I Am Curious (Yellow)

[Grove Press]. Vilgot Sjöman (director); Lena Nyman (actor). I Am Curious (yellow). [New York]: Grove Press, [1968]. Original poster for the U. S. theatrical release. One sheet (41 x 27 inches; 1040 x 686 mm.). Single sheet, folded once vertically and three times across, as issued. A few soft, extraneous creases in the margins at the mailing folds and corners; trivial wrinkling along the folds in the image area; tiny bit of fold separation along the vertical edges; verso with a red rubber stamp and brief pencil notations (both the title). Near fine. One of the most significant films ever released in the United States, in regards to distribution regulations, and was responsible for a fundamental shift in obscenity standards. Subject of a Supreme Court case, which it lost but not before public opinion had sufficiently shifted. It was decided 4-4 with William O. Douglas recusing himself for having been previously published in The Evergreen Review, upholding a lower court's decision ("Byrn