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Art & Language. 10 postcards. 1977. London: Robert Self Publications

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Printed orange on off-white cast-coated card stock, the text reads: “Call The White House / 1 (202) 456 -1414/ Tell Bush we’re not all dead yet”

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Art & Language. 10 postcards. 1977. London: Robert Self Publications

Artists' postcards in envelope

When laid-out and assembled, the text printed on the “image” side consists of 4 quotations, the sources of which are printed on verso. From Michel Foucault's On Intellectuals: The intellectual is hounded by political powers because of the knowledge at his disposal

The envelope is signed by Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden

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ACT UP auction for action 575 Broadway at Prince, (New York City) December 2, 1990

Announcement card, 5 13/16 x 11 ½'' / 15.3 x 29.1 cm

Printed orange on off-white cast-coated card stock, the text reads: “Call The White House / 1 (202) 456 -1414/ Tell Bush we’re not all dead yet”

Price: $100

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Art & Language. 10 postcards. 1977. London: Robert Self Publications

Artists' postcards in envelope, 3 15/16 x 6'' / 10.2 x 15.2 cm each

When laid-out and assembled, the text printed on the “image” side consists of 4 quotations, the sources of which are printed on verso. From Michel Foucault's On Intellectuals: The intellectual is hounded by political powers because of the knowledge at his disposal

The envelope is signed by Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden

Price: $500.00

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Edward Avedisian. Edward Avedisian. Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, January 15 – February 10, [1966]

Exhibition poster, 24 x 18'' / 43.1 x 30.4 cm

Machine-folded twice. Designed by Ray Johnson. A mailed example.

Price: $400.00

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Scott B & Beth B (i.e. Scott Billingsley & Beth Horowitz). 3 films by Scott B & Beth B [1979]

Poster, 17 x 22'' / 43.2 x 55.8 cm

G Man, featuring Bill Rice, with Marcia Resnick;

Letters to dad; Black box starring, Lydia Lunch and Bob Mason

Machine-folded twice

Price: $150.00

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Stephanie Brody-Lederman. 09

Artist's calendar, 11 7/10 x 8 3/8'' / 29.2 x 21.3 cm

Archival pigment print, numbered 76/200 and initiated by Brody-Lederman in lower left corner, with photocopied January–December 2009 calendar slips stapled in lower center

Price: $75.00

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Stephanie Brody-Lederman. 2014

Artist's calendar, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.9 x 21.5 cm

Archival pigment print numbered 24/100 and initiated along lower left edge, with photocopied December

1913 – December 2014 calendar slips attached in lower right

Price: $75.00

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Samuel Buri. Invitation aux treillis, clôtures et jardins de Samuel Buri for a garden-party mit Sonderaufgaben für Gartengilter La grille sera levée le 10 novembre 1966 à la Galerie Jacques Massol, Paris

Artist’s publication, (16) pages including covers, 11 x 8 3/16'' / 20.9 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Designed and with a text and biographic notes by Samuel Buri. Published in a total edition of 1000 copies, this copy is one of 50 examples signed by the artist in pencil on page 8, with a pochoir on a sheet of pink transparent plastic numbered 15/50 laid-in

Price: $100.00

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William Burroughs. William Burroughs: el hombre invisible. Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Texas. Exhibition: September 20 – October 30, 1993. A night of readings from the works of William Burroughs: September 30

Poster, 36 x 24'' / 92 x 61 cm

Machine-folded 4 times. Some sunning along folds

Price: $150.00

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Francesco Clemente. Francesco Clemente. Sperno Westwater, New York / Mary Boone, New York, 2 – 30 April 1983

Announcement card, 9 7/16 x 12 5/16'' / 23.6 x 31.3 cm

Designed by Clemente and printed on watercolor paper

Price: $150.00

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Francesco Clemente. 6 (i.e. Sei) fotografie: Meseona Knjiga. Banco, Brescia, 1974

Artist's book, (10) pages + blank leaves + 1 page, 8 9/16 x 7 7/8'' / 21.7 x 20 cm

Printed folding wrappers

Clemente's 3rd book consisting of 5 full-page color reproductions (sic., despite the title)

Price: $400.00

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Francisco Clemente. Untilted. [New York: Sperone Westwater, 1985]

Artists' publication, (12 pages), 49 15/16 x 13 7/8'' / 58 x 35.2 cm

Self-wraps

A publication printed on newsprint, issued in conjunction with Clemente's March 30 – April 23, 1985, Sperone Westwater, N.Y.C. Exhibition

It consists of 10 full-page color reproductions It has been folded horizontally

Price: $50.00

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(Enzo Cucci). Six Number 5. Tokyo: Comme des Garçons, 1990

(28) pages, 15 ½ x 11 9/16'' / 39.1 x 29.4 cm

Self-wraps

Edited by Atsuko Kozasu and design by Tsuguya Inoue, it consists of full-page color illustrations

A few crease marks, most noticeably in table of contents' page

Price: $350.00

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Hanne Darboven. 6 Manuskripte “69.” Verschiedene graphische Darstellungen von den Daten des Jahres 1969 / Miscellaneous constructions derived from the dates of the year 1969 / Diverses représentations graphiques des dates de l'année 1969. Düsseldorf: Verlag Michelpresse, Juli 1969 (Kunst Zeitung N°3)

Artist's publication, (8) pages, 16 7/8 x 12 1/16'' / 42.9 x 30.6

Self-wraps

Contains a text by Johannes Gachnang on Darboven's method

Price: $125.00

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Mario Diacono. JCT 2: a visual pollution. Photos by Barry Spinello. Berkeley: [Mario Diacono], 1970

Artist's publication, 18 9/16 x 20 1/16'' / 47 x 50.9 cm folding to 6 1/8 x 10'' / 15.6 x 25.4

A sheet printed on one side reproducing a contact sheet of 32 images of Diacono's objects and tableaux. Stamped “311” in lower right corner

Folded 3 times as produced

Price: $200.00

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Martin Disler. Der Zungenkuss; euub Gedicht. Biel: Editiion Galerie Seeverstadt, 1980

Artist's books, 1 leaf + (36) pages + 1 leaf, 8 3/16 x 53/4'' / 21.8 x 14.6 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Number 67 in an edition of 200, signed and numbered in pencil by Disler

Facsimile of holograph and drawn variation kiss and tongue

Price: $300.00

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Enrico Donati: Donati: oil paintings and watercolors. The New School for social research, New York, May 18– June 2, [1942]

