Various Artists, Beautiful Losers Portfolio & Catalog Box, 2006

Absolute grail. The Beautiful Losers Portfolio and Catalog box sets (2006). Epic twin companion box sets. These are basically a museum show in a box. You can create an entire Losers installation with these. The Portfolio Box includes 27 signed and numbered prints, and the Catalog Box includes a first printing of the book with 25 individual art objects. Sold as a set. All objects across both boxes have corresponding matching edition numbers. Minty. 

The Portfolio Box includes prints by: KAWS, Barry McGee, Raymond Pettibon, Shepard Fairey, Henry Chalfant, Geoff McFetridge, Evan Hecox, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Ed Templeton, Todd James, Larry Clark, Ryan McGinness, Rostarr, Cheryl Dunn, Harmony Korine, Craig R. Stecyk, Cynthia Connolly, Ari Marcopoulos, Mike Mills, Glen Friedman, Jo Jackson, Andy Jenkins, Terry Richardson, Steve Powers, Wes Humpston, and Tobin Yelland. See additional photos for a complete list. Each print measures 20 x 16 inches and is signed and numbered by the artist. The KAWS Warm Regards print is a letterpress print. The Barry McGee and Larry Clark works are photographs. The Craig R Stecyk print is a multi process work: silkscreen on top of hand airbrushing. The other prints are hand pulled silkscreens.

The Catalog Box includes artworks by: Thomas Campbell, Cynthia Connolly, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey, Phil Frost, Mark Gonzales, Evan Hecox, Jo Jackson, Todd James, James Jarvis, Andy Jenkins, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, Ari Marcopoulos, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinness, Mike Mills, Steve Powers, Terry Richardson, Clare Rojas, Rostarr, Craig R. Stecyk, Ed Templeton, and Tobin Yelland. 

This piece is a monster with literally so many levels. All these years the Beautiful Losers Catalog Boxes that we decided to keep in the archive have never been properly photographed in detail. We unboxed one and took a lot of detail images to give a complete picture of its contents - something not properly done before by anyone. The box includes all kinds of multiples and original works made specifically and only for this box set.

Here is a breakdown (by layer) of every item in the Catalog box:
Top Layer
Chris Johanson, Custom button set, Hand numbered edition of 100
Thomas Campbell, Special edition faux leather wallet
Phil Frost, Poster marker
Terry Richardson, Broadway Smilen glasses
James Jarvis, The Thin Blue Line figure in custom box, Signed

Second Layer
Andy Jenkins, Unique (per box) inkjet print, 11 x 8.5 inches, Signed edition of 100
Ed Templeton, Photograph with printed inscription, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 100

Third Layer
Rostarr, Silkscreen print with unique hand painted finishing, 11 x 15 inches, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100
Mark Gonzales, Custom dye cut air freshener

Fourth Layer
Cheryl Dunn, C-print, 6 x 4 inches, Signed edition of 100
Mike Mills, The Architecture of Reassurance, Soft cover book
Craig Stecyk, Silkscreen on unique (per box) gelatin silver print, 4 x 6 inches, Signed edition of 100
Jo Jackson, Hand made flip book, Edition of 100
Barry McGee, Hand drawn tag on sticker (unique per box), Unique series of 100
Cynthia Connolly, Gelatin silver photograph,  4 x 6 inches, Signed and dated edition of 100
Ari Marcopoulos, I might be wrong, Hand made zine, Edition of 100

Fifth Layer
Mark Gonzales & Harmony Korine, Adulthood, Hand made zine, Edition of 100
Clare Rojas, Peggy Honeywell Faint Humms compact disk
Steve Powers, Handy Signs For People You Know In New York City, Custom dye cut sticker set, 12 x 10 inches, Edition of 100

Sixth Layer
Tobin Yelland, Fold out poster, Edition of 100
Todd James, Alive With Pleasure, Silkscreen on paper with printed signature, 6 x 4 inches, Numbered edition of 100
Ryan McGinness, Custom sticker set in silver envelope, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100

Seventh Layer
Geoff McFetridge, Unique graphite drawing with DVD animation of all 100 drawings in numbered envelope, Unique series of 100

Eighth Layer
Evan Hecox, Chinatown NYC, Wood block print on Japanese rice paper, 10 x 8 inches, Signed and numbered edition of 100
Shepard Fairey, Angela Davis, Silkscreen on paper, 10 x 8 inches, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100

Ninth Layer
Beautiful Losers, First edition, first printing in custom printed linen slipcase, Edition of 100

Various Artists
Beautiful Losers Portfolio and Catalog Box, 2006
Twenty-seven artist prints in custom printed wooden crate
Twenty-six artist objects in custom printed wooden crate
19.5 x 26 x 9.5 inches each
Numbered edition of 30

Two works:
(i) The Beautiful Losers Portfolio: 27 works on paper with corresponding edition numbers in custom printed and numbered wooden box
Works: 20 x 16 inches each; Box: 26 x 19 x 9 inches

(ii) The Beautiful Losers Catalog: 25 works and slipcased exhibition catalogue (first printing) in custom printed and numbered wooden box
Works: dimensions variable; Box: 26 x 19 x 9 inches


Published by Iconoclast on the occasion of the traveling exhibition Beautiful Losers (2004-2010)

Exhibitions:
Transfer (traveling), 2008-2010
Outsiders, 2019

Provenance:
Iconoclast Editions
Beautiful Losers Archive

Bibliography :
Beautiful Losers : Contemporary Art And Street Culture, Edition Iconoclast, 2005, p 270