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Isamu Noguchi
Galerie Maeght 1981 Exhibition Poster

1981, French
Offset lithographic printed poster
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Galerie Maeght / Paris

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Rare vintage Isamu Noguchi offset lithographic print poster. Printed in France on the occasion of the exhibition Isamu Noguchi : Granits, Basaltes, Obsidiennes at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 6 mai - 10 juillet 1981.

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was a Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. He was one of the twentieth century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. His varied work was informed by his extensive travels over his lifetime. He worked across many different mediums, including sculptural gardening, set designs and architecture.

In 1932, Aimé Maeght (1906-1981) opened the first Arte printing press in Cannes. He then met Pierre Bonnard, with whom he formed an unfailing friendship. The artist became his mentor and so strongly encouraged Aimé to devote himself to art printing that the latter decided to develop his activity and then founded his publishing house. In 1943, when the resistant artist Jean Moulin was arrested by the Gestapo, Aimé and Marguerite, his wife, were forced to take refuge in the hinterland in Vence where Henri Matisse lived, who became their friend. The Riviera become the refuge of artists and writers who fled the occupied zone. At the liberation, with the support of Bonnard and Matisse, Aimé left Cannes and created a gallery in Paris. The Galerie Maeght, inaugurated with the Henri Matisse exhibition in December 1945 in Paris, and quickly became the meeting place for artists and poets. From 1946, Bonnard, Braque, Matisse, Marchand, Rouault, Baya exhibited for the first time at the Parisian gallery. In July 1947 André Breton and Marcel Duchamp presented the exhibition Le Surréalisme at the gallery. The gallery grew to represent the work of Chagall, Mirò, Calder, Bram and Geer Van Velde, Ubac, Giacometti, Léger, Kelly, Steinberg, becoming one of the most important modern art galleries in the world.

A stunning collector's item, ready to frame.
Dimensions : 78 x 51.5 cm.
Very Good condition, unmarked, beautifully preserved.

File under: Isamu Noguchi Galerie Maeght / Paris Objects / Ephemera / A/V Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Macquettes…

1981, English
Die cut folded exhibition card, 18 x 14.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Nigel Greenwood Inc. / London

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Rare die-cut folded exhibition card produced by Marc Camille Chaimowicz on the occasion of the exhibition Macquettes… at Nigel Greenwood Inc, London, 10 December, 1981—30 January, 1982.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Fine copy.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Nigel Greenwood Inc. / London Objects / Ephemera / A/V Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Architecture / Interior Furniture Art Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Partial Eclipse…

1981, English
Fold-out booklet, 20.4 x 22.6 cm (folded), 72 x 22.6 cm (unfolded)
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by The Tate Gallery / London

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Rare 1981 fold-out booklet published to accompany Marc Camille Chaimowicz's performance of Partial Eclipse… at the Tate Gallery, London in September, 1981.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Fine copy.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz The Tate Gallery / London Performance / Dance / Theater Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Painting Drawing Sculpture / Installation

Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Chemin de Croix (Stations of the Cross)

1988, French
14 illustrated prints in illustrated cardboard folio, 30 loose leaf pages, 21.5 x 26.5 cm
Ed. of 150,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Pour l’Art Contemporain / Bourbon-Lancy

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Exquisite and extremely rare artist's portfolio, Chemin de Croix (Stations of the Cross), 14 drawings made by Marc Camille Chaimowicz at the Leighton Artists Colony, Parish of St Mary’s, Banff, during Easter 1988. Published in an edition of 150 copies and printed in full colour on warm, heavy paper stock, housed in illustrated cardboard folio, printed in Dijon on the presses of l'imprimerie Dips on behalf of the artist and Le Coin du Miroir, Dijon A Priori, Lyon Pour l'art contemporain, Bourbon Lancy. The 14 drawing series was created to be exhibited in the church of Lesme in Saône-et-Loire at the request of the association Pour l’Art Contemporain, Bourbon-Lancy, from July 1988—July 1989.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Very Good copy, with light age and corner/edge wear. Prints beautifully preserved within. Small chipping/closed tear to soft folio corners.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Pour l’Art Contemporain / Bourbon-Lancy Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Posters / Prints Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater Art Architecture / Interior Furniture

MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ
A Folio for Secession

2010, English / German / French
Folio of five looseleaf pattern sheets, a letter in facsimile, and catalogue, colour offset printed, 21.5 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / as new
Published by Secession / Vienna Walther König / Köln

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Out-of-print and collectible artist’s portfolio by Marc Camille Chaimowicz with five pattern sheets, a letter from Chaimowicz in facsimile, and an illustrated catalogue with essay by Silvia Eiblmayr (German/English and French/English). Produced by the Secession in a limited edition and published in cooperation with Musée La Piscine, Roubaix.

