Ed Ruscha: Birds Fish and Offspring. With essay by Paul Ruscha. Published by C&M Arts in cooperation with Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2002. 4to in blue wraps as issued. 42 unnumbered pages, richly illustrated. Fine copy
Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Large classic monograph, edited by Julie Ault. Published by Steidl Dangin, 2006. Large heavy 4to in publishers hardcover with dustjacket. 410 pages. Richly illustrated. Text in English. Essays by Robert Storr, Robert Nickas, Russell Ferguson, Lewis Baltz, Nancy Spector, Joseph Kosuth, and Miwon Kwon among others. A beautiful…
Panel 13 Information / Edition Panel, 1969. 4to folded pink sheet as issued. 4 pages. Illustrated. Well preserved copy. Henning Christiansen, Joseph Beuys, Stig Brøgger, Poul Gernes, Peter Louis-Jensen, Herman de Vries et al. First printing. Scarce!
The piece 4’33” premiered on August 29, 1952; four minutes, thirty-three seconds of performed, charged silence. Elegantly, provocatively, the piece asked: what does silence sound like? Cage’s questions about the nature of silence and sound continue to reverberate decades later; this volume-the most comprehensive on the piece to date-brings together…