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Sonneman, Eve & Weiner, Lawrence : Eve Sonneman And Lawrence Weiner: How To Touch What

PowerHouse Books, New York City, NY, 2000

ISBN 1576870790

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 80 pages. Artist Book. Collection of photographs that are individually rubber-stamped with words. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner: Small-sized volume format. Hard boards with red titles embossed on the cover and spine and linen cloth overboards, as issued. Photographs by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Eve Sonneman's and Lawrence Weiner's "How To Touch What". One of the most moving, witty, and beautiful Conceptual Artist Books ever published. Here is their modus operandi: Sonneman and Weiner take snapshots and portraits in black-and-white and color, pair them, and then give their juxtapositions new meaning by stamping the images with the simplest words and expressions that people use: "Sticks And Stones", "Tits + Asses", "Concrete + Twine", "Sky & Glass", and so on. All of the words are printed on the photographs in a uniform-size, black rubber stamp, like "Confidential" on an envelope or important piece of document. In the process, they make us aware of the relation between images, between image and text, and the fruitful new meanings that these engender. The creative possibilities are endless, and is finally what makes their project so valuable and so much fun at the same time. Sonneman and Weiner have shown only some of the possible "applications" of their simple yet original concept. We can create our own to continue the dialogue between viewer and artist. An absolute "must-have" title for Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page (on top of their printed names) by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is one of only two such double-signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Two of the most brilliant American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1576870790.

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