{"product_id":"billy-childish-rarity-hangman-poetry-set-in-signed-painted-box","title":"RARE Hangman Poetry Set in Signed Painted Box 64\/100","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL-13 Rejects and Rarities Dept\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHangman Poetry Box Set, 2003\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree titles published by Childish's small press Hangman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvidence Against Myself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalling Things By Their Proper Names\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boss Of All English Writers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll individually signed in ink and housed in a box with the lid painted by the author\/artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber 64 from an edition of 100 copies signed and numbered inside the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we first met Billy in 2004 we helped him to sell these sets of books, the last to be published by him as Hangman Books. It's a beautifully produced set of cloth bound hardbacks with both the books and the box signed with his full name (he started signing with his gallows symbol in about 2005\/6). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting on the lid is one of several motifs he used for the set. There were probably about 30 made of each one, but all properly painted and unique. He used acrylic rather than oils as he needed them to dry quickly so he could pile them up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Billy's paintings now being bought by major collections around the world, this kind of painted edition is by far the most accessible way of owning one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe continued this tradition of special artist books and box sets when we started making our own editions as the aquarium and later as L-13.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKeep checking back on the L-13 Rejects and Rarities Dept as we'll be adding more early painted books and editions as we uncover them in the archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNB:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003eIf you do purchase this set or something similar we do not recommend or approve of cutting out the painting and having it framed. By all means put the books on your shelf and frame the whole box, but keep the set together. Breaking the set degrades the artists original intention and devalues its meaning and place in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billy Childish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58448828105035,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/9185\/7995\/files\/Billy_Childish_Hangman_painted_box_set1.jpg?v=1789143246","url":"https:\/\/l-13.org\/products\/billy-childish-rarity-hangman-poetry-set-in-signed-painted-box","provider":"L-13","version":"1.0","type":"link"}