How to Touch What, an Artist's Book [signed & inscribed by Eve Sonneman]

Eve Sonneman, Lawrence Weiner

ISBN 10: 1576870790 / ISBN 13: 9781576870792

Published by powerHouse Books, 2000

About this Item

PowerHouse Books, New York, 2000. Hardcover, unpaginated. 1st edition, 1st printing (stated, plus full number line). Small format. Artist's book with photos by Eve Sonneman, with added text by conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. Near fine. Please note - this is not part of the 'limited signed edition', but a first edition which was signed and inscribed by Eve Sonneman. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1646328874058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Touch What, an Artist's Book [signed & inscribed by Eve Sonneman]
• Publisher: powerHouse Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576870790
• ISBN 13: 9781576870792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Artists & Exhibitions
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Delicately framed in scrapbook format on European lined paper, each pairing of images--just 50 in all--construct a wordplay in sight and sound all its own, creating a satisfying children's book for adults to be enjoyed more with each repeated viewing. A perfect party favor for the visually literate.

About the Author

World famous conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner and equally famed photographer Eve Sonneman have jointly produced what accurately may be regarded as a marriage of text and pictures. Weiner's signature rubber stamp art work takes a uniquely literal turn by gracing, or "stamping," Sonneman's photographs, the first time his work has ever appeared in the context of another artist's work. Sonneman's seemingly straightforward snapshots oscillate between foreground and background matter, at the service of the stamps, and serve as a perfect foil for Weiner's glib, sometimes post-ironic definitions of first-glance image content.