first edition Ephemera
2009 · London
by Elaine Sturtevant
London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2009. Ephemera. Near Fine. A 2009 comment --in the form of a "tea towel"--by American artist Elaine Sturtevant (1924-2014) on the "Protest and Survive" show at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 2000, which was called a "rallying cry for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at a time when it was believed this was still possible". Sturtevant's "tea towel" placed inside of a sealed envelope, featuring the "appropriated" cover of Sturtevant's own 1988 "Beuys La rivoluzione siamo Noi" catalogue of her Whitechapel exhibition. An all-but-pristine copy, with a few creases here and there. Inspired, confusing, wonderful. (Inventory #: 22181)