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Artists’ Periodicals
I’ve put together what I hope is a representative collection of the periodicals, many of them experimental, that were important in the 60s through the 90s, partly because they are our history, partly because some of them were available to emerging artists at the time in a way that galleries and museums were not, and partly because they are fun to read, for the advertisements if nothing else. As always, please call or e-mail with inquiries about specific contents. Enjoy!
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Appearances, No. 11, Fall 1984 (New York, 1984). 74 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Front cover by Debby Davis, Pig’s Head, and rear cover by Robin Schwartz, Lower East Side. Includes more of the Davis pigs and the Schwartz gritty photographs, plus work by Tom Savage, Tom Slaughter, Chris Burden, Ida Applebroog, The Gerlovins, Ana Mendieta, and many others. Fine in illustrated wraps. $40.00.
Art & Design: The Post-Modern Object, April 1987 (London: Academy Group Ltd, 1987). Articles by Michael Collins, Peter Fuller, Volker Fischer, and Charles Jencks, plus Hans Hollein on performance art (including The Gymnastics Lesson). Many illustrations in color and black and white. Fine in glossy stiff wraps. $15.00.
Artforum, v. II, no.9, March 1964 (New York: Artforum International, 1964). Cover, a crude child-like drawing of California, designed by Larry Rivers for the issue. Articles on American ceramics, Shiko Munakata, Canadian Pop Art, Master drawings in L.A., and Wallace Berman, and four drawings by Richards Ruben. Fine in wraps. $100.00.
Artforum, v. IV, no. 10, June 1966 (New York: Artforum International, 1977). Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl”, shown in the 1966 Venice Biennale, on the cover. Articles on ancient Egyptian art, a preview of the 1966 Biennale by Henry Geldzahler, a review of the Naum Gabo show at the Tate, and WPA art in Maryland, plus more. Fine in wraps. $25.00.
Artforum, v. V, no.1, September 1966, Special Issue(New York: Artforum International, 1966). Ed Ruscha’s Surrealism Soaped and Scrubbed, a mixed media piece designed for the issue, appears on the cover. Articles on surrealism by Max Kozloff, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, and many others, plus three excerpts from William Rubin’s Dada and Surrealist Art scheduled to be published in 1967. Near-Fine with light wear to edges and corners. $150.00.
Artforum, v. V, no. 10, June 1967 (New York: Artforum International, 1967). Larry Bell’s Memories of Mike, a metal and glass work, on the cover. Articles on American sculpture at LACMA, Oldenburg, Di Suvero, Bell, David Smith, George Segal, Ellsworth Kelly as sculptor, “Towards the Development of an Air Terminal Site” by Robert Smithson, and “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art by Sol LeWitt. Fine in wraps. $35.00.
Artforum, v. VI, no.2, October 1967 (New York: Artforum International, 1967). The cover is from one of Ad Reinhardt’s “black” drawings. Articles include Barbara Rose on “Abstract Illusionism”, Canadian sculpture, an Ad Reinhardt chronology, James Turrell’s projected light images, and the New York Correspondence School. Near-Fine in wraps with light rubbing along spine on front and light soiling along spine on rear cover, plus a sort of drawing or doodle in blue ballpoint to the rear cover. $25.00.
Artforum, v. VI, no.4, December 1967 (New York: Artforum International, 1967). Frank Stella’s Darabjerd I on the cover. Articles on Bruce Nauman, Stella’s new paintings, and “The Monuments of Passaic” by Robert Smithson, plus articles by Dan Flavin, Lucas Samaras, Mel Bochner, and others. Fine in wraps with light rubbing along spine. $35.00.
Artforum, v. VII, no.1, September 1968 (New York: Artforum International, 1977). An aluminum piece by Carl Andre on the cover. Articles on Matisse’s sculpture, Robert Murray, Douglas Wheeler’s light paintings, Degas, and Canadian art, plus an essay on esthetics by Jack W. Burnham. Fine in wraps. $25.00.