Exhibition announcement folder (= 3 pages) , 7 ¾ x 5 ¾'' / 19.6 x 14.6 cm

Announcement, printed on card stock, for Donati's first solo exhibition

It has a one-sentence statement by Donati, a list of 16 paintings, and a tipped-in color reproduction

The front cover has the pencilled name of Kaplan in Donati's hand

Price: $150.00

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Erró (Gudmondsson Ferró known as). Editions Claude Givaudan, Paris, 15 octobre - 9 novembre 1968

Exhibition announcement, 6 9/16 x 7 1/8'' / 16.6 x 18.2 cm

(folded)

Price: $50.00

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Erró (Gudmondsson Ferró known as) ARC, Musée d/art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, 23 avril – 16 mai 1969

Exhibition poster, 20 3/8 x 13 ¾'' / 51.8 x 36.8

Machine-folded twice. Slight sunning along folds

Price: $75.00

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Erró (Gudmondsson Ferró known as). Editions Claude Givaudan, Paris, 15 octobre- 9 novembre 1970

Exhibition announcement, 6 9/16 x 7 1/8'' / 16.6 x 18.2 cm (folded)

Photograph by Michel Delluc

Price: $75.00

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Futura 2000 (Leonard McGurr known as) / Kenny Scharf. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, September 11 – October 2, [1982]

Exhibition poster, 17 ½ x 23 5/8'' / 44.5 x 60 cm

Printed blue on red paper and machine-folded twice, collaboratively designed by the artist

Price: $150.00

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John Giorno. Johnny Guitar by John Giorno. Poetry reading in church. Anne Waldman's birthday party in Parrish House. St. Mark's Church, New York, April 2, [1969]

Poster, 22 ½ x 17 ½'' / 57.4 x 44.5 cm

Designed by Les Levine, the poster is printed red on green paper and machine-folded twice, as mailed to Carolee Schneemann

Price: $300.00

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Giorno Poetry Systems. The bread strike. [1970]

Flyer, 11 x 8 7/16'' / 27.8 x 21.5 cm

Printed black and yellow on white, reads in part: Stop eating bread until the end of the Asian war, free Bobby Seale, Tim Leary, John Sinclair and all political prisoners, and repeal the laws against marijuana

Price: $25.00

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John Giorno. Poetry reading: The day after the last election / Grapevine Women's rock group. St. Mark's Church, (New York), November 8, 1972

Poster, 19 ¾ x 17'' / 50.4 x 42.9 cm

November 7, 1972: Richard Nixon was elected to a second term as president of the United States, beating George McGovern

Machine-folded twice. Slight crease marks, sunning-in 2 areas of verso

Price: $500.00

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John Giorno Band. The World, New York, May 30, [1986]

Announcement card, 5 ½ x 8 7/16'' / 14 x 21.5 cm

The “image” side, designed by Giorno, is silkscreened black on yellow card stock; the verso lists the members of the band, 1984-1989

Price: $50.00

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Mike Glier. White male power: senators, game show hosts, national monuments, clergy, etc. New York: Mike Glier, 1981

Artist's publication, 16 ½ x 11 ½'' / 42 x 29.1 cm

Consists of 12 loose photo-lithographs in an illustrated folder

Covers slightly worn

Price: $50.00

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Al Hansen. In celebration of having known Marcel Duchamp. Al Hansen 1971 NYC proof

Photo-collage printed in offset on card stock, 8 ½ x 11'' / 21.5 x 28 cm

Proof print titled, signed and dated in pencil by Hansen along the lower edge of the image, which consists of a checkerboard sequence of the artist's 20 photo-booth portraits in progressive state concealment

Price: $300.00

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Keith Harring. Eight ball. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin International, 1989

(Art RANDOM number 6) Mbook, (47) pages, 12 ¼ x 9 3/16'' / 31 x 23.4 cm

Illustrated paper-covered boards

Illustrated throughout with drawings and collage, it includes an April 28, 1989 one-page statement. (English / Japanese) by Haring on the making and meaning of his book

Price: $50.00

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E.F. Higgins III. Doo-da Postage Works / Commemorative Robert Kennedy. 1979

Artist’s stamps sheet, 10 15/16 x 8 ½’’ / 27.8 x 21.5 cm

A perforated sheet of 42 blue gummed stamps printed in photocopy

It is numbered “40/100” and signed in pencil by Higgins. His name and date are stamped in lower right corner

Price: $100.00

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Paul van Hoeydonck. Waddell, New York, May 20-June 14, [1969]

Exhibition poster, 20 5/8 x 36 ¾'' / 53.5 x 93.6 cm

Machine-folded 3 times. 7'' / 18 cm-crease along a vertical fold and 6 pin-head spots in upper left area

Price: $75.00

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Jess (Jess Collins known as). Paste-up & assemblies by Jess. Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, December 12, [1960]. January 7, [1961]

Exhibition announcement, 8 1/2 x 3 5/16'' / 21.5 x 8.4 cm, unfolding-to 8 ½ 10'' / 21.5 x 25.4 cm

Has an untitled text by Robert Duncan on Jess, 1960, and 2 reproductions

Slight crease marks along 2 edges

Price: $75.00

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Jess [Jess Collins known as]. The Dioskouroi. Reprinted from Northwest Review, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1963)

(8) pages, 9 x 6'' / 22.8 x 15.6 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Reproduces 8 collages with, one word per page, the text, Once upon a time there were twin brothers.

This example is signed “Jess” in ink on the back of the front cover, upper left corner

Price: $100.00

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Ray Johnson. 2 unique books by Ray Johnson (1927-1995) replicated by Jean-Noël Herlin in 1995

rAY gi s ANOTHER PA y [Ray Gives Another Party], 32 pages including cover8 x 6'' / 20.3 x 15.5 cm.

Designed stiff paper covers

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And:

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TH THEE FOR AND LAI BOOK

32 pages including covers, 8 ⅛ x 6 5/16’’ / 20.6 x 16 cm

Designed stiff paper covers

Replicas in color photocopy of unique blank-page books collaged by Ray Johnson circa 1955. The originals were exhibited in the 1999 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, exhibition, Ray Johnson: Correspondences, listed pages 219 and 220 of the catalogue. Both are now in private ownership

Price: $10,000.00

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Tadeusz Kantor. Panoramiczny happening morski (Panoramic sea happening). [Warszawa: 1967]

Event documentation, (20) pages, 6 ¼ x 22 5/8'' / 16 x 57.5 cm

Self-wraps, stapled

Designed by Zygmunt Targowski, this documentation of Kantor's Baltic Sea happening is organized in 2 sections: photographs, printed on white coated paper and script printed on green paper

The illustrative material consists of 37 photographs of the event and is divided into five segments: Participants, The raft of the Medusa, Erotic barbouillage, Agrarian culture on sand, The Sinking. The text (Polish / English ) consists of the happenings' script with statements by Kantor.

