New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1965. The first of four issues of this influential little magazine. Contributors include the editors, Arthur J.O. Anderson. Paul Blackburn, Pauline Chatterton, Charles E. Dibble, George Dowden, Anselm Hollo, David Ignatow, Jackson Mac Low, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, and Diane Wakoski. Cover drawing in orange..... More
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1965. The second of four issues of this influential little magazine. Cover illustration is a sculpture by Robert Morris. Contributors include the editors, Ted Berrigan, George Brecht, Theodore Enslin, Emin Ercoglu, Clayton Eshleman, David Franks, Frank Kuenstler, Jackson Mac Low, Rochelle Owens, Margaret Randall, Caroll..... More
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1971. Richly illustrated in black and white. 80 pp. Paper covers with photo of Barry Le Va. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on David Tremlett, Bill Beckley, Joel Fisher, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Morris, Italo Scanga, Ulrich Ruckriem, George Trakas, and Barry Le Va..... More
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1972. Richly illustrated in black and white. 52 pp. Paper covers with photo of Yvonne Rainer. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, Jannis Kounellis, Phil Glass, Keith Sonnier, and Yvonne Rainer. "Avalanche "functioned as a gallery without walls that..... More
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1972. Richly illustrated in black and white. 52 pp. Paper covers with photo of Yvonne Rainer. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, Jannis Kounellis, Phil Glass, Keith Sonnier, and Yvonne Rainer. "Avalanche "functioned as a gallery without walls that..... More
New York: Kineticism Press, 1974. This is the first of five very rare tabloid issues printed on uncoated stock. 29 pp. + [7] pp. ads. Approximately 16 x 11-1/2 inches. Features on Vito Acconci, Robert Bell, Joseph Beuys, Ulrike Rosenbach, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Chris Burden, Willoughby Sharp..... 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, 1983]. Volume VI, no. 3, Fall 1982. Two unplayed 12-inch vinyl LPs in decorated pasteboard album. 12-1/4 inches square. Alternate title: "Artists doing songs" by the artists above, plus Jo Harvey Allen, Bob & Bob, Carole Caroompas, Bill Harding, Kipper Kids, Paul McCarthy, Michael Peppe, Bill..... 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 #69052 Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. LACKS the controversial Lynda...](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/69052.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1545182491)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become extremely rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. Only the leaf containing the advertisement is missing. The 6-page article about her is present, along with articles that may be of interest to other..... More
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New York: Artforum, 1974. This much-sought-after and vanishingly rare issue features on its second leaf a transgressive color photograph of the artist Lynda Benglis wearing sunglasses with white frames, a modest earring, a challenging expression, a nice coating of body oil, and a very convincing dildo at least a foot..... More
![Item #69053 Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue. Complete,...](https://mcgilvery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/69053.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1545182491)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become vanishingly rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are..... More
New York, 1973. Richly illustrated (part color). 95 pp. 27 x 26.5 cm. The entire issue is devoted to advanced cinema, with articles by Annette Michelson, Sergei Eisenstein(on Mayakovsky), Paul Arthur, Roland Barthes, Phoebe Cohen, Noel Carroll, Rosalind Krauss, Fred Camper, Hollis Frampton, and a Brakhage filmography by Joyce Rheuban..... 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
New York: Art-Rite Publishing Co., 1973-1978. Newsprint with self covers. All issues roughly letter size. Normal condition is browned at the edges with some signs of handling. No. 21, the virtually unobtainable final issue, is a facsimile. The original consisted only of a cover, with no contents. Judy Rifka decorated..... More
Zürich [later Lugano, Switzerland]: James Fitzsimmons, 1956-1984. An unbroken run of 72 very early issues (80 numbers + 3 duplicates) of this superb periodical, partially bound somewhat irregularly in three half-leather and red cloth volumes plus separate copies in the original covers, See below for details. Approx. 35 x 25..... More
New York: View Editions, 1946. Geometric cover design by John Tunnard. Illustrations by Tchelitchew, Chagall, Oscar Dominguez, and Charles Rain. 22 pp. Decorated paper covers. 30.8 x 23.5 cm. Text includes "A sleepy tune," and "Some notes on Shakespeare," by Edith Sitwell; "The circular ruins," by Jorge Luis Borges; "My..... More
Bruxelles: Imprimérie de "L'Expansion Belge." Published under several titles, 1922-1957. A couple of mild bumps, some tanning, name lightly on front cover. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
San Francisco: John Irwin, 1962-1963. 12 original issues, unbound as issued, in decorated paper covers. When the first sample copy of the June 1962 issue of Artforum arrived in the mail during the summer of 1962, with its mostly exclusive emphasis on California exhibitions, I thought it doomed. How wrong..... More
[New York?]. No ills. White on black cover + 12 leaves printed one side. Bound loosely with one staple at the top edge. Letter size, 28 x 21.7 cm. This ephemeral publication begins with a series of critical questions posed by Ann Stubbs to the critic Donald B. Kuspit, and..... 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
London, 1966. Dick Gregory, Alexander Trocchi, Paul Butterfield, and Takis are featured in this early issue of an influential underground newspaper. In original, unbound state. Illustrated. 12 pp. About 42 x 31 cm (16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches).14.5). Slight, unavoidable browning of newsprint and minute tears at leading edge. More
London, 1967. An early issue of an influential underground newspaper, brimming over with satire and transgression. Nearly all the print run of this exceedingly rare issue was seized and destroyed by the police. Illustrated. This high-quality photocopy is slightly reduced in size 16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches to 17 x 11..... More
Toronto: Society for Art Publication, 1967. Periodical with 7-inch Flexidisc and tabloid insert ("Artscan"). Profusely illustrated (color centerfold). 22 pp. Contents: "Technology and environment,": by Marshall McLuhan;"The sensory dynamics of new technology," by Arnold Rockman; "Severini's abstract rhythm of Madame S.," by Joshua C. Taylor; "Velvet Underground in Hamilton," by..... More
