GWENHWYFAR’S BOX. 2019.

Temple: Show and Tell Ediions/Unorignal Sins, 2019<BR> 13.5 x 8 x 9.3cm, two part black plastic box with label. Inside the box is a rough chunk of volcanic rock from Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat, a pair of small size pink women's panties which are wrapped around the rock and an original signed drawing pasted to the bottom of the box by Paul-Armand Gette of a volcano/vulva. The inner box lid has a label signed and numbered by Gette in pencil. One of ONLY 15 numbered and signed boxes. Released on the occasion of '"What Volcano?" said the King.' Gette's only ever Scottish solo exhibition at Lust & The Apple Gallery, Temple, Scotland in March 2019. Gwenhwyfar was, of course, the Welsh name of King Arthur's wife Guinevere.  A statement on lust, sexuality and the limitaitons of old age. Fine condition.<BR><BR>

£125.00

WHAT VOLCANO? SAID THE KING. 2019. UNIQUE INSTALLATION.

Unique installation work - dimensions vary depending on wall size. The work consists of an instruction drawing and an original large (80 x 50 x 60cm) volcanic stone sourced from the extinct Arthur's Seat volcano. The drawing consists of two arcing lines left and right of the stone and a red flare above it - the whole being a visual pun on the feminine genitals. The work was first exhibited at Lust & the Apple gallery in Temple, Scotland in 2018. The work comes with a signed certificate by Gette.<BR><BR> Price on application

TRANSECT AND SOME OTHER ATTITUDES TOWARDS LANDSCAPE. 1990.

Ipswich: Christchurch Mansion, 1990 11 x 15.6cm, 6pp. Folded (asymmetric) announcement card with one image of Gette placing a "Om" sign on the beach. VG+ although a colour underlining of the text "catalogue available" which does not distract.

£25.00

0m. 1996. LIMITED EDITION ADHESIVE STICKER – ONE OF 300 RUBBER STAMPED EXAMPLES.

Lille: Alain Buyse, 1990 10 x 14.5cm, 1pp adhesive sticker with a design by Gette on the front in black (0m - a symbol used often by Gette to indicate touch or closeness) on a printed backing sheet with details of the edition which is rubber-stamped in ink by Gette and dates also in rubber stamp black ink. One of 300 such examples. Scarce. VG+ although slightly browned at edges after 30 years. 

£65.00

AFFINITIES SELECTIVES IV. 1990.

Bruxelles: Antichambres, 1990 42 x 32cm, 2pp. Red and black on white exhibition poster and brochure for a museum show where Gette's work was shown in comparison with that of Rene Magritte. Folded as issued for mailing else VG+.

£30.00

DU ROSE A LA LIBERTE DU MODELE. 2000.

Lille: Galerie Epreuve d'Artiste, 2000 21 x 15ccm, 2pp announcement card with a detail of a (tapestry?) work on the front in colour, verso gallery details. VG+.

£20.00

PROPOSITION TRIANGULAIRE. 2007.

Besancon: Le Pave dans la Mare, 2007 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with P-A Gette's well known 0m sculpture made out of red flower petals in the shape of a (pubic) triangle. Verso museum details as well as mention of a performance by the artist. VG+.

£30.00

RAPPROCHEMENTS ET DECHIRURES. 2010.

Paris: Galerie Jean Brolly, 2010 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduction of a collage by Gette on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.

£40.00

LA DAME D’ONZE HEURE. 2018.

Paris: Galerie Mouvements, 2018 21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduction of a card showing the latin name of the plant Ornithogalum umbellatum L. on the front (a plat that is known as garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, and eleven-o'clock lady. verso gallery details. VG+.

£40.00

SUCCESSIONS SECONDAIRES A LONDRES. 1974. 

Paris: AARP, 1974 21 x 15cm, 4pp in light green printed wrappers. Artist's book which documents the plants found by Gette around Regent's Canal, Chelsea Embankment (Gette spells Chelsea as "Chelsey"), Tower Bridge and Hammersmith (la rive droit!) and "St Pancrase Way" (Pancras Way in E2) in London during a visit to the ICA in 1972. Lists all the plants he found with two b/w images of the landscape. VG+. Scarce early artist's book.

£495.00

RINGSJON. 1972.

Lund: Galerie St Petri, 1972 21 x 15cm, three 1pp sheets in 4pp outer folder. Artist’s book with two sheets listing the various flora and fauna found on the beach and in the woods near Ringsjon and an introductory sheet. Text in Swedish. Very slight light (sun) damage on the back cover else VG+. Rare.

£495.00

DE NINFAS TROPICALES, VARIACONES. 2000.

Cali, Colombia: Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, 2000 23.5 x 16.5cm, 24pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with 9 full colour reproductions of photogrpahs by Gette and two b/w images. Text in Spanish. VG+.

£30.00

PEINTURE(S). 2001. ONE OF 250 EXAMPLES.

Creast: Galerie Lydie Rekow, 2001 21 x 15cm, 16pp plus card covers. Artist's book and exhibition catalogue with 3 full colour plates of two photographs by Gette and a colour drawing. Texts in French by Lydie Rekow and the artist. One of 250 copies. VG+.

£30.00

SPECIMEN. No. SPECIAL ETE. ETER. 1992.

N.p. (Paris): Eter (Gette), 1992 15 x 10.5cm, two 1pp inserts into a 4pp outer sheet. A "special" number of Gette's Eter conceptual art journal that he founded in 1966. One of the internal sheets shows a three b/w photographs of a stool with a piece of cotton placed in the hole left to allow the stool to be easily picked up (shaped to resemble a female sex) and a shot of Gette's hand touching the cotton in close up. A text in french explains the work "La Banquette".  A verse scarce hors commerce number of the journal. VG+.

£95.00

LES MESURES. 1976.

Antibes: Arrocaria Editions, 1976 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a b/w image of a rule placed in the ground next to a plant Artemisia camperstris L. (which is found on beaches in Europe). Typical of early Gette works where he investigates the area around the seaside and merges the practice of science with art. VG+. Scarce.

£40.00

EXOTIK ALS BANALITAT. 1980.

Berlin: DAAD, 1980 14.7 x 20cm, 48pp. Card covers. Artist's book displaying one colour image and 25 b/w images of invasive plant species found in Berlin from China, Balkans, North and South America. One of the 975 copies aside from the 25 du tete examples. VG+.

£40.00

L’INTIMITE VOLCANIQUE DE LA DEESSE COUCHEE. 1997.

Fukuoka: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Fukuoka, 1997 21 x 21cm, 24pp plus printed card covers. Exhibition catalogue with fouteen colour images of drawings, sculptures, photographs and one of the artist as well as a text by Gette in French and Japanese. VG+.

£40.00

GOUTTES DE LUNE. 2022. ONE OF 100 EXAMPLES.

Temple: Show and Tell Editions, 2022 45 x 42mm red and silver enamel and metal pin broach in 5.7 x 5.7 x 2cm plastic two part box and printed label. The work references both the Greek goddess Diana, the moon cycle and menstruation. The title translates to “ Moondrops”. One of only 100 examples.

£25.00
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