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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Steven Leiber was an art and ephemera dealer and collector located in San Francisco, CA. He was active from 1983 to his death in 2012. In 1992, Leiber began producing catalogs for his gallery Steven Leiber Basement. These unique catalogs come in many different formats, often mimicking the design of a piece sold within, and have become collectible in and of themselves. Formats here include, but are not limited to, an imitation library card catalog, a thirty foot long scroll, and a pack of...

Scope and Contents This rolled catalog is over 30 feet long. It was printed on newsprint. Offers a "large selection of Something Else Press publications as well as a Beau Geste Press archive". --The Catalogues of Steven Leiber: A Memorial Exhibition by Philip E. Aarons."Twenty-one leaves glued end-to-end to form a scroll. Leaves are offset lithograph printed on both sides of newsprint."- Steven Leiber: Catalogs. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Inventory Press...

Scope and Contents "Dealer catalog. Black and white. A green painted cardboard box containing one text leaf and seventy-five cards enclosed in seven envelopes. Photographic reproductions are affixed with glue and lacquer onto the envelops. Cards are offset lithtograph printed on both sides with photographic reproductions and text. Items were from the archives of curator Hal Glickman." - Steven Leiber: Catalogs. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Inventory Press and Rite Editions,...

Scope and Contents "One of Leiber's most sought-after creations, his 35th catalogue. It is based on the infamous exhibition catalogue for documenta 5 (1972), designed by Ed Ruscha. For the upper cover of that catalogue, he famously formed the number "5" using ant shapes. For this catalogue, Leiber has mimicked that motif with "S L," his initials, on the upper cover; echoed by the title "Scheissladen," A German term we will not translate here. From an edition of ca. 100 copies." - from the dealer's...

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This was designed to look like a public library card catalog, and consists of individual cards held in a cardboard box. This catalog bears resemblance to the Franklin Furnace Archive Artists Book Bibliography.

Catalogues of Steven Leiber checklist: no. 10