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The Book about the Books I

Judith Mason


Pages: unpaged
Size: 620mm
Inscription: Manuscript
Edition: Unique


Publisher: Artists Book

Additional notes:
An ornate black painted wooden portfolio lined in red velvet and red velvet spine, with collaged photographs and clippings forming the total image which is surrounded by red dots on the cover.

Much of the text is in Mason's (difficult) handwriting with a transcription in capital letter making it more decipherable.

Containing seven folded unbound signatures (52 x 51cm) depicting the making of several books in Mason's manuscript with photographs. Inter alia:

A Dante Bestiary.

The House at Montanino.

The Mochudi Book.

Handbook.

A Reply to Holman Hunt.

The Fish Hoek Reader (several iterations); a version of which is in the JGCBA.

Towards a Definition of Art I.

Elegy for a Small Giraffe.

The Squatters' Psalter

Including:

'An unintentional collage of waste print produced while proofing The Bestiary', (27 x 23.5cm) pasted in.

An Essay on Encountering Dante's Creatures.

An original pencil drawing of a four-footed torso.

The 'I' of the title presupposes that there may be a second, or more, volumes on this topic.

Ref: GB/15373







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