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16 Apr THE BOAT’S INSEPARABLE RIPPLES.

Posted at 12:33h in Artist's Postcards

N.p: n.p., n.p.
17 x 12.3cm, 1pp card. Printed blue on white this is a later printing in card form of an early Finlay poem.

THE BOAT'S

inseparable ripples

The poem was one of the first two-word poems first considered in 1967 but this is almost certainly a posthumous reprint of the work but we do not know exactly the date. It was perhaps printed for a posthumous exhibition of Finlay's work. Until we identify it we will place it as an artist's postcard work.VG+.

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07 Apr JONATHAN MONK. RICHARD PRINCE. 2006.

Posted at 11:27h in Jonathan Monk

Wein: Galerie Mezzanin, 2006
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a show exhibiting both Monk and his hero Richard Prince. VG+.

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05 Apr ELEGY FOR IAN HAMILTON FINLAY (ARCADY). 2006.

Posted at 09:58h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, 2006
8 x19cm, 2pp artist's postcard with the alphabet printed white on green but with the letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay removed from the list - issued soon after Finlay's death. VG+.

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03 Apr IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. MEMORIAL SERVICE. 3 APRIL 2006.

Posted at 17:09h in Miscellany

Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 2006
21 x 15cm, 4pp plus cared covers. Order of service for the Memorial Service held in Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk on 3 April 2006. Attending I was surprised it was so religious in content as I had not perceived that Finlay was particularly Christian even if he sometimes used the bible as source material. The alter was laid out with many of his toy yachts, Alec Finlay, Ian's son, gave a moving Eulogy where I remember him saying fittingly that all disputes with his dad and others were now over. Some poems of Finlay were read and Stephan Bann gave a short appreciation. It was a sad affair, of course, as all such events are. VG+

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02 Apr BAS JAN ADER. 2006. WITH FOREWORD – SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 10:01h in Jonathan Monk

London: Camden Arts Center, 2006
21 x 15cm, 8pp plus card covers (which have tabs and metal hinges for storage). Exhibition catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of the work of the Dutch conceptual artist. There are 6 works reproduced in b/w and colour.
The catalogue has a text written by Jonathan Monk as foreword about Ader.
The catalogue is signed in pencil by Monk on the inside first page. VG+.

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01 Apr A WALL OF LIGHTS WITHOUT SOUND OR WALL OF SOUND WITHOUT LIGHTS PIECE. 2006.

Posted at 09:05h in Jonathan Monk

Berlin: Herausgeber, 2006
11 x 18cm, 16pp (self cover). Installation catalogue for a major public work by Monk where he used the major electronic advertising screens at Potsdamer Platz in berlin - the images being of Freddy Mercury - and the sound being Bohemian Rhapsody. There are b/w images of the work and one colour portrait of Monk. Text in German.
The last page of the brochure has a slight closed tear else VG.

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28 Mar OBITUARY OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. THE HERALD 28 MARCH 2006.

Posted at 16:27h in Miscellany

Edinburgh: The Herald, 28 March 2006
56 x 40cm, 30pp, Tabloid newspaper with an obituary by Moira Jeffrey of Finlay who had died the previous day. Folded for storage else VG.

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28 Mar OBITUARY OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. THE SCOTSMAN 28 MARCH 2006.

Posted at 16:22h in Miscellany

Edinburgh: The Scotsman, 28 March 2006
37 x 29cm, 66pp, Tabloid newspaper with an obituary by Remove term: Alisdair Steven of Finlay who had died the previous day. Folded for storage else VG.

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27 Mar IHF. MAN OF LETTERS. 1925 – 2006. 2006.

Posted at 17:46h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, 27th March 2006
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard in honour of Ian Hamilton Finlay (who was often known as IHF - hence a man of letters - and who had produced a similar work for RLS: Robert Louis Stephenson). Very limited edition. VG+. ...

15 Mar CERTAIN TREES. 2006

Posted at 18:59h in David Bellingham

London: V&A Museum, 2006
9. 2 x 9.2cm, 2pp ornate die cut announcement on thick card for an exhibition displaying works from a wide range of concrete and visual poets including David Bellingham, Thomas and Laurie Clark, Simon Cutts, Ian Hamilton Finlay., Robert Lax, Stuart Mills and others, The card is a recreation of the cover of the 1973 book of the same title designed by Simon Cutts - which is inspired by Malevich and has red, blue plus deliberate crease lines and tied cotton. One tiny mark bottom right else VG.

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02 Mar A GOLDEN STAMP FOR JAMES LEE BYARS 1932 – 1997. 2006.

Posted at 18:47h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: WAX336, 2006
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp original mail art work with the text: "A GOLDEN STAMP FOR JAMES LEE BYARS 1932 - 1997." alongside the 1st class "golden" stamp. Byars often created works in monochrome colours such as gold. A mailed copy sent to Paul Robertson - hand addressed by Bellingham on the reverse in ink. VG+ although some unavoidable marks from the mailing process are apparent.

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25 Feb YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW ETC.. 2006. HAND SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 02:38h in Jonathan Monk

Hannover: Kunstverein, 2006
26.5 x 22cm, 154pp. Boards with a design by Monk. Exhibition catalogue which is also in part a catalogue raisonne of original and multiple works. Colour illustrations throughout. Designed by Monk. This copy is unusually signed on the back cover of the hardback binding in felt tip pen within the drawing of Monk's hand. Fine.
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