Lucy R. Lippard | 955,000

Lucy R. Lippard

955,000

Vancouver, Canada: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1970

138 pp., 10 x 15.5 cm., loose leaves

Edition size unknown

The landmark exhibition catalogue for Lucy Lippard's landmark exhibition of the same name, which ran from January 13th to February 8th, 1970, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The title refers to the population of Vancouver at the time (it's estimated to be almost three times the number now: 2,606,351). 

The publication was the first in a series of titles by Lippard which were titled after the population of the city in which the exhibition was held (Seattle 557,087, Buenos Aires 2,972,453). For these exhibitions each participating artist was invited to produce one or two cards to represent their work. The texts consisted primarily of proposals, scores and conceptual works. These cards were then placed in an envelope, in no arranged order - alongside an introduction and bibliography - and sold as a catalogue for $3.

Among the 62 artists in the exhibition were: Vito Acconci, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Greg Curnoe, Hannah Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Dan Graham,  Eva Hesse, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Barry Le Va, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, The N.E.Thing Company, Adrian Piper, Ed Ruscha, Fred Sandback, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson, and many others. 

New Documents produced a facsimile reprint in 2012, but it has already sold out.