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02 Oct ARTIST’S BOOKS/LIVRES D’ARTISTES. 2008. ONE OF 36 DELUXE SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH.

Posted at 19:25h in DELUXE ARTIST’S BOOKS

Paris, Editions 591, 2008. 22.3 x 17 cm, two part metal box with printed label content two volumes of the catalogue raisonne of Boltanski's artist's books by Bob Calle along with an original appropriated photograph of two young men (possibly from the 1940s but exact date is unknown). This is one of only 36 examples (26 numbered copies and 10 HC examples) each signed and numbered by Boltanski (as is the photograph in the issued passpartou). VG+. ...

22 Sep FRESH FRUIT & TABLES. 2008.

Posted at 15:05h in David Bellingham

Stirling: The Changing Room, 2008
21 x 15cm, unpaginated (c. 144pp) plus card covers. Artist's book with many concrete and visual poems by Bellingham reproduced in b/w. VG+. Hard to find....

18 Sep ATTACK OF SOUND….

Posted at 22:53h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Monorail Music, n.d.
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist designed postcard for a record shop - the text on the front reads:
ATTACK OF SOUND/ATTACK OF COLOUR/ATTACK OF SOUND/ATTACK OF COLOUR.
Signed in pencil on the back by the artist - "best David". VG+. ...

18 Sep LICENCE TO PRINT. 2008.

Posted at 11:53h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, 2008
10.5 x 10.8cm, 16pp (self cover). String bound. Artist's book published on the anniversary of printing being available in Scotland (1508 being the first licence for printing in Scotland issued by King James IV). alternative pages are printed in black or white backgrounds and the texts "LICENCE TO PRINT/LICENCE TO READ" are also repeated. Small limitation. VG+.

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13 Sep FRESH FRUIT & TABLES. 2008.

Posted at 19:29h in David Bellingham

Stirling: The Changing Room, 2008
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibition and the artist's book created by Bellingham which was given away for free at British Libraries as part of the Off The Page Festival. VG+. Hard to find....

13 Sep MONUMENT. 2008.

Posted at 18:19h in David Bellingham

Stirling: The Changing Room, 2008
15 x 21cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a solo show by Bellingham - with a b/w photograph of a pile of Stirling Journals from the early 1900s on the front and verso gallery details. VG.

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06 Sep NEOCLASSICISM – A NOBLE ARROW. 2008.

Posted at 23:28h in Invitation Cards

Berlin: Nolan Judin, 2008
10.5 x 21cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a posthumous show. VG+.

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03 Sep COLOURED PEOPLE IN BLACK AND WHITE. 2008. UNIQUE COPY – COVER SPRAY PAINTED. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 11:49h in Jonathan Monk

Worpswede: Kûnstlerhäuser Worpswede, 2008
16 x 12cm, 36pp plus wrappers. Monk has reprinted Ed Ruscha's Coloured People (images of cactii in colour in the original) but with every page being black and white - hence perverting the original. This example of the book is unique in that Monk has painted the cover with yellow spray paint and signed the back cover in blue ink. VG+.

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03 Sep COLOURED PEOPLE IN BLACK AND WHITE. 2008. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 09:33h in Jonathan Monk

Worpswede: Kûnstlerhäuser Worpswede, 2008
16 x 12cm, 36pp plus wrappers. Monk has reprinted Ed Ruscha's Coloured People (images of cactii in colour in the original) but with every page being black and white - hence perverting the original. One of 500 copies - this one being signed on the inside cover by Monk. VG+.

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19 Aug UNTITLED. 2008. NUMBERED FROM THE EDITION OF 500.

Posted at 09:49h in Jonathan Monk

NYC: Printed Matter, 2008
29 x 28cm, embossed braille text on white paper which reproduces the original letter sent by Printed Matter inviting Jonathan Monk to create an edition for the 2008 New York Art Book Fair. This is one of 500 hand numbered copies. Slight handling soft creases else VG+.

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27 Jul CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI. 2008.

Posted at 10:48h in MONOGRAPHS

London: Phaidon, Date: 2008.
28.8 X 25.3cm. 160pp plus card covers and pictorial dj. Monograph with essays written by Didier Semin, Donald Kuspit and others in English - with 100 colour and 30 b/w illustrations. interview with Tamar Garb. VG+.

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14 Jul RICHARD PRINCE (NACICIO EN 1949……. 2008. SIGNED BY MONK – ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES SURVIVING.

Posted at 09:12h in Jonathan Monk

Panama: s.p. (Monk), 2008
33 x 25cm, b/w lithograph. One of a small number of posters bearing the title text (noting that Richard Price was born in Panama when the USA regarded it as being part of the United States). The poster was produced for the Panama Biennale and Monk had a local designer create the poster from the supplied text alone. The posters were fly-posted around the city and a few given away. this copy - very unusually is signed by Monk on the verso and is one of only very few believed to have survived. Mint.

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