Artforum, v. VIII, no. 1, September 1969 (New York: Artforum International, 1977). Robert Smithson’s First Mirror Displacement on the cover, and an accompanying article by Smithson, “Incidents of Mirror-Travel in the Yucatan” inside, plus articles on Richard Serra, Manet’s sources, and Jack Burnham on “Real Time Systems”. Fine in wraps. $30.00.
Artforum, v. XI, no. 2, October 1972 (New York: Artforum International, 1972). Photograph of spectators viewing Franz Gertsch, Medici, at Documenta 5 on cover. The feature of the issue is a Documenta portfolio, including an interview with Claes Oldenburg, an article by Robert Smithson, and more. In addition, articles on Chicago art since 1945, Augustus Vincent Tack, Jules Olitski, Larry Bell, and more. Fine in wraps. $25.00.
Artforum, v. XI, no. 6, February 1973 (New York: Artforum International, 1973). Jasper Johns, The Critic Sees, a metal and glass object, on the cover. Articles include a memorial tribute to Joseph Cornell by Hans Namuth, a Lucinda Childs portfolio, Lawrence Alloway on Sam Francis, “Some Splashes in the Ebb Tide” by Robert Morris, Robert Smithson on Frederick Law Olmstead, and Robert Pincus-Witten on Sol Lewitt, more. Near-Fine in wraps with light rubbing to covers and light wear to spine fold. $300.00.
Artforum, v. XV, no. 5, January 1977 (New York: Artforum International, 1977). Detail of Church’s “Niagara Falls” on the cover. Includes articles on Duane Michals, Italo Scanga, and Claes Oldenburg, plus a report on a museum directors’ symposium on the role of the museum in modern art history which is interesting for its prescience. Near-Fine with a tiny tear to the spine head. $20.00.
Artforum, v. XVIII, no. 5, January 1980 (New York: Artforum International, 1980). Some Joseph Beuys mail art on the cover. This issue includes an article on John Gutmann, “Beuys: The Twilight of the Idol” by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, De Kooning and the Pittsburgh International, Deborah Perlberg on “Dance”: Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, and Sol LeWitt, and David Sherry on the paintings of David Reed. The advertising is rich in research possibilities. Fine in wraps. $22.00.
Artforum, v. XXII, no. 1, September 1983 (New York: Artforum International, 1982). Brice Marden cover. Includes an article on Tadanori Yokoo, Coosje van Bruggen on Richard Artschwager, Thomas McEvilley on Marina Abramovic/Ulay, two drawings by Brice Marden, and more. The advertising is an important resource as well. Fine in wraps. $20.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXI, no. 1, Fall 1971 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1971). Picasso’s Bust of Sylvette on cover. Articles on Guernica, abstract expressionism, photography as art history, and “A Feminist Art Program” by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, consisting of quotes by both artists originally published in the newspaper Everywoman. Near-Fine in wraps, light foxing to edges. $25.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXI, no. 2, Winter 1971/72 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1971). An 18th century Indian miniature on the cover. Articles on Le Stryge de Notre-Dame, the role women in the iconography of Art Nouveau, and Primitivism, among others. Very Good++ in wraps, with soiling to front cover. $15.00
Art Journal, v. XXXI, no. 3, Spring 1972 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1972). Charles Burchfield’s October Wind and Sunlight in the Woods on the cover. Articles include a review of a Charles Demuth retrospective exhibition, Chinese painting, and “The Education of Women as Artists: Womanhouse” by Miriam Schapiro. Near-Fine in wraps, covers lightly toned. $25.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXI, no. 4, Summer 1972 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1972). Hua Yen, “Watching a Horse Being Washed” ink and color drawing on the cover. Articles on mid-19th century French etchings, Federal Project New York sculpture, Edward Hopper, and others. Near-Fine in wraps, lightly soiled to spine fold and edges. $15.