Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1974. 4to, single sheet folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these bulletins, in almost... More about Art & Project Bulletin 77
Los Angeles: Mermaid Tavern, 1973. 8 3/4 x 10", offset lithograph. Photographically illustrated with a self-portrait of Berman. The poster for Wallace Berman's one day exhibition at the Mermaid Tavern, perhaps the rarest printed item designed by Berman, for one of his most enigmatic shows. The poster is illustrated with... More about EXHIBITION/WALLACE BERMAN
San Francisco: Batman Gallery, 1961. 15 x 20", lithograph in two colors on beige paper. The striking poster designed by Wallace Berman, for an exhibition by George Berms at Batman Gallery in San Francisco. This was the first poster to be designed by Berman, and features a photograph by him... More about Poster for George Herms' 1961 Exhibition at Batman Gallery
Los Angeles: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. Tabloid format, single sheet folded once to make 4 pp, printed in black on thick brown paper. The catalog for the posthumous 1977 exhibition at Timothea Stewart Gallery. It includes a great essay on Berman by his longtime friend and fellow artist George Herms... More about Wallace Berman Exhibition July-August 1977
Santa Monica: Rose Gallery, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 4to., 151 [1] pp. Bound in pictorial boards; no dust jacket as issued. A generous selection of Wallace Berman's photographs, including images of Henry Miller, Dennis Hopper, Warhol and the filming of Tarzan and Jane, Cameron, Semina Gallery, etc. Recommended. A fine... More about Wallace Berman: Photographs
Amsterdam: Feministische Uitgeverij Sara, 1982. First edition. 4to, 234 pp, photographically illustrated wraps. A beautifully designed monograph, the first devoted to the work of the great Hungarian-Dutch photographer. It includes work from all stages of her career at that point, including work shot while underground during the German occupation of the... More about 'n Halve Eeuw Werk
![Mieux Vivre: Revue Mensuelle. No. 1 (1936) - No. 9 (1939) [Complete in 37 numbers]. George...](/pictures/thumb/26963.jpg?v=1546976809)
Villefranche: 1936-39. 12mo, first three years each bound marbled green paper over bouards, backed in crushed green morocco raised in five bands at the spine, with gilt titles, and original pictorial wraps preserved, the final nine issues each in the original saddle-stapled illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated photographs strikingly printed by... More about Mieux Vivre: Revue Mensuelle. No. 1 (1936) - No. 9 (1939) [Complete in 37 numbers
Düsseldorf: Organisation für Direkte Demokratie, c. 1971. A substantial collection of eleven pamphlets and six posters and leaflets issued by the group. One of the pamphlets is signed on the cover. Text largely in German, with some English. 1. "Satzung und Politisches Programm." 8vo, 14 pp, offset printed in blue..... More about Collection of Manifestos and Publications from the Organisation für Direkte Demokratie
[Austin, TX]: c. [1980]. Two 8 1/2 x 11" flyers, original photocopy from cut-up collage on rectos only. Two flyers issued for the nonexistent "poster band", probably made by John Slate - i. e. Control Rat X, who also edited the great zine Xiphoid Process. Bodily Funktions never played a.... More about Two Flyers for Bodily Funktions
New York: Public Illumination, 1983-84. First edition. 32mo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Five whole issues of the pseudonymous downtown artists' periodical, housed in a rigid plastic clamshell box with printed label affixed to cover. Contents fne; plastic box very good with moderate scuffing. More about Public Illumination Magazine Numbers 26-30 Collector's Edition
New York: Angel Hair Press, 1970. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled in photographically illustrated wraps. One of a limited edition of 700 copies. The first publication of the first installation of Brainard's most enduring work, published in three parts by Angel Hair. Wraps rather foxed, light creasing along spine, with some... More about I Remember
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. First, and much scarcer issue of the two issues of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill... More about C Comics No. 1
New York: Boke Press, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. The second and last issue of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Edwin... More about C Comics No. 2
Paris: Le Terrain Vague, c. 1961. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset litho in two colors. An unused sheet of stationary for the Surrealist periodical, edited by Breton. Brilliantly designed - the verso is printed with Breton's name and the address of Le Terrain Vague printed in reverse, so that... More about Unused Sheet of Stationary for La Brèche: Action Surrealiste
Knokke-Duinbergen: Galerie Jos Jamar, 1989. First edition. 4to, 127 pp, profusely illustrated (some in color). Text in Dutch, English, French, and German. Copy no. 843 of an unspecified edition. Essential, beautifully produced reference issued in conjunction with the 1989 exhibition. Very good with some light toning to wraps. More about Het Volledig Grafisch Werk en de Boeken
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1974. 4to, single sheet of translucent glassine folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these... More about Art & Project Bulletin 75. Transparency
New York: Art Press, 1969. First edition. 4to, 25 [8] pp, mimeographed from typescript, holograph and drawing, and side-stapled into printed covers. Provenance: from the collection of the artist Athena Tacha. Contains Ian Burn's Xerox Piece, Adrian Piper's Untitled, Mel Ramsdens' Null Piece, Time Area and Blacnk for a Recording... More about July 1969
London: Atlas Press, 1995. First edition. 8vo. 63 pp. Wraps. One of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. The Printed Head Vol.III, No. 6. Near fine with a sticker ghost to rear panel. More about Paintings of the Fortuitous School in Public Collections
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967. First edition. 4to, 167 pp, bound in full black cloth. Printed dust jacket. Near fine, with some minor toning to the top edge of the text block, in a very good dust jacket with some overall rubbing and some small, innocuous abrasions to rear panel. More about A Year From Monday
New York: [1954. 4 x 8 1/4", offset printed on recto; cream card stock. The original handbill for two performances by David Tudor in 1954 at Carnegie Hall. The first night notes that there will be performances of pieces by Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and John Cage. Though not mentioned... More about Handbill for Two Recitals by David Tudor, Including the First New York Performance of 4'33
New York: [1954. 4 x 8 1/4", offset printed on recto; green card stock. The original handbill for two performances by David Tudor in 1954 at Carnegie Hall. The first night notes that there will be performances of pieces by Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and John Cage. Though not mentioned... More about Handbill for Two Recitals by David Tudor, Including the First New York Performance of 4'33
Santa Monica: Cameron Parsons Foundation, 2015. First edition. 4to, 80 pp, bound in blue cloth with titles embossed in white and gray, and illustrated pastedown to front panel. No dust jacket as issued. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Fine. More about Songs for the Witch Woman
London: Fulgur Esoterica, 2014. First edition. 4to, 173 pp, bound in deep blue cloth pictorially stamped in black. Illustrated dust jacket. One of 1390 copies issued in cloth, out of a total edition of 1560. A beautifully designed book featuring poems, drawings, and diary entries, reproduced in facsimile from the... More about Songs for the Witch Woman
University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo, 294 pp, hardcover. No dust jacket. The first English language edition of the important study, first published in 1950 in French. Includes a substantial section examining the relationship of Surrealism and esotericism & the occult. Fine. More about Andre Breton and the Basic Concepts of Surrealism
New York: Redtape, 1982. First edition. 4to, offset printed in black and white with two color cover, saddle-stapled. The debut issue of one of the most essential magazines to come out of the Downtown Writing scene, the "the manual to the darker side of the era." (Stosuy p. 458). This... More about Redtape #1