GILBERT & GEORGE
[Gilbert Prousch, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano 1943 - George Passmore, Plymouth, Devon 1942]
The Red Boxers
Luogo: London
Editore: Art for All
Stampatore: senza indicazione dello stampatore
Anno: 1976 [23 gennaio / 12 marzo]
Legatura: N. D.
Dimensioni: 8 plaquettes in cartoncino 20,3x12,8 cm.
Pagine: pp. 4 n.n. per ciascuna
Descrizione: copertine illustrate con 8 disegni stampati in oro, 4 su fondo rosso e 4 su fondo nero. All'interno numero di progressione all'antiporta e un breve testo, 4 stampati in rosso e 4 in nero su fondo bianco. Serie completa, con firma degli artisti su ciascuna plaquette, le 4 rosse con firma "George & Gilbert", le 4 nere "Gilbert & George". Le plaquette sono accompagnate da due buste con marchio a secco «Art for All» a fronte, e la dicitura a stampa «Red Boxers» al retro, una stampata in nero contenente le plaquette su fondo nero e una rossa contenente le altre, con l'indirizzo del corrispondente scritto a mano dagli artisti (Michael Sonnabend, New York). Esemplare viaggiato. Prima edizione.
Bibliografia: Lailach 2005: pag. 120
Prezzo: € 3000ORDINA / ORDER
«The Red Boxers» è una "scultura postale" costituita da 8 plaquettes in cartoncino, spedite dagli artisti una alla volta nel corso di otto settimane tra il 23 gennaio e il 12 marzo del 1975, ai propri amici e clienti. I testi sono nell'ordine: 1. Wooden: In the room we looked across / The Wooden Air between (23 gennaio) 2. Anything: They moved and paused a little / Not seeing anything (2 febbraio) 3. Stone-ish: Leaning on the window sill awhile / Two stone-ish faces on the floor (8 febbraio) 4. Moved: And tilted, moved on with dry boards and then to stand (14 febbraio) 5. Stillness: Stillness breathing through our air makes us still breathe (20 febbraio) 6. Come: Walking across the window glass / Dry figures come to them (27 febbraio) 7. Study: Back on back and shooting through the closed study (6 marzo) 8. Chapel: Two in the chapel with life around the suits (12 marzo) TRANSLATION: GILBERT & GEORGE [Gilbert Prousch, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano 1943 - George Passmore, Plymouth, Devon 1942], The Red Boxers, London, Art for All, [no printer], 1976 [23 January / 12 March], 8 booklets, 20,3x12,8 cm., 4 pages each, light cardboard, publisher's covers with 8 gilt drawings (4 on red background and 4 on black background). Identification number on frontispiece and a short text (4 printed in red and 4 printed in black, on white background). Complete set, each booklet signed by the artists, the four red ones "George & Gilbert" and the four black ones "Gilbert & George". There are added two envelopes, blind-stamped "Art for All" on the front side printed in red and black, "Red Boxers" ("The last of the red boxers" for the last one) on the back side; the recipient's name, hand-written by the artists, is also alternatively in red and black. Posted copy. First edition. "The Red Boxers" represent a "postal sculpture", composed by eight light cardboard booklets, sent by the artists once a week, during the eight weeks from 23 January to 12 March 1975, to friends and customers. They includes: 1. Wooden: In the room we looked across / The Wooden Air between (23 January) 2. Anything: They moved and paused a little / Not seeing anything (2 February) 3. Stone-ish: Leaning on the window sill awhile / Two stone-ish faces on the floor (8 February) 4. Moved: And tilted, moved on with dry boards and then to stand (14 February) 5. Stillness: Stillness breathing through our air makes us still breathe (20 February) 6. Come: Walking across the window glass / Dry figures come to them (27 February) 7. Study: Back on back and shooting through the closed study (6 March) 8. Chapel: Two in the chapel with life around the suits (12 March)