The Sadness in Our Art.
by GILBERT & GEORGE
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: Art For All., 1970, 4th July.. Loose as issued in original envelope with titles and date to front in black and addressed to the recipient in black ink, addressed to recipient and with "The Sadness in Our Art" and the date and artists' names printed.. Folded sheet (370 x 250 mm when unfolded).. Printed text with two monochrome illustrations and stamp in red ink with the GG emblem on patterned 'Art for All' paper recto only. An excellent example in the original envelope of one of the scarcest and most fragile of early Gilbert and George postal works.Composed of two somewhat scratchy monochrome illustrations after photographs, together with the printed text from 'Underneath the Arches', on artificially aged paper. This paper has then been deliberately burnt by the artists. The sheet is dated '4th July 1970' and this example was sent out the following month; the stamp is franked '24 AUG / 1970'.[Gilbert & George 1968 to 1980, pg. 80]
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sims Reed Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47528
- Title
- The Sadness in Our Art.
- Author
- GILBERT & GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Loose as issued in original envelope with titles and date to front in black and addressed to the recipient in black ink, address
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Art For All.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1970, 4th July.
- Size
- Folded sheet (370 x 250 mm when
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sims Reed Rare Books
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London
About Sims Reed Rare Books
Sims Reed Ltd. (Est. 1978, St James's London) specialises in rare books related to art and architecture and stocks a wide range of material in the following categories: Antiquarian, Illustrated Books, Contemporary Artists' Books & Multiples, Periodicals, Architecture, Photography, Applied Arts, Manuscripts and Ephemera.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.