Ice
Vancouver, BC: Blewointmentpress, `1972. First edition. One of a limited edition of 400 copies. Artist's assemblage, housed in a commercial printed plastic bag which previously held ice, but now holds three books and 11 paper works.
The work includes three books - Polar bear hunt, Words in th fire, and Th high green hill. The loose leaves include posters of concrete poetry, including his ecological work "what we dew if thrs anything we dew is to take care uv th earth" as well as drawings and collages, which were printed after photographs by Christos Dikeakos "wch wr shown at the ubc fine arts gallry vancouvr collage show." The assemblage also includes two die cut triangular poetic works on carceral themes designed and layed out by Bertrand Lachance. One of the great, exuberant, joyous queer artists's books of the 70's.
Contents fine. Plastic bag and little creased and clouded, but very good. Item #30964
Price: $600.00