Ed Ruscha - Crackers - 1969 [1544]

Has rip in cover up half of the spine. One of 1650 copies with dustjacket on coated label paper with varnish overprint (total edition 5000). 115 illustrations. [240] pp. Wrappers. Documents an elaborate per formance piece involving a very large salad, five gallons of salad dressing, a bed in a Skid Row hotel, a very chic, sophisticated, hard-to-get woman, and, finally, a small box of saltines. The players are Larry Bell, Léon Bing, Rudi Gernreich, and Tommy Smothers. Photography by Ken Price, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha. Story by Mason Williams. Light wear. Engberg B10.