S. M. S. (Shit Must Stop). No. 1
New York: The Letter Edged in Black Press, February 1968. Original portfolio, printed wrappers; in the publisher's cardboard mailing box. In very-well preserved condition, complete with all parts as issued. Item #409893
The first issue of William Copley's famous series of portfolios, each containing artists' multiples. Included in volume one are: Su Braden, James Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Julien Levy, Kasper König, Sol Mednick, Irving Petlin (who also did the cover), Nancy Reitkopf, LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela.
"The work is a series of folders, available by subscription, containing objects and artworks contributed by artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Ray Johnson and Man Ray. As a publication, its mission was to question the notion of art objects as belonging in museums and galleries by bringing the work to the fingertips of the subscribers. S.M.S. was produced in small runs, and the sets Copley, clearly an archivist at heart, donated to the New Museum of Contemporary Art were destroyed in a flood (Heller, 150)" (Brandeis, see https://www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/essays/special-collections/s-m-s.html).
Price: $1,350.00