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195 - Tuli Kupferberg. Five handwritten letters, four typescripts. 1967–1969.

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€400 - 600

Sale fees

32%

Tuli Kupferberg. Five handwritten letters, four typescripts. 1967–1969. Announcement time: approx. 1:53 p.m. (schedule subject to change) All addressed to Ralf-Rainer Rygulla. - Naphtali “Tuli” Kupferberg (1923–2010, American underground poet, cartoonist, and editor) was both the author of important books about the “Beatniks” and a central figure in related publications (Allen Ginsberg, *Howl*). - Kupferberg was a key contributor and facilitator for anthologies of American poetry, which were edited and, in some cases, translated by Rygulla and published by Melzer, März, and others. - Letters: December 13, 1967; September 8, 1968; November 25, 1968; January 18, 1969; and April 27, 1969: Cover letters accompanying submitted texts, U.S. censorship, hatred toward the “scene,” and the book project “1001 Ways to Make Love,” which ultimately was not published by März Verlag. - Typescripts: Justice. (2 pages, with a handwritten addition: “From ‘Caught in the Act […]’”—“I am not afraid to be laughed at.” (1 page).—“Fuck war.” (1 page, with a handwritten note). - Fick Nam. A Moral Game. (29 sheets, with a handwritten note by the translator, dated November 1969). - Also: *Fuck the Fugs*. The Book of the Fugs. Cologne, Kinder der Geburtstagspresse, 1969. Rare first edition of this important Beatnik book with texts by Kupferberg and others. - *Fuck for Peace*. Birth Press flyer by Tuli Kupferberg. - “The New York Times.” Poem by Kupferberg, reprinted in *The Other*, Vol. 2, No. 20. With handwritten additions. - Extras: Three letters from English Beat authors (Andrew Crozier, Martin C. O. Bax, Bill Levy), a postcard from Larry Fagin.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
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