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Offset lithograph in colors on coated paper - 24 × 32 cm each print - This portfolio of twelve works plus title and colophon pages is from the edition of 2000 published by Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan. - Literature: Sharon, Coplan and Hurowitz 471 John Baldessari’s Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts) (1973) is a conceptual photographic series composed of twelve offset lithographs printed in color on coated paper. In this project, Baldessari humorously explores chance, order, and the limits of artistic control by attempting to throw three balls in the air simultaneously to form a straight line. The photographs, taken by his then-wife Carol Wixom, capture the fleeting and unpredictable nature of the process, turning a playful gesture into an artistic experiment dictated by gravity and atmospheric conditions. Originally published in an edition of 2,000 by Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan, the project initially struggled to find an audience. Many copies were lost due to a flood, and the surviving booklets later gained recognition as an important conceptual work. The remaining editions were rebound in blue silk, referencing the California sky under which the work was created.
Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), 1973
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Offset lithograph in colors on coated paper - 24 × 32 cm each print - This portfolio of twelve works plus title and colophon pages is from the edition of 2000 published by Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan. - Literature: Sharon, Coplan and Hurowitz 471 John Baldessari’s Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts) (1973) is a conceptual photographic series composed of twelve offset lithographs printed in color on coated paper. In this project, Baldessari humorously explores chance, order, and the limits of artistic control by attempting to throw three balls in the air simultaneously to form a straight line. The photographs, taken by his then-wife Carol Wixom, capture the fleeting and unpredictable nature of the process, turning a playful gesture into an artistic experiment dictated by gravity and atmospheric conditions. Originally published in an edition of 2,000 by Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan, the project initially struggled to find an audience. Many copies were lost due to a flood, and the surviving booklets later gained recognition as an important conceptual work. The remaining editions were rebound in blue silk, referencing the California sky under which the work was created.
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