Restive Units, James Siena, 2012, 1/150 Copies, RARE, Fine Catalogue

Siena, James, et al. Restive Units (Great Barrington, MA: Social Security, 2012).

English, one of 150 copies, RARE, Fine, SC, 8vo, 7 3/4" x 6 1/2," 34 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: N/A

One of 150 copies. RARE. Fine white paper wrappers with staple binding, no lettering to spine. Covers have light age toning, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Principally color illustrations of the artist's drawings with no captions. Drawings' specifications printed in the back. A unique and eye-catching catalogue featuring the drawings of James Siena. Siena's drawings are often characterized by detailed, maze-like compositions bridging the meticulous and the chaotic. Subjects are mostly abstract and comprise linear or geometric shapes but sometimes manifest as grotesque, anatomical forms. Back colophon: "One hundred & fifty copies of Restive Units printed 20 November 2012 at Kwik Print, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, of which ten are numbered in Roman Numerals I-X & signed by the artist." This copy is unnumbered and not signed by the artist.