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Riviste d’artista - Axe

Ax - nn. 1/3 [fully published] Antwerpen, Guy Schraenen Editeur, 10 April 1975 - 18 December 1976, 3 loose leaflets 30x21 cm.

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€ 500 - 700

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€ 832

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Information

Hardcover, hardcover with title imprinted on the spine, magazine directed by Guy Schraenen. Each issue contains a disc and original works on paper made with various techniques by avant-garde artists, mainly Belgian. Print run of 500 numbered copies, of which the first 10 specials, with the complete series of originals, and 120 with some of the originals. Copy belonging to the 370 in ordinary edition.

Literature

Bibliography: Archive of the Luigi Bonotto Foundation: Code PVC2024 1/3.

Specialist Notes

Dossier content in detail: AX no. 1 (April 10, 1975). Total edition of 500 numbered copies. Copy in the ordinary edition of 350, which does not include the original work of Roy Adzak, contained only in the copies numbered from 1 to 10. Original cover printed in silk-screen printing by Jean Degottex. - 1 table printed in black and white with the programmatic text: "Redécouvrir le passé à la lumière du présent, et decouvrir le présent en connaissance du passé". - Jean Degottex, «Notes paralléles aux Médias», poster 60x126 cm., Offset printing in gray on a white background, only on the front. - 1 disc with 33 turns, 17 cm. in diameter, in transparent envelope, with protective sheet. Side 1: Henri Chopin, "Air vibratoire" (1973 and not 1975 as stated in the index); Side 2; Bryon Gysin, "Where is that world" (1974) - "In the beginning was the world" (1960) - "In a palace, in a palace, spoon, spoon, spoon". - Luc J.P. Schelfhout, «Trois pliages», folder containing three original works on paper 30x20.8 cm., With folds. - Ung No Lee, "Photos prises à l'Atelier Annick Le Moine - Paris 1974", 2 photographic images printed on black cardboard on a gray-green background; and "Le center du coeur", original screenprint 29x20.4 cm. - Eduard Bal and Guy Schraenen, "Photos extraites du film Ornithologie, publiées précédemment dans le catalog de l'exposition Aspects de l'art actuel en Belgique, I.C.C. Anvers », poster 41,5x60 cm., One photographic image on the front and 4 photographic images on the reverse, print in gray on a white background. - Bernard Heidsieck, «Notes convergentes - pages 1 à 15», folder containing 16 sheets on white, yellow, pale pink, aquamarine green paper, of which 15 numbered, with the reproduction of the typewritten text, written between March 1967 and March 1968. Unpublished text. - Bram Bogart, "Carte postale publiée dans le cadre de l'édition 16 cartes postales de ...", postcard 15x10.5 cm., With a blue and yellow drawing on a white background. - Mirtha Dermisache, «Article pour la revue Ax», 4-page plaquette, written according to a totally invented alphabet. Print in black and white. - Nico van Daele, "Lettre à moi même", letter printed in green on a white background, inserted in an open postal envelope applied on cardboard. - Paul van Ostaijen, "Page manuscrite de Bezette Stad, ainsi que la réalisation typographique de l'édition de 1921", poster 60x42 cm., Printed on the front and back. On the reverse, the reproduction of the printed page, on the reverse, the reproduction of the manuscript text. AX n. 2 (November 28, 1975) .Total print run of 500 numbered copies. Copy in the ordinary edition of 350, which does not include the original works of François Dufrêne and Fabrizio Plessi contained only in the copies numbered from 1 to 10. - original cover with small black image on a gold background by René Guiette. - René Guiette, «Vestiges», poster in cardboard 29,7x100 cm., With 4 calligraphic signs, black and white print only on the front. - Fabrizio Plessi, «Water art. 9 manières de couper l'eau ", folder in aquamarine paper containing 3 plates, each with 3 photographic images that portray the artist during the action. - Esmeraldo, "Excitable", multiple contained in a black folder with the artist's name in white bfractionated in letters in freedom. Plastic bag with tiny white and gold-colored paper wraps inside, with a note applied to the front page: "Ouvrez, gonflez, fermez et frottez légèrement". - 1 disc with 33 turns, 17 cm. in diameter, in transparent envelope, with protective sheet. Side 1: François Dufrêne, «Crirythme pour Tinguely» (November 1970); Side 2: Bryon Gysin, "Where is that world" (1974) - "In the beginning was the world" (1960) - "In a palace, in a palace, spoon, spoon, spoon". This is the same piece reproduced on the disc contained in n. 1 of the magazine. The explanatory note on the protective sheet explains that this latter reproduction replaces the inaudible one previously published. - Hugo de Clercq, "Carte postale publiée dans le cadre de l'édition 15 cartes postales de ...", postcard 10.5x14.8 cm., Black and white print. - Antoine de Bary, «Cahier», 8-page plaquette printed in black and white with signs superimposed on musical staves and applied yellow and green strips of transparent paper. - Maurice Benhamou, "Tension surfaces", poster 58x42 cm., Printed in gray on a black background, on the front and on the back. Reproduction of a handwritten text. - Bernard Heidsieck, "Notes convergentes - pages 16 à 29". Folder containing 12 numbered sheets on white, yellow, pale pink, aquamarine green paper, with the reproduction of the typed text, written between March 1967 and March 1968. Unpublished text. AX n. 3 (December 18, 1976). Total edition of 500 numbered copies. Copy in the ordinary edition of 350, which does not include the original works by Brion Gysin and Bernard Heidsiek contained only in copies numbered from 1 to 10. - Original cover printed in black on a silver background by Brion Gysin. - Brion Gysin, "Brion Gysin", poster 82x30 cm., Print in black on a silver background only on the front, contained in a folder with the same graphic motif reproduced inside in white on a black background. - Arrigo Lora-Totino, "I see-where", artist's book in loose sheets 30x21 cm., With different graphic compositions and transpositions of the words "I go - where - I see". Print in black and white. - Sten Hanson, «Oips», 45 rpm disc, 17 cm. in diameter, in transparent envelope, with protective sheet. - Klaus Ritterbusch, "Oh wie ich deine Kurven liebe", folding poster 29,7x82 cm., With 4 photographic images applied. - Jo Delahaut, "Carte postale publiée dans le cadre de l'édition 15 cartes postales de ...", postcard 10.5x14.8 cm., Print in black and red. - Françoise Mairey, «Substitution II», folder containing 3 tables of visual poetry, black and white print. - John Giorno, "Extrait de Shit, piss, blood, pus & brains (photo d'après Anna Beeke)", 8-page plaquette printed in white on a black background and a photographic image of the author applied. - Bernard Heidsieck, "Notes convergentes - pages 30 à 41". Folder containing 13 sheets, 12 of which numbered on white, yellow, pale pink, aquamarine green paper, with the reproduction of the typed text, written between March 1967 and March 1968. Unpublished text.

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