Solana Beach, California: the artist, 1971. An original, unmailed card from Eleanor Antin's series of 51 postcards mailed between March 15, 1971, and July 9, 1973. This one, the 32nd in the narrative, was taken at "The Pillbox," California, on September 8, 1971. Photography by Philip Steinmetz. 11.5 x 17.8..... More
Solana Beach, California: the artist, 1971. An original, unmailed card from Eleanor Antin's series of 51 postcards mailed between March 15, 1971, and July 9, 1973. This one, the 32nd in the narrative, was taken on Route 101 in California, on February 9, 1971. Photography by Phel Steinmetz. 11.5 x...... More
La Jolla, California: The Nexus, 1964. Auerhahn Press publication 36 (p. 80 in the bibliography). 16 pp. 22 x 9.8 cm. Letterpress: covers on wine-colored, laid Fabriano, with semi-circular trail of Weiss flowers; text on wove Saturn Book. A holiday catalogue issued by a La Jolla bookdealer. Describes books from..... More
![Item #01916 A few rays of hope: Baldessari, Brach, Cohen, Harrison, Schapiro, Todd [poster]. John...](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/01916.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644615280)
La Jolla, California: University of California, San Diego, Art Gallery, [1968]. Poster. Offset lithograph printed in black with light blue sky on uncoated white paper. 46.5 cm x 59.7 cm / 18.3 in x 23.5 in. John Baldessari designed this subtly witty poster for a 1968 group show of artists..... More
Santa Ana [? Probably Orange], California: Purcell Art Gallery, Chapman College, February 21 - March 16, 1968. Poster. Offset lithograph in black on thin, metallic silver paper. 43 x 55.9 cm / 16.9 x 22 in. Verso blank. Folded in four. A two-man show, curated by artist Harold Gregor, then..... More
Los Angeles: Margo Leavin, 1971. Serigraph in yellow and orange blending into violet. Dazzling. 28 x 21 in. / 71. x 53.5 cm. Never folded, but some soft lateral creases. Near fine. More
Larkspur, California: the artist,1959. 350 handmade copies. Printed folder 18.8 x 12.3 cm closed, with a printed pocket inside the rear cover containing 18 (i.e., 21) printed poems and visual works, ranging in size from 9.9 x 9 cm to 16.3 x 9.3 cm and 12 x 12.5 cm. There..... More
Los Angeles: Artforum 1966. Color cover of "Piece," 1965, by Wallace Berman, with a related article: "Wallace Berman's Verifax collages." Other articles include: John Jacobus: "Architecture, 1965"; Barbara Rose interviewing Jack Youngerman; "Claes Oldenburg: Extracts from the Studio Notes"; Linda Nochlin on Munch; and Nancy Marmer on David Smith. A...... More
Los Angeles: High Performance, 1979. The very rare, fifth issue of the leading periodical on performance art. Profusely illustrated. 62 pp., including a gatefold. Decorated paper covers. 27.7 x 21.5 cm. The covers feature Chris Burden's "Studio Tour" and "Bed Piece." Pages 2-15 are devoted to articles by and on..... More
Los Angeles: Aztlan Multiples [print workshop] for United Farm Workers, 1984. One of two dazzling silkscreen posters produced for the exhibition "Australia: nine contemporary artists" at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA). The other was "Organizar." The show was part of the 1984 Olympics Arts Festival. The only..... More
San Francisco, 1964. In 1963, when Ed Ruscha published Twentysix Gasoline Stations, his first book, he sent two copies to the U.S. Copyright Office, one to establish copyright, the other destined for the collection of the Library of Congress. Great! Recognition for the young artist. As you might imagine, LC..... More
![Item #74852 Journal. [Alternate title: LAICA Journal.] Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary...](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/74852.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1545182491)
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1974-1987. Complete run, mostly in fine condition, of one of the liveliest and most interesting art periodicals of the 1970s and 1980s. “The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art is a new concept designed to be a catalyst for the support and recognition of..... More
[Topanga Canyon, California: the artists, 1985]. White card 10.8 x 16.4 cm. Hand-stamped in purple "L-O-V-E" in the four corners, and in red, down the center, "1985 | new life | vehicle for meaning | pearls of the unknown | eloquent silence | and a rheostat | for every thing."..... More
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1964. Profusely illustrated (with 1 plate in color). 58 pp. Original paper covers. 27 x 26.5 cm. The cover, printed in black on a metallic silver background, is an homage to Warhol's own compositions: a grid of six copies of Hopper's portrait of Andy Warhol in dark..... More
[No place]: Michael McClure, 1965; San Francisco: [1967]. Poster: Blue and red on offwhite paper, with quotations from Norman Mailer, Kenneth Tynan, and Allen Ginsberg. 27.9 x 21.5 cm. Book: Glossy white cover with titling in blue and photos of Jean Harlow (front) and Billy the Kid (rear) in light..... More
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1967. Ed Ruscha's characteristically witty wedding announcement shows him asleep in a large, rumpled bed with two coeds. The full-page photo by Jerry McMillan is on p. 7 of this issue. The contents include: Gothic parallels, by Sidney Tillim; Olitski and shape, by Michael Fried; Manet at..... More
San Francisco Chronicle; [prob. 1966]. Announcing the Sixth Annual World Championship Domino Tournament, sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle in the Domino Rooms of the San Francisco Commercial Club, Saturday, February 18, 1967. Single sheet of thick laid paper printed in black and gray. 35.5 x 27.9 cm. Folded crosswise..... More
![Item #30001 No sun without shadow: the art of Harry Sternberg. [By] Ellen Fleurov. Harry...](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1545182491)
Escondido, CA: California Center for the Arts, 2000. 1000 copies. Decorated paper covers.. 27.9 x 22.8 cm. 148 pp., including 62 plates (36 in color) & 53 illustrations (2 in color). New. **The first comprehensive monograph on the seven-decade career of the "passionate humanist" Harry Sternberg. His work runs the..... More
