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(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. Houston, TX: Cusack Gallery, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (16pp), illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender sixteen page artist's book cum exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a 1973 Sol LeWitt installation at Houston's hotbed of Minimal and Conceptual Art, The Cusack Gallery. It is a facsimile of the written instructions and diagrams in the artist's hand utilized to execute the six exhibited wall drawings. An otherwise most handsome copy of this exceptionally uncommon item (cited on page 45 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books" as well as entry number seven of the "Artist Books" in Susanna Singer's "Publications by the Artist" bibliography in SFMoMA's 2000 "Sol LeWitt") - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - whose inside front cover and first few pages show some browning due to a laid in New York Times newspaper review of LeWitt's 1994 exhibition of wall drawings at Boston's MFA. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025812