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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD: 7-9/72

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD: 7-9/72 - 1972

by SONDHEIM, Alan

  • Used
  • Paperback

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np: np, 1972. Very good.. Artist's book by Sondheim. Discusses the process of working on the piece "General Description of the World," which involved collecting images of a beach in Nova Scotia at both micro- and macroscopic levels (from a plane and under an actual microscope). Explains the theoretical basis of the project, derived from the work of Merleau-Ponty, Piaget, Levi-Strauss, and Chomsky, among other authors. Wraps. Small 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Mimeographed throughout, recto only. A very good copy. Mild rust around staples, touches of toning to wraps. Interior overall clean. Good and sound. Unpaginated.
Used - Very good.
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  • Title GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD: 7-9/72
  • Author SONDHEIM, Alan
  • Condition Used - Very good.
  • Publisher np, np
  • Date 1972
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 42448

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