Sport - Unoriginal Sins

THE SNOWBALL. A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BY PETER BONDE & JASON RHOADES. 1999. PROSPECTUS FOR THE INSTALLATION.

paul robertson — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:13:43 +0000

N.p. (Copenhagen): Danish Contemporary Art Foundation, 1999

21 x 30cm, 12pp plus crd covers. The prospectus issued in advance for the co-project between Jason Rhoades and Peter Bonde for the 48th Venice Biennale where the artists planned to transform the Danish pavilion in Venice into a stock car course with real American stock cars, sound effects and film projections. Full colour images of stock cars and plans for the pavilion. This is far scarcer than the later published report on the work albeit there is not much detail of the actual final work. VG+.

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DAS FUSSBALLSPIEL EIN STEREOPHONES HÖRSPIEL. 1967. SIGNED & NUMBERED BY HARIG FROM EDITION OF 200.

paul robertson — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:15:48 +0000

Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1967

32.3 x 334cm, unpaginated (40pp french folds) cover and florescent dust jacket. Letterpress. Spiral bound. Artists’ book by Ludwig Harig featuring a stereophonic play evoking both sound and concrete poetry - the title indicates it is a song about football. One of three books published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer in this size and format.

This is one of the 200 signed and numbered copies (nr 46) which is signed in ink by Harig on the colophon page. It is in excellent condition internally but the wrappers have some small wear and tear along the margins and minor grubbiness at the edges – else the colour is very bright with no significant fading. Scarce.

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REBEL INC. ISSUE 4. 1993.

paul robertson — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:53:49 +0000

Edinburgh: Rebel Inc. , 1993

30 x 21cm, 46pp plus gloss wrappers. A single number of this influential politics and culture magazine which was founded by Kevin Williamson (with the support of Irvine Welsh and others). Short stories, poetry and short articles including Irvine Welsh on Ecstasy, Gordon Legge with a short story called Embra Cunts, Victims by Laura J. Hird, an article on Millwall Football Club by John King and others. Front cover is an image from Spike Lee's Malcolm X movie. VG+. Now extremely rare - no other copies available online.

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A WORLD CUP WITHOUT SCOTLAND IS LIKE A PASTORAL WITHOUT SHEEP. 1994.

paul robertson — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:29:31 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1994
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's card with one of Finlay's "Detached Sentences" here relating to Scotland's recent woeful record of failing to qualify for the football world cup. VG.

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CELEBRATION OF THE BODY. 1976.

paul robertson — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 11:59:02 +0000

Kingston: N.E. Thing, 1976

31.5 × 31.5cm, silver reflective outer folder with double inner flaps content of 104 31 x 31cm, 1pp sheets all with texts by Ian Baxter and Ingrid Baxter and other s, found/appropriated images, some especially taken photographs and overall design by the Baxters. The reprinted texts include “Body Works” by Willoughby Sharp & Liza Bear (from Avalanche), “The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women’s Body Art” by Lucy R. Lippard (from Art in America), and “The Aesthetic in Sport” by David Best (from The British Journal of Aesthetics).

This artist’s book was released by N.E> Thing at the Agnes Etherington Gallery in Kingston, Ontario during the Montreal ’76 Olympics and may be seen as a conceptual art spin-off/tie in to that important sporting event. The pages celebration physicality in all its forms and in particular sport.

This is not in perfect condition (it is rarely found without some damage) - the outer silver folder is very worn with creases and fold linesand small tears where the oversize card was not supported, the inner two flaps have come away from the sides (where they were stapled) but internally the sheets are all VG+.

Limitation is unknown but this is a rare conceptual art book.

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paul robertson — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:32:52 +0000

N.p. (Paris):RVB Books, 2021

23.5 x 21cm, unpaginated (c. 80pp) plus green felt covered boards. Photobook displaying images of vintage footballers during matches - each image however does not include the ball thus creating the impression of dancers. VG+.

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THE CREMASTER CYCLE. CREMASTER FIELD. 2002.

paul robertson — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:24:15 +0000

London: The Ritzy Cinema, 2002
21 x 15cm, 8pp, stapled handout for the first ever showing of Cremaster 3 in Britain along with a new sculpture (Cremaster Field) in the cinema lobby. Six colour images from the five films throughout. Scarce.

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CREMASTER 2. 1999.

paul robertson — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:20:56 +0000

London: The Metro, 1999
21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet) handout for the first ever showing of Cremaster 2 in Britain. Six colour stills from the film throughout. Very scarce.

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CREMASTER 4. 1992.

paul robertson — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:18:26 +0000

London: The Metro, 1992
21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet) handout for the first ever showing of the Cremaster films in Britain (Nr 4 being the first of the five to be made on a very limited budget) Colour images from the film throughout. Rare.

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CONRAD MCRAE YOUTH LEAGUE TOURNAMENT. 2020. ONE OF ONLY 25 SIGNED & NUMBERED COPIES WITH BASKETBALL SHIRT.

paul robertson — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:04:04 +0000

Amsterdam: Roma Publications, 2020
22 x 16cm, 816pp plus pictorial wrappers. A photo-book where "between 2014 and 2019, Ari Marcopoulos documented the Conrad McRae Youth League Tournament at Dean Street Playground in Brooklyn, New York. Players from age six and older can participate in the tournament, which features some of the best high school basketball players from the greater New York City area. His individual and group portraits of the players, staff, and audience are interspersed with action-filled shots of the games, while the tournament jersey with its small “Jumpman” logo (inspired by Michael Jordan) becomes the series’ predominant theme. In both posed and candid shots we see players poised, ready to hit the court, or sweating in the summer heat."
This is one of only 25 deluxe copies - signed & numbered in black ink by Marcopoulos which was also accompanied by an original basketball jersey (unworn) from the tournament (each jersey was different - this one is in pink with grey logo on the front). Both VG+.

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REALLY GOOD. 2020. LIMITED EDITION FOOTBALL SCARF.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:54:48 +0000

London: Wolf & Badger, 2020

128cm x 20cm, acrylic football scarf (including fringes) with the text REALLY GOOD in red and white and Shrigley's thumbs up graphic (based on the artist's 2016 contribution to the London 4th Plinth). Unlimited but time limited edition in VG+ condition.

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TOM PHILLIPS WELCOMES YOU TO HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION MATCH AT THE OVAL XXX.V.LXXXVII. 1988. SIGNED SELF PORTRAIT.

paul robertson — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:40:41 +0000

London: s.p. (Phillips), 1988
30 x 21cm, b/w printed folder with invitation text for this cricket match which was between the Tom Phillips XI and the Rest Of The Art World XI. The former team had Mark Boyle, Norman Ackroyd and Phillips himself whereas the opposition team including Ian Breakwell and Michael Nyman. We asked Nyman about this and he remembers the game but cannot remember whether he played or not - he told us that if he did he was "rubbish". Inserted in to the folder is a 30 x 21cm full colour lithograph with a self-portrait by Phillips which is signed and dated in blue pen. The folder in additional acts as a score card for the match. Very limited edition issued privately to those attending. Fine.

145 uk pounds

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