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Berkeley: Violet Ray,, 1984.. First edition.. [32 pp]. Bump to crown, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of Violet Ray’s collage work at the New College of California Gallery. A hard cultural critique via the combination of news and advertising images.

Violet Ray, 1984. Softcover. Fine/No jacket. Signed bythe photographer.

[Eugene, OR]: Paul Semonin, [n.d.].. Two fliers made from media artist Violet Ray's 1960s collages of magazine advertisements and images from the Vietnam war. Ray began the series "Advertising the Contradictions" in 1966, juxtaposing images of satisfied American consumers with the horrors of the ongoing war. Fliers made from this series were often handed out at anti-war demonstrations. Two reproductions are included here, "Revlon adopts the oh-baby face" and "It's like opening a present." 11 x 14 inches. Note on back of one copy, in unknown handwriting: "distributed Fall 67 or Spring 68 Difficulty in finding a printer for fear of c/r Violations" Fine.