Writings (Manuscripts)
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "The Jimi Hendrix Photo Session" [Undated ]
Computer-printed text, 2 leaves, 2 p.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "For Angus MacLise: 7 poems" [Undated ], January 11-21, 1977
7 folded leaves of carbonscript poetry, 12.875" x 8.25". Each poem signed by Cohen, with inscription on verso of last page.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Poem beginning "Like pure spirits under the earth," "Poem to the Hudson River," [and] poem beginning "Run to the Sangam naked…"
3 holographic ms. poems, 5 p. on 3 leaves of lined notebook paper, 9" x 7". Pages numbered 221-226.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, likely Ira Cohen]. Untitled poem beginning "The costume stands alone"
1 leaf, 1 p. Typescript on rice paper with holographic notes in pink
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "O Mysterious Cicada, Hathor in the Reeds!" [1974]
1 leaf, 1 p. Typescript poem on onionskin paper. "For Angus MacLise, Poet, Shaman, Mythmaker, Musician, Calligrapher, Dervish and Friend." With ms. corrections.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira]. "Living" 1976
Holographic ms. poem on one leaf of rice paper, 1 p.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira] [Envelope containing ms. texts and publications] [Undated ], undated
7.25" x 8.75" envelope from Raj Photo House, Kathmandu, containing: 1). Ira Cohen.Poem for La Malinche. Kathmandu: Bardo Matrix, [1974]. 7 unbound copies of the interior text only. 2) [Ira Cohen.] Untitled text beginning "Lenin etait un criminal.", undated Holographic ms. on cloth paper, 10.5" x 10". With colored ink drawing of bearded man's head. 3) [Ira Cohen.] Untitled text beginning Les Enfants de Marx et de Coca Cola.", undated Holographic ms. on cloth paper, 3.85" x 3.5". 4) [Ira Cohen.] Untitled text beginning "Le sans coulera." [Undated .] Holographic ms. on cloth paper, 2" x 2.75".
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Julian Beck at Mount Sinai"[circa 1984-85]
Photocopy of typescript text, 5 leaves, 5 p. With holographic corrections made to the original.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira]. "Written while going to see R. Faye"
Holographic ms. poem, 1 leaf, 1 page. Ms on 12.5" x 9.5" gray envelope from Custom Labs, New York, "212 MU-3-3782."
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira] "Oberon gurgles to his pet fly…"
Typescript label detached from a Mylar Chamber photograph. WITH: [Ira Cohen.] "Timothy Baum as Dr. Starfish." [Undated .] Photocopied label detached from a Mylar Chamber photograph.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Game of the Galaxies" (1978 Planning Calendar) [circa 1978-79], undated
Photocopy of typescript text on page removed from "1978 Planning Calendar," 5.25" x 8" photocopy.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "To Charles Henri Ford" ("on his birthday"). Kathmandu, February 10, 1973, 1973
Holographic ms. on 7" x 5" rice paper, 1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v).
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Untitled poem beginning "We seek to become Black Lords". Tokyo, 1988
Photocopy of ms. poem and several photographs, 1 leaf, 1 p. Photocopied page from the Japanese publication Blue Jacket Eyes.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "For Louise Landes-Levi" September 15, 2003
Photocopy of holographic ms. poem, 1 leaf, 1 p.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira, and Baba Ganesh]. "From the Psychedelic Rantings of /Sayings of/Ganesh Baba./ Dictated to Simon by Ira [Cohen]/Allakabad, January 1977", undated
Typescript text, 9 leaves, 9 p. With holographic ms. corrections.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, possibly Ira Cohen]. Untitled poem beginning "What then to ask of the Mysteries", undated
Photocopy of typescript poem, 1 leaf, 1 p. with one holographic correction.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, possibly Ira Cohen]. Untitled poem beginning "The hairy arms of a caged monkey", undated
Photocopy of typescript poem, 1 leaf, 1 p.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, possibly Ira Cohen]. Untitled poem beginning "Arriving on a flying fan"
Photocopy of typescript poem, 1 leaf, 1 p.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Chandeen May Rault Preserve Us" Amsterdam, August 7, 1977
Mimeographed broadside. "Sunday Paper Amsterdam."
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Only a Camel Smokes a Camel" Amsterdam, August 7, 1977
Mimeographed broadside. "Poet Circus Inauguration."
Box 19 Folder 1
[Unidentified author/editor, possibly Ira Cohen)]. MAKOM: A Good Place To Live . Amsterdam,
22 leaves, 22 p. stapled at upper left corner. Maquette of proposed publication. 12" x 8.5" photocopy paper. Contains reproductions of photographs, Gestetner typescript pages, etc.
Box 19 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira] [Paste-up card of material from Seven Marvels. ] [Undated ], undated
Single leaf, folded to 4 p., 8.25" x 6.5". With material from the Bardo Matrix publication Seven Marvels pasted in. First page: "O Surfer Surfing & Surfed…"
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Halcyon or the Song of Diapazan" Unique ms. artist's book. [1976], undated
Holographic ms. on 10 leaves (20 p.) in 11" x 4.5" silver foil wrapper. Holographic ms. texts and sketches in black and pink inks on unbound pages of rice paper.
Box 19 Folder 1
"Extra: The only real family weekly, November 17, 1978… Ira Cohen Enriches The World" [Amsterdam], 1982. Typescript text, 4 leaves, 4 p
Typescript with holographic corrections throughout on letterhead stationery of Uitgeverij Het Spectrum. Positive feature on IC followed by personal letter.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Poet's Perogative/for Angus" Kathmandu, 1975
1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. in blue ink on copy paper. Photocopy of photograph of Petra Vogt on verso.
Box 19 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. "Poet's Perogative" Kathmandu, [circa 1976]
Photocopy of ms. poem, 1 leaf, 1 p. With ms. notes and signature of Ira Cohen.
Published Works
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. God's Bounty. Salt Lake City: Elik Press, 2008
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. The Great Rice Paper Adventure. [Publisher & place of publication not identified, undated ]
Text typeset on 8.25" x 5.85" bamboo paper folded three times to make brochure. Brief memoir. "Typesetting of title page in style with the original Bardo Matrix editions."
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. "Whatever You Say". [N.p]: Cold Turkey Press, [2002]
Double-sided broadside, 9.5" x 6.65." Illustration of rats having relations on the recto, copy of holographic ms. of Ira Cohen's poem "Today's Headline" and logo of Cold Turkey Press.
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. Licking the Skull: A Retrospectacle of Photographic Works. New York: Cynthia Broan Gallery, 2000
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. Licking the Skull: A Retrospectacle of Photographic Works . New York: Cynthia Broan Gallery, 2000
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. Licking the Skull: A Retrospectacle of Photographic Works. New York: Cynthia Broan Gallery, 2006
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. God's Mirror/White Poem. Green River, VT: Longhouse Publishers & Booksellers, 2009
Portfolio, 3" x 4.5". Poems typeset on recto/verso of page. White wraparound band with name "Ira Cohen" in red and stamp of three green birds. [[Three copies, one extra wraparound band.]]
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. From the Divan of Petra Vogt . Rotterdam: Cold Turkey Press, 1976
Box 19 Folder 2
Cohen, Ira. Flaming Angel. Amsterdam: Real Free Press, 1978
13" x 9.75" art paper, untrimmed edges. Vali Myers print mounted on cover. "Real Free Press Poetry Series No. 1." Signed and numbered by Cohen, no. 28/60.
Box 19 Folder 3, 4
[Cohen, Ira [and Ian Alsop] Unbound copies of Poems from the Cosmic Crypt
Envelope addressed to Henk U. D. Does. Envelope containing approximately six unbound copies of Poems From the Cosmic Crypt by Ira Cohen. WITH: A manila folder containing approximately 3 additional unbound copies.Page proofs, gathered but unbound.
Box 19 Folder 5
Cohen, Ira. On Feet of Gold. London: Synergetic Press. 1986, 1986
First edition. Signed by author to Ossian MacLise on the t.p.: "for Ossian, past present/& future/from your God Father/always Ira [drawn symbol]/June 10, 1990. Includes a torn ticket to a Don Cherry concert (with handwritten notations and contact information for "Darin c/o Nexus 006" on back) at the page 75, where Cohen's poem about Angus LamLise )"Ballad of the Gone MacLise") begins.
Box 19 Folder 5
Wildflowers: A Woodstock mountain poetry anthology. Volume VI. Kathmandu, Nepal: Shivastan Publishing, 2005
4to.; 28pp.; illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings; craftprinted on handmade rice paper.
Box 19 Folder 5
Wildflowers: A Woodstock mountain poetry anthology. Volume VI. Kathmandu, Nepal: Shivastan Publishing, 2009
4to.; 28pp.; illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings; craftprinted on handmade rice paper. Limited edition of 333 copies; this is number 295. Featuring the work of Shiv Mirabato, Ira Cohen, Thurston Moore, Ed Sanders, and Erik La Prade, among others.
Broadsides, Fliers, Photographs and Posters (Oversize)
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist, likely Ira Cohen] "Ghost card" [Undated ]
Woodblock print with ink stamp additions on rice paper, 11" x 12".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "Sidi Heddi: the Kif Saint of Morocco" From The East Village Other, July 12, 1968. Illustrations by Hetty MacLise
Article by Ira Cohen, illustrations by Hetty MacLise. Two page article only (p. 9-12).