It has been folded in half. Covers worn and creased; two small tears in upper and lower folds have been repaired with acid-free tape; the text section is mostly detached.

Price: $1,500.00

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Frederick Kiesler. Manifeste du Corréalisme. Boulogne-sur-Seine: Ediitions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, 1949

Folder (“Manifeste du Corréalisme”) + 12 folios (=24 pages: ”Manifeste du Corréalisme, ou Les états unis des arts plastiques”), with a designed folder with back flap, 12 ¼ x 9 ½'' / 31 x 24 cm.

Kiesler's anti-functionalist manifesto designed in the artist's post-constructivisit style. The folder preceding the manifesto consists of a 2-page untitled text on Kiesler.

A very small portion of the first folder's upper outside edges chewed away and small tears at 2 folds reinforced with archival tape.

Price: $650.00

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Frederick Kiesler. Galaxies by Kiesler. Sidney Janis, (New York), 27 September – 19 October 1954

Exhibition invitation, 19 15/16 x 9 3/16'' / 50.5 x 23.4 cm

Invitation printed on yellow for Kiesler's first solo exhibition

It has 3 horizontal folds towards mailing and has a slight additional vertical fold

Price: $450.00

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Frederick Kiesler. Kiesler's pursuit of an idea

Clipping, Progressive Architecture, July 1961, 19 pages, 11 5/8 x 9'' / 29.5 x 22.6 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Within the illustrated covers of Progressive Architecture vol. 47/ #7, a clipping of pages 104–123, consisting of reminiscences by the artist in an interview by T[homas] H. C[reighton], with 40 illustrations (1 color)

The covers are somewhat worn with a small piece missing- at bottom of the fold

Price: $20.00

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Lillian Kiesler. 'Frederick Kiesler: his time and space.' Parsons Cinema, New York, October 17, 1985

Flyer, 14 x 8 ½'' / 35.5 x 21.5 cm

First generation photocopy. 3 vertical folds as originally mailed

Price: $10.00

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Alexander Komar and Vitaly Melamid. May day celebration. Palladium, New York, May 1, 1986

Poster, 16 ¾ x 10 7/16'' / 42.5 x 27 cm

Machine folded twice as intended for mailing.

Price: $100.00

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Alexander Komar and Vitaly Melamid. May day celebration. Palladium, New York, May 1, 1986

Poster, 16 ¾ x 10 7/16'' / 42.5 x 27 cm

Machine folded twice as intended for mailing

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With:

Invitation card (Russian/English), 8 x 5'' / 20.3 x 12.7 cm

Price: $125.00

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George Maciunas. Flux paper events. Berlin: Edition Hundertmark, 1976

14 leaves, 8 x 5 5/8 / 20.4 x 15 cm

Illustrated stiff wrappers with cut upper outside corner and with a hole punched throughout lower outside corners

First edition of 500 copies of Maciunas’ only book. It consists of blank leaves of various weight variously altered: crumpled, stained, torn, stapled, glued and folded

Price: $200.00

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Jackson Mac Low. Retrospective concert in celebration of his 60th birthday. September 12, 1982, St. Marks Church, New York

Poster, 17 7/8 x 11 15/16'' / 45.5 x 30.3 cm

Photograph and design by Ann Tardos.

The 68 artists listed represents a New York who's who of the music, performance poetry and dance of the period

Note: The event was moved to Washington Square Church

Machine-folded 4 times. Crease marks in upper and lower center. Light stains in 2 portions of the verso with small minor seepage onto the front side

Price: $30.00

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Oscar Maldarelli. Memorial exhibition of sculpture by Oronzio Maldarelli, 1892-1963. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, March 11–April 6, 1963

Exhibition catalogue, (24) pages, 9 7/8 x 8'' / 25.2 x 20.5 cm

Illustrated stiff wrappers

Contains a reprinted text by Ralph M. Pearson, a biographic note, a catalogue of 48 sculptures, and 34 illustrations

Invitation card laid-in

Price: $50.00

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Robert Mallary. Mallary / Recent wall sculpture and relief collages. Allan Stone, New York, February 1-25, 1961

Exhibition catalogue, (8) pages, 10 x 6'' / 22.8 x 15.2

Illustrated stiff wrappers

Contains a catalogue of 16 works, a reprinted text by Thomas B. Hess, and 9 illustrations

Price: $30.00

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Robert Mallary. Recent work by Robert Mallary. Allan Stone Gallery, New York. Preview March 6, [1962]

Poster, 21 3/8 x 17 1/8'' / 54 x 43.2 cm

Machine-folded twice as mailed. Slight 10 ½'' 27 cm – crease and, on verso, a small superficial scratch

Price: $150.00

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Man Ray. Objects and collages. Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York, October 5-30, 1965

Exhibition announcement, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.9 x 21.7 cm

Price: $200.00

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Piero Manzoni. Galleria Pater, Milano, 22 aprile 1958

Exhibition announcement, 8 ¼ x 4 7/8'' / 21 x 9.9 cm (folded)

A 3-panel folder announcement printed brown [check] on cream-white [check] for Manzoni's third solo exhibition

Price: $700.00

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Piero Manzoni. Azimut, Milano, 3-9 maggio 1960

Announcement card, 3 13/16 x 5 7/8'' / 15 x 9.7cm

Printed slate on tan

Price: $500.00

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Piero Manzoni. Azimut, Milano, 21 luglio 1960

Invitation card., 4 7/8 x 5 7/8'' / 9.9 x 14.8 cm

Printed maroon on burnt sienna for Manzoni's last gallery Azimut exhibition where the public was invited to directly collaborate by consuming the works on exhibit

Price: $750.00

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Piero Manzoni. Galerie Smith, Bruxelles, Piero Manzoni. Tableaux en fibres, plâtre, pain, cotton, dessins; lithographies. Galerie Smith, Bruxelles, 25 janvier – février 1963

Exhibition invitation, 3 – panel folder (=6 pages)

8 7/16 x 3 7/8'' / 21.5 x 9.8 cm (folded)

Printed black and lilac on white

Price: $300.00

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Piero Manzoni. Galleria Schwarz, Milano, 1-7 febbraio 1964

19 x 13'' / 48 x 33 cm, The text side consists of tributes to and reminiscences of, Manzoni by Renato Cardazzo, Enrico Castellani, Roberto Crippa, Gillo Dorles, Lucio Fontana, and dadmaino, among others

Machine folded twice with sunning on ¼ of the front side

Price: $400.00

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Piero Manzoni. Sonnabend, New York, March 25, 1972

Exhibition announcement card, 5 ½ x 6 7/8'' / 13.9 x 17.4

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With:

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Piero Manzoni. Sonnabend Gallery, Inc. Press release

1 page, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.9 x 21.5 cm

Announcement and press release for the first exhibition of Manzoni's work in the U.S.A.

