Catalogue for William S. Burroughs' Exhibition at Casa Sin Nombre (1988)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, US: Casa Sin Nombre (exhibition catalogue), 1988.
8.625" x 5.375", unpaginated (32 pages with cover sheets), stapled glossy wraps.

The catalogue for William S. Burroughs' self-titled exhibition at Casa Sin Nombre (Santa Fe, New Mexico, US), as released in 1988. Details on who produced the catalog for the gallery are not stated, but the gallery was run by Steven Lowe, a prolific Burroughs collector who later ran the Desert Hot Springs Beat Hotel.

This item contains reproductions of 16 Burroughs works, some in color and some in grayscale. These are accompanied by the text of James Grauerholz's essay "On Burroughs' Art."

This copy was acquired through the Atlantic Bookshop (Brooklyn, New York).

A second copy of the catalog is also in the archives, acquired from Bagatelle Books (Asheville, North Carolina, US).

Shoaf IV.126. Schottlaender v4.B4.

Contents:

• James Grauerholz: "On Burroughs' Art" (essay)
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Miami Seen from Space" (mixed media and collage on paper, 1987)
• "Invasion of the Purple People Eaters (In a nationwide / TV appearance / the President said / 'There is no cause / for alarm. The nation / is now under' / (Crunch Crunch Crunch)" (mixed media on foamcore, 1988)
• "Red Harlequins" (mixed media on paper, 1988)
• "Purple Aliens" (mixed media on mat board, 1988)
• "S. Freud Conceding the Existence of Telepathy as an Undesirable Protoplasmic Tenant" (mixed media and collage on paper, 1988)
• "Self Portrait" (mixed media on wood, 1987)
• "Choir by Fire" (mixed media on mat board, 1988)
• "Disintegrating Space Craft I" (mixed media on mat board, 1988)
• "Disintegrating Space Craft II" (mixed media on paper, 1988)
• "The White Way" (mixed media on mat board, 1987)
• "Feral Cats in a Bomb-Blasted Weed-Grown Subway" (mixed media on mat board, 1988)
• "Star Spore (Star Dust off Key)" (mixed media on mat board, 1987)
• "S. Freud Denouncing Defectors, Detractors and Cod-Eyed Buffoons" (mixed media on mat board, 1988)
• "The Man with a Golden Slipper" (mixed media on mat board, 1987)
• "The Forbidden City" (mixed media on paper, 1988)
• "The Metal Sickness" (mixed media on sheet metal, 1987)