From The Sunday Times
March 1, 2009
Artist gives away vast library of sex, drugs and classics
Tony Allen-Mills, New York
ONE of the worlds most dedicated bibliophiles is planning to give away a multi-million-dollar collection of 20th-century literary treasures, many of which have never been displayed in public.
Richard Prince, the American contemporary artist best known for his controversial plagiarism of magazine advertisements notably his Marlboro cigarette cowboy series has been assembling what New York book dealers describe as one of the most valuable and distinctive modern libraries in private hands.
Basically, my collection is about sex, drugs, Beat [poets], hippies, punks and great reads, said Prince, who keeps his most valuable manuscripts, letters and autographed literary memorabilia in a fireproof, waterproof, room-size vault near his studio in northern New York state........
Article here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5821921.ece
