GUY DE COINTET: A CAPTAIN FROM PORTUGAL
(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy
From Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 27 September 2000
From Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 27 September 2000
About this Item
np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Seller Inventory # 025704
Bibliographic Details
Title: GUY DE COINTET: A CAPTAIN FROM PORTUGAL
Publisher: Self-Published, NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).
Binding: Illustrated Wrappers
Condition: Near Fine.
Edition: First Edition 1/700.
Book Type: Artist's Book
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