Billy

Name: Ambition Creative Ltd.
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Artist: Ed Ruscha (b.1937)
Title: Billy
Medium: Catalogue for exhibition of work by Billy Al Bengston; flocked sandpaper with satin ribbon bookmark
Date: 1968
Edition: From the first (only) edition of 2500
Exterior: Sandpaper covers; title written in pink flocked lettering; cover flocking by O'Kay Embroidery
Binding: Bound with 2 pairs of nuts and bolts; binding materials from Keystone Bolt & Supply Co.
Size: 22.9 x 27.9 x 1.0 cm : 9 x 11 x 3/8 in.
Pages: 64
Inscriptions: Unsigned and unnumbered
Printer: Toyo Press, Los Angeles
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Notes: Ruscha designed this catalogue for an exhibition of work by his friend Billy Al Bengston. The catalogue, with text by James Monte, accompanied an exhibition presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (November26, 1968 - January 12, 1969); the show travelled to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Vancouver Art Gallery
Literature: Engberg / Philpott M10
Reference: C14-23