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira, & Kirke Wilson. "Allen Ginsberg" Large poster. Ins & Outs Press/Turret Books, 1992
Color screenprint by Wilson of a photograph by Cohen. Signed by Ginsberg.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "The Majoon Traveler" [Undated ]
14" x 20" color photo print, mounted to 28" x 22" matte. Signed and numbered by Cohen on matte; no. 2/25. Titled in ms. on inner matte.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Cohen, Ira] [Untitled Mylar photograph] [Undated ]
20" x 14" color photo print, mounted to 28" x 22" matte. Distorted image of woman in blue make-up looking upwards. Used as cover image on Boo-Hooray's DVD release ofThe Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "The Magician" [Undated ]
20" x 14" color photo print, mounted to 28" x 22" matte. Signed by Cohen on verso and on matte; no. 1/25 on matte. Titled in ms. on inner matte.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira, & Bill Devore. "From the Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda" (Poster) New York: The Third Eye, 1968
Color poster, 26" x 21.5". (2 copies)
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Topp, Marty/ Ira Cohen et al. Original paste-up for a flier for screenings of Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda, Paradise Now, and Aquarian Rushes at the NYU Eisler-Lubin Auditorim, May 1 & 2, [1970], 1970
Halftone prints, dry transfer lettering, and ms. on board, 17" x 11".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "Ballad of the Gone MacLise". [Kathmandu, June 27, 1979]
Typescript poem on one leaf of rice paper 14" x 7.5". With holographic annotations in green ink, signature in blue.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist,] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading" Painting with letterpress poem and holographic ms. inscription signed by Cohen. [Undated ]
Inscription beginning "It is annihilation through love." 21.75" x 10.5".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading" Letterpress print and poem with unsigned inscription. [Undated ]
Inscription beginning "Horrendous jaws breathing flames." 22.25" x 9.5".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading" Original painting over letterpress print & letterpress poem with holographic ms. inscription. [Undated ]
Inscription beginning "I walk down Black Hand Alley." 29.75" x 11".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist,] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading" Lithograph with letterpress poem with holographic ms. inscription signed by Cohen. [Undated ]
Inscription beginning "In that place where the true name is known." 29.75" x 11.25".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist,] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading"
Lithograph with letterpress poem with holographic ms. inscription signed by Cohen. [Undated .] Inscription beginning "If my head fell from my shoulders." 29.75" x 11.25".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist,] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading"
Lithograph with letterpress poem with holographic ms. inscription signed by Cohen. [Undated .] Inscription beginning "It is enough to say what there is to say." 29.75" x 11".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Unidentified artist] with Ira Cohen. "Poetry Reading" Lithograph with letterpress poem with unsigned holographic ms. inscription, undated
Inscription beginning "Let's imagine that it has all happened before." 29.75" x 11.25".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "Poet's Perogative/for Angus" [Kathmandu], November 18, 1975
Holographic ms. poem on 1 leaf of rice paper, 14" x 11.5".
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Cohen, Ira] "Poets Perogative [sic]: for Angus" November 18, 1975
Holographic ms. poem in purple ink on tracing paper, 15.25" x 6.25". With added rubber stamp illustration in red ink.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Cohen, Ira] "The Ballad of the Gone MacLise" 1979
Photocopy, 17" x 11". of printing of the poem in an unidentified publication. Typeset column reproducing poem and photo of AM originally published in unidentified magazine or newspaper, possiblyIT.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Cohen, Ira] Woodblock print of photograph of Ira Cohen with owl & skull. [circa 1974-1979]
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira; drawing by Adrian Brooks. "Night Song" [Kathmandu: Bardo Matrix, undated ], undated
Broadside poem. 2 copies.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira, design by Sidney E. Hushour. "And again you will be gone…" [N.p.: n.d]
Broadside poem. 2 copies (hand-colored).
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "Ballad of the Gone MacLise" Kathmandu: [Bardo Matrix], 1979
Broadside poem. 2 copies (1 signed, 1 unsigned).
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira; drawing by Adrian Brooks. "Bombay Black" [N.p.: n.n., n.d]
Broadside poem. 2 copies.
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
[Cohen, Ira] "Shivaratri 1979" Pashupatinath, Nepal: [n.n], February 29, 1979
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "Blue Oracle" Kathmandu: [Bardo Matrix], 1975
Broadside poem. 2 copies (1 inscribed to Angus & Hetty MacLise; 1 signed with slightly different design).
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Zaō Gongen [i.e. Ira Cohen]. "Nembutsu" Broadside poem, /010/25, 1975
2 copies (1 on green paper, 1 orange).
Box 14-Q-3 Folder M-C-6
Cohen, Ira. "And Night which has concealed…" Benares, February 1975
3 copies on 2 different paper stocks; one copy inscribed to AM.
Correspondence
Box 20 Folder 1
Aaron, Richard. Typed letter signed to Ira Cohen. Valais, Switzerland, May 10, 1975
3 leaves, 3 p. on Am Here Books letterhead. Discussion of which titles to send for sale via the store, updates on other books.
Box 20 Folder 1
Cheng, Ching Ho. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. New York, November 13, 1977
1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v) on Chelsea Hotel letterhead stationery. Discussion of recent events: "The Gods must be with us to put us in the least prestigious and most inaccessible museum in New York -- the Bronx Museum." WITH: original envelope and two 3.5" x 4.5" color snapshots of Ira Cohen and an unidentified woman.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Cohen, Ira] Autograph envelope signed to Lynne Tillman & Bill Levy. Kathmandu, [Undated ]
Empty rice paper envelope addressed in ms., with added rubber stamp decorations.
Box 20 Folder 1
"Mcl" [Michael McClure]. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen (on reverse of poster). San Francisco, /010/23, 1984
1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. on verso of 16.5" x 11" poster for a benefit for Julian Beck held at the Art Institute on /010/5, [1984.] Concerning the event, which featured Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghtetti, Michael McClure & Harold Norse. With original mailing envelope.
Box 20 Folder 1
Melvin,, L. Rebecca Johnson (Associate Librarian, Special Collections, University of Delaware). Typed letter signed to Hanon Reznikov. Newark, DE, June 14, 2005
5 leaves, 5 p. Discussion of how best to obtain book "Labyrinth of the Imagination". With postcard for University of Delaware exhibit "Literature Reimagined" attached to letter with paper clip.
Box 20 Folder 1
"Winst". Typed letter signed to Ira Cohen. May 12, 1977
2 leaves, 2 p. total. 1 page letter noting receipt of Cohen's books and notes on upcoming events. 1 page flier for "Gay Sunshine", a reading at Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco. With original mailing envelope.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Zepher], Joe. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. San Francisco, November 30, 1981
1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). Two printed poems (photocopy) by Ira Cohen on verso. WITH: two 6" x 6.5" drawings in black ink and original mailing envelope.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Baarslag, Lee] Bernie and Nancy Hausner. Invitation to an exhibit of paintings and drawings by Lee Baarslag. October 29 [1977 or 1983]
4-p. booklet with "Mrs. Cohen" added in ms. Illustration of bird headed female figure on first page.
Box 20 Folder 1
Andreas Brown. Typed letter signed to Ira Cohen. [New York], August 4, 1970
3.25" x 5.5" yellow card. Typescript note, "Received from Ira Cohen one carton of literary papers to be inventories and appraised for purchase." Gotham Book Mart name/address printed on verso.
Box 20 Folder 1
Cheng, Ching Ho. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. New York, /010/24, 1977
Computer-printed text, 2 leaves, 2 p.
Box 20 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Autograph letter signed to Charlie [_____]. February23, 1993
Holographic ms. on Skyline Books letterhead stationery. With original envelope. Discussing sale of Burroughs photo, money questions.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Musser,] James [Perry]. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Forest Knolls, CA, April 19, 1989
Photocopy of a typed letter, 1 leaf, 1 p. Describing last days of Angus MacLise. (2 copies)
Box 20 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Typed letter signed to Eddie Woods. [Kathmandu], June 28, 1979
1 leaf, 1 p. Autograph letter signed on postcard. Discussion of Jack Smith/Flaming Creatures.
Box 20 Folder 1
McNeil, Legs. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. San Francisco, November 30, 1990
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. New York, April 1 1981
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. New York, March, 1981
Holographic ms. on postcard with stickers. "Hetty started on/the organ and/Angus on the kettle/drum and that's how/That near blood/rite in the Synogoge[sic]/got started."
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. New York, March 1981
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. New York, July 31, 1981
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. New York, March12, 1981
Holographic ms. on postcard with stickers, drawings, and short message including "Happy Passover."
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. New York, April [12], 1981
Box 20 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. March 20, 1981
Box 20 Folder 1
Tom [___]. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Oakland, CA, September 22, 1979. ]
Photocopy, 5 leaves, 5 p. Cover letter noting problems with editors, accompanying material, possibility of using MacLise/Julian Beck material, two page review of the MacLise Memorial Concert, 2 poems by Moore.
Box 20 Folder 1
Moore, Bob. Typed letter signed to Ira Cohen. [Dayton, OH], July 28, 1989
4 leaves, 7 p. "Dear Artist" form letter asking recipient to support efforts to prevent defunding of arts projects, with attendant material. Original envelope.
Box 20 Folder 1
CAPS [Creative Artists Public Service Program]. "Dear Artist" form letter. New York, May 25, 1983
8.15" x 11" rice paper envelope with print of Cohen on upper left. Addressed in ms. to Snyder.
