Richter 858, The Shifting Foundation, SF MOMA, 2002, Near Fine oversize HC w/slip & box

Breskin, David [ed.], et al. San Francisco: The Shifting Foundation/SFMOMA, 2002.

English, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 12 5/8" X 16 1/4", Unpaginated. 

ISBN: 0971861005

Near Fine folio, hardcover in gray cloth with stamped black lettering to front panel and spine, eight stamped black squares to back panel. Light black rubbing to bottom edge of text block and first and last page, from the black endpapers and interior boards. Near Fine aluminum slipcase. Protective sheet of stiff parchment paper with a printed title to front, used as a barrier between book and slipcase. Very Good red, white, and black box with lettering in the same colors, some sunning to edges, minor wear and scuffing, leftover tape to the pull tab area, small bump to top front corner, else functional and attractive. Unpaginated. Includes a full-length CD by American jazz guitarist and composer, Bill Frisell, set into the interior front panel; eight full-page, full-color images of Richter's artwork; a panoramic view of the artworks seen with a double gatefold; and 35 detailed views of the paintings are included. Loose reproductions of the eight artworks on 12 1/4" x 16 5/8" heavy paper and a note about the included recorded music, laid in , to a 3-fold pocket attached to the back pastedown. A dedication to one of the most important contemporary artists of the 20th century featuring Richter's eight abstract paintings 858 from 1999 that have continued to inspire thinkers like American art critics, Dave Hickey and Klaus Kertess, and poets Richard Howard, David Breskin, Robert Hass, and Jorie Graham. Published on the twin occasions of the first American exhibition of the 858 suite of eight Abstract Pictures at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from September 26, 2002 to April 1, 2003 and the traveling exhibition "Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting" starting at the Museum of Modern Art, New York from February 14 to May 21, 2002.