Five texts by pioneering conceptual artist Vito Acconci (1940-2017), who began his career publishing poetry in mimeographed publications in the 1960s.These were sent to Arthur Danto, art critic and professor in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University, New York in 1988.[Television, Furniture, & Sculpture: The Room With the American View, 1984] 9 corner-stapled leaves of typescript photocopied on one side only, numbered and with corrections in black ink; [A Possible Model For Fairy Tales, 1986] 1 leaf of typescript photocopied on one side only, corrections in black ink; [Playing With the Word 'Doll', 1985] 7 corner-stapled leaves of typescript photocopied on one side only, numbered in black ink; [Notes on Language, 1986] 2 corner-stapled leaves of typescript photocopied on one side only, with corrections in black ink; [Notes on Making Shelter, April 1985 (revised 1988)] 3 corner-stapled leaves of typescript photocopied on one side only, together in a worn manilla envelope postmarked and addressed to Arthur Danto in Acconci's hand.