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Georges Mathieu. Mathieu / Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1952 (from covers). Paris: Imprimerie Union, mars 1952

Exhibition catalogue, 2 leaves + (16) pages + 2 leaves, 8 ¼ x 10 ¾'' / 21 x 27.2 cm

Illustrated wrappers with flaps

Contains bi-lingual texts: The significant message of George Mathieu by Michel Tapié, Anagogy of non-figuration by Mathieu, a list of 12 titles and 7 illustrations (1 facsimile)

An 8 x 5 5/16'' / 20.4 x 13.5 cm Titles 1952 slip is loosely laid-in

The covers and flaps have residues from paper removal and with a tiny piece missing from upper backstrip Note: This exhibition does not appear in the list compile by the curators of the recent Paul Kasmin exhibition, Alexander the Great: The Iolas Gallery, 1955 – 1987

Price: $150.00

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Georges Mathieu. The 7 Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, exhibition documents

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Mathieu. March 15–April 3, 1954

Folder (= 6 pages). , 6 x 8 13/16'' / 15.7 x 22.5 cm

Contains a catalogue of 8 works, texts by Stephane Lupasco and Michel Tapié de Celeyran, a quotation from Henri Michaux, and 4 illustrations

Crease marks and with 2 small tears at folds repaired with acid free tape

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New paintings of 1954. February 15– March 5/1/1955

Folder. , 12 3/8 x 9 ½''/ 31.2 x 23.7 cm

Contains An appreciation of George Mathieu by Mark Tobey, a list of 20 paintings, a biographic note, and 3 illustrations

Has been folded twice

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Mathieu. January 21– February 11, 1956

3-panel folder (= 6 pages)., 5 ½ x 8 ½'' / 14 x 21.5 cm

Includes 3 reproductions. Small dab of white paint in the lower right corner of the front panel

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Mathieu. New paintings. October 30– November 17, 1956

3-panel folder (= 6 pages). , 5 ½ x 8 ½'' / 14 x 21.6 cm

includes 3 reproductions

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Lyrical abstraction in new paintings by Mathieu. October 1-19, 1957

4-panel folder. , 8 9/16 x 5 ½'' / 21.7 x 13.7 cm

Contains Five notes on his art: its historical significance and formal qualities by James Fitzsimmons

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Mathieu. Paintings of 1958. April 4-24, 1959

Folder (= 4 pages). , 6 x 9'' / 15.2 x 23 cm.

Contains a catalogue of 14 paintings and 1 color reproduction

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Mathieu: new paintings at the Kootz Gallery. April. 19–May 7, 1960

Folder (= 4 pages) with 2 color plates loosely laid-in., 8 15/16 x 12'' / 22.7 x 30.3.

Contains a catalogue of 16 paintings, a photo portrait and 1 color reproduction

Slightly worn and with a few crease marks

Price: $275.00

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Henri Michaux, Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York, May 21– June 15, 1963

2 documents:,

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Henri Michaux – Ink & watercolor

Flyer, 11 x 8 1/2''/ 28 x 21.5 cm

Printed on one side, with 1 reproduction

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Henri Michaux. Recent inks & watercolors

Flyer, 10 15/16 x 8 7/16'' / 27.8 x 21.4 cm.

Printed on both sides, it reproduces a 1962 ink drawing and includes biographic notes and a list of one-man shows

Price: $35.00

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Henri Michaux. Michaux: inks and watercolors. Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., April 28–May 15, 1965

Folder, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.9 x 21.5 cm

Contains Lawrence Alloway's Reflections on Michaux's retrospective, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, 1965

Price: $25.00

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Henri Michaux. “Emergence-resurgence” (mescaline period). Studio Facchetti, Brooklyn, N.Y., November 17, [2000] – January 1, 2001

Exhibition announcement, 11 x 8 ½'' / 28 x 21.5 cm

Full-page photo portrait of Michaux by Paul Facchelti

Machine-folded twice horizontally as mailed

Price: $15.00

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Peter Moore. Mask of George Maciunas, 1973. ReFlux Editions for Ubu Gallery NYC, May 4, 1996

9 7/8 x 7 7/8'' 24.8 x 19.8 cm, A re-issue in conjunction with the Ubu gallery exhibition: George Maciunas: More than Fluxus; graphic design, objects and ephemera.

Price: $100.00

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N.E. Thing Company / La compagnie N.E. Thing. Look / at the N.E. Thing Company / at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (–) 4 June–6 July 1969. Voyez / la compagnie N.E. Thing / a(accent agu) la Galerie nationale du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (–) 4 juin–6 juillet 1969

Exhibition document, 14 pages, 9 x 12'' / 22.8 x 30.5 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Bi-lingual publication containing a “message” from Iain Baxter, information about the N.E. Thing Company, notes on the illustrations, and 26 illustration (1 color).

