Kermaire Christine (7 results)

Hardbound. Condition: As New in case. Black cloth artists book, with knotted lampchord in middle painted silver. Contains 20 screenprints based on the knotting theme, one page of text and limitation page. This is copy no. 60 of three hundred created. Quite beautiful, with a wonderful range of knot designs on the 20 prints.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition, #69 of 300 Copies. Bound in green cloth with mixed media affixed to the front cover and cloth band wrapped around cover. Measures 8 3/4 by 10. Each cover has double boards, screwed together.There are four, 44 page books sewn bound, of color photos of Ardennes American Cemetery with the names of every American soldier buried there with their location, rank, unit, cemetery, date of death, serial number and decorations on the verso of the photos. There are 4 separate photos of an installation of The Silent Host exhibited at Rockerill Marchienne au Pont in Feb., 2008. These photos, as well as a publicity photo of Kermaire preparing the installation, are laminated. Signed by the artist on the limitation page, #69 of 300. Includes laminated bookmark of the work. ALS from the artist, on her stationary, donating the book to a library. The recipients name and address are blacked out. Scans on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Green cloth folder with airplane images affixed to cover with red paint; unpaginated book on inside left cover bound to cover with string, plastic, screws and velcro-strap; the book has a brief text in English, Dutch and French on the Ardennes American Cemetary in Belgium and many photographs of the tombstones as well as information on the soldiers buried there; 4 laminated color photographs are screw bound to the inside right cover and two photographs rolled in plastic are also screw bound to the inside right cover; laminated title card laid in; a signed and numbered edition of 300; as new condition; clean and crisp. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A stiff paper folder, black on the outside, white inside with four fasteners on the left page when opened, two fasteners on the right page. The item, when folded over, measures 4 inches x 5 ½ inches On a clear plastic sheet on the left page is inscribed the title, and in English and in French: "Content. World libraries of artists books collected in edible micro-card form. (24) To consume before the meal." There follows the artists name, date, and her e-mail address. On the right page of the folder is a small clear plastic box measuring 1 in. x 1 ¾ in. Inside are the 24 "micro-cards" referred to. A clear plastic bubble-wrap protector sheet keeps the two sides of the folder separate when folded. The whole thing is housed in a plastic bag. Where the "art" comes in is here: the green strips are "'oral care strips' to suggest a microfilm copy of all the artists' books in the world." A very scarce item, most copies are actually in libraries.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Series:Livre a` colorier pour adultes ; no. 4. Livre de bord. Christine Kermaire is a Belgian artist who specializes in Artists Books, she uses various types of materials in her artistic constructions, but is especially known for working with plastics and applied synthetic materials. She teaches visual arts at the l Ecole du Soleil Levant à Charleroi. This is number 75 of an edition of 300, signed by the artist. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. A semi-glossy, yellow-surfaced, cardboard, envelope type folder measuring 10 ¼ inches x 14 ¼ inches. On the front is a mounted drawing on a plastic sheet, in outlines based on the Kama Sutra form of a male and a female figure, with titling in black in various types of lettering. With a Velcro closure on the back of the envelope/folder. Inside the folder is a black cloth-covered, oblong album style book with a design of the male-female symbols engraved into a rectangular section of rough-surfaced polymerized sand material, with the artist s name and year: 93, this is mounted on the front cover, and the title: Kama Soutra in applied, black plastic lettering at the top. A loose sheet of plastic foam protects the mounted sculptured panel. With a black cloth cord looped around the spine and with two loose, knotted ends. The album contains a clear plastic sheet with the titling and a design of dots in black, that overlay the initial drawing, which is printed in black on dark gray, textured paper; seventeen more coloring book type, outline drawings based on Kama Sutra positions follow. This copy is inscribed by Christine Kermaire on a blank page at the back of the folder: "Bien a' Vous". Christine Kermaire (b. 1953) is a Belgian artist who specializes in Artists Books. She uses various types of materials in her artistic constructions, but is especially known for working with plastics and applied synthetic materials. Her self-published: Catalogue 2001 Artist Books Bookworks (Charleroi, Belgium), features this book at pp. [7], as the fourth item in the catalogue and as the second of her "Coloring Books for Adults". The edition is there mentioned as 200 numbered copies (This inscribed copy is not numbered). She gives a very detailed description (in French), of the substances & processes used in producing her really very special Artists Books. The cognoscenti speculate that only a small number of some of the proposed editions were actually completed which accounts for the scarcity of her books. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A spectacular and most unusual Artists Book/Art Object in the form of a square, patterned cloth-covered case, measuring approximately 11 inches x 11 inches, which opens like a book, and is contained within a special envelope, made of plastic bubble-wrap with violet closure strings. The envelope has a small sticker with the artist's signature and the number: 004/300, attached to the front. The specially constructed wooden case with the edges painted in flat black is bound in red, black, tan with a gold leaf-patterned cloth, with a repeated design of the Manneken-Pis statue on a thin plastic strip, mounted on a larger strip of red and gold patterned cloth, which is covered by a matching size strip of clear plastic, on the lower margin of the front cover. Metallic screws & washers are used on the spine and covers. Opening the "Book-Object", inside on the left is a stiff paper folder, held down by a red & gold patterned cloth strip, this folder opens like an accordion, revealing numerous color photographs of sunsets, sunrises, and storm clouds, and which ends with a map showing wind directions on the Atlantic in April and a page of sailboat pictures; these relate to Christine Kermaire s statement at the beginning of these pictures: "Between July 2004 and September 2006, Christine Kermaire realized two Atlantic crossings with her sailing boat. Belgium departure (with as guardian angel "the icon" of Manneken-pis, famous statue situated in Brussels). She photographed the particular Atlantic sky during the depression crossing, a gale between Bermuda and the Azores, a tornado and squalls off Grenadines Islands in the Caribbean Sea." All the photographs are in color. This folder is signed and bears the number 4/300. The inside right contains four small metallic surfaced plastic relief figures of Mannekin-Pis, these are in four different colors: red, gold, green & blue, and are displayed under a clear plastic window. The inside covers are lined with black & gold, leaf-patterned cloth. Christine Kermaire (b. 1953) is a Belgian artist who specializes in Artists Books, working with among other things, plastics and applied synthetic materials. Sailing is also one of her special interests, and is reflected in this Artists Book which documents her voyages. She carried an "icon" of the famous, humorous and beloved 17th century fountain statue of "Manneken-Pis", located in Brussels, Belgium. A most desirable example of her work. A very fine copy. Rare. The cognoscenti speculate that only a small number of the proposed edition were actually completed which accounts for the scarcity of her books. Weight: 3 ½ lb Postage may be extra on this item. Signed by Author(s).