Jeaplus and Shalmar

Opal L. Nations

Published by San Francisco, CA, 1973

About this Item

One of 150 copies. 4to. Stab-stapled. 14pp. Privately published drawings and texts, with a cover collage by the author. The address given is the same as on Global Infantilist items by Nations; it was apparently his address. 'Shalmar grabbed Jeaplus and threw him away. Jeaplus did not accept the concept, so in turn Jeaplus threw away the concept'. About Very Good, with a few spots, the back cover slightly toned and soiled around the staples. Loosely inserted are four sheets printing different artworks by Nations, all 4to (although dimensions vary), printed in various colours on brown, green, and cream paper stocks. They show: a repeated image of a baby in the womb, an image used in 'Jeaplus and Shalmar', albeit slightly adapted. The image is identified in Herve Fischer's 'Art et Communication Marginale: Tampons d'Artistes' as the 'rubber stamp of the global infantilist movement the use of living infant and babies in events situations and written and visual representation in concepts and anti-concepts generally viewed as bearing some sort of anti-art situation'; a head literally in the clouds, with curtains over the eyes, along with the same baby image; a baby suffering on a table in a room, surrounded by small, sinister figures with KKK-style masks; and a sinister figure with hypodermic needles attached to his body, standing over a baby, with the heading 'GIVE BLOOD TO THOSE IN NEED'. Although not all explicitly connected to 'Jeaplus and Shalmar', the shared theme is clear. Two of the prints are dated 1973, the other two being undated; three of the prints are signed by Nations. Heavy edgewear to one print, encroaching a little upon the image, and some toning to two prints, but striking nonetheless. Seller Inventory # 002542

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jeaplus and Shalmar

Publisher: San Francisco, CA

Publication Date: 1973

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.