A paper strip with the company's blind stamp and a text by its designer, Allan Fleming, is bound-in

Small crease in lower outside corners

Price: $200.00

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Herman Nitsch. O.M. Theater. Hermann Nitsch / Orgies, Mysteries Theater. Film-makers Cinematheque, (New York), March 2, 16, 17, [1968]

Flyer, 14 x 8 ½'' / 35.8 x 21.5 cm

Designed by Geojrge Machunas, the flyer announces Nitsch's 25th action

On recto: 9 illustrations; on verso a text by, and biographic note on Nitsch

There are 2 pin holes in upper center. The upper and lower portion and right edge of the version present various degrees of sunning

Price: $250.00

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Herman Nitsch. Orgies Mysteries Theatre. Mercer Arts Center, New York, December 2-3, 1972. Peter Kubelka will cook

Poster, 22 1/8 x 17'' / 56 x 43.2 cm

Machine-folded twice

Price: $300.00

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Herman Nitsch. Teatro delle azioni misteriose. Studio Morra, Napoli. 2 aprile 1974: Fotoazioni 1962 – 1974;10 aprile 1974: 45ma azione

Poster, 34 x 21'' / 86.5 x 52.9 cm

Folded 4 times. A few crease marks and slight tanning along folds

Price: $500.00

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Herman Nitsch. Das Origien Mysterien Theater. Schloss Prizendorf, Prizendorf, 26 – 27.7.1975

Poster, 24 x 17'' / 61 x 43 cm

Poster for Nitsch's 24-hour fiftyeth action

Machine-folded twice

Price: $250.00

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Herman Nitsch. Das Orgien Mysterien Theater. Stichtung 'de appel,' Amsterdam, 5-16 januari 1977

Poster for a January 5 lecture and January 5-16 exhibition by Nitsch, 24 x 16 ½'' / 61 x 41.9 cm

Machine-folded twice and rubber stamped 27 Nov. 1976 on verso

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With:

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Hermann Nitsch. Das Origen Mysterien Theater. Stichtung 'de appel,' Amsterdam, 5-16 januari. 1977

Flyer, 11 5/8 x 8 5/16'' / 29.6 x 21.1 cm

Image and text on front are identical to those of the poster; the verso has a text on Nitsch and the O.M.

Theater in Dutch

Rubber-stamped 27 Nov 1976 in lower right corner of verso

Price: $350.00

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Herman Nitsch. Orgies mysteries theatre. 69. Aktion. Pier 92, 54th street and the Hudson, (New York), October 12, [1980]

Event announcement, 10 7/8 x 4 1/8'' / 27.6 x 10.6 cm

Printed on both sides it has a full-page text by Nitsch.

Crease mark in upper right corner

Price: $150.00

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Isamu Noguchi. New sculptures. Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc. New York, April 4-29, 1967

Folder (= 4 pages), 8 x 8'' / 20.3 x 20.3 cm

Contains a list of 20 sculptures and a photo portrait by Niki Ekstrom

Isamu Noguchi. “Shapes of light.” Exhibition of Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi. Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc. 4 December 1968 – 4 January 1969

6-panel exhibition document

4 panels of this document designed by Noguchi have an illustration with a caption by the artist

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With:

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“Shapes of light.” Exhibition of Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi.

Artist's statement, 11 x 8 3/8'' / 27.9 x 21.5 cm

A 22-line text by Noguchi

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Gina Pane. Autoportraits(s). Rodolphe Stadler, Paris, 11 janvier-3 février 1973

Announcement card, 5 ½ x 8 ¼ / 14 x 21 cm

Mailed to Jean Selz, it has a 120-word hand written description of Pane's January 11, 1973 action. A typed transcription of which will be supplied separately

Vertical median crease

Price: $100.00

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Gina Pane. Travail d'action. Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, 13 mars – 26 avril 1980

Exhibition catalogue, (31) pages, 9 5/16 x 6 5/8'' / 23.8 x 17.2 cm

Illustrated stiff wrappers

A documentation of Pane's work, 1968 – 1979, in 38 photographs and facsimiles captionned by the artist; her text, Travail de l'action; 2 texts by François Pluchart; a list of actions and exhibitions; a bibliography; and a list of exhibits

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With:

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Gina Pane. Travail d'ation. Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, 12 mars 1980

Invitation folder, 9 7/16 x 6 5/8'' / 24 x 17.2 cm. 1 color illustration

Price: $50.00

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Gina Pane. Partitions et dessins. Isy Brachot, Paris, 7 décembre 1983 – 3 janvier 1984

Exhibition catalogue, (31) pages, 12 x 8 9/16'' / 30.5 x 21.7 cm

Stiff illustrated wrappers

Texts by François Pluchart, Gilbert Lascault, Patrice Bloch and Laurent Pesanti, Gilbert Gatellier,

Eric Fonteneau, and Murielle Gagnebin; biography; bibliography; catalgoue of 11 works; and 25 illustrations (5 color)

Lower inside corner slightly bumped and worn

Price: $50.00

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Francis Picabia. 391. Revue publiée de 1917 á 1924 par Francis Picabia. Réédition intégrale présentée par Michel Sanouillet. Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1960. (Collection “391,” volume 2.)

Periodical, 158 pages, 10 7/8 x 8 1/16'' / 27.7 x 20.6 cm

Illustrated wrappers

A reprint, in unified format, of Picabia's periodical, with a forword, essay, bibliographic table, 391's summary arranged alphabetically by author / artist, and an index of proper names by Sanouillet

Vertical lines on spine where the binding cracked between signatures

Price: $

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Francis Picabia. Chapeau de paille? 1921. Galerie Louis Carré, Paris / New York, novembre 1964

Poster-size exhibition announcement, 17 3/8 x 10 11/16'' / 44.2 x 27.2 cm

The poster side reproduces a collage by Picabia, followed by a phonetic message from Marcel Duchamp in facsimile

The verso, printed in gold, gives the artist's name, the exhibition's title and the gallery's Paris and New York addresses

Machine-folded 3 times

Price: $1,500.00

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Otto Piene. Piene: Light & Smoke; paintings, gouaches, light ballet. McRoberts & Tunnard Ltd., London, October – November 1962

Exhibition poster, 23 5/8 x 16 11/16'' / 42.3 x 59.2 cm

Printed red and black on white

Price: $300.00

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Otto Piene. Light ballet. Howard Wise Gallery, New York, November 4–20, 1965

Exhibition catalogue, (21) pages, 10 3/8 x 7 11/16'' / 19.5 x 26.5 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Contains a 5-page text by Piene, Light Ballet; 19 illustrations (2 facsimiles); biographic notes;

selected public collections, solos, group and zero exhibitions

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With:

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4-page press release (3-page essay + 1-page biographic note), 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.8 x 21.5 cm, stapled in upper left corner,

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Otto Piene. Elements. Howard Wife Gallery, New York, March 8–April 5, 1969

Exhibition catalogue, (16) pages, 10 7/16 x 7 11/16''

Illustrated wrappers

Contains a text by Piene; a catalogue of 8 works with 23 documentary photographs;

biography; light sculpture commissions; selected public collections, solo exhibitions, group ZERO shows, group shows, performances and environments; and recent articles.

