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Unoriginal Sins AVANT-GARDE BOOKS, EPHEMERA, PRINTS, MULTIPLES & UNIQUE WORKS

THE UNIVERSE AS ENVIRONMENT: MOON MARKERS. 1969. GEORGE MACIUNAS DESIGNED OBJECT MULTIPLE AS INVITE.NYC: State Universi...
24/05/2026

THE UNIVERSE AS ENVIRONMENT: MOON MARKERS. 1969. GEORGE MACIUNAS DESIGNED OBJECT MULTIPLE AS INVITE.

NYC: State University of New York, 1969
7.6 x 10.0cm, black on transparent plastic bag with a text on the front designed by George Maciunas.

This bag was issued containing water (as was the later Yoko Ono Water Event multiple also designed by Maciunas) and released as an object multiple / announcement for an exhibition by Maciunas’s New York AG Gallery (“AG” stood for “Art Gallery”) here exhibiting in the University premises.
This is a rare item in VG condition although the plastic shows some brown staining in areas. The water however has long evaporated.

FLUXCLINIC RECORD OF FEATURES AND FEATS. 1969.NYC: Fluxus (Maciunas), n.d. (1969)
28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w paper. The medica...
24/05/2026

FLUXCLINIC RECORD OF FEATURES AND FEATS. 1969.

NYC: Fluxus (Maciunas), n.d. (1969)
28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w paper. The medical document that was to be filled in by patients visiting the Hi Red Centre mobile health clinic which only visited streets starting with V, T. R or E (vTRE). There appear to be two variants of design of this very rare item. Silverman No. 168.

Ian Hamilton Finlay AUTUMN POEM. 1966.N.p.: (Edinburgh): Wild Hawthorne Press, 196616.5 x 17cm, 20pp (recto only) plus b...
24/05/2026

Ian Hamilton Finlay

AUTUMN POEM. 1966.

N.p.: (Edinburgh): Wild Hawthorne Press, 1966
16.5 x 17cm, 20pp (recto only) plus bound in transparent papers. Original card wrappers with printed dust jacket. A series of photographs of ploughed earth by Audrey Walker, printed black and white, overlaid with translucent pages printed with Finlay’s minimal concrete poetry. VG+ condition. Murray 3.16. Scarce.

CLAES OLDENBURGUNATTENDED LUNCHES (SMS MULTIPLE). 1968.With 2 copies of the laid in letter plus additional sealed “speci...
22/05/2026

CLAES OLDENBURG
UNATTENDED LUNCHES (SMS MULTIPLE). 1968.
With 2 copies of the laid in letter plus additional sealed “special handling” envelope.

NYC: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968
22 x 14.5cm (approx.) consisting of eight, 1pp A4 b/w offset sheets, roughly folded and bound with tied string to form a faux ‘booklet’ (the outside page is a cover with two small drawings of a flower by Oldenburg) with a laid in envelope (9.5 x 15cm) content of a folded (printed offset) typed letter on Strathmore watermarked paper. Unusually, this copy comes with an additional and identical copy of the envelope & letter PLUS a small sealed envelope labelled SPECIAL HANDLING. This envelope appears to be empty and we’re unsure of its provenance. Conceptual multiple from the pop artist. Theoretical edition of 1,200 to 2000 copies. VG+ with a crease to the top right corner of the cover page.

George Brecht, Robert FilliouCLOUD SCISSORS. 1963. A RARER VARIANT.NYC: s.p., 19639.3 x 11.1cm, printed envelope content...
19/05/2026

George Brecht, Robert Filliou
CLOUD SCISSORS. 1963. A RARER VARIANT.
NYC: s.p., 1963
9.3 x 11.1cm, printed envelope content of 8 printed event cards. This is a much rarer variant on the better known example where the cards are much larger – seven of the cards here are 2.5 x 9cm, 1pp and have different texts from the better known version for example: “Quick oration of a strap and exhaust the movement” and “Writing. Noise of pen flying on paper.” There is also a blank card which is 6.5 x 8.2cm in size. Edition size not known. VG condition.

Eric AndersenHOW TO PERFORM (1.) READ (2) EXHIBIT (3.) PRINT ….. C. 1971.Fluxus Mail Art. Copenhagen: S.p. (Andersen), n...
18/05/2026

Eric Andersen
HOW TO PERFORM (1.) READ (2) EXHIBIT (3.) PRINT ….. C. 1971.

Fluxus Mail Art.

Copenhagen: S.p. (Andersen), n.d. (c. 1971)
111 x 12cm (open size) accordian folded leaflet (13 neat folds) printed blue and black on white glossy paper. A mail art work (and possible artist’s book depending on definition) by the artist where the text is heavily spaced out over graph paper. The text is about an Andersen manuscript and how to produce it. Fine condition.

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THIS BOOK COULD HAVE BEEN……. C. 1971.
£195.00
Copenhagen: S.p. (Andersen), n.d. (c. 1971)
61 x 12cm (open size) folded leaflet (6 neat folds) printed black on white glossy paper. A mail art work by the artist where a theoretical book is described in a variety of ways (some contradictory). Fine condition.

