Five Friends: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly Kate Smith-Raabe Inspired by the Tōjinbō Cliffs

Inspired by the Tōjinbō Cliffs of Fukui Prefecture in Japan

This limited-edition silk twill scarf by Ed Ruscha

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Avedon explains: “This book tracks the path of three crucial illusions in my life

Five Friends: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly Kate Smith-Raabe Inspired by the Tōjinbō CliffsThis book was published on the occasion of Five Friends: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, an exhibition organized in 2025 by Museum Brandhorst, Munich, in cooperation with Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany. The presentation focused on this circle of artists who had a decisive influence on postwar art in the fields of music, dance, painting, sculpture, and drawing. The friendships connecting the five artists