Fits No. 1

1971

Various Artists, Fits Collective (artists, authors), Rory Hayes (artist, author), Robert Crumb (artist, author), Alan Senauke (artist, author), Jon Meyer (author), Cynthia Meyer (author), Nancy Senauke (artist, author), Charlie Vermont (author), Kenneth Greene (artist), Tom Clark (artist, author), Downtown Peace Coalition (author), Ron Padgett (author), George Schneeman (artist), Mitch Sisskind (author), Les Gottesman (artist), Andrei Codrescu (author), Alice Codrescu (artist), Hilton Obenzinger (artist), Britt Wilkie (artist), David Anderson (author), Tom Veitch (artist), Anne Waldman (author), Lewis Marsh (author), Judy Grahn (artist), Peter O'Keffe (artist), Dick Cogswell (artist), John Brown (author), Greg Irons (artist), John Giorno (author), Simon Deitch (artist)

Associated Names
Les Gottesman

Artist, American, born 1941

Simon Deitch

Artist, active 1970s

John Giorno

Author, American, born 1936

Greg Irons

Artist, American, 1949 - 1984

John Brown

Author, active 1970s

Dick Cogswell

Artist, active 1970s

Peter O'Keefe

Artist, active 1970s

Judy Grahn

Artist, American, born 1940

Lewis Marsh

Author, active 1970s

Anne Waldman

Author, American, born 1945

Tom Veitch

Artist, American, born 1941

David Anderson

Author, American, active 1970s

Britt Wilkie

Artist, active 1970s

Hilton Obenzinger

Artist, American, born 1947

Alice Codrescu

Artist, active 1970s

Andrei Codrescu

Author, American, born Romania, 1946

Various Artists

Artist

Mitch Sisskind

Author, American, born 1946

George Schneeman

Artist, American, 1934 - 2009

Ron Padgett

Author, American, born 1942

Downtown Peace Coalition

Author, American, 1969 - 1972

Tom Clark

Author, American, born 1941

Kenneth Greene

Artist, American, active 1970s

Charlie Vermont

Author, active 1970s

Cynthia Meyer

Author, active 1970s

Jon Meyer

Author, active 1970s

Alan Senauke

Artist, American, born 1947

Robert Crumb

Artist, American, born 1943

Rory Hayes

Artist, American, 1949 - 1983

Fits Collective

Artist, American, 1971 - 1972

7 Freds Press

Publisher, American, active 1970s

Three monstrous faces with gaping jaws lined with sharp teeth are stacked in this vertical lithograph. The creatures are canary yellow shaded heavily with pale and grass green. The bottom face, which is the largest and closest to us, has beads of sweat running down each side of the furrowed forehead. This creature’s lips are pulled up into a cavernous smile, and liquid drips from the lower lip. A ruffle around the neck could be a collar, and the creature is flanked to each side by scale-patterned forms that could be the body of the creature behind. This middle creature’s pale blue eyes slope down, and the bottom corners of the open mouth pull down, too. This creature has horns and gill-like forms around the mouth. The third creature, at the top and farthest away, leans back with taloned hands reaching to each side. The drooping eyes appear to look up, and wings spread from the creature’s back. The background is sky blue dotted with white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations on wove paper, with cover in full color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.04 × 19.69 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
    open: 26.04 × 39.37 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.126.53

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigil Gerdts, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 2014

Associated Names

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