Christopher Wool (Taschen: The Art Edition), Limited Edition (with Print) - Tapa dura

LIMITED EDITION with PRINT. First edition, first printing. Limited Edition ("Art Edition") of 20 signed and numbered Artist's Proof (AP) copies, this being number 17 of 20, with an original, signed screenprint. The print image measures 7-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches, on 22 x 17-1/8 inch paper, signed and numbered AP 17/20 in pencil by Wool. The print is contained in a custom gray cloth-covered folio, with the artist's name debossed on the cover. The folio measures 22-1/2 x 17-3/4 inches. The book is signed on the limitation page in black ink by Wool, and is numbered AP 017/200 (there are 200 APs in total, the first 20 of which include the screenprint). Hardcover. Photographically illustrated cloth-covered boards with title debossed in silver on spine; no dust jacket as issued; contained in a custom gray cloth-covered clamshell box with the artist's name debossed in silver on cover and spine. The book and the print are further contained in a custom printed cardboard shipping box. Paintings, screenprints and photographs by Christopher Wool. Edited and designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. Contributions (texts in English, German and French) by Eric Banks, Ann Goldstein, Richard Hell, Jim Lewis, Glenn O'Brien and Anne Pontégnie. Includes a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and a list of illustrations. 424 pp., with 227 four-color and black-and-white plates, with numerous additional illustrations, finely printed on heavy matt paper in Italy. Book measures 17-1/2 x 13-1/2 x 2-1/8 inches.