Box 20 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Envelope addressed to Don Snyder. [Undated ], undated
Color photocopy, 1 leaf, 1 p. Front cover ofThe Subliminal Reportbearing holographic inscription in the hand of Ira Cohen beginning "for Michael Rothenberg -- Xerox of Original Rice Paper Edition sans black tissue endpapers…"
Box 20 Folder 1
Cohen, Ira. Autograph letter signed to Michael Rothenberg. [New York]
Box 20 Folder 1
[Hertz], Uri. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. San Francisco, February14, 1982, /010/19, 1990
Box 20 Folder 1
Post Mortem Productions. Mailing envelope addressed to Ira Cohen. Brookline, MA, /010/19, 1990 and January 25, 1991, undated
1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. in MOMA card of Pollock's "Lavender Mist: Number 1, 1950." Interior message: "Dear Ira/ Here's the $100 I owe for the photograph/and an extra $100 which I know is always/useful./Hope to see you soon. Sorry I was so tired the other night./ Love, Susan." Holographic list of names on verso of card in red ink in hand of Ira Cohen, noting "Copies of Angus CD -- INVASION -- given or sent", followed by list of names in black and red ink.
Box 20 Folder 1
Susan_______. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. [New York]
Computer printout, 1 leaf, 1 p. Listing credits for the Siltbreeze CDInvasion of the Thunderbolt Pagoda. With holographic corrections in green ink.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Unidentified author]. Email printout to "Vinnie Ray". July 12, 1999
1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). Holographic ms. in blue ink on carbon paper. Lunch invitation, apologies for having left quickly the day before.
Box 20 Folder 1
[Ford,] Charles [Henri]. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen and Petra Vogt. Kathmandu, March28, 1973
Box 20 Folder 1
[Unidentified author]. Typed letter to Ira Cohen and Petra Vogt. [India] January 14, 1974
1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). Typescript, untitled poem beginning "Angus Entered the Space." Holographic ms. on top of recto: "To Eugene" and, at bottom margin, "R.J.R. 5/16/89." Holographic ms. on verso: "Dear ira/thanks again./another great evening/with the master./ Love/Robin xxx." With original mailing envelope.
Box 20 Folder 1
"Robin"/"R.J.R" Typed letter signed to Ira Cohen. New York, May 16, 1989
Two postcards of Ira Cohen photographs, glued to a single 11" x 8.5" leaf of paper.
Interviews
Box 20 Folder 2
[Cohen, Ira] [Jim Condon] "Invasion of the Culture Cricket: I and Thou". [1982]
Photocopy of computer printout, 7 leaves, 7 p. Interview with Ira Cohen conducted by "J" (Jim Condon).
Box 20 Folder 2
[Cohen, Ira] Jim Condon, "Invasion of the Culture Cricket: Ira Cohen Interview" 1982, undated
Computer printout, 3 leaves, 3 p. Interview with Ira Cohen discussing Moroccan music, Paul Bowles and more.
Box 20 Folder 2
[Cohen, Ira, William Niederkorn, and Jack Smith] [Untitled transcript of a conversation]
Computer printout, 7 leaves, 7 p. Discussion regarding acting, the Method, problems of money vis-à-vis art.
Box 20 Folder 2
[Cohen, Ira] Lila Dlaboha. "Ira Cohen Interviewed by Lila Dlaboha", undated
Computer-printed text, 61 leaves, 61 p. With ms. notes. Bound in black school binder.
Box 20 Folder 2
[Cohen, Ira]. "From the Mylar Chamber: Rough Draft Interview w/Ira Landgarten"
Photocopy of typescript interview, 24 leaves, 24 p. With holographic annotations throughout in blue ink.
Box 20 Folder 2
Condon, Jim. "Return to Interzone" 1991, undated
Photocopy of computer printout, 13 leaves, 13 p.
Photographs
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "Self Portrait", undated
Polaroid color print, 4/15" x 3.35". Skull with hair and other objects near and holding onto penis. Enclosed in white envelope bearing in holographic ms. "Self Portrait" and IC signature.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "Black Isis Petra Vogt" [and] "Stellar Witnesses Before the Heart of Dawn", undated
Postcard of Ira Cohen photograph. Two copies.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. "Second Avenue Familiar"
Most postcards of photographs by Ira Cohen.
Box 20 Folder 3
Ins & Outs Press. 1981 Postcard Catalogue . Amsterdam: Ins & Outs Press, 1981. Catalog, 24 p
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. The Beauty of Attraction: Two Photos. Kathmandu: Bardo Matrix, [undated ]
Unique artists' book. 6" x 3.5" dark slate blue rice paper folded once, with 2 photographs by Ira Cohen affixed to inner pages. Holographic ms. in the hand of Ira Cohen on both covers & both interior pages. Inscribed on cover: "For Angus MacLise." On back cover: "Starstreams #6". With two additional 3" x 5" b&w photo prints by Ira Cohen laid in (one signed on verso).
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
8.5" x 11.75" b&w photo print. Leaning backwards, with large necklace.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
11.5" x 8" b&w photo print. PV standing, facing left with eyes closed, wearing long ribbed garment and headdress. Holographic ms. on verso, "Photo by Ira Cohen."
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
11.65" x 7.75" b&w photo print. Head and shoulders, leaning slightly to left, eyes closed, heavy makeup. Holographic ms. on verso, "Photo by Ira Cohen."
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
12" x 8" b&w negative print. Wearing turban, eyes closed.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
B & W print, 8.5" x 11.75". Interior photograph, near window. Holographic ms. on verso, "Photo by Ira Cohen."
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled Mylar photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
11.5" x 8" b&w photo print. Mylar shot of Petra Vogt.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
12" x 8" b&w photo print. Close-up of Vogt's face beneath a veil.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
12" x 8.5" b&w photo print. Portrait shot, flower beneath chin, black headdress. Signed on verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
B & W print, 11.75" x 7.65". Kneeling, wearing headdress, with eyes closed, holding framed photograph or mirror, with unidentified individual wearing skull mask.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
11.65" x 8" b&w photo print. Medium shot of Vogt wearing headscarf. Photo associated with the publication "La Malinche."
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
11.5" x 7.65" b&w photo print. Medium shot of Vogt wearing headscarf. Photo associated with the publication "La Malinche."
Box 20 Folder 3
[Unidentified photographer]., possibly Ira Cohen. [Photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
7" x 9.55" b&w photo print. Lying on the ground, with an unidentified man wearing a fedora.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Mylar photograph of unidentified figures] [Undated /print circa 2010]
8.5" x 11" color print. Foreground figure in lightning bolt mask; hand of a distorted background figure visible at upper right.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Mylar photograph of unidentified figure] [Undated /print circa 2010]
8.5" x 11" color print. Masked figure playing a hand drum.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira] [Mylar photo of an unidentified figure] [Undated /print made circa 2010]
5" x 7" color inkjet print. Mylar-distorted image of a figure in headdress looking into mirror.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Mylar shot of unidentified person] [Undated /print circa 2010]
5" x 7" color inkjet print.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Mylar photograph of an unidentified figure], undated
3.5" x 5.5" b&w photo print on Agfa photo postcard paper.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. "William Burroughs and John Giorno pissing on the opening night of Howard Brookner's film BURROUGHS in NYC" [1983]
10" x 8" b&w photo print. With holographic ms. title and signature on verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira] "Paradise Now" [Undated, circa 1969]
5.25" x 8" b&w photo print. Still of the title card from Cohen's filmParadise Now.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "And again these shadows…", undated
5.5" x 8.5" b&w photo print. Holographic ms. in red ink on verso, quote from St. John Perse and additional notes by IC.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Nordmann, Anne]. [Untitled photograph of Ira Cohen], undated
8.65" x 12" b&w photo print. Holographic ms. on verso, "Foto Anne Nordmann." Ira Cohen seated inside a bookstore, with musicians in foreground.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Two photos], undated 3.45" x 5.25" b&w photo print: Figure in skull mask, undated
4" x 2.65" b&w photo print: Charles Henri Ford, originally attached to accompanying 7.75" x 4" red card stock, which bears holographic ms. "Charles Henri Ford/Photo: Ira Cohen." Both photos included in single envelope w/holographic ms. note reading: "for Darin. Attn: Photo for Rudraksh: Poem to be printed same size or smaller at end of poem. Please return."
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Photograph of a man surrounded by flowers], undated
6.75" x 5" color print, mounted on 9" x 7" matte. Possibly a funerary portrait.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "Fantasy in Light & Shadow" [Undated ]
3.375 x 5.25 b&w photo print. Signed and titled by Ira Cohn on verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Photograph of unidentified man standing, leg up, arm leaning on hanging object]
5.5" x 3.5" b&w photo print. Red stamp on verso: "Starstreams/Kathmandu, Nepal."
