Lucy R. Lippard: 955,000
Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Lippard at The Vancouver Art Gallery, January 13 to February 8, 1970. Landmark catalogue consisting of 138 loose index cards, each 10 x 15.5 cm. First catalogue in an ongoing series by Lippard, with the title referring to the population number of the city where the exhibition took place. This issue goes with Vancouver (in addition to Seattle 557,087 and Buenos Aires 2,972,453).
Randomly-distributed cards containing introduction, bibliography, artists' proposals and conceptual works. Among the 62 artists in the exhibition were: Acconci, Artschwager, Baldessari, Barry, Darboven, Dibbets, Graham, Hesse, Kawara, Le Va, LeWitt, Nauman, Piper, Ruscha, Weiner. Slightly discoloured title card bears stamp and tiny sticker of Tjeerd Deelstra's art library, else good.