FRANCOIS MORELLET (1926-2016) '90° deux trames'. Edition multi art points, 1976. Publisher’s white wrappers, with the title handwritten in pencil by the artist on the front cover. Morellet was inspired by the mathematical principles behind the early geometric abstractions of the Dutch Neo-plastic artists (Mondrian, van Doesburg, Vantongerloo). He used regular grids and repetition in an attempt to reduce the role of the artist’s individual sensibility to a minimum. With this artist’s book, Morellet begins with a series of horizontal lines covering the first page, and then systematically rotates every other line through 90° until the final page has a perfect geometric grid pattern. Published in an edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by Morellet on the book’s inner flap.
FRANCOIS MORELLET (1926-2016) '90° deux trames'. Edition multi art points, 1976. Publisher’s white wrappers, with the title handwritten in pencil by the artist on the front cover. Morellet was inspired by the mathematical principles behind the early geometric abstractions of the Dutch Neo-plastic artists (Mondrian, van Doesburg, Vantongerloo). He used regular grids and repetition in an attempt to reduce the role of the artist’s individual sensibility to a minimum. With this artist’s book, Morellet begins with a series of horizontal lines covering the first page, and then systematically rotates every other line through 90° until the final page has a perfect geometric grid pattern. Published in an edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by Morellet on the book’s inner flap.
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