Bookworks Archive includes: Think/Leap /Re-Think/Fall; Notebook; Primer; Souvenirs de Jeunesse Interpretes par Christian Boltanski; Chinese Whispers; For Publication; Dialogo della Vedova Paradisiaca; Modular Drawings; The North Woods; Walls Paper; Various Small Fires; 16 Variationen von 2 Diagonalen Linien; Statements; Ship s Log;Manifestos

London, Barbara and Vito Acconci; Laurie Anderson; Mel Bochner; Christian Boltanski, Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes; Dan Graham; Rebecca Horn; Sol Lewitt; Richard Long; Gordon Matta-Clark; Edward Ruscha; Fred Sandback; Lawrence Weiner; William Wiley, and Dick Higgins ed.

Published by Museum of Modern Art and various publishers, 1966 -, 1977

Bookworks, the first exhibition of artist s books at the Musuem of Modern Art, was curated by Barbara London and ran from March 17- May 17 1977. The 9 page stapled catalog for the exhibition included a page of text by London and an alphabetical listing of the 189 included items by 147 different artists. Some of the books were displayed in vitrines, while those intended for public reading had a grommet hole punched into the upper left corner and were secured to prevent theft. This archive includes 15 of the grommet hole books that were in the original exhibition as well as a vintage copy of the 9 page checklist: Vito Acconci Think/Leap /Re-Think/Fall 1976; Laurie Anderson Notebook 1977; Mel Bochner Primer 1973; Christian Boltanski Souvenirs de Jeunesse Interpretes par Christian Boltanski nd c. 1975; Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes Chinese Whispers 1976; Dan Graham For Publication 1975; Rebecca Horn Dialogo della Vedova Paradisiaca 1976; Sol Lewitt Modular Drawings 1976; Richard Long The North Woods 1977; Gordon Matta-Clark Walls Paper 1973; Edward Ruscha Various Small Fires, 2nd ed. 1970; Fred Sandback 16 Variationen von 2 Diagonalen Linien 1972; Lawrence Weiner Statements 1968; William Wiley Ship s Log nd c. 1969; Dick Higgins ed. Manifestos Something Else Great Bear Pamphlet 1966. The condition of the books is generally only good since all have been handled by the original visitors and show moderate signs of handling, creases, yellowing, rubbing and edgewear; a few of the metal grommets are missing; Statements has a 2-inch tear to bottom of spine; the Sandback has a rough spine edge; the Ruscha has a pen mark to front cover. The books were acquired directly from Barbara London. Seller Inventory # BoLoMu5000

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bookworks Archive includes: Think/Leap /...
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art and various publishers, 1966 -
Publication Date: 1977