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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An oversize poster detailing the benefits, hazards, dosage, duration, effects and side effects of various psychotropic substances including THC, LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, MDA, ketamine and others, as well as displaying diagrams of their organic/chemical compounds. The pre-Columbian statue shown on the poster, the Aztec deity Xochipilli or "Prince of Flowers," was discovered over 125 years ago near the sacred volcano Popocatepetl in southern Mexico. It is now believed the statue portrays its subject undergoing a psychedelic experience. At its base are carvings of traditional sacred plants, some known to contain...
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The oversize poster for Marcel Breuer's exhibition "Furniture and Interiors" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York from July 25-September 15, 1981. Breuer designed the iconic Wassily Chair (pictured on the poster) in 1925 while head of the cabinet-making workshop the Bauhaus School. The chair is still in production today, produced by Knoll and other manufacturers. A book for the exhibit was also produced with the same image on the cover. Breuer died on July 1, 1981 only 24 days before the exhibit opened.

Condition: Near Fine, some minor surface dimples.
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The oversize poster for Rauschenberg's October 26-November 21, 1963 exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Condition: Very Good, some waviness to poster along right side and light foxing along sides and bottom (see detail photos).
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The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features Case Study House No. 24 by A. Quincy.....
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The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The houses became icons of the Mid-Century modernist movement. The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue.....
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The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on a house by Harry Seidler, two.....
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The final Issue in 1979 of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles. Issue 16 (1975) stated that 7,500 copies were being distributed to 150 bookstores in 26 states, and that the...
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Issue #24 (April 1977) of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles. Issue 16 (1975) stated that 7,500 copies were being distributed to 150 bookstores in 26 states, and that the publication...
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Issue #14 (February 1975) of the collectively-edited publication from the feminist back-to-the-land commune Country Women in Albion, CA on the Mendocino coast. In at least 33 issues published through 1979, Country Women featured articles on feminist shared experience, practical how-to tips on country living (animal raising, carpentry, farming) and published poetry, songs and drawings by contributors from around the country. Each issue usually focused on a theme, plus practical articles. Issue 16 (1975) stated that 7,500 copies were being distributed to 150 bookstores in 26 states, and that the publication...
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The Winter 1994 issue of the oversize, legendary Portland music magazine, SnipeHunt. Covering the early 1990s NW music scene with tons of reviews, comics, top ten lists, articles and interviews. This issue includes articles on Team Dresch, Tarnation, Jaap Blonk, Azalia Snail, John Fahey, Firefly Wreck, Caspar Brotzmann, Irving Klaw Trio, Demolition Doll Rods, Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner, Steel Wool and more. The list of contributors is long, over 70 names including many from Portland's cultural and music history - to name only a few: Alicia Rose, Anne Greenwood...
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The Winter 1992/1993 issue of the oversize, legendary Portland music magazine, SnipeHunt. Covering the early 1990s NW music scene with tons of reviews, comics, top ten lists, articles and interviews. This issue includes articles on Moral Crux, Funnel Head, Cloiter, Trailer Queen, Swell, Bomb, and the Flaming Lips (interview with Wayne "Koyne"), and more. The list of contributors is long, over 41 names including many from Portland's cultural and music history - to name only a few: Ben Ellis, Tim Demmon, Krista Kay Gaylor, Dave Nothing, Sean Tetjaratchi, and Gern...
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A collection of over 50 vintage travel brochures, flyers, hotel reply letters, rate cards, postcards and other ephemera from the Miami Beach travel industry, circa 1976. Obviously from a heavily researched trip to Miami Beach from a Portland resident who wrote to several hotels, resorts and the Chamber of Commerce and received the brochures and letters in reply via the mail. Most of the envelopes are postmarked in the year 1976. Includes a few brochures for Ft. Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, Disneyworld and cruise lines. See photos for a sampling of...
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