First Editions / Second Thoughts: A Book Collectors Dream Auction to Benefit Pen America November 10, 2014 – Posted in: Bookselling / Collecting, Content, Reading / Literacy
Outlined in ink and filled with a deep crimson oil paint, the words “PAST STUFF” have been hand-painted on the front cover of the third volume of Ed Ruscha’s Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings by Ruscha. Underscoring this work’s unique quality, traces of the brushstroke are visible in the paint, and the hand-painted letters have wavering borders. A red censor-like block has also been painted over Ruscha’s name on the text’s spine. The goal of…
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