Author: Prince, RichardThis new artist’s book by Richard Prince (born 1949) revisits a seldom seen body of work made during his “Time Life" years spent around the theatres, grind houses, bars and restaurants of New York's 42nd Street and Times Square. With an introductory essay titled “The Counterfeit Memory,” first published in 1981 by the artist, a concluding essay by The Entertainers, and artworks that include some of Prince's earliest portraits.Prince captures the ephemeral, photographic celebrity of publicity headshots, gossip columns, nightclub advertisements and pornographic films, alongside finely rendered drawings such as “Montgomery Clift as Sigmund Freud” and “George Reeves as Himself.” In The Entertainers' concluding essay, “The Lone Ranger,” the artist states, “I think I'll go after third place ... leave first for the hero.”ISBN 9798985236828. Fulton Ryder. hb. 152 pages. 135 colour, b/w ills. 33 x 24.8 cm.available
