Art & Project Bulletin 75. Transparency - Rare Book Insider
Art & Project Bulletin 75. Transparency

Buren, Daniel

Art & Project Bulletin 75. Transparency

Art & Project, Amsterdam: 1974
  • $165
4to, single sheet of translucent glassine folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these bulletins, in almost all cases a single sheet folded into four panels, given over to the work of a single artist project, each a standalone work. One of the landmark periodicals of conceptual art. This installment is one of the most formally striking, being printed on glassine in such a way that the entire text can only be read closed. Folded into thirds for mailing. Small 1/2" droplet stain to left margin, else near fine.
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