ID 859264
Lot 234 | POP ART - Walasse TING (1929-2010) et d'autres artistes
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
One ¢ Life. Written by Walasse Ting. Edited by Sam Francis. Published by E.Kornfeld. Berne, E.W. Kornfeld, 1964.
Exemplaire hors-commerce, avec envoi de Walasse Ting, de ce livre pop mythique.
Toutes les lithographies sont ici signées, mongrammées ou "estampées" (Robert Rauschenberg et Robert Indiana) par les artistes.
Il est orné d'un envoi autographe de Walasse Ting sous forme de poème Pop :
"4 February 1966.
To Bob
China big as moon
moon round as breast
breast soft as flower
flower red as fire
fire hot as dragon
dragon not sleep
fly around earth
come to visit you.
Walasse, Friday night".
Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, pp. 208-209
In-folio (412 x 290 mm), en feuilles, sous couverture de toile grise titrée et emboîtage de l'éditeur, tel que paru. Exemplaire hors-commerce sur Rives, justifié : "Exemplaire H.C.Walasse Ting, 22/6/1964 Paris". 61 lithographies, toutes signées, monogrammées ou estampées par les artistes, de : Alan Davies (2 à double page), Alfred Jensen (3 dont 1 à double page), Sam Francis (6 dont 1 à double page), Walasse Ting (6 dont 2 à double page), James Rosenquist (1 à double page), Pierre Alechinsky (5 dont 2 à double page), Kimber Smith (6), Alfred Leslie (2), Antonio Saura (1 à double page), Kiki O.K. (1 à double page ), Asger Jorn (2 à double page), Robert Indiana (2 dont 1 à double page), Jean-Paul Riopelle (2 à double page), Karel Appel (5 dont 2 à double page), Tom Wesselmann (2 à double page), Bram Van Velde (1 à double page), Joan Mitchell (1 à double page), Allan Kaprow (1 à double page), Andy Warhol (1 à double page), Robert Rauschenberg (1 à double page), K.R.H. Sonderborg (1 à double page), Roy Lichtenstein (1 à double page), Öyvind Fahlström (1 à double page), Reinhoud (1 à double page), Claes Oldenburg (2 à double page), Jim Dine (1 à double page), Mel Ramos (2 dont 1 à double page) et Enrico Baj (2).
Provenance : "Bob" (non identifié) : Michel Demont (ex-libris).
Hors-commerce copy on Rives, inscribed by Walasse Ting with a long poem POP, with all lithographs signed by their respective artists.
Place of origin: | Switzerland |
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Auction house category: | Books |
Place of origin: | Switzerland |
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Auction house category: | Books |
Address of auction |
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