VICE Vol. 2 · No. 5
The Hugs 'N' Kisses Issue — UK edition
UK local edition of VICE, physically numbered Volume 2 Number 5 and titled The Hugs 'N' Kisses Issue, corresponding to VICE's surviving Volume 11 Issue 4 editorial package. The issue is especially significant for its Ryan McGinley contribution: VICE asked McGinley to create a portfolio of hugs and kisses from his archive, and he later recalled that VICE was among the first magazines to publish his work.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- VICE
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Main magazine complete under the standing TMR rule. Original Ryan McGinley poster is present and reported by the owner as pristine.
- Date
- June 2004 (provisional)
Catalogue note
UK local edition of VICE, physically numbered Volume 2 Number 5 and titled The Hugs 'N' Kisses Issue, corresponding to VICE's surviving Volume 11 Issue 4 editorial package. The issue is especially significant for its Ryan McGinley contribution: VICE asked McGinley to create a portfolio of hugs and kisses from his archive, and he later recalled that VICE was among the first magazines to publish his work. This copy retains the original Ryan McGinley poster, reported by the owner as pristine, materially strengthening its completeness, photographic significance and exhibition potential.
Why this object matters
The commissioned McGinley hugs-and-kisses portfolio and retained pristine original poster make a specific early photographic publication package. Award Gold at 9.0 for the verified material and creative relationship, without calling it his first-ever publication.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
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