Saint-Martin Bookshop independent art bookshop, in ex Maison Matin Margiela in Brussels, specialised in contemporary art books. For artists, curators, collectors and art lovers.

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hosted in ex Maison Martin Margiela.

A place for collectors, curators, artists & friends seeking rare art books, exhibition catalogues, limited & curated editions.

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Rare & Antiquarian books

Our 1st floor hosts antiquarian books and is accessible on request or by appointment.

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Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop
Documenta 5	- Catalog - Documenta 1972 Saint-Martin Bookshop

Documenta 5 - Catalog - Documenta 1972

Ed Ruscha designed this binder-format catalogue for Harald Szeemann’s Documenta 5 (the full title of which was Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute [“Questioning Reality – Pictorial worlds today”]) in 1972. The brilliant orange cover features Ruscha’s screen-printed image of ants forming the number five; more than 150 featured artists are represented alphabetically, with individual entries accessible via tabbed dividers. This is a significant curatorial document and an important example of Ruscha’s book works. Reproduced here are images of artworks by Giuseppe Penone and Gerhard Richter illustrated in the catalogue.

Publisher: Documenta, Kassel, Germany
Publication date: 1972
Contributors: Harald Szeemann et al.
Format: 776 pages in two-ring binder
Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (26.7 × 31.8 × 8.3 cm)
Pages: 776
Language: German
Edition: First edition

List of the 220 artists

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Rue de flandre 114
1000 Brussels, Belgium
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