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 reddish-purple-orange hues. Signed by Bowen in pencil in the lower right, with "First State A/P 1974" in lower left, noting a......
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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 with a silvery-sepia ink with spot colors of yellow and red. Signed and dated by Bowen in pencil in the lower right.....
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The exhibition catalog for Asher's 2008 exhibit at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, in which he reconstructed all the temporary walls used for every exhibit mounted at SMMoA (now ICA LA) from May 1988 to December 2007. Known for his work exploring "institutional critique," Asher was also an influential educator at CALArts. He died in 2012. Printed on heavy stock with diagrams showing the installation/reconstructions plus four gatefolds with full-bleed color photographs of the work. In a custom-made mylar protective jacket.

Condition: Like New.
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A large collection of early issues of MIT Press' influential academic art and ideas journal "October," including the first issue released in 1976. The collection includes issues from 1976 to 1997. Editors over the years include Douglas Crimp, Yves-Alain Bois, Hal Foster, Joan Copjec, Silvia Kolbowski, Benjamin Buchloh, Denis Hollier and John Rajchman, with founding editors Rosalind Krauss and Annette Michelson remaining constant from issue 1 to 82. Authors and and topics are too long to list but the collection includes some of the most important thinkers and writers of.....
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A folded newsprint catalog and bibliography of the Appalachian South, listing and describing books, records, pamphlets, magazines and films on the subject, along with pricing. Illustrated with black and white photos, and including a history of the Council of the Southern Mountains (which was founded in 1913) in Section One. Other historical snippets and information on the region, its people, and issues are sprinkled throughout. Some author profiles and excerpts of works are also included, as is an index. No editor is listed for the catalog, although a credit is.....
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A silkscreened poster by the UK's Poster Collective featuring images of labor protest plus music and lyrics from the iconic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" which was written by Appalachian activist Florence Reece in 1931. The poster also shows a large image of Sara Ogan Gunning, a singer and songwriter from the coal mining country of Eastern Kentucky. The song includes the lyrics "Come all of you good workers, good news to you. I'll tell, of how the good old union has come here to dwell. Which side.....
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An original albumen photographic print attributed to Pascal Sébah, circa 1880, of a veiled Turkish woman. The photo is unsigned but the the attribution comes from the existence of a similar signed “P. Sébah” photograph of the same veiled Turkish woman as in this photo wearing the same dress, jewelry, and veil. Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) was one of the important professional photographers of his time in the Ottoman Empire, and served the demand for souvenirs to the increasing tourist trade that developed in Egypt in the second half of the.....
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A fun collection of interior design paintings/drawings circa 1930s. Artist unknown, these examples were possibly created by an interior designer to propose interior remodeling ideas and scenarios to clients. On "Chimatco Illustration Board" that was manufactured by the Chicago Cardboard Company. Skillfully rendered, with some nice details such as the wallpaper patterns, wood wall relief, recessed bench molding, mirrors, windows, and furniture and drape details. Choose Priority Mail at checkout.

Condition: Very Good; some scuffs, rubbing and dents to a few surfaces; light edge and corner wear; some edges slightly.....
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An original Pop Shop button in black and white from the store that Haring opened in 1986 at 292 Lafayette in the Soho neighborhood of New York. Haring also opened a Pop Shop in Tokyo in 1987. With "© K. Haring 1986"" printed on the edge of the button.

Condition: Very Good, some wear/oxidation to back of button.
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An original Keith Haring "Dancing and Barking Dog" button in orange and green, possibly sold at to the Pop Shop store that Haring opened in 1986 at 292 Lafayette in the Soho neighborhood of New York. With "© K. Haring 1988" printed on the edge of the button.

Condition: Near Fine.
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The Laura Owens catalog from her 2017 restrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The first printing with unique silkscreened covers, all made in Owens' LA studio. Apparently the popularity of the book caught up with the idea to produce unique covers as later editions no longer included the silkscreen covers, but came with various stickers that could be affixed to make your own custom cover. More of artists' book than a traditonal retrospective monograph, it reproduces photographs, notes, documents and ephemera from her career with the artwork being.....
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Steven Leiber's bookseller's poster/catalog No. 51, released for the 2010 NY Art Book Fair, mimicking the design for Experiments in Art & Technology's "9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering" from 1966. Leiber, a Bay Area dealer who championed artists' ephemera, produced famous catalogs that smartly payed homage via appropriation to moments, works or artists in contemporary art history such as Ruscha, Fluxus, Dada, conceptual art and other genres. The back side of the poster lists and documents 105 offerings for the fair (with prices) including works and artists' books/ephemera by Twombly.....
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A 1983 flyer for the Violent Femmes at the Mediterranean Tavern on West Burnside in Portland, and the Violent Femmes first Portland appearance. George Touhouliotis ran the Mediterranean Tavern and started doing poetry and live shows there in the early 1980s. It was this Violent Femmes show that prompted Touhouliotis to open the legendary Satyricon, saying "They weren't really loud—it's the Violent Femmes. But there were a lot of complaints from the people upstairs. So this other space, Satyricon—it seemed right" (Willamette Week, 10/26/2010). The Femmes self-titled debut album was.....
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