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JOHN MASON: SCULPTURE - DESIGNED BY ED RUSCHA
(MASON, JOHN). Coplans, John. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Ceramics Monograph. Fine.. np (26pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Designed by Edward Ruscha. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1966 Los Angeles County Museum of Art retrospective, this is the elegant catalogue designed by Ed Ruscha on the pioneering ceramic work of late Los Angeles-based artist John Mason. Mason showed at the legendary Ferus Gallery, and along with Otis Art Institute Ceramic Center colleague Peter Voulkos helped give birth to the West Coast Abstract Expressionist ceramics movement. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026759