Cowboy: Richard Prince
Richard Prince – Cowboy
Fulton Ryder / Delmonico Books / Prestel, 2020 | First Edition | Out of Print
Cowboy is a powerful and visually arresting monograph by Richard Prince, published in 2020 by Fulton Ryder, in collaboration with Delmonico Books and Prestel Publishing. This large-format volume revisits one of Prince’s most iconic and enduring subjects—the American cowboy—through his celebrated rephotographed Marlboro ads, a body of work that helped redefine contemporary appropriation art.
Spanning decades of Prince’s engagement with this mythic symbol of rugged masculinity and American identity, the book presents a sweeping overview of the Cowboys series, pairing rich full-page color plates with contextual essays. Prince strips the cowboy of its advertising gloss and repositions him as a ghostly figure—a product of fantasy, nostalgia, and mass media illusion.
Lavishly produced and thoughtfully edited, Cowboy is both a collector’s object and a critical document of Prince’s career. It includes texts that explore the cultural implications of the work and Prince’s impact on conceptual photography and postmodern art.
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Artist: Richard Prince
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Title: Cowboy
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Publisher: Fulton Ryder / Delmonico Books / Prestel
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Year: 2020
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Format: Hardcover
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Language: English
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions: Approx. 11.5 x 14 inches
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Edition: First Edition, Out of Print
Now out of print and increasingly hard to find, Cowboy is a must-have for collectors, photography enthusiasts, and followers of Prince’s boundary-pushing work in appropriation and media critique.