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Heat Wave

Ken Price American
Author Charles Bukowski American, born Germany
1995
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Heat Wave
  • Artist: Ken Price (American, Los Angeles, California 1935–2012 Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico)
  • Author: Charles Bukowski (American (born Germany), Andernach 1920–1994 Los Angeles, California)
  • Publisher: Black Sparrow Graphic Arts (Santa Rosa)
  • Date: 1995
  • Medium: Artist book with 15 loose screenprints
  • Edition: 119/170
  • Dimensions: Loose screenprints, each: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
    Book pages: 14 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (36.8 × 31.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.197a-q
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Ken Price
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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