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(ASHER, MICHAEL). Dick, Leslie & Adriano Pedrosa. Valencia, CA: Golden Spike Press, 2013. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. 138pp, 4 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Ray-Von. With appendices. Published in conjunction with the California Institute for the Arts, this posthumous tribute to the influential late Los Angeles-based conceptual artist and educator Michael Asher consists primarily of typographically transcribed class enrollment forms for each of the fifty-two semesters he taught at CalArts over a thirty-three year span. Amongst the notable students listed here are Stephen Prina, Christopher Williams, Tony Oursler, B. Wurtz, Jim Isermann, Kate Ericson, Mel Ziegler, Ashley Bickerton, Richard Hawkins, Jody Zellen, Sam Durant, Lyle Ashton Harris, Gary Simmons, Dave Muller, Edgar Arceneaux, Zoe Crosher, Lesley Vance, Carter Mull, Tomory Dodge, and many more. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon (only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) and unavailable, rigorous-yet-sentimental gem limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. 0-9886694-2-0 Inventory Number: 027569