{"product_id":"rauschenberg-robert-cardbirds-gemini-gel-1971","title":"ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG — Cardbirds — Gemini G.E.L. — 1971","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned promotional prospectus issued by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, 1971, to announce ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG’s \u003cem\u003eCardbirds\u003c\/em\u003e editions produced with the workshop between 1970 and 1971. Corrugated cardboard wrappers, stapled with packing-tape spine; offset-printed text and photographic reproductions. 24.5 × 17 cm, 16 pages. Designed by John Coy; photography by Malcolm Lubliner. Signed by RAUSCHENBERG in green ink across the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eCardbirds\u003c\/em\u003e series recreated flattened boxes recovered near Gemini’s Los Angeles workshop, painstakingly reproducing their folds, labels and damaged edges on new corrugated cardboard in editions of 75. The prospectus includes RAUSCHENBERG’s handwritten statement — ‘For over five years I have deliberately used every opportunity with my work to create a focus on world problems, local atrocities and in some rare instances celebrate men’s accomplishments. I have strained in collecting influences to bring about a more realistic relationship between artist, science, and business, in a world that is risking annihilation for the sake of a buck. It is impossible to have progress without conscience’ — alongside production photography and reproductions of the completed works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prospectus does not simply document the project; it adopts its material and commercial language. Shipping-box certification stamp, corrugated cardboard cover, packing-tape spine and the stock number 33-6009 turn the publication itself into another displaced package — produced for distribution, signed and returned to circulation. The back cover carries the Gemini G.E.L. address: 8365 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: good; handling creases, rubbing and softened corners to the cardboard covers, with light edge wear and minor internal marking. Binding and original tape spine remain intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecurely packed; tracked UK and international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gemini G.E.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54062335000914,"sku":"RAUSCHENBERG-GEMINI-CAT-1971","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Rauschenberg_Robert._Cardbirds._1971_3eedebbc-d2e4-4b43-97cb-9ebfae5475be.jpg?v=1784696611","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/rauschenberg-robert-cardbirds-gemini-gel-1971","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}