Crease in upper outside corners, else good

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With:

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2-page press release, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.8 x 21.5 cm, stapled in upper left corner,

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Otto Piene. Piene: Zweites Fest für das Licht. Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Eröffrung 11. November 1966

Program and invitation poster, 33 ½ x 23 3/16'' / 85 x 59.8

Printed black on red, the poster lists a series of events to take place in various locations during November and December 1966, and has poetic variations on the rainbow, mixing German and English

Machine-folded 3 times; it has been additionally once

Price: $200.00

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Jackson Pollock. Sidney Janis Gallery, November 16 - 29, 1952

Exhibition document, 1 panel: 811/16 x 4 ½’’ / 22 x 11 cm; the others: 8 11/16 x 5 15/16'' / 22 x 15.2 cm (folded)

A 5-panel foldout printed on both sides, white on red. One side has, on 1 panel, and in form of a list, the dimensions of the works exhibited; the other 4 panels, have each an abstract motif printed pink on white-colored-pink. The 5 panels of the other side have each, printed in offset lithograph “5 tachistes” works.

All the works reproduced were done specifically for this document.

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(James Rosenquist). Artists for New York / Laser concert and disco at Xenon, (New York), February 28, 1979

Event poster, 34 5/16 x 21 ¾'' / 87.2 x 55.2

Designed by James Rosenquist, the poster announces a concert by electronic composer David Tudor, Lowell Cross and Carson Jefferies

Machine-folded 4 times

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Takako Saito. Games. Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, April 20 – May 19, 1990

Exhibition announcement, 4 15/16 x 5'' / 12.8 x 12.8 cm (folded)

A twice-folded rubber-stamped paper napkin

Price: $30.00

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Carolee Schneeman. Cezanne [i.e. Cézanne] she was a great painter. The second book January 1975. [New York: The author, 1975]

Artist's book, 39 pages, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.9 x 21.2 cm

Illustrated front cover. Stapled in upper left corner

Diaristic notes, letters, some with Schneemann's drawings or media images, some illustrated photocopied on paper of various colors

Red-moon sticker on upper corners of front cover. Slight yellowing on left edge and small portion of lower edge of front cover

Price: $800.00

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Rudolf Schwarzkogler. Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., November 7, 1996 – January 20, 1997 (Directions)

Exhibition document, 3-panel folder (= 6 pages), 10 15/16 x 7 ½'' / 27.9 x 19 cm

Contains an untitled essay by Phyllis Rosenzweig, biographic notes, a checklist, and 3 illustrations

Price: $20.00

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Kurt Schwitters. The Pinacotheca. New York, January 19 – February 1948

Exhibition catalogue, 3-panel folder (:5 pages).,

Issued in conjunction of the first Schwitters exhibition in the United States.

Contains untitled texts by Katherine S. Dreier, Charmion von Wiegand and Naum Gabo; a catalogue of 24 collages; and 1 reproduction

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Kurt Schwitters. 57 collages. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, October 22 – November 17, 1956

Exhibition poster, 22 ½ x 15'' / 57 x 38 cm

Recto silkscreened red on newsprint, with catalogue printed gray on verso

Browning along, and tearing at folds, this example was deacidified and backed with Japanese tissue in December 1996

Price: $750.00

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Kurt Schwitters. 50 collages by Kurt Schwitters. Sidney Janis, New York, April 2 – May 5, 1962

Exhibition poster, 23 5/16 x 18'' / 56.6 x 45.7 cm

Printed green and black on white, it reproduces a 1926 Merz collage

Machine-folded 3-times

Price: $300.00

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Pierre Soulages. A group of 6 Samuel Kootz Gallery, New York, announcements

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James Wines. Recent sculpture. Otto Gerson Gallery, New York, October 2-20, 1962 / Syracuse University, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Center, Syracuse, New York, December 9 – January 2, 1963

Exhibition catalogue, (12) pages, 8 ½ x 5 ¼'' / 21.6 x 13.4 cm

Illusttrated stiff wrappers

Contains the sculpture of James Wines by Lawrence Schmeckebier; a catalogue of 29 sculptures; biographical notes; and 11 illustrations

Has the words “Chelsea Hotel” in ink at bottom of the title page

Price: $25.00

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Group Shows

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A.I.R., New York. September 16 - October 4, [1972]

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George Brecht, Editor. V TRF. Metuchen, New Jersey, n.d. [1963]

Artist's publication, 12 ¾ x 9 ¾'' 32.2 x 24.7 cm

A sheet printed black on tan paper on both sides. The contributions by Heinz Gappmayr, Ruth Krauss, Angus Mac Low, Robert Morris, and Dieter Rot [Dieter Rot there] are reproduced in facsmile with the artists' names in Brecht's hand

Price: $1,000.00

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Castellani, Manzoni: a new artistic conception. New Vision Centre, London, March 1 – 19, 1960. Private view 29th February

Exhibition poster-size, 19 ½ x 13 11/16'' / 49.5 x 34.9 cm

Printed black on light yellow. 8-line biographic profile on each artist in lower right

Folded twice

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Castellani & Manzoni. Galleria La Tartaruga, Roma, 22 aprile 1961

Exhibition poster, 12 x 13 ¼'' / 30.1 x 33.6 cm

Printed black and on light green paper

Has a median vertical fold, crease marks in upper portion and lower edge, and with upper and lower edges slightly sunned

Price: $400.00

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Castellani, Manzoni, Schoonhove. Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, 4-25 augustus 1962

Exhibition announcement, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8'' / 27 x 22 cm

Printed black on white. Machine-folded twice as mailed; crease in lower right corner

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Castelli, Manzoni, Schoonhove. Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, 4-25 augustus 1962

Exhibition catalgoue, (12) pages, 8 15/16 x 8 13/16'' / 22.7 x 22.4 cm

Printed stiff wrappers

Contains an introductory statement by Hans Sonnenberg (Dutch), an untitled text by Schoonhoven (Dutch/English), and 6 illustrations

Price: $600.00

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Il contributo russo alle avanguardie plastiche. Milano / Roma: Galleria del Levante, 1964 (Catalogo n.11)

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Fluxfest presents: 12! big-names! 80 Wooster, (New York), April 21, [1975]

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“Hommage à Caissa.” For the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation. Cordier & Ektrom Inc., New York, February 8-26, 1966

Exhibition poster, 22 x 17’’ / 55.9 x 43 cm

The poster’s design reproduces in facsimile the answers of the artists invited to the exhibit a work in homage to the Greek dryade, Caissa, portrayed as the goddess of chess in a 1527 poem by the Italian Hieronymus Vida

Folded twice. On the verso, a very small stain is faintly visible in the right area below the center.

