OCNI
by Artist Book - Messing, Bernard & Gerard Duchene
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Lille: Editions Alain Buyse, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Artist Book. Tall quarto. Collaboration between Messing who provides the text, letterpress-printed in 2 colors and 2 directions, opposite the enigmatic rubbings in a colored medium (Goache) by Duchene, each accompanied by a mysterious string of typed numbers, each initialed by the artist. Loose sheets in paper folio, glued into paper-covered boards with collaged spine and an original color photograph of a Duchene window installation on front cover. From an edition of only 13 copies. This is number 7. SIGNED by both contributors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11269
- Title
- OCNI
- Author
- Artist Book - Messing, Bernard & Gerard Duchene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Editions Alain Buyse
- Place of Publication
- Lille
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Artist Book, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Artist Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...