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[78] leaves, printed on rectos only. 8vo, printed softcover, title on spine. New York: Self-published, 1985. A rare Ian Wilson artist s book, sponsored by dealer and collector Ghislain Mollet-Viéville (b. 1945); edition of 500 copies. Our copy bears a warm inscription by Mollet-Viéville to "Jocelyne." "Wilson has also produced a number of artist books, each simply titled Section followed by a number. The word section reminds me of how nations organize their constitutions according to acts and sections. […] Linguistically, a section also always implies a pre-existing whole. A section can only be derived from a whole. Chapters have a different connotation in that they are like building blocks toward a whole. After all, a chapter can be incomplete while a section is always complete to the extent that it is a section. As such, naming his artist s books Section followed by a number is homologically related to Buddhist or Hindu sutras, collections of canonical texts that were then assembled into a book of teachings." Ken Lum, "Ian Wilson: From Chalk Circle to Full Circle" in Everything is Relevant, Writings on Art and Life, 1991-2018 (2020), p. 241. A near fine copy, inscribed by the sponsor, not the artist. ? Ian Wilson: The Discussions (2008), p. 173. A. Moeglin-Delcroix, Esthétique du Livre d artiste: Introduction à l art contemporain (2nd ed.: 2012), pp. 174 (pictured).
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