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]

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]

Subscription form for "It is. - A New Magazine For Abstract Art" [It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art]

Announcement / subscription from for Spring 1958 issue of "It is. A new magazine for abstract art." Notes the magazine will include "Not Surreal / No Neo-Impressionism / Not Representational / No journalism," but will include "Artists' Notebooks / Artists' Journals / Artists' Discussions / Artists' Panels / Artists' Problems / Artists' Statements / Artists' Artists. ... [details]

It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 6 (Autumn 1965)

Kadish, Ibram Lassaw, Phillip Pavia, James Rosati, Bernard Rosenthal, David Slivka, Isamu Noguchi, Claes Oldenburg, George Segal, George Sugarman, James Wines, Peter Agostini, Calvin Albert, Mary Bonnell, Louise Bourgeois, Fritz Bultman, Kenneth Campbell, Nicolas Carone, Herbert Ferber, John Ferren, Peter Grippe, John Grillo, Raoul Hague, David Hare, Elaine de Kooning, Stanley Kearl, Michael Lekakis, Ibram Lassaw, Robert Mallary, Enzio Martinelli, Louise Nevelson, Canstantino Nivola, Savatore Scarpitta, Jason Seley, George Segal, David Slivka, Sahl Swarz, Gene Vass, William Zogbaum, Natalie Edgar, Isobel Grossman, John McMahon

Issue number six of six issues published between 1958 and 1965. Includes lengthily transcript of a two part panel discussion held by the Eighth-Street Club on February 17, 1965 and March 17, 1965. Edited by Natalie Edgar, Isobel Grossman, John McMahon. ... [details]

It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 5 (Spring 1960)

P.G. Pavia, Norman Bluhm, Stanley Breul, Barbara Bulter, Alfred Duhrssen, Mathias Goeritz, David Hare, Thomas B. Hess, Hoseki Shin'ichi, Hisamatsu, Hans Hofmann, Paul Jenkins, Lester Johnson, William Littlefield, E. Matta, Harlod Rosenberg, Alfred Russell, Jon Schueler, Jack Tworkov, Robert Vaughan, David Young

Issue number five out of six issues, published between 1958 and 1965. Texts by P.G. Pavia, Norman Bluhm, Stanley Breul, Barbara Bulter, Alfred Duhrssen, Mathias Goeritz, David Hare, Thomas B. Hess, Hoseki Shin'ichi, Hisamatsu, Hans Hofmann, Paul Jenkins, Lester Johnson, William Littlefield, E. ... [details]

It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art

No. 4 (Autumn 1959)

P.G. Pavia, Peter Agostini, Mary Bonnell, Peter Busa, Emil Hess, Alfred Jensen, Elaine de Kooning, Albert Kotin, John Little, Adja Yunkers, William Baziotes, Robert Goldwater, Jack Tworkov, Andre Breton, John Cage, Sari Dienes, Thomas B. Hess, Hans Hofmann, Harry Holtzman, Allan Kaprow, Frederick J. Kiesler, Kermit Lansner, Nicholas Marsicano, Ad Reinhardt, Jeanne Reynal, John Stephan, James J. Sweeney, Mary Abbott, Peter Agostini, Williams Baziotes, Janice Biala, Mary Bonnell, Peter Busa, Nicholas Carone, Francesco di Cocco, Edward Corbett, Sari Dienes, Enrico Donati, John Ferren, Sam Francis, Ilse Getz, Sidney Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Emil Hess, Hans Hofmann, Harry Holtzman, Alfred Jensen, Aristodimos Kaldis, Allan Kaprow, Frederick J. Kiesler, Franz Kline, Elaine de Kooning, Albert Kotkin, Nicholas Krushnick, Ibram Lassaw, John Little, Carrado Marca-Relli, Nicholas Mariscano, Knox Martin, Alice Mason, Constantino Nivola, Stephen Pace, Raymond Parker, Domenico Paulon, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Richenburg, Jeanne Reynal, Mark Rothko, John Saccaro, Thomas Sills, John Stephan, Sal Sirugo, Jack Tworkov, Adja Yunkers, Wilfrid Zogbaum

Issue number four out of six issues, published from 1958 - 1965. Edited by P.G. Pavia. Artists statements by Peter Agostini, Mary Bonnell, Peter Busa, Emil Hess, Alfred Jensen, Elaine de Kooning, Albert Kotin, John Little, and Adja Yunkers. ... [details]