• 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
Funk Lessons : A Collaborative Experiment in Cross-Cultural Transfusion
  • poster
  • offset-printed
  • color
  • 61 x 46 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Funk Lessons : A Collaborative Experiment in Cross-Cultural Transfusion

Adrian Piper

Poster designed by Adrian Piper published in conjunction with performance by the artist held March 23, 1984. Poster comprised of detail from William Bootsy Collins's 1982 album cover for the LP "The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away," featuring a photograph of Collins by Phillip Dixon. [details]

San Francisco, CA: New Langton Arts,
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$7,500.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Folded in four as issued, mailed copy with mild mailing marks and mailing wear, address sticker on verso. This copy mailed to pioneering curator William Olander, then acting director and curator of modern art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Creasing and rubbing along fold lines with some light handling wear and light edge wear. Two pinholes in top left and right corner of unfolded poster. 2 cm. area of erased pencil marking on verso. Otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 6385]
East Village Eye
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 15.5 x 27.5 cm.
  • 62 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

East Village Eye

Art Special : Complete East Village Gallery Listing / (October 1984)

Leonard Abrams, Sue Coe, Sylvia Falcon, Paul Smith, Michael Kohn, Martin Wong, Yasmin Ramirez-Harwood, Jack Bankowsky, Collins & Milazzo [Tracia Colllins & Richard Milazzo], Keiko Bonk, Robin Graubard, Walter Robinson, Spencer Rumsey, Jeff Gottesfeld, Jim Jarmusch, Tessa Hughes-Freeland, Bill T. Jones, Arnie Zane , Craig Bromberg, Glenn O'Brien, Philippe Garnier

October 1984 special "Art Special" issue of East Village Eye. Edited by Leonard Abrams. Contents include: "Sue Coe," an interview with Sylvia Falcon; "Political Art at ABC NO RIO," by Paul Smith; "The East Village in History," by Michael Kohn; "Martin Wong," interviewed by Yasmin Ramirez-Harwood; "Alice Albert," by Jack Bankowsky; "Steven Parrino," by Collins & Milazzo; "Gallery Listings," edited by Philippo; "Centerfold: 'Untitled,'" by Keiko Bonk; "Graffiti Books," by Yasmin Ramirez-Harwood; "Out in the East Village," by Robin Graubard, Walter Robinson, and others; "Heat Street: Homesteaders or Squatters," by Spencer Rumsey and Jeff Gottesfeld; "Permanent Vocation: An Interview with Director Jim Jarmusch," by Tessa Hughes-Freeland; "Performance: Speak My Language," Bill T. ... [details]

$125.00
Condition:  Good. Folded in two, unevenly. 1.8 cm. loss and tearing to top right corner of recto. 4 mm. tear to top left edge of recto. Tearing along top edge of verso. Bumping of corners. Rubbing of cover and pages edges. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 5626]
[ Black Flag / Saccharine Trust Summer Tour ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 17.6 x 10 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag / Saccharine Trust Summer Tour ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Saccharine Trust, Henry Rollins, Dez Cadena

Two-sided announcement card for the Black Flag / Saccharine Trust Summer [1984] tour featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon and text of a conversation between [Henry Rollins] and [Dez Cadena]. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$100.00
Condition:  Good. Moderate handling wear including 3.3 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner, 1.5 cm. dog-ear to top left corner, and 1.7 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto. Light yellowing of verso.
[Object # 22928]
[ Black Flag at the Hollywood Paladium [ Slip It In ] / Sat Nov 17 ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 27.9 x 21.6 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag at the Hollywood Paladium [ Slip It In ] / Sat Nov 17 ]

Black Flag

Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag. held at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, Saturday, November 17, [1984]. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$200.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Folded in eight. Significant handling wear and yellowing across recto and verso. Otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 22885]
[ Black Flag at Perkins Palace / Sat. May 5 1984 ] [ Small ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 14.5 x 11.2 cm
  • [1] p.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag at Perkins Palace / Sat. May 5 1984 ] [ Small ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, Nig-Heist

Postcard sized handbill / flyer for performance by Black Flag with the Meat Puppets and Nig-Heist, held at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, Saturday, May 5, [1984], featuring drawing by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. Hand-addressed mailed copy with mailing marks and mailing wear. 1984 postmark on recto and verso. Surface tearing from removed tape on four corners of verso. Creasing of bottom right corner of recto and adhesive marking on top right corner of recto.
[Object # 11490]
[ Black Flag at the Hollywood Paladium [ new romantics also self mutilate ] ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • monochrome
  • 21.5 x 13.7 cm
  • [1] p.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag at the Hollywood Paladium [ new romantics also self mutilate ] ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, The Ramones, Minutemen

Small-scale black-and-white Handbill / flyer for performance by Black Flag, The Ramones, and Minutemen, held at the Hollywood Paladium, Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 17, [1984]. Featuring drawing by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$250.00
Condition:  Fair. Printed on yellow paper. 5.8 cm. stain to top left corner with 1 cm. of loss to bottom left corner of flyer. Tape marks on four corners of verso. Additional staining.
[Object # 39618]
[ Black Flag / New Releases / Upcoming Gigs / July 6 – 20 ]
  • ephemera
  • photocopy / xeroxed
  • monochrome
  • 28 x 21.6 cm
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag / New Releases / Upcoming Gigs / July 6 – 20 ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Saccharine Trust, Saint Vitus, Meat Puppets, DC3

Flyer / handbill for Black Flag performance schedule of gigs by Black Flag, Saccharine Trust, Saint Vitus, Meat Puppets, DC3, and others held July 6 – 20, [1984], featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. Mailed copy with mailing marks and mailing wear. Folded in three for mailing with staple holes. Wear to corners and additional light handling wear. Otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 11347]
[ Black Flag at Twilite Room [
  • ephemera
  • photocopy / xeroxed
  • black-and-white
  • 21.6 x 13.8 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag at Twilite Room [ "My War" ] / Friday, March 30th ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, Nig Heist

Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Meat Puppets, and Nig Heist, held at Twilite Room, Dallas, TX, Friday, March 30, [1984], featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. Folded in four with handling wear and dog-ears to three of the four corners of flyer. Clean and unmarked.
[Object # 22882]
[ Black Flag With The Ramones and Minutemen at the Hollywood Paladium [ If Punx Would Unite... / We Could Do (A)ny Thing! ] / Sat. Nov. 17 ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • monochrome
  • 21.5 x 14.5 cm
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag With The Ramones and Minutemen at the Hollywood Paladium [ If Punx Would Unite... / We Could Do (A)ny Thing! ] / Sat. Nov. 17 ]

Raymond Pettibon, Black Flag, The Ramones, Minutemen

Handbill / flyer printed in black ink on green paper for performance by Black Flag, The Ramones, and Minutemen held at the Hollywood Paladium, Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 17, [1984]. Featuring drawing by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$350.00
Condition:  Good. Pinholes in corners of flyer with some adjacent rusting and rubbing from pins. 3 cm. of soiling to recto with small loss to right side edge. 2 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner. Clear tape on each corner of verso.
[Object # 11355]
[ Black Flag at Perkins Palace / May 5 Saturday ]
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 21.5 x 17.4 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

[ Black Flag at Perkins Palace / May 5 Saturday ]

Raymond Pettibon, Meat Puppets, Nig Heist

Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Meat Puppets, and Nig Heist held at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, Saturday, May 5, [1984], featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon. [details]

Lawndale, CA: SST Records,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. Folded in four. 11 cm. crease to bottom left corner. Additional creasing and moderate to significant handling wear. Clean and unmarked.
[Object # 22883]
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