Business Cards
Language: English
Published by Self published, Los Angeles, 1968
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used

Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 3,428.11
Quantity: 1 available
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[EN] 8vo (21,7 x 14,1 cm), loose sheets inserted into publisher’s faux wood card wrappers with original rawhide ties, black and white photograph mounted to upper side with photo corners. First edition. 20 photographs by Ken Price and Larry Bell reproduced in black and white, and two business cards stapled on the last page. From the edition limited to 1000 copies. Copy signed in ink by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston on the cover. In "Business Cards", Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston started from a common object : the business card. However, they decided to give it an artistic dimension, conceiving one card for each other. This exchange became the starting point of a real staging, organized during a dinner in Beverly Hills. The scene is photographed, transforming this ephemeral moment in a trace that can be preserved. Then, these photographs form the core of the book and show the action as well as the relationship between the two artists. The book becomes the story, the document and also the material expansion of the event. Through a simple and almost humoristic gesture, Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston question the conventions and the customs of the art world. Literature: Siri Engberg & Clive Phillpot, Edward Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné, Walker Art Center, 1999, p. 124, n° B7. [FR] In-8° (21,7 x 14,1 cm), couverture de papier imitant le bois, tirage gélatino-argentique monté sur le plat supérieur à l’aide de coins photographiques, l’ensemble maintenu par un lacet de cuir brut. Édition originale. 20 photographies de Ken Price et Larry Bell reproduites en noir et blanc & 2 cartes de visites agrafées sur la dernière page. Tirage à 1 000 exemplaires. Exemplaire signé à l’encre par Ed Ruscha et Billy Al Bengston sur la couverture. Dans “Business Cards”, Ed Ruscha et Billy Al Bengston partent d’un objet ordinaire : la carte de visite. Ils décident pourtant de lui donner une dimension artistique en concevant chacun une carte pour l’autre. Cet échange devient alors le point de départ d’une véritable mise en scène, organisée lors d’un dîner à Beverly Hills. La scène est photographiée, transformant ce moment éphémère en une trace qui pourra être conservée. Ces photographies constituent ainsi le cœur du livre et donnent à voir l’action autant que les relations entre les deux artistes. L’ouvrage devient alors à la fois le récit, le document et le prolongement matériel de l’événement. À travers un geste simple et presque humoristique, Ed Ruscha et Billy Al Bengston questionnent ainsi les conventions et les usages du monde de l’art. Référence : Siri Engberg & Clive Phillpot, Edward Ruscha : Edition 1959-1999, Catalogue Raisonné, Walker Art Center, 1999, p. 124, n° B7.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Business Cards
- Author
- Ed RUSCHA, Billy Al BENGSTON
- Publisher
- Self published, Los Angeles
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Near fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Limited Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Contemporary Artist's Books, Photobooks
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