This uncommon 1989 Japanese hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued, is hand signed and inscribed by artist Donald Baechler to the art critic Anthony Haden-Guest.

Inscription reads:
For Anthony
4.April. 91
Donald Baechler

Book information:
First edition. Published by Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin International Co., Ltd., 1989. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings and drawings by Donald Baechler. Text (in English and Japanese) by Lisa Liebmann. Unpaginated (48 pp.), with 36 four-color plates.

About Donald Baechler:
Donald Baechler was one of the most promising artists of the 1980s. He was associated with a group of painters in New York that included Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Philip Taaffe. Baechler created pieces by expressing an assertive naivety that staggered both the object and the subject; the work revealed itself as inevitably abstract.

About Anthony Haden-Guest:
Anthony Haden-Guest (born 2 February 1937) is a British writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books published including TRUE COLORS: The Real Life of the Art World and The Last Party, Studio 54, Disco and the Culture of the Night.