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$15.00San Francisco: Mercury House (1993). First edition. vii + 317 pp w/index. Very good plus in glossy illustrated wrappers.$25.00Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1995). First edition. 226 pp w/index. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with sunned spine. Dated (11-30-95) and INSCRIBED by Minor on the front free endpaper.$20.00NY: St. Martin's (1966). Second edition. 168 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Chapters focused on Schoenberg and Stravinsky with “Cross-Currents with Cubism” in between.$25.00London: Faber & Faber (1963). First edition. 140 pp w/index. Ink ownership stamp of Mario di Bonaventura on half-title page, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Chapters focused on Schoenberg and Stravinsky with “Cross-Currents with Cubism” in between.$20.00Cleveland: Slow Toe Publications (2003). First edition. 122 pp. A few spots of foxing to page edges, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Moore on the title page.$85.00Sudbury: Water Row Press, 2000. First edition. 111 pp. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. INSCRIBED by Moore, “To David Meltzer / Keep rockin, /Thurston Moore.”$150.00Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati [1968]. First edition. Single large sheet folded folded twice (11 x 7 inches, closed). Fine. Bill Sontag’s design features the outline of a cello with photographs of breasts superimposed over the upper portion of the instrument. Biographies of Moorman and Paik and notes on their performances printed on the verso.
$45.00[NY]: (np) [1963]. First edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inch flyer. Fine. Moorman and Tudor perform works by Webern, Byrd, Brown, Childs, Corner, Feldman, Young, and Cage. The flyer features facsimiles of each composer’s signature.
$45.00Köln: Funkhaus 1980. First edition. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inch flyer, printed in black on pale yellow paper. Near fine. Moorman and Paik open this three day event under the title, “Soirée Paik-Moorman.” Musik der Zeit I.
$150.00London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1968. First edition. 7 3/4 x 15 1/2 inch sheet, folded diagonally as issued, together with a 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inch press release, printed in three colors. The larger sheet has a few light bends to the lower corner, the press release is fine.Announcement for the first London concert by the “far-out” cellist and the “composer, etc. from Korea,” and the press release, issued by the ICA for a second concert, added by popular demand. Paik and Moorman performed works by Beuys, George Brecht, John Cage, Takehisa Kosugi, Yoko Ono, James Tenney, and Paik, among others. For the pair:
$40.00Dusseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle, [1975]. First edition. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inch flyer, printed in black on white paper. Fine. Stamped “Beginn jeweils 20 Uhr” in blue ink along the bottom edge. Both Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik are featured artists, along with Peter Roggenkamp, Giuseppe Chiari, and Mauricio Kagel.
$150.00NY: Norman J. Seaman, 1968. First edition. 17 x 8 1/2 inch two-sided poster for this event at New York’s Town Hall. Fine. Illustrated with a collage by Jim McWilliams. TOGETHER WITH a folded (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, closed) program with the details of the performance and biographies of Moorman and Paik. For the pair:
$125.00NY: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1980. Flyer and two-page press release for this event at the Guggenheim. Both 11 x 8 1/2 inches, both fine. Also, a stiff printed card folded three times (9 x 4 inches, closed) with original mailing envelope. Both items fine.Moorman and Paik to perform works by Paik (including Concerto for TV Cello), Kosugi, Christiansen, Ono, and Beuys. For the lot:
$50.00Bochum & Dortmund: Ruhr Park (1973). First edition. Folding invitation card (4 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches, closed), together with a program (8 1/4 x 6 inches, closed). Both items fine. In addition to “oldtime jazz,” this festival features Allan Kaprow’s “Happening für Kinder,” Moorman’s “Fernseh-Cello,” and Wolfgang Stoerchle “Video-Aktion mit Publikum,” and Sladek’s “Pantomime.” For the pair:
$35.00Wiesbaden: Museum Wiesbaden (1989). First edition. Single sheet folded once (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches, closed). Fine. Program for Moorman’s performances of Cut Piece by Yoko Ono, Variation of a theme by Saint-Saëns by Nam June Paik, and Infiltration, “Hommage für Cello’’ von Joseph Beuys, in addition to instrumental music by Takehisa Kosugi.
