1. IN TRIBUTE TO MADAME DE POMPADOUR AND THE COURT OF LOUIS XV, PERFUME SET
Box containing two conical glass vials (manufactured to the proportions of the Court): one contains three grams of perfume from the original performance of the Court, the other contains three grams of honey from the same event. Affixed to the inside top lid is a title label, and a b/w image of the garden at Versailles. The inside front lid bears a hand-colored foldout reproduction of a drawing depicting the flow of energy within the Court.
3 × 6 × 3 in.; 8 × l5.5 × 8 cm
Edition: 30 and 3 AP. Signed and numbered.
2. EQUESTRIAN OPULATOR
An aluminum and oak case containing an aluminum and rhodium-plated tripodic shooting stick, various cleats for differing terrain conditions, two flares (strontium and barium), an orange peeler, an illustrated instruction manual and a guide describing thirty racetracks throughout the world.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1988
40 × 7 × 3 in.; 95 × l8 × 7.5 cm
Edition: 7 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
3. IN MEMORY OF THE UTICA STEAM AND BOILER FACTORY
An engraved fur-lined brass box (1 × 2 1⁄8 × 1 1⁄8 in.; 2.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm), contains a b/w photograph of the artist. An aluminum tube (7 in.; 18 cm long) contains a thermometer and an aluminum bar, one side is engraved with the title, the opposite face with the word "Cold." A celebratory edition for an exhibition at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1989
Edition: 3 and 1 AP
4. GINSMAID©
The Ginsmaid© is a gin and tonic dispensing icon which supplies varying strengths of drink by touching three points on the photographic image of Vera Lynn. It is an extremely precise instrument only for the exceptional drinker. The machine is accompanied by a standard lead, a transformer which allows the machine to be used anywhere in the world, and an illustrated instruction manual containing a brief history of the machine, its operation, and maintenance procedures.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
23 × 8 × 6 in.; 58 × 20 × l5 cm
Edition: 10 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
5. EPERNAY EPICUREAN
Rhodium- plated two-part spinning containing an instrument which clips together forming a device to decant the entire contents of a bottle of champagne simultaneously into five flutes using the bottle’s inherent pressure. Accompanied by a signed manual.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
11⁄2 × 11⁄2 × 7 in.; 4 × 4 × 18 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP
6. NEBUCHADNEZZAR ATTACHMENT
Rhodium-plated two-part spinning containing a miniature 15 oz. nitrous oxide gas bottle, with valve and extension suction pipe fittings enabling the Epernay Epicurean to be fitted to a Nebuchadnezzar champagne bottle.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
11⁄2 × 11⁄2 × 7 in.; 4 × 4 × 18 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP
7. NEW YORK–NEW YORK
Photo-etched brass and aluminum pages with inset lithographic film in brass and aluminum folder. Contained in a velvet-lined black case, with certificate and instruction sheet.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
14 1⁄2 × 12 1⁄2 × 3 in.; 36.5 × 31.5 × 7.5 cm closed; 75 in. 190.5 cm open. 12 pp.
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
8. NEW YORK HIGH-NEW YORK LOW (PAPER)
Cloth case with deep blue felt lining containing two photo-etched leaves, one in aluminum with New York High in positive, one in brass with New York Low in negative, and two flexidiscs partially gilded in gold and white gold.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
15 1⁄4 × 13 in.; 39 × 33 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
9. NEW YORK–NEW YORK
Cloth case with deep blue felt lining containing two photo-etched leaves, one in aluminum with New York High in positive, one in brass with New York Low in negative, and two flexidiscs partially gilded in gold and white gold.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
151⁄4 × 13 in.; 39 × 33 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
10. NEW YORK TEN
Aluminum machine with refrigerator compressor and water tray containing 3 unique photoetched aluminum bonds which are alternately frozen and thawed in cycles.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1990
36 × 10 × 18 in.; 91 × 20 × 46 cm
Edition: 10 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
11. SILK SERENADE FOR THE PIAZZA SCARLATTI
Cloth-covered case containing the materials for an illusion: a set of instructions, three black silkscreened paper discs, three colored silkscreened paper discs in scarlet, chromium yellow, and ultramarine, three flexidiscs with New York High and New York Low, a gilded card pouch, three silk handkerchiefs in scarlet, chromium yellow, and ultramarine. A commemorative edition for an exhibition at Galleria Victoria Miro, Florence, 1990.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1991
1 1⁄4 × 9 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄2 in.; 3 × 24 × 24 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
12. IN TRIBUTE TO MADAME DE POMPADOUR AND THE COURT OF LOUIS XV (BOXED EDITION)
Cloth-covered box with letterpress title label. Contains In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV (Explication), as described above, and supplementary images of the three Specimen Vitrines, both loosely bound together with a paper tape (201 in., 500 cm long), bearing the names of the Encyclopedic Contributors, and a silk handkerchief, in one of three colors, each with one drop of gardenia essence.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1991
15 × 10 1⁄2 in.; 38 × 27 cm
Edition: 90 (30 powder blue, 30 rose pompadour, 30 golden peach handkerchiefs), and 3 AP. Signed and numbered.
