{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Prince\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fulton Ryder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.80h x 9.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985236842","brand":"Fulton Ryder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43857309008009,"sku":"9798985236842","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d7b7219b-f7c9-4d93-b931-27aa711178f5.jpg?v=1744088882","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/richard-prince-1-2-3-4-9798985236842","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}