Seller: Fenrick Books, Queens, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1988. Flyer, double-sided. 8 1/2 × 14". Near fine. Two rubber stamps, one "TRACE ROBERT WATTS" and the other "DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH THE IMPRINT OF A RUBBER STAMP" which is a Bill Gaglione piece. Participants include: Eric Andersen, David Behrman, George Brecht, Robert Delford Brown, Greg Calvert & Juliet Mondot, Buster Cleveland, Peter Cohen, Philip Corner, Bob Daily, Letty Eisenhauer, Robert Filliou, Peter Frank, Ken Friedman, William Gaglione, John Geldersma, Daniel Goode, Coco Gordon, Al Hansen, William Hellerman, Geoff Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Alice Hutchins, Joe Jones, Allan Kaprow, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Pamela Kraft, Jackson Mac Low & Anne Tardos, George Maciunas, Larry Miller, Barbara Moore, Peter Moore, Francois Morelli, Charles Morrow, Haig Oundjian, Rafael Montanez Ortiz, Ben Patterson, Chas. Phillips, Ely Raman, Peter Van Riper, Takako Saito, Paul Ryan, Diane Siprelle, Laurie Steelnik, Allan Tannenbaum, Yasunao Tone, Ben Vautier, Yoshi Wada, John Wilkes, Emmett Williams, and Helen Wong. " FluxLux was a set of written instructions by Watts for his Last Event, a ceremony that he directed Larry Miller and Sara Seagull to execute with Fluxus friends. They, together with Ben Patterson, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Dick Higgins, Philip Corner, Yoshi Wada, Rafael Ortiz, myself, and others realized the event. George Brecht, Eric Andersen, Milan Kní ák and Ben Vautier sent scores or texts. A phone call from Al Hansen in Cologne was amplified over the PA system. Francesco Conz came from Italy and Michael Berger from Germany. Many of Bob s former students and my graduate students were all actively engaged in the organization and performance of the various activities and events. It began with Bob s iconic piece 2 Inches on the porch roof, and then helium filled balloons stamped with TRACE BOB WATTS were pushed out of the window of the room where Bob died to float up into the blue sky and join Bob s spirit. It was a fantastically beautiful day. The day was filled with food, music, performance, conversation and fellowship among a great gathering of friends. There was an auction to raise funds for a Robert Watts Scholarship for the Rutgers MFA graduate program that Bob had helped to start. Phil Corner was auctioneer. Joe Jones, Larry Miller and Ben Patterson collaborated to adapt a remote controlled battery-powered boat with a paddle wheel dispenser to spread some of Bob s ashes into the pond. It took some coaxing from them for it to achieve its mission. There was a 21-gun salute with a variety of funny guns and some real ones fired by members of the local gun club. Ben Patterson as Flux Admiral fired the final shot, a rocket from the canon of his USS Robert Watts that he had built and which capsized when launched. As events at the pond drew to a close, a small plane, at Eric Andersen s request, circled overhead with a banner saying "MOON." The pilot waved. We waved back. The day ended with a score sent by Allan Kaprow, What s Watts Watts, where we added up the wattage of all the lights in Bob s house, turning them on as we counted, with Larry Miller announcing the totals, and leaving the house ablaze as we departed into the fading evening light." - Geoff Hendricks, From Job Interview to FluxLux, a 32 year friendship with Bob Watts.
Published by Charlotte Moorman (Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York ) New York, NY, 1965
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[1] pp.; 27.9 x 21.5 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Two-sided Poster / program for the 3rd Annual New York Festival of the Avant Garde held at Judson Hall, New York, August 25 - September 11, 1965. Organized by Charlotte Moorman. Performances and contributions by Charlotte Moorman, Robert Ashley, David Behrman, George Brecht, Robert Breer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Takehisa Kosugi, Jackson Mac Low, Erik Satie, James Tenney, John Cage, Luc Ferrari, Philip Corner, Robert Filliou, Jacob Glick, Don Heckman, Malcolm Goldstein, Al Hansen, Gary Harris, Dick Higgins, Burton Kaplan, Benjamin Patterson, La Monte Young, Wolf Vostell, Dieter Roth, Yoko Ono, Alfred E. Hansen, Morton Feldman and many others. Fair. Folded in three with tears, yellowing, bumping and folding of edges. Tears measure: 1.4 cm., 1 cm., 4 mm., 3 mm., 9 mm., 6 mm., 5 mm with an additional four 1 mm. tears to edges. 1.4 cm. dog-ear to lower left corner and 7 cm. dog-ear to lower right corner with additional folds and bumping to corner. 7 mm. dog-ear to upper left corner and 1.2 cm. fold to upper right corner.
