• current project

A Popular Western Story

Here's a short shaggy dog story about Ed Ruscha's painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, the artist's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and a 10¢ rootin' tootin pulp periodical.

image from A Popular Western Story
  • recent objects
2/70 : Strike / Work
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 20.3 x 20.4 cm.
  • [56] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

2/70 : Strike / Work

James Zanzi, Robert James Guthridge, Orwett Echer, Joe Cavalier, Lee Kehrein, Teresa Burga, Gary Perkins, Jim Doring, John T. Celio, Fred Nagelbach, Frederick Paul Sperry, Allyn Yamaneuchi, Andrea Kalish, John Ward, Andy Brady, Olaf Borge, Roger Welch, Martin Prekop, John Orentlicher, Frederick P. Sperry, Sister Mary Connors, Peter Davies

Artist's book with contributions by artists associated with Chicago and The Art Institute of Chicago, published in 1970. Artists include: James Zanzi, Robert James Guthridge, Orwett Echer, Joe Cavalier, Lee Kehrein, Teresa Burga, Gary Perkins, Jim Doring, John T. ... [details]

$200.00
Condition:  Good. 1.6 cm. area of blue ink markings on recto with yellowing and dust soiling of covers. Bumping along top edge of publication and light wear to corners. Scratching of verso. Includes stapled in small artist's book "What Time Is It?" by John Ward, with light indentations from the small book and the staple. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 8103]
LAMBDA
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • monochrome
  • 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

LAMBDA

Gay Activists Alliance

Initial flyer published in [1970] announcing the lambda symbol as a symbol of the Gay Activist Alliance as it "signifies a commitment among men and women to achieve and defend their human rights as homosexual citizens. ... [details]

$750.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. This copy printed on blue paper. Folded in three, handling marks, 2 cm. fold to right bottom corner. This copy in substantial better condition than the copy held by the New York Public Library's Manuscripts and Archives Division, Gay Activists Alliance Records collection.
[Object # 26401]
One Blood Dollar
  • multiple
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • black-and-white
  • 7 x 16 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

One Blood Dollar

Art Workers' Coalition

Multiple produced c. 1970 by the Art Workers'''' Coalition (AWC) in the form of a single sided one dollar bill titled "ONE BLOOD DOLLAR" featuring an illustration of Rockefeller in place of George Washington with text above it reading "KEEP CULTURE CLEAN. ... [details]

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Art-Language
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 21.5 x 13.9
  • 36 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Language

Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1970)

Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, Joseph Kosuth, Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, Roger Cutforth, Graham J. Howard, Bernard Bihari

June 1970 issue of Art-Language edited by Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, and Joseph Kosuth. Contents include: "Proceedings: Society for Theoretical Art and Analyses," by Ian Burn, Mel Ramsden, and Roger Cutforth; "Art Enquiry (2)," by Mel Ramsden; "(i) Concerning Some Theories and their Worlds," by Graham J. ... [details]

Oxon, United Kingdom: Art & Language Press,
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$250.00
Condition:  Fine. Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39723]
Art-Language
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 13.5 x 21.5 cm
  • 88 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Language

Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1970)

Art & Language, Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, Joseph Kosuth, Frederic Barthelme, Stephen McKenna, Ian Burn, Robert Brown, David Hirons, Michael Thompson, Mel Ramsden

February 1970 issue of Art-Language edited by Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, and American editor Joseph Kosuth. Contents include: "Introductory note by the American Editor," by Joseph Kosuth; "Untitled," by David Bainbridge; "Three from May 23rd, 1969," by Frederic Barthelme; "Notes on Marat," by Stephen McKenna; "Plans and Procedures," by Michael Baldwin; "Dialogue," by Ian Burn; "Moto-Spiritale," by Robert Brown-David Hirons; "From an Art & Language Point of View," by Terry Atkinson; "Concerning Interpretations of the Bainbridge/Hurrell Models," by Terry Atkinson; "Notes on Atkinson's 'Concerning Interpretation of the Bainbridge/ Hurrell Models,'" by Harold Hurrell; "Sculptures and Devices," by Harold Hurrell; "Conceptual Art: Category & Action," by Michael Thompson; and "Notes on Genealogies," by Mel Ramsden. [details]

Oxon, United Kingdom: Art & Language Press,
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$150.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light rubbing and yellowing of covers with light edge wear and minimal soiling of verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39725]
Limites Critiques
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 27 x 18 cm.
  • [12] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Limites Critiques

Daniel Buren

Artist's book by Daniel Buren with a three-panel color fold-out. Text in French. [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Good. Very light rubbing and faint soiling across covers. 2.5 x 2.5 cm. MoMA pricing sticker on verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39718]
Studio International
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 30.6 x 24 cm.
  • 240 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Studio International

