Pulse (for my mother) (pour sa mère). (SIGNED)

First edition of 500 copies. 10 little black and white portraits of the mother of the artists and in facsimile handwritten sentences for his (dying) mother by ACCONCI, translated in a special way into French, each time by adding: “Il disait…Il dit….”. “- I am slipping past you, it’s only human to drift away.” A présent il dit qu’I es en train de la dépasser, qu’il est bien humain de la dépasser ». See also the title on the front cover: “…( for my mother)”, in French “…(pour sa mère)”.

Lit.: Moeglin-Delcroix, Esthétique de livre d’artist, p. 284. 

This copy has been signed by Vito ACCONCI. 

Artistbook.

• Paris, Multiplicata, 1973.
• Oblong small 8vo (135 x 210 mm.) (22) pp.
• Stiff printed wrappers.