219. Wittgenstein (Ludwig) On Certainty; Über Gewissheit, edited by G.E.M.Anscombe and G.H.von Wright, number 233 of 326 copies signed by the artist on his statement, printed in red, blue and black in Plantin on mould-made heavyweight Rives, 12 full-page illustrations of red outline squares with numbers along lines in black by Mel Bochner (reproduced from drawings on mylar), with original drawing in red crayon and black ink in style of those in the book above quotation from Wittgenstein “471. It is so difficult to find the beginning. Or better: It is so difficult to begin at the beginning. And not try to go further back.” and inscribed by the artist “For Jan and Sheila van der Marck with friendship, Mel 6 July 1992” original dark grey cloth, covers inlaid with pale grey cloth square titled in grey and with diagram in red, grey cloth slip-case, large 4to, 370 x 340mm., San Francisco, Arion Press, 1991.
est. £400 – £600
An unusual livre d’artiste based on Bochner’s 1971 series titled Counting Alternatives.