13. EAU DE GENÈVE
A primrose-yellow paper-covered box containing a glass bottle filled by La Haute Parfumerie de Ginsmaid©, New York, with three exquisite varieties of juniper berries and essence of this delicate perfume. The bottle has various paper labels and seals which describe its contents and is wrapped in a piece of black tulle cut to the form of the island of Capri. A label is affixed to the inside lid describing its history.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1994
1 1⁄8 × 8 1⁄8 × 2 in.; 3 × 20.5 × 5 cm
Edition: 30 and 3 AP. Signed and numbered.
14. JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON MADAME D’ETIOLES MADAME DE POMPADOUR POMPADOUR GLASS BLUE
Cloth case containing a sheet of glass silkscreened in very pale blue ink with an image of Madame de Pompadour. This portrait is taken from a painting by François Boucher in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. The size of the image has been determined from the true dimensions of a table in the painting. Accompanying the glass are two loose sheets of card, one bearing an identical image, but printed in 1% stronger ink, the other a text and an image of the table used to produce this facsimile.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1993
20 × 16 × 1 1⁄2 in.; 49 × 40.5 × 4 cm
Edition: 5 and 2 AP. Signed and numbered.
15. JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON MADAME D’ETIOLES MADAME DE POMPADOUR POMPADOUR GLASS ROSE
Cloth case containing a sheet of glass silkscreened in negative in very pale pink ink with an image of Madame de Pompadour. This portrait is taken from a painting by François Boucher in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The size of the image has been determined from the true dimensions of a bracelet engraved by Jacques Guay in the painting. Accompanying the glass are two loose sheets of card, one bearing an identical image but printed in positive in 1% stronger ink, the other a text and an image of the bracelet used to produce this facsimile.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1995
20 × 16 × 1 1⁄2 in.; 49 × 40.5 × 4 cm
Edition: 5 and 2 AP. Signed and numbered.
16. JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON MADAME D’ETIOLES MADAME DE POMPADOUR POMPADOUR GLASS GOLD
The final glass in this trilogy, identical in format to the two preceding versions but silkscreened in an extremely delicate tint of gold. This portrait is taken from a painting by François Boucher in the collection of the Wallace Collection, London. The size of the image has been determined by the mean distance between the pupils of Madame de Pompadour’s eyes in the two previous glasses.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1995
20 × 16 × 1 1⁄2 in.; 49 × 40.5 × 4 cm.
Edition: 1 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
17. AQUA IGNISFATUUS
Paper-covered box containing a borosilicate glass vial sealed with 27 1⁄3 drops of ethereally transformed water from each of three separate performances of Ignisfatuus. The vial has an exterior paper label and also contains a sliver of mylar printed with a music score relating to three arias sung by Rosa Ponselle. A descriptive label is affixed to the inside lid and a second label bears a description of the plot of each opera.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1996
1 1⁄4 × 12 1⁄4 × 2 1⁄4 in.; 3 × 31 × 5.5 cm
Heart Edition: 3 and 2 AP; Lung Edition: 3 and 2 AP; Brain Edition: 3 and 2 AP. Signed and numbered.
18. THE MONOCLE OF PERFECT FAT DISTRIBUTION
A silver-plated case engraved with the title and lined with kidskin containing a Felino specimen sandwiched between two crystal glass optical lenses held by a silver-plated bezel complete with silver chain. A label is affixed to the inside lid explaining its possible uses.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1996
2 3⁄4 × 2 1⁄2 × 1⁄4 in.; 7 × 6.5 × 0.5 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
19. GUARDIANS OF THE VIOLET BLOOM
Cotton laboratory coat with a silkscreened image of the conservatory at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, in violet ink on the pocket, and images of the three Ignisfatuus organ casts on the back.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1996
37 1⁄2 in.; 95 cm long
Unlimited edition.
