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Peter DOWNSBROUGH

Photographs

Gent; Imschoot, Uitgevers; 1990; 24 x 21cm; 136pp. unp. Black and white sewn bound offset printed. Softcover, with front and back flap. Print run: not noted (800). Good condition.

Arts, Photography, Avant-Garde, Conceptual Art, Artist Book

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‘Artists’ book by Peter Downbrough. Text by René Denizot Ref.1

- Peter Downsbrough (1940, New Brunswick, New Jersey, US) is an American conceptual sculptor and photographer. He lives and works in New York and Brussels. He also produces artist books composed of text, line drawings, maps and photographs of urban space.

- Imschoot Uitgevers In 1987 publishing house Imschoot (Ghent- Belgium) started an exceptional series of artists’ books made by international artists ( Giovanni Anselmo, Sol LeWitt, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Hanne Darboven, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Dan Graham, a.o.). Ref. Johan Pas
In addition to the regular softcover edition (500 to 1000 copies), a deluxe hardcover edition was also issued in a very limited edition, numbered and signed by the artists.
The publishing house ceased its activities in 2006.

References

  • Ref. 1: Imschoot, uitgevers; Catalogus 2010, p.4
  • Ref. Johan Pas (Een essay door -), Het kunstenaarsboek in België: de voorzet tot een geschiedenis., Kunstenpunt
  • Ref. Catalogus: Peter Downsbrough – The book(s) 1968-2010; deSingel, international arts campus, Antwerp March 3 – May 22, 2011 el Canodrom, centre d’art contemporani, Barcelona 2012; Hatje Cantz Verlag 73760 Ostfildern. nr. 33

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