Tom Phillips “A Humument” Angela Flowers, London, 1970
Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Tom Phillips related to his bookwork “A Humument” held at Angela Flowers, London, 9 September – 6 October 1970, to coincide with the first publication of A Humument by Tetrad Press. Includes a list of 32 works, biography and a comprehensive text. Catalogue designed by Malcolm Lauder.
“A Humument: A treated Victorian novel is an altered book by British artist Tom Phillips, published in its first edition in 1970 and completed in 2016. It is a piece of art created over W H Mallock's 1892 novel A Human Document whose title results from the partial deletion of the original title: A Human document. Phillips drew, painted, and collaged over the pages, while leaving some of the original text to show through in the form of erasure. Through this process, A Humument is a new story with a new protagonist named Bill Toge, whose name appears only when the word "together" or "altogether" appears in Mallock's original text. From being created over many decades, it follows a nonlinear narrative, and in recent editions Phillips has rewritten pages to include references to modern history that in part appear to be anachronistic.” Text: Wikipedia
Title: Tom Phillips
Publisher: Angela Flowers, London
Publication date: 1970
Format: Single sheet card folded once, 21 x 21 cm
Images: 1 colour and 4 b/w images
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB04125 66
Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Tom Phillips related to his bookwork “A Humument” held at Angela Flowers, London, 9 September – 6 October 1970, to coincide with the first publication of A Humument by Tetrad Press. Includes a list of 32 works, biography and a comprehensive text. Catalogue designed by Malcolm Lauder.
“A Humument: A treated Victorian novel is an altered book by British artist Tom Phillips, published in its first edition in 1970 and completed in 2016. It is a piece of art created over W H Mallock's 1892 novel A Human Document whose title results from the partial deletion of the original title: A Human document. Phillips drew, painted, and collaged over the pages, while leaving some of the original text to show through in the form of erasure. Through this process, A Humument is a new story with a new protagonist named Bill Toge, whose name appears only when the word "together" or "altogether" appears in Mallock's original text. From being created over many decades, it follows a nonlinear narrative, and in recent editions Phillips has rewritten pages to include references to modern history that in part appear to be anachronistic.” Text: Wikipedia
Title: Tom Phillips
Publisher: Angela Flowers, London
Publication date: 1970
Format: Single sheet card folded once, 21 x 21 cm
Images: 1 colour and 4 b/w images
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB04125 66
Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Tom Phillips related to his bookwork “A Humument” held at Angela Flowers, London, 9 September – 6 October 1970, to coincide with the first publication of A Humument by Tetrad Press. Includes a list of 32 works, biography and a comprehensive text. Catalogue designed by Malcolm Lauder.
“A Humument: A treated Victorian novel is an altered book by British artist Tom Phillips, published in its first edition in 1970 and completed in 2016. It is a piece of art created over W H Mallock's 1892 novel A Human Document whose title results from the partial deletion of the original title: A Human document. Phillips drew, painted, and collaged over the pages, while leaving some of the original text to show through in the form of erasure. Through this process, A Humument is a new story with a new protagonist named Bill Toge, whose name appears only when the word "together" or "altogether" appears in Mallock's original text. From being created over many decades, it follows a nonlinear narrative, and in recent editions Phillips has rewritten pages to include references to modern history that in part appear to be anachronistic.” Text: Wikipedia
Title: Tom Phillips
Publisher: Angela Flowers, London
Publication date: 1970
Format: Single sheet card folded once, 21 x 21 cm
Images: 1 colour and 4 b/w images
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB04125 66
