Paige Powell went to New York City from Portland, Oregon in 1980, and quickly became a fixture in the downtown art scene, a close confidante of Andy Warhol and a member of his inner circle, including the likes of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom she dated. Published by Dashwood and brought to life by Gucci, PAIGE POWELL is a four-volume slipcased hardcover set highlighting three different aspects of Powell's work: Beulah Land, her life in New York and the visual diary art installation that Powell created in 1984 at...
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More about Paige Powell: Four-Volume Book Set; Beulah Land, Artists Eating, Animals, Paige Powell

Two exhibition flyers from Matt Mullican's Oeuvres Recentes (Recent Work) exhibition at the Institut Franco-Americain in March/April 1982 in Rennes, France. Also included is an unusual and apparently hand-cut photocopy of some Mullican pictographs and symbols. Minimal texts in French.

Condition: Good-, overall scuffing and toning to flyers, some soiling and spots; one 1/8" tear at one of the tri-folds; folded as issued.
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More about Matt Mullican: Oeuvres Recentes, 1982; q

A set of artist playing cards, designed by painter/sculptor/printmaker Donald Sultan, who gained prominence in New York in the 1980s. He is also known for using industrial materials such as tar, vinyl tile, masonite, rubber and spackle in his work. The original drawings were charcoal and conte crayon, and a signed/limited edition of 100 of the decks were issued in a wooden box. This deck is from the unsigned trade edition and contains 52 playing cards, two jokers and one deck identification card in a stiff paper box.

Condition: Cards.....
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The beautifully-produced, out-of-print catalog for Dutch artists Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes 2012 exhibit "Unfolded," which took place at the Museum Jan Cunen in Oss, The Netherlands. The duo take exquisite photographs of often ordinary objects, experimenting with converting spatial dimensions into flat surfaces and exploring photography’s potential for illusion. The catalog is produced as an exhibition in book form, with the pages following the viewer's path as they would have experienced the museum exhibit. With a text by Frank van der Stok. In an edition of 1,000 with subtle...
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More about Scheltens & Abbenes: Unfolded

A scarce book of whimsical drawings by the Czech-born illustrator Miroslav Sasek known for his series of "This is..." books for children on cities like Paris, London and Rome. "Stone is not Cold" mixes images of classical sculpture with Sasek's distinctive and humorous line drawings, creating scenes such as Michelangelo's Moses riding a Vespa and Bernini's David playing billiards. Charming and fun.

Condition: Very Good-, toning to boards and tan glue of pasted down front and rear endpapers starting to show through; wear and rubbing to dust jacket; interior pages...
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Issue #5 (Vol. 1 No. 5, Fall Equinox) of the quarterly periodical originally published at various lesbian intentional communities based in Southern Oregon and later from the land that Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove purchased in Wolfcreek, Oregon, which they called "Rootworks". Although collectively produced, the WomanSpirit publishing project was largely coordinated and edited by Ruth and Jean. It is said to be the first periodical dedictated to lesbian feminism and spirituality, and was a central part of movements and ideas that continued to grow throughout the 1970s: the Goddess Movement...
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Issue #14 (Vol. 4 No. 14, Winter Solstice) of the quarterly periodical originally published at various lesbian intentional communities based in Southern Oregon and later from the land that Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove purchased in Wolfcreek, Oregon, which they called "Rootworks". Although collectively produced, the WomanSpirit publishing project was largely coordinated and edited by Ruth and Jean. It is said to be the first periodical dedictated to lesbian feminism and spirituality, and was a central part of movements and ideas that continued to grow throughout the 1970s: the Goddess Movement...
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More about WomanSpirit: Issue 14

A 1969 issue printed on paper of various colors. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." This issue includes articles on the role of violence in revolutionary change, the strike as a tactic, Israel, terrorism and sabotage, an editorial on police murder, and an appeal to boycott Safeway, plus more.

Condition: Very Good+, edge toning...
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More about Black Politics: A Journal of Liberation; Vol. 2 No. 13 & 14

The April/May 1968 Special Huey P. Newton Issue. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." At the publication of this issue, Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton was charged in the death of a police officer and was being held in jail. One article reviews these events, while another is by Newton himself. Others discuss.....
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More about Black Politics: A Journal of Liberation; Vol. 1 No. 4 & 5

The 2018 bottling of our walnut ink has arrived - handcrafted single-origin walnut drawing ink made by Monograph Bookwerks co-founders John and Blair. Each year walnuts are harvested from a single black walnut Portland Heritage Tree (designated by the city of Portland for its size or age, a Heritage Tree must be at least 80 years old). The ink is made from the walnut husk, which is green when it falls from the tree and turns dark brown over time. The husks are slow-cooked (with other secret ingredients) to create...
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The announcement card for Iain Baxter's "IT" exhibition at the Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles in December of 1966. The card lists the "N.E. Baxter Thing Co." as the artist, which perhaps alludes to the still-developing moniker for the N.E. Thing Co. Baxter created the seminal Canadian conceptual art practice N.E. Thing Co. in 1966 with his then-wife Ingrid Baxter, which often used corporate strategies when presenting works, installations and environments. One of the works in the IT exhibit was titled "Pnuematic Judd" and consisted of colored, inflated vinyl wall-mounted.....
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More about N.E. Thing Co.: Rolf Nelson Gallery (1966

The announcement postcard for Andre's exhibition "Four Meditations on the Year 1960" at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Düsseldorf from July 12-August 12, 1971 (the front of the card states June 1971). The card states exhibit included 20 timbers sized 30cm x 30cm x 150cm each and presumably arranged in the configurations drawn on the front of the card. Addressed to the painter Neill Jenney in New York.

Condition: Fair, soiling, toning and creases to card; 5 pinholes to card at sides and one corner.
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Joe Brainard's mimeograph-printed Banana Book, full of puns, jokes and homoerotic imagery. Published by Johnny Stanton's Siamese Banana Press (Brainard came up with the name) in 1972. Unsigned.

Condition: Very Good, sunning to covers.
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