Born in 1947, Paris, Marc Camille Chaimowicz is a London-based artist whose cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper challenges the categorical divisions between fine and applied arts, masculine and feminine, public and private, past and present.

Like New copy.

File under: Marc Camille Chaimowicz Marc Camille Chaimowicz Silvia Eiblmayr Secession / Vienna Walther König / Köln Art Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation Objects / Ephemera / A/V Textiles

H.R. Giger
Poëtenz, 1967 (poster)

1967, German
Offset poster (double-sided), 83.5 x 59 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good

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Where it all started.... H.R. Giger's first ever poster! Rare vintage original and never reprinted.

Published in a limited edition to accompany the The-Telllife-No-mads-presents: Poëtenz happening/exhibition, organized by young Giger's friend and collaborator, Swiss writer, artist and publisher Urban Gwerders. Gwerders was the publisher of Swiss underground counterculture magazine Hotcha (1968—1971), to which Giger was also a contributor. The poster folds-down into a catalogue/program for the event with original cover artwork by Giger and collage contents, poems, photographs (including pics of Giger, Li, et al) and Poëtenz information, all designed in the montage style of Hotcha, and the "poster" side entirely reproducing Giger's incredible early "Astreunuchen" masterpiece, pre-dating ALIEN by over ten years.

A stunning collector's item and piece of Giger history, ready to frame.

Dimensions : 83.5 x 59 cm
Very Good condition, never mounted/pinned, well preserved in folded state as issued.

File under: H.R. Giger Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Art Surrealism Out-of-print / Rare Posters / Prints Objects / Ephemera / A/V Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Film / Video

Hitomi Watanabe
'77 LOOK Calendar

1977, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 28 pages, 36.5 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Nisshindo Optical Shop / Nagoya

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Extremely rare calendar issue from acclaimed Japanese photographer and representative of the Provoke movement, Hitomi Watanabe. Issued privately by a small eyeglasses shop in Nagoya, Nisshindo Optical Shop, this 1977 "LOOK" Calendar presents the rarely seen personal 1970s work of Watanabe. Watanabe began her career photographing in the Tokyo neighbourhood of Shinjuku, home to Japan’s 1960s counter culture. She came to prominence during the Zenkyoto student movement in the late 1960s, occupied the University of Tokyo campus in 1968-69 and participated in the 10.21 International Anti-War Day protests and 1970 Anpo protests against the renewal of the Japan-US Mutual Security Treaty. Her candid photographs of the everyday lives of the protesters, the state violence, and the aftermath of rioting from her insider’s vantage on this tumultuous moment afforded her work an undeniable, enduring power. Her famed "Kaihoku '68 / Liberated Area '68" a testament to this. When the Japan-US Mutual security treaty was renewed in 1970, Watanabe, heartbroken that they had not been able to prevent it, began her long travels through Asia, particularly India and Nepal, from which these beautiful, atmospheric colour photographs are taken. Reproduced in large format across the 12 months of 1977.

Very Good copy with some light wear and light cover tanning. Has been previously hung.

File under: Hitomi Watanabe Nisshindo Optical Shop / Nagoya Japanese Photography Photography Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

$500.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Comme des Garçons PLAY 2014 poster / catalogue

2013, English
Offset printed, double-sided poster, 55 x 41 cm
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

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Original Comme des Garçons PLAY double-sided promotional poster / catalogue, produced by CDG for the PLAY market at Isetan department store in Tokyo in 2014. Never commercially available. The Comme des Garçons sub-label PLAY was founded in 2002.

Dimensions : 55 x 41 cm (quarter fold as issued)

Fine copy.

