Posters from the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church 1974–1975 Monthly Reading Series.
N.p., 1974–1975. Item #3483 For the October 1974–June 1975 season, Paula North created nine posters to advertise The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church's monthly reading series. Though famous for its mimeograph publications and the role they played in defining the mimeograph revolution, the distinctive artwork that adorned The Project’s book covers and posters from the era was printed offset, allowing the artists now synonymous with St. Mark’s—Joe Brainard, George Schneeman, North herself—finer linework, deeper blacks, and more vibrant colors than could be achieved on a mimeograph machine. This collection comprises eight original pen and ink drawings by Paula North for posters from the 1974–1975 season. Each drawing, done on cardboard and ranging in size from 10 x 16 in. to 15 x 20 in., has an acetate overlay, also hand-inked by North, used to block color. Together, these pieces make up a maquette and would have been used to produce a camera-ready plate for offset printing of the posters. Maquettes for every month of the season, except for April, are included. Also included are the corresponding posters from eight months of the season, excepting June, for which North’s original pen and ink draft is included. Posters range from 10 x 16 in. to 13 x 19 in.
The complete inventory is:
October 1974: Original pen and ink drawing with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to the cardboard backing, with some tape yellowing. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets and performers include Christopher Knowles, Cindy Lubar, Armand Schwerner, Janine Vega, David Antin, Rochelle Owens, Robert Creeley, Ed Sanders, Michael Brownstein, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Philip Glass, Les Levine, Charlemagne Palestine, Anne Waldman, and Robert Wilson.
November 1974: Original pen and ink drawing with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to the cardboard backing. Some tape yellowing, with some separation to cardboard at upper left corner that does not affect the illustration and toning to top edge. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets and performers include Ed Marshall, Michael Rumaker, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Ed Dorn, Fielding Dawson, and Seymour Krim.
December 1974: Original pen and ink drawing with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to the cardboard backing. Tape is yellowing and there is mild separation to the cardboard at upper right corner that does not affect the illustration. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets and performers include Michael McClure, Carter Ratcliff, David Shapiro, Michael Lally, and Tom Weatherly.
January 1975: Original pen and ink drawing with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to the cardboard backing. Tape is yellowing in some places. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets, musicians, and dancers include John Cage, Helen Adam, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Patti Smith, John Giorno, Jackie Curtis, Joel Oppenheimer, Rudy Wurlitzer, Maureen Owen, Ted Greenwald, Sam Rivers, Douglas Dunn, Anne Waldman, Robert Wilson, Kenneth King, Bill Knot, James Tate, David Ignatow, Stephen Stepanchev, John Wieners, Hugh Seidman, and Harvey Shapiro.
February 1975: Original pen and ink drawing, signed by North, with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to cardboard backing. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets and performers include David Ignatow, Ann Lauterbach, Hank Kanabus, Maureen Owen, Edward Field, John Hollander, Dale Herd, Terry Winch, Tom Savage, Piero Heliczer, Bob Rosenthal, Simon Schuchat, and Ed Bowes.
March 1975: Original pen and ink drawing, signed by North, with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to cardboard backing. Corresponding poster included, fine. Poets and performers include Walter Lowenfels, Miguel Algarin, Lucky CienFuegos, Miguel Piñero, Bill Corbett, Sidney Goldfarb, Clark Coolidge, Jim Brodey, John Godfrey, Tom Johnson, Leonard Neufeld, Rose Schacht, Mark Muhich, Michael Cooper, Peter Seaton, and Martha Wilson.
April 1975: Poster from readings in April 1975. Very good with evidence of folding from mailing and some wear to edges. Poets and performers include Jay Clayton and the Voice Group, Peter Gordon, Keshevan Maszlick, Richard Friedman, Peter Kostakis, Darlene Pearlstein, Glen Baxter, Kenward Elmslie, Jean Boudin, Audre Lorde, and Robert Duncan.
May 1975: Original pen and ink drawing, signed by North, with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to cardboard backing with mild bend to bottom left corner that does not affect illustration. Corresponding poster included, near fine with mild bends to top corners. Poets and performers include James Laughlin, Carl Rakosi, Mary Ferrari, Diane Wakoski, Charles Henri Ford, Tennessee Williams, Barbara Baracks, Charles Stein, Hannah Weiner, Tom Aherne, Bob Holman, Joanne Brahinsky, Beth Anderson, Rochelle Kraut, and Nick Piombino.
June 1975: Original pen and ink drawing, signed by North, with acetate overlay tipped on and taped to cardboard backing. Pencil draft of concept art by North included, measuring 8.5 x 11 in. Poets and performers include Ross Feld, Steve Katz, Spencer Holst, George Quasha, Richard Bandanza, Cynthia Hendersen, Eileen Myles, Bob Nicholls, Michael Slater, Rachel Lee Walling, Maggie D. Dubris, Charles Bukowski, Juan Hamill, Maxwell Firbank, Charles Bernstein, Mike Sappol, Alice Notley, and Steve Hamilton.
Price: $7,000.00