Fluxus cc Valise eTrangleE, (Fluxus Newspaper #3) 1964

Fluxus single sheet newspaper, offset lithograph printed on premium creamy white wove stock. 570 x 445mm unfolded. Unsigned, no edition size given. Edited by the Fluxus Editorial Council (George Maciunas) with Goerge Brecht. Contributors include: Henry Flynt, Ben Vautier, Nam June Paik, Marian Zazeela, Robert Filliou, Heinz Gappmayr. The cover features 'Prepared Piano Piece' by Nam June Paik, currently on show at Tate Modern as part of Paik's retrospective, as well as 'Primary Study (1956-64) Version 7 (Winter 1963-4) by Henry Flynt. The inside spread includes a 'Flux Horn Handy Order' form, listing previous Fluxus publications, as well as details of a lecture series by Dick Higgins, and a series of concerts by various artists, including Nam June Paik, Tomas Schmit-Sanitas, Emmett Williams and Jackson MacLow. Single horizontal centre fold, plus second vertical fold (the publishers nearly always folded these twice for mailing). [Ref. Fluxus Codex, pp. 94-95; Fluxus etc. The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, no. 551]. There are three versions of this Fluxus newspaper, this copy being an original 1964 print on superior thicker white paper. There was also a newsprint version printed in 1964 and thirdly a 1979 Flash Arts and King Kong International of Milan reprint on white paper, copied from the newsprint originals. Research from Laurence McGilvery (who have a complete set of V Tre, states the following 'The original edition was on newsprint, like the other early issues, but Maciunas also printed a few copies on better white paper. This is one of those copies. Identifying these special copies became difficult in 1975 when Flash Art and King Kong International of Milan reprinted the first 9 issues with the newsprint numbers also on white paper. Which is which? First, the reprint is slightly different in size: 57.8 x 43.6 cm. A side-by-side comparison provides far more telling evidence. Dark areas in this copy have clearly defined gradations from medium gray to dark gray and black. The same areas in the reprint are a muddy black, like a bad copy photograph. Presumably, the reprint was made from newsprint originals that could not hope to reproduce the photographic images'. Condition: light wear and toning, minor creasing to top edge, overall: Very Good++.…