Various artists, S.M.S. portfolios #1-6, 1968, The Letter Edged in Black Press, New York, 6 assemblages of art and ephemera in various media each enclosed in a decorated cover, in original shipping cartons, artists include Christo, Duchamp, Man Ray, Lichtenstein, etc. (see Notes for full list), 14"l x 7.5"w x 9.5"h (overall total cartons)

Provenance: From the Private Library of an Art Historian

Notes/Literature: Artists in potfolio #1 include: Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Kaspar Koening, Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, and La Monte Young & Mariann Zazeela; #2 include Marcel Duchamp, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Meret Oppenheim, Bernard Pfreim, George Reavey, and Clovis Trouille; #3 include John Battan, Aftograf, Enrico Baj, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, H.C. Westermann, Hannah Weiner, and Terry Riley; #4 include Robert Stanley, Arman, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Hollis Frampton, On Kawara, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Robert Watts, Princess Winifred, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela; #5 include Congo, William Anthony, Wall Batterton, William Copley, Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jenney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, Robert Rohm, William Schwedler, Diane Wakoski, and Lawrence Weiner; #6 include Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Deiter Roth, Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferri, John Giorno, Toby Mussman, Adrian Nutbeem, Claes Oldenburg, Mischa Petrov, Jean Reavey, and Bernar Venet

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