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "She who sleeps in the wall of dreams for dis" Kathmandu, /010/1975
3.5" x 2.5" b&w photo print. Image of a worn brick wall. With ms. title and signature on the verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "The lady in shadow for Don Snyder from Ira Cohen" Kathmandu, /010/1975
3.5" x 2.5" b&w photo print. Image of an unidentified person's face. With ms. title and signature on the verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt] [Undated]
6.5 x 8.5" b&w photo print. Profile shot, wearing headpiece, holding decorated monkey skull.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "Beam end" Kathmandu, [circa 1975]
3.5" x 2.5" b&w photo print. Image of a stone carving. With ms. title and signature on the verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "Spirit Dancers of Harupi" [circa 1976]
B&w photo print, 4.25." x 6.375". With ms. inscription signed by Ira Cohen to Angus MacLise on verso. Inscription dated March17, 1976.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Unidentified figure in facial makeup, possibly Petra Vogt]. [Undated /print circa 2010]
7" x 5" color inkjet print.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira]. [Seated sadhu in front of tent], undated
5.25" x 3.45" b&w photo print.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Unidentified photographer, possibly Ira Cohen]. [Unidentified Nepali boy], undated
5.25" x 3.5" b&w photo print. Close-up of a young boy on a street in an unidentified city.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Unidentified photographer, possibly Ira Cohen]. [Unidentified Nepali man] [Undated, circa 1970s-1980s]
9.25" x 7" b&w photo print. "509" stamp in gray black ink on verso.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Unidentified photographer]. [Unidentified seated man smoking pipe, undated
5" x 7" color photo print. Man seated on straw mat on steps, with several other figures seated around.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Unidentified photographer]. [Unidentified Nepalese man sitting at roadside with blanket, undated
5.5" x 3.5" b&w photo print.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. Brion Gysin. [circa 1985], circa 1985
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "WSB, Brion Gysin, Ornett Coleman: Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth" [1983]
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25". William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Ornette Coleman.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth" [1983]
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25". Multiple exposure of William S. Burroughs.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "WSB, Jim Carroll: Book Party for Queer, Mary Boone Gallery, New York", undated
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "WSB mit Howard Brookner", undated
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. '"WSB on his 70th birthday, New York (with James Graeurholz)" [1984]
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "Burroughs 70th Birthday, Limelight Café, New Yor[k]" [1984]
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25". Judith Malina, Allen Ginsberg. Mary Beach, William S. Burroughs.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira]. "WSB mit Keith Haring" [1985]
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, [Ira] "Book Party for Queer /Mary Boone Gallery, New York", undated
Photocopy of b&w photo, 11.75" x 8.25". William S. Burroughs, Charles Henri Ford, Reepak of Nepal.
Box 20 Folder 3
Cohen, Ira. "WSB [William S. Burroughs] and John Giorno taking a piss at the premiere of "Burroughs -- The Film by Howard Brookner"
Photocopy of b&w photograph, 5" x 7" on 11.75" x 8" copy paper.
Box 20 Folder 3
[Cohen, Ira] Untitled collage
8.5" x 11" color photocopy of undated group photograph with stickers etc. added onto original. (3 copies)
Photographs (oversize)
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira] [Mylar photograph of Jimi Hendrix] [circa late 1960s]
20" x 13" color transparency.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira] ["The Magician"] [Undated ]
20" x 13" color transparency. Image of two figures in starred costumes.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira] "In a Mist of Emperors" [Undated ]
20" x 13" color photo print. Image of Ira Cohen in yellow and black makeup (upper right) and Rosalind Schwartz in blue makeup (lower left) with billowing curtains.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. "Vali", undated
14" x 11" color photo print. Holographic title and signature in gold ink on recto. A photo of Vali Myers in red sequined outfit.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. "Electromagneto Meets Leon Neon" [of Jack Smith and Ira Cohen] [Photograph circa 1964-1966 print circa 1980s-1990s], circa 1964-1966
Color photo print, 11" x 14". Day-glo photograph of Smith (in monster mask) and Cohen (wearing goggles), both wielding toy ray guns. Signed by Cohen. [[2 copies.]]
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira]. Proof print of a Mylar portrait of Jimi Hendrix. [Photograph circa Jan-February1970 print undated ], undated
15.375" x 20.875". A Ben-Day dot-printed proof print, with crop marks.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. ["Au Harem"] [Photograph circa 1966-1968 print circa 2000s], circa 1966-1968
Inkjet print. 17" x 11". Color Mylar nude photograph of Jill McIntyre.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. "Prism from The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda. " Photograph 1968 print circa 1980s-1990s], 1968
Color print made from 16mm. film, 14" x 11". Image of several figures from the filmInvasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda, made from single-sprocket film with visible sound track. Clockwise from figure at left in red turban: Tony Conrad, unknown, Ziska Baum, Beverly Grant, Lauren Standlee, Peter Birnbaum. Signed by Cohen.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. "The Alchemical Wedding fromThe Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda: Ziska & Ira Cohen" [Photograph 1968 print circa 1980s-1990s], 1968
Color print made from 16mm. film, 14" x 11". Image of Ziska Baum and Ira Cohen from the filmInvasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda, made from single-sprocket film with visible sound track. Signed by Cohen.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. ["Roman Holiday"] [Photograph circa 1966/1968 print circa 1980s]
Color cibachrome print, 9" x 14", matted to 14.875" x 19.375". Vintage cibachrome print of a color mylar photograph of Jill McIntyre. Signed by Cohen.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. ["Roman Holiday"] [Photograph circa 1966/1968 print circa 1980s-1990s]
Color photo print, 16" x 20". Color mylar photograph of Jill McIntyre. Signed by Cohen.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Unidentitified photographer, likely Ira Cohen]. [Photograph of Petra Vogt]
11.75" x 8.5" b&w photo print. Some staining. Profile of a woman wearing wraparound sunglasses.
Box 22 Folder 6
Cohen, Ira. [Untitled photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
B & W print, 14" x 11". Kneeling, wearing headdress, with eyes closed, holding framed photograph or mirror, with unidentified individual wearing skull mask.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Charles Henri Ford] Kathmandu, [circa 1972-73]
12" x 8" b&w photo print. Cover image from the Bardo Matrix publication7 Poems.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira]. [Unitlted photograph of Petra Vogt], undated
B & W print, 11.5" x 8.5" b&w photo print. Facing left with eyes closed, large necklace.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira]. "The Universal Mutant Repertory Company", undated
Color print, 14" x 11." Image of the Universal Mutant Repertory Company logo.
Box 22 Folder 6
Malanga, Gerard. [Untitled portrait of Ira Cohen] 1979. Sepiatone print, 14" x 17"
With inscription by Don Snyder (who printed the photograph) on the verso. Portrait of Cohen holding a flower by a gravestone.
Box 22 Folder 6
[Nordmann, Anne]. [Untitled photograph of Ira Cohen], undated
9.5" x 12" b&w photo print. Holographic ms. on verso, "Foto Anne Nordmann." Ira Cohen seated inside a bookstore, with musicians in foreground.
Personal and Legal Documents
Box 20 Folder 4
[Cohen, Ira] United States Passport. 1972, 1972
Issued to Ira Cohen. Expiration date, May 17, 1977. Signatures loose. With many entrance & exit stamps, ms. notes, etc. With plain white envelope.
Box 20 Folder 4
Cohen, Ira. "Ira Cohen" (CV) [New York, 1999]
Computer-printed text, 3 leaves, 3 p. Cohen's curriculum vitae. Corner stapled.
Box 20 Folder 4
Cohen, Ira. Carbonscript and ms. business certificates for "Si-Fan Publications" and "Trance Records" December 21, 1966, undated
1 leaf, 1 p. each. Carbonscript contracts with ms. signatures.
Ephemera kept by Ira Cohen and Don Snyder, unrelated to the MacLises
Posters, Fliers, Brochures, Press Releases
Box 20 Folder 5
[Snyder, Don/Film-Makers' Cinematheque] Poster for Spectro-Mach 1 on December 7 & 12, 1965. [New York]: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, December 1965
Box 20 Folder 5
[Snyder, Don/Film-Makers' Cinematheque] Flier for Spectro-Mach 1 on December 7 & 12, 1965. [New York]: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, December 1965
Box 20 Folder 5
[Abu Nuwas Society]. The Abu Nuwas Society for the Study of Sexual Culture in the Middle East. Utrectht, Netherlands,
4-p. brochure. The Society "devotes itself to the encouragement of research on a facets of sexual culture in the Middle East."
Box 20 Folder 5
[Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, The] Flier for "Lover's Raffle" at St. Mark's Church, February 14, 1991
Typed mailing label on verso to Ira Cohen.
Box 20 Folder 5
[Poetry Project] Flier for "International Flavor" New York, January 5,, undated
14" x 8.5" poster. For an appearance by Charles Henri Ford, Valery Oisteanu, and Ira Cohen (2 copies)
Box 20 Folder 5
[Gatewood, Charles]. "Clayton," designer. Flier for a Charles Gatewood event held at Chameleon, /010/14, [1987]
Box 20 Folder 5
[Third Rail]. Flier for Third Rail magazine, Issue #7. [1985]
Box 20 Folder 5
[October Gallery] Flier for "A Tantric Tale of Enchantment: The Legend of Caurangi the Limbless One" at the October Gallery, London, January -February, [1998]
Box 20 Folder 5
[Rochlin, Sheldon & Diane] Flier for a screening of Dope at Millennium Film Workship, April 16, [1978]
Box 20 Folder 5
[Golden Rosary Hermitage]. "Greetings [sic] Cards and Prints from the Golden Rosary Hermitage, Lostwithiel . " [Undated ]
Mimeographed handbill, 1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). Descriptions of eponymous items as well as "amulets, talismans and magical charms etc." Noted as "Bardo/DW sales list."
Box 20 Folder 5
[Bowles, Paul] Invitation to a memorial event for Paul Bowles at the Morris Library, University of Delaware, /010/10, 2000
2 leaves, 2 p. Exhibition of material by Paul Bowles/talk on Bowles by biographer Virginia Spencer Carr. October 10 -- December 15 2000. With original mailing envelope addressed with typed label to Ira Cohen.
