Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in moderately spine-faded dust jacket with a short tear to top of front panel. More about Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. The photo shows the outside of the Cafe Bizarre at night with its "spooky" decorations around the door and the huge "Rick Allmen's Cafe Bizzare" banner hanging out front as people walk by on an evening in the Village. The Cafe Bizarre was one of the most conspicuous..... More about Original color photo (recent print) of the Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village, 1960's
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out... More about Handbill announcing: ''The Diggers Have a Hotel.''
[SF]: Privately published by the Diggers, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a.... More about Small handbill designed by Victor Moscoso announcing The Invisible Circus
Buffalo: Committee on Public Service of the Advertising Women of Buffalo, ca. 1969. 8vo. Printed on both sides, illustrated. The flyer is aimed at concerned parents who may be worried that their kids are using drugs: "Is Your Child Carrying a Cigarette or MARIJUANA? Aspirin or DOPE?" Advertises "Analysis Anonymous"... More about Anti-drug flyer asking: ''Scared? Marijuana? Heroin? Strange Pills?''
London: Phaidon, 2005. Thick, small 4to. Hardbound in Japanese silk-covered boards. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Araki. Included in a separate, silk-covered, folding chemise is an original silver gelatin print showing a bound, naked woman suspended in the air. The print measures approx. 15"... More about Self, Life, Death
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 2000. 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket with wrap-around band. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 500 copies with an original, signed Polaroid color print of one of the images from the book. The print is enclosed in a mylar sleeve that is mounted to a board with a.... More about Polaevacy
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Globular abstract shapes in green printed against a tan background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge (12.5" x 9.75"). More about Original untitled engraving
NY: William Drenttel, 1992. Hardbound in cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 450). A handsome production on Zerkall mouldmade paper. As new. More about Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
NY: Vrej Baghoomian, 1989. The front of the card reproduces Basquiat's "Red Warrior" painting. Baghoomian gave Basquiat his last show while he was alive---this show took place only a little more than a year after his death. Few minute rubbed spots to back cover, else fine (ca. 8.75" x 5.75" folded). Scarce. More about Folding invitation for Basquiat's 1989 show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in NYC
NY: Bruno Bischofberger/Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1984. Nicely printed in green and black on textured beige stock. An early show for Basquiat. Fine (5" x 7"). More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1984 show at the Boone/Bischofberger/Werner Gallery in NYC
NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. The other side prints an announcement for a show by Simon Linke. Printed in white, gray, and brown on slick stock. Fine (ca. 8.5" x 6"). More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 "Drawings" show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in NYC
Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon, 1987. Text printed in black on slick white stock. Fine (4.25" x 6"). Scarce. More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 show at the Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris
NY: Privately published, 1980. 4to. Handbill for an alternative group show featuring "Art, Films, Store, Some Fashion, Politics and More." The "exhibition documented the convergence of punk/no wave, wild style, conceptual street work, radical feminism, gay liberation and the burgeoning neo-expressionism that would set the agenda for the dynamic New... More about Handbill announcing the ''Times Square Show'' where Basquiat was discovered, 1980
Rotterdam: Galerie Delta, 1986. Promotional poster for the 1986 "To Repeal Ghosts" exhibition at Gallerie Delta, a small show consisting of just four paintings acquired by Hans Sonnenberg, the owner of the gallery. It reproduces a painting by Basquiat of fellow artist Jack Walls. According to Walls, he and Basquiat... More about Poster featuring Basquiat's painting "Portrait of Jack Walls" announcing Basquiat's...
Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, 1999. The front features an exuberant color collage of Beard's photographs and scrapbook pages. Fine (ca. 8.25" x 4"). More about Announcement card for Beard's "Estres y Densidad" exhibition at the Museo Nacional de...
Koln: Taschen/Privately produced by the artist, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. One of a small number of signed sets that Peter has embellished by tipping-in original photographs, a small stone, a candy wrapper, adding his hand and foot prints, paint smears, and various annotations. This book reproduces... More about Peter Beard: Volumes 1 & 2 enhanced with paint and original photos
n.p.: n.p., 1969. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Scathing criticism of Nixon and his policies. One of the authors, James Flora, was co-founder of The Little Man Press with Robert Lowry. Trivial soiling to covers, near fine. More about The Richard M. Nixon Coloring Book
[NY: Fuck You Press, 1964]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the edge. First edition. The author's first book, a report from the 1963 Vancouver Poetry Seminar at the University of British Columbia where Ginsberg, Olson, Whalen, Duncan, and others were participants. Fine. More about The Vancouver Report
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Among the images is one of Bob Dylan. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Support the Revolution, p. 172.) Fine (21" x 17"). More about Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. Retard Para) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a...
Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 2011. Nicely designed catalog and 38 unbound plates (some in color) reproducing works by these artists enclosed in a cardboard box with printed label. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition exploring the work of these two influential Southern California artists. As... More about Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken 1961-1976
SF: Batman Gallery, 1961. Poster announcing this important early show for Herms. Features a photograph by Berman of Herms in biker regalia standing next to one of his assemblages (Support the Revolution, p. 176). Printed in red and black on thin beige stock. A scarce early item from the West... More about Poster designed by Wallace Berman announcing an exhibition of works by George Herms at the Batman...
n.p.: Columbia Records, 1970. A quarto page neatly excised from Billboard magazine. The advertisement utilizes a disturbing still from D.W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation." At the bottom the anonymous artist placed 5 handheld transistor radios identical to Berman's and in each he put a photo of one... More about Advertisement for '60s rock band Pacific Gas and Electric by an unknown artist who blatantly...
Venice: L.A. Louver Gallery, n.d. [ca. 1990's]. The card is a notification that "The Wallace Berman Estate is Represented Exclusively by L.A. Louver Gallery." Printed on both sides illustrated with works by Berman and prints the phrase "Art is Love is God." Two pieces of clear tape to the verso..... More about Announcement card from L.A. Louver Gallery done in the style of a piece of Berman mail art
Berkeley: Privately published, 1979. Features an illustration of one of his verifaxes. Two words underlined in red ink on verso, imperceptible pin hole to two corners, else fine. More about Flyer for the Wallace Berman Retrospective at the University Art Museum in Berkeley, 1979