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the cover of a magazine with a painting of a man smoking a cigaretteroy roy, ' around the usa ', 1982an image of a painting with red, blue, yellow and black paintthree different colored drawings of a woman and a man sitting on a bench
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430 - Pop Art Ting, Walasse 1 Cent Life. Edited by Sam Francis. Co…
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Pop Art Ting, Walasse 1 Cent Life. Edited by Sam Francis. Contains 62 illustrations, including 34 double-page-sized original colour lithographs (Lith. M. Beaudet, Paris) and 15 reproductions, some in large format. Bern, Kornfeld, 1964. 44 folded sheets of handmade vélin, numbered (2) 172 (2) pp. Folio. Original soft-cover folder with colour silkscreen illustrations on the front and spine (Atelier Ravel, Paris) based on works by C. Oldenbourg, R. Lichtentein and others; in the original colour offset cover on heavy high-gloss paper based on a design by K. Appel; all in an original cloth slipcase. First edition of the legendary artist’s book by the Pop artists of the 1960s. – Dittmar 243. – Primus, Much Pop, more Art, pp. 26–57 (with several illustrations). - Corlett III.3 (Lichtenstein’s cover illustration) - Copy of the standard edition of 2,000 copies, numbered by stencil in the colophon. - Anthology of mostly lyrical texts, brilliantly illustrated. The lithographs, printed by Maurice Beaudet in Paris, by Pierre Aléchinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (2), Jim Dine, Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Asger Jorn (2), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg (2), Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Mel Ramos (2), the main author Walasse Ting (6) and others – “Unlike any other artist’s book from the early 1960s, Walasse Ting has succeeded with ‘1 c life’ in once again presenting an artist’s book imbued with the spirit of the French ‘livre illustré’... His book strikes a delicate balance between the artistically exacting standards of the conventional ‘painter’s book’ and the popularity that the Anglo-American ‘artist-book’... demanded of artist’s books” (Primus). - The dust jacket is slightly bumped and rubbed at the corners and edges; otherwise, this copy of this bibliophile’s icon of Pop Art is in good condition. First edition of this legendary 1960s Pop Art artist’s book. This is a copy of the standard edition, with a print run of 2,000, numbered by stencil in the colophon. – A superb anthology of mostly lyrical texts, beautifully illustrated. The striking colour lithographs, printed by Maurice Beaudet in Paris, are by Pierre Aléchinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (2), Jim Dine, Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Asger Jorn (2), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg (2), Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Mel Ramos (2), the main author Walasse Ting (6) and others. - ‘Unlike any other artist’s book at the start of the 1960s, Walasse Ting has succeeded with “1 c life” in once again presenting an artist’s book imbued with the spirit of the French “livre illustré”… His book strikes a delicate balance between the high artistic standards of the conventional ‘painter’s book’ and the popularity that the Anglo-American ‘artist’s book’… demanded of artist’s books’ (Primus). - Dust jacket slightly bumped and worn at the corners and edges; otherwise a well-preserved copy of this bibliophile icon of Pop Art. *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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