July, August, September 1969 / Juillet, Aout, Septembre 1969 / Juli, August, September 1969
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.7 x 21 cm.
  • [36] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

July, August, September 1969 / Juillet, Aout, Septembre 1969 / Juli, August, September 1969

Seth Siegelaub, Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, N.E. Thing Co., Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner

July, August, September 1969 / Juillet, Aout, Septembre 1969 / Juli, August, September 1969

description

Documentation of conceptual or internationally-located projects curated by Seth Siegelaub with works by Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Robert Smithson and Lawrence Weiner. Descriptions of the works in pictures and tri-lingual texts. Also contains "Specific information (locations, dates etc.)" in back of book that documents exacting details of projects and installations.

In 1968 Siegelaub recognized that having a physical gallery was no longer necessary for the presentation of works of art, specifically "conceptual" art could—or should—thrive best when liberated from the so-called antiseptic environment of white cube gallery space. Rather, books as disseminable objects could reach a broader, far more distributed, audiences.

"July, August, September 1969" is an example of one of these publications, documenting works by eleven artists producing outdoor works internationally.

One persistent commentary about the publication was it held a flavor of American imperial Manifest Destiny, an impression reinforced by the catalogue''''s covers denoting the locations of the works with dots marking the placement of the projects.

references

"International General, Distributing Independently Produced Vanguard Art Books, Catalogues and Information" by Seth Siegelaub. New York, NY : International General, 1971.
"Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste 1960 / 1980" by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Paris, France : Jean-Michel Place / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997, pp. 144.
"Seth Siegelaub : Beyond Conceptual Art" by Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti, Marja Bloem, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jo Melvin, Götz Langkau, Matilda McQuaid, Alan Kennedy, Seth Siegelaub. Köln and Amsterdam, Germany / Netherlands : Verlag der Buchandlung Walther König / Stedelijk Museum, 2016, pp. 170-175.
New York, NY: Seth Siegelaub,
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$300.00
Condition:  Very Good. Very light cover wear, contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 23318]

July, August, September 1969 / Juillet, Aout, Septembre 1969 / Juli, August, September 1969
$300.00
Condition:  Very Good. 2 mm., 1 cm., and 3 cm. areas of soiling to recto. 6 cm. of creasing and bumping to covers and pages. Yellowing of covers. 1 cm. and 5 mm. creases to recto, and 7.5 cm. area of light creasing/bumping to pages 1 - 10. Light 6 cm. crease to verso with 1.2 cm., 1 cm., 3.3 cm., and 4.9 cm. areas of soiling to verso. 2.4 cm. yellow soiling to inside of recto. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 38508]

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