Ryan McGinley

Black Jack [signed]

[New York]: Ryan McGinley, [2007]. Laser printed. Staple-bound zine in illustrated wraps, with tipped-in photograph, very good, with a 1 1⁄4 in. closed-tear on bottom edge. 58pp. 5 5/8 x 8 1⁄2 in. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by Ryan McGinley and Jack Walls to “Kathy, Carry on Carrying On.” Very good, with two light spots of discoloration on the back wrap. Item #4717

The zine produced by Ryan McGinley for Jack Walls’ fiftieth birthday, and produced in a limited run for the party guests, signed by McGinley and Walls.

Walls is an iconic New York poet, artist, and writer, and also widely known for being Robert Mapplethorpe’s muse and lover. Legendary among groups of New York artists, Walls’ distinct and profane way of speaking was collected in a series of Walls- ian catch phrases written on balloons for the party. This zine was made in the aftermath, capturing in black and white photographs the deflated silver balloons with these catch phrases on every page of the zine. Signed by Ryan McGinley and Jack Walls for “Kathy”, with the message “Carry on carrying on.” Included in the first page is a tipped-in photograph of a graffiti artist posing by a wall covered in what is most likely his work.

A remarkable document of the grace, collaboration, and community of key New York artists of the last twenty years.

Price: $650.00