Komar / Melamid: Two Soviet Dissident Artists
Carbondale & Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. xxxix, 59. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions. Introduction by Jack Burnham. Selected bibliography. Ivory cloth, titles stamped in dark red and black on the cover and spine, red endpapers: no detracting qualities. In the color illustrated dust jacket: price intact on front flap, upper edge chipped including a missing piece the size of a finger, short closed tear to rear panel, rubbed. Near Fine / Good+. Item #5924
This volume closely followed on the first exhibitions outside the Soviet Union for the playful underground duo, two widely publicized shows of smuggled paintings at the Feldman Gallery, New York, in 1976-77. Includes works from the SotsArt and Post-Art series. In his preface Nathanson writes of meeting Vitali Komar and Aleksandr Melamid in Moscow while studying mathematics as an exchange student, and how he helped mount the shows. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $30.00