BACKFRIDAY APRIL 18, 1997 | 958 BUTTS 1997
This work is one of the SMOKE PIECES that Henk has made, collage works. For years he was an avid smoker of heavy rolling tobacco in particular. Moreover, Henk has the habit of keeping almost everything, including his cigarette butts. He collected them in a large jar next to his work table. Once he quit smoking, he wanted to clean it up. He first pried apart a butt and folded the blotting paper smooth. Friday, April 18, 1997, time for a job. 958 butts were dissected and pasted one by one from left to right, the last at 21.57:XNUMX p.m.
