It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 2 (Autumn 1958)

Sabastian Gallo, P.G. Pavia, John Asher, Morton Feldman, John Ferren, Aristodimos Kaldis, Piet Mondrian, E.A. Navaretta, Ray Parker, Fairfield Porter, George Cavallon, Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, Peter Agostini, James Brooks, Norman Bluhm, Peter Busa, Herman Cherry, Edward Dugmore, John Ferren, Perle Fine, Michael Goldberg, Sidney Gordin, Philip Guston, Paul Jenkins, Gabriel Kohn, William de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Israel Levitan, Linda Lindeberg, Michael Loew, alfred Leslie, Joan Mitchell, Corrado Marca-Relli, Alfonso Ossario, Charlotte Park, Ray Parker, Patricia Passloff, Robert Rauschenberg, Raymond Rocklin, Ludwig Sander, Richard Stankiewicz, Jack Tworkov, Estaban Vincente, Wilfred Zogbaum, Dore Ashton, Stanley Breul, Alfred Duhrssen, Thomas B. Hess, Harold Rosenberg, Bob Richtenberg, Friedel Dzubas, Al Held, Harry Holzman, Martin James, John Koenig, Elaine de Kooning, Nicholas Marsicano, Ad Reinhardt, Irving Sandler

Issue number two out (of six issues published) of the periodical It is. published from 1958 - 1965. Collated by P.G. Pavlia, directed by Sebastian Gallo. Contents include: "Dialogue Found in Brooklyn Cellar," by John Asher; "Sound, Noise, Varese and Boulez," by Morton Feldman; "On Innocence in Abstract Painting," by John Ferren; "Glossary," by Aristodimos Kaldis; "4 Excerpts," by Piet Mondrian; "Artaud: Review/Essay," by E. ... [details]

Invitation : Preview of the Exhibition of New Paintings by Franz Kline

Franz Kline

Poster published in conjunction with show held May 19 - June 14, 1958. [details]

Program for Lucia Dlugoszewski at The Five Spot [Music for Small Centers / Here and Now with Watchers / Possible Motives or Manifestoes]

Lucia Dlugoszewski

Program for Lucia Dlugoszewski first solo performance held at the Five Spot in New York City in 1958. Program includes notes for "Music for Small Centers," "Here and Now with Watchers," and "Possible Motives or Manifestoes. ... [details]

New Paintings by Rothko

Mark Rothko

Oversized folded announcement published in conjunction with show held January 27 - February 22, 1958. Interior features color image of Rothko's painting "Earth-green and White," 1957. [details]

Semina 4

Wallace Berman, Philip Lamantia, Charles Brittin, Ron Loewinsohn, William Blake, William S Burroughs, David Meltzer, W.B. Yeats, Beverly Collins, Allen Ginsberg, Judson Crews, John Chance, Ray Bremser, I.E. Alexander, Stuart Z. Perkoff, Charles Foster, John Wieners, Pierre Jean Jouve, Robert Kaufman, Michael McClure, Idell T. Romero, Jules Supervielle, Qian Sima, Pantale Xanthos, John Reed, Howard Shulman, Charles Guenther

Issue four of the periodical Semina, edited Wallace Berman. Issue four includes 23 loose inserts with poems Philip Lamantia, Charles Brittin, Ron Loewinsohn, William Blake, William S Burroughs, David Meltzer, W. ... [details]

Semina 3

Wallace Berman, Michael McClure

Issue number three of the Semina, published and edited by Wallace Berman. Issue three incorporates text by Michael McClure, printed as an accordion folded text affixed to the inside rear cover the of publication. ... [details]

Ellsworth Kelly Galerie Maeght

Ellsworth Kelly

Poster published in conjunction with show held at Galerie Maeght, Paris, October 24 - November, 30, 1958. [details]

The Third Harry Partch Subscription Fund

Harry Partch

Single fold pamphlet / brochure for The Third Harry Partch Subscription Fund, issued in July 1, 1958. The fund was an effort by Harry Partch to crowdfund the pressing of his record "US. Highball" and offset associated costs. [details]

Looking Back : Exhibition of Older and Present Work by 13 Artists

Dorothy G. Voss, Paul Georges, Boris Lurie, William Gambini, Tom Young, Lester Johnson, Augustus Goertz, Sam Goodman, Rocco Armento, Alice Baber, Budd Hopkins, Ray Spillenger, Felix Pasilis, Matsumi Kanemitsu

Poster / announcement published in conjunction with show held May 2 - 21, 1958. Essay by Dorothy G. Voss. Artists included Paul Georges, Boris Lurie, William Gambini, Tom Young, Lester Johnson, Augustus Goertz, Sam Goodman, Rocco Armento, Alice Baber, Budd Hopkins, Ray Spillenger, Felix Pasilis and Matsumi Kanemitsu. [details]