VH 101. Revue Trimestrielle, complete set Nos. 1- 9

Paris, Editions Essellier, 1970-1972. Important French periodical focusing on conceptual art, literature, film/video, architecture and music, founded by Otto Hahn and Francoise Essellier. Includes nine issues in eight volumes (7/8 is a double issue). Softcovers, 25 x 19 cm/ 27 x 19 cm, 110-220 pp. Striking cover design by Yvaral (A.K.A. the op-art and kinetic artist Vasarely). Profusely illustrated in b/w. Text in French. Very good copies.

Most numbers are theme-based, such as L'Art Conceptuel; Musique Contemporaine; Cinéma d'Avant-Garde; l'Architecture et l'Avant-Garde artistique en URSS de 1917-1934. In-depth texts by Germano Celant, Catherine Millet, Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu, Claude Lévi-Strauss et al. Artists' projects, documentation and interviews feature Daniel Buren, David Lamelas, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth, Piero Manzoni, Andy Warhol, John Cage, La Monte Young, Mauricio Kagel, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and many others. Special artists' contribution by Sol Lewitt in No. 6. Ref. Gwen Allen, Artists' Magazines, MIT 2011 p. 308. (total 8)