File under: Rei Kawakubo Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Objects / Ephemera / A/V Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Posters / Prints

PAUL THEK / COMME des GARCONS (lot of 9)
2017—18 collections

2017—2018, English
Softcover (staple-bound) pamphlets, various pagination, 42 x 20.4 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$320.00 - Out of stock

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Large lot of the printed collaboration between Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons and the estate of American artist Paul Thek. Issued as mail-outs privately by Comme to announce the arrival of each of their 2017—18 collections, and not commercially available, these gorgeous, over-sized, elaborate fold-out leaflets designed by CDG showcase Thek's artworks (paintings, installations, drawings, sculptures, photography, etc) in a series of graphic collaged publications, made possible by Robert Wilson's Watermill Centre and Alexander and Bonin. Very Good, preserved copies, issued and collected individually, now very scarce. A couple with original b/w CDG mailers/envelopes included (not pictured). Included are the publications/posters numbered #1, #2, #5, #9, #10, #12, #16, #21, #23.

American artist Paul Thek (1933-1988) was an elusive sculptor, painter, and one of the first artists to create environments or installations, who came to recognition showing his sculpture in New York galleries in the 1960s. The first works exhibited, which he began making in 1964 and called “meat pieces” as they were meant to resemble flesh, were encased in Plexiglas boxes that recall Minimal sculptures. At the end of the sixties, Thek left for Europe, where he created extraordinary environments, incorporating elements from art, literature, theater, and religion, often employing fragile and ephemeral substances, including wax and latex. His work was presented at documenta 4 and 5 in Kassel (1968, 1972), the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1969), the Moderna Museet in Stockholm (1971), and the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne (1973). He was supported in particular by Harald Szeemann and Jean-Christophe Ammann. In 1977, Suzanne Delehanty curated Processions at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, marking the first solo exhibition of Paul Thek's work in an American institution. At the close of the 1970's Thek changed direction, moved back to New York, and turned to the making of small, sketch-like paintings on canvas, although he continued to create environments in key international exhibitions. With his frequent use of highly perishable materials, Thek accepted the ephemeral nature of his art works—and was aware, as writer Gary Indiana has noted, of “a sense of our own transience and that of everything around us.” Following his death in 1988, his work was mainly shown in Europe (Castello di Rivara, Witte de With, etc). In 2008, the ZKM in Karlsruhe programmed Paul Thek Artist's Artist, which also explored how Thek's work has resonated in the contemporary scene. On the other side of the Atlantic, it wasn't until 2010 that the Whitney Museum in New York dedicated a remarkable retrospective to Thek, whose title, Paul Thek: Diver, emphasized the artist's passion for the sea.

Very Good copies each.

File under: Paul Thek Comme des Garçons Rei Kawakubo Robert Wilson Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Objects / Ephemera / A/V Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Art

COMME DES GARÇONS / RAW VISION #1, #2, #4, #10, #13, #14 (lot of 6)
2014 SPRING—SUMMER; AUTUMN—WINTER 2014—2015

2014, English / Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), various pagination, 28.5 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Lot of six copies of the amazing printed collaboration between Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons and Raw Vision, the world's foremost magazine on Outsider Art, Art Brut, and Contemporary Folk Art, founded by John Maizels in 1989. Issued as mail-outs privately by Comme to announce the arrival of their 2014 Spring—Summer and 2014—2015 Autumn—Winter collection, and not commercially available, these gorgeous, elaborate leaflets designed by CDG showcase the diverse array of artists featured in Raw Vision magazine alongside Comme photographs by Kosuke Okahara commissioned by Rei Kawakubo to document the 2013 Paris Fashion Week, Fall / Winter collection, photographs by Hiromi Nagakura, Daisuke ITO, and Andrew Houston in a series of graphic collages, with many fold-out spreads. Near Fine, preserved copies of six volumes (issued separately), now very scarce. Artists throughout include Pavel Leonov, Daniel Johnston, Maura Holden, Joe Gatta, Malcolm McKesson, William Hawkins, Joe Coleman, Renaldo Kuhler, Freddie Brice, Anne Grgich, Ken Grimes, and many more.

Near Fine all.

