Heart of a Humument (competition binding)

Phillips, Tom

Published by [Edition Hansjörg Mayer], 1988

About this Item

5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. clamshell box with brown paper over boards. The 4 x 3 in. book within is bound in green leather over boards, with the title and author name stamped in gilt and black on covers and spine in a unique design. The text-block is hand-painted burgundy, with endpapers of textured voile cloth over printed text.? Published by Edition Hansj?rg Mayer in 1985, Heart of a Humument is a miniaturized version of Tom Phillips' seminal altered bookwork,??A Humument. This design binding of Heart of a Humument?was produced by an unknown binder for a competition, using the text block printed by Staib + Mayer in Stuttgart, Germany for the Edition Hansj?rg Mayer trade edition. The work was?purchased by Phillips from the binder directly, circa 1988. From the library of Tom Phillips. Fine in a near fine box. Photographs courtesy of Honey & Wax Booksellers.

Seller Inventory # 3930

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heart of a Humument (competition binding)
• Publisher: [Edition Hansjörg Mayer]
• Publication Date: 1988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Artists' Books
  • Concrete/Visual/Borderblur