Box 20 Folder 5
Samuel Weiser, Inc. [Catalogue pages]
1 leaf, 2 p. Samuel Weiser Inc. book catalogue, p.3-4. With holographic hs. notations in blue ink.
Box 20 Folder 5
[Living Theatre] Poster for "Films from the Margin: the Best of Independent Films Past & Present" at Emerson College, /010/5-December 7, [no year], undated
Boston: Emerson College Film Arts Society/Post Mordem Productions, [undated .] Advertisement for film screenings, including films relating to the Living Theatre.
Box 20 Folder 5
[Arcade, Penny]. Postcard handbill for "Born Under the Same Sign" by Penny Arcade and Dame Margo Howard-Howard. April 1988
Addressed in ms. on verso to Ira Cohen in the hand of Penny Arcade.
Box 20 Folder 5
[Gysin, Brion]. Handbill for exhibit "Brion Gysin: Calligraphies -- Permutations -- cut ups" Paris: Galerie de France, 1987, undated
Box 20 Folder 5
[Dharmaware] "Fine and Exotic Gifts From Many Lands: Dharmaware" New York, [undated ], undated
Flier for import shop Dharmaware
Box 20 Folder 5
Soeterijn. [Calendar for events in September 1977] Amsterdam: Soeterijn, September 1977. Two-leaf announcement for programs including "Ira Cohen over het Indiase Kumbh Mela feest" on September 9, 1977
Box 20 Folder 5
School of Analphabetica Bullettin [sic] no. 2. Amsterdam, April 1979
Box 20 Folder 5
Holistic Life Seminars. "The Mysteries of Illumination" San Francisco, CA: Holistic Life Seminars, [1978]
Addressed to Hilary Harris, NYC.
Box 20 Folder 5
Center for Public Cinema. Focus on Public Cinema. December 1980, undated
4 p. brochure on noting forthcoming cinema events at Carnegie Hall. Holographic ms. in unidentified hand along top margin: "Ira: ask Jackie Raynal if she'd like you to interview me…"
Box 20 Folder 5
Focus International Inc. Brochure for film program Nepal: Land of the Gods. New York: Focus International Inc
Films in series are entitledThe Tantric Universe, Tibetan Heritage,andSherpa Legend.
Box 20 Folder 5
[Talan, Dianne] Promotional postcard for an exhibit held from April 4-24, [no year] at Sarah Y. Rentschler, New York. WITH: [Talan, Dianne] "Turners Day Glider, 1976"
Box 20 Folder 5
Cole, Alden. "The Denderah Zodiac" New York: Barnes Graphics, 1978
Poster, approx. 36" x 24", folded to 9" x 6".
Box 20 Folder 5
The Image Empires of Daniel, Chapter 2: In the light of present World Events, August, 1946. London: Covenant Publishing Co., 1946
Double-sided broadside with map on verso entitled "The Four Great Past World Empires and the Indestructible Fifth Stone Kingdom."
Box 20 Folder 5
Motilal Banarsidass. List of Our Own and Agency Publications, September 1974 . Varanasi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1974
Publications (Clippings from and Complete)
Box 20 Folder 6
[Cohen, Ira]. [Unidentified author]. "'Brain Damage:' Sorcery as an Art", undated
Photocopied magazine clipping, 1 leaf, 1 p. Article from an unidentified issue ofAvant-Gardeon Ira Cohen and Bill Devore.
Box 20 Folder 6
[Barnwell, Randall]. "William Burroughs and the last of the Beat Generation" Clipping from an Boston Rock #109 [circa 1989-1990], p. 10
Box 20 Folder 6
[Daily News] "Not Again!" 18-Inch Snowfall Stuns Area" New York, February7, 1978
first and last page of an issue of the New York Daily News.
Box 20 Folder 6
[McCormick, Carlo]. "What to Look for In the Whitney Biennial". New York, 2006, undated
Box 20 Folder 6
[Oui Magazine]. 2 leaves from an unidentified article on Frederick's of Hollywood. New York, August 1978, undated
Box 20 Folder 6
[Unidentified artist]. "Ezra did a lot about…" [1970]. Featuring poem(s) by Dick Gallup
Pages 47-50 removed from an unidentified publication. B&w collage on p. 48-49; three poems (at least one by Dick Gallup) on p. 47 & 50.
Box 20 Folder 6
Kala, Mohan S. "Towards a New Alphabet" [Undated ]
(Clipping from an unidentified newspaper, 10.75" x 9". Advertisements on reverse suggest the newspaper is from New Delhi.)
Box 20 Folder 6
Glickman, Gary. "Boy Bars./"The Sheltering Sky"
Newspaper clipping fromBay Windows, January 24, 1991 p.15. Reviews of "The Words and Music of Paul Bowles" andThe Sheltering Sky(film).
Box 20 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. Photograph from publication
One 10" x 20.75" leaf, folded four times, with a photographic image of a [New Guinean] native ceremony removed from unidentified publication.
Box 20 Folder 6
Ancient Astronauts, vol. 3, no. 6 . New York: Countrywide Publications, November 1977. Ed. Jeffrey Goodman. "Official UFO Special"
Box 20 Folder 6
Ancient Astronauts, vol. 4, no. 6 . New York: Countrywide Publications, July 1978. Ed. Jeffrey Goodman. "Official UFO Special"
Other Ephemera: Clippings, Illustrations, Handbills, Mailing Circulars
Box 20 Folder 7
"Israel-The Kingdom of God on Earth -- 12 Tribes " [Undated ]
Handbill, 8.25" x 11.75". "Reprinted from Youth Message, 6 Buckingham Gate, S.W.1."
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- Illustration] [Illustration of a hand], undated
7.5" x 4.5". Trimmed illustration of a human hand (right), palm up. Drawing, colored. From an unidentified source.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Joss paper] "Hell bank note", undated
Box 20 Folder 7
[Joss paper] "Hell bank note"
Box 20 Folder 7
[Unidentified author]. Fragment of printed page
1 leaf, 2 p. Page fragment torn from larger publication, bearing on recto a poem beginning "All men/The adored" with an ms. note: "Best risk like kiss", and on verso a poem beginning "No heart bone/But let it break".
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcard] Postcard of Jama Masjid. Bombay, India: L.R. Trading Company,
Box 20 Folder 7
[Rydvall, Marianne]. "'The Green Tara' painted in Christiania 1975" [circa 1975], undated
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings] Five clippings from unidentified publications
Ranging in size from 3.5" x 2.75" to 6" x 4". Two have ms. annotations in the hand of Angus MacLise ("Chan chan," "Iris & Zephyr").
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcard] "Sculpture, Lower Hua Yen Monastery" Peking, China,, undated
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcard] "Bronze Poshan incense burner inlaid with gold decoration" Peking, China,, 3000-2500
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcard] "Idols of steatite, Chalcolithic 1 period, 3000-2500 B.C" Greece,, undated, undated
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcard] "Balkrishna: Tanjore School Painting 19th Century"
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- Illustration] [Chinese dragon illustration] [Undated ], undated
Magazine clipping, 11" x 8". Coated color page from unidentified magazine showing gold celestial dragon against blue background.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- Illustration] "Immortals (hsien) in a celestial boat bound for the Taoist Island Paradise. Te-hua porcelain, early seventeenth century, Ming dynasty, h. 11 3/8 in"
1 leaf, 1 p. 11" x 8" coated color page from unidentified magazine.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- Illustration] [Arabic design and script] [Undated ].14.65" x 9.85" paper
Offset colored design of unidentified Arabic letter/word containing additional lines of Arabic script, against background of roses and flowers.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings -- Illustrations] "India Religious Paintings"
Eleven unbound pages, some trimmed, all bearing color illustrations of various Hindu gods, scenes etc. enclosed within standard 9" x 12" manila file folder identified by title in holographic ms. in blue ink.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings -- Illustrations]
Folder containing eight clippings taken from unidentified sources. Scenes of Hindu mythology, Central Asian painting, figures from Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric badges. All kept within standard 9" x 12" manila file folder.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings-Illustrations]. [Medical illustrations]
23 leaves, 23 p. 9.5" x 6.15" plates detached from unidentified Indian/Hindi publication, bearing color illustrations of physical organs, chakras, etc. Three pages of print text still attached to Picture No. 3, "Skeleton of human body." All contained within one 9" x 12" manila folder.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Unidentified designer]. [Proof sheets of Tantric badges], undated
Two leaves, 20" x 15" and 18.5" x 5". Tantric badges reproduced against purple background, folded coated paper. With holographic ms. in black ink on lower border of larger portion: "No's 1-32 are the new range of Tantric badges."
