Joel Fisher. Original apograph drawing, 1978

Black ink on handmade paper, approx. 13 x 13 cm. Displayed on white paper background (yellowed), in wooden frame after glass, 16.5 x 16.5 cm. Present from the artist, gifted during his 1978 exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, where a series of these works were shown. Added is the catalogue for the show, 21 x 15.2 cm, 24 pp. with fold-outs.

American born artist Joel Fisher (1947), living in England, started his career making handmade paper pieces called ‘apographs’. Inspired by the distinct texture of each paper, he made works by enlarging a small detail (hair or fiber) and drawing it on the original paper. The drawing in this lot duplicates its shape from a small hair-figure that can be discovered somewhere in the centre left edge of the paper.