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Lot 141
COPLEY, WILLIAM (aka "CPLY"). 1919-1996 S.M.S. [Shit Must Stop], volumes 1-6. New York: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968.
11 December 2020, 10:00 EST
New YorkUS$1,500 - US$2,500
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COPLEY, WILLIAM (aka "CPLY"). 1919-1996
S.M.S. [Shit Must Stop], volumes 1-6. New York: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968.
6 volumes, complete. 4to (356 x 177 mm). 73 artist's multiples, with 1 Terry Riley reel-to-reel, without LaMonte Young reel-to-reel, laid into 6 volumes, each in publisher's wrappers designed by various artists, including Richard Artschwager and Marcel Duchamp, with additional 2 pp statement headed "S.M.S. Magazine," and exhibition materials laid-in.
COMPLETE RUN IN ORIGINAL BOXES OF THE INVENTIVE AND IMPORTANT ARTISTS' MAGAZINE, collecting artists multiples by Su Braden, Christo, Richard Hamilton, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Marcel Duchamp, Bruce Conner, Ray Johnson, Meret Oppenheim, Enrico Baj, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Man Ray, H.C Westermann, Terry Riley, John Cage, On Kawara, Roy Lichtenstein (his "Folded Hat"), Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono ("Mend Piece for John"), Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Diter Rot, John Giorno, and Claes Oldenburg, among others, all under the direction of William Copley. Born under a confluence of late surrealism, dada, Mail Art, and Fluxus, S.M.S. juxtaposed emerging ideas about art, visual and sound, with older more established traditions, and issued accessible and sometimes fascinating collections oforiginal works by a range of artists. Includes the rare Terry Riley reel-to-reel in volume 3. In original shipping boxes, complete.
6 volumes, complete. 4to (356 x 177 mm). 73 artist's multiples, with 1 Terry Riley reel-to-reel, without LaMonte Young reel-to-reel, laid into 6 volumes, each in publisher's wrappers designed by various artists, including Richard Artschwager and Marcel Duchamp, with additional 2 pp statement headed "S.M.S. Magazine," and exhibition materials laid-in.
COMPLETE RUN IN ORIGINAL BOXES OF THE INVENTIVE AND IMPORTANT ARTISTS' MAGAZINE, collecting artists multiples by Su Braden, Christo, Richard Hamilton, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Marcel Duchamp, Bruce Conner, Ray Johnson, Meret Oppenheim, Enrico Baj, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Man Ray, H.C Westermann, Terry Riley, John Cage, On Kawara, Roy Lichtenstein (his "Folded Hat"), Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono ("Mend Piece for John"), Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Diter Rot, John Giorno, and Claes Oldenburg, among others, all under the direction of William Copley. Born under a confluence of late surrealism, dada, Mail Art, and Fluxus, S.M.S. juxtaposed emerging ideas about art, visual and sound, with older more established traditions, and issued accessible and sometimes fascinating collections oforiginal works by a range of artists. Includes the rare Terry Riley reel-to-reel in volume 3. In original shipping boxes, complete.