Monad 1

Tim May (Ed.), Monad 1: A magazine about painting , Volume 1, No 1, Chelsea Art School Students' Union, London, Summer 1964. 197 x 253mm. Staple bound book printed black on white stock with back cover in blue stock. The first issue of the Chelsea Art School Students' Union published magazine about painting. Includes contributions in the form of a Q&A section with John Ernest, Derrick Greaves, Annabelle Nicholla, Harold Cohen, Brian Bousfield, Jeremy Moon, John Ernest, Bridget Riley, Allen Jones, Brian Young, Anthony Riley, David Arnold, Thelma Libling; A conversation between Anthony Caro, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski; Poems by Paul Caplan; ‘The Function of Drawing’ introduced by artist and tutor Norman Blamey, including contributions by Gillian Ayres, Robyn Denny, Anthony Donaldson, Martin Froy, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Howard Hodgkin, Malcom Hughes, Paul Huxley, Allen Jones, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Henry Mundy, William Scott, Jack Smith, Ian Stephenson, William Turnbull, Brian Young and Jeremy Moon. 

Condition: Back cover has come away from staples. Original black tape binding has come off, with some paper loss as seen. Light toning to cover.