Issue edited by Philip Leider. Essays "Frank Stella's New Paintings," by Michael Fried; "David Smith at the Tate," by Max Kozloff; "Distillation," by E.C. Goossen; "Abstract Expressionism in Ceramics," by John Coplans; "'Systemic' Painting," by Robert Pincus-Witten; "The New Whitney: The Building," by Michael Brawne; "The New Whitney: The Show," by Barbara Rose; "'Eccentric Abstraction,'" by David Antin; "'Four' in L.A.," by Fidel A. Danieli; "Tom Holland at Richmond," by E.M. Polley. Reviews "Photography," by Margery Mann; "Los Angeles," by Estelle Kurzen; "San Francisco," by James Monte. Production design by Eddie Russia [Edward Ruscha].