Hot and Sour Soup. [N. p.]: The Sam Francis Foundation, [1969].
First edition, one of 1,050 copies signed and inscribed by Ting; this copy inscribed on p. [65]: "This book is numbered 55 Walasse Ting 16 October 1968 N. Y. C."
Folio with seventeen loose folded sheets, as issued. [65] pp. Illustrated with twenty-two color lithographs throughout. Glossy stiff wrap portfolio housing the folded sheets, publisher's slipcase. Minor wear to spine of slipcase, tear through front cover professionally repaired, else near fine.
This impressive collection contains fifty of Ting's provocative poems, illustrated by the lithographs. This Chinese-American artist was born in Shanghai, but has been based in New York since 1961. His work is characterized by bold colors featuring such subjects as sensuous women, cats, birds, fish,giant penises, etc.
ID:
4274
$
400