A Guide to Singing Sculpture by George & Gilbert the human sculptors.
by GILBERT & GEORGE
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About This Item
London.: Art for All., 1973. Original publisher's white printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black. Mild creasing to corners.. (20.4 x 12.8 cm).. [2 folded sheets]. Inserted leaf of cream paper with preface recto and text 'Six Points / towards a better understanding' verso, page with text 'Sculpting Words' and 'GG' red stamp (page pasted to rear wrapper). The rare ephemeral booklet, the 'guide' for one of Gilbert and George's earliest works, 'Singing Sculpture'. Gilbert & George's 'Singing Sculpture' work, performed over a number of years, was one of their earliest and most iconic 'hits'. For the performance they painted themselves in bronze and sung and danced to a 1930s song titled 'Underneath the Arches'. The booklet was first published in 1970, with this example issued for G&G’s performances in 1973, possibly in Australia.
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- Bookseller
- Tim Byers Art Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1373
- Title
- A Guide to Singing Sculpture by George & Gilbert the human sculptors.
- Author
- GILBERT & GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's white printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black. Mild creasing to corners.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Art for All.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- (20.4 x 12.8 cm).
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Tim Byers Art Books
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Richmond, Surrey
About Tim Byers Art Books
Dealer in modern artist's books, exhibition catalogues, invitations, announcements, posters, and related printed ephemera. Stock includes material concerning all major aspects of late 20th century art: COBRA, Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Performance Art, Land Art, Fluxus, Neo-Expressionism, Post-Modernism, & YBA.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.