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ROBERT FILLIOU: HAND SHOW - LIMITED SIGNED EDITION WITH TWENTY-FOUR LITHOGRAPHS IN A WOODEN BOX WITH A SILKSCREENED PLEXIGLAS LID
(FILLIOU, ROBERT). Filliou, Robert & Scott Hyde. Villingen, GERMANY: SABA-Studio, 1967. First Edition 1/150. 4to. Loose Contents in a Wooden Box. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (4pp) + 25 loose 11 x 8 ½" heavy cardstock sheets printed photolithographically recto only, 24 monochrome illustrations. "Hand Show" is the 1967 artists' book cum print portfolio collaboration between French-born Fluxus and Performance artist Robert Filliou and American photographer Scott Hyde that presents portraits detailing the left hands of the authors and twenty-two notable artist-colleagues. According to Filliou's preface "It has occurred to me that the key to art may well consist in learning the significance or meaning of each part, line, marking and shape of the artists' hands". Printed photolithographically as individual plates, the subjects of these close-up, high contrast studies are Filliou, Hyde, Arman (Fernandez), Ay-O, Mark Brusse, Pol Bury, John Cage, Christo (Javacheff), Jasper Johns, Dick Higgins, Red Grooms, Alain Jaquet, Robert Breer, Ray Johnson, Alison Knowles, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson MacLow, Marisol (Escobar), Claes Oldenburg, Benjamin Patterson, Takis (Vassilakis), Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, and Emmet Williams. The plates and their printed paper portfolio are laid into a Filliou-designed 12 x 9 ½ x 1 ½" wooden box with a silkscreened Plexiglas lid. An internally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon book-object - only seven copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to one hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (146/500) AND SIGNED "Robert Filliou" in red ink and "Scott Hyde" in black ink on the colophon showing a couple of nicks to the wood of the exterior box's face. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025843