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Andre

Artist Carl Andre (American, 1935 - 2024)

Publisher Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, 1968 (Johannes Cladders)

Printer tablerunner: Herbert Kabjoll GmbH, Beverungen text on paper: J. M. Küppers, [s.l.]

Author Carl Andre (American, 1935 - 2024)

Date1968

DimensionsH: 157 1/2 in. (400 cm); W: 16 in. (40.6 cm).

MediumText on paper: line block. Text on fabric: screenprinting or photolithography on white fabric. Paper: white wove paper and card stock.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.193

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Label TextPublisher: Johannes Cladders, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Carl Andre, Carl Andre (1968) Joseph Beuys, Beuys. Text by Hans Strelow (1967) Jasper Johns, Jasper Johns: Das graphische Werke, 1960–1970 (Jasper Johns: The Graphic Works, 1960–1970). Texts by Johannes Cladders, Carlo Huber, and Jasper Johns (1971) Artist Carl Andre sent us the following statement about his catalogue for Johannes Cladders: “The Box/Announcement for my 1968 Mönchengladbach show was entirely the brainchild of Dr. Johannes Cladders…. I hated it. I could not convince Dr. Cladders to withdraw it. So I insisted on writing a text, in the form of a dialogue with myself… My text is the only element of the box having any bearing on my work. Aside from his pet box, I have only the greatest admiration for Dr. Cladders. The boxes he made for other artists’ shows tended to be quite useful for understanding their art.” These are some of the 33 “Kassettenkataloges” (“Box catalogues”) made by Dr. Joseph Cladders from 1967 to 1978 for exhibitions at the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Beuys was the first of these one-man shows. Cladders and Joseph Beuys collaborated on all aspects of this show. Instead of a traditional catalogue, they chose a cardboard box—a common object whose contents could easily change with each show. It became the standard for all future projects. The boxes were produced in a numbered edition and sold, rather than given away. For the first exhibition, 330 were made and they sold out quickly. Jasper Johns’s box was produced in an edition of 550 and also sold out. Many of these boxes are quite rare today.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14-May 11, 2003.