Series 9: Swiss Prints, 1982

Swiss prints, a portfolio of thirteen drawings with an essay by Simon Vinkenoog, published by Courvoisier, Zurich, Switzerland in 1982. Folio includes Black cover titled "Vali Myers" in gold text with 'Tooth of the Hound" on the front cover, a list of 'Titles of prints', Biography of Vali Myers with exhibitions from 1972-1982 in Amsterdam, Basel, and New York, Bibliography and introduction by Simon Vinkenoog March 12, 1982 "On the Threshold of Vali's Realm". Printed on title page: This art map has been produced in a limited edition of 200 copies. Colour lithography by Leonardi Offset Reproduction Inc. Zurich, printed in Switzerland by Courvoiser Inc., La Chaux-de-Fonds, bound by Atelier Stemmle Inc., Zurich.

The Swiss Prints are limited edition prints of Vali Myers drawings, printed in Switzerland in 1982.

Listed here are 2 sets of 13 prints with a limited edition of 200 copies. Each print has been trimmed down and mounted on black paper, with black folio covers inscribed in gold font with Vali Myers signature handwriting on the cover ‘Vali Myers’. The 3rd set consists of duplicate prints that were not trimmed down for the folio set. There are no black folio covers for these. Colour lithography by Leonardi, printed by Courvoiser Inc., Zurich, essay by Simon Vinkenoog.

These prints show Vali Myers taking the advice of Andy Warhol and reproducing her work to sell the reproductions rather than sell the original small scale works. The Swiss prints, and the posters and postcards are further examples of this.

The Swiss Prints are numbered Folio 1 H2021.74/1-13, Folio 2 H2021.75/1-13, Duplicate prints H2019. 293/9-12, H2019.293/32-59, LTFBOX/MYERS Box 3-6.