Jean-François
BORY: Sans Titre.
1974.

Artist book + Multiple. Deluxe edition copy.
(6)p. + 82 pl., b/w. photo-montages printed offset.
Softbound.
Pictorial covers.
29.7x21 cm.
Hubschmid, Paris, France, 1974.
First edition.
1/30 copies of the deluxe edition, in a grey cloth covered box,
containing, besides the book itself, an original multiple by
J.F. Bory: silk-screened pieces of card featuring 6 pieces of
books spines showing the same illustration as the one on the
front cover of the book, pasted on a sheet of brown rhodoid,
mounted inside the front cover of the box.
Numbered and signed by the artist in the first page of the book
and signed again on the spine of the box.
According to the artist, only 5 copies of the preconceived 30
copies have been realized.
This copy is one of the five, numbered and signed inside the
title page, also signed in blue ball point pen on the box spine,
with, added, a dedication signed and dated by the artist in the
title page.
Jean-François
BORY: Untitled (Naissance/Birth). 1974.

Unique piece.
Book, statuette golden paint.
Opened book on which is mounted, in the middle, a statuette of
an egyptian scribe. Mounted on a wooden socle. Entirely painted
gold.
18x30x25 cm.
Signed and dated '74 in black pencil in the
lower marin of the right page of the book.
Reference:
Reproduced page 143 in "Logomotives, 1963-1983, Chefs d’œuvres de la poésie visive, Factotumbook 32, Illasi (Italie), Éditions factotum-art, 1983..
Jean-François
BORY: Untitled (Dead Bird). 1974.

Unique.
Books, bird, wood, golden paint.
Pile of books with a real dead sparrow lying on its back, placed
on the top of the pile of books. Mounted on a wooden socle. Contained in a clear perpex box embeded in the socle.
Entirely
painted gold.
39x29x24.3 cm.
Signed and dated 1974 in black ink
on the back side of the socle.
References:
Reproduced on the front cover of the reprint of the magazine "L'Humidité", Aldante, Paris, 2012.
Reproduced page 141 in "Logomotives, 1963-1983, Chefs d’œuvres de la poésie visive", Factotumbook 32, Illasi (Italie), Éditions factotum-art, 1983.
Reproduced on the front cover of the reprint of the magazine "L'Humidité", Aldante, Paris, 2012.
Jean-François
BORY: Untitled (ART).
1974.

Unique piece.
Wooden letters, plastic mushrooms, golden paint.
Plastic mushrooms and wooden letters of different formats, of
which three forming the word "ART". Mounted on a wooden
socle. Enterely, except the mushrooms, painted gold.
22x25x42.5 cm.
Signed and dated 1974 in black ink in the lower right corner
of the upper side of the socle.
Jean-François
BORY: Untitled (Homage to Michel Journiac). No date (1974).

Unique piece.
Chicken skeleton, wooden letters, golden paint.
Real upright chicken skeleton and wooden letters. Mounted on
a wooden socle. Entirely painted gold.
42.5x25x39.7 cm.
Signed
in black ink on the lower side of the socle.
Jean-François
BORY: Et après le sujet le verbe. From start to finish.
(1974).

Unique piece.
Portable typewriter, paper sheet, plastic letters and soldiers,
golden paint.
Portable typewriter on which are mounted plastic letters and
soldiers. A sheet of paper with typed text in French is introduced
on the roller. Entirely painted gold.
34.5x34x30 cm.
No date
(1974), not signed.
Reference:
Reproduced page 141 in "Logomotives, 1963-1983, Chefs d’œuvres de la poésie visive", Factotumbook 32, Illasi (Italie), Éditions factotum-art, 1983.