Dwan gallery: 1959-1969, 1969

Poster published in conjunction with a show featuring exhibition posters and cards produced by Dwan Gallery during its first ten years. Design by Marcus Ratliff. Offset printed b/w, 47 x 59.5 cm. Very good copy.

Dwan Gallery (1959-1971) was one of the most important galleries of the postwar period in the U.S. Founded by Virginia Dwan (1931-2022) in a Los Angeles storefront in 1959, it was followed by a second space in New York City in 1965. Dwan presented groundbreaking exhibitions and projects by Kienholz, Yves Klein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer among others.