• Original 1990 Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas, Insights, Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris. Softcover with a close-up black-and-white photograph of a curved shadow cast across a pale textured surface, suggesting a body or sculptural form. 'INSIGHTS' in spaced white serif capitals at upper centre, 'LAURA CARPENTER' in smaller spaced white serif type at lower centre. Light surface wear and minor corner softening consistent with period.
  • Reverse of 1990 Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas, Insights, Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris. Softcover back showing a close-up colour photograph of two adjacent fabric surfaces — a warm yellow draped textile on the left and a cool grey-blue fabric on the right — meeting at a diagonal fold, no text, no imprint. Light surface wear and age toning consistent with period.
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Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas — Insights

Laura Carpenter / Philippe Thomas — Insights

£300.00 GBP
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Published by Galerie Claire Burrus in 1990, Insights belongs to Philippe Thomas's authorial system surrounding readymades belong to everyone®. The book is attributed to Laura Carpenter and operates simultaneously as fiction, document, and delegated authorship. The earlier New York edition was connected to the Curt Marcus Gallery exhibition Jay Chiat and Édouard Merino, Insights; this Paris edition extends that structure through Galerie Claire Burrus.

An uncommon artist's book, more visible in institutional records than in regular commercial circulation. Copies are held by major research and museum libraries, while examples seldom appear on the open market.

A book as delegated voice. An author as support. A fiction placed inside the administrative frame of an exhibition. The publication sits within Thomas's broader project of redistributing authorship through aliases, proxies, collectors, and fictional personae. Rather than documenting an exhibition, the book functions as part of the exhibition's structure itself.

Format: Softcover
Pages: 78
Dimensions: 14 × 21 cm
Edition: 1,500 copies
Language: French
Publisher: Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, 1990
Condition: Good vintage condition. Light surface wear, minor corner softening, age toning, and small marks to cover.

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