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A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel (Sixth)
Tom Phillips
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Description for A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel (Sixth)
Hardcover. 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. This 50th anniversary edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 183 x 42. Weight in Grams: 698.
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 in tact 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 ... Read more
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 in tact 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500519035
SKU
V9780500519035
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About Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips CBE RA is a painter, writer, translator and composer. Collaborators include the filmmaker Peter Greenaway (A TV Dante), the novelist Salman Rushdie (Merely Connect) and the composer Tarik O'Regan (Heart of Darkness). Informing Phillips's work for half a century, A Humument has appeared in many guises beyond book and exhibition form, including operatically in Irma, digitally as an ... Read more
Reviews for A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel (Sixth)
'Provokes questions about the balance of intentionality and chance in both art and life' - Times Literary Supplement 'An epic of bawdiness, indirection, verbal and visual digressions, and sheer pleasure in language, colour and shape' - The Economist 'Astonishes the eye and amazes the mind' - William H. Gass 'Utterly original, delightful and idiosyncratic' - David Lodge 'One of the ... Read more