Epping: The Ember Press, 1972
21 x 15cm, 168pp. Original card covers. A single number of this poetry review - there is an article on Scottish poetry which fails to mention Finlay while claiming McDiarmid is the greatest (then) British living poet - something which must have thrilled Finlay given they had fallen out in the 60s. The cover however reproduces Finlay and Ron Costley's GOURD. A discussion on Gourd can be found in the print section of this Finlay website.
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Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, Spring 1970
Six 25.5 x 20.4cm, 1pp offset lithographic price list for the Press stapled top left. Mentions a long list of old and new publications from the Press with prices. Various vintage annotations (probably by Sue Finlay) in blue ink indicating some items had sold out else VG+. With each passing year the size of these lists increased, of course, while the Press published new work and sold those items not out of print. VG+.
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Lincoln: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1972
18 x 13.5cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a University of Nebraska group show which included Finlay with all of the major international proponents of concrete poetry. VG+. A scarce card.
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Dusseldorf: Organisation fur direkte Demockatie, 1972
15 x 10.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card (and multiple) for a boxing match which took place during Dokumenta VI where Beuys represented "Direct Democracy" and Christian-Moebuss who represented "Representative Democracy". Judged by Anatol Herzfeld (one of Beuys' students and hardly a neutral figure) it was claimed Beuys had won the metaphoric competition. Beuys had recently set up the "Organisation fur direkte Demockatie" while being a teacher at Düsseldorf Academy - a post he waqs sacked from soon after the match. This is one of only 100 copies of the card which is stamped with a Haupstom stamp in blue and signed by both artists. VG+.
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Paris: Multiplicata, n.d. (1972)
30 x 21cm, 1pp. Original vintage xerox with a text announcing two books - one by Boltanski "10 PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI 1946 - 1964" and the other by Jean Le Gac "LE DECOR".
The letter announces they can supply signed examples of the book for 80Fr. Folded as issued for mailing else VG+.
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Original mailing envelope franked 3-10-72 hand addressed by Boltanski to M. Berg.
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Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, n.d. (1972)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibition of Beuys drawings with an image of two such drawings by Beuys on both sides of the card (one overprinted with gallery details). The second drawing has the word FETTECKE! clearly written which translates as FAT CORNER - a work that Beuys made several times with piles of cold fat forced into a gallery corner. This example is signed by Beuys in black felt tipped pen on the front over the image. VG+.
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Köln: Schirmer-Verlag, n.d. (1972) 20. 8 x 14.7cm, 4pp announcement card for the title book displaying Beuys work from the period before he was able to exhibit. Later many of these were collated into the Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland. This , as noted on the card, was the first published book on Beuys and contains 40 reproductions of works in collotype and 17 reproductions of sketches made by the artist during the interview with Erwin Heerich. Font of the book and one drawing reproduced in b/w and a text in both German and English. The lower part of last page is perforated to allow return to the publishers as a subscription form. Additionally this example has a minimal ink annotation on last page noting a discount of 40% for 10 copies. VG+....
N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 20 x 25cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a view of the poet's garden at Little Sparta and in particular the Aircraft Bird Bath. The photo is believed to be taken by James Styles and sent by Finlay to an Italian Collector. The image was later used in various Finlay publications. VG+. ...
N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 24.5 x 20cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a sundial sited in a pond at Little Sparta. The text on the sundail reads "Tristan's Sail. WInd Shadow." believed to be taken by James Styles and sent by Finlay to an Italian Collector. VG+. ...
N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 19.5 x 25cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a carved stone found in Little Sparta with the word "Barque". One of a small number of photographs sent by Finlay to an Italian collector. The photo is believed to be taken by James Styles. VG+. ...
Paris: Boltanski, 22 aout 1972
21 x 14.8cm, 1pp Original handwritten letter from Boltanski thanking Berg for sending the newspaper clipping from the journal Information and again inviting Berg to meet him in Paris and giving him Boltanski's telephone number 548-44-67. VG+.
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Original mailing envelope with hand written address by Boltanski.
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Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972
28 x 20cm, 58pp. Boards with printed title. An anthology of concrete poems (in part designed by Michael Harvey) with a section dedicated to sundials. This is the second US publication (After the Something Else Press publication the year before. This is one of 200 signed and numbered copies aside from the 1,000 unnumbered copies. VG+. ...