John M Armleder
U40 drop cloth
Amstermd, The Netherlands: Galerie Van Gelder, 1992
32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Edition of 92 signed and numbered copies [+13 AP]
"A series of unique 'Drop cloths' John Armleder has made on cotton. While preparing his solo exhibition in the Centraal Museum Utrecht in 1992 creating a large three panel 'Pour Painting' of 3 x 6 meters. After having finished the huge painting the poured over piece of cotton was one big left-over, which was eventually cut into 105 pieces, still wet and very smelly. The 106th piece appeared to be a real left-over as it is shaped in the form of a very long stretched out triangle. The artist folded this one zigzagging into the last pizza box. The code 'U 40' refers to the forty paintings he showed in the museum".
- publisher's note
Available from Saint Martin's Bookshop for 800 Euros, here.
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