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXII, no.4, Summer 1973 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1973). Antonio Canet’s 15th century Mourner on the cover. Articles on the Westons’ photographic style, “The Male Artist as a Stereotypical Female” by June Wayne, and others. Near-Fine in wraps, lightly soiled to spine fold and edges. $20.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXIII, no. 1, Fall 1973 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1973). Articles include David Hare on Robert Goldwater, Lucy Lippard on Max Ernst, Max Kozloff on “junk mail” and others on imagery in Max Beckmann’s “The Night”, Baule figure sculpture, and the photographs of Thomas Anshutz. Very Good++ in wraps with light toning and creasing to the spine folds and edges. $20.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXIII, no. 2, Winter 1973/74 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1973). Picasso self-portrait and Guernicadetail on cover. Articles include Herschel B. Chipp on Guernica, images of women in 1890s French posters, sculpture of the 1940s, and films on sculpture. Near-Fine, lightly worn in wraps. $20.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXIV, no. 4, Summer 1974 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1974). Photograph of US Air Force Academy cadets in formation on cover. Articles include one on the design of the Air Force Academy, “Siqueiros and Three Early Murals in Los Angeles,” the Cincinnati Union Terminal mosaics, and “Art History, Relevance, and the Barrio” by Raul A. Lopez. Near-Fine in wraps, covers lightly toned. $18.00.
Art Journal, v. XXXIV, no. 1, Fall 1974 (New York: College Art Association of America, 1974). Rauschenberg’s Tampa Clay Piece Number 5 on the cover. Articles include an interview with Robert Motherwell, Susi Bloch on Duchamp’s Green Box, Judith Goldman on Diane Arbus, and others. Near-Fine in wraps, faintly soiled to edges. $15.00.
Art-Rite #10, Fall 1975 (New York: Art-Rite Publishing Company, 1975). Joseph Beuys cover. Photographs from “Twilight” by Joan Jonas, from “Twenty-Nine Models (Nudes Descending the Staircase)” by Lucio Pozzi at Cooper Union in 1971, Carolee Schneemann in performance at Ashawagh Hall in East Hampton in 1975, a David Antin performance, plus an article about Laurie Anderson in performance including the stage plan for “For Instants”, John Howell on the state of the performance arts (covering Philip Glass, Trisha Brown, The Grand Union,, Robert Wilson, with photographs), Lucy Lippard on films by Rebecca Horn and Nancy Holt, dance performances by Lucinda Childs, and “Notes on ‘Painter/Patient’ Performance (Not Realized): Paris, July-August, 1975” by Diego Cortez. Near-Fine in newsprint, moderately toned. $50.00.
Art-Rite #8, Winter 1975, the Friendship & Sour Ball Issue (New York: Art-Rite Publishing Company, 1975). Includes an article on “the new internationalism” in art, Scott Burton, an interview with Addi Koepcke, long review of Film About a Woman Who…, Sol LeWitt’s “The Location of a Rectangle”, the work of Steve Gianakos, page 6-type stuff about artists with pictures, and wonderful advertising. Very Good+ in moderately toned newsprint. $65.00.
Close-Up, v. 14, no. 3, Spring 1984 (Cambridge, MA: Polaroid Corporation, 1984). 56 pages, featuring the work of Mark Klett, Lucas Samaras, Thomas Nemcik, Eugene Richards, John Shaw (in an article by Roger Tory Peterson), and Sheila Metzner. Near-Fine with slight rubbing and wear to the corners. $15.00.
Contact Sheet 68 (Syracuse NY: Light Work, 1990). Features the work of Accra Shep, Jim Pomeroy, Maria Martinez-Canas, Chris Sullivan, (color centerfold). Fine in wraps. $20.00.
Contact Sheet 73 (Syracuse NY: Light Work, 1992). Features the work of Keith Piper, Sharon Stewart, Biff Henrich, Mona Jimenez (color centerfold), Patti Ambrogi, and Tony Gleaton. Tribute to Jim Pomeroy on rear cover. Fine in wraps. $18.00.
