Arcana:

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Coplans, John & Roy Lichtenstein. Acknowledgments by James Demetrion. Pasadena, CA & Minneapolis, MN: Pasadena Art Museum & Walker Art Center, 1967. First Edition 1/1700. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 64pp, 40 b&w and 9 color illustrations. Cover Designed by Roy Lichtenstein. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography and exhibition history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the stylish catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1967 Roy Lichtenstein exhibition that travelled from the Pasadena Art Museum's substantial to the Walker Art Center - the artist's first Museum retrospective. With a cover painted by Lichtenstein to resemble a student composition notebook, it features an essay by curator John Coplans, a transcribed interview with the artist, and dozens of reproductions of what have since become Pop Art masterpieces. A handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, seven hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 024790