Research Catalog

Title

Dan Walsh: [JRP book]

Author

Walsh, Dan, 1960-

Publication

Genève : JRP, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berset, Alain (Publisher)
• Cherix, Christophe
• JRP Editions, publisher.
• Queue du tigre, printer.
• Paula Cooper Gallery.

Description

1 artist's book (24 pages of prints and drawings on 6 folded sheets) : mixed media; 27 x 35 cm

Summary

Volume consists of 6 bifolia of white wove Lana paper (except first 2 artist's proofs, on Japanese paper) in three 4-leaf gatherings. Contains 24 unnumbered pages of relief prints, printed in gray in letterpress, each composed of from 2 to 21 horizontal straight lines, from partial page width to double-page; two pages also include vertical lines as portions of separate rectangles or a grid. Except artist's proofs, each copy contains also approximately 20 original drawings (varies from copy to copy) executed in white acrylic, colored markers and pencil, each approximately 82 x 86 mm, executed one or two to a page.

Alternative Title

• JRP book
• Sans titre : JRP book
• Livre JRP

Subject

Walsh, Dan, 1960-

Genre/Form

• Paintings – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Acrylic paintings – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Drawings – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Ink drawings – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Marker works – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Pencil works – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Artists' books – Switzerland – 20th century.
• Artists' books – United States – 20th century.

Note

• "This book, completed on the 12th of March 1998, was published in an edition of fifty-two numbered copies (+ six artist's proofs) signed by the artist. It was printed in letterpress at La Queue du tigre, Artamis-Geneva, on Lana paper. The artist's proofs one and two were printed on Japanese paper. Each copy contains original drawings by the artist, with the exception of the artist's proofs. Copy number [blank]. [Logo:] JRP, Genève"--Colophon, on pages 2-4 of covers.
• No textual content, except artist's name on front cover and colophon on pages 2-4 of covers, as quoted above. Cherix (cited below) cites as "Sans titre ('JRP book') / 'Livre JRP.'"
• Spencer Coll. copy contains 17 original drawings, mostly in white acrylic with black marker lines or white acrylic with gold marker lines; 2 in white acrylic with marker lines in metallic yellow, metallic browns and gold. Each is outlined in pencil.
• The first artist's book by Dan Walsh, produced in collaboration with Christophe Cherix of JRP Editions, Geneva. For further information, see interview with Walsh in: Walsh, Dan. Dan Walsh : paintings, ©2007, pages 60-61.
• Issued in conjunction with the artist's second solo exhibition at the Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, March 28-April 25, 1998. See Cherix, and see also press release from the exhibition, viewed on the Paula Cooper Gallery website, October 31, 2017: "Each of these books [copies of the present work] have approximately twenty unique drawings to scale of Walsh's existing paintings situated within varying printed architectural schemes. The books function as catalogues of the artist's works ..." https://www.paulacoopergallery.com/exhibitions/dan-walsh-new-work/press-release

Indexed In (note)

• Cherix, C. Inventaire 1995-2002 (In Walsh, D. Dan Walsh : recycling, pages 57-76)

Binding (note)

• Issued unbound, in gray paper covers, with additional relief prints (horizontal lines) on all pages of the covers, printed in gray in letterpress. In gray cardboard slipcase.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Swiss 1998 17-59

OCLC

1008786212

Author

Walsh, Dan, 1960- book artist.

Title

Dan Walsh: [JRP book]

Publisher

Genève : JRP, 1998.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 20; initialed in pencil by Dan Walsh.

Indexed In:

Cherix, C. Inventaire 1995-2002 (In Walsh, D. Dan Walsh : recycling, pages 57-76), L1

Binding

Issued unbound, in gray paper covers, with additional relief prints (horizontal lines) on all pages of the covers, printed in gray in letterpress. In gray cardboard slipcase.

Place of Publication

Switzerland Geneva.

Added Author

Berset, Alain (Publisher), printer.

Cherix, Christophe, contributor.

JRP Editions, publisher.

Queue du tigre, printer.

Paula Cooper Gallery.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Swiss 1998 17-59