File under: Pavel Leonov Daniel Johnston Maura Holden Joe Gatta Malcolm McKesson William Hawkins Joe Coleman Freddie Brice Anne Grgich Ken Grimes Kosuke Okahara Renaldo Kuhler Hiromi Nagakura Daisuke ITO Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Art Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Drugs / Psychedelia Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Objects / Ephemera / A/V Photography Painting Drawing Surrealism

Comme des Garçons / Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) #1, #5, #18
2013—14 Autumn—Winter

2013, English / Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), various pagination, 28.5 x 20.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$220.00 - Out of stock

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Copies of the infamous printed collaboration between Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons and legendary manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo, best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. Issued as mail-outs privately by Comme to announce the arrival of their 2013—14 Autumn—Winter collection, and not commercially available, these gorgeous, elaborate leaflets designed by CDG founder Rei Kawakubo, showcase Otomo’s Akira artwork in a series of collages put together and coloured by Kawakubo herself, with fold-outs, inserts and die-cut illustrations have become highly desirable, for obvious reasons. Surprisingly Otomo is the first Japanese artist to feature in Comme’s mail outs, so this collaboration was very special for fans of both. Very Good, preserved copies of three of the best of 28 volumes (issued separately) as they all feature Otomo's artwork on the covers (many others feature other artist mash-ups from Otomo-related NoBrow magazine, and now becoming very scarce.

File under: Rei Kawakubo Comme des Garçons Katsuhiro Otomo Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Fashion Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Film / Video Objects / Ephemera / A/V Out-of-print / Rare Art

Kathy Acker With Nox
Love, Emily

2023, English / French
Vinyl LP
400 copies,
Published by Slow Moves / Turin—Paris

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Originally released in a long sold-out edition of 50 cassette tapes, Love, Emily (Acte 3) was the third and final album of Michel Henritzi’s industrial label AKT Production. Recorded in a Paris studio in 1987, this 25-minute collage of spoken word and noise saturations intersects two radical voices from literature and experimental music of the time: American author Kathy Acker reading excerpts from her book My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Nox, mainstay of the French noise and industrial scene. Pulled from oblivion, restored and remastered for vinyl by Slow Moves, this archive gem crosses the clashing worlds of poetry and industrial music, melding Acker’s thought-provoking words to absolute and inflexible industrial sounds. A lot of it is noise, but a lot of it is also play; research for a new mystique, generating unusual forms and unknown languages.

Published in a limited edition of 400 copies, this vinyl also comes with a long printed panel of previously unpublished photographs and letters from Kathy Acker, tracing the background exchanges that led to the collaboration between the groundbreaking writer, Henritzi and Nox, a poster of Kathy Acker with french translations and a download code featuring both music and extra archival material (interview and articles).

Kathy Acker (1947-1997) was at the forefront of transgressive writing from the Seventies until her death. Her provocative intertextual narratives—halfway between autobiography and pornography—were developed in lectures, performances and films (Variety, Bette Gordon). Her published work includes Blood and Guts in High School (1984), Don Quixote (1986), and Empire of the Senseless (1988).

Nox was a French industrial band active from 1981 to 1992, founded by Arno (guitar, voice), Cécile Babiole (bass, voice, percussions), and Gerome Nox (guitar, voice), joined by Laurent Perrier (guitar, voice) then Laurent Pernice (percussions, voice). Their musical influences go from German Krautrock (Neu, Can...) to industrial music (Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle...) through repetitive music. The collective is at the origin of the AKT label with Michel Henritzi.

File under: Kathy Acker Nox Michel Henritzi Slow Moves / Turin—Paris Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Fiction / Poetry Sound / Music Objects / Ephemera / A/V Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art

The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
Japanese Film Brochure

1988, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 28 pages, 29.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by ABKCO / Japan

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Very rare Japanese brochure from around 1988, promoting the release on VHS (we think!) of The Holy Mountain, the cult classic 1973 Mexican surreal film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also designed sets and costumes, inspired in part by René Daumal's Mount Analogue. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a surreal sojourn for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures representing the negative aspects of the seven planets, to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment. Following Jodorowsky's underground hit El Topo, acclaimed by both John Lennon and George Harrison, the film was produced by the Beatles manager Allen Klein and John Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money. It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973, including Cannes, and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco, gaining cult status. The Holy Mountain is a mythical, mystical masterpiece, a Hieronymus Bosch painting come to life - part spiritual quest, part science fiction, part social satire, and completely without comparison.

