An inventory: Bibliothèque d’un Amateur. Richard Prince’s Publications takes a look at Richard Prince’s library and production of artist’s books published between 1980 and 2020.
This book is not a proper catalogue raisonné, but rather an invitation to browse the library of an amateur’s. It allows us to consider this important aspect of Richard Prince’s work, addressing books as well as the notion of a collection and its incompleteness, revealed here by the « ghosts » of missing books. Richard Prince is an avid book designer and collector; this zeal and fervor transpire in many book works where he photographs books from his collection, transforming a publication in an infinite library.
New expanded edition of the book first published in 2014 (ISBN 978-2-9539347-5-5).