Sonsbeek Buiten de Perken/ Sonsbeek Beyond Lawn and Order, 1971

Extensive lot of documentation about the legendary exhibition deriving from the archives of Judith Cahen and Wim Crouwel. Cahen was assisting director of Sonsbeek 71, working alongside Wim Beeren. Crouwel was responsible for the design. Included are (1) 8 sleeves housing negatives and contact sheets, with photos of artworks and installations made by Crouwel intended for the catalogue. Occasionally artists themselves are pictured, such as Buren, Carl André and Oldenburg. Nam June Paik is caught working behind the camera in the video pavilion. (2) 32 b/w pictures and 24 colour slides of various sources featuring Sonsbeek installations by Smithson, Morris, Lewitt, Judd, Dekkers, Wim T. Schippers and Eventstructure Research Group. Includes some nice pictures of Oldenburg's work shot by Hannah Wilke, as mentioned on recto.

(3) 12 b/w photocards which were part of the Sonsbeek mail art project 'casual art' by Stuyf and Edinoff. Numbered and post stamped copies. (4) Ed Ruscha leaflet, 4 pp., announcing the exhibition of his photo series made in conjunction with Sonsbeek (later published as the artists' book Dutch Details). Very rare, with some creasing. (5) Letter from Douglas Huebler about his artists' fee. (6) Extensive lot of press material released by the Sonsbeek organisation, as well as newspaper clippings, mostly in Dutch. (7) A VHS tape with a copy of the Dutch NOS TV launch of the Sonsbeek project. (8) Stationary for the Sonsbeek 71 organisation designed by Wim Crouwel. (9) Added is the Sonsbeek catalogue, parts 1 and 2, designed by Crouwel. (total ca. 100 items)