first edition
1959 · (Houston)
by Rosenberg, Harold; Miro, Joan; Johns, Jasper; Johnson, Ray
(Houston): (The Contemporary Arts Association of Houston), 1959. First printing. Very good plus.. Scarce first printing of the catalogue for this major neo-Dada exhibition — designed by Jim Culberson, introduced by Harold Rosenberg, and organized by a committee including Donald Barthelme. The complete list of participating artists includes: James Boynton, Cosmo Campoli, George Cohen, Joseph Cornell, Leon Golub, George Grosz, Theodore Halkin, Jasper Johns, Guy Johnson, Ray Johnson, Allen Kaprow, Jim Love, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Robert Rauschenberg, Yves Tanguy, and H.C. Westermann. 7.75'' x 7.75''. Original saddle-stappled brown pictorial wrappers. Designed by Culberson. Black-and-white illustrations. Printed on paper and glassine leaves of varying sizes, shapes, and colors, some with cut-outs. Faint soil/toning to fore-edges, light edgewear to wrappers. Crisp.
(Inventory #: 53363)