Author: BAECHLER, DONALD
Title: York House suite : drawings / Donald Baechler ; texts by Demosthenes Davvetas
Description: Ahus. Sweden : Kalejdoskop 1988. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 300 copies. SIGNED by the artist. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 132 pages; Desc.: 132p. illus. 32cm. Summary: York House Suite. named after the hotel in Lisbon. Portugal. where the drawings were executed. marks the beginning of a working method for the American artist Donald Baechler in which he creates blue ink-wash drawings and collages. all in a hotel room. around a central theme or themes. In this case. some of the drawings are based on formal models found on a primitive Portuguese toy which lets children construct a limited number of human forms from a set of wooden shapes. Others are isnpired by paintings in the Portuguese National Museum. located across the street from the York House Residencia. This beautifully produced volume includes along with the drawings a selection of fictional writings by the Greek author Demosthenes Davvetas. Notes: '. published in conjunction with Donald Baechler's exhibition at Anders Tornberg Gallery. Lund. Sweden. November 1988' --colophon. 'The three texts by Demosthenes Davvetas. in this book titled 'Public Games'. are from his novel Oreste ou le roman sans fin. Textes Flammarion. 1986.' --colophon.ISBN: 9179360297. Weight in Kg appr.:

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