3-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Recto only: [1],viii,40pp, including inside rear cover. White wrappers printed in red and black. B&w illustrations. Tiny scuff/indent to front wrapper, slightly affecting red overlay of symbol; tiny stain to foot of text block, very slightly edging over onto lower margin of a few leaves.

Háy's rare second book, published as samizdat in her native Hungary in the early 1980s and with an introduction by Hungarian psychologist Ferenc Mérei. Now an internationally renowned experimental artist and filmmaker, Háy was considered a subversive during the Communist era, and faced persecution for her work. She emigrated to London in 1985 with her partner and fellow dissident György Krassó, who here translates the introduction into English.

The book consists of Háy's b&w drawings of the male and female sex symbols, playfully arranged to suggest different meanings about the interplay between the two sexes.

OCLC locates 5 copies, only two of which are in the U.S., at the Met and the Getty.

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Bookseller: Kate Mitas, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2283
Title: Sex: 40 rajz - 40 drawings.
Author: [Artist's Books]. Háy, Ágnes
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: (n. p.)
Place of Publication: [Hungary]
Date Published: (n. d.), circa early 1980s
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Artist's Books;

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Recto: The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...