Box 20 Folder 7
[Unidentified designer]. [Page proof from an unidentified publication], undated 1 leaf, 1 p. 14" x 10" copy paper with page illustration and holographic notes in green ink. Red chop mark
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- Illustration] Folded leaflet bearing an image of an unidentified Indian figure on one side and a stupa on the other. [Undated ], undated
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings-Illustrations]
1.25" x 2" to 5.25" x 4.5" each. 14 small clipped illustrations from unidentified publications. Two have identifying ms. in the hand of Angus MacLise.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings -- Woodblock] [Undated ]
Approx. 3.5" x 2.5" to 3.675" x 4.675" each. 23 small clipped woodblock prints, 5 hand-colored.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping-Pattern clipping] [Undated ]
Printed red floral pattern with dragons.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings -- illustrations] 3 clippings from unidentified publications. [Undated ]
Buddhist, Chinese, and European imagery.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- illustration]
Clipping from an unidentified magazine. Color illustration of Chinese or Japanese painting.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping -- illustration], undated
Clipping from an unidentified magazine. Color illustration of a painting of mushrooms
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings-Illustrations], undated 3.5" x 2.75" and 5.5" x 4.5"
2 small clipped illustrations from unidentified publications: one Chinese figure, one photograph of Devil's Tower.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clippings-Woodblock] [Undated ]
7 small clipped woodblock prints.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Close Encounters of the Third Kind] Three trading cards from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind . 1978
Two trading cards ("Monitoring a UFO," "Vanished Planes reappear in the desert!") and one sticker card (no. 10)
Box 20 Folder 7
Herb ______. "Am tag der Erhebung," "Morgenhymne," [and] "Taubenshaukel" 1976-1977
Three trimmed color postcards of artwork. Lower portion of one card is clipped off but present. With ms. titles on back in the hand of Angus MacLise.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Postcards] Two postcards of Islamic calligraphy & décor from Turkey
Box 20 Folder 7
[Unidentified designer]. Envelope. 8.25" x 11.5"
rice paper, torn. Woodblock print of double-headed eagle in maroon ink in return address corner, upper left.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping-Illustration]
Clipping of 12-and 7-pointed stars with Hebrew lettering., undated 4.25" x 4.25".
Box 20 Folder 7
[Clipping-Illustration]. Arabic illustration, undated
11.25" x 9" card stock with green, red, and yellow ink. Arabic lettering, hand holding a snake, eye in palm of hand. Holographic ms. on verso: "'Only a fool seeks./the black smoke/when jackals sit/in a ring."
Box 20 Folder 7
[Hebrew handbill], undated
Handbill, 7" x 5". Hebrew lettering, mystic hand, etc.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Om Swastika] Business card for Om Swastika. Kathmandu,, undated
2.15" x 3.5" business card. "'Om Swastika' for Rice Paper prints and Batique painting." Holographic ms. in black ink on reverse: "Jimmy Thapa/c/o Jimmy's Wagon/ " 5/53 Joeh….."
Box 20 Folder 7
Briskin, Jerrold. Tree Oracle, Cloud Oracle: Fire and Rain. The Passion According to Certain Watchers. Paris, [undated], undated
Cover page only from manuscript, torn at left margin.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Mylar]. "Something of Value" Wilmington, Delaware: Dupont,
4.75" x 7.5" booklet from DuPont presenting various uses of Mylar.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Studio 718] "Color Xerox" San Francisco, [undated ]
Aldo Piromalli & Alice Gay, eds.
Box 20 Folder 7
[Letraset] One leaf of Letraset dry transfer letters. 1972, undated
15" x 10". "Letragraphica … LG1209." With accompanying protective sheet. Partially used.
Box 20 Folder 7
Tactype. 1977-78 Tactype Catalog. New York: Tactype, 1977
Book catalog, with ms. notes on cover.
Manuscripts, Typescripts, Drafts
Box 21 Folder 1
Andrews, George. "Ecstatic Flashes" [circa 1977]
4 leaves of photocopied typescript poetry, 11.5" x 8.25".
Box 21 Folder 1
Tagliabue, John. "Basho" [and] "Steady, Steady, Wild, Steady" [and] "I have no 'questions…'" [Undated ]
Three carbonscript texts on one sheet of paper, 11" x 8.5.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Tagliabue, John] "Consummation" [and] "Don't think you are secular prose"
Two typescript poems on one sheet of paper, 7.5" x 6.875". Signed by Tagliabue on verso.
Box 21 Folder 1
Tagliabue, John. "The Shaman birds". [Undated ]
Carbonscript poem on one sheet of paper, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
Tagliabue, John. "two poems". [Undated ]
Carbonscript poems on one sheet of paper, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] "The walls fall down," "the dry shadow of barren clouds," "A small map covers the canvas," [and] "This all heavy day". [Undated ]
Typescript poems on 6 leaves of paper, 11.5" x 8".
Box 21 Folder 1
Myers, Kevan. "For Ira Cohen & Co. UnLtd.," "What Else Can Being Be", [and] "Poem to People" [Undated ]
Carbonscript poems on 3 leaves of paper, 7.25" x 7" to 11.25" x 6.75".
Box 21 Folder 1
Volaitis, Maria. [Typescript poems, beginning with "Inner Purgings"] [circa 1969]
11 leaves of typescript poetry on onionskin paper, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] "Written at an Open Poetry Reading at the Village Gate, NYC, 5/24/78" [and] "Winter '78" [circa 1978]
Photocopy of typescript poems on 4 leaves of paper, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] "Who in Nepal Are…"
Holographic ms. text, 7 p., approx. 6.375" x 5.5" ea.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] 3 typescript poems beginning "time spends itself", "woke up", and "Sentinels" [Undated ]
Typescript text, 3 p., 11.75" x 8.25".
Box 21 Folder 1
McClanathan, Michael. "For Bonnie" [and] "April 72"
Two carbonscript poems on one leaf of paper, 6.75" x 5".
Box 21 Folder 1
Vallabh, Ishwar. "The Song of Ophelia" [and] "The Words I Sing"
Typescript poems on 6 leaves of white paper, 11.5" x 8.25". Corner-stapled.
Box 21 Folder 1
Vallabh, Ishwar. "The Eternal End . ", March1976-March1977
Typescript poem on 8 leaves of white paper, 11.5" x 8.25". Corner-stapled.
Box 21 Folder 1
Woods, Edward. "this time in kathmandu," "Yin-Yang," "bishnu's (pie & chi)," "Silent Reminders," [and] "Haikuni portrait" March1976-March1977
Typescript poems on 5 leaves of white paper, 11.5" x 8.25".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, possibly Ishwar Vallabh] Poem fragment beginning "Ah! What an irony!"
Typescript poem on one leaf of white paper, 11.5" x 8.25".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] Manuscript poem beginning "I see te [ sic ] ferns & forests". [Undated ]
Holographic ms. in pencil on 1 leaf of paper, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] "Heka" [Undated ]
Single ms. word on leaf of paper, 8.5" x 11", with accompanying 3" x 3" sheet of rice paper.
Box 21 Folder 1
Cholst, Sheldon. "And the wind blew, and the petals flew"
Photocopy of typescript poem, 3 leaves, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 1
Zoa. Typescript poem beginning "The Moon is bright". 1978
4-line typescript poem on small fragment of paper, 1.5" x 3.25".
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] Poem beginning "flowers in the ground", undated
Three carbonscript texts on one sheet of paper, 11" x 8.5.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] Typescript poem fragment beginning "In-the-midst", undated
Typescript poem fragment on fragment of blue paper, 1 p.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author] Untitled poem fragment beginning "raps on, by law, register!"
Typescript poem (3 lines) on fragment of white paper, 1 p.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Grillo, Paul]. "Anthems & Refractions" [1977]
Photocopy of typescript text, 20 leaves, 20 p. Draft of text published as "Reflections in an Alchemical Camera."
Box 21 Folder 1
Grillo, Paul. "Reflections in an Alchemical Camera: Ira Cohen & The Poets of the Bardo Matrix (An Essay on the Detection of Wizards)" 1977, undated
20 leaves, 20 p. Photocopy of typescript. [[2 copies, one yellowed]]
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author]. "Pearls of Xanadu" (poem beginning "No one is here now"), undated
Photocopy of typescript poem, 1 leaf, 1 p. (2 copies)
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author]. "The Palace Walls", undated
Photocopy of typescript text, 12 leaves, 12 p.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author]. "The Rose of Tibet: A Synopsis"
Mimeographed text, 17 leaves, 17 p.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Unidentified author, possibly Don Snyder]. Untitled ms. notes beginning "The Farm has me Futures", undated
1 leaf, folded to 4 p. Holographic ms. in black ink.
Box 21 Folder 1
Ziprin, Lionel. Sentential Metaphrastic. [New York]: Aspen, [1970]
Inscribed on last page: "Dear Angus -- This is really IT." (2 copies)
Box 21 Folder 1
[Valenza, Roberto] Candy Malicious [i.e. Roberto Valenza]. "Om Bullets, Nepal"
Ms. poem in two columns on rice paper, 14" x 14". May 12, 1977. Inscribed by Roberto [Valenza] to Ira [Cohen].
Box 1 Folder 4
[Valenza,] Roberto. "Poem name (Samsara & Nirvana (in my life) [sic]" Inscribed to Angus MacLise, 1976
Holographic ms. poem on one folded leaf of paper, 24.5" x 9.75" Inscription "goes to Angus before India/April Fools/76/Roberto". Paper is an uncollated leaf from a Bardo Matrix publication.
Box 21 Folder 1
[Heliczer, Piero]. "The Blue Centaur", undated
Photocopy of typescript, text, 1 leaf, 1 p. Single page (#2) from longer work.
Box 21 Folder 1
Leary, Timothy. "Majoon and the Mind"
Photocopy, 1 leaf, 1 p. Letter from Leary reprinted in an unspecified issue ofPlayboy.
Printed and Published Material
Box 21 Folder 2
Actual Pages. London: The Lard Association, August 1977
"A specimen thirty copy edition of a non-existent magazine, using leftovers, rejects, alternative printing versions, all interspersed with ready-made material of idle charm while nothing else is to hand."
