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Alhadeff, Lawler, Le Witt, et alia. Notes on a Room.
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1998.
Limited edition, oblong folio; text essays by Gini Alhadeff, Brendan Gill, and Daniel Halpern, printed in red, green, yellow and black; with 3 offset photo-lithographs (one signed) by Louise Lawler, 2 signed etchings by Richard Artschwager, and 2 signed woodcuts by Sol LeWitt (all four numbered 62/130); saddle-stitched text volume laid in before prints as issued; in the original plum folding box with cloth ties (slight denting to upper lid of box); 16 x 20 in.
"Louise Lawler, whose work raises questions about the production, circulation, and presentation of art, emerged in the 1970s as part of the Pictures Generation-a loosely knit group of artists named for an influential exhibition, Pictures, organized in 1977 by art historian Douglas Crimp at Artists Space in New York. Lawler established her signature style in the early 1980s, when she began taking pictures of other artists' work displayed in museums, storage spaces, auction houses, and collectors' homes. With these photographs, she sought to question the value, meaning, and use of art." This lot features three wonderful examples of Lawler's photographs, each representing her signature style. Two depict abandoned industrial spaces, while the third shows a painting above an empty chair in a small sunlit bedroom. (MoMA)
