STAMPS IN PRAXIS: Original stamps collected on correspondence.
Antwerpen: Archive for Small Press & Communication (A.S.P.C.), 1977. Saddle-stapled 8vo in tan wrappers rubber stamped in blue. Pages printed in black on high-acidity paper, with five added rubber stamps. Unpaginated [12 pp.].
Catalog issued on the occasion of the exhibition ‘STAMPS IN PRAXIS,’ held November 1977 at Guy Schraenen’s Galerie Kontakt in Antwerp and in January 1978 at Aart Barneveld’s Stempelplaats in Amsterdam. Edited by Schraenen, with five original rubber stamps by Schraenen, Eduard Bal, Michael Gibbs, Henryk Bzdok, and Robert Rehfeldt, respectively, alongside reproductions of several artists’ rubber stamps. Includes a list of more than one hundred contributing artists and a bibliography.
Artifact Vibration Score: 7.9.
Age toning throughout on account of the high-acidity paper, with a faint diagonal fold line at upper rear cover affecting the last six pages, and a 2.5 cm (1in.) stain at upper middle back cover which has penetrated to the last page. Very good. Item 1291.
Price: $150.00