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Walasse Ting – "My Shit and My Love: 10 poems" – First Edition, Brussels 1961 – 2 original lithographs
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Walasse Ting – "My Shit and My Love: 10 Poems" – First Edition, Brussels 1961 – 2 Original Lithographs
Price: €300
Description:
Rare first edition of "My Shit and My Love: 10 Poems" by Walasse Ting (1929–2010), a Chinese-American painter and poet whose works are held in permanent collections such as the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou.
Publisher Details:
Publisher: Galerie Smith, Brussels, 1961 — First edition, limited edition of 1,099 copies (signed and unnumbered, as per bibliographical practice for this publication)
Published on the occasion of the artist's exhibition at Galerie Smith (November 1961); the 17 works exhibited are listed on the last page.
Contents: 10 poems with 20 pages lavishly illustrated in color and black and white.
Two original six-color double-page lithographs, one on the cover, printed in Paris by Maurice Beaudet and Georges Girard.
Format: Small folio, original paperback (approx. 38 x 27 cm).
Condition: Excellent.
Historical and Artistic Significance:
This is the first published work by Walasse Ting, a precursor to the pop art project "1 Cent Life" (1964), which would later bring Ting together with artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, and Joan Mitchell. A must-have for collectors of artists' books and postwar European/American pop art.
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ConditionExcellentColorsMulti ColorMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeSmallHeight38 cmWidth27 cm
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