Ray Battan (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. SMS (Shit Must Stop) , no. 3, 1968 - Printed by Black Edge Press in a run of approximately 2,000 Portfolio Cover by John Battan - this has tear and is worn and creased Aftograf, Poems in two booklets Enrico Baj, Glove - the plastic cover is warped and there are brown foxing marks William Bryant, Clouds Dick Higgins, O de tes London Joseph Kosuth Four Titled Abstracts Ronnie Landfield, Two Drawings - edges curled. Roland Penrose, Bush in Hand - dirt marks Man Ray, Mona Lisa's Father - signed and titled on reverse, glycerine cover curled H. C. Westermann, Correspondence - the pink ribbon is missing. Hannah Weiner (American, 1928-1997), Signal Flag Poems Terry Riley - pink colophon and tape not included Included from SMS no. 6 - John Giorno - 7 playing cards. Please see all photographs.

Condition: Fine. Clean and unmarked. [20] pp.; 28 x 17.8 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show of "SMS: The Portable Museum of Original Multiples in 6 Portfolios Published in 1968 by The Letter Edged in Black Press," held October 11 - December 11, 1988. Essay by Carter Ratcliff. Includes brief discretion of each element by every artists who contributed to the six S.M.S. issues including Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Kasper König [Kaspar Koenig], Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Marcel Duchamp, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Meret Oppenheim, Bernard Pfriem, George Reavey, John Battan [John Sebastian Matta], Aftograf, Enrico Baj, William Bryant [Billy Copley), Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, H.C. Westermann, Hannah Weiner, Terry Riley, Robert Stanley, Arman, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Robert Watts, Princess Winifred, Hollis Frampton, On Kawara, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Congo, William Anthony, Wall Batterton, CPLY [William Copley], Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jenney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, William Schwedler, Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Diter Rot [Dieter Roth], Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferri, John Giorno, Toby Mussman, Adrian Nutbeam, Claes Oldenburg, Mischa Petrow, Jean Reavey, and Bernar Venet.

Condition: Good. 10" x 12" Black and White Photograph. Matted. Very Good.

Condition: Good. 10" x 12" Black and White Photograph. Matted. Very Good.

Condition: vg+ with minor wear only. 1st. Limited edition artist assemblage / portfolio. All inserts included with the exception of a reel-to-reel tape which was included in only a handful of copies. Loose items in printed paper folder.

New York, The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. Six portefeuilles 178 x 279 mm, présentés dans leurs emballages postaux d'origine, contenant chacun un sommaire, pour un total de 73 multiples originaux. Artistes ayant collaboré: Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Kaspar Koenig, Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Bernard Pfriem, George Reavey, Clovis Trouille, John Battan, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, Hannah Weiner, Terry Riley, Robert Stanley, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Hollis Frampton, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Robert Watts, William Anthony, William Copley, Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jeanney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, Robert Rohm, William Schwadler, Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Diter Rot, Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferry, John Giorno, Adrian Nutbeam, Claes Oldenburg, Micha Petrov, Jean Reavey, Bernar Venet, Paul Steiner, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Westermann , Bob Watts , Toby Mussman , On Kawara , Arman , Congo , Aftograf , Princess Winifred, Enrico Baj.Broken Music page 230 ; Urawa Art Museum 2000 ; Documenta 6 catalogue 3 p.335 ; Söhm 319 ; Moeglin-Delcroix Esthétique du livre d'artiste, 1997, p.116. Papier-gesänge 107 ; Pop Art Store p.77; ; Marie Boivent : Revue d'Artistes Une sélection p.62 à 66;, p.335; Expositions : New York 1988, 1992 ; Paris, Berlin, Tokyo 1989., catalogue p.181-182. Parfait état dans les boîtes originales d'expédition. Pdf détaillé sur demande.(100144).