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New York: 96 Greene Street., N.Y. 10012, 1969 (later printing by the artist). Booklet measuring 93 x 55mm, letterpress buff wrappers, single staple, [24pp], printed on rectos only, an ascending sequence of twelve vertical lines. Edition of fifty copies.

A miniature artist’s book created by Jacks in his twenties whilst living in New York and exhibited at 112 Greene Street Gallery, given away at the Installations exhibition. A work of controlled minimalism, this early piece established Jacks’ tone for future works.

Selenitsch: 14, Anderson: p. 23

Collections: NGA, BM, MOMA, NGC

Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks