ABC - we print anything - on the cards

from Holland : Brummense, 1977. First edition, first printing. 156 index cards in only 151 original copies stored in a handmade blue cloth box, silver stamped tied with a rose ribbon. Fine. Signed by Carolee Schneeman as #39 of 151, numbered copies, all collected together between March to November 1976. Beautiful color cards as a compendium of loose leaves in handmade blue cloth box and its contents function as both unstructure and narrative book work and as a performance score. The pink index cards contain comments and advice from friends. The yellow cards are a diary / dream extracts. While the blue cards hold the comments by Anthony and by the artist's new lover Bruce shown as 'B". "C" is the artist herself. The design and format was intended as an open ended reading of the piece and the relationships in no particular order. First performed at Franklin Furnace in New York City in November 1976, followed by performances by Carolee Schneeman in both Holland and Amsterdam. After awhile the artist became tired of the nature of the performances and preferred the ramble shuffled structure of the box presentation. According to Carolee Schneeman "every dilemma of our life is in here, every contradicton: It was a wonderful piece to be able to create, because it came out of such chaos. M partner was leaving me and strangely enough, it seemed like I was falling in love with someone else. It was so confusing. So when people would talk on the phone they would give new advice ... I would write that down and drop it in the drawer ... Finally I looked in this drawer and I had all these notes piled up and I thought maybe I could do something with this." Here it is. Fine bright all around, signed. Carolee Schneeman was born in 1939 in Pennsylvania, and was a well known American visual experimental artist known for her multi-media works on her own body plus narrative dealing with sexuality and gender. She passed away in New Paltz, New York in March 2019. Her work has been associated with Fluxus, performance art, Happenings and the Beat Generation. Payment by personal check is required, thank you.