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EXERCISE by Endre Tót
ED. NR. 6 Oldenburg (West Germany): International Artist's Cooperation (I.A.C) Klaus Groh publisher, 1973.
16 numbered pages, softcover, stapled binding (1 staple), 105 x 75 mm; black-and-white Xerox printing.
Editions* of 80 numbered copies.
*See additional information on this subject.
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On our copy: on the cover, the artist's signature in pencil; an original red ink imprint of a stamp "Hey/ Look/ Here are beautiful new zerOOOOOOOOOOO from Hungary-Endre Tot 1974". On the title, right, a red ink stain.
There is an original 2004 reprint* of 80 copies, numbered and dated in pencil. The stapled leaves (1 staple) have a colored cover (we have a light blue copy and a cyan blue copy.) On the cover is stamped the monogram "E T" in blue ink. The back cover is stamped with the number 6 (ED: NR.6) in blue ink. Our two copies are numbered on the 3rd cover: 42/80 (sky blue copy) 48/80 (cyan blue copy), both dated 1973.
* Klaus Groh gives information about the difference between the 2 editions to R.Levy in an exchange of messages: "(...) the 2004 edition is an original cover. The only difference is the quality of the paper.
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On the next page I shall say something
Budapest: self-publishing (samizdat), 1973,
8 pages (including cover) stapled binding, 208 x 149 mm; black & white offset printing.
Edition of 100 numbered copies.
The back cover of our copy is numbered "2" in blue ballpoint pen; typewritten "copyright Endre Tót Budapest spring'73".
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DZIESIEĆ PYTAŃŁódź (Poland): Galerie adres, Ewa Partum publisher, self-publishing, 1973 (May).
In-folio, 4 pages, card, 302 x 207 mm, 2-color black-and-white silkscreen.
Our copy is signed and dated, lower right, in pencil, on the front cover. On the 4th cover, the signature in blue ballpoint pen in the lower center.
No indication of the number of copies; however, according to Ewa Partum, between 100 and 150 copies were printed.
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Brochure for Endre Tót's exhibition at Galerie adres.The back cover includes a biography of the artist, a list of exhibitions and bibliographical references.
The text is silk-screened in white on a full-page black background. It consists of 10 questions (in Polish) overlaid with "0"; only the word "Dlaczego"(Why) is legible, as is the last question: "Dlaczego pytami "(Why do I question?).
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I am glad if I can write sentences, one after the other
Budapest: self-publishing (samizdat), 1973.
8 pages (including cover) stapled binding, 195 x 143 mm; black & white offset printing.
Edition of 100 numbered copies
Our copy is numbered 44 in blue felt-tip on the back cover; a typewritten note reads "copyright Endre Tót Budapest autumn'73".
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There is an audio version of this work. A cassette recording was made at Endre Tót's exhibition at the St. Petri Gallery (Jean Sellem) in Lund (Sweden) on November 17, 1979.
Endre Tót recites the phrase "I am glad if I can say sentences, one after the other" over and over again.
See page Les Éditions years 1977-1980.
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ONE DOZEN RAIN POSTCARDS
Budapest, self-publishing (samizdat), 1973
12 postcards, 93 x 142 mm in a light-blue 3-flap fold-over pocket (format 93 x 147 mm); black-and-white offset printing.
No mention of the number of copies. According to Endre Tót (visit on September 25, 2023), there are less than 50 copies.
Our copy is signed and dated in black ballpoint pen by the artist on the spine of the central part of the sleeve.
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On the left cover flap: title and author's name. On the outer center flap: title and numbered list of postcards with their respective titles; on the right flap, dedication "to H.P "*.
*This is Herta Paraschin.