Roni Horn - To Place (Book I – X) - 1990-2011

Roni Horn's To Place is one of the most epic and ambitious artist's books, so much so that describing it in a few paragraphs is a challenge. Each book in the series is different, dealing with a separate theme. The first volume is not even photographic, yet To Place deserves to be treated as a unified whole, for there is both an overriding concept and a shared subject matter - Ísland (Iceland).

It is a country that fascinates the New York-based Horn and one to which she returns regularly to renew and extend her fascination in the form of fresh bodies of work. Iceland is her subject matter, but her subject, her primary theme insofar as it can be articulated, might be said to revolve around identity—how the identity of a place is formed, both materially and symbolically, visibly and invisibly; how a person's identity is shaped by place; how a person can change identity from place to place. Each book focuses on different aspects of this overarching theme, the relationship between Horn and Iceland.

Below is a list of all the books in this set and their condition. A few of the books are very slightly curved (see photograph).

To Place — Book I: Bluff Life (1990, Peter Blum Edition)
Exterior: Very Good – Near Fine / Very minor shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book II: Folds (1991, Mary Boone Gallery)
Exterior: Very Good – Near Fine / Very minor shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book III: Lava (1992, Distributed Art Publishers)
Exterior: Very good / The front and rear have a few small superficial scuffs and a few spots of very light edge wear.
Interior: Near Fine – Fine / One page has a 1mm dirt spot.

To Place — Book IV: Pooling Waters Volume 1 (1994, Walther König)
Exterior: Very good / Light shelf wear and a band of very slight discolouration along the top rear edge.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book IV: Pooling Waters Volume 2 (1994, Walther König)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book V: Verne’s Journey (1995, Walther König)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book VI: Haraldsdóttir (1996, Ginny Williams)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book VII: Arctic Circles (1998, Ginny Williams)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book VIII: Becoming a Landscape (2001, Ginny Williams)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book IX: Doubt Box (2006, Steidl)
Exterior: Very good / Very light shelf wear. Spine is slightly sun tanned.
Interior: Fine

To Place — Book X: Haraldsdóttir, Part Two (2011, Steidl)
Exterior: Near Fine / Very light shelf wear.
Interior: Fine