KAWARA, On. Date Paintings in 89 Cities.

( Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 27.7cm by 22.6cm. 256 pages. Catalogue published in conjunction with the travelling exhibition held at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 15 December 1991–3 February 1992, later shown in Hamburg, Boston, and San Francisco. Essays by Karel Schampers, Anne Rorimer, and Teresa O’Connor. Includes reproductions of Kawara’s date paintings, postcards, and telegram works. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of the monochrome date paintings, together with related material from Kawara’s postcard and telegram projects, including I Got Up and I Am Still Alive. One of the principal early exhibition catalogues on Kawara’s conceptual practice of recording time, duration, location, and daily existence through serial procedures and systems of documentation. A very good copy in boards.