"IT IS" is the influential magazine founded by sculptor and polemicist Philip Pavia, committed to "catalyze and catalogue" the development of Abstract Expressionism. With contributions-whether textual statements, panel transcripts, or reproductions of works-from the likes of Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Pavia, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Larry Rivers, Milton Resnick, Mark Rothko, Salvatore Scarpitta, Walasse Ting, Mark Tobey, Jack Tworkov, and Esteban Vicente. With adjacent contributions from the likes of André Breton, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Allen Ginsberg, Allan Kaprow, and Piet Mondrian. Thoroughly illustrated in black-and-white, with several color plates.
This lot is for Volumes, 1,2,3 of a six-volume set. There were only six issues published of this magazine. It contains incredible illustrations and numerous statements and text from many of the New York School's artists.
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There is minimal wear to the spines, otherwise in excellent condition. Please email with any questions. Thanks.
