Cover of rigid box, image source: Publisher

Notes

Pieter Laurens Mol is the first artist in the publication series to break the publisher's stipulated rule saying that the artist can only use one side of the leporello for their artwork: The front and back cover bears traces of the artist's fingerprints.

Publisher Note

In his contribution to the Leporello Series, Pieter Laurens Mol challenges the viewer with a paradox; an artist’s book demanding tactile interaction, articulating a prohibition against such engagement. Traces of the artist’s own touch are evident on the front and back of the leporello, further prompting an impulse to experience the book by allowing one’s hand to traverse the paper's surface. The blind embossed message appeals to our inherent mischievous nature, seemingly suggesting that established norms are subject to defiance.

For The Leporello Series, LL’Editions has invited a select group of international artists to contribute. Each artist is given carte blanche, restricted only by the accordion format and its ten panels (recto). To date, participating artists include (in order of appearance) Heimo Zobernig, Micah Lexier, Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press, Ryan Gander, Shannon Ebner, Maurizio Nannucci, Karl Holmqvist, Jonathan Monk and Pieter Laurens Mol.

Inhabiting a space between book and paper sculpture, the Leporellos are printed on delicate Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper. Each volume in the series is limited to 250 numbered copies and come in a bespoke rigid box, with the title hot foiled both on its front and on its spine, allowing it to sit comfortably in a bookshelf when not on display.

Artists’ Book

Leporello N° 09

by Pieter Laurens Mol

Publisher
Release Place Gothenburg, Sweden
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 19th April 2024
Credits
Designer: Lundgren+Lindqvist
Printrun 250
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-91-987673-0-8
Inscription numbered, Numbered on the back of the rigid box with a rubber stamp
Original Price 30.00 EUR
Availability Available
Work  
Subform Accordion, Concertina, Leporello
Dimensions 99.0 × 14.2 × 1.1 cm
Pages 10
Technique Blind Embossing, Hot Foil, Hpt Offset

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