Published by Charlotte Moorman (Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York ) New York, NY, 1965
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[2] pp.; 63.5 x 19 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Two-sided Poster / program for the 3rd Annual New York Festival of the Avant Garde held at Judson Hall, New York, August 25 - September 11, 1965. Organized by Charlotte Moorman. Performances and contributions by Charlotte Moorman, Robert Ashley, David Behrman, George Brecht, Robert Breer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Takehisa Kosugi, Jackson Mac Low, Erik Satie, James Tenney, John Cage, Luc Ferrari, Philip Corner, Robert Filliou, Jacob Glick, Don Heckman, Malcolm Goldstein, Al Hansen, Gary Harris, Dick Higgins, Burton Kaplan, Benjamin Patterson, La Monte Young, Wolf Vostell, Dieter Roth, Yoko Ono, Alfred E. Hansen, Morton Feldman and many others. Good. Hand addressed mailed copy. Folded in eight for mailing with mailing marks and mailing wear. Light edge-wear including 1 mm. tear to poster edge. Double parallel fold lines along three of the eight folds. 10 cm. of pencil writing to verso, otherwise clean and unmarked.
Kammerspiele, Düsseldorf, June 16, 1962, feuille pliée 193x207mm (193x413mm dépliée), impression typographique et insert 406x180mm, impression offset sur papier rose. Participaient au spectacle : Nam June Paik, George Brecht, La Monte Young, Sylvano Busotti, Jed Curtis, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jackson Mac Low, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson, Dieter Schnebel, Vostell.L'insert propose différentes publications Fluxus, Something Else Press, De-collage, entre autre. Deux petites taches en couverture.Moma,The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift Object number 3099.2008.a-b.(103821) Livres.
Published by Heiner Friedrich, New York, 1970
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good+. AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHANCE OPERATIONS (Edited by Jackson Mac Low), New York: Heiner Friedrich. 1970. 208 x 230mm. 112pp. Second edition. One of 4000 copies. Faithful re-issue of the 1963 Fluxus publication. Printed on 7 coloured paper stocks with 2 loose sheets and 2 mounted envelopes containing performance scores. Designed by Maciunas, with contributions by George Brecht, Claus Bremer, Earle Brown, Joseph Bryd, John Cage, David Degener, Walter De Maria, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Terry Jennings Dennis, Ding Dong, Ray Johnson, Jackson Mac Low, Richard Maxfield, Malka Safro, Simone Forti, Nam June Paik, Terry Riley, Dieter Rot [Dieter Roth], James Waring, Emmett Williams, and Christian Wolff. Condition: Sunning to spine, light wear to edges of front cover, handling marks to front cover and back cover as seen. Minor toning to some pages. Internally Very Good+, no tears or major issues. Overall Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
Published by Fluxus,, 1964
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy
autocopertinato. [New York], Fluxus, 1964 (January), Edizione originale. Esemplare con la normale brunitura e fragilità della carta, un certo numero di lacerazioni senza perdite riparate con nastro filmoplast (in particolare una lungo la piegatura orizzontale del primo foglio), piccole mancanze marginali lontane dal testo: un più che buon esemplare sostanzialmente integro). Raro primo numero in originale del periodico ufficiale del gruppo Fluxus, una pubblicazione d'artista in formato giornale che oggi, sul mercato antiquario, è spessissimo confusa con la ristampa anastatica fattane poco più di dieci anni dopo, a Milano, per le cure di Flash Art e King Kong International. L'unica maniera di distinguere i fascicoli originali da quelli della ristampa è il formato (nettamente più corto di 1 cm per lato nella ristampa, che misura 58 x 44 cm contro i 59 x quasi 46 cm dell'originale) e la qualità della carta, che negli originali è molto bassa e leggera (e pertanto si presenta oggi evidentemente brunita e fragile), mentre nella ristampa è più spessa e bianca (fatto salvo il normale lieve ingiallimento dovuto al tempo). -- «Fluxus cc V TRE» (poi nota con altri nomi tipo «Fluxus cc Valise eTRanglE», «Fluxus cc fiVe ThRee», «Fluxus Vacuum TRapEzoid» eccetera) fu per un lustro la pubblicazione periodica ufficiale del movimento neo dada: ne uscirono quattro fascicoli da gennaio a giugno 1964, poi due fascicoli nel 1965 (marzo e luglio) e ancora due nel 1966 (febbraio e maggio) e tre irregolari rispettivamente nel 1970, nel 1976 e nel 1979 per un totale di 11 numeri in formato giornale autocopertinato (tranne l'ultimo, di formato minore e di sedici pagine). -- Le pubblicazioni di Fluxus erano contrassegnate dalla parola «Fluxus» seguita dalle lettere dell'alfabeto; nel caso di questo giornale venne utilizzata la doppia «c», preesistendo una pubblicazione contrassegnata dalla «c» semplice. Il seguito del titolo, «V TRE», fu ispirato a Brecht da un'insegna al neon parzialmente spenta. Tra gli artisti coinvolti in questo fascicolo: George Brecht, Gyorgy Ligeti, Alison Knowles, Jackson Mac Low, David Tudor, John Cage, Emmett Williams, Dick Higgins, Robert Watts, Christo, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, Nam June Paik. in folio (455 x 590 mm), autocopertinato pp. [4] stampate in bianco e nero con numerose illustrazioni nel testo. Edizione originale. Esemplare con la normale brunitura e fragilità della carta, un certo numero di lacerazioni senza perdite riparate con nastro filmoplast (in particolare una lungo la piegatura orizzontale del primo foglio), piccole mancanze marginali lontane dal testo: un più che buon esemplare sostanzialmente integro).
