Nov 29, 2007 - Sale 2130

Sale 2130 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(MUSIC.) Cage, John. Haiku. Broadsheet printed with Bauer Futura type and zinc line cut on Kochi paper, 127x325mm; brown printed envelope of Omi V paper. Edited by Lou Harrison and designed and printed by Carroll Williams at the Black Mountain College Music Press. Black Mountain, NC., 1952
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one of 300 copies. Haiku was the first and only piece to be published by the Black Mountain College Music Press. The venture was launched by composer Lou Harrison with funds donated by Charles Ives. The piece emphasized Cage''s unique calligraphy and spare, idiosyncratic musical composition. It is an important work in the study of both Cage and Black Mountain College, and has been included in exhibitions around the world.