BALDESSARI, JOHN. Throwing a Ball Once to Get Three Melodies and Fifteen Chords. UC Irvine, 1975. With three others (4 total)
Throwing a Ball Once to Get Three Melodies and Fifteen Chords. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 1975. Oblong 8vo, stapled blue-grey printed wraps. A series of photographs of Baldessari throwing a ball over which are three primary color lines at both hands and his feet that, as the movement progresses, imitate chord progressions on a musical staff along with the artist's limbs. First edition. One of 2,500 copies. [Together with:] Prima Facie: Marilyn's Dress. A Poem (In Four Parts). Cologne: Walther Konig; New York: Outside Europe, D.A.P., 2006. 16mo, original teal boards, title in white. Close-Cropped Tales. Buffalo, NY: CEPA Gallery, 1981. 8vo, original printed wraps. Exhibition catalogue. Fable, A Sentence of of Thirteen Parts. Hamburg, Germany: Anatol AV Filmproduktion, 1977.
Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri
