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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A double-sided lettering chart or poster culled from a series of lessons that appeared in the 1930s/'40s Speedball textbook "Modern Lettering and Poster Design". The Hunt Pen Company was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. The how-to lettering textbooks were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th century and it was in its 23rd edition as of 1999. Chart No. 1 shows "Excercises Leading into the Construction of Gothic Letters" and.....
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A double-sided lettering chart/poster culled from a series of lessons that appeared in the 1930s/'40s Speedball textbook "Modern Lettering and Poster Design". The Hunt Pen Company was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. The how-to lettering textbooks were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th century and it was in its 23rd edition as of 1999. Chart No. 3 covers single stroke Speeball Roman alphabets with C-1 and D-1 pens, and.....
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A double-sided lettering chart/poster from the Hunt Pen Company, which was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. They also published Speedball textbooks of "Modern Lettering and Poster Design," how-to lettering textbooks that were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th century and it was in its 23rd edition as of 1999. Charts No. 9 & 10 cover the "Steel Brush," the flat metal tip used for bolder handcraft lettering common in.....
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A folded annoucement card for a party at the Gotham Book Mart on December 8, 1966 to celebrate the publication of "Martha Graham: Portrait of the Lady as an Artist," and to meet the artist. With a matching laid-in card stating that Ms. Graham has graciously consented to inscribe copies of the book ordered before December 8.

Condition: Folded Card = Fine; Laid-in Card = Very Good, faint soft creases to card.
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Harold Gregor, the Chairman of the Art Department at Chapman College at the time, produced this exhibition as an antagonistic response to the Primary Structures exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York (1966), and to Carl Andre’s Lever in particular. Everyman’s Infinite Art has been called both a “satirical misreading of minimalism” and as “paralleling the emerging practices of New York conceptual artists,” predating Lawrence Weiner’s Statements by two years and Robert Barry’s Closed Gallery by three years. Everyman’s Infinite Art was recreated in 2011 for the Getty’s series.....
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James Lee Hansen is a staple in NW sculpture and is still working today. This early solo exhibition of his work at the legendary Fountain Gallery in Portland, Oregon is commemorated with this two color poster most likely designed by Dale Ott. folded as issued.

Condition: Good, some .25" closed tears at bottom edge and dents in the paper mostly around the folds. Slight loss of printing along bottom half of vertical middle fold.
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The postcard for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Kaleidoscope and Charley Musselwhite at the famed Avalon Ballroom for three nights: January 12-14, 1968. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard by which all psychedelic concert posters.....
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The postcard for the Chamber Brothers and Iron Butterly at the famed Avalon Ballroom for two nights: April 28 & 29, 1967. Chet Helms was manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company, which famously added Janis Joplin as its singer for a period. Helms formed Family Dog Productions, and began producing concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium in SF alongside a young Bill Graham. Helms and Family Dog hired a group of young artists to design the graphics for their posters and handbills, which became the standard by which all.....
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A circa 1980 newsletter from Dick Higgins promoting his books and other products, including musical works. With an order form printed on the last page. One 11x17" sheet folded and printed on both sides.

Condition: Good-, with a grease stain to cover and visible on all pages; tri-folded.
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The postcard for Dick Higgins' exhibition "Books and Publications, A Retrospective" at Franklin Furnace in March of 1979. With a reproduction of Higgins' artwork "Snowflake: On Turning Forty" on the front fo the card. Franklin Furnace was founded in 1976 by Martha Wilson "to champion ephemeral forms neglected by mainstream arts institutions". It began as an artists' books store, and when Printed Matter opened up a few blocks away, through a mutual agreement, Printed Matter became an artists' books store and Franklin Furnace became an artists' books archive. It now.....
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The exhibition poster for George Johanson's 1967 exhibit at the Portland Art Museum featuring paintings and etchings from his sabbatical year in London in 1966. With a short essay by Rachael Griffin, work list and photos, and chronology on the verso. Graphic design by Douglas Lynch.

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued; toning/sunning at edges and along folds.
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