Doubt Box (Book IX of To Place)

Roni Horn

Published by Steidl, Germany, 2006

About this Item

First edition, first and only printing. Unbound, photographically illustrated cards contained in an aubergine cloth-covered clamshell box, with title stamped in black on the cover. Photographs by Roni Horn. Unpaginated, with 56 four-color plates printed full-bleed on heavy matt cardstock by Steidl. 10-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. This is the ninth volume in the series of the work, To Place. Out of print. Scarce.

Condition
As New. Book, clamshell box and print are flawless.

Description
From the publisher: "A collection of two-sided images, a set of cards. One face -- the glacial river Skaftá: changing and constant. One face -- a collection of possibilities: instances of . a boy, an iceberg or two, some birds. Each card offers a hybrid or composite -- but the collection suggests the duplicitous nature of identity."

From Roni Horn (in a 1995 interview with Claudia Spinelli): "The entrance to all my work is the idea of an encyclopedia of identity. It is best represented by the books, the series called To Place, which is extremely important to me. I have been working on this since 1988. It's really the heart. It is a series of books, each one of which adds to the whole in a way that alters the identity of it retroactively. So the first volume appears to be a book of drawings. The second book was about a completely different subject but in the same format. With the third volume people start to realize something: 'Well, this looks like a series, so there must be some relationship. But I haven't a clue as to what it is.' Then there was the fourth volume, with texts and photographs. The books are this very slow process of accumulation in the period of a life, my life.".

Seller Inventory # ABE-1773745527102

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doubt Box (Book IX of To Place)
• Publisher: Steidl, Germany
• Publication Date: 2006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Roni Horn
• Edition: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 23W x 28H x 5D centimeters 23 centimeters width by 28 centimeters height by 5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1188 grams