Complete set of seven artist's books comprising the "Blue Books" series. Titles within the sequence are: "A Performance;" "I Can't: A Performance;" "I Mean It: A Performance;" "It's Very Simple: A Performance," "So?: A Performance;" "Stop Crying: A Performance;" and "A Performance." Relays interpersonal situations.
$1,500.00
Condition: Complete Set of Seven Volumes. Fine. All books as issued. Signed, annotated "End of magnum opus" and dated in pencil on final page of last volume, "the end."
[Object # 17001]
$1,500.00
Condition: Very Good. SIGNED. All copies in Very Good condition with light rubbing of edges and mild foxing of covers. Additional wear as noted: "A Performance," light bumping of top and bottom right corners; "I Can't: A Performance," bumping of bottom left corner of publication, 1 cm. of staining to recto, light foxing of edges of some pages; "I Mean It: A Performance," 8 mm. stain to verso, minimal foxing to some pages;"It's Very Simple: A Performance," 4.4 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner of verso; "So? : A Performance," 4 mm. of soiling to verso ; and "A Performance," 2 mm. and. 1 mm. of staining to recto, light foxing of covers with a 4 mm. scratch to verso, SIGNED and dated (1982) by Applebroog in pencil on last image page of book.
[Object # 39309]