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Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Les mots à secrets - Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993. (+ zoom image)
 
Les mots à secrets - Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Les mots à secrets -
"A reverie arising from my leisure" by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn.
 
Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Les mots à secrets - Edition justification / Colophon. (+ zoom image)
 
Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Original drawing by Christian Boltanski. (+ zoom image)
 
Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Original drawing by Christian Boltanski. (+ zoom image)
 
Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Original drawing by Christian Boltanski. (+ zoom image)
 
Christian BOLTANSKI - Les mots à secrets. Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993.

Original drawing by Christian Boltanski. (+ zoom image)
 

[Christian BOLTANSKI].

Les mots à secrets.


Bibliographical Data

  • Paris, Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1993, blue paper clamshell box containing 2 double-pages (title and colophon) and 19 folders, each containing a text printed on BFK Rives vellum paper, overlaid with a translucent tracing paper sheet adorned with an original color drawing, (34.5 x 26 x 3 cm).
  • Limited edition of 108 copies numbered from 1 to 108, 20 hors commerce copies numbered from I to XX, 10 artist's proof copies marked EA from 1 to 10 (ours is EA 7), 9 presentation copies (unnumbered), and 3 deluxe copies (unnumbered).
    All copies are signed by both the artist and the author.
  • The artist's original drawings use a color-coding system to connect letters that form words on each page.
    Page 1 features the first five words of five different sentences (by Tadeusz Kantor, Federico Fellini, Jacques Demy, the Talmud, and Ingmar Bergman), and so on.
  • Text by J.C. Lebensztejn.

Condition

  • Very good condition (slight fading/discoloration to the slipcase)

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