Published by Smolin Gallery New York, NY, 1963
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[2] pp.; 56 x 21.5 cm.; duotone; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Double sided oversized flyer / poster / calendar for Yam Festival events presented at Smolin Gallery, New York, May 1 - 31, 1963. Design credited to George Brecht and Robert Watts. Calendar notes events held daily through the course of the month of May. Also indexes "Yam Day" events staged on May 11 - 12 at the Hardware Poet's Palyounse featuring works by George Brecht, Robert Watts, Ben Patterson, Dick Higgins, Mary Ashley, Robert Ashley, Philip Krumm, Carolyn Fozznick, Robert Breer, Earle Brown, Joseph Byrd, John Cage, Barney Childs, Philip Corner, Lucia Dlugosqewski, Robert Filliou, Malcolm Goldstein, Al Hansen, Spencer Holst, Terry Jennings, Ray Johnson, Jill Johnston, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Arthur Køpcke, Takehisa Kosugi, Gary Kuehn, Peter Longazo, George Maciunas, Jackson Mac Low, Robert Morris, Robin Page, Yvonne Rainer, Diter Rot [Dieter Roth], Tomas Schmit, Robert Swisshelm, James Tenney, Stan Van Der Beek, James Waring, Diane Wakoski, Emmett Williams, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young. Reference : No. 75 in "Extra Art : A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960 - 1999" by Steven Leiber, Ralph Rugoff, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Todd Alden, Ted Purves. San Francisco / Santa Monica, CA : California College of Arts and Crafts [CCAC] / Smart Art Press, 2001, pp. 68. Fair / Poor. Folded once as issued. Losses along edges and closed separation along fold. Discoloration along fold. Moving away from edges the work is in Good condition. See image for accurate rendering of condition issues. Sold "as-is.".
Seller: Fenrick Books, Queens, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Fluxus Editions, 1965. Single sheet. Black offset on olive green paper. 6 2/16" x 18 1/2". Very Good. Two horizontal folds. Small unobtrusive less than 2/16ths of an inch scratch to Fluxshop panel, faint wear at folds, general slight evidence of handling. Folded slightly off. A truly well preserved copy of this scarce George Maciunas designed Fluxus document. Poster issued to promote Fluxshop where multiples, editions, games and more made by Fluxus artists were available in unlimited editions and sold at affordable prices. Artists include George Maciunas, Genpei Akasegawa, Eric Andersen, Ay-o, George Brecht, Stanley Brouwn, Anthony Cox, Giuseppe Chiari, Philip Corner, Walter de Maria, Willem de Ridder, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Hi Red Center, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Jiri Kolar, Arthur Kopcke, Takehisa Kosugi, Shigeko Kubota, Frederic Lieberman, Gyorgi Ligeti, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Barbara Moore, Robert Morris, Ladislav Novak, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, James Riddle, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Takako Saito, Willem Schippers, Tomas Schmit, Chieko (Mieko) Shiomi, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, Robert M. Watts, Emmett Williams, La Monte Young, and others.
