Billy by Ruscha Edward (3 results)

64 pp.; 22.9 x 27.9 cm.; screw bound; other special feature[s]; black-and-white & color; edition size 2500; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with one-person show by Billy Al Bengston held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lytton Hall, November 26, 1968 - January 12, 1969. Traveled to the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, and to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Catalogue designed by Ed Ruscha--featuring front covers with "Billy" printed in pink flocking on Norton Bear Garnet Closekote 100-C sandpaper, rear covers of 50-D1 sandpaper, metal screw-and-nut binding, and a pink silk pagemark ribbon. Includes text by James Monte, bibliography, and artist''s exhibition history. References : Number M10 in "Edward Ruscha : Editions 1959 - 1999. Catalogue Raisonné" by Siri Engberg, Clive Phillpot. Minneapolis / New York, MN / NY : Walker Art Center / DAP, 1999, pp. 128. No. A1968.07 in "Ed Ruscha : An Archive of Projects [Other Stuff]" by Robert Dean, Al Ruppersberg, David Platzker, Michael Friend. New York, NY : Gagosian, 2022, pp. 102. Very Good / Fine. Very light wear to cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to the fragility of this item additional shipping charges will be required for international orders. …

Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Catalog for a 1968 traveling exhibition of works by Billy Al Bengston. Catalog designed by Ed Ruscha featuring sandpaper covers bound with screws and bolts, with pink ribbon marker. Profusely illustrated (many in color), featuring every work in the exhibition. The laid-in tissue sheet, usually lacking, that prints "67X The Authorized Version / Bengston Bio" by Alan D. Shean is present in this copy. A few minute specks of wear to edges of covers, touch of rubbing to a couple of letters of the flocking on the cover, very near fine. A bright, fresh copy. …

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's sandpaper covers lettered in pink flocking, bound with nuts and bolts, with pink ribbon marker. Near Fine, an unusually nice copy. A catalog designed by Edward Ruscha for an exhibit of Billy Al Bengston's work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with the installation designed by Frank Gehry.…