Gallery 98

ART EPHEMERA 1960s – 1990s

Gallery 98 is for collectors and researchers. We specialize in announcement cards, posters, publications and other art ephemera from the 1960s - 1990s. For all inquiries: 98bowery@gmail.com | Sign up for our Newsletter    

Adam Purple and The Garden of Eden

Adam Purple, A Self-fulfilling Anarchist Prophecy-Petition for Species Survival by Biocybernetic Rapid Evolution Bye 1984, Double-Sided Flyer, 1973

Adam Purple, Enlarged Sheet from “”Zentences” a Book Project Which Began in 1967 and is Continuously Subject to Alterations, c. 1973

Adam Purple, Koch Government Versus The Garden of Eden, Flyer, City Hall, 1982

Adam Purple, Life With Les Ego, Flyer, Published by General (Z) Enlightenment, 1983

Adam Purple, Memo to Robert W. Greene: Assistant Managing Editor of New York Newsday, Xerox Clipping, 1986

Adam Purple, Open Question to NYC Councilmember Miriam Friedlander, Flyer, 1985

Adam Purple, The Bicycle: Vehicular Tool for R(apid)evolution, Double-Sided Page from YIPster Times, 1984

Adam Purple, The Garden of Eden Benefit: Help Save The Garden! Paradise Now!, Folded Handout, 1984

Adam Purple, Three Xerox Sheets connected to “Zentences,” a Book Project Which Began in 1967 and is Continuously Subject to Alterations, c. 1973

Adam Purple: Bike: People’s Referendum to Annex City Streets into The Garden of Eden, Flyer, 1981

Crain’s New York Business, A Garden Grows in Manhattan, Featuring a Photo by Harvey Wang from 1978, Xerox of Newspaper Clipping, 1985

Follow the Purple Footprints, Adam Purple’s The Garden of Eden, Flyer, c. 1984

Harvey Wang, Adam Purple’s The Garden of Eden, Original Color Photograph, 1979

Harvey Wang, Adam Purple, Vintage Silver Gelatin Work Print for Publication, 1978

Help Save This Internationally Recognized Earthwork, Adam Purple’s The Garden of Eden, Flyer, Lower East Side, 1984

New York Post, “Death of a Garden”, Xerox of Newspaper Clipping, 1985

Rev. Les Ego (Adam Purple), Flyer with Text Paraphrased from “The Apology” of Socrates by Plato, Human Rights Day December 10th 1986

Species Survival, Adam Purple’s The Garden of Eden, Four-page Brochure, 1984

The Daily News, “For Garden Variety Activist, Plot Thickens”, Xerox of Newspaper Clipping, 1986

The Daily News, The Last Days of Eden, Xerox of Newspaper Clipping, 1984

The Garden of Eden: An Environmental “Radical Transformation”, by Adam Purple: Landscape Sculptor Certified by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of New York, Ten-page Project Description, c. 1985