151. [Kingman, Dong] Gruskin, Alan D.

The water colors [Watercolours] of Dong Kingman and how the artist works. Introduction by William Saroyan.

New York, The Studio Publications, Inc., 1958. 25 cm x 19,5 cm. 136 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / signed by the artist Don Kingman: “To our friends Joan (and) Johan Wynn – Best wishes – Helena & Dong Kingman – Wildenstein Gallery – London”

152. [Kingerlee, John] Pillsbury, Edmund P.

The Whole Planet is a Garden – The Genius of John Kingerlee. [SIGNED with a little drawing and his full name by the Artist] By Edmund P. Pillsbury – With contributing Essays by K.J. Baysa, Jonathan Benington, Marianne Berardi, John Calder, Margarita Cappock, Ros Drinkwater, Alannah Hopkin, Rita Kelly, Brian Lynch, Brian McAvera, Dominique Nahas, Deirdre Purcell, Richard Vine, Lilly Wei, Michael Wilson, William Zimmer.

DPM Solutions, 2010. 4°. 328 pages with an original DVD showing John Kingerlee working in his studio during a visit of Edmund P. Pillsbury. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Signed by the artist John Kingerlee in unusual fashion. Excellent condition.

153. [Gray, Cleve / Motherwell, Robert] Smith, David.

David Smith – Exhibition Catalogue April 18 – May 13, 1950. [Cleve Gray’s personal copy]. [With a two page introduction / statement by Robert Mothwell].

New York, Willard Gallery, 1950. Small Octavo. 8 unnumbered pages. Original, illustrated softcover / stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Copy of american abstract expressionist painter Cleve Gray, with his name in ballpen on cover. One part of Motherwell’s introductory – statement with a pencil mark at the side highlighting this section: “When I saw David places his work against the mountains and sky, the impulse was plain, an ieffable desire to see his humanness related to exterior reality, to nature at least if not man, for the marvel of the felt scale that exists between a true work and the immovable world, the relation that makes both human”.

154. Documenta (11. : 2002 : Kassel, Germany).

Documenta 11Plattform 5. Ausstellung, Kassel, 8. Juni – 15. September 2002. [Documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmBH Kassel] ; [Projektberatung und Research, Oliver Marchant, Charity Scribner].

Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz, 2002. 31 cm. 600 pages. Illustrations chiefly in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Includes a separate, 48-page appendix. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

155. Bons, Jan.

Bijlage bij het Kwadraat-Blad “Genesis van een compositie”. [Original Lithographed Leporello Poster]

Hilversum, De Jong, 1961. 24,5 cm x 24,5 cm. Uitvouwbare poster / Foldout poster. Original Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.