• Artist book, David Shrigley, Man in a Room, Blue Q, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 2007. Miniature staple-bound booklet, 7.5 × 5.5 cm, 44 pages. Front cover: green ground, hand-lettered black text reading ‘MAN IN A ROOM’ with underline, ‘BY D. SHRIGLEY’ below. New old stock, unopened in original wrap.
  • Artist book interior spread, David Shrigley, Man in a Room, Blue Q, 2007. Left page: hand-lettered text reading ‘CASTING IDEAS / VOICE OF MAN: SIR RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH / VOICE OF LADY: SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER / VOICE OF RAT: A CHILD / VOICE OF GOD: COMPUTER’. Right page: line drawing of figure lying in bed. Light toning visible at centre fold.
  • Artist book interior spread, David Shrigley, Man in a Room, Blue Q, 2007. Two-page spread showing repeated line drawing of figure lying in bed. Right page text: ‘MAN LIES ON HIS BED’. Deadpan sequential image and text format characteristic of Shrigley’s printed work.
  • Artist book reverse, David Shrigley, Man in a Room, Blue Q, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 2007. Back cover: green ground, line drawing of figure lying in bed. Text: © 2007 David Shrigley / Blue Q, Pittsfield, Mass. 01201 / blueq.com / Printed in China. ISBN 978-1-60127-158-2.
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David Shrigley — Man in a Room, Blue Q, 2007

David Shrigley — Man in a Room, Blue Q, 2007

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Miniature artist booklet / pocket book. Blue Q, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 2007. 7.5 × 5.5 cm. 44 pages. Staple-bound, offset printed.

Condition: new old stock, unopened in original wrap. The booklet has aged inside the bag, with light visible toning and surface ageing to the wrap and paper edges consistent with storage over time. The sealed state remains part of the object’s appeal: unused, but not untouched by time.

Unopened copy of Shrigley’s small-format booklet, still in its original book wrap. Green printed cover with hand-lettered title, containing a sequence of deadpan drawings and short text fragments. The pocket scale is central to the object: closer to a note, joke multiple, or miniature artist book than a conventional publication.

Shrigley’s work has long moved through drawings, postcards, books, posters, animations, and everyday printed forms. By the 2000s, his blunt line and dry humour had become widely recognisable, with small publications like this carrying the work through informal, accessible channels outside the standard gallery object.

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