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Various Artists
Historic poster for Park Place Artists (Robert Grosvenor, Leo Valledor & others)

1968

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Edwin Ruda, Dean Fleming, Leo Valledor, David Von Schlegell, David Novros, Tony Magar, Bernard Kirschenbaum, Robert Grosvenor, Peter Forakis, Mark di Suvero, Forrest Myers Park Place Group, 1968 Offset Lithograph Invitation 26 × 17 1/2 inches Unframed This historic, mid-century modern offset lithograph poster invitation - a collectors item - was created on the occasion of the Park Place Gallery group exhibition held at the Hayden Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from May 10 - September 15, 1968. The artists shown in this exhibition include the following: Edwin Ruda Dean Fleming Leo Valledor David Von Schlegell David Novros Tony Magar Bernard Kirschenbaum Robert Grosvenor Peter Forakis Mark di Suvero Jon Baldwin Gay Glading Forrest Myers Tamara Melcher This celebrated poster was designed by the award winning groundbreaking graphic designer Jacqueline S. Casey, the director of the Office of Publications at MIT and is featured in the acclaimed design book: "Posters: Jacqueline S. Casey - 30 Years of Design at MIT". It was also shown in an exhibition at MIT celebrating Ms. Casey's poster designs. More information about the Park Place Group: "Park Place Gallery was a contemporary art gallery located in SoHo in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States, during the mid-to-late 1960s. It was located at 542 West Broadway, on what is now LaGuardia Place just north of Houston Street adjacent to the neighborhood that is now called "SoHo". It is thought of as being the first gallery of the 1960s in that area of Lower Manhattan. Originally opened as a cooperative gallery in 1963 near Park Place in Lower Manhattan, in 1965 it moved to a new and larger location at 542 West Broadway. The gallery was a large open exhibition space with an office and second showing space in the back. In general there were two-person exhibitions each featuring a painter and a sculptor in the larger front room, and a small selection of artists work in the back room. The first director of Park Place Gallery was John Gibson who later opened his own gallery in the early 1970s. He was succeeded by Paula Cooper who after Park Place Gallery closed in the late 1960s opened the Paula Cooper Gallery in SoHo. She became a pioneer of the contemporary art scene and a forerunner of the population explosion of art galleries in New York City during the 1970s. The gallery showcased works by younger, less established artists with an emphasis on Geometric abstraction, shaped canvas, Hard-edge painting, Op Art, paradoxical geometric objects, sculpture, and experimental art. Many of the sculptors, painters and other artists who exhibited in Park Place Gallery were interested in cutting edge architecture, electronic music, and minimal art. The gallery also exhibited the works of lesser known young and older artists, often for the first time. Some of the artists that were exhibited at the Park Place Gallery included Mark di Suvero, Leo Valledor, Peter Forakis (who lived in Petaluma, CA), Dean Fleming, Bernard Kirschenbaum, Anthony Magar, Forrest (Frosty) Myers, Ed Ruda, Robert Grosvenor, Tamara Melcher, David Novros, Gay Glading, Jon Baldwin, and several others. Some of the artists that were invited to show, or play concerts or read poetry at the gallery included Ronald Bladen, Sol LeWitt, Eva Hesse, Al Held, Sylvia Stone, Robert Smithson, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Brice Marden, Charles Ginnever, Charles Ross, Robert Morris (artist), Kenneth Snelson, Robert Swain, Carlos Villa, Mario Yrissary, Peter Reginato, Ronnie Landfield, Carl Andre, Jake Berthot, David R. Prentice, Mac Wells, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Jonas, and dozens of young and unknown painters, sculptors, conceptual artists, performance artists and composers among others." - Wikipedia The provenance of this poster is impressive: it is postmarked 1968, and addressed to the former director of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. Publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology In good vintage condition with handling creases, overall scrunches, toning; with the original folds; a postmarked invite that was mailed
  • Creator:
    Various Artists (Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    In good vintage condition with handling creases, overall scrunches, toning; with the original folds; a postmarked invite that was mailed.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745212814982
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