This rare collectible brochure published by Allen Klein's ABKCO gives synopsis and introduction to the film, illustrated throughout with glorious stills, including a four-panel colour fold-out, Japanese texts, cast and production information, even Holy Mountain manga! A wonderful piece of printed history to Jodorowsky's masterpiece.

Very Good copy with some handling pinches.

File under: Alejandro Jodorowsky ABKCO / Japan Objects / Ephemera / A/V Out-of-print / Rare Film / Video Drugs / Psychedelia Occult / Esoterica Art

La Planete Sauvage
Japanese Film Brochure

1985, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 16 pages, 25.7 x 18.2 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by ? / Japan

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Very rare Japanese brochure from around 1985, promoting the release on VHS (we think!) of La Planete Sauvage (Fantastic Planet), the 1973 French/Czech experimental science fiction animated film, directed by René Laloux and written and designed by Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. The film was animated at Jiří Trnka Studio in Prague. The allegorical story, set on the distant planet Ygam, is based on the 1957 novel Oms en série by French writer Stefan Wul. Enslaved humans called Oms are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants, the Draags. Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor and is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms, who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence. La Planete Sauvage was awarded the Grand Prix special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. It is one of the greatest animations ever made.

This collectible brochure gives synopsis and introduction to the film, illustrated throughout with stills, Topor's designs, Japanese texts, cast and catalogue information. A wonderful piece of printed history to René Laloux's chilling psychedelic masterpiece.

Very Good—Fine copy.

File under: René Laloux Roland Topor ? / Japan Out-of-print / Rare Film / Video Art Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Objects / Ephemera / A/V

Sigmar Polke
History of Everything

2004, English
Softcover (staple bound), 16 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by The Tate Gallery / London

$18.00 - Out of stock

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Exhibition guide published on the occasion of Sigmar Polke, History of Everything, at the Tate London in 2004. Introduces the German artist Sigmar Polke (1941—2010) and surveys the major themes/developments in his work, illustrated throughout with examples in b/w and colour. Includes full schedule of exhibition events, etc.

Good copy with wear and spine pinching, rubbing to cover from another small book.

File under: Sigmar Polke The Tate Gallery / London Painting Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Pop Art

Paul Delvaux, Paul Wunderlich

1971, English
Softcover, folded card, 46 x 20 cm (unfolded)
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Staempfli / New York

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Rare folding card invitation/catalogue published on the occasion of the two-artist exhibition of Belgian painter Paul Delvaux (1897—1994) and German painter and graphic artist Paul Wunderlich (1927—2010) at Staempfli, New York, February 16—March 20, 1971. Offset printed in Switzerland, the catalogue features a colour reproduction of each artist's work in oil on canvas on the subject of the fantastic nude, with full exhibition catalogue on verso. The exhibition comprised a large number of works in oil on canvas by each artist, the earliest of which by Delvaux from 1943.

Good copy, light wear/marking.

File under: Paul Delvaux Paul Wunderlich Staempfli / New York Surrealism Painting Eros Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Art Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V

Roma (Federico Fellini)
Japanese film booklet 1972

1972, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 20 pages, 29.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by ? / Japan

$45.00 - Out of stock

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Wonderful, scarce Japanese souvenir photo booklet for Federico Fellini's Roma, a 1972 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film depicting director Federico Fellini's move from his native Rimini to Rome as a youth. A homage to the city, the only major "character" of the film, Rome is a fluid, often chaotic tapestry of bizarre scenes, Roman lives and events that blend together into a gorgeous visual carnival. From the opening traffic jam into the city under the fascist reign of Mussolini, the film is a procession of raucous and extravagant aspects of both Rome's past and present in joyous, delirious Fellini style. Heavily illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w stills from the film, alongside texts in Japanese about the film, cast, and production information.

Good copy with tanning and light wear.

File under: Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi ? / Japan Film / Video Art Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V

Satyricon (Federico Fellini)
Japanese film booklet 1969

1969, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 24 pages plus fold-out, 29.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by ? / Japan

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Wonderful, scarce Japanese souvenir photo booklet for Federico Fellini's Satyricon, a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The award-winning film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus (Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. Heavily illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w stills from the film, alongside texts in Japanese about the film, cast, and production information. Includes four-panel double-sided colour fold-out.

Good copy with light wear.

