Dossier Weiner, Flash Art and Art & Project

Flash Art Special issue on Lawrence Weiner: Within a Reasonable Doubt. Edited by Giancarlo Politi, Milan 1973. Newspaper type publication, 42.5 x 31 cm, 8 pp., folded once. Four signature Weiner text lines on each page in Italian, French, German and English. Edition of 2000. Fine copy.

+ Three Art & Project Bulletins featuring Lawrence Weiner. Included are No. 53, No. 54 (both 1972) and No. 72 (1973). Each consists of an offset-printed poster, 59 x 42 cm, folded to 29.5 x 21 cm, containing single-line statements for conceptual works by Weiner in English/Dutch. Copy stamped and addressed to Rudi Fuchs. Fine copies. Inserted with No. 72 is a handwritten draft by LW on yellow paper with acknowledgements to 'those who made this exhibition possible', mentioned are Art & Project and Leo Castelli. Art & Project was a legendary gallery in Amsterdam run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Between 1968 and 1986, they published 156 Bulletins which were mailed to a list of curators and artists around the world. Each bulletin contained an artist contribution, or 'exhibition by mail'.