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Author: Baldessari, John
Title: Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts)
Place: Milan
Publisher: Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo / Galleria Toselli
Date: 1973
Item # : 211190
Sale Number   430
Lot Number   16
Sale Name    
Decorative Arts, Architecture & Design with Original Artwork by Don Freeman
Sale Date   06/10/2010
Price realized   $ 450
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Description:
12 color photograph plates + 1 title plate + 1 limitation plate. 9½x12¾, loose and housed in original paper sleeve lettered in gilt, and with a square cut out the see the title plate photograph through it. One of 2000 copies.
Several successful attempts are captured (as well as unsuccessful, depending on how you look at it) at throwing three orange balls in the air to get a straight line. Photographs taken on a clear day against a brilliant blue sky.
Condition:
Some light wear to paper sleeve; near fine.
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