Eight black & white illus. [12] pp. Accordion format (198 x 105 mm. closed, 1188 x 105 mm. fully unfolded). London: [1971].

The extremely rare catalogue for Nigel Greenwood’s 1971 exhibition of Ruscha’s artists’ books. This was the second international exhibition of these fabled works; Heiner Friedrich had presented them the previous year in Munich (17 March-4 April). An enthusiastic advocate of editioned books as original artworks, Greenwood (1941-2004) became the first gallerist to show the artist’s work in London with the present exhibition on 7-30 January 1971. There is presumably a copy of this catalogue at the Tate, where Greenwood’s archive is held, but on WorldCat... More