Four interesting pieces of California art ephemera:

(1) ART FOR WILSON RILES CAMPAIGN. Flyer announcing an auction in support of Wilson Riles' campaign for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Contributing artists included Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Ralph Goings, Tom Holland, Manuel Neri, Joseph Faffael, Mel Ramos, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Voulkous, and William Wiley, among many others. Single sheet mailer, 8.5x11 inches. GOOD condition, toned on the blank backside, folds from being folded and mailed, stamp and address on the backside, folds a bit tender. In November 1970 Riles' upset win over incumbent Max Rafferty was described as "one of the most stunning upsets in California's political history". Riles became the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.

(2) NORMA G. LEISTIKO DANCER'S WORKSHOP announcement. Card stock, 6.5x9.5 inches, image on the front, info on the back. GOOD MINUS condition, two stiff folds, toning on the backside, very cool photographic image.

(3) SUSAN HALL - Point Reyes Artist - 1969 Exhibition at the QUAY GALLERY, San Francisco. Fold-open, mailed announcement. Paper, 11.25x11.25 inches. One of her first solo exhibitions. Only FAIR condition, toning, foxing, folds, some folds have small tears. Still a scarce announcement, one of the artist's earliest exhibitions.

(4) U.C. DEPT. OF ART ATHLETIC SQUAD. Square 4.5 inch fold open card, only the front panel is printed, the other panels are blank. A group of what seems to be U.C. Berkeley Art Students and Professors who, presumably, also enjoyed sports. Some went on to have professional art related careers, others not. The people are all named, they include Raymond Saunders, Carl Worth, Richard Schuetz, Boyd Allen, Russell Gordon, Stanley Osher (a noted mathematician, perhaps brought into the club for his athletic abilities?!). GOOD condition, light toning, some pin holes to the top edge.

The items are all from the collection of Marvin Lipofsky, b.1938 d.2016, an American glass artist. He was a central figure in the dissemination of the American Studio Glass Movement, introducing it to California through his tenure as an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley and the California College of Arts and Crafts.