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A Popular Western Story

Here's a short shaggy dog story about Ed Ruscha's painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, the artist's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and a 10¢ rootin' tootin pulp periodical.

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Journal [LAICA Journal]
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 26.8 x 20.5 cm.
  • 60 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Journal [LAICA Journal]

[ aka : Art-Rite, No. 19 / Journal [LAICA Journal] No. 19 ] / No. 19 (June - July 1978)

Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Bridget Reak-Johnson, Debra S. Burchett, Edit deAk, Walter Robinson, Kickboy Face, Robert Morgan, X & Y, John McCracken, Robert Morgan, Dick Miller, Ronald Al Robboy, Peter Plagens, Randall Warniers, Walter Robinson, Susan Martin, Richard Armstrong, Richard Armstrong, Laurie Anderson, Clare Spark, Howard Singerman, Peter Frank, Chris Burden

Special combined issue of LAICA Journal (No. 19) and Art-Rite (No. 19). Issue edited by Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Bridget Reak-Johnson, Debra S. Burchett. Contents include: "Projects," by Edit deAk and Walter Robinson; "Homespun Versions of Mass Media," by Walter Robinson; "Teen Genius," by Kickboy Face; "Swim Parables," by Robert Morgan; "X & Y Offer," by X & Y; "Conversation: Between Craziness and Clarity," by John McCracken; "Swim Parables: Given to 4/4 Rhythms 5x," by Robert Morgan; "Texts," by Dick Miller; " Reifying the Heifetz-Trotsky Axis," Ronald Al Robboy; "Two Painters: Welcome in L. ... [details]

Los Angeles / New York, CA / NY: LAICA Journal / Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. 8 mm., 2 mm., and 1 cm. losses to bottom edge of recto with additional tearing. Bumping of right side edge of recto. 2.3 and 1.5 cm. of staining to verso. Contents clean and unmarked. This copy is the LAICA variant, without the Art-Rite sticker on recto cover.
[Object # 39792]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27 x 21 cm.
  • 68 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

No. 11-12 (Winter / Spring 1975 - 1976)

Art-Rite, Edward Ruscha, Demi R, Dale McConathy, Willy Lenski, Judy Rifka, Sylvia Sleigh, Edit deAk, Walter Robinson, Gregory Battcock, Yuri, Lucy Lippard, GAAG, Alan Saret

Spring 1975 - 1976 issue of Art-Rite, edited by Edit deAk and Walter Robinson. Contents include: "Demi," by Demi R; "Clothes (That Become You)," by Dale McConathy; "Social Realism: Or Living The Artistic Life," by Willy Lenski and Judy Riflka; "The Song of Lilith," by Sylvia Sleigh; "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene," by Elaine Pàgels; "A Transcript of Patti Smith," by Patti Smith; "Rhymes Getting Even," by Edit deAk; "Pencil Moustache Makes Up," by Edit deAk; "How Very Bicentennial," by Walter Robinson; "Junk Politics," by Walter Robinson; "Trans - Atlantic Crossing," by Gregory Battcock; "Henry Pearson: Black Icons Into An Outer Space," by Lucy R. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$175.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Yellowing of covers and pages with a 6.2 cm. crease and a 2 mm. tear to verso edge. Contents clean and unmarked. A very well preserved copy.
[Object # 39280]
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$150.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. 1.8 cm. tear to top edge of recto with additional 1 mm. tears to top edges of recto. Yellowing of covers and pages. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39774]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.5 x 21.2 cm.
  • 32 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Friendlyism and Sour Ball Issue / No. 8 (Winter 1975)

Edit deAk, Walter Robinson, Edward Pursor, Irene von Zahn, John Howell, John Giorno, Pat Steir, Alan Moore, Robin Winters, Bill Zimmer

Winter 1975 issue of Art-Rite, edited by Edit deAk and Walter Robinson. Contents include: "Polemic," by Edward Pursor; "Cultural Imperialism, Provincialism, and The New Internationalism"; "A Nebulous Art Presence"; "An Article on Scott Burton In the Form of a Resumé"; "Artists Don't Only Make Art -- They Are Also Artists"; "A Late Night Conversation with Addi," translated by Irene von Zahn; "A Serious Proposal for Nelson Rockefeller"; "Ça Va? Pas Mal. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$125.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light yellowing of cover and pages with light bumping of top and bottom right corners. Contents clean and unmarked. An exceptionally well preserved copy.
[Object # 39276]
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$75.00
Condition:  Good. 1.8 cm. tear to bottom edge of recto. 5.7 cm. dog-ear with bumping to top right corner of publication. Bumping with light chipping across top edge of covers. 2 cm. tear to top edge of page 3. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39773]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.1 x 20.8 cm.
  • [18] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Surroundings / No. 15 (April 1977)

