I.A.C. Edition no. 20: NOMENCLATURE
Oldenburg: I.A.C. (International Artist’s Cooperation), 1973. Saddle-stapled 32mo in muted red-gray card stock covers stamped in blue, with outlined letters ‘MN’ at front and number ‘20’ at rear. Pages printed in black on white uncoated stock. Unpaginated, [16 pp. plus covers]. This example re-stapled at some point, with earlier staple holes and faint traces of rust visible at center fold, yet with the same blue cover stamping found on other examples.
Artist’s book by Maurizio Nannucci built around the naming and alphabetical ordering of colors. One in a series of color naming works by the artist.
Published by Klaus Groh as part of his I.A.C. Edition, a small-format series of artists’ books bringing together various artists working across conceptual art, visual and concrete poetry, mail art, and other experimental practices.
Artifact Vibration Score: 8.3.
Trace amounts of age toning and faint traces of rust visible at center. Very good or better. Item 1345.
Price: $100.00