Box 21 Folder 2
Burroughs, William S. Necronomicon. New York: Barnes Graphics, [n.d]
Prospectus for the publication of the (allegedly real)Necronomicon. This publication is now known as the "Simonicon." With a short text by William S. Burroughs.
Box 21 Folder 2
Brzostoski, John. Tibetan Art. Staten Island, NY: Fire Tiger Press, 1987
Box 21 Folder 2
Bissett, Bill. Polar Bear Hunt. Vancouver, BC: blewointmentpress, August 1972
Box 21 Folder 3
Cohen, Harvey. The Amphetamine Manifesto . New York: Olympia Press, 1972
Box 21 Folder 3
Horde no. 1. December 1964
London, UK. Ed. Johnny Byrne. Poem by Angus MacLise, "Year Away" p. 28.
Box 21 Folder 3
Cresciman, Vincent (editor). Growing Hand. San Francisco: 1967
Poetry anthology "dedicated to Ira Cohen."
Box 21 Folder 3
Eshraw, R.A. The Bermuda Triangle: A Teleportation Chamber of the Gods . Long Island, NY: [The author], 1975
25 p. pamphlet, purple covers. "Dedicated to the space people." With ms. note on back cover.
Box 21 Folder 3
[Unidentified author] Poem . India: [Printed by] Mani Printing Works, 1972
Inscribed on last page: "Dear Angus -- This is really IT." (2 copies)
Box 21 Folder 3
Brooks, Adrian. Limbo Palace. Selfsame Press: Kathmandu, 1976
13.5" x 9.25" rice paper, saddle stitched. Poems and artwork by author. Photograph of androgynous figure mounted on cover. Indicia: "'Limbo Palace' was published in Kathmandu in an edition of 500 copies. All have been signed, dated, and numbered by the author." This copy unsigned & unnumbered.
Box 21 Folder 3
Wolak, Bill. Pale As An Explosion. [N.p]: The Somniloquist's Press, 1977
Signed & numbered, no. 105/100 [sic]. Colalges by John Digby.
Artwork by Others and Unidentified
Box 21 Folder 4
Gould, S. [Untitled drawing] November 1977
Ink, multicolor pens on paper, 5" x 8".
Box 21 Folder 4
"SG" [Untitled drawing]
Ink on paper, 6.75" x 7.5". Abstract black ink sketches of two shapes.
Box 21 Folder 4
["NP"] "93 Aiwass 418" [circa 1978]
Ink on tracing paper, 11.875" x 9". Text with faint Egyptian images visible.
Box 21 Folder 4
"NP" "Born in the night"
1978. 10.75" x 8.25" paper with ms. poem and illustrations in black and brown inks, brown watercolor.
Box 21 Folder 4
["NP"] "The night is still young" [circa 1978], undated
10.75" x 8.25" paper with ms. poem and illustrations in black and brown inks, brown watercolor.
Box 21 Folder 4
["NP"] Untitled artwork in ink and pencil
11.75" x 9" white art paper. Bottom two thirds white space outlined with black and yellow ink. Upper third black ink and multiple lines in purple pen/pencil and yellow ink. Text visible, transferred from another piece: "93 Aiwas 418."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Untitled drawing] [Undated ]
Black ink on pink paper, 7.675" x 5.375". Signed, but signature illegible ["SG78"]
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Three traced drawings] [Undated ]
Pencil and ink on tracing paper pasted to cardstock, 2.75" x 2.875" to 6" x 7". Traced drawings of three demons.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. [Hand-colored woodblock print] [Undated ]
Marker-colored woodblock print, 9.5" x 12". Throne room scene with a four-armed deity and 4 attending figures.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Hand-colored Buddhist image] [Undated ]
Hand-colored star-shaped woodblock print pasted onto octagonal piece of rice paper with added stamps or ms. sketches, 5.75" x 5.75".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Rubbings of Buddhist imagery] [Undated ]
Charcoal rubbings on 4 leaves of rice paper, 1.75" x 4.75" to 5.25" x 11.5".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Rubbings of Buddhist imagery] [Undated ]
Charcoal rubbings on 8 scraps of rice paper, 1" x 1.5" to 3.5" x 10".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Rubbings of Buddhist imagery] [Undated ]
Charcoal rubbings on 10 scraps of rice paper, 4.175" x .75" to 10.25" x 2".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Black pen sketch] [Undated ]
Black ink on white paper, 4.5" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist, possibly Petra Vogt] [Untitled drawing]
Ink on paper, 5.5" x 6.5". Two figures, with crease down middle.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Tracing of rectangular design] [Undated ], undated
Scrap of tracing paper, 1" x 3.25". Rectangular patterns with Sanskrit lettering. Numbered "20."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist, possibly Ossian MacLise] [Untitled drawing]
Pencil and ink on paper, 8.25" x 11". Double-sided drawing of dragons and celestial beings, with accompanying folder.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Untitled drawing of Buddhist sculpture] [Undated ]
Pencil on tracing paper, 10.675" x 7.5".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Untitled collage] [Undated ]
Woodblock print with taped-on photo print fragment, 3.25" x 2.5".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Untitled drawing] [Undated ], undated
Ink on tracing paper, 5.5" x 2.375". Image of designs copied from a charcoal rubbing.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Snyder, Don] ["Cloud Doctrine"], undated
2.25" x 1.5" photo print attached to 3" x 2.25" black paper.
Box 21 Folder 4
Vogt, Petra. Untitled calligraphic artwork, undated
3.5" x 5" brownish rice paper. Calligraphic marks in black ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
Vogt, Petra. Untitled calligraphic artwork, undated
8.5" x 4" rice paper envelope (empty). Box in gold ink overlain with calligraphy in black ink. Calligraphy in black ink below box.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] "Magic is Tragic", undated
2" x 8" clipping attached with tape to 9.25" x 11" paper. Clipping in general shape of two connected ovals with holographic ms. slogan bordered with multiple lines in brown ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Breeze, William] Untitled lettering guide, undated
5" x 8.5" paper. Roman letters and sigils in black ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] [Untitled drawing], undated
Ink on paper, 5.5" x 5.75". A sketch (of waves) in blue ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled watercolor
12.5" x 9.5" card stock torn from larger sheet. Blue watercolor, red ink. ["Not Angus", et. al.]
Box 21 Folder 4
[Vial, Ron] [Untitled drawing]
Ink and watercolor on paper, 7" x 10.5". Drawing of a skull and swirling design, clipped to shape.
Box 21 Folder 4
Vial, Ron. [Untitled drawing] New York, 1978
Marker on paper, 12" x 9". A sketch of scarabs and a city skyline.
Box 21 Folder 4
[de Sales], Aymon. Untitled drawing. 1965
11.75" x 8.25" ink drawing with colored pencils. Post-it note on verso: "E.Clerihew Bentley."
Box 21 Folder 4
Landgarten, Ira. "For Ira Cohen/Familial Crest" Ju. 6, 1982, undated
Hand-colored photocopy, 11" x 8.5".
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. [Untitled drawing], undated
Black stippled ink on 9.75" x 6.5" white card stock. Abstract pointillist drawing.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled drawing
Pen and ink on cardstock, 7" x 5". Figure/mountains/abstract design in black ink. Smaller design on verso.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled drawing. [1978]
Ink on paper, mounted on green construction paper, 12" x 9". White paper bearing designs of eyes, pyramids, symbols etc. in blue, red, yellow, purple, and orange ink/crayon taped onto paper. Holographic ms. poem in blue pen on verso, ""The Judgment: Cycle Apo for a Stone Griffin."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. "En reponse a Ant. Artaud's poem un furor.." 1978
Ink & collage on blue construction paper, 12" x 9". Smaller image taped onto paper. Holographic comments etc. in French on recto, above and below image. Holograph poem in black ink on verso, "2. (Stone Griffin cont)."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist] "Bagatelle pour une catastrophe" 1978, undated
Ink on red construction paper, 9" x 12". Drawing of seated Egyptian jackal with holographic ms. text. Untitled ms. text beginning "(Stone Griffin (cont) Staring down the four winds") on verso. Poem is signed "I.R./N.E.C."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled painting, undated
Watercolor on 9.5" x 7.75" art paper. Watercolor of flower in green, blue, white and yellow.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Brooks], Adrian. Untitled ink drawing of sixteen horses, undated
6" x 52.5" rice paper. Horses in black ink line and wash, some red ink as well for headdresses etc. Signature of Adrian in bottom right corner. Folded.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. "O antelope desire…"
Drawing and typescript poem pasted onto blue paper, 9" x 6". Ink figure of standing nude and typescript poem on clipping.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled crayon drawing. [Undated ], undated
4.75" x 7" white paper. Holograph ms. on verso: "drawing of her floating village, boats, mountains, by a little [Uru/] girl."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled ink drawing, undated
5" x 6.85" white card. Black ink abstract designs.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled drawing
Ink on cardstock, 8" x 10". Abstract floral-type designs in black ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist, possibly Ira Cohen] [Untitled Egyptian-themed drawing]]
Marker on white paper, 14" x 10". Egyptian silhouette and small hieroglyphic sketches. With ms. text on verso in an unidentified hand: "Le Chaeai, Grand Tempter de la Glace -- Dragon of Ice -- Age of Finis -- Bermuda UFOs -- Inside front + back cover -- Evensongs of Extasy." [Possibly related to Harry Smith, who wrote an unpublished series of Tarot-themed poems entitledEvensongs of Extasyin 1977.
