Black Book Twice [SIGNED - 2024 LIMITED EDITION OF 75 ISSUED WITH A SIGNED PRINT "Cool Wool" - FINE]
Sebastien Girard, 2024. First Edition. Paperback. Risograph printed publication, 40 pages, sewn bound softcover. First Edition limited to 350 (and 8 AP) with this being 1 of only 75 DELUXE copies issued with a 9.5 x 12 inch photographic print "Cool Wool" SIGNED by Sebastien Girard. Risograph printed publication, 40 pages, sewn bound softcover. First Edition limited to 350 copies and 8 APs. This is a "bootleg" variant of Wool's now exceedingly rare 1989 edition. It is the same size as the original: 16 x 13 inches (41.4 x 32.7 cm). Unpaginated with circa 34 pages featuring Wool's large black lettered pairings of words. Like the works of Duchamp or Richard Prince, Girard’s (re)appropriation of Wool's original in this instance means that his "Twice" version both copies yet takes up and complicates the original. By showing each of the 17 paintings printed twice (recto & verso) Girard's version forms new double-spread word combinations. The title "Twice" also suggests a second edition of one of Wool’s most sought-after publications; and the book is presented in a black bag, another nod to the black blank covers of Wool's original, published in 1989 by Thea Westreich (New York) and Gisella Capitain (Cologne). NB: The colophon for each book shows the exact same number 75/350, and the signatures are both facsimile/photocopied signatures (the same for each copy); meaning that the entire edition is numbered 75/350, and is NOT signed by Christopher Wool or Sebatien Girard. CONDITION: New (the set). SIGNED
From the publisher: "BLACK BOOK TWICE is a limited edition publication, with only 350 copies and 8 artist’s proofs available, published by Sebastien Girard. This book is a variant bootleg of Christopher Wool’s iconic ‘Black Book’ edition #75/350. In Girard’s version, each of the 17 paintings is printed twice (recto & verso), forming new double spread word combinations. The title ‘ Twice ’ also suggests a second edition of one of Wool’s most sought-after publications. The book is presented in a black bag, a nod to the black blank covers of Wool’s original BLACK BOOK, published in 1989 by Thea Westreich (New York) and Gisella Capitain (Cologne)." The limited edition of 75 copies includes the book and a signed and numbered riso print, depicting a card from the show « majerus wool warhol…’cold beer’ the ‘smudge tool’ and other short stories » at the Michel Majerus estate in Berlin in 2020. An homage to Michel Majerus (COOL WOOL painting), certainly one of the first to bootleg Wool’s paintings in 1992. Printed on 285 grs heavy card, signed and numbered by Sebastien Girard. Print size 24 x 30 cm. As new. Item #4846
Price: $750.00