Robert Watts: Artiststamps / 1961-1986 (3-29 February 1996)
Many illus. Unpaginated, perforated sheet of P. Gaglione stamps after Watts. 4to, transparent plastic sheets, black plastic spiral bound. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1996.
Scarce exhibition catalogue. From the introduction: “A complete collection of the artist postage stamp sheets produced by Fluxus artist Robert Watts was displayed at the Stamp Art Gallery…Robert Watts stands with Ray Johnson and Robert Filliou as one of the three precursors of the Mail Art Network. He is the first artist to produce a series of artistamps in sheets, doing so from 1961 to 1986. These were used in a variety of postal actions. He is known in the Eternal Network as the ‘Father of Artistamps.’”
The catalogue contains an insightful essays by John Held, Jr. and Sara Seagull, and a timeline compiled by Held. There is also a facsimile(?) Watts stamp affixed to the third page as well as a perforated sheet of stamps “PostFlux/7-11” (1996) by Picasso Gaglione.
In fine condition.
Scarce exhibition catalogue. From the introduction: “A complete collection of the artist postage stamp sheets produced by Fluxus artist Robert Watts was displayed at the Stamp Art Gallery…Robert Watts stands with Ray Johnson and Robert Filliou as one of the three precursors of the Mail Art Network. He is the first artist to produce a series of artistamps in sheets, doing so from 1961 to 1986. These were used in a variety of postal actions. He is known in the Eternal Network as the ‘Father of Artistamps.’”
The catalogue contains an insightful essays by John Held, Jr. and Sara Seagull, and a timeline compiled by Held. There is also a facsimile(?) Watts stamp affixed to the third page as well as a perforated sheet of stamps “PostFlux/7-11” (1996) by Picasso Gaglione.
In fine condition.
Details
Title
Robert Watts: Artiststamps / 1961-1986 (3-29 February 1996)
Author
(WATTS, Robert)
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