John Baldessari - Choosing : Green Beans - 1972

John Baldessari - Choosing : Green Beans [Limited to 1500 copies.]
Photographs: John Baldessari
Text: John Baldessari
Publisher: Edizioni Toselli, Milan
Softcover,
300 x 215 mm.
26 pages
Year: 1972
Very fresh copy. Very good condition considering the fragility of this book. Very slightly yellowed with age. Only very minor marks on the cover to note. (See photos).

Limited to 1,500 copies. Text in English and in Italian.

« A highlight of minimalist conceptual art in the 70s », referenced in Parr & Badger, The Photobook, vol. 2, 146-146.

« This work is part of a series of works about choosing. In this version a group of green beans was available from which to choose. A participant was asked to choose any three beans from the group for whatever reasons he/she might have at the moment. The three chosen beans were then placed upon a surface to be photographed. I chose one of the three beans for whatever reasons I might have had at that moment. A photograph was taken of the selection process. The chosen bean was carried over; the two other beans not chosen were discarded; two new beans were added. The next choice was made, and so on. Each of the participants develops strategies unknown to the other player as the selection process continues until all the beans are used. »

John Baldessari
December 1971

Fast and very carefully packaged shipping (sturdy cardboard box and bubble wrap; corners protected). Local pickup available in Paris.