Price: $500.00

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Identity = representations of the self. The Whitney Museum of American Art Downtown at Federal Reserve Plaza, December 14, 1988 - February 10, 1989

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Nul negentienhondert vijf en zestig [i.e. Nul nineteen hundred sixty-five]. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 15 april - 8 juni 1965. 2 parts (Catalogus 377 and 377/2)

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Objects by Dorothea Baer, Jackie Ferrara, Marty Greenbaum, Lulu, Carolee Schneemann. Van Bovenkamp Gallery, New York, March 17-April 18, 1965

Exhibition poster / mailer, 18 1/16 x 13 ½'' 46 x 34.1 cm

Printed brown on tan it is machine-folded twice, it has been folded again horizontally. 2 tears in median horizontal fold, 4 ¾'' / 11.5 cm and 1'' / 2.6 cm respectively, repaired on verso with acid free tape

Price: $450.00

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On the move; an exhibition of kinetic sculpture. Howard Wise Gallery, New York, January 9 – February 1, 1964. 3 documents

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Other realities - Installations performance. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, August 1 - September 27, 1981

Exhibition document, 24 pages, 16 1/16 x 11 1/2’’ / 40.8 x 29.2 cm

Printed paper covers

Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of works by Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, Colette, Tina Girourdi, Joan Jonas, and Robert Wilson

Contains a foreword by Linda L. Cathcart; lengthy acknowledgements, introduction and notes on the artists by curator Mart Mayo; detailed artists’ chronologies and bibliographies; and 57 illustrations. Design by Alisa Bales and Peter Layne.

It has been folded horizontally

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Leo Paolazzi. Agostino Bonalumi, Enrico Castellani, Piero Manzoni. Galleria Appia Antica, Roma, 3-15 aprile 1959

Exhibition catalogue, (12) pages, 4 7/8 x 3 7/8'' / 12.4 x 9.8 cm

Printed stiff wrappers with flaps

Paolazzi's untitled essay is followed by 3 folding illustrations

The verso of the first illustration has superficial loss of paper and a tear at fold, repaired with acid free tape

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Patamostra, Galleria Schwarz, Milano, 3-13 marzo 1964

Exhibition announcement, Folder (=4 pages), 9 11/16 x 6 ⅝'' / 24.5 x 16.7 cm

Announces an exhibition of work by artists members

of the Collège de Pataphysique: Arman, Enrico Baj, Alik Cavaliere, Roberto Crippa, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Farfa (Vitorio Osvaldo Tommasini), Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Jacques Prévert, Man Ray, and Daniel Spoerri, with a list of publications in the exhibition

Minor crease marks in upper corners

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Photomaton: a Contemporary survey of Photobooth Art. Catalog: Bern Boyle and Linda Duchin. Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, New York, November 20, 1987- January 2, 1988

35 (i.e. 36) pages, 8 ⅜ x 7’’ / 21.2 x 17.7 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Contains a preface and Photobooth history and development by Bern Boyle, 30 illustrations and a selected bibliography. Documents an exhibition of work by Jeff Aerosol, Jared Bark, George Berticevich, Bern Boyle, Claire Connors, Herman Costa, Margaret Fox, Dorothy Handelman, Susan Hiller, Stephan Koplowitz, Liz Rideal, Carol Tabak, and Sandy Wassenmiller

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Public vision. White Columns, New York, July 2–24, [1982]

Exhibition poster, 22 x 17'' / 55.9 x 43.3 cm

Designed by Jo Bonney for an exhibition by Gretchen Bender, Jennifer Bolande, Diane Buckler, Ellen Carey, Nancy Dwyer, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Diane Shea, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, and Peggy Yunque

Machine-folded twice

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Racist America / La América racista. Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, September 5-30, [1984]

Exhibition poster, 21 7/8 x 21 11/16'' / 55.8 x 55.2 cm

Printed black and red for an exhibition curated by Robt Costa

Folded 4 times as mailed, with 2 blue half-moon sealing sticker on front and another on reverse

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The revealing image: photographs by Bay area lesbians and gay men. 554 Natoma, San Francisco, California, 22 June – 26 July 1981

Exhibition document, (12) pages, 11 x 8 3/8'' / 28 x 21.2 cm

Printed stiff wrappers

Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of photographs by Lynn Brown, Mark Chester, Greg Day, Hal Fischer, David Greene, Barry Greenhouse, Bill Jacobson, Marcelina Martin, Daniel Nicoletta, Marshall Rheiner, Rink, and Linda Stalter

It has a statement by each photographer, a post-scriptum by Paul Hartman, and 24 illustrations

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SITE, Inc. (New York City). Peeling Project for BEST Products Co., Inc., Richmond, Virginia. Sponsor: Sydney Lewis. Project director: Cynthia Eardley

Promotional material: 3 items pertaining to the 1972 project:, A (3) - page illustrated description of the project, 8 ⅜ x 10 15/16’’ / 21.4 x 27.7 cm

An 8 x 10’’ / 20.2 x 25.5 cm photograph of the project with credits and descriptive text on SITE stationary tipped to the back

Typed texts on Best Products stationery: September 15, 1972 typed letter from Sidney Lewis to a noted New York art critic, 1 page, signed; and Comments and anecdotes on the Richmond Peeling Project, 2 ½ pages

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The spirit of the comics. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1-November 9, 1969

Exhibition catalogue, (32) pages, 8 11/16 x 8 11/16'' / 22.2 x 22.2 cm

Illustrated wrappers

Includes Art from comics by Joan C. Siegfried, a catalogue of 77 works by 47 artists, and 15 illustrations (3 color). The covers are designed by Edward C. Flood

Upper outside corner bumped

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(Stable Gallery 1954). Third annual exhibition of painting and sculpture. Stable Gallery, New York, January 27 – February 20, 1954

Exhibition poster, 21 5/8 x 16 5/16 / 54.8 x 41.4 cm

Printed black on tan, it has the names of 147 artists and 20 participating New York galleries.

