Kim Jones Rat Piece Feb. 17, 1976 [Inscribed copy]

A Good copy, one of 500 produced and THE ONLY ONE ON THE MARKET ACTUALLY GNAWED BY A RODENT! – see pics. Said rodent, or rodents, likely mice, chewed through some of the edge of the front cover and about 19 pages, not affecting text or images. Bottom edge of about half the pages stained; further rubbing & scrapes to both covers. This copy is SIGNED and inscribed to the artist Brandon Krall on the title page in ink and, in addition bears his Jones’ return address torn from a manilla envelope. Finally, laid in is a 5″ x 7′ black and white photograph of Jones with his then partner, the artist Gretchen Faust. Photo has a small crusty blotch lower right and is initialed by Krall on the rear. One might consider the act of the rodents a kind of unintentional participation in an artwork which extended beyond both its original action and its documentation.