Limited Edition Prints of Sentences

Les Figues Press asked 8 artists and writers to donate sentences to the 2009 Give a Fig auction: Readymade. These sentences could be something the artist/writer wrote, or something taken from someone else, with or without permission. Marcus Civin made customized prints of each sentence, which each artist/writer approved.

Thank you to Marcus Civin and the 8 participating artists and writers: Dodie Bellamy, Kathleen Hanna, Kenneth Goldsmith, Ken Gonzales-Day, Kevin Killian, Eileen Myles, Yvonne Rainer, and Kara Tanaka. Special thanks also to the following individuals who lent their talents to the creation of these prints: Saehee Cho, Alexis Disselkoen, Alexander Goodman, John Greco (Josephine Press), Kathleen Healy, Sophia Kang, Kota Onouchi and Sandy de Lissovoy.

  1. Ken Gonzales-Day

    Just here the bump appears
    Of Innocent Hillarity,
    And right behind the ears
    Are Faith and Hope and Charity.

    woodblock print on paper
    30 x 22.75 in
    Edition of 5; 1 remaining
    $250

  2. Kenneth Goldsmith

    If every word spoken in New York City daily were somehow to materialize as a snowflake, each day there would be a blizzard.

    internet printout of Merce Cunningham's obituary on sign board
    23 ¼ x 18 in.
    Edition of 5; 2 remaining
    $250

  3. Eileen Myles

    If I ever can come back from whatever I just said I shall move on to my final and largest thought about blankness.

    scratch on metal
    21 x 20 in.
    Edition of 5;0 remaining
    $250

    SOLD OUT

  4. Yvonne Rainer

    Having been asked to sum up my entire career in two words, I summoned a memory of a performance of "RoS Indexical" in Los Angeles in which a performer (me) responded to the rioting audience with "UP YOURS!"

    embroidered tissue-box cozy
    9 x 5 x 8 in.
    Edition of 5; 1 remaining
    $250

    SOLD OUT

  5. Kevin Killian & Dodie Bellamy

    The alien from Planet Europa bought a pair of turquoise Paul Smith shoes that nicely complemented his green bulbous head.

    linoleum block print on paper
    22.25 x 30 in.
    Edition of 5; 2 remaining
    $250

  6. Kara Tanaka

    <applause> to the inventors of delusion for replacing humping as the reason for our existence...

    silver gelatin print
    13.75 x 19.75 in.
    Edition of 5; 2 remaining
    $250

  7. Kathleen Hanna

    Popularity is overrated.

    graphite and charcoal on paper
    20 x 26 in.
    Edition of 5; 1 remaining
    $250