Small Archive of Original Art
Collection of original art and collage from New York underground artist Kasoundra Kasoundra.
Collection of original art and collage from New York underground artist Kasoundra Kasoundra.
Wonderful and sizeable collection of over 100 photographs documenting a small group's road trip to Woodstock and weekend there.
Large original painted canvas banner likely utilized in one of Ken Kesey's final Acid Test events and based on Kesey's infamous limited edition ACID TEST album.
Signed first edition of Zappa's autobiography, published just a year before his prostate-cancer diagnosis — a review copy.
Small archive representing what is perhaps the only remaining trace of a fascinating, prescient, but ultimately unrealized utopian project of the counterculture.
Original poster for an Afro Rock event at Hull University, featuring one of the most important bands of the movement, Assagai.
Poster made in support of Iranian political prisoners and protesters against the last Shah of Iran, the U.S
Technical work on interpersonal behavior and personality evaluation by a pre-psychedelia Timothy Leary, written during his tenure as Director of Psychology Research at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland.
Scarce title by actress, writer, and general legend Cookie Mueller.
Crumb-style flyer for a July 21, 1970 benefit concert at the Palladium in Bimingham, Michigan.
Original vintage pen-and-ink portrait of a rider shown from the rear mounted on a custom motocycle and wearing a club cut.
Small men's 70s denim jacket from a female biker gang or motorcycle club. We find no information or reference to the "Metronettes," but as they were driving Honda's (most likely Gold Wings), they were probably on the more wholesome — rather than outlaw — end of the spectrum.
First printing of this poetic reflection on the tumultuous state of America and the world in 1984, in which essayist Sidney Bernard captures the peril of nuclear proliferation while highlighting the work of activists working to improve the future.
First printing of this distance-learning instructional manual for the self-taught motorcycle enthusiast, from the early days when the two-wheeled motor vehicle first became widely popular for pleasure cruising, deliveries, and machine-gun-fitted wartime reconnaissance missions.
Second edition of this early illustrated guide to the mechanical operation of the motorcycle, for "People who want the 'SHOW HOW' Features."
First printing of these collected essays challenging the prevailing psychological model of the drug abuser, signed by co-editor Coombs in the year of publication.
First edition of this book of candid photos sent to the author by skinheads from around Europe and Australia, a scarce record of the movement as it relates to the Oi! and ska music genres.
Original press photograph featuring Bob Dylan sitting in hte back of a vehicle with Donovan, hidden behind an open issue of MELODY MAKER with the cover story "Dylan Digs Donovan!" Photographer Daniel Kramer had a close association with Dylan, and his photographs were used for three of Dylan's album covers.
Official mimeographed newsletter of the Committee of 100, a prominent British anti-war group whose first president was Bertrand Russell and whose initial hundred public signatories included Christopher Logue, Herbert Read, Lindsay Anderson, and Gustav Metzger. This handsomely printed bulletin includes reports on relevant news stotries of the day: China's atom bomb tests, phone tapping of dissidents by the British police, pirate radio stations in London, and more.
One photo shows two elaborately dressed hippies dancing at a celebration at the Panhandle.
True first of the counter culture classic from Muir and illustrator Peter Aschwanden, collaborators on the self-published 1969 standard HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE.
Homage of sorts to 1968's RONALD REAGAN / THE MAGAZINE OF POETRY.
Travelogue of Danish writer Jorn Zabel as he journeyed around the US via bus at the start of the counterculture, from NYC to the California of Disneyland and the Haight.
Bilingual pamphlet presenting the case for boycotting Del Monte canned fruits and vegetables.
Flyer for a Memorial Day rally for disarmament on May 27th, 1978 at the United Nations.