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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Exhibition poster for the Al Loving (1935-2005) show at William Zierler Gallery, March 6-27, 1971. On the heels of his successful show at the Whitney Museum of Art the previous year, this exhibit continued Loving's study of geometric form and color. Later in his career he went by Al, and became known for his torn canvas works.

Condition: Fine, folded as issued.
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A folded exhibition announcement/catalog plus invitation for Arman at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in 1962. The announcement features an image of Arman's Alarm Clocks (Reveils), an assemblage of alarm clocks placed in a painted wooden box. The interior of the flyer lists the works included in the exhibition as well as a statement (in French) from Pierre Restany. Also included is a uniquely printed, black on clear mylar invitation to the preview opening on May 6, 1962. Arman is known for his sculptural accumulations and deconstructions/recompositions of mass-produced objects.....
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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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An oversize poster for a Carlo Scarpa exhibition at the Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice from June 30-October 14, 1984 and sponsored by the City of Venice Department of Culture. Scarpa was commissioned in the early 1960s to restore parts of the Stampalia Foundation's historic 1868 building including interior, exterior and garden elements. The dates at the top of the poster refer to the year of birth (1906) and death (1978) of Scarpa. Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect influenced by Venetian and Japanese architecture and known for a combintation.....
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Mt. Angel College was known for its vibrant art department and exhibition programming in the 1960s and 70s. This two-sided Mt. Angel College flyer describes the Creative Arts Department, writing center, and music workshops along with the College's philosophical and educational approach to these areas. The pinhole photographs that are printed on both sides of the flyer are by Jim Shull, an Oregon artist and the photography professor at the now defunct Mt. Angel College, which was located in Marion County, Oregon.

Condition: Near Fine, toning to newsprint.
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The flyer for the February 7 to March 4, 1967 group exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, bringing artists from the New York outpost of the Dwan Gallery to the Los Angeles location. Artists in the exhibit included Sol LeWitt, Arakawa, Anastasi, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson, Michael Steiner, Richard Baringer and Tom Doyle.

Condition: Near Fine, faint soft creasing at edges.
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A Dwan Gallery Los Angeles group show postcard for the June 1-27, 1964 exhibition featuring Arakawa, Charles Frazier, Edward Kienholz, Martial Raysse and Jean Tinguely.

Condition: Fine.
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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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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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An exhibition flyer for Karel Appel's exhibition held at Martha Jackson Gallery from October 25-November 19, 1960. Martha Jackson Gallery presented Appel's first exhibition in the United States in 1954. Plus a concurrent exhibition flyer, featuring lithographs by Appel, for the inaugural show at David Anderson Gallery next door (Anderson was Martha Jackson's son). The David Anderson Gallery was dedicated solely to exhibiting prints.

Condition: Martha Jackson flyer: Very Good, folded as issued; minor bump to bottom right corner. Anderson Gallery flyer: Fine.
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Newsprint brochure from La Mamelle, an artist-run organization interested in experimental art and active in the Bay Area from 1975-1995. The organization presented exhibitions, provided space for events, music and other performances, exhibited video art, produced various zines and publications, and also maintained an archive of contemporary works. This brochure is one sheet printed on both sides. Folded, it provides four pages of information including a membership form, an order blank and a list of select projects. Opened up, it is a poster of the San Francisco building that housed.....
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