Dowry Book (SIGNED by Kiki Smith: with special inserted signed Limited Ed. Print)

SMITH, Kiki

ISBN 10: 0947564691 / ISBN 13: 9780947564698

Published by Anthony D'Offay, London 1997, 1997

About this Item

This Special Edition is hand SIGNED & dated "1997" by Kiki Smith in rear colophon of book; and it comes with a special limited edition print that is also hand SIGNED by Kiki Smith; the print is a numbered limited edition to 200 copies (this copy is 174/200) that is inserted in rear pocket of book (we have had 5 copies of this Special Edition and Kiki s signature has been faint on all of the prints; apparently because of the fine texture of the paper which made it difficult for her to sign her signature boldly); the print measures: 10-5/8 x 18-5/16in (27x46.5cm); the print is folded into 10 folds to fit into the rear pocket of the book -as issued by the publisher; the insert is a photolithograph printed on handmade Ruscombe paper and depicts 10 b&w images printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios; there is also a regular traded edition limited to 800 signed copies but without the inserted print; this book has illustrated cloth boards and is housed in thick cardboard slipcase covered in a lite greenish/gray paper (the regular trade edition slipcase is just plain gray cardboard); the book has 88 pages and consists of 31 reproduced images of Kiki Smith's work specially created by the artist on a computer to represent her one-person exhibitions between 1982 and 1995; book size: 4-1/2 x 6in. (10.6x14.6cm); OF INTEREST: a copy is in the permanent collection of MoMA's Print/Book Collection; REFERENCE: "Kiki Smith, Prints, Books & Things" page 91 #66; the slipcase has just a little rubbing to it, otherwise the book and photolithograph are in VERY GOOD COND. NOTE: it does not come framed.just showing how it would look if framed.

Seller Inventory # 6109

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dowry Book (SIGNED by Kiki Smith: with special inserted signed Limited Ed. Print)
• Publisher: Anthony D'Offay, London 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0947564691
• ISBN 13: 9780947564698
• Binding: No Binding
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN PRINTS