Robert Lambert

Special Edition of a Complete Run of Egozine [Vols. 1-3, all produced]

Hollywood and San Geronimo: R.J. Lambert, 1975–82. Offset. Saddle-stapled. 88 pp (vol. 1), 56 pp (vol. 2), 80 pp (vol. 3). 11 x 8 ½ in. Numerous photographic illustrations, color xerox and collaged elements laid in and mounted, each volume signed by Robert Lambert. With original silkscreen print and collage, both executed by Lambert; a Les Petites Bon Bons glitter t-shirt; and an additional 32-page zine. Housed in a spray-painted cardboard box. Item #8003

Boo-Hooray Special Edition of a complete set of the original Artist’s Editions of Egozine. Each volume of the periodical was originally issued in both a trade edition and a limited Artist’s Edition, the latter containing additional original elements, including color xeroxed illustrations. This Special Edition box set also contains a silkscreen print and a collage with the Les Petites Bon-Bons logo in glitter, both of which were executed by Robert Lambert in 2025.

To top it off, this edition includes a 32-page saddle-stapled zine, being a heretofore unpublished memoir by Lambert, JUST OUTRAGEOUS: The Story of Les Petites Bon-Bons — An excerpt of a work in progress. This additional zine is in its own right a singular, remarkable history of the Bon-Bons and their work, comprising reflections from Lambert, previously unrecorded correspondence, and transcriptions of taped conversations with the Bon-Bons' other founding member, Jerry Dreva. It offers unique, historically significant insight into the work, thinking, and lives of these extraordinary artist-activists.

Launched by Lambert in 1975, the three issues of this zine are an extension of the collective's work, following and intermingling the gay-glam situationist antics of the Bon-Bons with the underground art and proto-punk scenes they met along the way. The zine, primarily dedicated to the West Coast gay art world, features the likes of Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanny Tutti, avant-garde Chicano conceptual art group Asco, Cavellini, John J. Baylin, Bon-Bons founder Jerry Dreva, among others, with numerous links to international mail art, the New York Correspondence School, and the early architects of American punk.

This Special Edition is limited to only 16 box sets and contains original artwork by Robert Lambert.

Price: $350.00