Menthol Trilogy (War Pictures / Menthol Pictures / Menthol Wars) Prince, Richard

First Editions. Slim octavos. Three experimental narrative works from Richard Prince, in which he explored the themes of shifting subjectivity and technological mediation; writings that would eventually culminate in his 1983 publication Why I Go to the Movies Alone. Published on three separate occasions: (1) War Pictures for an exhibition at Artists Space (New York), in February 1980; (2) Menthol Pictures at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, where he would meet Larry Clark during their mutual residencies; and (3) Menthol Wars for a window installation at Printed Matter, at its 7 Lispenard Street location. The appropriated images that formed the trilogy's illustrated wrappers would themselves become material for a later photographic edition (first exhibited at Metro Pictures in 1991). This set in overall near fine condition, with typical thumb-soiling and a few blemishes to side-stapled wrappers, with faint discoloration to endpapers of Menthol Wars. A scarce set.