Vol. 179, No. 922 (May 1970)

Charles Harrison, Alexander Liberman, Henryk Gotlib, Michael Moynihan, Buckminster Fuller, Jonathan Benthall, William Tucker, Hans-Jürgen Müller , Robert Kudielka, Gene Baro, Helene Winer, Gilbert & George, John Russell, Mark Haworth-Booth, Peter Fuller, Ian Dunlop, Fernand Léger, John Golding, Ronald Alley, Pablo Picasso, Robert Graham, Joan Miró, Martin Bloch, Donald Judd

May 1970 issue of Studio International. Edited by Charles Harrison. Contents include: "In the Land of My Own Vision," by Henryk Gotlib; "Gilbert & George," by Michael Moynihan; "An Interview with Buckminster Fuller," by Jonathan Benthall; Four Sculptors (Part 2): Picasso Cubist Constructions," by William Tucker; "Sociology of an Art Boom: I-The Background to the Flourishing German Art Market" and "II From Survival to Success: An Interview with Hans-Jürgen Müller," by Robert Kudielka; "Liberman: The Art of Amplitude," by Gene Baro; "Robert Graham's Boxes," by Helene Winer; "A Magazine Sculpture," by Gilbert & George which includes "Underneath the Arches (The most intelligent fascinating serious and beautiful art piece you have ever seen)" and the censored "George the [cunt] / Gilbert the [shit]" magazine sculptures ; "Miró's Sculptures," by John Russell; "Victorians at Manchester," by Mark Haworth-Booth; "Martin Bloch Re-Assessed," by Ronald Alley. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Studio International,
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$150.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Rubbing, bumping, and light soiling of covers with curve to spine edge and bumping of corners. Pages are yellowed, contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39624]
Studio International
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 31 x 24 cm.
  • 64 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Studio International

Vol. 180, No. 924 (July / August 1970)

Seth Siegelaub, David Antin, Dan Graham, Harold Cohen, John Baldessari, Richard Serra, Eleanor Antin, Fred Lonidier, George Nicolaidis, Keith Sonnier, Germano Celant, Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Mario Merz, Giuseppe Penono, Emilio Prini, Pistoletto, Gilberto Zorio, Michel Claura, Daniel Buren, Charles Harrison, Keith Arnatt, Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, Victor Burgin, Barry Flanagan, Joseph Kosuth, John Latham, Reolof Louw, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Barry, Stephen Kaltenbach, Lawrence Weiner, On Kawara, Sol LeWitt, Douglas Huebler, N.E. Thing Co., Frederick Barthelme, Hans Strelow, Jan Dibbets, Hanne Darboven

This issue of Studio International contains a 48-page "exhibition" organized by Seth Siegelaub: "The content of the 48-page exhibition in this issue was organized by requesting six critics to each edit an 8-page section of the magazine, and in turn, to make available their section to the artist(s) that interest them. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Studio International,
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$300.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. 1.5 cm. tear to bottom of spine and 2 cm. tear to top edge of spine. 2.7 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto. 28.2 cm. blue pencil or ink mark on verso. Rubbing of cover edges. Bumping of top right corner of covers and pages. Names of 6 artists on contents page circled in black ink, pages yellowed, contents otehrwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39626]
LAAIR [ aka : LA AIR ]
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • color
  • 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
  • [12] pp.
  • edition size 1200 (elsewhere given at 1000)
  • unsigned and unnumbered

LAAIR [ aka : LA AIR ]

Bruce Nauman

Artist's book composed of color photographs illustrating various qualities of air in Southern California. Within the book Bruce Nauman presents eight full-page photo-reproductions of the atmosphere. Facsimile signature on verso -- don't let anybody tell you this publication is actually signed by Nauman. ... [details]

New York, NY: Multiples Inc.,
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$800.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light rubbing of covers with some fingerprint markings on recto, a 1.5 cm. scratch to upper right corner and 5 mm. of bumping to upper edge. 7 cm. yellow staining to inside of recto at spine. Light dinging of pages, contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36683]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white & color
  • 27.8 x 21.5 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

"To the friends of the Gallery" : Press Release Announcing the Closure of Howard Wise Gallery

Howard Wise

Press release / letter "To the friends of the Gallery," by Howard Wise, published December 16, 1970 announcing the closure of Howard Wise Gallery following the closing of the exhibition "Three Sounds," by Howard Jones on December 19, 1970. ... [details]

$500.00
Condition:  Very Good. Folded in three as issued for mailing. 4 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner and additional light bumping and creasing of corners. 5 mm. tear to right side edge of letter. 1.1 cm. of yellow staining to recto and light yellowing of verso.
[Object # 39574]
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