Prepared box for John Cage, Cincinnati, Carl Solway gallery, 1987

First edition of this Fluxus-style tribute to John Cage. Cardboard box, 21.5 x 20.5 cm, printed with a map of Chicago meant to be closed with rubberbands in red, yellow and blue referencing the train system of the city. Seven rubberbands are included, but have snapped.

The box contains 70 individual sheets with contributions by 45 artists including Allan Kaprow, Jackson Mac Low, Ray Johnson, Christo, Dore Ashton, Laurie Anderson, Jasper Johns, Richard Long, Yoko Ono, Louise Nevelson, Allen Ginsberg, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Beuys, Alison Knowles, Mieko Shiomi, Shigeko Kubota and others. Features photographs, texts, drawings and graphics. Fine copy.