Pop Art Walasse Ting 1 cent life. Edited by Sam Francis. With 62, of which 34 double-page colour original lithographs (Lith. M. Beaudet, Paris) and 15, partly large format. Repros. Bern, Kornfeld, 1964. 44 folded sheets of handmade vellum, numbered (2) 172 (2) pp. folio. Softcover portfolio with cover and spine illustrations in colour serigraphy (Ateilier Ravel, Paris) after works by C. Oldenbourg, R. Lichtentein and others, in OUmschlag in colour offset on strong glossy paper after design by K. Appel, all in softcover slipcase. First edition of the legendary artist's book by the pop artists of the 1960s. - Dittmar 243 - Primus, Much Pop, more Art, pp. 26-57 (with several illustrations). - Corlett III.3 (Lichtensteins Einbandillustr.) - Copy of the normal edition of 2000 copies, numbered with stencil in the printer's mark. - Anthology of mostly lyrical texts, congenially illustrated. The lithographs printed by Maurice Beaudet in Paris by Pierre Aléchinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (2), Jim Dine, Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Asger Jorn (2), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg (2), Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Mel Ramos (2), the main author Walasse Ting (6) and others - "Like no other artist's book at the beginning of the sixties, Walasse Ting has succeeded with '1 c life' in once again presenting an artist's book borne by the spirit of the French 'livre illustré'... His book strikes a difficult balance between the artistically high standards of the conventional 'painter's book' and the popularity that the Anglo-American 'artist-book'... demanded of artists' books" (Primus). - Dust jacket slightly bumped and rubbed at the corners and edges, otherwise a well-preserved copy of this bibliophile icon of pop art. First edition of this legendary pop-artist's book of the 1960s. Present a copy of the normal edition with a print run of 2000, numbered with stencil in the colophon. - A superb anthology of mostly lyrical texts, congenially illustrated. The striking colour lithographs, printed by Maurice Beaudet in Paris, are by Pierre Aléchinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (2), Jim Dine, Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Asger Jorn (2), Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg (2), Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, K..R.H. Sonderborg, Mel Ramos (2), the main author Walasse Ting (6) and others. - 'Like no other artist's book at the beginning of the sixties, Walasse Ting has succeeded with "1 c life" in once again presenting an artist's book borne by the spirit of the French "livre illustré"... His book strikes a difficult balance between the artistically high standards of the conventional 'painter's book' and the popularity that the Anglo-American 'artist-book'... demanded of artists' books' (Primus). - Dust jacket slightly bumped and worn at corners and edges, otherwise a well-preserved copy of this bibliophile icon of pop-art. 3500