NY: Franklin Furnace, 1979. The front of the card features a b&w photograph by Kruger of a car seat with seatbelts and a banana on the floor. A very early card---Kruger's fifth exhibition. Addressed for mailing. Fine (4" x 6"). Rare. More about Announcement card for Kruger's 1979 "Photograph/Paragraph" exhibition at the Franklin...
NY: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, [1980]. The front of the card features a photo of two faces and the word "Nature." A very early show for Kruger---her sixth exhibition. Addressed for mailing. Fine (3.5" 8.25"). Rare. More about Announcement card for Kruger's 1980 "Nature" show at P.S. 1 in Long Island City, NY
LA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. Text printed in white and black against a red background. Couple of soft creases to top right corner, near fine (5.75" x 8.5"). More about Announcement card for Kruger's 1989 show at the Fred Hoffman Gallery in Santa Monica
NY: Fotofolio, ca. early '80s. The front of the card features a photo of a baby's hand holding an adult's hand with the words: "Your every wish is our command." Fotofolio still has some Kruger designed cards in print, this one went out of print long ago. Near fine (6"... More about Commercial postcard from Fotofolio featuring a design by Kruger
NY: Fotofolio, ca. early '80s. The front of the card features a detail from a Renaissance painting with the words: "You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece." Fotofolio still has some Kruger designed cards in print, this one went out of print long ago. Fine (6" x 4.25"). More about Commercial postcard from Fotofolio featuring a design by Kruger
Berlin: Realismus Studio, 1991. The covers feature multiple b&w reproductions of Kruger's famous "Your Body is a Battleground" poster. The inside of the card has black text (in German) printed against a red background. Fine (4" x 8.25"). More about Folding announcement card for Kruger's 1991 show at the Realismus Studio in Berlin
NY: Mary Boone, 1989. The front of the card features a color photograph by Kruger of blooming flowers in the midst of which is a small red box with the words "Jam Life Into Death." Kruger was the first female artist to be handled by Mary Boone. Fine (8.25" x 6" folded). More about Folding invitation for Kruger's 1989 show at the Mary Boone Gallery in NYC
NY: Mary Boone, 1991. The front of the card features Kruger's "It's Our Pleasure to Disgust You" image showing a naked woman wearing a gas mask while nailed to a cross. Kruger was the first female artist to be handled by Mary Boone. Included is a press release on Mary... More about Folding invitation for Kruger's 1991 show at the Mary Boone Gallery in NYC
NY: Mary Boone, 1997. The front of the card shows a photo of Eleanor Roosevelt with the words "Not Ugly Enough" and the back features a photo of Malcolm X with the words "Not Angry Enough." Printed glassine insert laid-in stating that this invite is for the opening night party... More about Folding invitation for the opening night of Barbara Kruger's 1997 show at the Mary Boone Gallery...
NY: Mary Boone, 1994. The front of the card shows Kruger's photo of a jumble of nails and a couple of boards. Included is a press release on Mary Boone letterhead to Kim Levin at the Village Voice. Kruger was the first female artist to be handled by Mary Boone... More about Folding invitation for Kruger's 1994 show at the Mary Boone Gallery in NYC
Koln: Monika Spruth Galerie, 1987. Red text printed on white stock. An early European show for Kruger. Fine (ca. 4" x 8.25"). More about Invitation card for Kruger's 1987 show at the Monika Spruth Galerie in Koln
NY: Deitch Projects, 1997. The front of the card features a close-up detail from a color photograph along with the exhibition info. Included is a press release on Deitch Projects letterhead giving details of the installation. Fine (6.25" x 8.5"). More about Large announcement card for Kruger's 1997 "Power Pleasure Desire Disgust" installation...
NY: Public Art Fund, 1991. The front of the card prints photographs of three bus shelters with posters by Kruger and gives their locations. Included is a 4-page press release from the Public Art Fund discussing the project---two pages reproduce Kruger's posters. Fine (5" x 9.25"). More about Large announcement card from the Public Art Fund giving the location of Kruger's posters...
NY: Guggenheim Museum, 1980. Large Guggenheim label pasted to verso describing this 1980 work as a "photostat and collage on paper from the collection of the artist." It was exhibited at Guggenheim's "19 Artists---Emergent Americans: 1981 Exxon National Exhibition." James Dee was a prominent photographer of art who documented the... More about Original photograph by James Dee documenting Kruger's early work, "Trance"
NY: Whitney Museum, 1988. Single quarto sheet on Whitney Museum letterhead describing the publication details of this collaboration between Kruger and Stephen King. Imperceptible creases where folded for mailing, else fine. More about Press release for "My Pretty Pony" from the Whitney Museum of American Art
[NY: ESP-Disc, 1965]. A small pamphlet measuring 4" x 3." First edition. A flip-book showing a fully clothed, American-flag-waving Tuli Kupferberg taking his clothes off. Originally included in promo copies of the Virgin Fugs LP, but here offered separately. Fine. One of the scarcest Fugs-related items. More about Fugs Flip
NY: Birth Press, 1963. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as Pedantic Pamphlet No. 3. Fine (couple of minute marks to cover). More about The Christine Keeler Colouring Book: A Cautionary Tale
[NY: Birth Press, 1966]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. First edition. A play against the war in Vietnam, illustrated with newspaper clippings. Fine. One of Kupferberg's scarcer items. More about Fuck Nam a Morality Play
NY: Birth Press, 1962. Narrow 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as Pedantic Pamphlet No. 2. Pages toned as usual, else near fine. More about Sex & War
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Texts advocating the legalization of drugs by Lamantia and Artaud. Cover photographs by Wallace Berman of Lamantia injecting a syringe into his arm. One of Berman's earliest book covers (if not the first). A fine, fresh copy without the usual soiling and discoloration... More about Narcotica
[Cambridge, MA: Privately published, 1963]. Pamphlet (single sheet folded to make four pages). Leary was the principal author of this statement that was published in Januray of 1963, just a few months before he was fired from Harvard when it became clear that he needed a non-university context for his... More about ''Statement of Purpose of the International Federation for Internal Freedom.''
[SF: Last Gasp, 1995]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Leary. A graphic novel, illustrated by Robert Williams and others. Inscribed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited of which there were 500 copies. Fine. More about Surfing the Conscious Nets
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Signed by Leary. Small corner crease to cover, else near fine. More about Neuropolitics
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Inscribed by Leary to Helen Valdez, his first secretary who worked with him for 15 years: "To Helen, Thanx for your constant bubbling sense of humor. Love Tim Leary." A nice association since Valdez worked with Leary in Oakland at the Kaiser Foundation... More about Exo-Psychology
n.p.: Peace Press, 1979. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Boldly inscribed by Leary taking up the entire inside front cover. Very near fine and unread (acidic paper slightly toned at edges as usual). More about The Game of Life