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[New York] : Letter Edged in Black Press, [c1968]

Description:

6 v. : ill. ; 28-35 cm.

No. 1 (Feb. 1968)-no. 6 (Dec. 1968).

Related Elec. Res.:

Digital survey of S.M.S., created by the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in partnership with the William Copley Estate http://sms.sensatejournal.com/

Digital bookplate, HMSGRB copy no. 4, 39088009781923: http://www.sil.si.edu/link/?RyjCYg

Frequency:

Bimonthly

Notes:

Each no. consists of miscellaneous loose items, issued in portfolio; title from cover flap of portfolio.

Edited by William Copley.

A table of contents is inserted in each portfolio. For a detailed listing online, see the catalog record for this publication on the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) library World Wide Web site.

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

The portfolios contain prints, found objects, broadsides, booklets, collages, game pieces, plastic and textile materials, pottery shards, and other miscellaneous items. Portfolio no. 2 has a 33 1/3 rpm audio disc; no. 3 has a audio tape recording on a reel ("Poppy Nogoods all night flight"); no. 4 has an audio tape recording on a reel, and no. 6 has an audio disc.

Portfolio no. 5 (Oct. 1968) includes material relating to the copyright battle over the image of Picasso's sculpture in Chicago's Daley Center Plaza.

Portfolio no. 6 (Dec. 1968) has a printed card laid in, stating "The publishers of the Letter Edged in Black Press Inc. regretfully announce that this is the last issue of S.M.S. that will appear ...."

Local Note:

AAPGRB and HMSGRB each have a copy (HMSGRB copy is incomplete).

AAPGRB has no. 1-6, with their original mailing containers and portfolios, housed in 3 archival boxes.

HMSGRB has no. 2-6, only, with their original mailing containers and portfolios; each is housed in an archival box for preservation. Number 3 is addressed to Joseph H. Hirshhorn, with postage stamps; no. 4 is addressed from J.H. Hirshhorn in Greenwich, Connecticut to Al Lerner in New York City, with postage stamps; nos. 5 and 6 are addressed to Mr. Al Lerner in New York City, with metered postage.

HMSGRB copy no. 4, 39088009781923 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Alan Perkins and Barbara Bonessa on June 25, 2019.

Subject:

Art -- Periodicals.

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals.

Art and literature -- Periodicals.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Periodicals.

Conceptual art -- Periodicals.

Added Author:

Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996.

Hirshhorn, Joseph H., former owner.

Lerner, Abram, former owner.

Letter Edged in Black Press.

Added Title:

S.M.S.

SMS

Also known as: Shit must stop

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