S.M.S
odd: label: Other Title
content: Also referred to as: Shit must stop
label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: [New York] Letter Edged in Black Press [1968]
name: label: Creator
content: Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
label: Names
content: Artschwager, Richard, 1923-2013
label: Names
content: Christo, 1935-
label: Names
content: Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
label: Names
content: De Maria, Walter, 1935-2013
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Kosuth, Joseph.
label: Names
content: Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
label: Names
content: Ono, Yōko
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Weiner, Lawrence
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2008 by Muriel Kaplan, an art collector, who purchased the portfolios.
creator: label: Creator
content: Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art publication, 1968. S.M.S. (Shit must stop) portfolios were conceived by William N. Copley with Dimitri Petrov as a form of protest against art galleries. Artwork in the portfolios is based on the traditions of Dada, Surrealism, and Pop Art. The portfolios are considered one complete work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Volumes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
label: Date
content: [1968]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coplwill2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Six portfolios of miscellaneous loose items containing original works of art by 73 artists. Edited by William N. Copley. Artists include William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, and Man Ray among others. The portfolios are all kept in original display boxes.