Isbn: 9780979956201 - Joe Brainard: the Nancy Book (11 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. From 1963 to 1978 Joe Brainard (author of I REMEMBER) created more than 100 works of art that appropriated the classic comic strip character Nancy and sent her into an astonishing variety of spaces, all electrified by the incongruity of her presence. Whether inserted into hypothetical situations, dispatched on erotic adventures, or seemingly rendered by the hands of artists as varied as Leonardo da Vinci, R. Crumb, Larry Rivers, and Willem de Kooning, Brainard's Nancy revels in as well as transcends her two-dimensionality. Together these works accumulate into a sophisticated, complex work of great wit, equal parts surprise and subtlety.The Nancy Book is the first published collection of Brainard's Nancy texts, drawings, collages and paintings (with nearly eighty full page reproductions), including collaborations with luminary New York School poets such as Frank O?Hara and Ted Berrigan, an essay by Ann Lauterbach that illuminates, with critical and poetic acumen, the complexity of Brainard's transformation of Nancy.OEvery page of this book will make you smile or laugh'not with recognition but with startled joy. Joe Brainard took an unchanging icon of the American norm and inserted her into countless fashionable or scandalous contexts, subtly metamorphosing something that seemed eternal into absurdly contemporary forms. He is as funny as only a philosopher can be.O Edmund White.OJoe Brainard's pursuit of the once ubiquitous fuzzy-haired pest Nancy chronicled one of the great love-hate relationships in American popular culture. It's wonderful to have it all between the covers of a book.O John Ashbery.…

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition.

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Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; 144 pages; very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A near fine copy of the stated first hard cover edition, lacking a dust-jacket (as issued). The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. A brilliant copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. hard cover, illustrated boards., no flaws or wear, clean, no markings, tight binding. a pristine, unused copy.; 144pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. two essays, and poetry by various of brainard's collaborators. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Siglio Press, Los Angeles, 2008. FINE Hardcover in illustrated boards, as issued. First Edition. First Printing. As new. Pristine.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 144 pages. 9.80x7.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Very fine -- illus. boards (issued without dustjacket). 'Essays by Ann Lauterbach, Ron Padgett; collaborations with Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Robert Creeley, Frank Lima, Frank O'Hara, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler'.