A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel

di Tom Phillips (Autore)

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2023

The final edition of the late Tom Phillips’s ‘defining masterpiece of postmodernism’. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W.H. Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. Some of Mallock’s original text remains intact and through the illustrated pages the character of Bill Toge, Phillips’s anti-hero, and his romantic plight emerges. First published in 1973, A Humument – as Phillips titled his altered book – quickly established itself as a cult classic. From that point, the artist worked towards a complete revision of his original, adding new pages in successive editions. That process is now finished. This final edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. It includes a revised Introduction by the late artist, in which he reflects on the 50-year project, and 92 new illustrated pages.

• Autore: Tom Phillips
• Editore: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 392 p.
• Dimensioni: 175 x 125 mm
• Peso: 590 gr.
• EAN: 9780500292891

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