“Limited to seven hundred and eighty copies and dedicated to Simon Rodia, Regarding Inscriptions is a 1978 photographically illustrated artist’s book by the esteemed conceptual practitioner Lawrence Weiner. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty-two of the artist’s books in Dieter Schwarz’ Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné), limited to seven hundred and eighty unnumbered copies with signature and unpersonalized dedication in black ink on the title page.” — ARCANA, with edits
Glue-bound and offset-printed, this black-and-white paperback corresponds with means of inscription, from miniature carvings to architectural engraving to self-reflexive considerations of printed text.