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JOHN ALTOON
(ALTOON, JOHN). Hales, Andrea, Milton Wexler, Peter Selz & Robert Creeley. Foreword by Hugh M. Davies. San Diego, CA: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 56pp, 23 color and 18 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1997 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego retrospective of seventy-three paintings, works on paper, and prints by John Altoon. The exhibition and the catalogue are the most comprehensive surveys to date of the quirky, erotically charged work of the influential Los Angeles-based, Ferus Gallery-affiliated artist who died in 1969. A most handsome example. 0-934418-51-9 Inventory Number: 023309
