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POINT D'IRONIE 37 - JUIN 2005: ED RUSCHA
(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 2005. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, 12 color illustrations. This thirty-seventh installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a project that reproduces twelve of Ed Ruscha's palindromically-titled paintings of open books on raw linen canvas. According to the artist: "In a dream a few years ago I was standing with a book facing the sunset. I was slowly turning page after page after page. While doing this I realized that I was beginning to understand the idea of symmetry, and that things began to read the same in both directions". A most handsome copy of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 024949