Description
| Product ID: | 9780500292891 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Humument |
| Subtitle: | A Treated Victorian Novel |
| Authors: | Author: Tom Phillips |
| Page Count: | 392 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, Classic fiction: general and literary, Individual artists, art monographs, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The final edition of the late Tom Phillips’s ‘defining masterpiece of postmodernism’. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W.H. Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. Some of Mallock’s original text remains intact and through the illustrated pages the character of Bill Toge, Phillips’s anti-hero, and his romantic plight emerges. First published in 1973, A Humument – as Phillips titled his altered book – quickly established itself as a cult classic. From that point, the artist worked towards a complete revision of his original, adding new pages in successive editions. That process is now finished. This final edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. It includes a revised Introduction by the late artist, in which he reflects on the 50-year project, and 92 new illustrated pages. |
| Imprint Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-19 |
