Phyllis Johnson Ed (6 results)

Portfolio in Box. Condition: Poor. First Edition. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1966 Aspen Magazine Vol I, No. 2. Designed by Frank Kirk. Incomplete and worn example of the 2nd issue. Original glazed white paper folding lidded box lettered in white. Lacks inserts # 2 & 3 the Scriabin piece by Bowers and the flexible phonograph recording of Scriabin. Other inserts are all present and in about VG condition, including Ski Racing: Edging the Possible by Luray, The Robert Murrays by Peggy Clifford, Farewell to a Canyon & The Young Outs vs. The Establishment. Seventeen excerpts from papers presented at the Aspen Film Conference. Box crushed along the spine edge with rupture to the paper over the front joint and light soiling and wear to other box edges. Inserts generally VG or better. Lacking two pieces, Incomplete and as is. Fair only thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. First edition of first number, first volume. Complete. Box case moderately worn; inside contents in very good condition.

Aspen was conceived by perennial editor and publisher Phyllis Johnson as a challenge to traditional magazine design offering a multimedia landscape in each issue with sections that were individuated and independent, necessitating interaction that was often sensory and unbound, featuring records, 3-d models, sewing patterns, postcards, a flip book, and even ads were segregated to defy convention. In each issue, the contents and enclosures were designated as 'sections' and labeled as such, with issue-specific numbers, which have been herein assigned with corresponding numerical bullets, and entries for each issue where section assignments are absent. Each issue's sections were housed in a section-numbered box, which varied in size and design throughout the publication's run (1965-1971). All 10 issues are thematically independent, and by design they all featured a different set of editors. Only six sections missing from the entirety of those composing issues No. 1 - 10. These include the Something Else Press newsletter from Aspen No. 4; the illustrated content-enclosing envelope from Aspen No. 6a, which is commonly missing; subscription forms from Aspen Nos. 7, 8 & 9; and the to-date unknown section, #13, from Aspen No. 10. All sections in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Issue #3 has signatures. The most prominent being the vertical signature by Warhol to upper fore edge of enclosure cover. Contents of Issue #3 including the James Rosenquist pop art post card is inscribed to Ted Joans and the Jasper Johns piece Black Map is also signed. All 10 issues have been fully cataloged, please e-mail if interested in the 10-page entry, which provides details for each issue and a complete inventory of their contents plus more detailed condition points. Box enclosures vary in condition from fair---for issues #s 7 & 10----to very good with most being in good (or better) condition. Contents are all in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted in catalog entry. Issue #6a (not photographed for lack of enclosure)---or any other contents---can be photographed upon requests.

Boxed set. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1965 Aspen Magazine Vol I, No. 1. Inaugaural issue of the Phyllis Johnson edited art and culture"magazine in a box" - this issue designed by George Lois, Tom Courtos and Ralph Tuzzo. Lacks only the flexi-disc Jazz phonograph recording. Otherwise complete. The several bound and losse contents clean and neat. Oversize box in glossy paper covers is lightly shelf soiled to surfaces with storage wear. Lidded surface slightly concave; short split in the cover material along the front joint and a slightly crushed and frayed top corner. Largely complete with worn box. VG- thus.

Assorted Materials in Box. Condition: Very Good. 5 separate segments (one flexidesk of music of St. James Infirmary Blues & Israel) w/ a folder of advertisements in a box. Box: Very Good++ w/ minute rubbing on white area. Inside: Fine.

Assorted Materials in Box. Condition: Very Good. 5 pieces w/a flexidisk in a box. Box: Very Good-w/ the edge of a spine surface separated (connected w. inner paper), minute tanning around spine. Inside: Near Fine. Music by Alexander scriabin on flexidisk.