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Guy de Cointet – A Captain from Portugal

$48 AUD · In stock

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Originally self-published by Guy de Cointet in 1972, A Captain from Portugal is a short story composed of the artist’s own coded letterforms. Written in a hand-drawn, polygonal font, this artist book retains the formal logic of a standard paperback—including section breaks, illustrations, and captions—that begs to be read like any other book. However, instead of standard literary fare, Cointet delivers a series of visually-mesmerizing encrypted texts. Rather than alienating the reader, these texts pull her in through delicately arranged patterns, which at times create a moiré effect on the pag

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