first edition
1990
by SAINT-PHALLE, Niki de
New York: Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Gallery, 1990. Bright and crisp copy, with minor rubbing to edges; near fine. Uncommon, with single OCLC record showing in North America.. First Edition. Octavo. Leporello booklet of 7 postcards (8 x 5.5 inches), with perforated edges; each with uniform versos. A charming catalogue for a 1990 exhibition of Niki de Saint-Phalle's sculptures at the Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer gallery in New York. Featuring six designs: the fool, the prophet, Arizona cactus (twice), the hanged man, and the godess Taweret. Also featuring a collaborative drawing with Jean Tinguely: "Rotating flower pots on top of head." A version of The Fool would be installed in Saint-Phalle's Tarot Garden in Grossetto the following year, which was also the year of Tinguely's death.
(Inventory #: 28241)