René Freire, Santiago Rebolledo, Ana Checchi, Untitled (Nicaragua)

Mexico City, Edition Agru-Pasion Entre Tierras/ Beau Geste Press/Libro Accion Libre, 1980. Darkgreen cardboard sleeve, 22 x 14.5 cm, decorated with brown tape, text in white chalk on recto (Felipe?) and a drawing of 2 dogs on verso. Contains 11 loose sheets, 21.5 x 14 cm, with mixed media collages. The top right corners of the paper is ripped off, rubber stamped with a red heart and stapled to the top left corner.

The sheets present a mimeographed print of a flower and an affixed (real) dried leaf which is stamped ‘Nicaragua’. All pages are signed by Ana Checchi (signed ANITA), Santiago Rebolledo and René Freire, dated 19 july 1980. The initials M.Z. are written on some sheets (still unidentified). Logos of independent small press publishers are stamped on the sheets (Agru-Pasion Entre Tierras, Beau Geste Press, Libro Accion Libre). No edition size known, probably an unique piece. Exquisite handmade bookwork.