11 white books, Dyspepsia Works. Each measuring 7¾x6¼. Titled "Sure I'm Sure", "You'll See", "", "Now Then", "I Pretend to Know", "Look At Me", "", "It Isn't True", "You What?", "", "". Number 1 signed and dated by artist, numbers 3, 6, and 10 dated by artist. Each pamphlet is unpaged, offset with images and some text.
Ida Applebroog's art captures the cadences of the social and psychological deviations that dwell beneath the sanitized, orderly veneer of daily life. Seducing the viewer with its humorous edge and technical acuity at the same time that it confronts the painful violations in even the most nurturing relationships, her powerful work explores the frightening gulf between the real and the ideal through universal themes such as sexuality and power, the loss or corruption of innocence, guilt and penitence, and personal isolation in an intrusive world.
Condition:
Each book is in very good condition. There is some fading to covers, wear to the edges and some creasing throughout the set. Small tears to the front cover of "You'll See" staple marks to the back cover of "Look At Me", small tears to the front cover and first page of "It Isn't True", but otherwise in very good condition.