20. THE WORLD AND ITS INHABITANTS GLOBEXPANDER©
A cloth-covered case containing a rhodium-plated brass device for inflating a balloon silkscreened with the names of the 24 characters. The box also contains a copy of The World and Its Inhabitants, a Globexpander© manual, and four cylinders of nitrous oxide gas for the balloon’s inflation.
London: Bookworks, 1998
12 × 4 × 4 in.; 30.5 × 10 × 10 cm
Edition: 24. Signed and numbered.
21. NEW YORK–NEW YORK (MODEL)
A model of the New York–New York project in brass, aluminum, wood, and board, in a vitrine with two concealed drawers holding a drawing of the Regina punched musical disc of The Stars and Stripes Forever, and an explication of the project.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1999
45 × 72 × 24 in.; 114 × 183 × 61 cm
Edition: 3. Signed and numbered.
22. BELLINIAN BLOOM; SPONTINIAN BLOOM; VERDINIAN BLOOM
Pigment prints on paper, images of the three blooms from Ignisfatuus.
New York: Christine Burgin, 1998
Each: 30 × 24 in.; 76 × 61 cm
Edition: 5. Signed and numbered.
23. THE VIOLET BLOOMS OF IGNISFATUUS
Three prints, depicting the arterial structure of the heart, lungs, and brain silkscreened in violet and ultraviolet-sensitive ink, with an explicatory text in a card portfolio.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1998
Silkscreen on vellum. Each: 16 × 13 in.; 40.5 × 33 cm
Edition: 29 in violet and ultraviolet-sensitive ink. Signed and numbered.
Edition: 3 printed in ultraviolet-sensitive ink only, in case with ultraviolet viewing lamp. Signed and numbered.
24. ROSA, GODDESS OF THE MOON
Photographs of the Moon and Rosa Ponselle in the role of Giulia in Spontini’s La Vestale at the Teatro Communale, Florence, 1933. The images pay homage to Ponselle’s ethereal beauty and the role of the lunar cycles in ordering the performance of Ignisfatuus.
New York: Alexander and Bonin, 2000
Silver gelatin prints. Each: 23 1⁄2 × 17 1⁄2 in.; 60 × 44.5 cm
Edition: 4 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
25. EQUESTRIAN FLAGELLUM
Plastinated orange rind, mixed media. This whip has been constructed from a plastinated orange rind using Professor Gunther von Hagens’ technique, as developed at the University of Heidelberg.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2000
Variable dimensions
Edition: 7 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
26. OPTICAL SPECULATOR
Ground glass lens, stainless steel case. The Speculator, permitting ready inspection of a horse’s teeth, is the perfect accessory for the equine dental ogler.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2000
2 1⁄2 × 1 1⁄2 × 1 1⁄2 in.; 6.5 × 4 × 4 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
27. THE EQUESTRIAN OPULATOR FILLIES’ HANDICAP STAKES TROPHY
The original trophy was awarded to Mr. Lynch, trainer of Angel Hill, the winner of the race. The trophy has now been made available to the public in a limited edition.
Catterick, England: St. Paulinus Projects, 2000
Plastinated orange in bell jar with engraved plate, 11 3⁄4 × 6 1⁄4 × 6 1⁄4 in.; 30 × 17 × 17 cm
Edition: 10 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
28. EQUESTRIAN OPULATOR SEAT COVERS
A set of three seat covers: industrial mink, alpaca with optional integral heating device and the Vibratory Stimulator, with infrared operation providing progressively more vigorous stimulation throughout a race.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2000
5 × 13 × 5 in.; 12.5 × 33 × 12.5 cm. Industrial mink, alpaca, polyethylene, mixed media, all in a faux armadillo case.
Edition: 1 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
29. MINERALMAID©
The Mineralmaid©, the teetotal companion to the Ginsmaid©, serves refreshing mineral water under optimum conditions, gravitationally poured into one of eighteen glasses mounted on a revolving rack. The Mineralmaid© may be mounted on the mannequin supplied or on the hostess of your choice.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 1991–2000
59 × 32 × 32 in.; 150 × 81 × 81 cm. Painted aircraft steel, anodized aluminum, glass, mannequin.
Edition: 5 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
30. THE PURIFICATION OF FAGUS SYLVATICA VAR PENDULA (STILL)
A beech wood case with an inset engraved title plate, containing a hand-welded brass and steel model of the glass still used in The Purification of Fagus sylvatica var pendula. The model stands on a piece of the original beech tree. A wooden cylinder with a printed label contains a sealed glass bottle containing beech wood creosote from the performance.
