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Food Sex Art: The Starving Artists Cookbook (With Five Signatures)

$900
£685.13
€783.24
CA$1,266.31
A$1,385.14
CHF 729.31
MX$16,537.13
NOK 9,295.19
SEK 8,502.88
DKK 5,850.02

About the Item

Cook book comprising 161 recipes, some real and some decidedly not, by 161 different artists and world personalities, mostly from lower Manhattan. Each recipe accompanied by a b/w illlustration of the artist’s work. Number 226 in a first edition print run of 500. Oblong 4to, 11.5 in x 9 in, sheaf of 164 loose pages with binding rings sandwiched between a transparent menu cover and a cardboard backing. Assembled and published in 1991 by Paul Lamarre and Melissa Wolf working collaboratively as EIDIA (Everything I Do is Art) and based on a five-year project wherein the duo recorded artists cooking as a means of exploring avant-garde life styles. Their subjects included Peter Beard, Louise Bourgeois, John Cage, Gilbert and George, Taylor Mead, Jonas Mekas, Marilyn Minter, Carolee Schneemann, Lawrence Weiner, Leo Castelli, Dennis Oppenheim, William Wegman, Donald Lipski, Marilyn Minter, Hannah Wilke, and Gracie Mansion. Signed by both authors on the title page and additionally signed in 1991 by Quentin Crisp, Salvador Rosillo (with a small drawing) and Jorge Salazar on their respective pages.
  • Creator:
    Hannah Wilke (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.53 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1990-1999
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1991
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor structural damages. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Foxing to fore edge.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU828548076742

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