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SHIPPING
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We prefer to use Royal Mail “Signed and Tracked“ option where possible but for some larger or more valuable items we may insist on using direct priority couriers.

We charge flat rate shipping ( up to a certain weight or value) based on three zones:

£15
United Kingdom


£25
Europe and USA and Canada


£45
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


If your order contains only items listed under Cards & Ephemera the following discounted rates apply:

£7
United Kingdom


£18
Europe and USA and Canada


£20
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


PACKING
We try to keep costs down and we are also aware of the effects of packing on the environment.

Where possible we try to recycle packaging materials. If you require new pristine packing boxes/envelopes (say for a gift) then please let us know.

Large posters are usually rolled and sent in firm tubes - if you require flat packing for any large item then please let us know on ordering:in such cases, there may be a surcharge to cover the extra costs.

Other items are send in appropriate packaging.

INSURANCE
We will cover all shipments with full loss insurance up to £250. Thereafter a surcharge is needed.

We will consider sending items without full insurance but this is at the purchaser’s decision and risk. If you wish us to do this then please indicate in writing what you want us to do.





Unoriginal Sins is an established venture trading in the field of the contemporary and modern avant garde movements from 1900 to the present day. We have a vast inventory of books, documents, artworks, ephemera, object multiples, LPs and other digital media as well as representing major collections from significant artists.

We trade almost entirely online - we purchase new material all the time and offer regular clients email lists (which you can sign up to here) of new arrivals. Soon after the distribution of those lists, new items are placed online so it is worth returning regularly to this site to see what new things are for sale.

It may be possible to visit in person and see our inventory but that is by appointment only - please email us. We can supply references for new clients should that be required.

We are always looking for new material to add to our stocks - we have a desiderata here but we are interested in all material that is similar to our core interests. Do get in touch.
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MICAH LEXIER’S RESPONSIBILITY CARDS. 1981. ONE OF 100 NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

5.5 x 9.7 x 2.5cm, two part cardboard box with printed label content of 45, 5 x 9cm, 2pp cards and a title card. Each card has a short text on one side - sometimes prosaic, other times poetic and on the other an appropriated illustration from a vintage dictionary. The title card hints at the use - responsibility cards for use in times of decision making or problem solving. One of 100 such sets numbered on the title card. VG+. Scarce, very early multiple by the conceptual artist.

£225.00

UNTITLED. 1982.

Np. (Toronto): s.p. (Lexier), n.d. (1982) 8.5  x 12.5cm, 1pp. Small offset print with three appropriated images from a vintage illustrated dictionary linked by a series of arross that hints at some dynamic between the swimmer, the drowning man and a man climbing a ladder to an attic. Rare, very early artist's card. VG+.

£85.00

TWO TOGETHER. 1985.

Halifax: Eye Level Gallery, 1985 10 x 9,6cm, 6pp announcement for a very early solo show by Lexier. The sheet is printed in such a way that a gold and a pink triangle show through the paper (as does the gallery details) to create a six pointed star with the colour overlap making an orange hexagon in the middle. Rare.;

£85.00

MR. CALDWELL. 1987. BALLOON ANNOUNCEMENT OBJECT.

Toronto: YYZ Gallery, 1987 12 x 7cm approx., printed balloon - the announcement for a solo show by Lexier in the form of an object. One of the artist's first solo shows. Mr Caldwell was Lexier's grade 6 teacher.  Never inflated and unperished although there is some drying out of the plastic - hence VG+. Rare.

£145.00

MOVING. AN INSTALLATION BY MICAH LEXIER. 1987.

Halifax: Centre for Art Tapes, 1987 18 x 10.2cm, (folded size), exhibition poster and hand out for an early happening by the Canadian conceptual artist. The sheet opens out to a 36 x 50cm map with locations overprinted in light blue. VG+.

£65.00

MR. CALDWELL. 1987.

London (Ontario): Forest City Gallery, 1987 13.7 x 10.3cm, 1pp announcement cards for a solo show by Lexier with a drawing of a man and a boy standing back to back above gallery details. One of the artist's first solo shows. Mr Caldwell was Lexier's grade 6 teacher.  VG+.

£75.00

MR. CALDWELL. 1988. TWO POSTERS FOR TWO EXHIBITIONS THAT FIT TOGETHER.

Winnipeg/Calgary: Plug-In Inc/The New Gallery, 1988 Two part poster for two solo shows by Micah Lexier which has a single design over both which fits together with the same clip art image of a man and a younger boy walking in the rain. Lexier's earliest shows often referenced his 6th Grade teacher Mr Caldwell. VG+. A scarce item and an unusual format. Price is for both parts of the poster together.

£195.00

MR. CALDWELL. 1988.

Halifax: Eye Level Gallery, 1988 12.8 x 9.7cm, 1pp announcement on thick grey card for a solo show by Lexier with a drawing of a a boy holding a devil's mask above gallery details. One of the artist's first solo shows. Mr Caldwell was Lexier's grade 6 teacher. VG+.

£85.00

RECENT WORKS. 1989.

NYC: Jack Shainman Gallery, n.d. (1989) 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card with one work "My Fears" from 1995 on the front in b/w. Verso gallery details. VG+.

£50.00

SETTING SIGHTS. 1989.

N.p.: n.p., 1989 10.5 x 15cm, 4pp. Artist's postcard with the title work reproduced in colour on front, on back gallery details. VG+.

£50.00

MICAH LEXIER AT MERCER UNION. 1989.

Toronto: Mercer Union, 1989 30 x21cm, black on pink paper with a large "clip-art" image of a young boy above gallery text. Announcement leaflet for the solo show.

£85.00

MICAH LEXIER. 1989.

Toronto: Mercer Union, 1989 28 x 14.4cm, 8pp (single folded sheet). Exhibition catalogue for a solo show with an interview with lexier with Robert Fones. Four small b/w images of works. VG+.

£45.00

TO THE TOUCH. 1989.

Thunder Bay: Definitely Superior, 1989 21 x 30cm, 1pp black on light lilac paper- announcement leaflet for the solo show with one photograph in black. VG+.

£85.00

MICAH LEXIER AT A.K.A. 1990.

Saskatoon: A.K.A., 1990 15 x 15cm, 1pp announcement for one of Lexier's earliest shows - here printed black on yellow paper with one reproduced drawing above gallery details. VG+.

£45.00
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