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It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • other special feature[s]
  • black-and-white & color
  • 28.8 x 22.9 cm.
  • 64 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 1 (Spring 1958)

Sabastian Gallo, Landis Lewitin, Michael Lakakis, Reubin Nakian, Philip Guston, William de Kooning, Ad Reinholt, Ernie Briggs, Enrico Donati, John Ferren, Robert Goodnough, Raoul Hague, David Hare, Carl Holty, Angelo Ippolito, Franz Kline, Elaine de Kooning, Al Kotin, Ibram Lassaw, Mercedes Matter, Constantino Nivola, Ray Parker, Milton Resnick, James Rosati, Ludwig Sander, David Slivka, George Spaventa, Estaban Vincente, Alfred Duhrssen, Ray Parker, Jack Tworkov, Wilfred Zogbaum, Hubert Crehan, Michael Goldberg, Nicholas Marsicano, E.A. Navaretta, Ad Reinhardt, Ruthven Todd, P.G. Pavia

First issue of six issues published of "It Is: A Magazine for Abstract Art." Director and collator: Sebastian Gallo. Contents include: "Recent Attacks on Abstract Art," by Hubert Crehan; "The Canvas Plane, or Onwards and Upwards," by Michael Goldberg; "Drawing the Figure," by Nicholas Marsicano; "Ambiance and Abstract Sculpture," by E. ... [details]

$300.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Repaired and moisture damaged copy. 12.2 cm. area of yellow soiling to top edge and right side edge of recto. Removed cloth binding tape along spine edge and recto and verso at spine. Two 2 cm. tears to top edge of spine. Intact cloth binding tape to interior along inside front cover and title page and last page and inside back cover. 6 cm. of water staining to top corner of pages. 9 cm. business card from previous owners adhered to inside of back cover. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Sold "as-is."
[Object # 39826]
It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 28.9 x 23.6 cm.
  • 80 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 3 (Winter - Spring 1959)

P.G. Pavia, Hubert Crehan, Sidney Geist, Allen Ginsberg, Elaine de Kooning, Merle Marsicano, Mercedes Matter, George McNeil, John Stephan, May Natalie Tabak, Paul Brach, Kenneth Campbell, Enrico Donati, John Grillo, Hans Hoffman, Landis Lewitin, Robert Motherwell, Theodoros Stamos, George Sugarman, Fritz Bultman, Alfred Duhrssen, Ibram Lassaw, Kyle Morris, Georgine Oeri, Stefan Achilles, Peter Agostini, Alice Baber, Paul Brach, Fritz Bultman, Kenneth Campbell, Herbert Crehan, Nasso Daphnis, Enrico Donati, Helen Frankenthaler, John Ferren, Sam Francis, Jane Freilichter, Sidney Geist, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, John Grillo, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Hans Hoffmann, Paul Jenkins, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Fredrick Kiesler, William de Kooning, Landis Lewitin, William Littlefield, Michael Loew, Corrado Marca-Relli, Nicholas Marsicano, Mercedes Matter, George McNeil, Robert Motherwell, Kyle Morris, Felix Pasilis, Ad Reinhardt, Milton Resnick, Ludwig Sander, Abram Schlamowitz, David Smith, Raymond Spillinger, Theodoros Stamos, Joseph Stephanelli, John Stephan, George Sugarman

Issue number three (of six issues published) of "It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art," published between 1958 and 1965. Edited by P.G. Pavia. Contents include: "A Little Room for Feeling," by Hubert Crehan; "Face Front," by Sidney Geist; "Abstraction in Poetry," by Allen Ginsberg; "Editor of a Hearsay Panel," by Elaine de Kooning; "Thoughts on the Dance," by Merle Marsicano; "Drawing," by Mercedes Matter; "Spontaneity," by George McNeil; "Manifesto-In-Progress III," by P. ... [details]

$450.00
Condition:  Good. Rubbing of cover edges. Artist's [likely, Walter De Maria] studio copy with silver paint stains on verso with handprint and silver paint along text block edge, bleeding over slightly onto pages. 1.5 cm. yellow soiling to page 11. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39439]
Artists Talk on Art : An Opportunity for Artists to Meet, Talk and Listen to Each Other
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 27.8 x 21.6 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Artists Talk on Art : An Opportunity for Artists to Meet, Talk and Listen to Each Other

Lori Antonacci, Bruce Barton, Corinne Robins, Irving Sandler, Doug Sheer, Bob Wiegand, Nicolas Calas, Mon Levinson, Pat Mainardi, Therese Schwartz, Robert Slutzky, Babara Aziz, Hank DeRicco, Lenny Horowitz, Irv Kriesberg, David Weinreb, Doris Diether, Charles Leslie, Gerald Ordover, Laurin Raiken, Kathy Silva, Robert Kaupelis, Mel Bochner, Stephen Greene, Mercedes Matter, Lowell Nesbitt, Richard Rubin, Tom Clancy, Mel Edwards, Chris Gianakos, Nancy Grossman, Sal Scarpitta, Julius Tobias, Burt Chernow, Nick Krushenick, Stuart Shedletsky, Shirlann Smith

April / May 1975 calendar of events for the "Artists Talk on Art" series which took place in SoHo, New York City. "Artists Talk on Art" committee included Lori Antonacci, Bruce Barton, Corinne Robins, Irving Sandler, Doug Sheer and Bob Wiegand. ... [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Folded in three as issued with light creasing along right side of bottom fold. Additional light yellowing of bottom left corner of recto and 4 cm. light area of yellowing in upper left of page. Otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36980]
$65.00
Condition:  Good. Folded in three as issued. Yellowing along fold edges and light overall soiling. Additional light edge-wear including creasing along right side edge.
[Object # 36978]
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