first edition
1979 · [New York]
by Goldstein, Jack
[New York]: [Jack Goldstein], 1979. First edition of a rare artist's multiple from an enigmatic 20th century American artist. Collection of five 10" vinyl LPs with colorfully designed labels sans text in original, unlabeled paper sleeves, housed in generic stiff manila sleeves. Near Mint albums with no discernible wear, essentially as new. Unsigned by the artist, unlike some examples. White paper sleeves a little worn along the seams but otherwise bright. Manila sleeves and the generic mailer that houses the collection are in excellent shape.
Issued in 1979 by the late, Canadian-born conceptual artist Jack Goldstein, this is an artwork in the form of a set of ten individual sound art recordings issued as the A and B sides of five 10" discs. Meant to be played simultaneously as five separate sound streams, it represents the artist's penultimate multiple issued in this format. Each of the five discs features a colored label devoid of any type or lettering. A most handsome set of this exceedingly uncommon artist's multiple (illustrated on pages 104-107 and described in detail on pages 120-123 of the Frankfurt Am Main Museum fur Modene Kunst's 2009 monograph Jack Goldstein): "What is important here is that [the records] are played simultaneously. The sounds overlap, and naturally cannot have been played from simultaneously from a single record. In other words, the sound had detached itself from the audio format; the limitations of a record as a technical object were virtually overcome." . (Inventory #: 140947582)
Issued in 1979 by the late, Canadian-born conceptual artist Jack Goldstein, this is an artwork in the form of a set of ten individual sound art recordings issued as the A and B sides of five 10" discs. Meant to be played simultaneously as five separate sound streams, it represents the artist's penultimate multiple issued in this format. Each of the five discs features a colored label devoid of any type or lettering. A most handsome set of this exceedingly uncommon artist's multiple (illustrated on pages 104-107 and described in detail on pages 120-123 of the Frankfurt Am Main Museum fur Modene Kunst's 2009 monograph Jack Goldstein): "What is important here is that [the records] are played simultaneously. The sounds overlap, and naturally cannot have been played from simultaneously from a single record. In other words, the sound had detached itself from the audio format; the limitations of a record as a technical object were virtually overcome." . (Inventory #: 140947582)
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