A collection of 22 issues of the New York architecture magazine known as ANY. A predecessor to the journal Log (see our other listing for a complete set of that journal), it shares the same editor in Cynthia Davidson. The editorial board has included Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas, Sylvia Lavin, Sanford Kwintner and others. The collection includes issues 0, 2, 3, 5, 10-27, and 90 (appearing inbetween issues 14 and 15 as an ode to Philip Johnson on his 90th birthday). Issues 19/20 and 25/26 are double issues but still.....
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A collection of 23 antique New York City postcards, circa 1900. Images include iconic NYC area landmarks, some still existing and others lost to time, such as the Statue of Liberty, the Flatiron Building, Coney Island, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, the NY Produce Exchange, Ellis Island, the Times Building, the Singer Building, the NY Hippodrome, the Aquarium at Battery Park, the Williamsburg Bridge, and more. All backs are blank and unmailed, except for one card (Wall Street), where a few lines of a greeting has been started, but left unfinished. A......
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A flyer from Dick Higgins' Printed Editions advertising the release of Alison Knowles' book "Natural Assemblages and the True Crow," described as a "nature book (that) combines my own and other peoples' observations of specific behavior patterns in plants and animals." Knowles was married to Higgins in 1960 - they divorced in 1970, but remarried in 1984.

Condition: Very Good+, tri-folded as issued.
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The postcard for an exhibition of a selection from Dick Higgins' 7.7.73 series at C Space in New York City in March of 1979. With a reproduction of Higgins' artwork #607, a serigraph, on the front of the card.

Condition: Fine.
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An announcement card for a publication party for "The Poets of the New York School" on December 8, 1969 at Gotham Book Mart. The book was published by the University of Pennsylvania and distributed by the Gotham Book Mart. The event was a chance to meet the poets and artists featured in the book which included John Ashberry, Barbara Guest, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, Fairfield Porter, Joe Brainard, Alex Katz and Robert Goodnough, among many others. Gotham Book Mart, now closed, was a legendary bookstore, writers' center, and literary salon.....
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A rare Pace Gallery-issued print released in conjunction with Agnes Martin's "Recent Paintings" exhibition at the New York Gallery in September/October of 1977. Printed on translucent vellum and showing the gallery info and exhibition dates along the bottom. With original glassine paper overlay. Martin died in 2004 in New Mexico, where she spent much of her life.

Condition: Near Fine with a faint 2" crease along left edge.
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A relatively early fine press printing for Stafford of 11 poems in a numbered edition of only 250 copies, this number 10. Published by Walter Hamady's Perishable Press on fine deckled paper with a hand-sewn binding and printed dust wrappers.

Condition: Very Good, with a few scuffs and light dent impressions to covers; toning along spine and to edges of paper; now in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
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The rare Winter/Spring 1980 "Le Corbusier" issue of Oppositions magazine, MIT's Institute for Architecture and Urbans Studies journal of ideas and criticism in architecture. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, drawings, plans and schematics, and including texts and essays by Kenneth Frampton, Mary McLeod, Stanilaus von Moos, Richard A. Moore, Stuart Cohen, Steven Hurtt, Alexander C. Gorlin and others.

Condition: Very Good, scuffing to covers and along edges of paper wraps; art school library stamp to front cover (no other library markings).
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The 2009 double-issue of "Sang Bleu," the art/tattoo/design/typography/fashion magazine out of Lausanne, Switzerland. With a CD affixed to the last page and an "introduction paper"/zine (Winter 2008) tucked into the front folded cover. Text in English.

Condition: Very Good, edgewear and rubbing to covers along edges and spine.
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The rare Christopher Wool-designed poster for an exhibition of work by Martin Kippenberger exploring self-portraiture, held March 5 to April 30, 2005 at Luhring Augustine Gallery's Chelsea location.

Condition: Near Fine, a few surface dimples to poster.
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The original poster for Almodóvar's 2006 film "Volver" starring Penélope Cruz. Oversized and double-sided with the reverse image flipped or mirrored from the front.

Condition: Very Good, pinholes in four corners with one having a 3/8 tear/pull; some edgewear and a few surface dings or dents; a .5" area of residue on front likely from a degraded rubber band near bottom credits.
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A black and white poster print of a psychedelic drawing with various faces and images plus words swirling and hidden in the drawing, such as "peace," "love," "acid," and "LSD," among others. With a copyright date of 1967 and "Underground Distributors" in the lower right corner. The name "Donna Dichter" appears within the drawing near the bottom, assumed to be the artist.

Condition: Very Good, with a 3/8" band of toning along the right side and part of the top of the poster.
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A rare, original signed etching by Michael Bowen, the co-organizer of San Francisco's Human Be-In during 1967's Summer of Love. Bowen was also the co-founder of San Francisco's Oracle, the legendary counterculture publication known for its psychedelic artwork and multi-colored printing. Bowen painted and studied art throughout his life, along with practices and studies related to mysticism and spirituality. Bowen died in Stockholm in 2009. Finely detailed and printed in purple and orange hues, and embellished with gold and silver leaf. Signed and dated by Bowen in pencil in the lower.....
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