[1980s and up] Lothar Baumgarten, two artists' publications (1) Lothar Baumgarten, Accès aux quais Tableaux Parisiens. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1986. Leporello, harmonica folded, 24 pp. Unfolds to 130 x 18 cm, folded 13 x 18 cm. Designed in the shape of a Paris Metro plan. With original belly band. Fine copy. (2) Lothar Baumgarten, Eklipse. Deluxe edition. Dusseldorf, Richter Verlag, 1997. Softcover, 34 x 27 cm, 70 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, text in German. Documents three early 1990s installations by the artist. From the deluxe limited signed edition of 650 copies, this one signed and numbered '94' by Baumgarten in pencil on the colophon. Mint copy. (total 2)

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