Marianne Heske, Phrenology, 1978

Artists' book and set of prints comprising: (1) eight offset prints, 17 x 11 cm, printed b/w single side. No publishing information found, but the works depicted are from the series 'Phrenology, 1978'. Possibly they were printed at the Jan Van Eyck academy where Heske was a student from 1976-1979. The works were also printed in the publication that appeared in conjunction with her show at the Bonnefantenmuseum at the same time. The publication is part of this lot.

2) Marianne Heske, Arbeider & Notater /Works & Notes / Traveaux & Notes. Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, 1978. Printed at Jan van Eyck academy. Softcover, 19.5 x 13 cm, unpaginated. Edition of 1001. Introductions by Alexander van Grevestein (director Bonnefantenmuseum) and Per Hovdennak (curator Henie-Onstadt Collection Oslo). Text in Swedish, Dutch and English. Features an overview of her work, including video works and the Phrenology series. There are 4 pages of thank you notes, listing contemporary artists and co-students such as Roman Opalka, Raul Marroquin, Ulises Carrion and Michael Druks. A reprint of the book was made in 2012, this is the rare first edition of 1978. Marianne Heske (1946) is a Norwegian conceptual artist and a pioneer of video art. 'Phrenological Self-portrait' shown at the Bonnefanten exhibition in 1978 was Heske's first video purchased by public institutions (Bonnefantenmuseum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).