Published by Primary Information / Something Else Press, New York, 2007
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Book. New York, NY : Primary Information / Something Else Press, 2007 / 1965 - 1967 ; artists' book ; boxed edition ; offset-printed ; staple bound ; black-and-white ; 24 x 16 x 7 cm. [boxed] ; 20 vol. : 19 vol. [16] pp. ; 1 vol. [32] pp. ; edition size 200 ; unsigned and numbered. While they shared the same format, each title in the series was printed on varying colors and types of paper. True to the originals, each pamphlet is printed on various types and colors of paper and the complete edition comes in a hand-made pine box (note that some sets are offered without the wooden box). List of pamphlets 01. By Alison Knowles / Alison Knowles; 02. A Book About Love & War & Death: Canto One / Dick Higgins; 03. Chance-Imagery / George Brecht; 04. Injun & Other Histories (1960) / Claes Oldenburg; 05. Incomplete Requiem for W. C. Fields / Al Hansen; 06. Ritual: A Book of Primitive Rites and Events / Jerome Rothenberg; 07. Some Recent Happenings / Allan Kaprow; 08. Manifestos / Includes work by Oyvind Fahlstrom, Robert Filliou, John Giorno. Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Diter Rot, Jerome Rothenberg, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts and Emmett Williams; 09. Berlin and Phenomena / Wolf Vostell; 10. The Twin Plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams County Illinois / Jackson Mac Low; 11. Diary: Change the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) / John Cage; 12. The Cursive Scandinavian Salve / Bengt af Klintberg; 13. Auto Biography / David Antin; 14. Popular Entertainments / Philip Corner; 15. A Filliou Sampler / Robert Filliou; 16. Untitled Essays and Other Works / Allan Kaprow; 17. A Look into the blue tide, part 2 / Diter Rot [Dieter Roth]; 18. The Art of Noise / Luigi Russolo; 19. The Last French-Fried Potato and Other Poems / Emmett Williams; 20. A Zaj Sampler / Contains work by Jose-Luis Castillejo, Ramiro Cortes, Javier Martines Cuadrado, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, Tomas Marco, and Eugenio de Vicente. Reprinted in 2007 in painstaking detail to match the original publications as closely as possible and housed in a wood box screenprinted with the Great Bear logo. Bookseller Inventory #000078L.
Published by Primary Information, 2007
Seller: Books by Artists, Paris, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Comme neuf. boîte en bois avec 20 livres, 336 p. noir et blanc, agrafés, 200 ex.
Published by Something Else Press Cologne / New York / Paris, Germany / NY / France, 1965
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[96] pp.; 13.2 x 18 x 1.5 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size 104 boxed sets [plus 396 loose card sets, plus 992 clothbound copies]; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Loose card version of the artist's publication by Robert Filliou featuring silly questions designed to trigger equally silly answers printed on postcards with unmarked publisher's wrap-around paper. Includes introduction by Daniel Spoerri with sentences by Spoerri, Arman, Kichka Baticheff, George Brecht, William Burroughs, Christo, Diane di Prima, Brion Gysin, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Ray Johnson, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, John Herbert McDowell, Jackson Mac Low, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, Diter Rot, and James Waring. Title, colophon, and introduction are all also printed on postcards. These texts would be later made into a book, and read aloud in a performance at the Café Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, New York City, on February 8, 1965. References : "Something Else Press : An Annotated Bibliography" by Peter Frank. Kingston, NY : McPherson & Co, 1983, pp. 12. "Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste 1960 / 1980" by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Paris, France : Jean-Michel Place / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997, pp. 102. "Book as Artwork 1960 / 1972" by Germano Celant. London, United Kingdom : Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., 1972, pp. 61. Very Good. Light dusting to title card and light aging to cards otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes unprinted bellyband. This set is one of the 396 loose card sets. Due to size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by [Fluxus Edition] New York, NY, 1965
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[1] pp.; 53.4 x 16.9 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Poster / flyer issued to promote Fluxshop where multiples, editions, games and more made by Fluxus artists were available in unlimited editions and sold at affordable prices. Artists include George Maciunas, Genpei Akasegawa, Eric Andersen, Ay-o, George Brecht, Stanley Brouwn, Anthony Cox, Giuseppe Chiari, Philip Corner, Walter de Maria, Willem de Ridder, Robert Filliou, Dick Higgins, Hi Red Center, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Jiri Kolar, Arthur Kopcke, Takenhisa Kosugi, Shigeko Kubota, Frederic Lieberman, Gyorgi Ligeti, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Barbara Moore, Robert Morris, Ladislav Novak, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, James Riddle, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Takako Saito, Willem Schippers, Tomas Schmit, Chieko Shiomi, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, Robert M. Watts, Emmett Williams, La Monte Young, and others. Very Good / Fine. Minimal handling wear, otherwise Fine, clean and unmarked with mild curl to sheet.