A flyer or broadside describing five events by Ken Friedman: Scrub Piece (1956), Green Street (1959), Christmas Tree Event (1964), Mandatory Happening (1965), and 10,000 (1971); plus the sculpture The Distance From this Sentence to Your Eye is My Sculpture. The event 10,000 consists of distributing "to friends, people chosen by random process, etc., 10,000 objects, papers, events, etc., over a span of time." The flyer states "the publication and distribution of Five Events and One Sculpture by Ken Friedman constitutes a performance of 10,000. 10,000 was first performed over.....
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An exhibition flyer for a Lucus Samaras exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in November of 1964. No text is included on the flyer, front or back - just an image of Samaras printed in metallic gold and green with red dots. The artist worked in painting, sculpture, and performance art, and later in his career began experimenting with photography. An early Samaras exhibition flyer.

Condition: Good, some creasing/wrinkling to the the top and at edges of the thin flyer paper; some surface dimples.
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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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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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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.
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Issue #9 (Vol. 3 No. 9, 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 #13 (December 1974) 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 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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The mimeographed March 1968 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." Contents include "The Truth About the Massacre at Orangeburg" by Onij-Nejjih, "How to Acquire the Rifle" bu George Prosser, "The New Left, Old Ideas in a New Front" by Robert F. Williams, and a "Tribute to Che (1928-1967)" by C.N. Fuegos, plus more.....
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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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A 1920 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This drawing of a porcelain hat is by the French illustrator Charles Martin.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
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A 1921 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This jacket illustration is by the legendary French designer Paul Poiret. Many of Poiret's designs are included in the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
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Weft twining is an ancient basket and textile construction technique that is still practiced in many cultures around the world. It has been used for centuries and this book is still one of the most comprehensive and definitive guides to the craft. Fraser uses examples from objects in museums, private collections and his own field work. With hundreds of detailed diagrams and their corresponding weaving/weft instructions. Out of print.

Condition: Very Good, moderate odor of book must.
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