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Maris
Glasgow: s.p. (Maris), n.d. (2005)
29 x 21cm, original found exhibition catalogue by Joseph Beuys which has lost its covers and shows evidence of fire on all sides. The book has been sealed into a plastic transparent sheet with added cloth plasters. Additionally the book has been signed "Bysue" - an anagram of "Beuys" and with a small drawing of a hat - both deliberately looking like an original Beuys signature and drawing.
The history of this book tells the tale - it was found by a relative of Sue Maris after a house fire and stolen and then hidden (in case it was valuable). Suer Maris found this out at a later date and stole the book back from the thief. She then buried in a metal casket in Rannoch Moor for a number of years.
On taking the book out from its hiding place, the artist's created the final form with the addition of the "forged" signature - By Sue - and sealed the book. it was later given to Paul Robertson by Maris as a gift following an exhibition at Heart Gallery in Edinburgh.
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