Babycakes with Weights

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ED RUSCHA (B. 1937)
Babycakes with Weights
New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. Twenty-three leaves of black-and-white offset printed plates on glossy paper with letterpress title page and copyright credit on title page verso. Number one from an edition of 1,200 copies. Baby-blue rag paper cover bound with pink ribbon and embossed with green felt lettering on front. Overall: 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance

Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2012,
transferred from the Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library.

Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs, Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism, January 16, 2018-July 26, 2018.

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Lot Essay

The plates are as follows:

1. 15 lbs. 8 oz.
2. 3 1/2 oz.
3. 3 1/2 oz
4, 10 oz.
5. 1 lb.
6. 2 oz.
7. 3 oz.
8. 3 oz.
9. 2 lbs. 8 oz.
10. 1 1/2 oz. each
11. 8 lbs. 12 oz.
12. 12 oz.
13. 4 oz.
14. 1 lb. 12 oz.
15. 2 lbs. each
16. 2 lbs. each
17. 1 lb 15 oz.
18. 1 lb. each
19. 4 1/2 oz.
20. 4 lbs. 2 oz.
21. 1 lb. 4 oz. each
22. 1 1/2 oz.

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