As part of the theatrical presentations of the Festival of Avant-garde Art in November-December 1960, I have decided to present the ultimate form of collective theater: a dimanche for everybody. ... [details]
Flyer / announcement published in conjunction with "A Concert of New Music" held March 14, 1960. The night of performances included "Sound Piece 1958" by Allan Kaprow; "Card Piece for Voice" by George Brecht; "Telephone Music" by Robert Rauschenberg; "Symphonie Pastorale" by Richard Maxfield; "Suite for Toy Piano" by John Cage; "Bibbe's Tao" by Al Hansen; "Cough Music" by Maxfield; "Music for a While" by John Herbert McDowell; "Imaginary Landscape No. ... [details]
Single page program for "A Concert of New Music" held March 14, 1960. Features "Sound Piece 1958" by Allan Kaprow; "Card Piece for Voice" by George Brecht; "Telephone Music" by Robert Rauschenberg; "A sequence of stuttering records from the Ray Johnson / Dorothy Podber Collection"; "Symphonie Pastorale" by Richard Maxfield; "Suite for Toy Piano" by John John Cage; "Bibbe's Tao" by Al Hansen; "Cough Music" by Maxfield; "Music for a While" by John Herbert McDowell; "Imaginary Landscape No. ... [details]
Collection of four John McLaughlin documents including a typewritten biography of the artist [1960], a two-page typewritten artist's statement by McLaughlin (referenced in the biography) also from 1960, and two copies of the text of articles written on the work of McLaughlin: "John McLaughlin, Retrospective 1946 - 1975," by Fidel Danieli, Artweek, September 21, 1975 (mimeographed); and "John McLaughlin, Hard Edge and American Painting," by John Coplans, Artforum, Vol. ... [details]
Trifold exhibition announcement mailer / poster published in conjunction with Happenings held January 8 - 11, 1960. Happenings include "Fireman's Dream," by Red Grooms ; "The Big Laugh," by Allan Kaprow ; "Small Canon," by Robert Whitman. [details]
Linoleum cut flyer / announcement published in conjunction with a happening held nightly at 9pm at the Delancey St. Museum, February 3 - 7, [1960]. [details]
Claes Oldenburg's "Portfolio / Three Poems by Claes Oldenburg" published as contribution to Exodus issue number 3. This version issued as a standalone booklet. Contains one-page biography of Oldenburg, reproduction of four full-page "Street" drawings, and "Three Poems by Claes Oldenburg. ... [details]
Artist's book published on the occasion of Claes Oldenburg's "Ray Gun Spex" performances held at Judson Memorial Church, New York, in [1960]. [details]
Oversized flyer issued in conjunction with show held December 13, 1960 - January 7, 1961. Exhibition included works by John Chamberlain, Mark di Suvero, Richard Stankiewicz, Robert Beauchamp, Julius Hatofsky, Sally Hazelet, Patricia Passloff, Lilly Brody, Aristodimos Kaldis, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Lucas Samaras, Lester Johnson, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Whitman, Philip Wofford, Myron Stout, Felix Pasilis, Miles Forst, and Jean Follett. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held [June 6 - 24], 1960. Foreword by Martha Jackson. Texts "Junk Culture as Tradition" by Lawrence Alloway, and "Some Observations on Contemporary Art" by Allan Kaprow. ... [details]