Angus MacLise. The New Universal Solar Calendar

New York, George Maciunas, n.d. (1969). First Edition. Single sheet, 52.5 x 60 cm, black calligraphy and illustrations, offset-printed on white stock. Layout by Paolo Lionni, production by George Macunias. Fragile paper with mild toning, folded twice. With creasing and small tears (largest is 3.5 cm) to the top and bottom edges w. Verso features 2 small round stamps 'biblioth. amstelaed'. Extremely rare.

Angus MacLise (1938 -1979) was an American musician, poet, publisher, artist, and occultist, involved in the counterculture and Fluxus art scene in New York in the 1960s. He's also known as the first drummer of the Velvet Underground. With the New Universal Solar Calendar he created an alternative type of calendar that included new names for every day (day of the crooked spirit, day of the animal mind, day of the axe, day of discovering neverness, among others).