NULLIFIED DIALOGUE by Endre Tót
Bern: Artists Press; Hinwil (Switzerland): Howeg, 1975.*
16 numbered pages, semi-rigid cover, dust jacket, staple binding, 210 x 150 mm; black and white offset printing.
Edition of 200 signed copies, including 20 copies reserved for the artist, marked A.P. and numbered.
*1975, not 1974 as stated on the colophon page (see Endre Tót's letter in the additional information).
Our copy is number 11, marked A.P. and numbered 11/20 on the inside back cover (see additional information for details).
Nullified Dialogue, dedicated to 00, was published at the beginning of the year 0000. It is a dialogue between 000000 and 000, consisting of supernumerary dialogues.
We asked the publisher Thomas Howeg whether the mention "AP 11/20" was indeed by Endre Tót:
Here is his response:
"Ja, das waren Künstlerexemplare, die E.T. so signiert hatte." (Yes, these were artist’s copies that E.T. signed this way.) (Email dated 23.08.2023).
Letter from November 1974 sent to the publisher Thomas Howeg
Below is the November 1974 letter addressed to publisher Thomas Howeg, from which we have cited passages translated from German to French.
BUDAPEST 00.NOV.1974
RAINPROOF IDEAS 1971 - 1974 Typed by Endre Tót
Jerusalem : Israel Museum, 1975.
20 pages non numérotées, couverture semi-rigide, 210 x 156 mm ; impression offset en noir et blanc.
RAINPROOF IDEAS was published as catalog no. 137 and as an artist’s book for Endre Tót’s exhibition at the Israel Museum (July–August 1975) in Jerusalem.
The complete edition includes an embossed print titled "Braille Rain", which was produced in a printing house in Israel, based on an original by the artist.
Braille
The book includes bibliographic references (page 18).
Our copy contains an inserted invitation card for the exhibition at the Israel Museum, in English and Hebrew (92 x 21 mm).
Below is a reproduction of page xxx from RAINPROOF IDEAS, which presents the lexical definition of the word "Rain" in English. Endre Tót copied it from an English dictionary:
rain rūn n. l. Water in drops discharged from the clouds. 2. Anything likened to such a shower of water, as a rain of bullets. - vi. & vt. l. To fall in drops from the clouds. 2. To fall like rain. 3. To cause to occur as if in showers, as, to rain compliments upon one. - less adj.
STARS FROM POLAND
Lund: Edition Jean Sellem, Galerie S:T Petri, 1975.
1 sheet (430 x 310 mm), folded at the center, blank cover.
Published on the occasion of Endre Tót’s exhibition, held from October 17 to October 29, 1975, at Galerie S:T Petri Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art.
Edition of 11 copies, numbered from 0 to 10 and signed in pencil.
Includes two original stamp imprints in red ink.
ZEROPOST 1976
Es ist wunderschön gemacht! (It is beauti a fully made!)
Geneva: Edition Howeg & Ecart, 1976.
Sheet of postage stamps. Sheet dimensions: 298 x 213 mm; printed in green.
Edition of 1,000 copies.
An additional 50 copies were also printed in light green (see ALMANACH ECART, page 141).
The first edition, in black, was published in 1974 (see the Editions page for the year 1974).
TÓTalJOYS /1971-75/ by TÓT
Geneva & Hinwil (Switzerland), co-edition: Geneva, Ecart Publications; Hinwil, Edition Howeg, 1976.
12 unnumbered pages, semi-rigid cover, staple binding, 210 x 146 mm; black and white offset printing.
Edition of 650 numbered copies.
Our copy is number 569, signed in pencil by the artist on the colophon page.
Letter dated 28.3.76 sent to the publisher Thomas Howeg, bearing the note:
"Some remarks on TOTalJoys (June 1976)"
/Some remarks on TOTalJoys (June 1976)/:
- Print all pages in black.
- I would like the booklet to resemble A. Messager’s /La Femme et...//Ecart/.
- So, the cover should be cardboard, and the inner pages thinner paper.
- OR: both the cover and the inner pages made of the same paper, medium thickness.
- I would also like the typeface of the catalog to be similar to that of Messager’s book.
- I have indicated the placement of the text and photos.
- They will be framed by a 1.5 cm border on each page.
- The sentences are large, without numbering.
- Enlarge the text on the cover, reduce on the penultimate and last pages.
- For some photos, captions are unnecessary, but I want captions everywhere.
- For photos where my smiling face is not visible, add the laughter photo 😃.
COVER
- Photos with a thin border (original attached to gallery Howeg).
- Please fix the text.
PENULTIMATE PAGE
- Photos of Janos Gulyas and the author.
LAST PAGE
- You & John, please compose the legal notice.
- Only my name should appear as: TÓTal
- © Endre Tót
GAUDEO, ERGO SUM
- Please check this Latin phrase with John.
- GAUDEO = I am glad / OK?
- Cogito, ergo sum
On March 28, I sent photos numbered 9, 10, 12.
THANK YOU THANK YOU LoVE