John Cage, John Cage, Silence, Signed First Edition, with another book & a print

John Cage
John Cage, Silence, Signed First Edition, with another book & a print

CAGE, John (1912-1992). Silence Lectures and Writings. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, [1961]. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth (some spotting and toning internally); original dust jacket (price-clipped, with some wear, rubbing, creasing and short tears). Provenance: Bruce Lane (signature to front flyleaf dated 1966); Sandra Goldstein (signature to front flyleaf dated 1978).FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY CAGE on the front free endpaper, of Cage's first collection of writings. The lectures and essays address Cage's ideas on experimental music, sound, silence, composition, and other subjects, with characteristically unconventional typography[With:] Every Day is a Good Day The Visual Art of John Cage. London: Hayward Publishing, [2010]. 4to. Illustrated. Original wrappers.[Also with:] Lithograph B (from Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel) (1969). Lithograph in colors on black Fabriano. 27? h x 39? w in (70 x 100 cm). Signed and numbered to lower edge '19/125 John Cage Calvin Sumsion' with printer's blindstamp. This work is number 19 from the edition of 125 printed by Hollander's Workshop, Inc., New York and published by EYE Editions, Cincinnati.

Provenance: Collection of Michael Tilson Thomas

Literature: John Cage: Scores and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition catalog, unpaginated (print)

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Condition
Print has not been examined out of frame but is fully visible. Print is in good condition, with minor attenuation to black paper, otherwise, presents well. It is framed behind acrylic measuring 33 x 44.5 inches.