Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
INDIANA, ROBERT; and CREELEY, ROBERT. Numbers. 10 silkscreen prints by Indiana with poetry by Creeley. 4to, original printed wrappers; publisher's board slipcase, black tape reinforcements around all edges. Stuttgart and Düsseldorf, 1968

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first edition. with a large inscription and sketch of a hand by indiana in black marker on title-page dated 1969 from New York City. "Taking Johns's lead in the use of numeral stencils in his paintings, Indiana devised his own in the bright, unmodulated colors of screenprinting. Their candid but flashy impression is partnered by Creeley's typically Pop verse in short stanzas"--Castleman. A Century of Artists Books, page 211.