Richard Tuttle. NotThePoint
L
ondon, United Kingdom, 2009. Edition of nine plus one artist proof. Length: 9,2cm, Height: 5 to 14cm, Width: 13 to 18cm Texts written by the artist. Five different coloured, hand-bound books with letterpress printed texts on handmade paper. Each of the five books focuses on the source of each colour’s origin within the ideal grounds of human experience. These books are held upright in a highly crafted holding case of yellow-stained, pigmented sycamore wood and papier-mâché. The edition is created by Richard Tuttle. The director of the edition is Elena Foster. Miranda Sharp was the recorder and transcriber of the text. Rob Hadrill has fabricated the holding case and printed the books. Lori Sauer was the bookbinder. Lorraine Wild designed the typography. The edition is numbered and signed by the artist.
Provenance:
•Ivorypress and the artist
Exhibited in:
• Blood on Paper, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom. 15/04-29/06/2008
• Artist’s Books, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom. 25/09-27/09/2009
Collections:
• Fundación Serralves, Porto, Portugal
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Private Collections
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