New York: Alexander and Bonin: 2003
12 × 6 × 5 in.; 30.5 × 15 × 12.5 cm
Edition: 7 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
31. PASSAGE TO PURIFICATION
Green cloth-covered box with inset title label with 24 mounted hand-printed silver prints and a 6-page descriptive pamphlet. The inner lid bears a label with a description of the project.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2001
1 1⁄2 × 8 1⁄4 × 8 1⁄4 in. 3.5 × 21 × 21 cm
Edition: 7 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
32. PURIFICATION (FILM)
Wood clamshell box with inset engraved title plate, with a labeled DVD. A beech leaf sandwiched between two glass plates laser-etched with a unique image of the Pleiades constellation, the plates are held together by a copper seal. The DVD is of the performance distilling the smoke from the oldest weeping beech tree in America, filmed on location at Weeping Beech Park, Queens, New York. On the inner lid is a label with a description of the work.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2003
1⁄2 × 6 × 6 1⁄2 in.; 1.5 × 15 × 16.5 cm
Edition: 7 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered
33. DIE BERLINER ZUCKERBÄRIN (MILCH)
Glass dome containing a borosilicate glass churn with 20 fluid ounces of Zuckerbärin milk, three printed labels are affixed to the bottle. Around the neck is a piece of the DNA-laced sugar-braided cord, from the original performance of Die Berliner Zuckerbärin. It holds a folded printed card, held in position by a metal seal. The bottle stands on a spool of the Bear’s milk mother-thread.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2003
11 3⁄4 × 6 3⁄4 × 6 3⁄4 in.; 30 × 17 × 17 cm
Edition: 10. Signed and numbered.
34. SINFONIA TORINESE (PAMPHLET)
Seven-panel accordion fold depicting the etching of the Sinfonia Torinese garden; the verso bears a description of the project with seven line drawings, printed in black and red. The pamphlet and a folded invitation card are held together with a banderole.
Turin: Guido Costa Projects, 2004
7 1⁄2 × 2 1⁄2 in.; 19 × 6.5 cm closed; 17 1⁄2 in.; 44.5 cm open
Edition: 100 with Italian text and 100 with English text.
35. SINFONIA TORINESE (PRELUDE SERIES)
A glass bell jar houses a taxidermied bird clasping a hunter’s decoy whistle in its beak. When the dome is lifted, the bird sings through the whistle, accompanied by a piano recording housed in the base of the bell jar. A 7-panel accordion fold card depicts the work’s picturesque view of paradise; on the verso, a hand-colored jacquard score shows one-fourteenth of the total Racca score used in the symphony. An engraved plate is affixed to the underside of the base.
New York: Christine Burgin, 2006
20 1⁄2 × 10 1⁄2 × 10 1⁄2 in., 52 × 26.5 × 26.5 cm
Edition: 14 unique birds and whistles
Left: Cynopica cyanus, 10 1/4 in.; 26 cm high
Right: Oriolus oriolus, 4 1/4 in.; 11 cm high
36. INFLUENCE ISOLATORS FOR NEW YORK–NEW YORK
Unique pairs of records prepared with 24 aluminum segments bonded on each side of a high and low frequency record with paper labels. The records are housed in a brass and aluminum portfolio engraved with a description of the contents of both records.
New York: Christine Burgin, 2006
14 × 14 × 1 in.; 35.5 × 35.5 × 2.5 cm
Edition: 24 unique sets
37. THE VELOCITY OF THOUGHT (FILM)
An aluminum clamshell box with a laser-engraved cover and paper label on the inner lid explicates in English and Italian one of five different projects by the artist using respiration as a central metaphor. An image of a racing flag and a numbered flag are printed on this label either side of a DVD. The base has two folded flags corresponding to the illustrations on the inner lid, these flags are copies of those used in the film of the Panhard being driven on the south ramp of Lingotto. A label on the base of the case has a hand-colored printed line drawing of Lingotto’s ramp.
Turin: Guido Costa Projects, 2006
1 1⁄8 × 12 × 12 in.; 3 × 30 × 30 cm
Edition: 5 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
38. TECHNICAL DRAWINGS OF THE PANHARD SPECIAL
The original Panhard drawings from 1976 were printed on Mylar and sandwiched between two sheets of Plexiglas in a specially constructed aluminum frame hung from stainless steel wires.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2006
4 plotter prints on Mylar with hand-coloring
Plan and Elevation: 49 × 38 in.; 124 × 96 cm; Cross-section: 21 1⁄2 × 42 1⁄2 in.; 55 × 108 cm; Engine: 25 × 21 in.; 63 × 53 cm; Space Frame Perspective: 25 × 18 in.; 63x 45 cm
Edition: 5. Initialed and numbered.
