May 20, 2010 - Sale 2215

Sale 2215 - Lot 179

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
HORN, RONI.
To Place (Books I-IX).
A consecutive run of 9 publications (including two 2-volume sets) focusing on Horn's (ongoing) relationship with Ísland (Iceland). Small 4tos, black-stamped charcoal gray cloth (8), black-stamped yellow clamshell box (with 2 volumes in wrappers) in the original publisher's shrinkwrap, and a black-stamped black clamshell box (consisting of 56 four-color photographically illustrated cards) in the original shipping box, each with a single variant color dot on the covers. Parr/Badger II 164; Hasselblad 348-351; Auer 715. first editions.
Vp; Vd

Additional Details

Book I: Bluff Life (Edition of 1150. New York: Peter Blum Editions, 1990) Book II: Folds (Edition of 700. New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1991) Book III: Lava (Edition of 750. New York: Roni Horn (self-published), 1992) Book IV: Pooling Waters (2 volumes, edition of 1000. Cologne: Walther König, 1994) Book V: Verne's Journey (Edition of 1000. Cologne: Walther König, 1995) Book VI: Haraldsdóttir (Edition of 1100. Denver: Ginny Williams, 1996) Book VII: Arctic Circles (Edition of 1650. Denver: Ginny Williams, 1998) Book VIII: Becoming a Landscape (2 volumes, edition of 900. Denver: Ginny Williams, 2001) Book IX: Doubt Box (Edition of 1000. Germany: Steidl, 2006).

with--Supplement: Inner Geography. Small 4to, printed stiff light gray paper wrappers with a black dot, minor soiling. First edition, one of 2000 copies. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1994.