Leporello No. 8

Jonathan Monk

Published by LL'Editions, Gothenberg, Sweden, 2022

About this Item

Jonathan Monk, Leporello No. 8, LL'Editions, Sweden, 2022. Folding card in rigid box. Card: 99 x 142mm (folded), 990 x 142mm (unfolded), Box: 148 x 191 x 23mm. Leporello printed black on eggshell paper. Edition 143/250. Monk's Leporello features a panoramic photo taken on his Iphone 12 of Ed Ruscha's 1966 milestone artist's book - perhaps the most celebrated book to utilise the leporello format. Here Monk retracks Ruscha's footsteps along the Sunset Strip, distorted through print and panorama. Leporello No. 8 forms part of LL'editions 'The Leporello Series', a project inviting a select group of international artists to contribute. Each artist is given carte blanche, restricted only to the accordian format and its ten panels. Other participating artists include: Heimo Zobernig, Micah Lexier, Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press, Ryan Gander, Shannon Ebner, Maurizio Nannucci, Karl Holmqvist and Jonathan Monk. Each volume in the series if limited to 250 numbered copies which comes in a bespoke rigid box, with the title hot foiled both on its front and on its spine. Condition: some toning to box.

Seller Inventory # 68770655

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leporello No. 8
• Publisher: LL'Editions, Gothenberg, Sweden
• Publication Date: 2022
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near fine