Box 21 Folder 4
Tageshima. Untitled drawing. 1965, undated
Ink on 11.75" x 8.15" paper. Line drawing of dancing half-dressed man in black pen and pencil. In holographic ms., upper right corner: "Tageshima/May 27-1965."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Tageshima]. Untitled drawing
Ink on 11.75" x 8.15" white paper. Line drawing of angel in black ink.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Unidentified artist, likely Tageshima] [Untitled drawing]
Marker on board, 11.75" x 10.5". Image of a nude woman with added ms.: "Knighte: Anglo-saxon for NHUIT or G.B. 6.6.6-1."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Thapa, Jimmy]. Untitled drawing. [Undated ], undated
Ink on rice paper, 6.35" x 4.85". Holographic ms. in pencil (fading) below: "On this monsoon come again/And here comes ms.[----]/I've nothing to say my dear friend/But my eyes are the same."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Thapa,] Jimmy. Untitled drawing
Ink on 13" x 10.5" rice paper. 7.5" x 4.5" image of owl sitting atop skull. Holograph ms. in pencil on bottom, "SS/line block."
Box 21 Folder 4
[Thapa, Jimmy]. Untitled drawing, undated
Ink on 13" x 21.5" rice paper. Illustration on recto of woman, hair in points, one breast visible, with semi-demonic figure sitting on right facing her. Unfinished pencil sketch on verso.
Box 21 Folder 4
[Thapa,] Jimmy. "Full Moon on [leot] 1st March", undated
Ink on 13" x 10.75" rice paper. Illustration of mountain temple. Small hole in paper. Holographic ms. in pencil in bottom right corner, "Line block/Base 10 cm."
Box 21 Folder 4
Vial, Ron. [Portraits of Angus MacLise]. New York, NY
13" x 10" white paper. Portrait of Angus MacLise wearing glasses in black and gray inks/pencils on recto. Portrait of Angus MacLise not wearing glasses in black and gray inks/pencils on verso.
Box 21 Folder 5
Unidentified artist] Prints (5) -- skeleton with gun, swastika design, etc
Miscellaneous Photographs
Box 21 Folder 6
Myers, Stephanie. "Don Cherry", undated
10" x 8" b&w photo print. Holographic ms. title on verso. With Myers' stamp on verso.
Box 21 Folder 6
Resnick, Marcia. "Roy [Cohn] and Steve [Rubell] at Mudd" New York, August 7, 1985
8" x 10" b&w photo print. Holographic ms. title, signature, and inscription on recto. With two stamps and additional ms. title on verso.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. [Photograph of an unidentified couple], undated
5.75" x 4" b&w photo print, scalloped edges.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. [Photograph of sculpture on building], undated
3.75" x 2.5" b&w photo print. Sculptural element, mythological figure, on unidentified building.
Box 21 Folder 6
Dee, D. James/Brion Gysin. "Murder in Morocco" New York, 1994
10" x 8" b&w photo print. With Dee's stamp on verso and lengthy ms. consignement receipt signed by Guilane Gaunzi [sp] on verso. Photograph of calligraphic artwork "Murder in Morocco" by Brion Gysin.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer, possibly Izzy Young]. "Bluer Teater Huset", undated
5.75" x 4.15" b&w photo print postcard. With holographic ms. in pencil on verso: "Bluer/Teater Hulset/John Lodens Vag 19/13100 Nacica/08/716 88 18/Call sometime: / Izzy Young 158332."
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. [Gargoyles], undated
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. [Unidentified mustachioed man holding cigarette], undated
3.5" x 5.35" postcard photo print.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. [Interior of an unidentified building], undated
3" x 2.75" color photo print. Burn extending 1" diagonally into image from right hand border.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Unidentified photographer]. Christopher Tree", undated
Photocopy of b&w photo print, 8.5" x 11." Holographic ms. title in the hand of Will Cameron along bottom border.
Box 21 Folder 6
[Cameron, Will]. [Bodhanath stupa, Kathmandu] 2001
Ephemera (Oversize)
Box 22 Folder 7
"A Generation Turning On to Drugs" Clipping from an unidentified issue of Life magazine [circa 1960s], with a photograph by Ira Cohen
Box 22 Folder 7
Whitney Museum of American Art. "The New American Filmmakers Series" New York: Whitney Museum of American art, Fall 1975
Double-sided broadside announcing a series of film screenings, including films by Kenneth Anger, Sheldon Rochlin, and Tony Conrad.
Box 22 Folder 7
[Beatles, The] Lyrics insert from "The White Album". Middlesex, England: Apple Records/EMI records, 1968
Folded poster & lyrics sheet.
Box 22 Folder 7
"In peace at last… the troubled King" Article on the death of Elvis Presley from the Daily Mirror, September 2, 1977
Box 22 Folder 7
"Mick Jagger Floor Show" Article from the Sunday Mirror, January 29, 1978
Full first and last page only.
Box 22 Folder 7
"Auroville Afforestation '77" [Auroville, India: No publisher named, circa 1977] Map
Box 22 Folder 7
[Rochlin, Sheldon] Flier for "Weekend of Films by Sheldon Rochlin" at the SaMay a Foundation, New York, April 7-9, [1978]
Box 22 Folder 7
Bols, Maxim/Don Snyder. Goeralegan. 1970. Print, 14.75" x 12.25" print. With Don Snyder poem, "Dream of Goerlegan" on verso. Section 1 of Aspen No. 9
Box 22 Folder 7
Photographic image of alien or cyborg on table. [Undated ]
9.25" x 12". Photographic image of a figure lying on table. A larger copy of the image on the cover ofAncient Astronauts, November 1977.
Box 22 Folder 7
"The Wide Awake Papers: Kathmandu Punk" Newspaper clipping, 4 p., 17" x 11.35". From iT (International Times) no. 9, May 1977
Box 22 Folder 7
Smith, Patti. "You Can't Say 'Fuck' in Radio Free America" [N.p., circa 1977-78]. 16.85" x 10.85" poster reprinting eponymous article from Yipster Times (Mar-Apr 1977)
Box 22 Folder 7
Giri, Avdhut Irawadi. "Introudction to the Kumbh Mela Written Specially for the Tropen Institute[…]: Guru as Gastarbeiter" Amsterdam: Tropen Institut, September 7, 1977
With "Ma Kom" stamp at bottom. Mimeographed broadside, 14" x 8.5". WITH a photocopy.
Broadsides, Rubbings, Drawings, Posters (Oversize)
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Brooks, Adrian]. Untitled pen and ink drawings, undated
Ink on 15" x 52" rice paper, multiply folded. Designs, figures, faces etc. in purple and black ink.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Brooks, Adrian. "And again you will be/And again" 1976
Ink on one large folded sheet of rice paper, 51.5" x 22". Drawing of women, symbols, swirls etc. in purple ink. Drawings used on Bardo Matrix publications, includingBombay Black.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Unidentified artist]. [Rubbing of Tibetan writing], undated
Charcoal on 13.5" x 11.5" rice paper.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Unidentified artist]. Untitled erotic drawing, undated
Vintage photocopy, 15.75" x 8.35".
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Living Theatre] [Robert] Lavigne, designer. Poster. Paradise Now. A Film by Marty Topp, undated
Poster, 15" x 10". Poster for unspecified screenings of Paradise Now, with blank section at bottom for filling in screening details.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Rochlin, Sheldon & Diane] "Stelle," designer. "Midnight Movies: Vali and Dope" New York,, undated
Screenprinted poster, 11" x 17". With film titles in red. Poster for screenings held at N.Y.T.E. from September 30-/010/29, [no year].
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Myers, Vali. "Moby Dick" [Undated ]
Color lithograph, 19.5" x 27.5". Inscribed by Myers to Ira Cohen, inscription dated February 3, 1990. No. 26/200.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Baarslag, [Lee]. [Untitled drawing of praying mantis]
Pastels on paper, 12" x 14". Image of a praying mantis against a mountainous background.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Unidentified artist] [Rubbing of Buddhist imagery] [Undated ]
Charcoal rubbing of a pair of feet enclosed within a circle on two leaves of rice paper, 15.75" x 19.5" and 10.75" x 13.5".
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Beckwith, Carol. [Untitled photograph] 1985
16" x 20" color photo print. Image of a man on camelback herding cattle.
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Myers, Vali] "The Valley of Il Porto Wildlife Oasis" Pistano, Italy, [circa 1988]
Poster with artwork by Myers. Inscribed "for dear Ira, / love always, / Vali 11th January 1993".
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Myers, Vali] "Vali Myers, Emerald Hill Gallery" Victoria, Australia, 1993. Poster for an exhibit held from /010/28-November 30, 1993 at the Emerald Hill Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 1993
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
[Myers, Vali] "Jezebel in the Window" [Undated ]
Color print, 19.75" x 13.75". Inscribed "for my Ira, with love Vali / Chelsea Hotel, February 1989".
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Myers, Vali. "Wu Man" 1970
Color print, 19.75" x 13.75". Signed in pencil "Vali Myers 1987"; inscribed in blue ink "For Ira, / my NO. 1. Vali, February 89."
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Ricard, Rene"Cecil". Broadside
Limited edition broadside illustrated with traditional Nepali artwork. No. 1/108
Box 14-N-4 Folder 7
Landes Levi, Louise. "The Deep Diamond" Broadside