Lot 207
P. WEGNER American Types [ltd ed. sig. & num.] 2 vols

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Peter WEGNER American Types [ltd ed. signed and numbered, in 2 vols]

Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please contact him via email at adamlanglands@gmail.com 

Peter WEGNER. American Types a series of eight unique silkscreen prints on canvas. [colophon: San Francisco, 1997].

2 volumes, being two versions of almost the same work, in tall quarto (11 x 8 1/2in; 279 x 216mm) and small square octavo formats (7 ¼ x 5 1/2in; 184 x 140mm). mounted ‘plates’, title and text all blind embossed. Original red cloth (spot to upper cover of larger volume). 

Limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies, these numbered 53.

“Two clothbound volumes represent screenprints by the artist based on a mid-century type specimen catalog. The text, excerpted intact from the source, becomes a kind of found poetry. One canvas reads, "NICHE / URBAN / SQUIRM / REPENTS / MORTGAGE / BIG SIPHON / INSPIRES HIM / HIDES CHECK.” The books, like the canvases they represent, were printed in both large and small versions. Prints of the artist’s own photographs of the canvases in his studio make up inside front and back cover. Spine title reads backwards.” (https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog).

Described on peterwegner.com as “waterless offset litho & blind emboss on French-folded pages, case bound with foil stamp, ed. 500 [sic.], 1997” (http://peterwegner.com/detail.asp?id=494).

“Color and structure are primary concerns of Wegner's artwork. Language is often in play. His institutional work is increasingly architectural in reference and scale.

Widely exhibited domestically and internationally, Wegner's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Leipzig Museum (Leipzig DE), Lever House (NYC), and The Bohen Foundation (NYC). In recent years, SFMOMA has showcased Wegner’s diverse body of work, exhibiting his photographic series Buildings Made of Sky and three large installations, notably The United States of Nothing.” (http://peterwegner.com/about.asp).