S. M. S. (Shit Must Stop). No. 3
New York: The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. Original portfolio, printed wrappers; in the publisher's cardboard mailing box. In very-well preserved condition, complete with all parts as issued. Item #409894
The third issue of William Copley's famous series of portfolios, each containing artists' multiples. Included in volume three are: John Battan (cover), Artograf, Enrico Baj, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, H. C. Westerman, Hannah Wiener, and Terry Riley.
"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