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LOVE WAS INFINITELY SHINING. 2004.

paul robertson — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 11:18:10 +0000

London: Tate, 2004
25cm dia., ceramic plate with the title painting reproduced on the front. In original two part box with printed sleeve.

A VALENTINE: FINIS AMORIS. 1999.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:07:21 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1999 9.2 x 10.5cm, 4pp card with a drawing of a plane with two cockpits that share wings - probably a North American F-82 Twin Mustang - and the text FINIS AMORIS UT DUO UNUM FIANT which translates into Love ends as two are made one. The legend originally was found in the frontispiece of The Pillar and Ground of the Truth (1914) by Pavel Florensky, a Russian thologian, where two cupids seem conjoined in an etching of a statue. VG+.

KONKRETION Nr 1 + KONKRETION Nr 5/6. 1935. BOUND IN BOARDS TOGETHER

paul robertson — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:48:16 +0000

Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm: Konretion, September 1935 + March 1936

Uniformly, 20.2 x 14cm, 32pp plus card covers. Modern board bindings with tape. Three separate numbers in two issues of this Danish art review which includes the rare double number (5/6) devoted to French surrealism with poems in their original language by Paul Eluard, Hugnet, Dali, Peret as well as illustrations by Dali, Valentine Hugo, Magritte, Man Ray, Arp. Edited by the painter and writer Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen.

Nr 1 has contributions by and on Arp, Kandinsky, Petersen and others and reproductions of works after Man Ray, Sophie Tauber Arp, Kandinsky, Arp, Dali and Max Ernst amongst others. Original wrappers retained, both copies have former owner's signatures on the first inside page and the wrappers of the double issue have some printer's ink stains and a minor water mark reducing what would have been otherwise near fine to very good+. Rare.

FORGET-ME-NOT. 1986.

paul robertson — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:13:41 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1986 18 x 13cm, 4pp Artist's card black on light blue (to reflect the colour of the flower) with a drawing of the forget-me-not on the front by Stephanie Kedik and a text: Myosotis Sylvatica Forget-me-Not A wild flower within Memory of a loved one is compared to a wild flower growing in the body. VG+.

NOT AFRAID OF LOVE. 2016.

paul robertson — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:33:43 +0000

Paris: Monnaie de Paris, 2013 15cm dia. 2pp circular announcement card with a silver foil image of a drawing of a Cattelan work (donkey hanging from roof) on the front. Fine.

WILLIAM SWEEETLOVE’S MUSE. 2017. WITH EXTRUDED PLASTIC MULTIPLE.

paul robertson — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:36:50 +0000

Tiel: Aerial Media. 2017 30 x 31.5cm illustrated cardboard box housing an 29 x 29cm extruded plastic multiple (green plastic) and extensively illustrated artist's book - 29 x 29cm, 408pp plus boards. The book contains many images of Sweetlove's pop art stylistically inspired works in plastic which he created as part of the Cracking Art Group which places large plastic sculptures in environmentally sensitive places as supposedly a way of bringing attention to pollution. VG+ in like box.

LE BAIN DE DIANE. 1956.

paul robertson — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:21:55 +0000

Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1956

19 x 12cm, 130pp + 4 plates hors-texte (photographs of a sculpture of Diana). Original pictorial wrappers. First edition of this lesser known erotic work by the promiscuous (at least while younger) Klossowski - written like most of his works under the influence of De Sade. One of 2,000 numbered copies. Slight creases on cover and minor brown marking to the wrappers but internally mostly uncut and very good.

OPTIMISTIC BOX NR 2. VIVE LA MARRIAGE. 1969.

paul robertson — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:09:02 +0000

Remscheid: Vice-Versand, 1969 9.7 x 12.2 x 3.5cm two part wooden box with two metal hinges and a metal clasp. The label on the front of the box reads: "VIVE LA MARRIAGE" and another label inside the top of the box continues "A TROIS" and there is a pornographic b/w original pornographic photograph of an erect man with two women. The label is signed by Filliou. The Optimistic Boxes were originally Xmas gifts from the artist. The edition size is not known but it was not huge. As ever the glue on the two labels is discoloured but else this is VG+. Scarce.

MONDO CANE. 1983.

paul robertson — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:18:39 +0000

Basel: Stamoa, 1983 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp. Announcement card with a b/w outline version of design of three poodles in a sexual menage a trois. Internally gallery information. VG+.

STIR HEART, RINSE HEART. 2004.

paul robertson — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:35:24 +0000

San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 2004 14 x 21.5cm, 8pp (single folded sheet) which opens to a 28 x 43cm full colour poster with a still from the Stir heart, Rinse Heart video work and short text by Benjamin Weil. VG+.

TOUT BEAU MON COEUR. 1946. WITH SIGNED & DATED HANDWRITTEN DEDICATION BY HUGNET.

paul robertson — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:02:08 +0000

Paris: Seghers 1946 18 x 11 cm, 34 pp with original wrappers and dustjacket. A book of poetry which was issued with only 50 du tete copies and then a trade dition - this example inscribed by Hugnet on half title with a note to Nadine, dated summer 1955. VG+.

DEAR BATHOS, LOVE _______ . 2022. LIMITED EDITION POSTCARD.

paul robertson — Wed, 11 May 2022 20:56:04 +0000

Venice: The Vanity Press, 2022 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Limited edition artist's postcard with a text work on the front by Banner, verso standard postcard design. As far as we know only available during the exhibition run in Italy. VG+.