A folded exhibition flyer for a Raymond Parker exhibition at Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in October, 1962. Raymond Parker was an Abstract Expressionist painter and was also associated with Color Field painting. He was an influential member in the movement coined by Clement Greenburg as Post-Painterly Abstraction. The inside of the flyer features one of Parker's Color Field paintings, Untitiled,1962.

Condition: Very Good, faint light yellow soiling to front of flyer.
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Oregon ceramic workshop poster featuring several images of pottery fires produced in connection with the 3rd Annual Salt-Fire Workshop in 1974. The workshops included raku sessions, wheel building, communal meals and a sweat lodge. Located near The Dalles, two hours east of Portland, Oregon, the event exemplifies the back to land and craft movements prevalent in Oregon's '70s counterculture. The poster advertises that the workshops occur on a "functioning organic homestead" and that P.K. Hoffman (the American ceramist who studied with the some of the greats of the American Revolution.....
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An invitational exhibition sponsored by the Northwest Institute of Sculpture provides a snapshot into the materials, prices and artists of the day. This exhibition was housed at the Seattle Art Museum Pavilion with the aim to present recent work of primarily Washington based sculptors and include a few regional sculptors in a non-juried show. Some of the artists included were Manuel Izquierdo, Betty Feves, Jan Zach, Lee Kelly, George Tsutakawa and Phillip Levine. A great addition to your NW art history ephemera collection.

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued; some.....
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The folded exhibition announcement card for a group exhibit of sculptors at the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles in October of 1961. Artists in the exhibit were Peter Agostini, Lee Bontecou, César, John Chamberlain, Edward Higgins and Louise Nevelson.

Condition: Fine.
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Announcement of and invitation to join the SCU, a moderate student organization dedicated to nonviolent dialogue and academic freedom. The SCU was founded in May 1968 in direct opposition to the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and its violent activities. This flyer states that the SCU is involved in university restructuring, position papers, study groups, campus debates and social activities and warned that another violent spring could threaten the very existence of Columbia. The flyer is stamped March 17, 1969 at the bottom.

Condition: Near Fine, mild toning; stamped.....
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An exhibition flyer for the 1961 Salem exhibit Today in a Fur-Lined Tea Cup, an extended version of a riotous Dada-influenced Portland exhibit entitled Exhibition Syndrome that preceded it. The exhibit was an homage to Dada and its influence on local artists. A one-act Dada opera, An American Travesty, written by Portland composer and teacher Robert Crowley, was also performed. On the reverse of the folded flyer is an announcement for Paintings by Ruth Fluno at the Salem Art Museum-Bush House.

Condition: Fine, some slight transfer of black printing to.....
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A typography specimen poster from the Bauer Alphabets company whose slogan was "the types of today and tomorrow". Includes samples of the following font families in a variety of styles and point sizes: Weiss, Futura, Corvinus, Bauer Bodoni, Beton and Cartoon. Also shows one-line examples of eight additional typefaces. Uniquely, three corners of the poster are rounded.

Condition: Poster: Good+, unfolded; some light surface wear/light creasing likely from being rolled; .5" closed tear at left middle.
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A three-color typography specimen poster of the font Cloister Black, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The font in displayed in 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 30 and 36 point sizes and in a passage from the gospel of St. Luke. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid Cream, Substance 24 paper, which is "an impressive paper worthy of the finest printing" that will "impress the most critical customer"

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued; minor.....
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Garamont and Garamond fonts, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The poster shows both fonts in bold and italic versions, ranging in size from 6 to 72 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid paper, which is "an impressive paper worthy of the finest printing" that will "impress the most critical customer. Its cost is much less than its quality would indicate"

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued.
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A handsome type specimen poster of a modern italic handwritten lowercase alphabet. The letter diagrams also show possible "variations of serifs and shapes". Printed on heavy paper stock.

Condition: Very Good-, an area of discoloration at middle top (visible in photograph) and some light bumps/wrinkling at edges.
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Square-Serif font family, developed around 1803, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. Also displayed in the margins are multiple samples of other fonts in the Square-Serif style including Arme Latine, Moliere, Poilu Ancien, Stymie, Gold Rush and Eqyptian Condensed. The poster is printed on Eastern's Manifest Bond paper, which is an "outstanding mill-brand paper in the economy-group" which will "insure cleaner, sharper impressions with a minimum of waste, stoppages and other troubles that.....
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A silkscreened poster for an anti-war art exhibit organized by the New Mobilization Committee (West) to end the war in Vietnam. Held at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco from June 20-July 10, 1970.

Condition: Very Good, a few minor surface scratches, spots, dents and nicks.
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An original concert poster for X at Starry Night in Portland, Oregon on Friday, February 3, 1984.

Condition: Fair, numerous pin/staple holes to poster (50+); some creasing, surface dents and a .75" closed tear/hole at top right.
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