Group of eleven items of correspondence, publication and exhibition announcements, cards and poster, chiefly related to the publication of Jim Dine's The Poet Assassinated.
Ephemera
1968 · New York
by Dine, Jim
New York, 1968. Ephemera. Near Fine. tems 15 / Correspondence from Dine to Arthur and Elaine Cohen relating to the Cohens monetary investment in the publication of The Poet Assassinated by Guillaume Apollinaire, Tanglewood Press, 1968: handwritten note on Dines Black Bathroom postcard, signed J.D.; handwritten note on Shrevesport, La. postcard, signed Jimmy; handwritten note to Elaine on exhibition invitation folded card for Jim Dine designs for A Midsummer Nights Dream, Museum of Modern Art, in which Dine refers to the original pochoir drawings included in the deluxe edition ... the prints (pochoirs) are about ¾ finished ... Love, Jimmy; two type-written letters to Arthur dated July 14, 1969 and nov. 7 1969" in which Dine refers to Rosa Esman, founder of Tanglewood Press AS it stands now I am not interested in the project in its present form and want the whole thing back of course repaying you and Rosa even though I feel her contribution has beenxxx minimal. Enough of this shit. Item 6 / Press sheets stamped Jan 30 1968 for front matter pages including copyright pages for Holt, Rinehart and Winston and Rupert Hart-Davis Limited. Item 7 / Press proof for dustjacket of first edition. Item 89 / Tanglewood Press announcement designed in Dines style using Dadaist techniques of random superimposed images and expressive poetry and order form card for deluxe edition. Item 10 / Exhibition poster for London 1966. Drawings, collage collaborations with Eduardo Paolozzi, photographic dreams with Michael Cooper and a 'Tool Box' screenprinted by Kelpra Studios 1966. Robert Fraser Gallery, London 13th September-15 October 1966. In 1966 the Robert Fraser Gallery was prosecuted for staging an exhibition of works by Dine that was described as indecent (but not obscene). The works were removed from the gallery by Scotland Yard and Fraser (aka Groovy Bob) was charged under a 19th-century law that applied to street beggars. Fraser was fined 20 guineas and legal costs. Item 11 / Petersburg Press announcement for Jim Dine Selected Graphic Work 19691973. (Inventory #: KC16060)