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ARS LIBRI ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART Ars Libri Ltd. | 500 Harrison Ave. | Boston, MA 02118 [email protected] | www.arslibri.com | tel 617.357.5212 | fax 617.338.5763 Electronic List 120: Contemporary German Art 1 ANTES, HORST. Parken verboten: Sechsundsiebzig Offsetgravüren. Mit einem Vorwort von Albrecht Fabri. (2)pp., 78 plates printed on double-leaves. 4to. Brown paper wraps., designed by Joseph Fassbender. One of 150 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist in the colophon, from the edition of 185 in all. Neatly taped at spine. Köln (Galerie der Spiegel), 1962. $850.00 ARS LIBRI 2 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 2 ANTES, HORST. Stierstädter Gartenbuch. Mit Gedichten von Dieter Hoffmann. 16 Bilder und 13 Pflanzendrucke. (Passgänge. Literarisch-graphische Reihe. Band III.) (34)pp. 29 color prints (13 single tone, integrated with text). Printed on double-fold sheets. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. Edition limited to 300 hand-numbered copies, signed in the colophon by Antes and Hoffmann. “Die Bilder dieses Buches wurden von Horst Antes im Sommer 1964 auf der Maschine der Eremitenpresse gemalt.” Stierstadt im Taunus (Verlag Eremiten-Presse), 1964. $600.00 3 BECKING, HORST. Briefe. Texts by Eugen Thiemann and Dieter Dué. (64)pp., 48 color plates. 67 illus. Oblong 4to. Cloth. D.j. One of 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, from the limited edition of 500. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, 1979, with a drawing in pencil and colored pencil. [Hagen] (The Artist), n.d. $125.00 4 Hölderlin, Friedrich & BECKING, HORST. Friedrich Hölderlin: Patmos Handschriften. Horst Becking: Lithographien. (14)pp., 10 original lithographs. Tissue guards (some with printed text). Printed on double-fold leaves. Sm. 4to. Wraps. D.j. One of 35 copies signed and numbered by the artist, from the limited edition of 70 in all. Much of the text is in facsimile from the Hölderlin manuscript original. Presentation copy from the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, with an autograph card from him loosely inserted, and with a signed full-page drawing in colored pencil on the first leaf. N.p. (The Artist), n.d. $175.00 5 BECKING, HORST. Sommertage. Eine Reise ohne sich fortzubewegen. (4)pp., 24 color plates. Signatures loose, as issued. Folio. Boards. D.j. Vorzugsausgabe: copy 42 of an unstated edition, signed and numbered by the artist on the last leaf, with a large-format signed original color etching, correspondingly numbered, loosely inserted. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, with an exuberant full-page colored drawing on the title-page in gouache and crayon, dated 1985, and further decorations in colored 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 3 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART crayon and pencil in the inscription on the verso. This copy also with an inscribed folded exhibition poster under back cover. Hagen (The Artist), 1985. $300.00 6 BECKING, HORST. Tagebuch Firenze. (112)pp. Prof. illus. in color. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer on the title-page, with a full-page original drawing in oil paint, pencil and colored pencil on the facing sheet. Dortmund (Edition Galerie Untermann), n.d. $250.00 7 BECKING, HORST. Träume. Texts by the artist and Dieter Dué. 6ff., 21 color plates. Oblong folio. Cloth. D.j. One of 400 hand-numbered copies, from the limited edition of 500. Presentation copy from the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, boldly inscribed on the title-page, 1980, with a double-page drawing in colored crayon and pencil extending across the facing leaf. Hagen (Edition “Galerie Oben”), n.d. $200.00 8 BECKING, HORST. [Untitled Christmas Greeting.] (22)pp. 5 full-page plates. 4to. Wraps., stapled as issued. Inscribed “Weihnachten 1966” and signed and numbered from an edition of 30, this copy includes a signed full-page drawing in colored pencil, pencil and watercolor on the first leaf. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, 1979. N.p. (The Artist), 1966. $150.00 9 BECKING, HORST. “Vom glücklichen Zufall des Sonnenuntergangs.” (2)pp., 1 folding color plate (16- panel double-sided leporello). Loosely inserted, as issued: untitled original color etching on heavy wove stock, signed and dated 1984, and numbered from an edition of 100 copies. Oblong lrg. 8vo. Boards. This copy decorated in oil paint by the artist on the title leaf. Brüssel (Edition Abras), [1984]. $100.00 10 BECKING, HORST. 10 Zeichnungen. (14)pp. 11 full-page illus. (including cover). Printed on double-fold leaves. Oblong lrg. 8vo. Dec. wraps. An artist’s book, printed without colophon. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist to Hans Joachim Beyer, 1979, with a colored drawing. N.p. (The Artist), n.d. $125.00 11 Düsseldorf. Galerie Schmela. JOSEPH BEUYS. Zeichnungen von 1949-1969. 3ff., 57 full-page plates. 4to. Blank blue wraps., with linen backstrip (lightly sunned, as usual). Edition limited to 500 copies, signed and numbered by Beuys in pen on the title-page. The title, with justification, and two pages of register, are all reproduced from the artist’s handwritten text. Düsseldorf, 1969. $450.