Merce Cunningham - Unoriginal Sins

GOOD MORNING MR ORWELL. 1984.

paul robertson — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:30:06 +0000

NYC: PBS, 1984

21 x 30cm, b/w silver gelatine press photograph released to promote the title world wide TV event organised by Paik but including a large number of contemporary artists including John Cage, Charlotte Moorman, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Merce Cunningham, Philip Glass and surprisingly the Thompson Twins. Two images - one a portrait of Paik, the other of George Orwell and an explanatory text. Hand written text identifying the artist on the back and a rubber stamp ink impression "Feb 1988". VG+.

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DRAWINGS NOTATIONS. 1994.

paul robertson — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:24:24 +0000

NYC: Margarete Roeder Gallery, 1994

8.5 x 12.5cm, 10pp (accordion fold single sheet) announcement for a Film and video dance performance with choreography by Cunningham and music by Cage. Directed by Elliot Caplan. One side of the leaflet has a number of uncredited drawings possibly by Cage. VG+.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM. 1989.

paul robertson — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:33:28 +0000

London: Sadler's Wells, 1989

75 x 51cm, full colour offset lithographic poster for a performance by Cunningham with his troupe. Full sheet image of the dancer and his partner in a pas de deux. Sadly there is a paper lack of about 1.5 x 1cm on the bottom left else VG. Priced thus.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY. 1968.

paul robertson — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:09:13 +0000

NYC: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1968
88.9 x 58.42cm, offset lithographic poster created for the Merce Cunningham and Dance Company by JasperJohns utilising the target from his “Target with Four Faces". In very good condition - an iconic image.

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GALA PERFORMANCE THE FOUR SEASONS. ILLUSTRATION BY MARTIN CREED)

paul robertson — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:48:41 +0000

Edinburgh: The Curve Foundation Dance Company, n.d.
21 x 15cm, 2pp. Publicity card for a dance performance which involved members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Scottish Ballet and the Phoenix Dance Theatre. The front of the card is a reproduction of a drawing by Martin Creed. Fine.

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PACKAGE FESTIVAL. 1953. DESIGNED BY CAGE FOR AN EVENT THAT NEVER HAPPENED

paul robertson — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:04:42 +0000

NYC: "One Day Festival of the Contemporary Arts", 1953
44 x 47cm, 1pp. Black on newsprint. Poster brochure advertising a festival concept, developed by John Cage and David Tudor, designed to feature recitals, readings, dance classes, lectures, and panel discussions. Composers, musicians, poets, and thinkers on board for the festival of "experimental" works included Cage, Tudor, Merce Cunningham, and Mary Caroline Richards. Rather than being a poster for a particular planned event, this "brochure" was designed to advertise the concept of such an event to colleges and universities. It was 1953, and Cage was meeting with a wall of rejections for grants, fellowships, and even work in animated films or as a writer for magazines. The Package Festival was as experimental as any of the composer's work, literally an idea that Cage hoped would offer financial support not to only himself, but to the growing number of contemporaries whom we would ultimately make famous on an international scale. In his biography of Cage, Kenneth Silverman notes: "The festival offered a dance program by Cunningham, a recital of contemporary music by Tudor, and a lecture on "Artaud and New Theatre"--three programs a day for three days. Each event had its own price tag, from $750 for the dance down to $100 for the lecture. But if a client bought more than one event a discount began to operate, making the discounted cost for the entire three day festival $1250. ...the Package Festival found no sponsors at the time...[and] Cage left Stony Point to concertize and lecture for two months abroad.” Folded for storage else VG+. Rare.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM & DANCE COMPANY. 1968. PHOTOGRAPH.

paul robertson — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:54:30 +0000

Bonn: Franz Fischer, 1968
18 x 12.5cm original photograph of the Robert Rauschenberg designed poster for CUnningham's dance troupe. Copyright notice on back and the handwritten text “Rauschenber 1968”. Fine.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM. 1985.

paul robertson — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:51:31 +0000

NYC: Fotofolio, 1985

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp b/w commercial postcard with a portrait of the dancer on the front. Reverse standard postcard. VG+.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND DANCE COMPANY. 1972.

paul robertson — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:47:01 +0000

London: Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1972

11.5 x 22cm, 4pp. Announcement leaflet with extensive listing of the programme for the show and booking form. One b/w portrait of Cunningham mid-jump. Various of the works performed are noted as having sets by Bruce Nauman, Jasper Johns and Robert Morris as well as Andy Warhol and music was by John Cage, David Tudor and David Vaughan amongst others. Slightly rumpled edges at bottom but an interesting period document.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY. c. 1970.

paul robertson — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:19:20 +0000

N.p.: s.p. (Cunningham), n.d. (c. 1965 - 1970)

36 x 22.5cm green and black on white publicity poster showing Cunningham

alone dancing alongside various TV sets also showing his visage. Fine.

Scarce.

100 uk pounds

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