(Los Angeles), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1996). Text by Robert A. Sobiesszek; art and afterword by Burroughs. A publication of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name, documenting Burroughs' work in the visual arts, the influences on him and his influences on others, and collaborations with such notable visual artists as Brion Gysin, Keith Haring, Philip Taafe and Robert Rauschenberg. As the curator described it, the exhibit attempted to show how Burroughs' work "has paralleled and in some cases anticipated significant developments in painting, assemblage, music, sculpture, video, and film." This copy is inscribed by Burroughs: "for Nelson [Lyon], all the best with memories of swordcane[?]/ William S. Burroughs/ July 16, 1996." A significant association copy: Lyon co-produced the album Dead City Radio, on which a number of readings by Burroughs were set to music by a range of modern and experimental composers and musicians. Lyon also loaned several of his photographs of Burroughs to the show and is credited in the back of the book on the list of the Lenders To The Exhibition. Quarto; very near fine in wrappers. [#027872] SOLD

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