Contact Sheet 74 (Syracuse NY: Light Work, 1992). Features the work of Charles Biasiny-Rivera, Vikky Alexander, Mel Rosenthal, Sylvia De Swaan, Allyn Stewart, Michael Grellar, Detlef Henrichs, and Willie Middlebrook. Fine in wraps. $16.00.
Contact Sheet 90 (Syracuse NY: Light Work, 1996). Includes the work of Deborah Bright, Marcio Lima, Tetsu Okuhara, and Liz Birkholz. Fine in wraps. $20.00
Der Löwe, Aktionismus (Activism) issue, No. 1, 31 May, 1974; premier issue (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 90 pages about “activism” in the arts, meaning theatre, happenings, ‘action painting”, and similar trends. Organized by location, so that the Vienna chapter includes Arnulf Rainer and Otto Muhl; the California chapter, Chris Burden, Terry Fox, Allan Kaprow, Tom Marioni, and Barbara Smith; the New York chapter, John Cage, Vito Acconci, and Willoughby Sharp, the Swiss chapter, Heinz Brand and Herbert Distel. Text in German. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in stiff paper as issued. $30.00.
Der Löwe, Theorie Dialoge, No. 2, 31 August 1974 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 92 pages, mostly interviews, including the thoughts of John Cage, Friedrich Tomberg, Peter Gorsen, Alain Jouffroy, Peter Weibel, and others. Text in German. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in stiff paper as issued. $30.00.
Der Löwe, Photography issue, No. 4, 31 March 1975 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 64 pages, featuring the work of Bernhard Giger in two sections: Portraits (including Warhol, Burden, many others), and “Crime Scenes”, mostly buildings and built environments (in New York, Venice Beach, Switzerland, elsewhere). Brief portrait of Allan Porter, editor of Camera magazine in Lucerne at the time. Text in German. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in stiff paper as issued.$30.00.
Der Löwe, Theorie Dialoge, the fine arts issue, No. 5, 31 July 1975 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 64 pages, featuring quotes from Chuck Close, Claes Oldenburg, Gerhard Richter, George Segal, Andy Warhol, Carl Andre, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Frank Stella, Christian Boltanski, James Lee Byars, Hans Haacke, Joseph Kosuth, Les Levine, and Lucas Samaras, among others, a veritable who’s who in modern art in 1975. Many accompanied by black and white photographs of the artists. Text in the artists’ native languages, otherwise in German. Fine in stiff paper as issued. $30.00.
This issue renamed Die Löwin (The Lionesses) in recognition of the issue’s devotion to women in the arts, No. 6, December 1975. 64 pages. Cover by Sybille Ruppert, and inside, all of the art princesses of the 70s: Lynda Benglis, Agnes, Denes, Valie Export, Lucy Lippard, Charlotte Moorman (illustrated with video stills by Nam June Paik), Yoko Ono, Ulrike Rosenbach, Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Smith, and others, with black and white photographs of their work and their participation. Lots of body work, of course. Text in the artists’ native languages. Very Good+ condition, with golden covers slightly worn to corners and spine folds and minor scrape to top front corner. $45.00.
Der Löwe (the lion le lion il Leone), No. 7, April 1976 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 64 pages, most text in German. Cover by James Lee Byars, featuring work by Byars, G. J. Lischka, Hermann Nitsch, Harald Szeemann, Herbert Distel, and Ulay, and a section on the Angels of Light shows, very 70s drag queens. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very Good condition with some pages coming adrift from the drying glue to the spine, so needs simple repair. $20.00.
Der Löwe (the lion le lion il Leone), No. 8, August 1976 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 64 pages. Cover by Christian Boltanski. Features the work of Maurizio Nannucci, Bernd Mattheus, Boltanski, Herve Fischer, Michele Zaza, and Tony Morgan. Text in language appropriate to each artist. Nearly all conceptual work, illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in stiff paper as issued. $30.00.
