The Fox. Vol. 1, nos. 1 [SIGNED by Sarah Charlesworth, Joseph Kosuth, Michael Corris, Andrew Menard, Preston Heller and Mel Ramsden, no. 7/100], 2 & 3 (all published).

Three issues, 144 [2],163 [7],186 [17] pp., comprising a complete run of the noted conceptual art journal. 4to, ca. 27 cm. Very good, with endemic light toning to the interior pages. Illus. stiff wraps. [600]

Founded by members of the New York Art & Language circle in 1975, the present serial arose out of frustration with the perceived elitism of the originary British contingent of Art & Language. The renegade effort was short-lived, however. By the third issue, tensions within the American group lead to a controversial decision to end the publication and effectively disband the group, rendering the implied solidarity of the six editors' co-signatures on the first black page of issue 1 in the present set all the more poignant. Unsigned issues are common in the marketplace, but the signed edition of no. 1 is extremely rare. Artists' Magazines, pp. 261-2; In Numbers, pp. 70-73.