Edited by Belgian publisher Guy Schraenen, ColleXtion 1 is a serie of object books with each one being conceived as an artwork in and of itself. The books are printed using silkscreen, mimeograph or xerox, and contain either an object, a collage, or another insert. The contributing artists are: Eduard Bal (‘Middelheim 20/21.8.1978’), Antoine de Bary (‘Mis sous envelope le 14 juillet’), Michael Gibbs ‘(5 coloured alphabets in black and white’), Bram Bogart (‘Peinture’, Roy Adzak ‘Fire-imprint’), Maglione (‘La leçon de broderie’), John Belis (’3 sculptures’), Servulo Esmeraldo (‘Méthode pratique et illustrée pour construire un excitable…’), Hugo de Clercq (‘Framework’), Aeschbacher (‘Aeschbacher de Bechi-Bouzouk’).
Antwerp: Guy Schraenen Éditeur, 1975.
First edition 16mo (15 × 10.6 cm) Softcover Vol. 1: 12 pp; vol. 2: 4pp; vol. 3: 24 pp; vol. 4: 4 pp; vol. 5: 8 pp; vol. 6: 12 pp; vol. 7: 6 pp; vol. 8: 16 pp; vol. 9: 8 pp and vol. 10: 8 pp Texts in French Stiff grey cardboard box with white sticker glued and printed in black on front and spine. Stapled bound booklets, except for one folded and one tipped in.
Overall very good condition.Booklets: near fine. Box: good condition. Item ID: 1080.