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 4 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 12 BLUME, ANNA & BLUME, BERNHARD. Prinzip Grausamkeit: Eine Polaroidserie. 60, (4)pp. 58 with tipped-in digital color photographic plates. Oblong lrg. 4to. Boards. One of 120 copies, signed and numbered by Anna and Bernhard Blume, from the limited edition of 140. Köln (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König), 2002. $500.00 13 BLUME, BERNHARD-JOH. Heilig heilig heilig. 42ff., including title, frontis. (partly in gold, signed and dated in pencil), and 40 plates, all xerographically printed. All contents loose, as issued. 4to. Portfolio (cloth). Edition of 40 copies, signed, numbered and dated by the artist on the title-page. Issued without colophon. Very slight abrasion on frontis. Köln (Edition Hundertmark), 1985. $400.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 5 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 14 BLUME, BERNHARD JOHANNES. Das höhere Selbst: 7 transzendentale Fotos und ein Text. (4)pp. (=single sheet, folding), 7 photographic plates tipped onto heavy card mounts. Cellophane envelope of glitter laid in. Contents loose, as issued. Lrg. 8vo. Publisher’s lidded cardboard box. One of 30 numbered copies signed by the photographer in the colophon, from the limited edition of 60 in all. Initialled in pen by the artist on the lid of the box. Köln (Wolfgang Hake Verlag), 1973. $2,500.00 15 BLUME, BERNHARD JOHANNES. Ich sehe die Gegenstände immer vor mir. (124)pp. Prof. illus. Wraps. Vorzugsausgabe: one of 100 copies with a signed original drawing in green ink by the artist in the colophon, inscribed “Original Handzeichnung mit dem Munde gemahlt,” from the limited edition of 300 numbered copies. Köln (Wolfgang Hake Verlag), 1973. $300.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 6 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 16 BLUME, BERNHARD. JOH. Ich & Du. 40 Xerographien. 42ff., including xerographic title/colophon, frontis. (original crayon drawing, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist), and 40 xerographic plates. All contents loose, as issued. 4to. Portfolio (cloth). Edition limited to 60 numbered copies, signed in the colophon by the artist. Köln (Wolfgang Hake-Verlag), 1986. $650.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 7 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 17 BLUME, BERNH. JOH. Mahlzeit. 6 Polaroidxerographien und 6 Schwarz-Weiss-Xerographien aus der Serie “Kant zuliebe” 1981. 13ff., including title leaf with vignette on verso (signed in pencil), 6 Polaroid-xerographs (through-numbered in pencil), and 6 xerographic plates (each signed and dated in pencil). Contents loose, as issued. 4to. Orig. envelope, stamped “BLUME Serie.” N.p. (The Artist), 1981. $850.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 8 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 18 BLUME, BERNHARD JOHANNES. Natürlich: Ein Gespräch mit Joseph Beuys. [Beuys/Blume “natürlich.” 9 kurzgefasste Szenen aus einem 2-Stunden-Dialog.] Multiple. 9 heavy cardboard panels with offset photographs and text, together with large three-dimensional crucifix constructed of green paper, signed, numbered and dated 1985/89 in pencil by the artist; and with large folding color poster; all in the publisher’s cardboard box, the outer lid mounted with title panel in green, and the inner box mounted with the colophon. Contents loose, as issued. Box dimensions: 490 x 230 x 60 mm. (ca. 19 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches). Oblong folio. One of 60 hand-numbered copies from the edition of 70. “Das Gespräch zwischen B.J. Blume u. Jos. Beuys fand am 1. Mai 1985 in der Galerie Paul in Ilverich bei Düsseldorf anlässlich einer gemeinsamen Ausstellung statt.” Box slightly creased; a fine example. Köln (Balloni Verlag/ Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König), 1989. $1,500.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 9 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 19 BLUME, BERNHARD-JOH. Rund & Eckig. 42ff., including xerographic title/colophon, frontis. (original crayon drawing, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist), and 40 xerographic plates. All contents loose, as issued. 4to. Portfolio (cloth). Edition limited to 60 numbered copies, signed in the colophon by the artist. Köln (Wolfg. Hake Verlag), 1986. $650.00 20 BLUME, BERNHARD JOHANNES. Die vierte Dimension. 40ff. Prof. illus. Wraps. Edition of 300 copies. Inscribed by the artist in green ink beneath the title, “von 1973 reaktualisert in Delmenhorst 1991/ BJ. Blume.” Düsseldorf (M. Kuttner), 1974. $150.00 4 June, 2019 ARS LIBRI 10 ELECTRONIC LIST 120: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ART 21 BLUME, BERNHARD JOHANNES. Zeichnungen aus der Immobilien-Serie 1983. [35 Xerographien aus der Immobilienserie 1983.] 37ff., including 35 xerographic plates, printed on recto only. Contents loose, as issued. 4to. Portfolio (masonite boards with supralibros title, 1/4 cloth, secured with elastic cord, as issued).