Allen Ruppersberg : The Secret of Life and Death, Volume I 1969 - 1984
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial boards
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • other special feature[s]
  • black-and-white & color
  • 32 x 23 cm.
  • 127 pp.
  • edition size 250
  • ISBN 0914357077

Allen Ruppersberg : The Secret of Life and Death, Volume I 1969 - 1984

[Hardcover / Limited Edition]

Allen Ruppersberg, Howard Singerman, Julia Brown

Allen Ruppersberg : The Secret of Life and Death, Volume I 1969 - 1984

description

Deluxe artists' book / exhibition catalogue published by Black Sparrow Press in conjunction with exhibition held at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 13 - May 26, 1985. Traveled to New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, September 19 - November 10, 1985. Contains thoughtful essay by Howard Singerman. One of 250 numbered hardback copies (plus unknown number of additional copies stamped "Black Sparrow Press" on the colophon page) that includes a bound-in, 2-pocket folder containing 13 loose sheets and an electronic chip that plays "Love Me Tender" when the book is opened, which has a battery that needs to be replaced.

$250.00
Condition:  Very Good. Includes plain unprinted dust-jacket. This copy with "BLACK SPARROW EDITION" rubber stamped on colophon page and is unnumbered. This copy lacking battery, musical element may no longer be functional. 2.7 cm. stain to top right corner of two pages within folder, recto of folder, and bleeding through lightly to adjacent book page from battery leakage. Complete with all inserts.
[Object # 23768]