John Baldessari - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. - 1988

3 volumes, edition of 400 printed by letterpress on cotton Curtis Ruysdael paper. This deluxe set includes a facsimile of the complete 620-page text and an accordion-bound volume of Baldessari's 39 double photo-collages printed by offset lithography in black and 7 colors. The page photo-collages can be viewed as 2-page spreads or unfolded to an almost 40-foot length. Overall size approximately 11 x 8 x 4.5 inches; signed by the artist on the colophon; designed and printed by Andrew Hoyem. Volume 1 is bound in 3/4 green calf over marbled paper, volume 2 is in green boards with accordion-style pages, and volume 3 is in green boards. The three volumes housed in publisher's slipcase; overall in excellent condition. A very handsome production of this American illustrated book which was exhibited in Baldessari's LA MoCA, retrospective. "The artist's carefully composed photo collages from cropped and rearranged press photographs, movie stills, documentary shots, and other sources (most of which date from the late 1950s and early 1960s) present Tristram Shandy in modern dress" - D. Stein,