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Business cards

Title: Business cards / by Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha.
Author: Bengston, Billy Al.
Publication: [Los Angeles?] : Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha, Inc., ©1968.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Amer. 1968 13-14	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

[27] p. : ill., ports., sample; 23 cm.

Summary

Contains 21 reproductions of photographs documenting how Bengston and Ruscha designed business cards for each other and exchanged them. Photographs taken by Larry Bell and Ken Price; printed offset on coated commercial paper. Text is reproduced from handwriting.
Original photographic print of Bengston and Ruscha exchanging business cards, stamped Jan. 3 1968, affixed to front wrapper with photo corners. Wrappers signed by Rushcha and initialed by Bengston.
Reproduction of Bengston's design for Rusha's business card and crumpled sample of Bengston's card are stapled to the last leaf.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
Photobooks.
Photographic prints – United States – 20th century.

Note

"Edition: 1,000 ... Printer: Vaughan Printing Co., Santa Monica,California. Publisher: Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood"--Engberg & Phillpot.

Indexed In (note)

Engberg & Phillpot. Edward Ruscha, editions, 1959-1999

Binding (note)

Issued in imitation wood-grain wrappers, secured by latigo leather lace running through two drilled holes, knotted on front, with photograph of the collaborators affixed with photo corners. Bound by hand by the artists; cf. Engberg & Philpot.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1968 13-14

OCLC

313657867

Author

Bengston, Billy Al.

Title

Business cards / by Billy Al Bengston and Edward Ruscha.

Imprint

Indexed In:

Engberg & Phillpot. Edward Ruscha, editions, 1959-1999, B7

Binding

Issued in imitation wood-grain wrappers, secured by latigo leather lace running through two drilled holes, knotted on front, with photograph of the collaborators affixed with photo corners. Bound by hand by the artists; cf. Engberg & Philpot.

Place of Publication

Untited States California Los Angeles.

United States California Santa Monica.

Added Author

Ruscha, Edward.

Bell, Larry, 1939- Photographer

Price, Kenneth, 1935-2012. Photographer

Heavy Industry Publications. Publisher

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1968 13-14

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