Kenny Scharf, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987, VG, 4to, SC, Contemporary Painting, California

Scharf, Kenny. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987.

English, First Edition, VG, SC, 4to, 10" X 9 1/2", 48 pp.

Very Good quarto, Stiff full-color wraps with yellow and pink titling to cover. Mild edgewear, sunning to spine, and minor soiling to covers, otherwise tightly bound and unmarked throughout. 48 pp. Replete with full-color reproductions and illustrations, many full page. Text in English. Contents include essay by Dan Cameron, full-color images of the exhibition works and portrait of Scharf by Robert Mapplethorpe. California-Native and painter known for his participation in New York City's interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Scharf's do-it-yourself practice spanned painting, sculpture, fashion, video, performance art, and street art. This vibrantly illustrated, out-of-print catalogue from the 1987 exhibit of the same name at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, includes Scharf's one-man exhibitions, selected group shows, catalogs, public projects and installations, and a bibliography.