The Pencil on Paper Descriptive Works of Gilbert & George the sculptors
Gilbert & George
London. Art For All. (Self-published). 1970
A rare example of Gilbert & George's very first booklet.
Issued in an edition of 500 copies, each copy numbered in sepia ink to the rear cover and with the stamped red 'GG' emblem on the final page of text.
The plates illustrate examples of G&G's early large-scale folded drawings which were executed after photographs of the artists.
The artists' preface reveals the importance which they attached to this publication: 'It is our wish / that the reader should / come to regard this booklet / as an insight into / an understanding of our drawings / as an explanation / of our living art life / On completion of this booklet / it came strongly to us / that our work on it / had resulted in a sculpture ... '.
This booklet accompanied one of G&G's earliest shows at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. This example includes the loosely inserted original compliment slip from the gallery.
[Ref. Printed Matter. Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek. The Marzona Collection at the Kunstbibliothek, p.120].
Issued in an edition of 500 copies, each copy numbered in sepia ink to the rear cover and with the stamped red 'GG' emblem on the final page of text.
The plates illustrate examples of G&G's early large-scale folded drawings which were executed after photographs of the artists.
The artists' preface reveals the importance which they attached to this publication: 'It is our wish / that the reader should / come to regard this booklet / as an insight into / an understanding of our drawings / as an explanation / of our living art life / On completion of this booklet / it came strongly to us / that our work on it / had resulted in a sculpture ... '.
This booklet accompanied one of G&G's earliest shows at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. This example includes the loosely inserted original compliment slip from the gallery.
[Ref. Printed Matter. Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek. The Marzona Collection at the Kunstbibliothek, p.120].
[8 leaves; pp. 12 including pp. 4 of hors texte illustration]. 8vo. (204 x 125 mm). Printed text on cream paper and with 4 pages of sepia-toned photographic plates on glossy paper bound in the centre. Original publisher's white printed wrappers stapled as issued.
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