Trophies. 125 Two-Handed Speedy Drawings
In 1979, Edition Hansjörg Mayer issued Trophies. 125 Two-Handed Speedy Drawings, an artist’s book in which Dieter Roth multiplies his drawing practice through the book form. The English issue shown is yellow cloth in a matching slipcase. The colophon specifies an English edition of 1,000 copies, clothbound in slipcase, each supplied with an original “trophy” by Roth. Thus every set couples the printed sequence with a unique artist’s intervention. With speed, humour and self-scrutiny, Roth deflates the very notion of the prestigious trophy. The set fuses serial publication with a one-off—exactly the tension that animates his work.
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Trophies. 125 Two-Handed Speedy Drawings
1979 | Stuttgart & London | Edition Hansjörg Mayer
A key artist’s-book issue—complete, with original drawing—that exemplifies Roth’s inquiry into seriality and uniqueness.
In 1979, Edition Hansjörg Mayer issued Trophies. 125 Two-Handed Speedy Drawings, an artist’s book in which Dieter Roth multiplies his drawing practice through the book form. The English issue shown is yellow cloth in a matching slipcase. The colophon specifies an English edition of 1,000 copies, clothbound in slipcase, each supplied with an original “trophy” by Roth. Thus every set couples the printed sequence with a unique artist’s intervention. With speed, humour and self-scrutiny, Roth deflates the very notion of the prestigious trophy. The set fuses serial publication with a one-off—exactly the tension that animates his work.
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In-8 (Octavo) approx. 20 × 26 cm
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The 125 drawings arise from simultaneous two-handed work, a method that invites speed, asymmetry and mirroring. Recurring motifs build a rhythmic, near-musical sequence. The book arranges these impulses across pages and spreads, setting a cadence between left and right, pause and rush. Roth toys with the status of the “trophy”: what remains is the trace of an act, not a monument. The whole reads as a score of gestures in which each reproduction replays the performative moment. The original drawing supplied makes every copy singular.
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