File under: Federico Fellini ? / Japan Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V

天井桟敷 (Ceiling Pier) 1967—1983
Tenjō Sajiki, Shūji Terayama

1996, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), unpaginated, 21.5 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Uplink / Japan

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Issued in 1997 and long out-of-print, this tremendous little publication collects and reproduces every issue of 天井桟敷 "Ceiling Pier" newspaper, published by Shūji Terayama's experimental theatre troupe Tenjō Sajiki between 1967—1983. Ceiling Pier (a term for the cheap seats in a theatre, furthest from the stage) was the voice-piece for the "Theatre Laboratory" activities of Tenjō Sajiki and their associates, published throughout their entire existence, now all impossibly rare. Lovely document of this printed history, from issue No. 1 May 3, 1967 through to No. 26 March 15, 1983, all pages, all reduced to the size of a jacket pocket. Includes the work of collaborators musician J. A. Seazer, graphic artists Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo, playwright Yutaka Higashi, actress Eiko Kujo, art director Ryōichi Enomoto, illustrator Makoto Wada, playwright Jūrō Kara, and many more. Texts in Japanese.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

Very good with light wear and one fold to cover.

File under: Tenjo Sajiki Shuji Terayama Tenjō Sajiki Shūji Terayama J. A. Seazer Aquirax Uno Tadanori Yokoo Yutaka Higashi Eiko Kujo Ryōichi Enomoto Jūrō Kara Makoto Wada Izumi Suzuki Uplink / Japan Out-of-print / Rare Art Theory / Essay Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Objects / Ephemera / A/V Film / Video

Computer Kunst aus Jugoslawien, Polen und Ungarn

1989, German
Softcover, fold-out brochure, 58.5 x 19.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Nordico Stadtmuseum / Linz

$8.00 - Out of stock

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Fold-out catalogue published to accompany the 1989 exhibition, Computer Art from Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary, held at the Nordico Stadtmuseum, Linz, Austria. Text by Predrag Šidjanin, with illustrations (in colour and b/w) and biographies of featured artists János Vetö, Tamás Waliczky, Jozef Rácz, László Neumann, Franz Curk, Vojko Pogačar, Predrag Šidjanin, Svetislav Nikoličić...

Average—Good copy with storage wear.

File under: Janos Veto Tamás Waliczky Jozef Rácz László Neumann Franz Curk Vojko Pogačar Predrag Šidjanin Svetislav Nikoličić Predrag Šidjanin Nordico Stadtmuseum / Linz Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Film / Video

Videotapes by Women from the The Los Angeles Women's Video Centre.

1977, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 12 pages, 19 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by George Paton Gallery / Parkville

$35.00 - Out of stock

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Catalogue published in 1977 on the occasion of the exhibition Videotapes by Women from the Los Angeles Women's Video Centre, October 26—November 3, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Parkville. Texts on each video work, screening program, with introduction by Kiffy Rubbo and Meredith Rogers, essay by Candace Compton. Works by Martha Roler, Candace Compton, Nancy Angelo, Anne Prutzman, Eileen Griffin, Jennifer Kotter, Holly O'Konski, Suzanne Lacy, Barbara Smith, Leslie Carslon, Claudia Queen, Adele Shaules, Linda Henry, Ilene Segalove Linda Montana, Nancy Heath Angelo, Marge Dean, Sandra Tabori, Susan Roberta Mogul, Sheila Ruth, Jan Zimmerman.

Los Angeles Women's Video Center founded in 1976 by Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, and Annette Hunt in 1976 and joined by Jerri Allyn in 1977, was committed making video production accessible to women artists. Through its productions about socially concerned video art, documentation of WB programs, the LAWVC was active in informing the public about women's issues and concerns.

Very Good copy, light pinching to spine.

