Celebration of the Body 19 June-31 July 1976

Large square 4to. Suite of unbound illustated sheets, as issued, together with texts, also unbound as issued, in silver portfolio of stiff wraps. Special event put on by N. E. Thing Co. in honour of the ’76 Olympics in Montreal & Kingston, to demonstrate the aesthetic concerns and relationships between athletic and artistic activity. The sheets, at least 100 of them, are N. E. Thing Co.’s signature illustrations (from disparate sources) superimposed on graph paper. Set also includes film program, video program, and handlist of art works included in the event. Main texts are reprints, and include “Body Works” by Willoughby Sharp & Liza Bear (from Avalanche), “The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women’s Body Art” by Lucy R. Lippard (from Art in America), and “The Aesthetic in Sport” by David Best (from The British Journal of Aesthetics). Portfolio Good only and slightly beat up with creased panels, edge-wear, and small piece missing from spine; ALL SHEETS NEAR FINE OR BETTER, however. A very rare, if somewhat bizarre, catalogue.