liszkowski, with text in Polish and English. Includes Sztuka i Teoria (298-79) featuring Permafo, Andrzej Lachowicz, Natalia Lach-Lachowicz, Lech Mrozek; Sztuka i Teoria (299-79) featuring Witold Liszkowski, Malgorzata Bodak, Boguslaw Jasin´ski, Andrzej Sapija, Maria Zmarz; and Sztuka i Teoria (300-79) with Anna Kutera, Romuald Kutera, Lech Mroz?ek. Text in Polish and English. All items with regular age toning, fine copies. Amazing collection of rare documents. (total 7)