Semina Wallace Berman Editor (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Wallace Berman, Los Angeles 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. 8vo. 24 leaves, each with a mounted letterpress text and illustration, entirely printed by hand. Original wrappers with a photographic illustration by C. BRITTIN mounted on front cover, with "coverphoto: Chas. Brittin" written in red ballpoint on inner rear wrapper. Wallace Berman's legendary artist's magazine: "A…lthough printed on a handpress in editions of only a few hundred, Wallace Berman's 'Semina', a journal of poems and artworks published in nine issued from 1955 to 1964, is one of the determining works of its time, staking out a new cultural perimeter for an underground eager for change" (Duncan & McKenna, p. 21). This issue with contributions by Hermann Hesse, Paul Eluard, Jack Anderson, Michael McClure, Eric Cashen, Charles Bukowski, Paul Valery, David Meltzer, John Altoon (signed print) etc. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. Exceedingly rare. Clay and Phillips, p.78f: "Its circulation never exceeded a few hundred copies. You could not buy Semina; it was sent to you. Consequently, some claim it as the precursor to 'mail art.'" See Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle, pp. 52-54. Light handling wear and toning, generally a very good copy of this fugitive publication.
More imagesPublished by Wallace Berman, Larkspur 1960
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Letterpress title-page with illustration and 13 leaves, loosely inserted in pocket, printed by hand in 335 copies, original photograph by WALLACE BERMAN. Wallace Berman's legendary artist's magazine: "Although printed on a handpress in editions of only a few hundred, Wallace Berman's 'Semina', a journal of poems a…nd artworks published in nine issued from 1955 to 1964, is one of the determining works of its time, staking out a new cultural perimeter for an underground eager for change" (Duncan & McKenna, p. 21). This issue consists solely of the poem "The Clown" by David Meltzer. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. Exceedingly rare. "Its circulation never exceeded a few hundred copies. You could not buy Semina; it was sent to you. Consequently, some claim it as the precursor to 'mail art'" (Clay and Phillips, p.78f). See Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle, p. 62. Wrapper splitting at lower end, back wrapper slightly dustsoiled.
