The Postcard Art of Gilbert & George 1972-1989 and The Urethra Postcard Art Of Gilbert & George 2009 (Two Volumes in Case)
Author: Gilbert & George; Michael Bracewell
Title: The Postcard Art of Gilbert & George 1972-1989 and The Urethra Postcard Art Of Gilbert & George 2009 (Two Volumes in Case)
Publication: New York and London: DelMonico Prestel, 2011
Description: New / New.
New York and London: Prestel, 2011. First Edition. Quarto; 2 vols in publisher's custom case 30x31x12cm. Vol I 484pp, with 441 color images; Vol II 597pp, with 565 color images.
Pictorial case, designed by Gilbert and George themselves, with built-in handles, so you can lug it around as luggage. Each volume with pictorial dustjacket. Volumes New, pristine, still in original shrinkwrap-hence the glare and flare in our photographs-with one small shrinkwrap tear at lower corner of the hefty set.
A note of explanation: The images in the "Urethra" volume are not detectably penile. They are urethral only insofar as they all show, structurally, a central single postcard housed within an outer frame made up of repeated duplications of the same postcard-so the layout is always that of a narrow something centered in a void encircled (or en-rectangled) by something else. Scholars pseudo and real describe this as a theosophical symbol for the urethra, but also for about a dozen other concepts. We suspect Gilbert and George simply knew the title would attract curious buyers into a gallery. It has worked.
Seller ID: 10018
Subject: Art, First Editions, LGBTQ+, Travel / Exploration
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