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square 8vo. unpaginated. profusely illus. in b/w. biographies, exhibition chronology biblo. Illustrated wrappers in excellent condition with very minor wear to extremities. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover paper portfolio(metallic silver) with loose sheets. Folio. Unpaginated (86 loose sheets). Illustrated with 68 b/w full-page plate photographs, and many additional in-text b/w photographs and illustrations. An artist's book and exhibition catalogue to compliment a series of shows and events created by the art collective N.E. Thing Co. LTD to coincide with the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The 18 sheets of text break down as: Schedule (1 sheet), [Video Programme, Slide Presentation: The Body in Art, Myself and Somebody Else by Eric Cameron, By Way of Introduction (4 stapled sheets )], Film Programme (1 sheet), Handlist of Works Included (1 sheet), The Aesthetic in Sport by David Best (3 stapled sheets), Body Works by Willoughby Sharp and Liza Bear, reprinted from Avalanche No. 1 Fall, 1970 (2 stapled sheets), The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women's Body Art by Lucy R. Lippard (5 stapled sheets), and Football for Art's Sake by Barrie Hale reprinted from Canadian Magazine November, 1975 (1 Sheet). All sheets are slightly yellowed around the edges. The portfolio is creased, rubbed, and worn, with frayed, bumped corners. and small tears in the fore edges and spine. Loose sheets in paper portfolio.