Ryan McGinley: Black Jack [signed]

Publisher: Self-published (Ryan McGinley) 
Publication Date: 2007 
Binding: Soft cover 
Edition: 1st  
Condition: Very Good 
Signed by Artist(s) 

Laser printed. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps, with photographic print laid in. 58pp. 8.5 x 5.6 in. Inscribed and signed by Ryan McGinley and Jack Walls on back cover. Light wrinkling to covers, small dampstain and stray spot to back cover. Photograph with creasing, closed tear (1.25 in). 

First, limited edition, one of only 500 copies. This zine was produced by Ryan McGinley for Jack Walls' fiftieth birthday, and produced in a limited run for the party guests. Walls is an iconic New York poet, artist, and writer, and also widely known for being Robert Mapplethorpe's muse and lover. Legendary among groups of New York artists, Walls' distinct and profane way of speaking was collected in a series of Wallsian catch phrases written on balloons for the party. This zine was made in the aftermath, capturing the deflated silver balloons with these catch phrases in in black-and-white photographs on every page. Signed by Ryan McGinley and Jack Walls for Kathy, with the message Carry on carrying on. The accompanying photograph of a graffiti artist posing by a wall covered in what is most likely McGinley's work.