[LA: Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1978]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Foreword by Hal Glicksman. Essays by Robert Duncan and David Meltzer. Profusely illustrated throughout. Issued to coincide with an important exhibition---Berman's first major retrospective. Thin abrasion to bottom of front cover, barely perceptible yellowing to top edge of first few... More about Wallace Berman: Retrospective
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...
SF: Mid-Tower Publishing, 1958. Premier issue of this magazine devoted to censorship issues. Features the cover story: "The Village of Angry Young Men" about the Beatniks in San Francisco. Includes several pages of photos of the San Francisco Beat scene by Harry Redl, including one of Wallace and Shirley Berman... More about Sex & Censorship, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1958
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, 1979. In addition to works by Berman the exhibition featured graphics by Sol Lewitt, Cy Twombly, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist, Chis Burden, and others. Features text on one side and a photo of a sculpture on the other. Sunning to one edge, else fine. More about Announcement card for Wallace Berman's "Art is Love is God" show at the L.A. Louver...
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
NY: Dial Records, ca. 1948. 8vo. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Second edition. The front cover features the Wallace Berman illustration used on the cover of "Be-Bop Jazz," a set of 78 rpm records issued by Dial in 1948. A terrific illustration by Berman and his first published... More about Be-Bop Jazz: A Catalog
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
n.p.: Privately published, 1979. Single 16mo sheet folded to make four pages. Front and back covers reproduce Berman verifaxes of hands holding transistor radios, inside features the poster for his Ferus Gallery show and another work by Berman with a small photo of him. Faint touch of sunning to top... More about Folding announcement for the Wallace Berman Retrospective exhibition that appeared at U.C....
n.p.: Privately produced by the artist, 1962. Small framed etching that Berman found and gifted to Meltzer. Inscribed on the verso by Berman who has done a small drawing of Meltzer: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID From Wallace, Shirley & Tosh 1962." A charming artifact linking these two longtime best friends. The... More about Framed antique etching of the Madonna and child given by Berman to David Meltzer as a birthday...
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above. Fine with a few minute remnants of archival tape to verso from previous framing (4" x 3"). More about Handmade greeting card by Wallace Berman
Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. The front of the card features a lovely, soulful close-up self-portrait of Berman's face looking directly into the camera. The photo has intentionally been torn with irregular edges and affixed to the card. The back of the card is stamped and hand-addressed by Berman in... More about Handmade postcard featuring a self-portrait photograph by Berman
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Arguably Berman's most interesting poster design utilizing various photographs culled from newspapers and magazines to create a dynamic collage effect (Support the Revolution, p. 170.). Old creases where folded as issued, paper slightly toned, the toning a bit accentuated at the center fold, but an exceptionally... More about Offset poster designed by Berman for the 2nd Los Angeles Filmmakers Festival
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus... More about Semina, No. 2, 1957
Larkspur, CA: Privately printed and hand-assembled by Wallace Berman, 1961. Limited to 200 copies. Folder with an altered photographic still of actress Susan Hayward on the cover. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 18 inserts of various sizes printing photographs, texts, and drawings. This issue is devoted entirely... More about Semina, No. 7, 1961
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a nebula swirling in outer... More about Untitled lithograph utilizing Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios with...
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a woman sitting in a.... More about Untitled lithograph utilizing Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios with...
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). More about Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. CMN/Thumb Poster) featuring four variant images of a hand holding...
NY: Reynal & Co., [1956]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jcket. First edition in English. An anthology of material from the magazine L'oeil. Profusely illustrated. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a chip to top of spine and back panel. More about The Selective Eye 1956-1957
Cologne: Edition Dietmar Schneider, 1972. 4to. Black plastic ring binder with 12 offset sheets, one pamphlet, and an audio cassette in plastic case mounted to the inside front cover. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Beuys (in pencil) on the title page. Documents in photos and text... More about Eine Strassenaktion (A Street Action
Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein, [1979]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Text in English, French, and German. Fine. More about Pablo Picasso Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1970-1972 Vol. 4 Supplements Vol. 1 & 2...
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 about Wallace Berman: American Aleph
Milan: Galeria Fabia Calvasina, [1998]. Single sheet of accordion-folded thick stock printed on both sides. First edition. Features color illustrations of surreal collages based on paintings of the wives of Henry VIII, with bilingual Italian-English text on the verso. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Fine. More about Henry's Wives
NY: Whitney Museum, 1984. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog for his 1984 Whitney show. Illustrated with photos of his work. Fine. More about Jonathan Borofsky