File under: Martha Roler Candace Compton Nancy Angelo Anne Prutzman Eileen Griffin Jennifer Kotter Holly O'Konski Suzanne Lacy Barbara Smith Leslie Carslon Claudia Queen Adele Shaules Linda Henry Ilene Segalove Linda Montana Nancy Heath Angelo Marge Dean Sandra Tabori Susan Roberta Mogul Sheila Ruth Jan Zimmerman Kiffy Rubbo Meredith Rogers Candace Compton George Paton Gallery / Parkville Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Group Shows / Collections Conceptual Art Feminism Performance / Dance / Theater

Roland Dahinden, Sol LeWitt
Collaboration (Sound Sculpture Wall Drawing)

1997, English / German
Hardcover (cloth-bound) case, 2 x audio cds, 20 page booklet, 28 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Extraplatte / Austria Steirischer Herbst / Graz

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Scarce copy of Roland Dahinden, Sol LeWitt — Collaboration (Sound Sculpture Wall Drawing), a deluxe clothbound 2 x CD and book set published by Extraplatte and Steirischer Herbst, Austria. Commissioned by steirischer herbst 97, Kuppelsaal, Landesmuseum Joanneum, A-8010 Graz, Austria, 5.10. - 3.12. 1997. Includes the works: 1-1 PENTAS For Piano, String 4 And Live Electronics (Robert Höldrich, Tetras Streichquartett, Hildegard Kleeb, Gerhard Hüttl) 52:23; 2-1 PENTAS For 5 Loudspeakers (Remix Of The Sound Installation) (Dimitrios Polisoidis, Robert Höldrich) 1:00:12; Sol LeWitt — wall drawing #832 — Irregular red and blue special. Packaged in a cloth-bound hardcover folder/case, containing the two CDs and book with bi-lingual English/German liner notes. A folded image of Sol Lewitt's wall drawing is glued onto the inner side of the front cover.

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (1928 – 2007) was one of the most distinctive and influential American artists of the 20th century. He shaped and defined many of the century's most cerebral "isms", notably minimalism and conceptualism.

Roland Dahinden (b. 1962) is a Swiss trombonist and composer specializing in the performance of contemporary music and improvisation/jazz. He studied trombone and composition in Switzerland, Austria, Italy (with Vinko Globokar) and the US (with Alvin Lucier). Composers such as Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, Bernhard Lang, Joelle Léandre, Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman, Pauline Oliveros, Hans Otte, Lars Sandberg, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Daniel Wolf and Christian Wolff have written especially for him.

Near Fine copy all-round.

File under: Roland Dahinden Sol LeWitt Extraplatte / Austria Steirischer Herbst / Graz Conceptual Art Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Sound / Music Art

Jūrō Kara / Jōkyō Gekijo / Gekidan Karagumi

1991/1992, Japanese
Various newsprint/offset ephemera, unpaginated, 26 x 18.5 cm; 20 x 19.2 cm; 20 x 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Jūrō Kara / Tokyo

$45.00 - Out of stock

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Lot of 3 pieces of ephemera relating to Jūrō Kara and his Jōkyō Gekijo (Situation Theatre) company, formed in 1963. Jūrō Kara (b. 1940) is a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the Angura ("underground") theatre movement in Japan. According to the theatre historian, David G. Goodman, "Kara conceived his theatre in the premodern mold of kabuki—not the sanitized, aestheticized variety performed today, but the erotic, anarchic, plebeian sort performed during the Edo period (1600–1868) by itinerant troupes of actors who were rejected by bourgeois society as outcasts and 'riverbed beggars.' Emulating their itinerant forebears, Kara and his troupe performed throughout Japan in their mobile red tent." Kara's troupe gave guerrilla-like performances that adopted what is known as the tokkenteki nikutairon (the theory of the privileged body). Kara boldly affirmed that there was no longer a need for great play manuscripts in contemporary drama, and that it was the dramatic body of those who were on stage that was more important. Kara's beliefs of the "privileged body" was a dichotomy where the actor was a social pariah and a medium for the manifestation of the audience's dreams and desires. Kara appeared in Nagisa Ōshima's 1969 New Wave classic, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, amongst many other films.

Lot includes pamphlets for Jūrō Kara directed performances of Gekidan Karagumi's "Nijiyashiki" at the iconic Red Tent in Parthenon Tama Central Park, Tokyo; The Betel Seal (Act 1: Blood of The Shark, Act 2: Inside The Jar); newspaper brochure for Jūrō Kara's Electronic Castle II / Beggar of Love. All performances 1991—1992.

Very Good all. Light tanning/wear to newspaper.

File under: Jūrō Kara Jōkyō Gekijo Gekidan Karagumi Nagisa Ōshima Jūrō Kara / Tokyo Counterculture Performance / Dance / Theater Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Art Transgressive / Visceral / Abject