$25.00[NY]: (np) 1967. First edition. 3 x 5 1/2 inch card, printed on recto only. Fine. Announcement for Moorman’s appearance on the Tonight Show to perform John Cage’s 4’ 1.1499” for a String Player.
$25.00NY: WBAI-FM, 1965. First edition. 4 1/2 x 6 inch card, printed in black on heavy newsprint. Fine. Moorman to perform John Cage’s 26’ 1.1499” for a String Player on WBAI’s day of live broadcasting.
$45.00Köln: Kunsthalle Köln/Kölnischer Kunstverein 1974. First edition. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inch flyer. Fine. Schedule of events for this impressive festival. Moorman appears the opening night. Philip Glass, Acconci, Dan Graham, Yvonne Rainer, Tony Conrad, Hollis Frampton, Michael Snow, Jack Smith, Rebecca Horn and many others participate either in person or via their screened or performed work.$150.00Firenze: Galleria Numero [1965]. First edition. 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inch poster, printed in black on yellow. Tiny crease to one upper corner, else very near fine. Moorman, Brecht, Bussotti, Chiari, and Infantino perform works by Brecht-Tenny, Earle Brown, Higgins, Cage, Paik, and many others.$25.00San Francisco: Chronicle Books (2009). First edition. 4to. 160 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Texts by Nash and Jasen Emmons. From the Beatles to Nirvana.
$35.00Chicago: Susan L. Popkin/University of Chicago/Max Neuhaus [1965]. First edition. Folding card (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, closed). Very near fine. Neuhaus, Corner, and Tenny perform works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, and John Cage.$20.00[London]: Beggars Banquet (1981). 7 inch single. Fine in near fine picture sleeve. Cover photograph by Annette Newman. Beg 52. Founder of WIRE Newman’s second solo single.$125.00NY: Mercer Arts Center, 1972. First edition. 22 x 17 inch illustrated poster. Folded twice for mailing, else fine.
$450.00London: Atlas Press, 1997. First edition, numbered issue. Square 8vo. 235 pp. Some inevitable light offsetting to the endpapers, else very near fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. Housed in publisher’s decorated slipcase (fine) together with a large folded b&w map of the city (same offsetting, else also very near fine). One of 300 (of 312) numbered copies. Text translated from the original German by Malcolm Green.$20.00NY: Oak Publications (1970). Second US edition. 294 pp w/index. Small spot on top edge, else near fine in very good dust jacket with sunned spine, chip to crown, and overall rubbing.$25.00NY: Hippocrene Books (1984). First US edition. 297 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket.
$20.00Paris: Centre Culturel Americain, 1979. First edition. 4 x 8 inch card, printed in green on white stock. Fine. Announcement for exhibition, screenings, and performances by Moorman and Paik (TV Cello and TV Bra).
$125.00NY: WNET 1974. First edition. 18 3/4 x 13 inch poster. Folded twice for mailing, but not mailed. Fine. Poster photograph by Peter Moore, design by Jim McWilliams. Merrily Mossman directed this performance. Allen Ginsberg, Charlotte Moorman, Jud Yalkut, and John Cage are among the listed participants.
$40.00NY: Museum of Modern Art Department of Film, 1972. April 18. Two 11 x 8 1/2 inch sheets, stapled upper left. Fine. Statement of objectives, program, and notes on and by the filmmakers. The recto of the second leaf is printed on the illustrated flyer for the event, as issued.
$75.00NY: Film-maker’s Cinematheque, 1965. 11 x 8 1/2 inch flyer, printed in black on grey paper. Fine. Program for this performance featuring performance by Moorman and Kosugi, and video tape.
$20.00Paris: Musee D’Art Moderne [1972]. First edition. 4 3/4 x 6 inch illustrated card. Fine. Video image of Paik on the recto with the title text. Concert information on the reverse.
$35.00Boston: WGBH TV [1972]. First edition. Single long sheet folded three times horizontally (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, closed). Fine. Paik was one of number of artists commissioned to create works employing the rep of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.