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John Baldessari The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy 1 lithograph with fragmented red and cyan images of faces and bodies on white background

Lithograph in colors on T.H. Saunders Waterford. Signed and numbered to lower edge,with publisher's blindstamp. Printed by The Arion Press, San Francisco and published by Mangnolia Editions, Oakland, CA. Literature: Hurowitz 31-35. The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy 1 (1988) by John Baldessari is a conceptual lithograph that reflects his signature use of appropriated imagery and bold visual juxtapositions. Printed in color on T.H. Saunders Waterford paper, the work isolates photographic fragments—faces and bodies—rendered in duotones of red and cyan, arranged against a stark white background. The piece evokes both intimacy and disconnection, as cropped figures reach toward each other but remain unjoined. Referencing Tristram Shandy, the satirical 18th-century novel by Laurence Sterne, the print mirrors the book’s fragmented narrative structure, highlighting themes of absurdity, desire, and the limits of storytelling. This edition was printed by The Arion Press and published by Magnolia Editions in a limited run of 50.

Artwork Copyright © John Baldessari

The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy 1, 1988

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Lithograph in colors on T.H. Saunders Waterford. Signed and numbered to lower edge,with publisher's blindstamp. Printed by The Arion Press, San Francisco and published by Mangnolia Editions, Oakland, CA. Literature: Hurowitz 31-35. The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy 1 (1988) by John Baldessari is a conceptual lithograph that reflects his signature use of appropriated imagery and bold visual juxtapositions. Printed in color on T.H. Saunders Waterford paper, the work isolates photographic fragments—faces and bodies—rendered in duotones of red and cyan, arranged against a stark white background. The piece evokes both intimacy and disconnection, as cropped figures reach toward each other but remain unjoined. Referencing Tristram Shandy, the satirical 18th-century novel by Laurence Sterne, the print mirrors the book’s fragmented narrative structure, highlighting themes of absurdity, desire, and the limits of storytelling. This edition was printed by The Arion Press and published by Magnolia Editions in a limited run of 50.

Artwork Copyright © John Baldessari

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