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Avant-Garde & Protest : The Long Sixties

Counterculture, underground press and protest material from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

See: Archival Collections, Artists' Books & Ephemera, Artworks, Avant-Garde & Protest, European Modernism & the Avant-Garde, Graphic Design & Typography, Late 20th Century, Postwar Avant-Garde, Protest & Civil Rights, Serial Publications

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  • A rare, mimeographed report on the effects of nuclear weapons, produced in 1952 by the Association of Scientific Workers, a British trade union.
    A rare, mimeographed report on the effects of nuclear weapons, produced in 1952 by the Association of Scientific Workers, a British trade union.

    Atomic Sciences Committee, Association of Scientific Workers.
    Atomic Energy Progress Notes. Volume II (Military). July 1952.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson
    First edition of Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson

    [CIVIL UNREST, PEACE & REVOLUTION.] [CIVIL RIGHTS & BLACK IDENTITY.] JACKSON, George L.
    Blood in My Eye. 1972.
    £150.00

  • Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.
    Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.

    FORD, Charles Henri.
    Spare Parts. 1966.
    £1,500.00

  • An exhibited copy of this highlight among 1970s conceptual artists' books. In the introduction, John Baldessari explains that Choosing Green Beans documents a game devised for two players.
    An exhibited copy of this highlight among 1970s conceptual artists' books. In the introduction, John Baldessari explains that Choosing Green Beans documents a game devised for two players.

    BALDESSARI, John.
    Choosing: Green Beans. 1972.
    £750.00

  • Splitting.
    Splitting.

    MATTA-CLARK, Gordon.
    Splitting. 1973.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King.
    First edition of Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King.

    KING, Martin Luther, Jr.
    Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? 1967.
    £375.00

  • Includes an introduction to the Black Panther Party by Elizabeth Barnes, a speech by John Hulett, a report from Lowndes County by John Benson, and Benson's interview with Stokeley Carmichael.
    Includes an introduction to the Black Panther Party by Elizabeth Barnes, a speech by John Hulett, a report from Lowndes County by John Benson, and Benson's interview with Stokeley Carmichael.

    [CIVIL RIGHTS & BLACK IDENTITY.] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY.]
    The Black Panther Party. June 1966.
    £750.00

  • 955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
    955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

    LIPPARD, Lucy.
    955,000. 1970.
    £1,250.00

  • This is Tomorrow is the scarce catalogue for the landmark exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956 which signalled the birth of British Pop Art.
    This is Tomorrow is the scarce catalogue for the landmark exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956 which signalled the birth of British Pop Art.

    [THIS IS TOMORROW.] CROSBY, Theo (editor).
    This is Tomorrow. 1956.
    £2,500.00

  • The Right to Vote was published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to encourage voter registration and curtail the suppression of African American voters in the South. It explains the registration process, gives instructions on filling out a registration card, and explains what to do if an application is rejected.
    The Right to Vote was published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to encourage voter registration and curtail the suppression of African American voters in the South. It explains the registration process, gives instructions on filling out a registration card, and explains what to do if an application is rejected.

    McCAIN, James T.; ADELMAN, Bob.
    The Right to Vote. August 1962.
    £1,750.00

  • Photographs by David Crosswaite of Carolee Schneemann's 'Thames Crawling' performance at the 1970  International Underground Film Festival at the National Film Theatre, London.
    Photographs by David Crosswaite of Carolee Schneemann's 'Thames Crawling' performance at the 1970  International Underground Film Festival at the National Film Theatre, London.

    [SCHNEEMANN, Carolee]. CROSSWAITE, David.
    Small archive relating to Carolee Schneeman's 'Thames Calling' performance at the Underground Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London, 14th to 20th Sept 1970. [With:] the 'low cost edition' of Schneeman's Parts of a Body House Book. 17 September 1970.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of the autobiography of Ravi Shankar, with signed presentation inscription from George Harrison to Hilary Gerrard.
    First edition of the autobiography of Ravi Shankar, with signed presentation inscription from George Harrison to Hilary Gerrard.

    SHANKAR, Ravi.
    Raga Mala. The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar. 1997.
    £4,500.00

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