Der Löwe (the lion le lion il Leone), No. 9, December 1976 (Bern: G.J. Lischka). 64 pages, with cover by Jurgen Klauke. Features work by Klauke, Umberto Eco (text in German), Frederike Pezold, Bernhard Blume, Jochen Gerz, and Peter Weibel. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Near-Fine with light wear to corners and spine folds, in stiff paper as issued. $30.00.
Entropy [Die Junta hat sich etabliert], Special issue of Intermedia Magazine, v. 2, no. 1 (#5) (San Francisco, CA: Century City Educational Arts Project [CCEAP], 1978). This issue edited by Harley W. Lond. A radical-political publication urging artists who make their own publications to become more politically active and aware. Includes a poster, “Read It and Weep” detailing parts of the US Constitution that threaten artists’ rights; “North American Waitress, coffee-shop variety” by Martha Rosler; Geoffrey Cook’s list of “Political Writers, Artists, Poets, Composers, Etc.” that begins with Henry Adams and ends with Wendy Yoshimura; a photo-essay by H. Fischer on one Castro neighborhood corner over 24 hours. Tabloid format on newsprint, in Fine condition. $90.00.
Exposure 14.3, Fall 1976 (New York: Society for Photographic Education, 1976). Features tributes to Imogen Cunningham and Minor White, who died in 1976, with a typical image and portraits of the photographers; an article by Ralph F. Bogardus (on realism in photography); a review of new publications; the work of David Freund; and an article on Gertrude Kasebier by Peter C. Bunnell. Very Good++ in glossy illustrated wraps with faint soiling to white background and minor wear to corners. $15.00.
Exposure 22.2, Summer 1984 (New York: Society for Photographic Education, 1984). Features articles by Diane Neumaier (“Alfred, Harry, Emmet, Georgia, Eleanor, and Me”), Sally Stein (“Some Girls”), Alan Sondheim (“Sexuality/power/Feminism”), Linda Andre (“Body Language: Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti”), Katya Mandoki (“The Double Struggle: Photographing ‘La Lucha Libre’”), and others. Fine in stiff wraps. $15.00
Exposure 23.1, Spring 1985 (New York: Society for Photographic Education, 1985). Features articles by Abigail Solomon-Godeau (on art photography and postmodernism), a critical interview with Jonathan Green (by Vincent Lee and Joachim Brohm), and other material. Includes a list of all back issues. Fine in stiff wraps. $20.00.
Exposure 23.4, Winter 1985 (New York: Society for Photographic Education, 1985). Features articles by Deborah Bright (on landscape), an interview with Walter J. Ong, Susan Hardy Aiken on Isak Dinesen, and reviews of various publications, including Cindy Sherman. Fine in stiff wraps. $25.00.
Exposure 24.3, Fall 1986 (New York: Society for Photographic Education, 1986). The British Photography issue, featuring articles by Simon Watney and Sunil Gupta (“The Rhetoric of AIDS”), Chris Boot (The London photo co-op), Griselda Pollock (“Art, ArtSchool, Culture”), Stephen Edwards (“Disastrous Documents”) and Reen Pilkington (“Monocrone”). Near-Fine in wraps with faint scrape to front cover. $15.00.
Fandangos No. 6 (Maastricht: Jan van Eck Akademie, 1976). 20-page oversize newspaper format publication of which Anna Banana (editor and publisher of VILE) was the West Coast editor, this issue featuring an interview with Joseph Beuys; documentation, with photographs, of performances by “El Sueco”; centerfold collage of photographs, drawings, and stuff by Anna Banana, Bill Gaglione, Carlo G. Cicatelli, and Tim Mancusi; and more. A wonderful snapshot of the time. In Fine condition in newsprint only slightly toned to the edges, folded once. $75.00.