Art-Rite, Rosemary Mayer

April 1977 issue of Art-Rite, edited by Walter Robinson and Edith deAk. Single artist issue featuring images and texts by Rosemary Mayer. [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$125.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Yellowing of cover and pages. 3 mm. and 1 mm. tears to edges of verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39275]
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$125.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Yellowing of covers and pages. Light foxing of bottom edge of recto and light fingerprint and dust soiling of verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39772]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 26.5 x 20.2 cm.
  • 24 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

No. 17

Art-Rite, Kim MacConnel, Walter Robinson, Edith deAk

Issue number 17 of Art-Rite, edited by Walter Robinson and Edith deAk. Single artist issue featuring images by Kim MacConnel. [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$200.00
Condition:  Very Good. Light yellowing of covers with yellow spotting along bottom edge of verso. Top staple has been partially torn from text block. 2 mm. fold to bottom right corner of recto. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39764]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 26 x 19 cm.
  • 48 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Performance / No. 10 (Fall 1975)

Edit deAk, Walter Robinson, David Antin, John Howell, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, John Howell, Lucy R. Lippard, Walter Robinson, John Howell, Diego Cortez, Joseph Beuys, Laurie Anderson, Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, Ruth Maleczech, Joanne Akalaitis, Jim Barth, Joan La Barbara, Charlemagne Palestine, Annette Michelson, Carolee Schneemann, Colette, Joan Jonas, Phil Glass, Julia Heyward, Ralston Farina, Paula Longendyke, The Mabou Mines, Tony Mascatello, David Bourdon, Hannah Wilke, Jill Johnston, Chris D'Arcangelo, Susan Ensley, Rebecca Horn, Nancy Holt, Jeffrey Deitch, Lucio Pozzi, Jared Bark, Robin Winters, Trisha Brown, Michael Kirby, Scott Burton, Robert Wilson, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Foreman, Christopher Knowles, Lucinda Childs, Lil Picard, Lynda Benglis, Babette Mangolte, Barbara Dilley, Mike Malloy, Douglas Dunn, Nancy Lewis, David Gordon, Steve Paxton, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg

Fall 1975 issue of Art-Rite, on Performance, edited by Edit deAk and Walter Robinson. Contents include: "Warm-Up," by David Antin; "Ralston Farina," by A.R.; "A Few Things We Know About Her," by John Howell; "Performance: A comment from Outside," by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe; "Performance: State of the Art in Arts," by John Howell; "Camoflage: Films by Holt & Horn," by Lucy R. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$125.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. 5 mm. tear with creasing to top left corner of recto. 2.9 cm. tear to spine edge of recto. 3.6 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner of verso with light 1 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of most pages. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39273]
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$125.00
Condition:  Very Good. 5 mm. tear to spine edge. Four small tears at edges of staple binding. 2 mm. and 1 mm. tear to top edge of recto and chipping along top edge of verso. Light yellowing of covers and pages. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39760]
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 27.8 x 21.5 cm.
  • 54 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Painting / No. 9 (Spring 1975)

Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Lucio Pozzi, David Reed, Robert Pincus-Witten, Anthony Mascatello, Dennis Kardon, Lawrence Alloway, Robert Ryman, Carl Andre, Richard Armstrong, Rudolf Baranik, Porfirio di Donna, Mel Edwards, Ron Gorchov, Peter Grass, Hans Haacke, Neil Jenney, Bill Jensen, Marilyn Lenkowsky, Willi Lenski, Hass Murphy, Elizabeth Murray, Judy Rifka, Irving Sandler, Julian Schnabel, Barbara Schwartz, Nancy Spero, John Torreano, Michael Train

Spring 1975 issue of Art-Rite focused on Painting, edited by Walter Robinson and Edit deAk. Contents include: "Conventional Wisdom"; "Untitled Statement," by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe; "Painting Matters," by Lucio Pozzi; "On Jumping," by David Reed; "On Intermediate Cases," by David Reed; "Random Notes on Painting From A Critic's Daybook," by Robert Pincus-Witten; "The Whitney Biennial," by Anthony Mascatello; "A Pained Expression," by Dennis Kardon; "About Painting," by Lawrence Alloway; "Photographic Realism," by The Staff; "Lilly Brody"; "John Mendelsohn"; "Nancy Spero"; "Julian Schnabel"; "Evriah Bader"; "Peter Grass"; "Niel Jenney:" "Painters (Group One)"; "Bruce Boice (with Irving Sandler)"; "Painters (Group Two)"; "Conversation with Brice Marden. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$75.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. 15.3 cm. and 3.6 cm. tears to spine. 2.2 cm. tear to recto, bumping of top edge of recto, and 1.2 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of recto. Chipping and tearing across top edge of verso. Yellowing of covers and pages. 2 mm. tear to page 3 and 1.3 cm. tear to pages 51-54. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39278]
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$75.00
Condition:  Fair. 9 mm. long "1.00" written in blue ink on recto. Tearing along spine wrapping around to covers including 1.2 cm., 1 cm., 2.1 cm. and others. 1.2 cm. loss to top edge of spine. Bumping and chipping across top edge of recto and verso. 1.4 cm. loss to verso at spine. 5.3 cm. soiling to right side edge of first page. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39759]
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Art-Rite
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 26.4 x 19 cm.
  • 79 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Artists' Books / No. 14 (Winter 1976 - 1977)

