{"title":"Jack Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal programme cards, invitations, and printed matter issued in conjunction with exhibitions and retrospectives devoted to Jack Smith (1932–1989). Smith was a central figure in underground American cinema, performance, and visual art, known for \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e (1963) and his influence on generations of artists, filmmakers, and performers. Items here document institutional reappraisals of his legacy, including Anthology Film Archives retrospectives, preserving the printed infrastructure through which his work has continued to circulate.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jack-smith-selects-from-the-grave-anthology-film-archives-new-york-2015","title":"Jack Smith Selects (From the Grave...), Anthology Film Archives, New York, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e21.5 × 14 cm. Offset print on semi-gloss card stock, colour recto and black-and-white text verso. Very good vintage condition with light handling wear and minor surface marks consistent with age and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal programme card issued by Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave (at 2nd St) NYC, for \u003cem\u003eJack Smith Selects (From the Grave...)\u003c\/em\u003e, 13 November – 1 December 2015. Curated by Jerry Tartaglia. anthologyfilmarchives.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued to coincide with what would have been Jack Smith’s 83rd birthday (14 November), the programme presented two series: restored works by Jack Smith, and a selection of films personally admired by Smith, curated from a 1971 letter to filmmaker and writer Peter Gidal. Smith’s selections included Alexander Korda’s \u003cem\u003eThe Private Life of Don Juan\u003c\/em\u003e, Arthur Lubin’s \u003cem\u003eWhite Savage\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Bresson’s \u003cem\u003eLes Dames du Bois de Boulogne\u003c\/em\u003e, Luchino Visconti’s \u003cem\u003eIl Gattopardo\u003c\/em\u003e, Ludwig Berger’s \u003cem\u003eThief of Bagdad\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean Vigo’s \u003cem\u003eZéro de conduite\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ron Rice’s \u003cem\u003eThe Flower Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside screenings of Smith’s own \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChumlum\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNormal Love\u003c\/em\u003e. Special guests included Jerry Tartaglia, Brian Baiserman, Jeannie Reymes, Cocoñut, Fleur Buckley, Peter Gidal, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than functioning solely as an exhibition handout, the card maps Smith’s own cinematic influences, revealing the network of references surrounding one of the most influential figures in underground American cinema. It records not only a retrospective but an act of selection, presenting Smith through the films he chose to champion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs surviving printed material from a significant institutional reappraisal of his legacy, it remains an increasingly desirable piece of ephemera for collectors of avant-garde film, performance, and post-war counterculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthology Film Archives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53807079227730,"sku":"SMITH-AFA-INV-2015","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Smith_Jack._Jack_Smith_selects_retrospective_Anthology_Film_Archives._2015_front_486f52a1-89e5-4c5c-a56e-35da4207ab82.jpg?v=1782033033"},{"product_id":"jack-smith-padronismo-di-pastacrosta-galleria-lattico-rome-1975","title":"JACK SMITH — Padronismo di Pastacrosta, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalleria L’Attico, Rome, 1975. Mailed slideshow poster and announcement. Offset printed in black on thin folded paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnfolded:\u003c\/strong\u003e 35 × 48.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFolded \/ mailed:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17.5 × 24.25 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCentral incision:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5 × 8.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressed verso to Roberto Dionisio, Roman artist and participant in the postwar Italian contemporary-art scene, with Galleria L’Attico rubber stamp. Originally folded and sent through the post. Central rectangular cut-out, reportedly from the later removal of a postage stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare mailed poster-announcement for Jack Smith’s \u003cem\u003ePadronismo di Pastacrosta\u003c\/em\u003e, presented through Fabio Sargentini’s Galleria L’Attico in Rome in 1975. L’Attico was one of the key Italian spaces for postwar experimentation, moving between Surrealist inheritance, Arte Povera, performance, film, and anti-institutional forms of exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePadronismo di Pastacrosta\u003c\/em\u003e does not appear to have been a formal movement, but rather one of Smith’s invented theatrical systems: a mock doctrine, absurdist title, and anti-authoritarian structure. It sits close to pataphysical logic, but through Smith’s own antagonism toward landlords, ownership, taste, and mainstream cultural order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dionisio address turns the poster from unused gallery stock into a mailed object within a specific Roman network. It is not simply an announcement for an event, but a circulated support: printed, folded, posted, received, retained, cut, and returned to circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage handled condition, with folds, creasing, toning, edge wear, surface marks, and central stamp-removal incision. The incision is treated as part of the object’s record: evidence of mailing, extraction, and transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause this is a unique mailed and altered historical object, placement is confirmed manually before purchase. Please enquire to confirm availability, shipping, and payment details.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galleria L’Attico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53869179699538,"sku":"JACKSMITH-LATTICO-INV-1975","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Smith_Jack._Slideshow_exhibition_poster.jpg?v=1782731978"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/jack-smith.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}