Gilbert & George. - Lot 177

Lot n° 177
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Gilbert & George. - Lot 177
Gilbert & George. [Mail Art et ephemera]. October 1969-summer 1975. 28 documents, 9 envelopes. A very fine collection of printed works from the early days of the Italian-British couple: they are part of their "art for all" approach. Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore have been known as Gilbert & George since 1968. They see themselves as living sculptures, just as they see all their works as sculptures. (Wolf Jahn, The Art of Gilbert & George, Thames and Hudson, 1989.) - Invitation to the "Underneath the Arches" exhibition on 26 October [1969], addressed to the art collector Gustav Adolf Baum. 1 sheet 19.8 x 25 cm, folded in two, closed with a red sticker, address on the reverse. - The Pencil on Paper. Descriptive Works of Gilbert & George the Sculptors. Köln, New York, Gebr. König, 1970. Booklet in-12, stapled. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (no. 318) Catalogue illustrated with 6 plates published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf. - A Message from the Sculptors Gilbert & George. London, 1970. Advertising card issued at 300 numbered copies (n° 82). Contains 5 photographic plates, size 5 x 7 cm, and 5 sculpture samples ("Sculptors' Samples"). - The Sadness in Our Art. London, July 4, 1970. Leaf 37.3 x 25.2 cm, folded in three, envelope addressed to Heidi Hildebrand. "Written picture explanation" illustrated with two vignettes reproducing drawings by both artists. The sheet has been worked by candlelight. - Limericks. London, Art for All, March 11, 1971-May 19, 1971. 8 fold-out postcards 20 x 12.5 cm, illustrated with a composition on the front page, signed by the artists in red ink. Printed dedication to Adolf Baum. Each card offers a limerick beginning "there were two young men...". The eight envelopes addressed to Heidi Hildebrand, with red stamp: "Towards Progress and Understanding in Art." (Heiderose Hildebrand established herself as a gallery owner in Klagenfurt in 1961, in the southern part of Austria. Her gallery soon became a leading centre of the European avant-garde. From the time it opened, it regularly devoted exhibitions to young British artists) - The Greeting Cards. London, Art for All, summer 1973. 8 folding postcards 20,3 x 12,7 cm, signed in red ink by the artists. - The Red Boxers. London, Art for All, summer 1975. 8 folding postcards 20,5 x 13 cm, signed in red and black ink by the artists. - 1 unaddressed and uncancelled envelope, bearing the black stamp "Carrying on Sculpting
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