Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
17.7 x 6.3cm, 4pp card printed black on yellow with inside a poem:
Folds in its Meadows
melodeon
The homage is to the Russian avant garde painter Mikhail Larionov - one of his works was of an accordion player - the "folds" in its meadows being the billows of the instrument. One of two cards of similar design - the other being for the painter Viktor Borisov-Musatov. VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
17.7 x 6.3cm, 4pp card printe black on blue with inside a poem:
Balsa & Tissue
TWILIGHT
The homage is to the Russian symbolist painter Viktor Borissov-Mussatov who painted colourful scenes of domesticity. The poem here will no doubt be related to one of the works by the artist - but at this point we cannot identify that work. One of two cards of similar design - the other being for the painter Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov. VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
12.4 x 8.2cm, 4pp card with a drawing of a fountain by Gary Hincks on the front and internally a poem "(words for a fountain)":
. . .
rising?
falling?
brimming
which perfectly describes the constant movement of the water. VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
5.4 x 3.9cm, 4pp card with a typographic design the text ~"Fire Coming On Will Discern And Catch Up with all Things" run together and shaped into a lightning strike. The text is a quote from Hereclitus who also wrote "Thunder Bolt Pilots All Things" - a reference to Zeus the most senior of the Gods. The quote is a threat of what will happen to the unjust and the shape a clear hint at its origin.
This is the second of two cards with the same text and the same design but the font is much lighter than in the previous card. VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
5.4 x 3.9cm, 4pp card with a typographic design the text ~"Fire Coming On Will Discern And Catch Up with all Things" run together and shaped into a lightning strike. The text is a quote from Hereclitus who also wrote "Thunder Bolt Pilots All Things" - a reference to Zeus the most senior of the Gods. The quote is a threat of what will happen to the unjust and the shape a clear hint at its origin.
This is the first of two cards with the same text and the same design but the font is much bolder in this one than in the later card. VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
14.5 x 11.5cm, 2pp card with a photograph by Pia Simig of a photocopying machine in b/w. Below the image Finlay has added "COPYING_MACHINE-gun" - the sound of an old fashioned copier when set to repeat is somewhat similar to that of a machine gun shooting bullets quickly and repetitively. VG+.
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Glasgow: Tramway, 1993
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement and invitation card with the image of a lost glove on the front and on the back a blurred photographic portrait of a unknown man (presumably one of the workers made redundant from Boltanski's research for this exhibition and installation. VG+
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Koln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Konig, 1993
21 x 15cm,72pp plus wrappers. First edition of a catalogue raisonne of works including paintings, sculptures and documents. 119 items described and illustrated in b/w. Texts in German and French. VG+.
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Antwerpen: ASPC, 1993
1.8cm, golden paper circle with the text BYARSISDEAD in black ink in a very small typeface in the centre. Unlimited edition but now very scarce. VG+.
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Ostfildern: Edition Cantz, 1991
21 x 15cm, 3pp announcement leaflet for the release of the limited edition print which is reproduced on the front. VG+ although one punched hole top left as issued.
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Bern: Edition Galerie Rigassi, 1993 21 x 30cm, opens out to 84 x 60cm, printed gold on black offset - exhibition catalogue listing the texts from a number of large handwritten letters by Byars. VG+. ...
Bern: Edition Galerie Rigassi, 1993 30 x 21cm, 1pp. Mostly typographic announcement card for an exhibition of large handwritten letters by Byars. VG+. ...