Subotnick, Ali — Llyn Foulkes

Los Angeles, California / Munich, Germany, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles / Delmonico Books, Prestel, 2013. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being currently few additional copies available on-line of this true First Edition, published jointly by the Hammer Museum and Delmonico Books, in cahoots with Prestel of Germany. Bound simply in brilliant white cloth over boards, with black lettering to front cover and spine. A fine exhibition catalogue regarding the works of the American artist Llyn Foulkes, who graduated from Cal Arts in 1959 and who began creating landscapes that utilized the iconography of postcards and with a special focus on the infamous Route 66- inspired hazard signs. Pop art at its finest. Contributions also by Jim Lewis and Jason Weiss. Complete with a Foreword by Ann Philbin, "Lone Start" by Ali Subotnick," "Llyn Foulkes: only listen," by Jason Weiss, "O Pioneer!" by Jim Lewis and then a Chronology, a Plate List, Selected Bibliography and Lenders to the Exhibition. Black-and-white photographic endpapers front and rear. Llyn Foulkes (born 17 November 1934, in Yakima, Washington) is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles at the ripe old age of 94! He was a student at Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts), and he began to exhibit in Los Angeles as early as 1959 and enjoyed his first solo show by 1961 (Wikipedia). Illustrated endpapers front and rear, being of various assemblages and art pieces. Scare, fine. 197 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New