Genuine Beatnik Beard.
Brooklyn, NY: L. I. Mask Co., no date [ca. 1960]. A beatnik beard enclosed in a plastic bag and mounted on a piece of card stock with directions for use. "Fun For All All For Fun." Very good. More
Brooklyn, NY: L. I. Mask Co., no date [ca. 1960]. A beatnik beard enclosed in a plastic bag and mounted on a piece of card stock with directions for use. "Fun For All All For Fun." Very good. More
No place: no publisher, 1960. The photo shows three woman at an unidentified "Art Institute." They are standing in front of a huge abstract painting, one of them is holding bongos, the other is holding their baby, the third is standing by an easel. From the info on the back..... More
n.p.: n.p., ca. 1959. Cardboard box printed with charming drawings of beatniks and beatnik phrases. The box contains 24 folding illustrated notecards, and 24 envelopes. They feature 3 different beatnik-themed drawings, with 8 cards of each design. There are also 8 sheets of red stickers printing beatnik phrases to embellish..... More
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). More
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
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
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
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
LA: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. Large folio sheet folded to make four pages. Prints a long text by George Herms, a chronology of Berman exhibitions, a poem by Herman Hesse, and more. An important exhibition/retrospective that took place the year following his death. Fine. More
Topanga: Privately published by Wallace Berman, ca. 1965. Features a small photo collage by Berman of a runner crossing the finish line with his hands raised in victory (same image that appeared on the cover of Caterpillar magazine). Above is printed: "Exhibition Sunday Feb. 26 2-5 pm 1440 N. Topanga..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is Berman's self-portrait photograph of him and his son, Tosh holding their hands in the air as if playing "cowboys and indians" in a dilapidated corner of Berman's Semina Gallery in Larkspur. The same photo appears on the..... More
LA: Privately published, 1964. Features 16 variant images of Berman's signature motif of a hand holding a transistor radio (Support the Revolution, p. 171). Minute closed tear to bottom edge, creased where originally folded as issued (infinitesimal hole at the intersection of one fold), else a handsome, about fine copy..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
Santa Monica: Rose Gallery, [2007]. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Features Berman's photographs of family, friends, and the bohemian scenes in Larkspur and Topanga in the '50s and '60s. Couple of pin-head-size nicks to boards, else fine. More
Mill Valley: Newsleak (a.k.a. Jeff Berner), 1969. The collage consists of photographs of past presidents: "These Bearded, Mustachioed, Long Haired Gentlemen are all Presidents of the United States of America." "Free. Not to be sold." An early work by Berner who was later very active in the Fluxus movement. Some..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1950]. The photos show two bikers in leather jackets, blue jeans with cuffs rolled at the bottom, and hats with visors, standing next to a very slick bike. One photo is from the side with the bikers in profile and showing a side-view of the bike, the other is..... More
[No place: Sun Visions Press, [2013]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with images from 19th century diableries which are stereo-view cards that showed, with the use of small sculptures of skeletons and Satan, humorous scenes from hell, often intended to express political commentary on Napoleon and the political scene..... More
NY: Star Company, 1928. 12mo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Sensational anti-drug book by this star reporter for the Hearst press. Bright, near fine copy of a book usually found in lesser condition. More
Niagara Falls: press today, 1966. Mimeographed sheets of various colored stock stapled at the top. One of the more audacious mags from the Mimeo Revolution not offered for sale and distributed privately. Doug Blazek, Walter Lowenfels, Steve Richmond, Carl Larsen, and Russell Salamon are among the contributors. "Part four of..... More
LA: Kohn Gallery, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Terrific book on Berman profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. More
West Hollywood: Privately published by the artist, 1970. The photograph is printed on matte board and signed beneath the image and dated "L.A. CA. 1970." Boyd started as a publicity photographer for a radio station in LA, and was published in the popular teen magazine Tiger Beat, before he got..... More
SF: Communication Company, 1967. 4to. Broadside. First edition. This event, also known as Bedrock One, was a concert/Happening presented by the Diggers during the "Summer of Love." Richard Brautigan & the Caped Crusaders, the Diggers, the S. F. Mime Troupe, the Steve Miller Blues Band, The Orkustra, and others, are..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This is..... More
[SF]: Privately published, 1967. 4to. Richard Brautigan, Gary Snyder, Lenore Kandel, and Lew Welch are among those scheduled to read in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" in support of the Diggers who were instrumental in feeding and informing the influx of hippies to the Haight-Ashbury. Text and design..... More