Author: (Feiffer, Jules; Fischetti, John; Levine, David; et al). (Coffey, Marilyn).
Title: Black Salt: April 14-May 5, 1978, Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. May 25-June 14, 1978, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, N.Y. (Exhibition).
Description: New York: Pratt Institute Gallery/Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, 1978. 1978. INCLUDES AN ASTONISHINGLY RELEVANT CARTOON BY JULES FEIFFER ABOUT THE POLITICS OF ABORTION & POOR WOMEN - Oblong quarto [14 inches high by 14-1/4 inches wide]. Softcovers, the contents are laid into a black stiff paper folding chemise with a typed label on the front panel. The chemise is chipped & partially faded with a short tear. 4 pages of preliminaries plus 9 plates, each with an attached descriptive leaf. There is some minor creasing to the corners & edges of some pages. Very good. RARE. With an astonishing cartoon by Jules Feiffer concerning poor women and abortion. The portfolio consists of cartoons as well as an individual statement about their work by each of the nine artists: Lee Lorenz, J. C. Suares, Gene Basset, Thomas Flannery, Jules Feiffer, Edward Koren, John Fischetti, David Levine and Robert Weber. In her introduction, Marilyn Coffey explains that the Roman satirist Horace used the term "black salt" to characterize the kind of pungent satirical humor shown in these cartoons. Good .

Keywords: ART; CARTOONS; CARTOONISTS; ABORTION; BLACK SALT; EXHIBITION; PORTFOLIO. PRATT INSTITUTE GALLERY; PRATT MANHATTAN CENTER; LEE LORENZ; J. C. SUARES; GENE BASSET; THOMAS FLANNERY; JULES FEIFFER; EDWARD KOREN; JOHN FISCHETTI; DAVID LEVINE; ROBERT WEBER.


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