Announcement for a planned Black Art & Fashion Show at Wadleigh Junior High School (P.S. 88) on May 3, 1969. As noted in the flyer, this show along with other similar events was planned to unite the local black community and help younger African American students develop their talents.

Condition: Good-, two half-ring coffee stains at top of page; faint soft creasing along top edge; smudging to printing at center; stamped "May 7 1969" at bottom of flyer.
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An original exhibition poster for Alberto Burri's February 1960 exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery. This color offset poster pictures a detail image from a welded steel sheet metal piece. This exhibition occurred during a momentous time in the artist's career; in 1959 he won the Premio dell’Ariete in Milan and the UNESCO Prize at the São Paulo Biennial. In 1960, Burri was awarded third prize at the Carnegie International and his work was shown at the Venice Biennale that same year, where he was awarded the Critics’ Prize.

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A collection of 41 Boston and Main Railroad photos taken in 1966 and 1967, with detailed location notes written on the backs of the photos, and stamped with the date and year taken. Photographer unknown. Generally taken in the areas of Troy and Lansingburg, New York on the Troy Branch of the railroad. The passenger train traveling from Boston to Troy, NY was named The Minuteman. The dates of operation for the B&M Railroad were 1836-1983. An example of the detail of the notes on the back of one photo reads: "Boston.....
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The exhibition announcement card for "ALife: Shop" a pop-up project featuring 60 artists at Deitch Projects Gallery in New York City. The card mimics Andy Warhol's famous Campbell's soup can and inspiration for the art shop came from Keith Haring’s Pop Shop of the 1980s. Alife was/is a NYC collective and artist's agency.Some of the participating artists were Kaws, Brendan Fowler, Doze, Dynamo/Keith and Alisa Dynamo, Ed Templeton, Galaxia,HUGA/Green Lady, Neverstop/Caterina deCarlo, Ryan McGinness, Shepard Fairey, Space Invader, Tommy Guerrero, Toy Group 360, Twist and Young Kim.

Condition: Near Fine.....
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An exhibition flyer on heavy cardstock for an October, 1960 Dwan Gallery Los Angeles group show including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Goodnough, Grace Hartigan, Larry Rivers and Paul Jenkins, among others. The exhibition featured a survey of notable abstract expressionist painters based in New York. The tri-fold flyer opens to list the names of each artist included in the exhibition.

Condition: Very Good+, minor rubbing to edge folds.
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An "operations and information" newsletter published by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art & Technology) in November of 1968.E.A.T. was co-founded in 1966 by engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman, growing out of the 10-day festival of experimental performances 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering held at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York in the fall of 1966. A program of Technical Services was established to assist artists by matching them with engineers and scientists. E.A.T. saw itself as a catalyst for integrating new technology.....
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Diecut exhibition invite tri-folded as issued and mailed (no postmarked date). Published in connection with Allen Carter exhibition at the Renshaw Gallery at Linfield College, April 5-25.

Condition: Fine, 1 cm tear on middle left and a very slight crease in center that runs half way down the document.
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Two-piece set of invitations to the grand opening of Arlene Schnitzer's Fountain Gallery of Art in the Skidmore Fountain section of Portland. The first piece is an invitation to a champagne party on November 28, 1961, the eve of the Gallery's opening. The second is an invitation to the preview the following day. The Gallery officially opened on December 4 with a show including Kenneth Callahan, Carl and Hilda Morris, Michele Russo, Sally Haley, Robert Colescott and others.

Condition: Near Fine.
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Flyer put out by the American Library Association's Task Force on Gay Liberation at its annual conference. One side of the flyer contains a program of events for the 1977 conference in Detroit. The other side summarizes the task force's accomplishments of the past 7 years and projects currently underway.

Condition: Very Good+, horizontal fold across middle.
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A huge, oversized poster for an early Vancouver BC multi-media performance event featuring Intermedia (lighting), Helen Goodwin (direction), Evelyn Roth (costumes), Steve Cummings (sound), Gary Lee Nova (film), and the dance company THEco (dancers). Possibly a precursor to the subsequent series of events known as Intermedia Nights held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The poster features a diagram for eyewear/headgear that could be cut out and worn to the event. Poster design by Michael Morris.

Condition: Good, folded as issued, some toning at edges and folds, some additional creasing and.....
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Mimeographed flyer for illustrated lecture entitled: Portrait of the Artist As a Man presented by Henry Augustine Tate. Gotham Book Mart, now closed, was a legendary bookstore, writers' center, and literary salon. The James Joyce Society meetings were an important aspect of this bookstore's programing and its usual meeting place. The Society was founded in 1947, and is devoted to the life and works of the Irish author. The first member of the Society was T.S. Eliot.

Condition: Very Good, folded once in half.
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A sexy vintage Japanese health poster promoting awareness of AIDS using the famous slogan "Silence=Death". With text in Japanese that loosely translates to: "For AIDS consultation and testing, please visit the health service. Anonymous, easy and free". Also displayed is a phone number for an AIDS telephone hotline. With a logo/icon of a condom and "Safe Sex" in English.

Condition: Very Good, some edgewear and two areas of minor rubbing/dents near the top.
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Ace Gallery exhibition flyer for Keith Sonnier's 1973 exhibition. The document includes a floor plan of the gallery and a short list of works including "amplified long and short wave radio receivers" and "32 air tracks" which is in keeping with Sonnier's sound based installations and performances. Sonnier is known for his radical and new use of materials, unbridling sculpture from its past, neon and sound based installations. Postmarked.

Condition: Good, creasing along top of the mailer.
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