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N.p.: ZDF Bilderdienst, 1986. Vintage borderless photograph of composer Robert Wilson holding a cardboard stick puppet on the set of the 1984 opera. Mimeo snipe in German on the verso. "The CIVIL warS" was originally conceived as six movements, created in six different countries, that once premiered in their countries of origin would then be joined together into… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. Cropping annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso, along with the stamp of the National Film Archive. Based on the 1963 play by Kenneth H. Brown, based on his experiences in a military prison at Camp Fuji in Japan in the 1950s. Originally performed in New York by… Ler mais sobre este item

Montreal: Prima Film, 1968. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 French-Czechoslovak film, including one double weight and two single weight. Vanessa Redgrave & Joshua Logan on set of Camelot (1967). Double weight photograph with cropping annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the recto, single weight photographs with Canadian distribution stamps on the versos. Double weight… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 Japanese film. Three with faint censorship blindstamps on the versos. A masterpiece of 1960s Japanese cinema, based on the novel by K b Abe and adapted by Abe for the screen, about an amateur entomologist who is held captive in a small, impoverished seaside village. 7.25… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 French film, all four showing actress Catherine Jourdan. All four with a stamp on the verso relating to the film's French release. An early, highly abstract work by French avant-garde filmmaker, writer, and academic Alain Fleischer. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Small archive of five vintage photographs belonging to noted avant-garde filmmaker and writer Kenneth Anger, relating to his research into homosexuality, drugs, and murder for his notorious books "Hollywood Babylon" (1959) and "Hollywood Babylon II" (1984). Two photographs with Anger's ownership stamp and label on the verso, four with press stamps on the verso, and three… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Living Theatre, 2007. Vintage program for the 2007 revival of the 1963 play at The Living Theatre, directed by Judith Malina. The Living Theatre revived the play to inaugurate its new permanent location on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on March 29, 2007. The play premiered at The Living Theatre on May 13, 1963… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: N.p., 1984. Vintage invitation to a performance by Frank Zappa at Limelight nightclub, 660 Sixth Ave., New York, on August 4, 1984. The invitation features a black and white photograph of Zappa by Steve Schapiro on the recto, donning an oven mitt over a raised fisted left hand, with an oven mitt graphic and text… Ler mais sobre este item

New York and Boston: N.p., 1979. Collection of nine posters of performances by Glenn Branca, 1975-1979. Essentially documenting the rise and seminal period of New York's No Wave scene, a graphically bold set of small to large-size posters advertising performances by Branca and his bands The Static, Theoretical Girls, and Daily Life, as well as theater pieces by Branca… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: New Yorker Films, 1969. Vintage studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film, showing director Robert Frank capturing a passionate scene between two men. Stamp of photographer Tom Conroy on the verso. Frank's first feature film and Sam Shepard's screenwriting debut, following Frank as he accompanies poet Peter Orlovsky and Orlovsky's catatonic,… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Festival, 1987. Limited Edition, one of an unnumbered edition. Published in conjunction with an event held at the Los Angeles Festival on September 5, 1987, honoring Cage on his 75th birthday. INSCRIBED by John Cage on the title page: "for Ben Latting / John Cage." Laid in with the booklet is a program for the… Ler mais sobre este item

Cologne [Koln]: N.p., 1989. Vintage poster for the performance of the 1989 dance piece by choreographer Louis Falco at the Tanz-Forum der Oper der Stadt Köln on May 9, 1989, with music by Bruce Springsteen (arranged by Hajo Stahl), libretto by Falco and Kitty Troll, and set, costume, and poster design by Jack Brusca, SIGNED and dated in the… Ler mais sobre este item

Bern, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern, 1983. Vintage poster for the Dan Graham retrospective exhibition "Pavilions," and musical performances by Glenn Branca and Graham, at the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland, March 12 through April 17, 1983, with musical performances on March 11, 16, and 17, 1983, designed by Albin Uldry. Artist, writer, and curator, Graham was a wide-ranging post-conceptual artist… Ler mais sobre este item

Beverly Hills, CA: Continental, 1968. Original pressbook for the 1968 film. A searing, emotional depiction of a disintegrating marriage in American middle-class suburbia. John Cassavetes' seminal fourth film as director took three years to complete, was shot (and edited) in his own house, starred his friends (who often doubled as camera operators), and ushered in an entirely… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. Vintage gatefold flyer for the 2009 exhibition, featuring posthumous work by Wallace Berman alongside contemporary work by Richard Prince. Conceived by writer and curator Kristine McKenna, and held at the Michael Kohn Gallery in in Los Angeles, January 15 through March 7, 2009. 8.5 x 5.5 to 17 x 5.5 inches. Near… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Living Theatre, 1959. Vintage mailer for a performance by American classical pianist William Masselos, held at The Living Theatre on May 4, 1959. Founded in 1947, The Living Theatre laid the foundation for a robust underground art scene in the New York City. After more than a decade of successful original radical stage productions… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: The DNA Lounge, 1990. Vintage two-color "Stephen Parr and Tornado Present: Sex and Mayhem in Sin City!" poster, for a perfomance at San Francisco's DNA Lounge, Thursday, May 10, 1990, "with Gere Fenellie [Fennelly], Connie Champagne, Doris Fish and Phillip R. Ford, Juan the Snake Dancer, Gwenfish and Bucket, The Human Volcano, Madame Fontain, Pop Void Video,… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. An exhibition catalog for a film series presented at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1947, featuring written pieces by Henry Miller, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Maya Deren, Luis Buñuel, and others. Very Good plus in yellow perfect-bound wrappers, with light wear at the… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: 1800 Square Ft, 1990. Vintage hand-colored poster from the premiere of the 1990 play, "Hold On to Let Go: A Dumpster Play by ... Moon of the Loon," by playwright Andrew Vermont, at the San Francisco performance venue 1800 Square Ft, at 719 Clementina Street, January 26-28, 1990. 11 x 17 inches. Several small pin holes,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Contemporary Films, 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Allen Ginsberg with Peter and Julius Orlovsky. Director Robert Frank's first feature film and Sam Shepard's screenwriting debut, following Frank as he accompanies poet Peter Orlovsky and Orlovsky's catatonic, mentally ill brother Julius through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off, he… Ler mais sobre este item