38. LINCORDIAN
A fully functional 26-key, 48-bass transparent piano accordion made for the Hyperbaric–Hypobaric project. The specially constructed bellows have 38 folds concealing 300 Mylar windows; a tube of rarefied air positioned in the interior of the instrument is illuminated when the accordion senses a vacuum by passing violet light through these slots. Vacuilluminesence©. is a unique feature of this instrument. All the base reeds are tuned specifically to enhance Monteverdi’s score of Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. The Lincordian is placed on a constructed resin crystal formed from a miniature sample found in the Grotto Verdi, the location for the film Undine’s Curse. The Lincordian and the crystal are displayed in an illuminated vitrine measuring 24 × 24 × 371⁄2 in.; 61 × 61 × 95 cm
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2008
14 × 17 1⁄2 × 7 1⁄4 in.; 35.5 × 44 × 19 cm
Edition: 3 and 1 AP.
39. EVOLUTIONARY LINKS
A painted vitrine contains thirty printed boxes, each holding a metal sardine-style tin containing a unique engraved urethane link. Each link is engraved with the Latin name of one of 30 land and air-born creatures with unusual respiratory systems. The group shows the respiratory variation from a sponge to a canary. Two framed pigment prints display 30 information cards describing each animal’s peculiar respiratory development.
New York: Alexander and Bonin, 2008
30 × 36 × 8 in.; 76 × 91 × 20 cm
Edition: 2
40. UNDINE'S CURSE (FILM)
Brass pressure capsule with hinged etched glass window, housing a DVD of Undine’s Curse, a 20 minute color film, with 3 original soundtracks. The film, shot on location in northern Italy and the Hudson River, is an intrinsic part of the installation Hyperbaric–Hypobaric. Inside the brass chamber is 16-panel accordion-fold card containing information about the film, with 7 color images and 2 line drawings. A small sponge is attached to a post in the central cavity.
New York: Alexander and Bonin, 2008
8 × 8 × 7 1⁄2 in.; 20 × 20 × 19 cm
Edition: 6 and 1 AP. Signed and numbered.
41. BIERDECKEL FÜR DAS BAD BENTHEIM SCHWEIN (BEER MATS FOR THE BAD BENTHEIM SCHWEIN)
These beer mats were intended to be mass produced by a local brewery and used in the venues housing Bad Bentheim Sparkassen (savings boxes), and to serve as subtle announcements for the replanting of the lost eighteenth-century garden of Count Franz van Manderscheidt. This edition of finely printed coasters, encased in a printed card folder, is limited to the number of teats on the Bad Bentheim Schwein, a factor influencing the unrepeatable element to the pig’s vocal tract.
New York: Great Jones Press, 2011
Printed beer mats, in four designs, four mats, each 3 × 3 in.; 7.6 × 7.6 cm
Edition: 9 + 3 AP
42. GOLDEN ACORN
A gilded acorn mounted within a glass miniature bell jar; an engraved baseplate bears the name of the conductor. The acorns, excreted by the Bad Bentheim Schwein during performances, are symbolic trophies accompanied by the planting of three oak trees bearing the conductor’s name engraved on a plaque attached to one of the three new trees.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2012.
Gilded acorn, glass bell jar, engraved steel plate, 3 ½ × 2 ¼ × 2 ¼ in.; 8.9 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm
Edition: unlimited
43. X-RAYS OF BAD BENTHEIM SCHWEIN
X-ray images printed at 1:1 scale of the Bad Bentheim Schwein, a commission for German–Dutch public art agency Kunstwegen, for Bad Bentheim, Germany. Made from eighteen separate shots made in Quinnipiac University by radiographers Jerry Conlogue and Bob Lombardo, with extensive reconfiguration of the plates by Laura Lindgren. The X-ray images are printed in positive and negative to present the left and right views, revealing the Schwein’s complex inner mechanics.
New York: Paul Etienne Lincoln, 2013
Pigment print on paper, 2 sheets, each 40 × 72 in.; 101.6 × 182.9 cm
Edition of 2 + 1 AP positive; 2 + 1 AP negative; accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate and a detailed description of the work.
44. GLOVERS' REPOSITORY (FOLDED CARD)
Announcement for the initiation of The Glover’s Repository in Turin; text in Italian and English.
Turin: Guido Costa Projects, 2016
Folded card stock, 3 line drawings, 8 1/4" × 3 1/2" closed (21cm × 8 1/2cm), 24" × 3 1/2 open (61cm × 8 1/2cm)
Edition: 200