Flyer announcing new times for weekly parties held at the Upper Duplex in New York City in [1958] put on by Arnold Jacoby and Tim Birnbaum.
The apartment is on Sutton Terrace — a nice address — and anybody with nothing much to do on a Saturday night would probably welcome the invitation to a party there.
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Poster / announcement published in conjunction with performance of "Here and Now with Watchers," presented November 29, [1958], choreographed by Erick Hawkins. Performed by Erick Hawkins and Barbara Tucker with music by Lucia Dlugoszewski, designs by Ralph Dorazio and lighting by Nicola Cernovich. ... [details]
Announcement / subscription from for Spring 1958 issue of "It is. A new magazine for abstract art." Notes the magazine will include "Not Surreal / No Neo-Impressionism / Not Representational / No journalism," but will include "Artists' Notebooks / Artists' Journals / Artists' Discussions / Artists' Panels / Artists' Problems / Artists' Statements / Artists' Artists. ... [details]
Poster for Midi Garth Dance Program held on March 15, 1958, at Henry Street Playhouse, New York City. Poster includes quotes from Robert Sabin, Louis Horst, Dance Magazine, Musical America, and Doris Hering praising Garth's work. [details]
Monograph on the life and work of Cezanne written by Charles Biederman, published 50 years after the artists death. Includes bibliography. [details]
Oversized exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 21 - November 20, 1958. Texts by Henri Michaux and André Verdet, in French. Artists included Jean Arp, Yves Tanguy, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Matta, Marc Chagall, Wols (Wolfgang Schulze), Henri Matisse, Andre Masson, Léonor Fini, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Jean Dubuffet, Kurt Schwitters, Mark Tobey, Jasper Johns, Paul Klee, Marie Laure, Marcel Polak, Domingues, Mathieu, and Tobey. ... [details]
1958 issue of Mad Magazine poking fun at abstract expressionism by featuring a painting on the cover by a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs. Inside front cover includes "The Story Behind the Cover" with pictures of the chimpanzee painting the cover. [details]
Set of four ephemeral elements produced in conjunction with Allan Kaprow's first Happening, "18 Happenings in 6 Parts," held October 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1959. Grouping consists of two-sided poster, plastic bag of debris, program for the performance, and a staple bound set of three handwritten audience instruction cards. [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 12, 1958 - February 2, 1959. Texts by Tristan Tzara, Hans Jean Arp, Man Ray, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, Richard Huelsenbeck, Hans Richter. ... [details]
A quarterly of poetry edited and published by Alan Brilliant. Dick Fass, assistant. Poems "This Desire, This Pain," by Frank J. Darlington; "Three Poems," by James Wright; "Two Poems," by Cecil Hemley; "Two Poems," by James May; "Two Poems," by Felix Stefanile; "Three Poems," by William Pillin; "Time has a Million Meanings," by Harold Briggs; "Translation from Corbiere," by Michael Benedikt; "The First Sorrow of Joseph," by Tim Reynolds; "Two Poems," by Harold Witt; "Three Poems," by Samuel Menashe; "Three Poems," by Fred Cogswell. ... [details]