Peter Downsbrough. Four artists' books
(1) Regroup - A Calais. Lille/Calais, Alain Buyse/ Le Channel, 1994. Two volumes in die-cut cardboard slipcase, each 23 x 20 cm, 40 pp. Numbered copy 244/500. Predominantly image-based, incorporating screen- and offset printing. Issued in conjunction with a show in Calais; the invitation card is added. (2) Within (Time). Ghent, Imschoot Uitgevers, 1999. Softcover, 21 x 15 cm, 128 pp. B/w photographs with graphic elements in grey. Based on an original project from 1987, featuring a beautiful choreographed interplay between a woman and a grey line.
(3) Unité de la Sculpture. Rennes, Ville de Rennes, 1992. Softcover, 21 x 13.5 cm, 55 pp. Explores Downsbrough’s site-specific mural created in the French city in 1991. With b/w images on tracing paper. Text in English and French. (4) Peter Downsbrough, Open Column. Munich, Galerie Rupert Walser, 1991. Softcover, 24 x 17 cm, 61 pp. Text in German with English text loosely inserted. All books mint. (total 4)