Les Levine, Press Kit : Copies Everyone

Toronto, The Isaacs Gallery, 1970/ 1973. Artists’ book doubling as press kit, originally made in conjunction with a show at The Isaacs Gallery in 1970. Cardboard box with mounted title sheet, 29 x 22.5 cm, containing 147 loose leaves with b/w photocopied artists' documentation from the late 1960s to 1970.

Includes press releases, exhibition announcements, newspaper clippings, articles, reproductions of artworks, biographies, bibliographies, and transcripts of telephone conversations (Red Tape), among other materials. Also features abundant information on Levine’s Restaurant in New York, serving Irish, Jewish and Canadian Cuisine, advertised as 'You get more with Les'. Ran by Mickey Ruskin, owner of Max's Kansas City, it was conceived as a culinary environment in honour of the artist. The cardboard box shows damage at all corners, and the top lid is partially torn off on the left side, measuring 16 cm, without affecting the box's image. The interior sheets are in mint condition. Exciting archival document.