Zero. van bohemen, dahmen, manzoni, pieters, romijn, sanders, schoonhoven, schumacher, tajiri, wagemaker.

Rotterdam.: Rotterdamse Kunstkring., 1959. Original wrappers, some fraying and browning to spine.. (21 x 14.5 cm).. pp. (28). Printed on different coloured papers, including red. This copy affected by damp along lower edge, resulting in bleeding of red ink throughout internal pages. With 12 black-and-white reproductions of works, as well as photographic portraits of the artists. Text in French, Dutch and German. Rare catalogue of the first exhibition organised in 1959 by Hans Sonnenberg entitled ""Zero”, held at the Rotterdamse Kunstkring, July 1-28, 1959. The participants are Jan Schoonhoven and Piero Manzoni, but also members of the Informal Group who have nothing to do with the subsequent Zero movement, such as Kees van Bohemen, Karl Fred Dahmen, Jan Pieters, Gust Romijn, Jan Sanders, Emil Schumacher, Shinkichi Tajiri, and Jaap Wagemaker. [Ref. Zero 5. The Artist as Curator. Collaborative initiatives in the International Zero Movement 1957-1967, p. 437].