Rare work from the avant-garde mastermind
YOUNG, La Monte. LY 1961. New York: Fluxus. 1961.
16mo (90 x 90 mm). Original printed and saddle-stitched card wrappers; contains one page advertisement of Fluxus publications "Yearboxes"; pp. [68]; staples slightly rusted, otherwise near fine.
First Edition, signed and dated by the artist, inscribed "To Johan".
An extremely rare special edition from 1963, American avant-garde composer La Monte Young, famous for his experimental and minimalist works, as well as his association with the conceptual Fluxus movement in New York and an inspiration for The Velvet Underground, produced this book-as-work-of-art as an extension of his Composition No. 10 1960 ("Draw a Straight Line and Follow it"). Beginning on 1 January and repeating roughly every 13 days until 31 December, the same instruction continues throughout this tiny, scarce gem of a publication.
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