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Various Artists
S.M.S. #1-6, 1968
Portfolio, comprising six sets of ephemera in various media
13-3/4 x 7-3/4 x 1 inches (34.9 x 19.7 x 2.5 cm) (portfolio, each)
Published by The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., New York
Artist's in portfolio #1 include Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Kaspar Koening, Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, and La Monte Young & Mariann Zazeela

Artist's in portfolio #2 include Marcel Duchamp, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Meret Oppenheim, Bernard Pfreim, George Reavey, and Clovis Trouille

Artist's in portfolio #3 include John Battan, Aftograf, Enrico Baj, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, H.C. Westermann, Hannah Weiner, and Terry Riley

Artist's in portfolio #4 include Robert Stanley, Arman, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Hollis Frampton, On Kawara, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Robert Watts, Princess Winifred, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela

Artist's in portfolio #5 include Congo, William Anthony, Wall Batterton, William Copley, Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jenney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, Robert Rohm, William Schwedler, Diane Wakoski, and Lawrence Weiner

Artist's in portfolio #6 include Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Deiter Roth, Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferri, John Giorno, Toby Mussman, Adrian Nutbeem, Claes Oldenburg, Mischa Petrov, Jean Reavey, and Bernar Venet


Condition Report*: A few scattered stains from old rubber bands binding together the ephemera in the portfolios; a few mild scattered handling creases. Each portfolio comes in original boxes.
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Auction Dates
April, 2020
21st Tuesday
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Sold on Apr 21, 2020 for: $2,000.00
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