Machine-folded 3 times. 2 tears in lower right edge, 4 ¼'' / 10 cm and 1 ½'' / 4 cm respectively, have been repaired on verso with acid free tape. Superficial loss of paper in upper corners

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Stable show 1955. Fourth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture. Stable Gallery, New York, April 26 – May 21, 1955

Exhibition poster, 21 7/16 x 16 5/16'' / 54.2 x 41.2 cm

Printed blue on white, it has the names of 166 artists and a list of the 17 pariticipaitng galleries

Machine-folded 3 times. It has a pinhead whole in upper center where 2 folds meet, a ¼'' / 0.4 cm tear in center right edge repaired on verso with acid free tape

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Stable show 1956. Fourth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, Stable Gallery, New York, May 22-June 16, 1956

Exhibition poster, 21 3/8 x 16 ½'' / 54.5 x 41.8 cm

Machine folded 3 times. Small upper right area of recto lightly sunned, and with 2 tears at folds, 1 ¼ / 3 cm each, repaired on verso with acid free tape

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A sound selection: audio works by artists. New York: Committee for the Visual Arts, 1980

Exhibition catalogue, (23) pages, 7 7/8 x 7 5/8'' / 20.1 x 19.4 cm

Designed wrappers

Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized by Barry Rosen

Contains untitled introductory texts by Helen Winer and Barry Rosen; statements by Vito Accounci, Laurie Anderson, beth B, John Baldessari, Marge Dean, Guy de Cointet, Bruce Fier, Bob George, Jack Goldstein, Alison Knowles, Micki McGee, Jim Pomeroy, Jim Roche, Martha Rosler, Stuart Sherman, Michael Smith, Mimi Smith, Keith Sonnier, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, and Reese Williams; and catalgue of 37 works

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Tenth St. – 1952, Tanager Gallery. New York, March 23- April 12, 1962

Exhibition poster, 17 x 5 ½’’ / 43.22 x 14 cm

Printed on red and blue on white

Its list of 45 artists (9 women) demonstrates the gallery’s commitment to be a forum for a variety of aesthetic tendencies

Machine folded horizontally as intended for mailing

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Three brothers: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp; a group of paintings and sculptures. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. February 20- March 10, 1957

Exhibition announcement card, 5 x 7 1/16'' / 12.5 x 17.9 cm

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Through a Pinhole Darkly: 45 Contemporary Photographs. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York, April 17-June 26, 1988

Exhibition catalogue, 24 pages, 8 ½ x 10 ¾ / 21.6 x 27.3

Illustrated wrappers

Catalogue, designed by Sattar Boobaker, of an exhibition organized in conjunction with the First International Pinhole Congress and curated by Lucille Tortora

Includes a pinhole chronology; Pinhole Photography: A Brief History by Dan Meinwald; The Pinhole Artist by Tortora; One Pinhole Photographer's View by Eric Renner; a catalogue of 198 works by 45 international photographers; 49 illustrations; a list of 23 pinhole cameras by 15 photographers with 4 illustrations

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Timeless aspects of modern art. The first of a series of exhibitions marketing the 20th anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art. New York, November 16, 1948 to January 23, 1949

Exhibition document/catalogue, 7 7/16 x 5 ½’’ / 191/2 x 16 cm

A large sheet printed in black and blue folding into a 4-panel foldout.

One side has 4 statements on the purpose and organization of the exhibition;

an excerpt from a statement by Picasso (To me there is no past or future in art); a world map and a timeline. The verso has a catalogue of 56 exhibitions and a plan of the exhibition

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Times Square show. 7th Ave & 41st St. (New York), June 1-30, [1980]

Exhibition poster, 29 x 23'' / 73.6 x 58.5 cm

Designed by Charlie Ahearn and Jane Dickson, and produced by Collaborative Projects Inc., the poster is silkscreened on light yellow paper stock, stenciled with black and neon yellow

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Times Square show. 7th Ave & 41st St. (New York), June 1-30, [1980]

Exhibition poster, 23 5/8 x 28 11/16'' / 57.4 x 72.5 cm

Designed by Charlie Ahearn and Jane Dickson, and produced by Collaborative Projects Inc., the poster is silkscreen purple on light green paper stock, with stenciled light orange spray paint

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What happened / A Look back: Exhibition of Sound and Visual Material from the Judson Arts' Program Archive: 1958-1975. Jusdson Memorial Church, New York,October 31– November 3, [1975]

Flyer, 11 x 8 ½'' / 27.8 x 21.5 cm

A flyer designed by George Maciunas for an exhibition organized and curated by Guerrilla Art Action Group artist Jon Hendricks. The first half of the exhibition's title is appropriated from that of a Gertrude Stein play.

Printed on blue paper, it has 2 horizontal folds and slight crease marks in right portion

Another example of the above as follows: Printed on yellow paper, this example includes on verso a list dated October 31, 1975, of “works donated by artists associated with the Judson Arts Program for sale to benefit Judson Memorial Church.”

It lists 51 artists and performers

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Zero der neue Idealismus, Galerie Diogenes, Berlin. [1963]

Manifesto, 1 sheet (= 2 pages), 8 9/16 x 7 3/4’’ / 21.8 x 19.7 cm

A sheet of grey paper printed on both sides

This “manifesto” is a riff on the word / image / idea, zero. - The verso lists the names of the artists showing at the Galerie Diogenes

Faint crease marks in upper corner

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Zero / Mack, Piene, Uecker. Howard Wise Gallery, New York. November 12 – December 5, 1964

Exhibition catalogue, (19) pages, 10 3/8 x 7 5/8'' / 26.3 x 19.4 cm

Printed stiff wrapper

Issued in conjunction with the first U.S. Exhibition of the group zero, it contains poem each by Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, and Gunther Uecker; biographic notes on each artist; catalogues of 22 / 15 / 24 works; 9 illustrations (3 color); and Some notes on the group Zero

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Periodicals

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Flash art; the international arts review. Number 80-81: Danger in art / Pericolo in art // Heute Kunst; internationale Kunstzeitschrif / International arts review. Number 21 Milano: Giancarlo Politi, February-April 1978

59 (i.e. 67 pages) / 21 pages, 13’ ⅛’’ x 9’ ½’’ / 33.1 x 24.1

Illustrated throughout wrappers, stapled-bound

The 26-page “Danger in art” section of Flash art contains interviews with Marina Abramovic(accent) and Ulay, Bas Jan Ader (from Avalanche), and Stuart Brisley; essays by Jindrich Chalupecki and Françis Pluchart; Pluchart on Gina Pane with 9 illustrations; and statements by Klaus Boegel, Paul Buck, Coum Transmission, Mike Parr, Helmut Schober, Stelarc, Petr Stembera, and Peter Weibel (all Italian/English).

Heute Kunst has interviews with Josef Beuys and Bernar Venet.

Stapling has caused up to ⅛-inch/1 cm tears into the front cover of Heute Kunst, else in very good condition.