18 Mar

Posted at 16:38h in Jud Yalkut

NYC: The Kitchen, 1972 28 x 21cm, 2pp small poster/leaflet. The front shows the information about the concert and a small b/w image of the artist standing in St Marcos Square in Venice covered in pigeons. One the reverse is a b/w poster for Yalkut’s video work The Astrolabe of God with an extensive design. Former folds from mailing else VG+. ...

29 Feb

Posted at 09:59h in Photographs

Sutherland: George A. Oliver, 1972 25.5 x 20.5cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a page from the artist's book "A Sailor's Calendar" as published by Dick Higgin's Something Else Press. The photo was taken by George Oliver and sent by Finlay to an Italian Collector. Label on reverse and photographer's stamp in red. Dated 29/2/72 in red ink....

25 Feb

Posted at 23:19h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1972
6.7 x 18.5cm, 4pp. Two photographs by Finlay of one of his home-made toys - here a frigate. On closer inspection one suddenly realises that the photograph is the same one only flipped so that the reflection from the water creates a visual illusion of solidity when it is dominant. Under one image the word "Fregatte" is set and under the other "Frigate" hence on the left the German and on the right the English words for the battleship. Hence by a simple rotation Finlay's photograph displays both sides of the conflict.
This card is signed on the back cover "Love from Ian" in blue ink. VG+.

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24 Feb

Posted at 16:07h in Exhibition Catalogues

Edinburgh: Richard Demarco Gallery/Coelfrith Press, 1972 30.7 x 25cm, printed envelope content of four stapled short essays all mimeographed and an original collage by Robin Crozier (which is signed and numbered) and five offset lithgraphic prints by Fred Brookes, John Dee, Roger Palmer, John Roberts and Colin Rose as well as the inclusion of RING by Finlay and Costley which is also known as Ceolfrith Press handout Nr 4 (which was also released independently of this publication). This was the catalogue publication for the exhibition "Coelfrith Artists of the North East" which was put on in Demarco's gallery in Edinburgh. Only 300 copies of this publication were released - but it is very rare to find it complete. The outer envelope is a little browned at the bottom and with mild wear but internally all elements are present and in VG+ condition. ...

19 Feb

Posted at 13:23h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Berlin: AQ Verlag, n.d (1972)
20 x 20.7cm, unpaginated (c. 112pp) plus pictorial wrappers. A single number of this photographic and art journal - here Boltanski has two original contributions - 10 SCENES DE LA VIE ENFANTINE DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI INTERPRETEE LE 12 JUIN 1971 PAR FRANCOISE GUINIOU ET LET PETITS JEAN ET MARTINE and ESSAI DE RECONSTITUTION DES 46 JOURS QUE PRECEDERENT LA MORT DE FRANCOISE GUINIOU (EXTRAITS). Neither to our knowledge is reproduced elsewhere. The former being six b/w images of children acting out scenes from Boltanski's supposed memories. The second the same photographs and more displayed as contact prints from a film role. One is expected (one presumes) to see the latter as the documentation of the previous project and that Francoise Guiniou somehow died soon after the photoshoot.
There are other original pageworks by Paul-Armand Gette, Jean Le Gac, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jochen Gerz and Anthony McCall.
Not in any catalogue raisonne.

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11 Feb

Posted at 23:13h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1972
10.5 x 15.2cm, 1pp. A photograph by Finlay of his son Eck (later Alex) Finlay as a young child in a small boat on the lake (named after Eck) on the Finlay farm. It is a charming picture. Edward Atkinson Hornel was a Scottish painter who specialised in paintings of landscapes and nature within which children were often seen playing - a successful strategy for sales.

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04 Feb

Posted at 18:58h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Koln: Interfunktionen, n.d. (1972) 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp subscription card promoting the ninth number of the conceptual art journal. Lists contributions from Beldessari, Baumgarten, Beuys, Didier Bay, Terry Fox, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Friedrich Heubach, Will Insley, Jurgen Kramer, Dennis Oppenheim, Steve Reich, William Wegman and Signmar Polke. The front of the card reproduces a poster designed by Polke for the magazine. VG+. Scarce. ...

29 Jan

Posted at 20:46h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelburg: Edition Staeck, 1972 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with the famous image of Beuys marching towards the camera - released as part of the Seri D Originalgrafik edition by the publisher. This example has a Die Grunen rubber stamp impression (with leaf motif) in green on the back along with an FIU stamp as well as short handwritten notes by Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys - dated 29/1/1981. A mailed example but still in VG+ condition....

27 Jan

Posted at 12:46h in Letters + Documents

21 x 17.8, 1pp. Original typed letter on green Wild Hawthorn Press stationery to Christopher Carrell continuing the discussion about invoices received from Michael Radford for travel and other expenses during a film-making session at Stoneypath. Finlay says that Anthony Phillips states he has nothing to do with him Finlay amusingly asks Carrell why he sent a£10 cheque - "if it was for your SIns, it is not enough; if it was to pay for some order , it may well be too much...

12 Jan

Posted at 12:25h in Letters + Documents

21 x 17.8, 2pp (stapled together). Original typed letter on green Wild Hawthorn Press stationery to Anthony Phillips complaining about invoices received from Michael Radford for travel and other expenses during a film-making session at Stoneypath. Finlay points out that the bill for £7 seems excessive from Edinburgh and that he had fed Radford who then made a very short period of filming before returning home. The signed letter has a PS at the end moaning about some steel sculpture in Stirling . It is not clear if the film was ever completed or released but Finlay clearly felt aggrieved about it all. We do not know Phillips' relationship to this dispute. VG+.

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