Drawings and text on top of photocopies of articles from reference works about Saint Simon the Apostle., In art Simon's usual attribute is a boat ... in the West Simon and Jude are culted together on 28 October--P. [11]., Some parts of articles highlighted., Title from first line of text (on p. [1] and [2])., and Vinyl wrappers; stab binding.
By Erica Van Horn., Five painted and numbered booklets folded accordion style., In wooden box painted to look like a building made of wood; booklets are housed behind a hinged door with a velcro fastener., Refusing to believe it when the letter came. Slowly reading. Knowing. Weeping over weeks. In love with another? Pieces kept coming back. The letter tore my world. I wanted to tear the letter up. Even as the letter tore up my world, it gave me something for the re-building--Statement painted on the side of the box., Statement of responsibility and date from bottom of box., and Title from top of box.
[Erica Van Horn]., An edition of 100. No. [blank]--Colophon., BEIN Zab V3115 +993S: No. 87., Book covers are held together by white ribbon ties., Cover title., and Text is printed onto end papers.
BEIN 2009 Folio 68: Autograph of artist., Erica Van Horn, 1985., Erica Van Horn, onlay, November 1985--In ms. on final panel., Laid in portfolio., and One sheet constructed of three sheets glued together and folded, accordion style (36 x 324 cm., folded to 36 x 36).
BEIN Zab V3115 +979A 12: Stamped numbers on envelopes are: 166, 179, 300. The first two have the author's autograph, the third one does not. In box with ms. title: Assorted cards / Erica Van Horn., Each round pinback button is printed with the pattern of a different envelope interior and is housed in a clear, 6 x 7 cm. zip lock bag. Each bag includes a small card (5 x 5 cm.) with the title and author's name printed on recto and a unique, stamped number and author's autograph on verso., and Erica Van Horn.
Envelope interior installations: p. [2]. Envelope interior publications: p. [3]., Erica Van Horn., Place of publication from p. [4]., The patterning of the inside of an envelope must have begun as an attempt to hide what was within ... That these conceits are still designed and made, emblems of material and tactility, at this point in the electronic age, is a cause of much surprise and wonder. The collecting, cutting-open and exposure of these contents has become almost a life' work--P. [2]., and Wrapper title.
Cover title; in ms., Erica Van Horn, 1986--In ms., back cover., Four paintings, each depicting a container on the top of a wood-grained table (a wash basin and jug, a canister, a teapot, a carafe)., and On boards, in accordion fold format.
Deep blue-green envelope containing two folded cards; printed in black on front cover; publication date taken from most recent card., Erica Van Horn., First card: dated 1993, printed in Docking, Norfolk, England; A paint peeling from a table wood grained [by the author] in 1991 which peeled in the early winter of 1993., Second card: dated 2004, printed in Ballybeg Grange, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland; A birch bark peeling from a tree at Chestnut Pond, New Hampshire in 1988 layered in a drawer and forgotten until the spring of 2004 in Tipperary., and Title from envelope
