Location Piece #25, 1973

NSCAD Lithography Workshop, NSCAD University, Halifax

Garry Neill Kennedy, “The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax/The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 2012, page 222 ; illustrated page 222

The printed text on this lithograph notes: “On March 23, 1973 the artist used a postcard of the Fountain of Trevi to locate the exact point from which the photograph on the postcard had been made. From that location he intended to make a photograph that would be at least as interesting as the original but, as the lens of his camera lacked the capacity to include the entire scene, he was obliged to make six photographs: sections of those were used to form the composite photograph that is reproduced as an aspect of this work. As reproduction of the postcard itself is forbidden by law its inclusion as another aspect of this work will be in the form of an ‘original’ attached to this print in the box on the right. The owner of this print must complete its design by mailing his, or her address to the artist whereupon the postcard will be mailed from Rome and, upon its receipt, attached as stated. It will then join with the above reproduction and this statement to constitute the final form of this piece.” Following Douglas Huebler’s passing in 1997, the collaborative element of this artwork is no longer possible.