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The Imperfect White Book or Black Monolith
Test Textures

Philip Smith  - (book artist)


Pages: 105pp
Binding: Brown cardboard containing book.


Place publication: London
Publisher: The artist

Additional notes:
The brown cardboard container is part of the work despite the text.

Front: FRAGILE. P. SMITH

Back: OPEN HERE. TIP OUT CAREFULLY HERE. NO FINGERNAILS!!

Temporary Packing for: "The Imperfect-White Book or "Black Monolith"

Very Fragile Surface: Handle with Kid Gloves. [His address label]

Spine: "Imperfect-White Book" [Test Textures] Black Monolith.

The book has a full leather black designer binding with a scratched decoration on both front and back covers

There is no title on the binding or in the book itself which is devoid of text.

The endpapers are made of black felt and the first and last pages are a thicker black paper.

There are 105 sheets excluding the first and last pages, making 210pp.



Exhibition notes:
Weird, ‘Wonderful’, Quirky & Peculiar, JBCBA, WAM

Curated by David Paton, Ciara Struwig & Jack Ginsberg

3 June – 29 August 2025



Ref: GB/31715











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