Art-Rite, Carl Andre, Kathy Acker, Roberta Allen, John Baldessari, Luciano Bartolini, Ulises Carrion, Daniel Buren, Robert Delford Brown, Robert Cumming, Ted Castle, Agnes Denes, Peter Downsbrough, Mary Fish, Peter Grass, George Griffin, Judith A. Hoffberg, Douglas Huebler, Allan Kaprow, Richard Kostelanetz, Sharon Kulik, Robert Leverant, Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, Christof Kohlhofer, Jane Logemann, Paul McMahon, Robert Morgan, Maurizio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Adrian Piper, Lucio Pozzi, Marcia Resnick, The Roseprint Detective Club, Carolee Schneemann, John Shaw, Bob Smith, Pat Steir, Ellen Sragow, Ted Stamm, Peter Stansbury, Richard Tuttle, Fred Truck, Lawrence Weiner, Robin Winters, Rachel Youdelman, John Howell, David Salle, Al More, Rosalle Goldberg, Lawrence Alloway, Peggy Gale, AA Bronson, Naomi Spector, Eve Sonneman, Irena von Zahn, Peter Frank

Issue number 14 of Art-Rite, the artists' books issue, edited by Walter Robinson and Edith deAk. Contents include: "Market Research," statements about artists' books by Kathy Acker, John Baldessari, Luciano Bartonlini, Roberta Allen, Ulises Carrion, Daniel Buren, Robert Delford, Brown, Robert Cumming, Ted Castle, Agnes Denes, Peter Downsbrough, Mary Fish, Jon Gibson, Peter Grass, George Griffin, Judith A. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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$125.00
Condition:  Very Good. 6 mm. tear and 1 mm. loss to bottom edge of recto. Tearing along staple binding at spine measuring 6 mm., 5 mm., 1.3 cm., 1.1 cm. tears. Light yellowing of covers and pages. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39758]
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$75.00
Condition:  Poor / Fair / Good. Yellowed brittle pages with multiple tears and areas of loss to covers including 6.5 cm. 3.5 cm., and 2.9 cm. losses. Light chipping and folding of pages, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Sold "as-is."
[Object # 38617]
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$75.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. 9.6 cm. loss to bottom left corner of verso with multiple areas of tearing and loss along length of spine. Light yellowing of covers and contents. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39277]
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$75.00
Condition:  Good. 1.2 cm., 2 cm., 6 mm. of soiling to recto; 7 mm. and 8 mm. tears to top edge of recto; 8 mm. and 9 mm. tears to bottom edge of recto; tears to spine edge measuring 7 mm., 1 cm. (x 2), 3.1 cm., and 7 mm. tears. Yellowing of covers and pages. Contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 39757]
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Art-Rite Magazine Invites You to a Food, Drink and Dance Party
  • ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 17.1 x 12 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite Magazine Invites You to a Food, Drink and Dance Party

Bob Kushner, Ron Lieberman

Two-sided postcard / invitation published in conjunction with a "Food, Drink and Dance Party" thrown by Art-Rite Magazine at 149 Wooster Street, New York City [the loft home of Edit deAk] on March 15, 1974. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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Art-Rite
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • duotone
  • 26 x 19 cm.
  • 32 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Art-Rite

Video / No. 7 (Autumn 1974)

Joshua Cohn, Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, Anna Canepa, Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas, Richard Serra, Bruce Kurtz, David A. Ross, Jean Dupuy, Hannah Wilke, Taka Iimura, Ron Clark, Alan Suicide, The Black Tarantula, Ernest Gusella, William Gwin, Akira Kokubo, Lynda Benglis, Shigeko Kubota, Ulrike Rosenbach, Andy Mann, Donald Munroe, Joan Schwartz, Paul Tschinkel, Douglas Huebler, Ruchard Landry, Nam June Paik, Willoughby Sharp, Peter Campus, Nancy Holt, Hajni Tenkacs, Jared Bark, William Wegman, Roger Welch, Allan Kaprow, Rob Stefanotty, Anna Canepa, Dennis Oppenheim, John Baldessari, Eleanor Antin, Leon Golub, Nancy Kitchell, Les Levine, David Ross, Robert Stefanotty, Shigeco Kubota, Richard Landry

Issue edited by Joshua Cohn, Walter Robinson, Edit deAk, with guest editor Anna Canepa. Essays "Some Notes on My Use of Video," by Vito Acconci; "August 1974: Fawn Grove, PA.," by Joan Jonas; "Text: Television Delivers People," by Richard Serra; "Shooting Star," by Bruce Kurtz; " Video and The Museum," by David A. ... [details]

New York, NY: Art-Rite Publishing Co.,
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