Monet hates me
By: Tacita Dean
Contributors: Getty Research Institute; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Cologne
Language: eng
Subjects: Exhibitions; Archives in art; Artists' books; Archives dans l'art; Livres d'artistes; Artists' books (books)
Other titles: Hate Tacita :; Tacita Dean :
Description: "The artist's edition of Monet Hates Me (2021) was designed as 'an exhibition in a box'. All the original materials for the edition was found by Tacita Dean in the Getty Research Institute Special Collections in Los Angeles while she was artist in residence, 2014-2015 ... The fifty objects in the artist's edition were designed and produced by Tacita Dean in Berlin, in collaboration with Martyn Ridgewell in Penryn, Cornwall. Nearly all were conceived and made during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns between March and December 2020"--Introductory text.
Notes: Title from outer cardboard box.

Clothbound portfolio cover with title: Hate Tacita : Claude Monet

Each copy issued with 3 unique features: 1. Object 7 is stamped the same number of times as the edition -- 2. Object 24 is unique to each edition, 1 of 100 photographs -- 3. Issued with guide book [key], including object illustrations and numbers, with uniquely printed illustration of Object 24.

Issued in red clothbound and foil-embossed clamshell portfolio with fifty objects. Accompanied by a one-volume signed and numbered guide book and 45 rpm record of Tacita Dean reading a montage of text fragments.

The portfolio is issued in an edition of 100 signed copies. Each book within the portfolio has its own edition and numbering.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Number 2 (with two stamps on Object 7)

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Object 24 is represented by photograph "To open and close"

The artist Tacita Dean is known for her film installations and other closely related works in media including photogravure, drawings on alabaster, and photography. She is based in London and Berlin.

Material is primarily in English with some French and German.