The folded flyer/catalog for Craig Kauffman's exhibitions held at the Pasadena Art Museum in January-March 1970, which also traveled to the University of California Irvine in March-April, 1970. Kauffman was part of the original stable of artists at LA's legendary Ferus Gallery. The flyer features five panels printed on both sides, with a text by Kauffman, an exhibition checklist, and 6 color reproductions of the sprayed acrylic laquer on vaccum-formed plexiglas works (dated between 1965-1969) that he was known for. Unfolds to 37.5"

Condition: Very Good, some toning at edges...
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More about Craig Kauffman: Pasadena Art Museum; UC Irvine, 1970

The exhibiton catalog for Martial Raysse's May 31-June 24, 1967 exhibit at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles. Part of the Nouveaus Realistes group, Raysse was born in France and is also known for his early involvement in America's pop art scene. With a text by Otto Hahn.

Condition: Good, some toning to covers and light scuffing to covers; waviness to some pages and back cover due to pasted-in, thick folded statement near back (as issued); rusting to staples.
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More about Martial Raysse: Dwan Gallery, 1967

The rare, wonderfully-designed and extensive monograph on the groundbreaking Japanese designer Takenobu Igarashi, who first gained international acclaim for his axonometric alphabets in the mid-1970s. In 1979 the Swiss magazine Graphis featured his work, and continued to do so in four other issues through 1988. In the 1980s Igarashi taught at UCLA, helped establish Japan's first computerized design education program, and gave a keynote speech at the Aspen Design Conference. Along with his work for brand identities and logos, he was also a central figure in advancing product design. In...
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More about Igarashi Space Graphics: Design for Communication, Design for Environment, Design for Design

A set of 8 scarce issues of the German comics/zine Schokoriegel (Chocolate Bar). Nicely printed with chipboard covers in color, and black and white interior pages (with a few splashes of color). Each issue features a different artist and included here are M.S. Bastian, Kairo, Frau Hammerschrek, EsJottes, Barnd Schmucker, Atak, Holger Fickelscherer and CX Huth.

Condition: Very Good to Fine.
Item #1047

More about Schokoriegel Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19

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...
Item #1040

More about WomanSpirit: Issue 5

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...
Item #1038

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...
Item #1035

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.....
Item #691

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.....
Item #1021

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.
Item #1016

More about Four Meditations on the Year 1960

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.
Item #1014

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