Hannah Weiner 1968 S. M. S. #3 Sms #3 Art Portfolio Signal Flag Poems (w. Copley)

  
Two folded brochures, one with pictorial translations of four of Weiners poems using the international Code for Signals for ships at sea; the other, verbal translations of the same. Also included is a Long Poem for Roy Lichtenstein and a pinwheel for creating chance poetry.

Complete sets of these SMS multiples are in the collection of MOMA, New York. Was an art collection in a box, filled with small-scale, often whimsical, artworks available by subscription. Delivering art through the post offered Copley, and his collaborator Dmitri Petrov, a way to circumvent the art market and make contemporary art accessible to nearly anyone.

Inspired by Copleys mentor and friend Marcel Duchamps Boîte-en-valise, S. Was conceived as an inter-media and intergenerational publication that would present artworks by prominent and unknown artists side by side. The magazine gathered an impressive range including the Surrealist luminaries Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim, Pop artists Richard Hamilton and Roy Lichtenstein, composers Lamont Young and Terry Riley, and an up-and-coming generation of conceptual and post-studio artists such as Joseph Kosuth and Bruce Nauman. This egalitarian spirit extended to the communal atmosphere of Copleys upper west side Letter Edged in Black Press loft which functioned as an unofficial hangout for many of the participants. The six issues of S.

Are composed of original reproductionsluxurious, exacting replicas of each artists work in an edition of approximately 2,000. The magazine spared no expense, seeking out, and even inventing, varied and obscure production methods including Lil Picards labor intensive Burned Bow Tieeach of which needed to be individually singed. Portfolios were mailed bi-monthly between February and December of 1968 directly to subscribers, with each portfolio containing approximately a dozen works of art. The item "HANNAH WEINER 1968 S. #3 SMS #3 ART PORTFOLIO SIGNAL FLAG POEMS (W.

COPLEY)" is in sale since Wednesday, February 5, 2020. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "lefebure928" and is located in London. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year: 1968
• Medium: Work on Paper
• Width (Inches): 6.6
• Subject: Art
• Date of Creation: 1968
• Listed by Self-Representing Artist?
  : No
• Originality: Limited Edition Print
• Height (Inches): 7.87
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Artist: Hannah Weiner