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223 pages, illustrated. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 223 pages, illustrations, portrait; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. *** "The subtitle of Marioni's art autobiography is the title of one of his best known pieces, The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art. The book is introduced by Thomas McEvilley and illustrated with black and white drawings by the artist." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by Thomas McEvilley; Prologue; Cincinnati, 1949. Altar boy; Violin lessons; First modern art; Hotrods, 1951. High school; Art student; Bebop; San Francisco, 1959. Beatnik; Army artist; Sculptor; Curator; Museum of Conceptual Art, 1970. Sound and performance; Famous beer drinker; Cafe society; Invisible art; Museum director; Europe; Duchamp and Cage; Japan and China; Earthquake, 1989. SFMOMA; Public sculpture; Art orchestra; Golden rectangle; What is art for?; Epilogue. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. 64 pages, hand-set type on grey paperstock (the paper looks pedestrian but is archival-grade, like Diogenes), 8x7 inch pedestrian grey boards lettered in two colors and provided with an inset black cloth backstrip that is a sub-enclosure to the text leaves. Nice copy, one of only 500 exemplars, square and sound, clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. 64p., hand-set type on grey paperstock (the paper looks pedestrian but is archival-grade, like Diogenes), 8x7 inch pedestrian grey boards lettered in two colors and provided with an inset black cloth backstrip that is a sub-enclosure to the text leaves. Nice copy, one of only 500 exemplars, square and sound, clean and unmarked.…