New York: Paradise Garage, 1984. 15 1/2 x 15 1/2", silkscreen in color on a Fruit of the Loom brand tank top. The beautifully designed and printed invitation to Keith Haring's first Party of Life. The event featured art and video installations by Haring, and music by Levan and Juan Dubose. There... More
Various places, various dates. A stack including two unpublished typescripts submitted by Heliczer to the International Times, and 11 posters advertising performances, happenings or film screenings by Heliczer and others, a generous selection of the scarce ephemera that Heliczer used in conjunction with his strange and beautiful career. A complete... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1992. First edition. 4to, various booklets, postcards and plates housed in a cardboard box with a string tile and photographically illustrated title page pasted down to cover. Box signed by Herms on a recent visit to DL. The beautifully designed catalog for the... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1992. First edition. 4to, various booklets, postcards and plates housed in a cardboard box with a string tile and photographically illustrated title page pasted down to cover. Signed by Herms on the illustrated pastedown on front cover. The beautifully designed catalog for the... More
Np: The Artist, 1980. 8 1/2 x 11", original xerox and hand-painting on paper. Signed by the artist twice at lower margin, once in plate and once in holograph. Howland was an important member of the Downtown scene in the late 1970's and 1980's, and was involved with COLAB and ABC... More
![William Blake As Prophet [Invitation]. William Hull.](/pictures/thumb/26470.jpg?v=1528585611)
New York: Gallery East, 1954. 4 1/2 x 5 5/8" postcard, printed on blue card stock on recto only. The invitation to a sieres of "Lecture-Readings" by William Hull at the Gallery East, which was one the incredibly early and important artist-run co-op galleries on the Lower East Side, which... More
Los Angeles: Independent Project Press, nd. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4" postcard, letterpress printed in three colors on thick card stock on recto, with two chevrons - one in yellow, one in white - verso. A striking, beautifully designed postcard advertising the services of the press, and illustrated with a.... More
[Finsterwolde]: [Galerie Waalkens and Instituut voor Creatief Werk], 1968. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, bound in photographically illustrated French wraps. Illustrated with full bleed b/w photographs of the installation by Kees Hemswerk. Text in Dutch with English translation. Artists' book documenting the 1968 installation by the Institute for Creative Work at... More
np: nd. 8vo, [8] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated in b/w. Signed by Jess inside front cover. The first separate edition of this series of collages which was originally printed in a 1963 issue of the Northwest Review. Some faint handling creases, else fine. More
Np: 1950. Approximately 17 1/2 x 23 3/4”, charcoal drawing on paper. Unsigned. Matted and framed. Provenance: from the collection of the artist Ernesto Edwards, a longtime friend of Jess and Robert Duncan, who has a section devoted to his work in An Opening of the Field (pp. 188-193). A.... More
New York: 1967. 5 x 7" collage on postcard, rubberstamped "Collage by Alexandra Findlay" and "Ray Johnson". A collage by Ray Johnson upon a postcard exhibition announcement for "The Hanging Floating and Cantilevered Show" at gallerist John Gibson's office. Ray has added the phrase "Let it all Laing Out" in... More
New York: WBAI, 1963. 8vo, 15 pp, offset printed, saddle-stapled. An early program for the legendary NYC radio station. The cover of this issue is illustrated with motico drawings by the great Ray Johnson, replete with numerous dollar signs. The back cover features another dollar sign drawing, with a note... More
Amsterdam: Kunstverein, 2011. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 58 pp. Offset printed and perfect bound in French wraps. At long last there is a full-length study about Ray Johnson's A Book About Death - one of the greatest bookworks of the 20th century. The book was written by Johnson's longtime friend... More
Amsterdam: Kunstverein, 2011. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 58 pp. Offset printed and perfect bound in French wraps. One tip bumped, still a very good copy. At long last there is a full-length study about Ray Johnson's A Book About Death - one of the greatest bookworks of the 20th century... More
New York: 1960. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of yellow paper, offset printed in black and red. Original flyer for this concert of new music performed by the Audio Visual Group at the Living Theatre. Composers included are Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Jackson Mac Low, Reginald Daniels, Lawrence Poons, La Monte... More
New York: [1984]. 4 5/16 x 6", printed in think raised black ink on fluorescent pink card stock. The announcement for this 1984 exhibtion at the nightclub Kamikaze. We can find little documentation for this exhibition, despite the broad cross section of artists' included - Alan Vega of Suicide, Jeff... More
![Edward Kienholz. Main works from 1961 up to-day. Opere principali dal 1961 ad oggi [with] Exhibition Announcement. Edward Kienholz.](/pictures/thumb/24120.jpg?v=1458594419)
Milano: Edizioni Bocchi, 1974. First edition. Oblong 4to, [76] pp, perfect bound in printed wraps. Illustrated with b/w plates. Text in English and Italian translation. Association copy, with exhibition announcement postcard, addressed and mailed to Ad Petersen, laid in. The catalog for the 1974 exhibition at Galleria Bocchi in Milan... More
New York: S.O. 36, 1979. Square 8vo, six leaves offset printed and photographically illustrated, stapled at left margin. With two 7" records, each housed in a separate unprinted paper sleeve. Catalog no. SO36. Luxus was the name given to the "band" formed by Martin Kippenberger, Christine Hahn (member of the... More
Paris: Science et Vie, 1956. First edition. 4to, 136 pp, photographically illustrated wraps. Before the leap into the void, Klein was an accomplished practitioner of Judo. His achievement of a fourth degree blackbelt at the age of 25 was a highly unusual accomplishment for a Westerner. Tarpaulin and photomontage aside... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1954. First edition. 8vo, 205 pp, printed wraps. In the photographically illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photographs. Text in French. With 3eme edition printed on back panel, generally thought to be a marketing ploy, as there was only one printing of the... More
Pavia: Amministrazione provinciale di Pavia, 1977. First edition. 4to, velo-bound in wraps, 25 leaves, printed on recto only. A collection of "performances, proiezioni, letture, poesia, musica, parole" related to "apoesia", including images as well es texts in Italian and English. Contributors include Dick Higgin, Alison Knowles, Steve Lacy, Arrigo Lora... More
New York: Enterprise Modern Services, 1969. First edition. Folio, tabloid format, offset printed with spot color. The debut issue of Kusama’s artists’ periodical, which combined open sexuality with political protest and fashion. This issue includes coverage of various happenings, such as the “Bust Out” in Central Park, the Nude Happening... More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different... More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different... More
