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Jan            
Feb     15:

     
Mar            
Apr       26:

   
May     17:

24:

   
Jun            
Jul   19:

  26:

   
Aug            
Sep            
Oct 04:

         
Nov   15:

       
Dec            
 
1964
Jan  

 

 

10:

index p5
McArthur p46

17:

     
Feb            
Mar   13:

       
Apr   10:

       
May            
Jun   12:

       
Jul            
Aug            
Sep 04"

         
Oct 02:

         
Nov 06:

         
Dec 04:

11:

index p5

18:

     
 
1965
Jan
65
  12:

       
Feb
65
           
Mar
65
           
Apr
65
  09:

Hermitige p42

       
May
65
           
Jun
65
  11:

       
Jul
65
      30:

   
Aug
65
06:

13:

  27:

   
Sep
65
10:

         
Oct
65
01:

 

         
Nov
65
    19:

     
Dec
65
03:

         
 
1966
Jan            
Feb     18:

     
Mar            
Apr            
May            
Jun   10:

  23:

   
Jul 01:

         
Aug     19:

     
Sep            
Oct   14:

       
Nov       25:

index p3
Kennedy p38

   
Dec            
 
1967
Jan
67
  16:

       
Feb
67
      24:

   
Mar
67
           
Apr
67
    21:

25:

Picasso p85

   
May
67
           
Jun
67
  16:

  30:

   
Jul
67
           
Aug
67
      25:

Picasso (Chicago)

   
Sep
67
           
Oct
67
           
Nov
67
           
Dec
67
           
 
1968
Jan 05:

         
Feb 02:

         
Mar 01:

08:

15:

22:

   
Apr     19:

Martin Luther King p28

26:

   
May            
Jun   14:

  28:

   
Jul   12:

       
Aug 02:

09:

16:

     
Sep            
Oct 04:

         
Nov            
Dec       20:

27:

Picasso Issue

 
 
1969
Jan
69
  17:

  24:


Letter about
Guernica

   
Feb
69
07:

         
Mar
69
07:

    21:
   
Apr
69
    18:

     
May
69
    23:

     
Jun
69
06:

  20:

     
Jul
69
    18:

     
Aug
69
  15:

22:

     
Sep
69
  12:

21:

     
Oct
69
03:

         
Nov
69
           
Dec
69
05:

  19:

26:

   
 
 
70's

 

1970

 

Jan
70
  09:

Picasso Erotic
Engravings p107

       
Feb
70
06:

    20:

 

   
Mar
70
06:

  20:

     
Apr
70
           
May
70
08:

    22:

29:

Picasso Erotic
Engravings p14

 
Jun
70
      26:

Picasso EroticEngravings
 p16

   
Jul
70
           
Aug
70
      28:

   
Sep
70
           
Oct
70
           
Nov
70
06:

         
Dec
70
  11:

18:

25:

   
 
1971

 

Jan
71
           
Feb
71
  12:

       
Mar
71
           
Apr
71
    17:

23:

Gertrude Stein p56

   
May
71
05:

  21:

     
Jun
71
  11:

18:

     
Jul
71
  09:

       
Aug
71
06:

  20:

27:

   
Sep
71
           
Oct
71
      29:

Picasso p52

   
Nov
71
  12:

       
Dec
71
           
 
1972

 

Jan            
Feb       25:

 

   
Mar       31:

   
Apr 07

Medi-Care

         
May 05:

         
Jun            
Jul            
Aug 04:

         
Sep 01:

08:

index p5
Marilyn Monroe p71

  29:

   
Oct            
Nov 03:

10:

Taos p77

19:

24:

   
Dec 08:

         
 
1973

 

   
1974

 

   
1975

 

   
1976

 

   
1977

 

   
1978

 

   
1979    
 
80's

 

   
90's

 

   
2000