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IN PASSING. 1982.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

Paris: Eric Fabre, 1981 19.5 x 13.7cm, unpaginated (c. 140pp) plus card covers. Artist's book by Peter Downsbrough which includes photography and texts around the concept of chance and throwing die, published in conjunction with show held November 6 - December 5, 1981. VG+.

AROUND. 1978.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

NYC: s.p. (Douwnbrough), 1978 17.5 x 11.5cm, unpaginated (c. 100pp) plus card covers. Artist's book by Peter Downsbrough which he self published which shows two parallel lines with texts indicating a vague positioning of things. Now scarce. VG+.

(AS). 2002. ONE OF 500.

paul robertson — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:49:57 +0000

Bruxelles: Editions Lebeer Hossmann, 2002 22 x 19cm, unpaginated (c. 124pp), card covers. Artist's book which displays a grey circle on every double page with a rectangle that "moves" behind the image on a black background and a text in white that moves around the circle. One of 500 examples. VG+>

PETER DOWNSBROUGH. 1977.

paul robertson — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:23:05 +0000

Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1977 30 x 21cm, 32pp. Card covers. Exhibition catalogue and artist's book with b/w images of street scenes and landscapes that heve strong vertical elements in them alongside parallel lines by the artist. One of 750 copies printed. VG+.

6 VERRES A VIN – 6 WINE GLASSES. 1995.

paul robertson — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:24:10 +0000

Lille: Alain Buyse, 1995 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist postcard showing an edition of wine glasses offered by Buyse in full colour on front, verso postcard design. VG+. §

ENCORE. 1998. ONE OF ONLY c 50 EXAMPLES.

paul robertson — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:50:22 +0000

Lille: Art?, 1997 58 x 35cm, blue and black silkscreen ink on white with a typographic work by the conceptual artist . One of only c. 50 such prints made. VG+.

NOW. 2010.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:25:09 +0000

Bretagne: FNAC, 2010 21 x 15cm, 32pp plus card covers. A reprinting of the original artist’s book that was released in Lodz, Poland in 1986 - the TO is manipulated in various ways on each page in red and black. The original books were meant to be released in 49 copies bot only 3 were apparently useable and the rest were discarded. This is one of 1.000 copies. Fine.

AND HERE. (FLIP-BOOK TO ASSEMBLE) PRINT MULTIPLE. 2010.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:21:16 +0000

Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 2010

42 x 30cm, 4pp. Artist's book and print multiple - seemingly an unlimited edition but only available during the artist's exhibition in Eindhoven - the pages of a small flip book are printed over a 4pp broadside allowing the owner to cut them out and bring them using an elastic band. This being an uncut, unassembled copy. Fine.

AS TO PLACE. 1978.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:19:30 +0000

NYC: s.p., 1978

17.2 cm x 11.4cm, 112pp. Pictorial card covers - first edition of this relatively early conceptual and photographic artist book. Published by the artist, views of New York streets are sandwiched between pages displaying pairs of parallel vertical lines (mirroring the direction of the urban landscape). One diagonal crease on front cover caused by poor print finishing (and not so bad) and two slight light brown stains but otherwise nVG. Now quite scarce.

IN FRONT. 1975.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:16:39 +0000

Gent: Jan Vercruysse, 1975 17.3 x 11.4cm, unpaginated (c. 80pp) plus pictorial card covers. Artist's book with text and symbolic parallel lines create the idea of relative location. Fine. Scarce.

OFF/ON ON /OFF. 1977.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:11:12 +0000

Eindhoven, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, 1977.
27 x 21cm, 64 pp plus card covers. Minimalist artist book - two black
parallel lines are posed in relation to a blue graph grid to create all of
the possibilities of off and on.  A very good copy  with minor grubbiness to
the card covers - from the edition of 750 copies.

IN/OUT. 1976.

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:08:43 +0000

Geneva, Ecart Publishers, 1976.
17 x 12cm, 60 pp plus card covers. Minimalist artist book - two lines are
posed in relation to the page to create all of the possibilities of in and
out.  A very good copy from the edition of 600 copies.