Colleagues,
Thanks to Janis Manzo at RISD for confirming what we suspected re: the
Hirst catalog.
The "drawings" on the pages indicated are part of the book's production.
Cheers,
Peter Blank
>Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:34:03 -0400
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>Subject: Hirst "scribbles"
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>Hi Peter,
>
>My copy of the hardback cased Hirst book also with the unsigned stamp
>also has scribbles on those pages. They are printed in the book.
>347: says "toilet" and "possible title" in the wide left margin and
>"CHRISTMAS!" crossed out, among other writing. 349: two stick figures
>sort of holding hands (maybe) and other writing. 351: "*at about this
>point Damien started doing a drawing of me, upside down" and a little
>more writing, too. If this is what your copy also has, then, great!
>your copy has not been defaced. We keep our copy in special
>collections because we categorize it as a flat folio and probably also
>because of the scribbles that could be added to.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Janis Manzo
>Special Collections Assistant
>Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design
>Providence, RI 02903
>(401) 709-5923
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>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:53:39 -0700
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>From: Peter Blank <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [ARLIS-L] Hirst - Cradle to Grave - "drawings" in back pages
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>Greetings Friends,
>
>Our copy of the following is not one of the signed sets (ours ink stamped
>"Unsigned"), but has what looks like "original" drawings on pages 347,
>349, 351. I can't tell if a patron(s) decided to draw and scrawl like
>Hirst and added their own markings to the catalog, or if part of the
>production of the catalog was to print the pages so they would look as if
>someone had drawn on the pages. I suspect the later as what looks like
>pencil does not erase.
>
>But could someone check their copy can confirm the "drawings" on those pages.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter Blank
>
> ISBN: 1904212034 (cased)
> ISBN: 1904212069 (hbk.)
> Author: Hirst, Damien.
> Title: From the cradle to the grave : selected drawings /
> Damien Hirst ; [essays by Annuska Shani and A.A.
> Gill].
> Imprint: London : Other CRITERIA, 2004.
> Physical Description: 351 p. : ill. ; 26 x 34 cm.
> Subject (LC): Hirst, Damien--Catalogs.
> Added author: Shani, Annuska.
> Added author: Gill, A. A., 1954-
> Local misc.: MONORECUnit/30 March 2005/adn/CATCLASSUnit
>
>ART CALL
>NUMBER COPY LOCATION
> 1)NC242 .H57 A4 2004 F 1 CHECKEDOUT
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