PITTMAN, LARI. Whoever of the Flock... 

[36] pp. Story by Dennis Cooper. Half-title, title, and colophon indications in pencil. 6 original lithographs (numbered on versos) hand painted with acrylic, oil, ink wash (18 x 14 inches; 460 x 350 mm) by Pittman, facsimile manuscript on different colored papers. Folio, original alternating variously colored morocco, and mottled calf stamped in gilt and black with numerous pictorial onlays (pointing hand with jesters crown, crossbones, boiling cauldron, gimp mask, wood saw, electrical cord and outlet, scissors, derriere, etc.) of morocco, paper, epoxy, some with painted embellishments; tan felt pastedowns, marbled endpapers; custom cloth clamshell box. "Unique book, one of three related" indicated in pencil by the publisher and signed by him below. In the early 90s artist/publisher Jonathan Hammer invited ten artists to collaborate on creating unique books. One of them was Los Angeles-based Pittman who produced this series of drawings from a text by Cooper. A group of these works were exhibited at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York in 1994, including this copy. San Francisco: Jonathan Hammer Studio, 1993