Dark shadow: Gilbert & George the sculptors 1974.
Gilbert & George
Price: $950.00
Book Id: 11101
Description
London: Art for All, “First published 1976.” No. 675 of 2000 copies signed by the artists in red pencil. Printed on stiff paper. [128] plates. 2 blank leaves + [viii] pp. + 128 numbered leaves + [2] leaves. Mottled red and black cloth stamped in gold. 19 x 12.2 cm. Each plate faces its accompanying text on the verso of the preceding numbered page. Chapter 3, “Broken hearts,” depicts watercolors; the rest are photographs related in mysterious ways to their texts. Laid in: card announcing a reception for this book at Sonnabend Gallery, NY, April 27, 1977, signed, “With love for 1947 Antonio and Ileana and Ealan” (i.e., Antonio Homem, the Sonnabends’ adopted son and present director of the gallery; Ileana Sonnabend; and Ms. Ealan Wingate, the director in 1977). Very slightly cocked; a shadow of pale, sparse foxing along the edges; neat owner’s name on flyleaf. A crisp copy.
