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Boggs
A Comedy of Values
by Lawrence Weschler
ISBN: 0226893952
ISBN-13: 9780226893952
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
The author of the best-selling MR. WILSON'S CABINET OF WONDER examines the controversial work of J.S.G. Boggs, an artist who openly bartered extraordinarily realistic drawings of money, and in the process, revealed how intertwined the concepts of culture, art, and finance really are.
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"Boggs is an eccentric's eccentric, and this book, a semi-autobiographical meditation on Boggs, the history of money, and the history of art reproduction and valuation, is fittingly the product of an equally peculiar mind. Weschler writes-with some apparent ironic self-awareness-in the somewhat florrid style of a Victorian English schoolboy. At the same time, he manages to pack oodles of detail and information into a mere 160 pages." -- R. U. Sirius
-- Bookforum
"...Lawrence Weschler's small, excellent BOGGS: A COMEDY OF VALUES...addresses the intriguing question Boggs' work raises about our monetary system and, by extension, the very nature of valuation....It's a fascinating tale, especially in these days of fluctuating currency rates, the euro and inexplicable Net-stock valuations." -- Paul Lukas
-- Fortune
"In his articles and books...Weschler always seems to be, as he says of Boggs, 'engaged in philosophical disruptions, in provoking brief, momentary tears in the ordinarily seamless fabric of taken-for-granted mundanity.' BOGGS is no exception: the book, like the artist, challenges people to pause and consider the extent to which the economic bedrock of everyday life is in part a confusing welter or artistic abstractions. It's a work that is at once informative, entertaining, and provocative-a reading experience, once might say, of rather good value." -- Toby Lester
-- Atlantic Monthly
"...[Weschler] has...transcended a mere generic role as biographer. His superior craft and style turn an already interesting story into a delightful exploration of philosophy, economics, and the history of money." -- Kim Long
-- Bloomsbury Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 160
Publisher's Notes
When an artist draws currencies and looks for merchants who will accept his artwork in lieu of cash, he regularly lands in trouble with treasury police around the globe. 40 halftones.
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Boggs: A Comedy of Values (Passions and Wonders Series)
Lawrence Weschler
University Of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Boggs: A Comedy of Values
Weschler, Lawrence
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1999. 160 pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Sparse highlighting, else fine. James S. G. Boggs is not a criminal counterfeiter, he's a talented artist who masterfully renders his own currency and "spends" it. Struck by the value of money, and what paper notes represent, he draws U.S. dollar bills, English pound notes, Swiss francs, and other forms of paper money; then he barters his magnificent artwork in lieu of cash to willing merchants who agree to honor his currency for services and products. Lawrence Weschler is the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning book Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder. In Boggs: A Comedy of Values, he documents Boggs's charmingly quirky antics, offering a whimsical and lively meditation on the value of currency and workmanship and a richly informative social history of money.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Boggs : A Comedy of Values (Passions and Wonders Ser.)
Weschler, Lawrence
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Near fine/very good, hard cover, ends of spine slightly bumped, dust jacket rubbed. 160 pp. B&W illustrations. Biography, artist.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 1/4 By 8 1/4". ( more information)
Offered by The Book House - St. Louis (United States)
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Boggs: A Comedy of Values
Weschler, Lawrence
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine, unclipped dust jacket. Weschler's romp investigating a man whose art is using fake money. 144 pp. including index and black and white illustrations. ( more information)
Offered by Warwick Books (United States)
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Boggs: A Comedy of Values (SIGNED)
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Weschler, Lawrence
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Very Fine. DJ in plastic cover. Illus. with B&W photos. Signed on half-title page by author with added profile sketch of a man. Incl. Bibliographic Essay and Index.(xiv) 160 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Boggs: A Comedy of Values
Weschler, Lawrence
Chicago, Illinois: University Of Chicago Press, 1999. The Book is NEAR FINE with a light bump to head & heel of spine. First edition/first printing. All pages are clean & unmarked. Covers are clean and sharp. Binding of book is solid & pages crisp. Jacket is bright and clean. NO soiling or marks. Faint scratch to front panel . Jacket VG + condition. Clean/solid. Protected in mylar. Photos throughout of Bogg's artwork and of him. Signed by the SUBJECT of the book, J.S.G. Boggs. Boggs, born Steven Litzner is famous for his bank note artistry. Boggs only exchanges his art for goods and services. He does not consider his crafted bank notes as currency, merely art. He has been arrested for counterfeiting in England & Australia. He was acquitted in both cases. Bogg's bank note artistry is commonly referred to as 'Boggs bills' & 'Boggs dollars'. Bogg's work is represented in the collections of the British Museum, the Art Institution of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art & the Smithsonian Institution. Perhaps equally noteworthy is to whom the book is inscribed . " 99.06.24.21: @ World Trade Center. 4 Philip Glass, Your music has so often filled my studio and my heart. Your art has so often filled my ears and my head as I have made my art. Cheers, J.S.G. Boggs." Philip Glass is a music composer who in the last 25 years has composed more than 20 operas, 2 piano concertos, and done the soundtracks for such films as, "The Hours", "The Illusionist", "The Truman Show" & "Taking Lives" along with several other popular films.Boggs has also drawn on the title page a brief rendering of the Twin Towers where he signed this copy in the year of publication, 1999, before the terrorist attacks. . Signed By Subject. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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