Orlan, Helena Almeida, Mary Beth Edelson, and Gretta. Performance cards

Six b/w cards featuring works related to body art and feminism. (1-3) Orlan. Three postcards, 10 x 15 cm, self-published in 1980, documenting two significant performances in 1979. Two cards feature 'Le Drapé, Le Baroque' held at Palazzo Grassi, in conjunction with the international performance festival organized by Jorge Glusberg in Venice. One card features a 'Mesurage' work, executed at Musée St Pierre in Lyon. In this performance series Orlan uses her own body as a tool to measure public institutions such as the Vatican (1974), Centre Pompidou (1977) and the Guggenheim (1983).

(4) Helena Almeida, Le Dessin, 1979. Postcard with performance photo by Arthur Rosa. Published by Edition Erika and Otto Friedrich, Bern. (5) Mary Beth Edelson. Invitation card for 'Dark Shelters/ Light Natures' at A.I.R New York, 1979. (6) Gretta (Alegre Sarfaty), A week with Gretta at Diagramma. Folding card, 23 x 17 cm, announcing a show at Luciano Inga-Pin's gallery in Milan in 1979. Signed 'Hallo! from Milano' by the Greek/Brasilian performance artist. Card with mild toning and creasing. All other cards in very good condition. (total 6)