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How to Make a Happening
  • vinyl record
  • wrappers
  • screenprint
  • black-and-white
  • 30 x 30 cm.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

How to Make a Happening

[LP Record]

Allan Kaprow

First vinyl pressing of "How to Make a Happening," published as a vinyl LP by Mass Art and distributed by Something Else Press, "How to Make a Happening" is a spoken word recording in mono of Allan Kaprow describing, in detail, how to make a happening. ... [details]

$500.00
Condition:  Very Good. THIS COPY LACKING SCREEPRINTED CLEAR VINYL COVER WITH TITLE. Jacket has rubbing around edges and bumping of corners with 1 cm. tear at top left corner. 2.3 cm. yellow soiling on verso with additional light rubbing. 1.2 cm. and 7.5 cm. tears to edges of sleeves, light yellowing, and 3 cm. and 8 mm. areas of light soiling. Vinyl record has been tested and is in Fine condition. Due to size and fragility additional shipping charges may be required for international orders.
[Object # 38494]
$200.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. This copy does not include the include original record sleeve. Water staining to side 1 label. Light scuffing and scratching of vinyl on both sides. Wear around edge of record play hole. Unprinted paper record sleeve appears to be original and is yellowed with creasing and multiple tears.
[Object # 39075]
What Did You Bring? An Evening with John Cage, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 10 x 6.7 cm.
  • [16] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

What Did You Bring? An Evening with John Cage, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins

John Cage, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins

Diminutive program booklet for evening of Happenings staged at Second City, Chicago, October 23, 1967, presented by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Booklet incorporates program notes for events - including Cage "Variations VIII"; Knowles "String Piece" and "Bean Roll Readings"; Ben's "Apple" presented courtesy of Fluxus, and other events. ... [details]

$250.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Thumb sized stain along spine edge on recto / verso covers. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 38884]
Camille's Reports #2
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 8.2 x 13.9 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Camille's Reports #2

Camille Gordon

Camille's Reports #2, a postcard announcement published in [1964] highlighting news about Something Else Press and the artists' within it's network written by Camille Gordon. A predecessor of the Something Else Newscard series and the Something Else Newsletter. [details]

$125.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Unmailed copy with light bumping of corners, otherwise Fine.
[Object # 24601]
Camille's Reports #1
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 8.2 x 13.9 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Camille's Reports #1

Camille Gordon

Camille's Reports #1, a postcard announcement published in [1964] highlighting news about Something Else Press and the artists' within it's network written by Camille Gordon. A predecessor of the Something Else Newscard series and the Something Else Newsletter. [details]

$250.00
Condition:  Fine. Mailed copy, clean and unmarked as issued.
[Object # 37098]
$150.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Unmailed copy with minimal rubbing of recto, otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 24600]
The Tart or Miss America / Jefferson's Birthday
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 3 vol. : 1 vol. : 21 x 13.8 cm. ; 2 vol. : 27.8 x 21.5 cm.
  • 3 vol. : [8] pp. ; [1] pp. ; [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Tart or Miss America / Jefferson's Birthday

Richard C. Higgins

Set of three documents for Richard [Dick] Higgins' "The Tart or Miss America / Jefferson's Birthday," including press release, booklet and list of program with twenty-two stage actions a performer may use which are assigned to thirty-six situations given at random for the performance. ... [details]

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Injun & Other Histories (1960)
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 21.5 x 14 cm.
  • 16 pp.
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Injun & Other Histories (1960)

[First Edition]

Claes Oldenburg

A stunning chap-book containing scripts for Oldenburg's performance "Injun," and three additional performances which were not produced. Note that Oldenburg is clear that he produced "performances," not "happenings," as espoused by both popular press and other artists in the 1960s. [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light rubbing of covers and indentation bisecting recto and carrying through to interior pages. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 25424]
The Something Else Newsletter
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • 4 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Something Else Newsletter

Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 1971)

Dick Higgins

April 1971 issue of The Something Else Newsletter. Features the essay "Blank Images," by Dick Higgins as well as a list of forthcoming titles from Something Else Press. [details]

$75.00
Condition:  Very Good. Folded in three as issued. Light handling wear and overall rubbing of covers, bumping of corners, and 8 cm. tear along fold.
[Object # 6827]
The Something Else Newsletter
  • periodical
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • 6 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Something Else Newsletter

Vol. 1, No. 4 (August 1966)

Dick Higgins

August 1966 issue of The Something Else Newsletter. Features the "Serious Gabcard," by Dick Higgins highlighting news about Something Else Press and the artists' within it's network. Also includes "Coptic Humor," a page of jokes by Higgins. [details]

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The Something Else Newsletter
  • periodical
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [4] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Something Else Newsletter

Vol. 1, No. 3 (April 1966)

Dick Higgins

April 1966 issue of The Something Else Newsletter. Features the essay "Intending," by Dick Higgins as well as "Newscard #12," highlighting news about Something Else Press and the artists' within it's network. [details]

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The Something Else Newsletter
  • periodical
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 28 x 21.5 cm.
  • [4] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Something Else Newsletter

Vol. 1, No. 2 (March 1966)

Dick Higgins

March 1966 issue of The Something Else Newsletter. Features the essay "Games of Art," by Dick Higgins as well as "Newscard #11," highlighting news about Something Else Press and the artists' within it's network. [details]

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objects: 98