Dieter RothTROPHIES. 125 TWO-HANDED SPEEDY DRAWINGS. 1979. ONE OF 200 DELUXE COPIES PRINTED ON YELLOW WITH A SIGNED ORIG...
18/05/2026

Dieter Roth
TROPHIES. 125 TWO-HANDED SPEEDY DRAWINGS. 1979. ONE OF 200 DELUXE COPIES PRINTED ON YELLOW WITH A SIGNED ORIGINAL TWO-HANDED SPEEDY DRAWING. TWO DUSTWRAPPERS.

Stuttgart: Hansjorg Mayer, 1979
25.1 x 18.8cm, unpaginated (c. 250pp) plus card covers and two dustwrappers – one displaying Roth making one of the speedy drawings and underneath a second dust jacket for Emmett William’s “The boy and the bird”. Every page is printed on a bright yellow florescent background apart from the card covers.
At the back cover there is an original hand-drawn work – Trophy – a speedy two-handed drawing where Roth uses both hands at once to create a “mirror” drawing which appears to be self-portrait of the artist. It is signed at the bottom and dated 1979. The book additionally is signed and numbered from the edition of 200 copies on the first blank page. VG+. Unique thus. Ref: Dobke, Dieter Roth – Books + Multiples, Books G, Drawings, p.197.

ART ALWAYS WINS 11293545148113.1998.NYC: Emily Harvey Gallery/Gracie Mansion, 19987 x 21.6cm, 4pp announcement card with...
24/04/2026

ART ALWAYS WINS
11293545148113.
1998.

NYC: Emily Harvey Gallery/Gracie Mansion, 1998
7 x 21.6cm, 4pp announcement card with a reproduced “Score for Alice Denham in 48 seconds” (1956) by Al Hansen on the front, internally details of this evening performances by and Carolee Schneemann in honour of Al Hansen (some works were by Hansen). Hansen had died just over two years previously. VG+. £35.

Albrecht/DGESAMT KATALOG DER REFLECTION PRESS 1974/1975.Stutgart: Reflection Press, n.d. (1975)21 X 15cm, 24pp plus bla...
24/04/2026

Albrecht/D
GESAMT KATALOG DER REFLECTION PRESS 1974/1975.

Stutgart: Reflection Press, n.d. (1975)
21 X 15cm, 24pp plus black on green wrappers. Annual catalogue for the press with collage design throughout by Albrecht /d. Lists the vast output of the one man press. Slightly worn and with coffee stains on back cover but hard to find. Limitation unknown.

Laid in: blank Deutsche Bundespost Zahlkarte/Postüberweisung, pre-printed with Albrecht/D’s Postscheckkonto. Form code ER 8.74/65432, 210 x 105,8mm, Kl. 36f. The date of the Zahlkarte matches that of the catalogue, a nice additional piece of Fluxus mail art history.

Ben PattersonPATTERSON’S GUIDE TO VERONA. 1994. HAND DEDICATED.Verona: Editions Francesco Conz, 199410.8 x 15.3cm, print...
23/04/2026

Ben Patterson
PATTERSON’S GUIDE TO VERONA. 1994. HAND DEDICATED.

Verona: Editions Francesco Conz, 1994
10.8 x 15.3cm, printed card envelope content of 9 duotone postcards with images by the Fluxus artist Patterson of a bar in Verona which is Mexican themed. One person in a sombrero is playing with a knife and posing with friends, alcohol etc. Limited edition but limitation not known. VG+. This example has been dedicated on the back of the envelope by Patterson in black ink: “Tp Jan – here are some suggestions for your next visit to Verona Ben Patterson 23/10/2001”

Yayoi KusamaI UENDELIGHEDEN/ IN INFINITY / THE FLUX AND THE PUDDLE. 2016.Humlebaek: Louisana Museum Of Modern Art, 20151...
19/04/2026

Yayoi Kusama

I UENDELIGHEDEN/ IN INFINITY / THE FLUX AND THE PUDDLE. 2016.

Humlebaek: Louisana Museum Of Modern Art, 2015
14.8 x 10.5cm, 12pp (self cover) gallery handout/exhibition catalogue for a major solo exhibitin of sculptures and light installation (including the ‘infinity” works) by Kusama. Seven colour images of work and short text in Danish and English alongside an exhibition “The Flux and the Puddle” by David Altmejd who also installated major works consisting of glass and mirrors. Three works shown in colours and short text in Danish and English. VG+.

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LOVE FOREVER DANCING PUMPKIN. C. 2017. POSTCARD.

N.p. (London): s.p. (Kusama), c. 2016
20 x 14cm, 2pp die cut artist designed postcard in the shape of a pumpkin. Foil stamped this is an ornate artist’s card – the prominent colours being red orange or white. VG – in original sealed plastic. £35 ea.

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Small bottle gourds, useful page holders, an excuse to use the phrase “pass the pepo please Paul” when in the library.

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