Sturtevant: Drawings 1988-1965

New York, Bess Cutler Gallery, 1988. Staple bound, 23 x 22.5 cm, 24 pp. Artists’ book published in conjunction with a show held October 22 - November 16, 1988. Texts by Herbert Muschamp, Christian Leigh and Eugene M. Schwartz, with biography and exhibition checklist. Edition of 1000.

Concept and design by the artist. Striking front cover with bright colour reproduction of Sturtevant's drawing after Roy Lichtenstein's 'Laughing Cat'. Also features b/w reproductions of drawings after Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Jasper Johns, and Tom Wesselman. Near mint copy. American conceptual artist Elaine Sturtevant (1924-2014), can be seen as the mother of appropriation art. From the 1960s onwards she focused on replicating works by famous contemporary male artists, examining authenticity, celebrity, originality and the creative process.