Lucas Samaras: Kiss Kill; Perverted Geometry; Inedibles & Self-Absorbtion and Photo-Transformations 1973-1976

Easily, my favorite artist exhibit catalogue I own. Sterling condition flexible hardcover copy, in virtually As New condition, with unfurled tips, tight binding (ring-bound), and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Half-wing folded case into which fits a black ring-bound oblong format artist monograph. First Edition. Three pp. of fully-justified text, then 66 photographic illustrations of Samaras's paintings and assemblages, all accompanied by context and detail. Extensive artist statements throughout. This tome augmented his exhibition of paintings and "photo-transformations" held at PaceWildenstein Gallery in 1996. His Introductory essay (an excerpt from "Crude Delights") is difficult to understand. The book design and production were by Tomoko Makiura and Paul Pollard. The book's pages are all printed on heavy card stock, measuring 7 1/2" x 11 1/2" height and width, respectively, and interior photographs are either full-page or folding half-page, quite ingenius. The Greek-American artist Lucas Samaras (born in 1986) participated in Kaprow's "Happenings," and posed for Segal's plaster sculptures, and was a close colleague of Claes Oldenburg, who claimed that Samaras fit into the so-called "New Jersey school" that included Kaprow, Segal, George Brecht, Robert Whitman, Robert Watts, Geoffrey Hendricks and Roy Lichtenstein, among other influential artists. Painting, sculpture, assemblage, and eventually photography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…