RENOUF, Edda

NY: Lapp Princess Press, 1977. [24]pp. Saddle-stapled in matte printed wraps, 6 x 6 in. Lightly sunned along spine, with a 2-1/4 x 3/4 in. area of light soiling to the base of rear cover, presumably where a label or sticker was once affixed. Else fine. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Renouf to inside front cover. With laid-in ALS (single sheet of tracing paper, 11 x 8-1/2 in., folded twice). Presentation copy of the second artist's book by American painter and printmaker Edda Renouf (b. 1943), consisting of offset-printed drawings that explore minimal variations in number and length, as introduced by a brief elliptical text: "FROM ONE TO MANY / FROM SHORT TO LONG / AND VICE VERSA." Renouf's inscription is to Jack Cowart, then a curator at the Saint Louis Art Museum. In her ALS to Cowart, she references a recent trip to Saint Louis and thanks him for having invited her to give a talk for the members of the Contemporary Art Society. Though unstated, this publication from an edition of 2