Documenta 5 Jeffrey Deitch Bickerton’s own commentary is interwoven

Bickerton’s own commentary is interwoven with essays by artist Jake Chapman

The format of the three decks reproduces the three-panel composition of Basquiat’s painted tribute to saxophonist Charlie Parker (left) and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (right)

Guggenheim Museum in New York to Comedian

making the entire set a rare find

overlaying a number of them to produce a series of printing plates

Documenta 5 Jeffrey Deitch Bickerton’s own commentary is interwovenEd Ruscha designed this binder format catalogue for Harald Szeemanns Documenta 5 (the full title of which was Befragung der Realitt Bildwelten heute [Questioning Reality Pictorial worlds today]) in 1972. The brilliant orange cover features Ruschas screen printed image of ants forming the number five; more than 150 featured artists are represented alphabetically, with individual entries accessible via tabbed dividers. This is a significant curatorial