2nd International Portfolio of Artists Photography (NYC version)
2nd International Portfolio of Artists Photography (NYC version)
The International Portfolio of Artists Photography was an assembling book project, conceived to explore the intersections of mail art, book art, and photography. The Second Portfolio is preserved in two drafts. The New York edition compiles submissions sent to Jacob in New York City. The Budapest edition includes material sent directly to the Liget Galeria for exhibition there in 1986.
CSSR: Karel Bartonicek, Jitka Janatkova, Miroslav Klivar, Milan Knizák, Zdenek Merta, Jaroslav Richter, Jiri Valoch
East Germany: Guillermo Deisler, Stefan and Martina Giersch, Michael Groschopp, Joseph Huber, Stephan Jacob, Birger Jesch, Klaus Kux, Martin Mellendorf, Andreas Munstermann, Hans Praefke, Karla Sachse, Jurgen Schoberl, Andreas Seeliger, Jorg Sonntag, Fredrich Winnes
Hungary: Gabor Attalai, Zoltan Bogdandy, Peter Bokros/Inconnu, Gyorgy Galantai/Artpool, Laszlo 2. Hegedus, Zsigmond Karoli, Istvan Laczky, Andras Lengyel, Laszlo Lugo, Geza Perneczky, Karoly Schmal, Janos Sugar, Robert Swerkiewicz, Gabor Toth, Tibor Varnagy
Poland: Bieszczady, Anna Bohdziewicz, Henryk Bzdok, Piotr Kowalski, Ir Kulik, Andrej Kwietnewski, Anna Plotnycka, Waclaw Ropiecki, Tomasz Sikorski
Romania: Ioan Bunus
Yugoslavia: Nenad Bogdanovic, Dobrica and Rorica Kamperelic, Janez Pipan, Jaroslav Supek, Andrej Tisma, Miroljub Todorovic
Following the model of Richard Kostelanetz’ Assembling Press, for the First Portfolio Jacob invited contributors to submit seventy-five copies of an original photograph to be assembled into books. Contributions were solicited through the mail art network.
The “Notes” accompanying the First Portfolio announced the project as a ten-year effort, with subsequent volumes to focus on photography from specific geographical regions, appearing biennially. The Second Portfolio, scheduled for 1985, would focus on the the USSR and the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe; the Third on South America; the Fourth on Asia; and the Fifth, like the First, would be open to artists throughout the world.
Only the First Portfolio was completed as an artists’ book. Working on the Second Portfolio took Jacob to Eastern Europe and the USSR, and launched his career as a curator.
The Riding Beggar archive is housed with the John P. Jacob Papers at the Beinecke Rare Books Library, Yale University.
