PRISON
Falling: Lomholt Formular Press, 1978. Side-stapled 4to in yellow front wrappers printed in red, and cream rear wrappers. Pages printed in black on white uncoated stock. Unpaginated [ca. 80 pp.].
Mail art project initiated by Niels Peter Lomholt on the topic of ‘PRISON,’ for which blank forms were sent to artists with the request that they return a response using the forms. Participants included Horacio Zabala, Tom Elling, Leonhard Frank Duch, LeClair, Mogens Otto Nielsen, Cuttlefish, Gábor Tóth, George in Georgia, Pawel Petasz, Pauline Smith, Ray Johnson, Cees Francke, Henri Gifreu, Robin Crozier, Juste Olivier, Bent Værge, Musicmaster, Ben Vautier, Geoffrey Young, Davi Det Hompson, Klaus Groh, Mats B., Michael Gibbs, Ko de Jonge, Henrik Have, Paulo Bruscky, and Cso [Istvan] Kantor. Three contributions mention Clemente Padín and Jorge Caraballo, who were imprisoned by the Uruguayan authorities the year before, in September 1977.
Artifact Vibration Score: 7.9.
Trace amounts of rubbing to covers, including faint dried residue along spine from a strip of cloth no longer present, bumps to corners, and age toning to pages. Very good. Item 1303.
Price: $150.00