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ED RUSCHA: SAYINGS FROM PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward & Samuel Clemens (as "'Mark Twain"). NP (San Francisco): Greve/Hine & Limestone Press, 1995. First Edition 1/50. Elephant Folio. 3/4 Leather Over Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (32pp), 1 letterpress colophon + title page, full deckled edges, 10 color lithographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Sayings from Pudd'nhead Wilson" is Edward Ruscha's oversized, luxe artist's book published in 1995 by Greve/Hine and Limestone Press. It contains ten original color lithographs each featuring a colorful vernacular phrase such as "Is You Feared O' De Haunted House?" and "Jes Listen to Dat" selected by the artist from Mark Twain's 1894 novel "Pudd'nhead Wilson" presented in Ruscha's own folksy lettering against a faux wood-grained background. The 19 x 15" original graphics were supervised by master printer Veda Ozelle at San Francisco's Limestone Press. The book was designed and typeset by Hank Hine, printed by hand-letterpress by Gene Brill, and hand-bound in three quarter black leather-over-maroon-cloth by Peggy Gotthold. Its front cover features a unique stencil-bleached letter "S" designed by the artist. A most handsome Artist's Proof example of the first and only printing (print entries 226-235 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon volume whose standard edition was limited to forty copies plus ten various proofs NUMBERED (A.P. II/IV) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha 1995" in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 024158