£6,500
The Magic of Stories: Scotland's Book Sculptures | 701
Auction: 25 January 2022 at 10:00 GMT
paper sculpture crafted from the leaves of a copy of Alasdair Gray's 'Lanark', depicting a representation of the work with a central figure seated above the activity below, with artist's handwritten label
Provenance:
Commissioned by Scottish Book Trust. Found at Glasgow School of Art, on Monday 26th November 2012.
Note:
“People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs...are like people without a past, without a memory." Alasdair Gray ...Because reading matters... [artist's handwritten label]; accompanied by a copy of GIFTED: The Tale of 10 Mysterious Book Sculptures GIFTED to the City of Words and Letters. Polygon, 2017