Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. Folio. 500cc. [26]pp. Slightly rubbed with some bumping to the corners and a small sticker ghost at the top of the front, else very good. Signed and dated by Ehrenberg on the inside of the front wrap. Using a group of hand-cut stencils he created over a period of twenty years, Mexican Fluxus artist Felipe Ehrenberg constructed a screenfold codex of imagery from contemporary Mexican life. The formal qualities of the stencils are similar to visual elements used in nahua codicesthey can be broken down and recombined to render complex meanings. From the artist:" For this book (which like many other codices, should ideally be read like a detective novel) I have laid out my best beloved stencils. With these I seek to offer viewers various clues that you may unravel the wondrous and dramatic events surrounding the life of this artist, another witness to the end of the century.". Seller Inventory # 69493
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: VG. Light corner bumping. 1 of 500 copies. Large quarto. Softcover. Speckeltone cover (recycled) with multicolored stencil style titles. 9 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 43 cm. By means of manipulating stencils that were hand-cut for over a period of 20 years. Mexican artist Felipe Ehrenberg creates a codex of the glyphs of contemporary life and culture. The result is a highly visual pre-Columbian, hard-boiled detective story. Seller Inventory # 209107