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Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970 AR * Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970, silkscreen printed in red and black on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil '3/75 dsh 70', printed by Openings Press, the full sheet, some areas of minor discolouration, sheet size 77.5 x 58.4 cm (30 1/2 x 23 ins) QTY: (1)

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970 AR * Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao, 1970, silkscreen printed in red and black on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil '69/75 dsh 70', printed by Openings Press, the full sheet, pale discolouration to two blank margins (not affecting image), sheet size 77.5 x 58.4 cm (30 1/2 x 23 ins) QTY: (1)

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Ken Cox Memorial, 1968

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Ken Cox Memorial, 1968 * Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Ken Cox Memorial, 1968, double-sided screenprint in black, blue and red on pink wove paper, printed title, initials and date to lower margin, unnumbered (as issued) from an edition of circa 300, printed at the Compton Press, Compton Chamberlayne, Salisbury, small crease to lower right corner, tiny stain (approx. 5 x 4 mm) to left margin, the full sheet, sheet size 57 x 50.3 cm (22 1/2 x 19 3/4 ins) QTY: (1) NOTE: This work is dsh’s memorial tribute to the artist Ken Cox (1927–1968). The verso of the work, printed in black, contains the full-length title "the sun-cheese wheel-ode, a double-rolling-gloster memorial for kencox" and the complex workings of Houedard's Consonant and Vowel System as well as acknowledging Semi-Bold Flaxman by Edward Wright. The letters K- E- N- C- O- X are missing from the composition, reflecting the loss of the artist. The piece was also printed on white, green and yellow paper.

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Sand, Rock & Tide (Openings, Wall Poem I), circa 1964

Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Sand, Rock & Tide (Openings, Wall Poem I), circa 1964 * Houedard (Dom Sylvester 1924-1992). Sand, Rock & Tide (Openings, Wall Poem I), circa 1964, handprinted linocut, 'Openings/WallPoemI/dsh' in red to right edge, sheet size 58 x 77.7 cm (22 7/8 x 30 5/8 ins) QTY: (1) NOTE: Born on Guernsey, as Pierre (Peter) Thomas Paul Jean Houédard, he studied at Jesus College, Oxford. He served in British Army Intelligence from 1944 to 1947, and in 1949 joined the Benedictine Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, being ordained as a priest in 1959 and taking the religious name Sylvester. Houédard was a leading exponent of concrete poetry, with regular contributions to magazines and exhibitions from the early 1960s onward. His elaborate, typewriter-composed visual poems ("typestracts") were scattered across many chapbooks.

For ew

Dom Sylvester Houédard 1924-1992 For ew  titled (upper right); stamped with the artist's initials and inscribed 210464 (left edge) ink on two sheets of paper 3⅞ by 6½ in. 9.8 by 16.5 cm. Executed in 1964.

Dom Houedard (1924-1992). Splendid Weeping, circa 1960, screenprint

Dom Houedard (1924-1992). Splendid Weeping, circa 1960, screenprint * Houedard (Dom Sylvester, 1924-1992). Splendid Weeping, circa 1960, colour screenprint printed in red and blue, published in an edition of 75, signed with initials and numbered '7.75' in pencil lower right, sheet size 57 x 78 cm (22 1/2 x 30 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (60 x 81 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Born on Guernsey, as Pierre (Peter) Thomas Paul Jean Houédard, he studied at Jesus College, Oxford. He served in British Army Intelligence from 1944 to 1947, and in 1949 joined the Benedictine Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, being ordained as a priest in 1959 and taking the religious name Sylvester. Houédard was a leading exponent of concrete poetry, with regular contributions to magazines and exhibitions from the early 1960s onward. His elaborate, typewriter-composed visual poems ("typestracts") were scattered across many chapbooks.

Dom Pierre-Sylvester Houedard, Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao

Dom Pierre-Sylvester Houedard Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao 1970 screenprint in colors 31 h x 23 w in (79 x 58 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower right '31/75 dsh 70'. This work is number 31 from the edition of 75 published by Openings Press, Woodchester, England. Provenance: Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

DOM SYLVESTER HOUEDARD LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER SIGNED

Dom Sylvester Houedard (British, 1924-1992) "Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao" lithograph on paper. Pencil signed DH, Edition 27/75.

Print, Dom Sylvester Houedard

Dom Sylvester Houedard (American, 1924-1992), "Successful Cube Tranceplant in Honor of Chairman Mao," 1970, lithograph, monogrammed and dated in pencil lower right, artist''s proof edition, sheet (unframed): 30.75"h x 23"w; Provenace: Triton Museum of Art (Santa Clara, CA)

Dom Sylvester Houédard (1924-1992) - The Kropotkin Interim Survey Structure, 1970

Dom Sylvester Houédard (1924-1992) - The Kropotkin Interim Survey Structure, 1970 biro on paper, inscribed at upper left and titled at lower right 10 x 8 in., 25.4 x 20.3 cm Dom Sylvester Houédard, also known under the acronym DSH, was a Benedictine priest, theologian and noted concrete poet. A regular contributor to magazines and exhibitions from the early 1960s onward, his elaborate, typewriter-composed visual poems ("typestracts") were scattered across many publications, including Kinkon (1965) and Tantric Poems Perhaps (1966). He is regarded as a pivotal figure within a group of artists that included John Cage, Bob Cobbing, Allen Ginsberg and Ian Hamilton Finlay. The South London Gallery hosted a 'retrospective' or 'symposium' on Houédard in 2012. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Dom Sylvester Houédard (1924-1992) (i) Untitled (Oval with Two Supporting Lines) (ii) Untitled (Cube and Circle) (i) signed with the artist's initials and dated 'dsh 200469' (to the upper left corner) (ii) signed with the artist's initials and dated 'dsh 250469' (to the upper left corner) each: typewriter ink and felt tip pen on paper each: 11 5/8 x 8½in. (29.7 x 21cm.) Executed in 1969 (2)

Dom Sylvester Houédard (1924-1992) (i) Portrait of Fiona (ii) Nicholas, Fiona (iii) Sylvester and me Pyramids for Fiona (iv) Untitled (v) Nicholas, Fiona (v) signed and dated 'To Fiona Sylvester Houédard 1967-68' (on the cover) (i)(ii) newspaper collage and plastic in laminate (iii)(iv) ink on paper napkin (v) plastic key, chess pawn, newspaper collage and painted wood in Ilford box (i) 13 x 7 3/8in. (34 x 18.5cm.) (ii) 9½ x 5 1/8in. (24.1 x 13cm.) (iii)(iv) 8½ x 8½in. (21.5 x 21.5cm.) (v) 7 x 5¼ x 1in. (17.8 x 13.2 x 2.5cm.) Executed in 1967-1969