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Two Posters of Wencke Mühleisen [Narcissus: One Woman Show / Performance av Wencke Mühleisen]Stockholm: Liljevalchs / Kulturverkstaden, [1979]. Offset. 15 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. Taped corners, light discoloration on right edge.Stockholm: Liljevalchs / Cirkus I Stan, [1981]. Offset. 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Letter “P” in top left corner and letter “E” in top right corner both rubbed off; light discoloration on bottom right corner; central image clean.Two posters promoting performances by Wencke Mühleisen. Mühleisen was known for her shocking, transgressive performances in which she would bare herself naked on stage, paint her genitals red, and feign intercourse. Her focus was on the politics of the body, sex, and gender.Between 1976 and 1985, Wühleisen was part of the Austrian Friedrichshof collective, a left libertarian radical collective movement that became better known as a cult. Wühleisen left due to its ironically authoritarian demands that every member have sex with each other and that children be separated from their parents. Founder Otto Muehl was eventually accused and imprisoned for the sexual abuse of children.These first poster promotes Narcissus, a one woman show by Wencke Mühleisen at the Liljevalchs gallery in Stockholm under the name Grevinnan Sophink [Countess Sophink]. The poster promotes Mühleisen’s scandalous performances, promising that she returns to Denmark to further damage her reputation.The second poster promotes a performance by Wencke Mühleisen at the Liljevalchs gallery in Stockholm, produced by Cirkus I Stan [Circus in Town], in late May and early June of 1981.“She wants to defeat Logos. She is her sexuality.”Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Two Posters of Wencke Mühleisen [Narcissus: One Woman Show / Performance av Wencke Mühleisen]

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The Living Theatre: Final Performances in AmericaNew York: The Living Theater, 1969. Offset. 24 x 18 in. Bumping and small closed tears to edges; "3.22.69" in ink in an unknown hand at upper right corner.Poster promoting the Living Theatre’s March 1969 run of performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, their last appearances in America before embarking on an extensive European tour. The experimental theater troupe performed some of their best-known plays including Paradise Now, Antigone, and Frankenstein during their season at BAM.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Living Theatre: Final Performances in America

Paradise Now: Living Theatre in Amerika, A Film by Marty ToppNew York: The Living Theatre, 1969. Offset. 10 x 15 1/4 in. Closed tear to upper margin, crease across right edge; else clean copy.Rare poster promoting Paradise Now, a film about the Living Theatre directed by Marty Topp, and produced for Universal Mutant by Ira Cohen. The film featured footage from the Living Theatre's influential 1968-69 American tour, in which the Living Theatre performed some of their best-known plays including Paradise Now, Antigone, and Frankenstein. This tour took place directly upon the Theatre’s return from exile in Europe. The flyer features a still from the film and a quote from Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Paradise Now: Living Theatre in Amerika, A Film by Marty Topp

Piero HeliczerThe Soap OperaLondon: Trigram Press, 1967. Screenprint. 25 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. Minor edgewear and some small closed tears.Promotional poster for Piero Heliczer’s 1967 publication on Trigram Press, The Soap Opera.Printed in 500 copies by Trigram, The Soap Opera featured a selection of poetry by Heliczer accompanied by illustrations by Andy Warhol, Wallace Berman, Jack Smith, Paul Vaughan, Robert Harding Brown, Augusto Genina, Ferro, Jean-Jacques Lebel, and Harold Chapman.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Piero Heliczer — The Soap Opera

Emperor of ChinaTeatro La FedeItaly: Teatro La Fede, 1969. Offset. 25 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. Lines from folding into eights, as well as dents and some small stains to paper throughout. Stamp to the upper right corner.Poster for the staging of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes dadaist play The Emperor of China, performed by the Teatro la Fede in 1969. The group, influenced by artists associated with Fluxus such as John Cage, as well as classic European dada, fermented their own style of fragmentary kitsch, provocation, and performance. The poster, drawing on their dada influences, features the reproduction of a collage of Max Ernst.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Teatro La Fede — Emperor of China

Three Posters for Dance at The Kitchen&nbsp;New York: 1978, 1979, 1980. Three posters. Offset. From 17 x 11 in. to 17 1/4 x 11 in. All very clean and good copies; minor bumping to corners, and slight loss to bottom left corner and line from folding in half of Nijinsky poster.&nbsp;Three posters of dance at renowned New York venue The Kitchen, including the poster for David Woodberry’s Nijinsky Suicide Health Club performed in 1978; the poster for three dance works choreographed and performed by Grethe Holby in 1979, which featured music by Lou Reed and Richard Peaslee; and the poster for Thought Movement Motor, a dance performance by Charles Moulton, Janna Jensen, and Susan Eschelbach presented as part of the Dancing in the Kitchen program series.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

[The Kitchen] — Three Posters for Dance

Josh SmithOnyx Collective Live At Ghengis CohenLos Angeles: [Josh Smith], [2016]. Hand-drawn illustration in red ink. 7 3/8 x 9 7/8 in., matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.Original artwork for poster promoting a concert by the jazz ensemble Onyx Collective at Ghengis Cohen in Los Angeles, in the hand of the visual artist Josh Smith.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Josh Smith — Onyx Collective Live At Ghengis Cohen

Jan Jaromir Aleksiun, Andrzej Mleczko, Jan Sawka, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz [Witkacy]Eight Teatr Stu posters[Krakow]: Teatr Stu, ca. 1970s. Offset. Various sizes.Posters for The Crazy Locomotive, Operetka [The Operetta], Pacjenci [Patients], Tajna Misjna [Secret Mission], and other productions by Polish avant-garde theatre, Teatr Stu.Founded by actor and director Krzysztof Jasiński in 1966, Krakow’s Teatr Stu was known for presenting alternative and experimental theater and as a hub of the Polish cultural underground. These posters were designed by some of the most celebrated and politically active artists of 1960s and 70s Poland.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Jan Sawka, Jan Jaromir Aleksiun, et al — Eight Teatr Su posters

1% Free [Diggers, Peter Berg, Stanley Mouse]Peter Berg, designerSan Francisco: [Communication Company], [1967]. Original poster offset printed on recto only in a dark black green yellow on white paper. 22 x 18 in., framed 24 x 20 in. Closed tear (~1/2 in.) on top edge, (1/4 in.) closed tear to left edge.The rare "1% Free" poster produced by The Diggers — San Francisco’s mid-sixties radical anarchist performance troupe and mutual aid organization, whose nonconformist militancy was influenced by the 17th century agrarian socialist organization of the same name. The Diggers combined radical community action, including a free store and free food in Golden Gate Park, with street theater, happenings, and pranks.This evocative image, which later appeared on the back of the Digger Papers, was taken from a turn-of-the-century photograph by Arnold Genthe of two Chinese Tong men in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. The faces and hands of the figures in this print were designed by Stanley Mouse, and incorporated into the poster by Mike McKibbon. Inspired in part by the Hells Angels, the 1% Free slogan was intentionally ambiguous; fearmongers at one point falsely suggested that it was evidence of a tithe instituted by the Diggers on the businesses of Haight-Ashbury. The more common interpretation indicated that the Diggers were part of a small segment of society that was actually free. Though this slogan and graphic featured prominently at several of the later Diggers happenings, the poster is a scarce artifact from the influential group.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Two Posters of Wencke Mühleisen [Narcissus: One Woman Show / Performance av Wencke Mühleisen]

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