Niki de Saint Phalle – Harry & Me 1950-1960 The Family Years 1950-1960 [Jill Johnston’s copy]

VG + condition in white pictorial boards, 132 pages, 22 x 26cm, heavily illustrated, texts in English. Blue endpapers have rubbed a bit onto half-title page. This copy is from the library of the late great Jill Johnston (1929-2010), critic, radical lesbian feminist and champion of the avant-garde, and bears her distinctive stamp in blue ink on title page which reads “Write first. then live.” J.J. Pencilled initials J.J. appear on hal-title. Saint Phalle and Johnston were good friends and Jill wrote about Niki’s work.