Nov 09, 2021 - Sale 2587

Sale 2587 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WILSON, IAN. Perfect. 14 volumes. Comprising: Sections 195-205 as printed on the front covers. 8vo, publisher's white wrappers printed in black; original metal bookends. One separate issue of a part of a larger series. This from an unknown limitation, but one of a scant few produced. Each volume with one sole word to each page: "Perfect." Wilson was initially part of a group of on conceptual artists who used language as their form of art, most notable Robert Barry, Joseph Kosuth, and Lawrence Weiner. Wilson went a step further with his work described as "conversations." Jan Mot gallery in Brussels exhibited an extended version of these in 2020, subsequent to Wilson's death. Np, 1997