{"product_id":"richard-prince-1-2-3-4-9798985236842","title":"Richard Prince: 1, 2, 3, 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrince''s artist book revisits his \u003ci\u003e1-2-3-4\u003c\/i\u003e series cheekily compounding found photographs of various group sizes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compilation of works on paper by American appropriation artist Richard Prince (born 1949) belongs to a series titled \u003ci\u003e1-2-3-4\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning around 2008, Prince began sequencing found photographic portraits into a simple headcount—one person, two people, three people, four people: 1-2-3-4. This process, applied to musicians, actors, celebrities and anonymous individuals, transforms photographs into performing acts: solo artist, duo, trio, quartet. The numbers 1-2-3-4 act like the count-in to a punk\/garage rock song (by The Rascals, The Modern Lovers or The Ramones), an archetypical pop-song time signature. Numbering the images gives the sequence an immediate stamp of action, while the appropriation of jersey numbers makes a sport of it. Prince has repeatedly returned to the 1-2-3-4 device, including his long-deleted Instagram handle, @richardprince1234. In a chapter of his autobiographical memoirs \u003ci\u003eIt’s a Free Concert\u003c\/i\u003e, Prince recalls attending the 1969 Woodstock Festival: \"We could hear Country Joe and the Fish coming in from over the fields...‘And it’s one two three what are we fighting for? \/ Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn \/ Next stop is Vietnam \/ Whoopee we’re all gonna die.’\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 April 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 292 mm; Width 229 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fulton Ryder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798985236842\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Fulton Ryder","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50170231554298,"sku":"9798985236842","price":26.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9798985236842.jpg?v=1787621070","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/richard-prince-1-2-3-4-9798985236842","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}